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  What did you want to be when you grew up?

  by whyamihere in

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  as a child, what did you want to be, when you became an adult?

  if you could, would you want to go back in time, and become what you wanted to be in the first place?.

  as a child, i wanted to be a florist.

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  roybatty

  What kind of engineering do you do?

  i'm a mechanical engineer.
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  Cigars, Who smokes them? and where can i get some good ones?

  by JV in

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  i've been having the strangest craving for a cigar.

  i'm playing a round of golf on sunday and i want to be like darren clarke ( all you golfers know who i'm talking bout ).

  any suggestions?

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  jaredg

  you went from cubans to swisher sweets
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  What did you want to be when you grew up?

  by whyamihere in

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  2. friends

  as a child, what did you want to be, when you became an adult?

  if you could, would you want to go back in time, and become what you wanted to be in the first place?.

  as a child, i wanted to be a florist.

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  when i was a kid i wanted to be an engineer.....now i am one.
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  My son got his acceptance ltr....

  by Dawn in

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  for state college.

  i am so excited for him.

  and so very very very glad that i got out of the "borg" when he was still just a little guy.

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  dawn please send your son my congratulations. i went to nc state university for mechanical engineering a loved it. tell your son he can foucs on his studies and still play baseball if he wants by trying out for the baseball team or playing intermural sports. good luck!!!
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  One of the most important books I have read

  by jaffacake in

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  until about 4 years ago i could count on two hands the number of books i had read, i have never been a reader, i got enough of that at work!

  i have read a lot since then, but for me personally, the most influential ones (you remember where you were when you first read them, and had to go back to them) were:

  the bible

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  jaredg

  does Keith Ward, in his book, teach that the bible is the inspired word of god and the only collection of true holy writings? or does it take the view of the bible as a collection of ancient writings that have no application for today?
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  Relationships and age difference

  by greendawn in

  1. watchtower
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  people say that love is blind to age difference but when you have/had to strike a relationship or marry with someone what's the maximum age difference that is/was acceptable to you?

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  jaredg

  i think that where you are in life has more to do with who you date then does the age difference.
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  Society once again teaches: Creative days were 7000 years each!

  by sir82 in

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  "long time lurker, first time poster".

  thought everybody would enjoy this snippet of an e-mail, from a friend of a friend who is in the current gilead class:.

  "...brother liverance gave a fascinating talk on bible chronology.

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  jaredg

  maybe Brother Liverance didn't get the memo
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  just got df'd

  by susu812 in

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  i am very nervous about being in here.

  i just got df'd last week and am unsure of how i feel about it.

  i feel guilty but at the same time not.

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  jaredg

  welcome! i was df'd just over two years ago for the same thing. this place has really helped me recover and learn to live a normal life. please stay around. i look forward to reading your posts.

  jared
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  people who giggle too much

  by rebel8 in

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  2. relationships

  ...annoy the h3ll outta me.

  my coworker, for example....a person whom i am sentenced to spend another 30 odd years sitting next to before i'm parolled able to retire.

  she giggles at everything.

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  i don't giggle.....i google
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  Wife arranging for me to study with a brother! I need a plan!

  by M.J. in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  here's the situation.

  my wife couldn't answer some deep issues i've raised regarding a few of the wts's teachings and dishonest representation of historical sources.

  naturally, she attributes her lack of answers to her own lack of research and knowledge.

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  study what he doesn't want to study and that is the history of the organization. get a copy of the proclaimers book and a copy of "captives of a concept" by don cameron. the last few chapters of the book talk about studying w/ the JWs and how you are in the best situation at that point b/c you are expected to ask questions. make sure to ask the right ones. never let him concvince you that the organization is the faithful and discrete slave!!! that is a big point with the JWs. if he can't prove that to you then everything else has no foundation. GOOD LUCK!!