It's great posts like these that make me happy I camed to this board.
HappyDad
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To all who participate on this board: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
by cruzanheart intoday i called someone i've known for many, many years, since i was about 5 years old (dim will know who -- josephine), to see how she was doing.
when i was little i was in awe of her and thought she was the most fashionable person i knew.
her parents were old school witnesses who thought nothing of taking the train to new york to argue a point of doctrine with freddie and nathan.
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Can you figure this out?
by Fe2O3Girl in.
this is sending me crazy - i can not work it out.. http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html#game.
if you don't want to reveal the solution on the board, please pm me, i assure you you won't be "spoiling" it for me.
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HappyDad
Ok..................
I just got it, but only because of something Undecided said.
Dum dum here still doesn't understand it though!
HappyDad
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Can you figure this out?
by Fe2O3Girl in.
this is sending me crazy - i can not work it out.. http://personal.baker.edu/web2/cdavis09/roses.html#game.
if you don't want to reveal the solution on the board, please pm me, i assure you you won't be "spoiling" it for me.
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HappyDad
aaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't figure it out either!
Guess I need to keep trying or die stupid!
HappyDad( not too happy now)
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What did you actually enjoy about JW meetings?
by Pinned Blouse in.
as much as i dreaded going to all the meetings there were things that i did enjoy.. 1. no special parking spaces for the elders, etc.. 2. no collections plate going around the room.
3. no one person giving the talk every single week (can you imagine the same speaker 3 to 4 times a week, every day?
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What did you actually enjoy about JW meetings?
by Pinned Blouse in.
as much as i dreaded going to all the meetings there were things that i did enjoy.. 1. no special parking spaces for the elders, etc.. 2. no collections plate going around the room.
3. no one person giving the talk every single week (can you imagine the same speaker 3 to 4 times a week, every day?
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HappyDad
I will ditto what Franklin J had to say........the ones I stood by as a friend...........those friendships turned out to be very hollow.
This forum has been good fot me and to me.
Thank you
HappyDad
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the aftermath
by the mole inmy uncle called for my dad and wanted to know why he stopped attending meetings, he then asked me what hall im attending.
first i told him my dad could only answer why he does what he does and then i told him i had difficulty with alot of teachings that are curious.
after talking for awhile i asked him why if the magazines are a tool for bible understanding then why is it that so many take it as bible truth?
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HappyDad
Mole,
That was great they way you handled it. Notice how when questions come up that they can't answer.........there is an excuse to cut the conversation short. Or..........." I'll get an answer to your question and get back to you"
Usually they never get back!
HappyDad
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aLCOHOLISM in the congregation
by badboy inwere there any alcoholistics in the congregation you attended?
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HappyDad
OOps.........can't understand why I typed November in my reply........it was October that I had my accident!
And I agree with the comment on the 12 step program about a 90% failure rate. If you relapse...you are told by some of the diehards that "you weren't working the program"
HappyDad
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aLCOHOLISM in the congregation
by badboy inwere there any alcoholistics in the congregation you attended?
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HappyDad
OOps.........can't understand why I typed November in my reply........it was October that I had my accident!
And I agree with the comment on the 12 step program about a 90% failure rate. If you relapse...you are told by some of the diehards that "you weren't working the program"
HappyDad
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aLCOHOLISM in the congregation
by badboy inwere there any alcoholistics in the congregation you attended?
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HappyDad
Many of the ones in the KH I was in for most of my time really enjoyed the beer and "spirits", (myself included) in a moderate manner.
When I became an elder in 1986 was when I started seeing what went on behind the scenes so to speak. You know....the dirty laundry that you were required to sort out. And being an elder you really started seeing the heartbreak in people because they felt they couldn't measure up, including myself.
I was on a jot of JC's and the building committee for our new KH that was being planned. There I saw the folly and the back-stabbing and the self-serving interests of my fellows. How did I handle it? I started drinking more and more when I was "off duty". This more and more drinking started affecting my family. Because of this and other problems in the cong affecting me and my family (and at this time my mind started really wondering.....because of the actions of my fellow so called christian brotherhood......how could this be the "truth"?
To shorten this story without a book of details.......I wound up going to Alcholics Annonymous and what an eye opener! This was my first intense mingling with the "world" and I found out that there are WONDERFUL people in the world. I started getting HAPPY again! My wife and I fell in love all over again (especially after I stepped down as an elder in 1990) and my relationship with my daughter became the kind of relationship one wants with his kids.
I went for years without drinking. Whether I"m a true alchoholic or not I don't know. I lean toward the point that I am not an alchoholic in the true sense of the word.
After my wife died, being alone looking at 4 walls got frustrating, so I started going to a local establishment....a sports oriented place on occasion. Who wants to watch a football game or a NASCAR race alone? Not me!
Many times I will just drink ice tea or cranberry juice. Other times I will drink beer. When I drink beer, I stop when it is time to leave.....I come home.....and that is that! I have made some good friends there that I would not have given the time of the day to when I was in the org. I would avoid neighborhood people like the plague then! Now......what a difference. You know........there are a lot of good and loving people out there. For instance......when I got broadsided on my Harley last November and was released from the trauma unit 2 days later (I was in pain and could hardly walk, but no broken bones or internal injuries.......just a slight concussion.....and I was wearing a helmet) who came to pick me up? One of the young guys who frequents that bar. He has told me on several occasions that he sees me as the kind of person he can trust. Makes me feel good!
Thanks for putting up with my rant.
Luv you guys,
HappyDad
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I am new to the board
by Pinned Blouse inhello everyone, i am new to this discussion board.
my name is pinned blouse because once i was wrongly df'd and i no longer attended the meetings, i noticed all my blouses had pin holes in them where i fastened safety pins in them to make sure i was always "modest" lol.
mind you i do not have large boobies but i did not want to "tempt" the brothers.. .
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HappyDad
Welcome pinned blouse,
There are some really nice people here to compare notes with. Keep coming back.
HappyDad