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  October CAPTION COMPETITION

  by ballistic in

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  ok here's some new ones i found in a newspaper article here:.

  http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/11/floridian/the_other_side_of_the.shtml.

  "if you look here, the bible says always wear pantyhose when answering the door!".

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  Mommy, what is that man talking about?

  Back in the house, dear. That man is talking in tongues. Those people are evil. No! Don't touch them! They might rub off on you.
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  Alcoholism and the Loss of a good friend

  by ScoobySnax in

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  my friend and work colleague was kelvin.

  often he would be the one to do the "egg and bacon" run at 9:30am after we'd been at work for a couple of hours on the ward.

  down to the hospital cantain he'd go to get us all lots of cholesterol laiden food, egg, bacon, mushrooms,fried bread waffles etc a proper english breakfast.

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  ((((( Scoobysnax))))

  I am so very sorry for your loss. Loss of a friend too young, and that he died uselessly - unless his death wakes up other's who have the progressive disease of alcoholism.

  I'm an alcoholic. The last of my drinking in 1990, I could only drink 2 or 3 beers or a glass of wine then get sick. I couldn't even get drunk any longer! I had advanced to late-stage alcoholism - where my stomach chemicals were so shot from alcohol use that my stomach could no longer handle having alcohol on it, but I craved alcohol anyway and needed to drink. I never had a DWI. Never had a drinking accident nor a citation while drunk. I always had good employment. But I had to get sober because I was beginning to loose my ability to be gainfully employed. But I was dying and would have if I had not quit.

  Sadly, over 90% of alcoholics die of both the primary and secondary results of the disease - including auto accidents and suicide. Far deadlier than most common cancers today.

  My heart goes out to you, Scoobs
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  I miss Puternut

  by lonelysheep in

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  i do.

  sorry to rehash sadness.

  i enjoyed his posts and am sad he's gone.

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  Missed, but NEVER forgotten. Rest in Peace, Putternut.

  Amen. We were supposed to arrange a meetup June/July 05. He and a friend were going to fly over to Hilo while we were there. But then he stopped responding to PM's or emails just before we left, and I forgot his contact info at home while we were there, so I had no way to contact him. I never met him personally, but his personality was infectious. Simply, he was a good egg. Thank you for the thread. I thought of him when the earthquake struck (our house over there in Hilo is fine). Maybe he was just saying "hi". All I know is what Makena1 and others have posted here about what happened. I happen to believe that for what ever reason, he could no longer handle this earthwalk and chose to leave. I also happen to believe that he's only elsewhere, and he'll be back ... sometime, some day. But that's what I believe. Ari, thank you for your time here. You gave a lot of us hope.
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  My oldest son found me this morning!!!

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  i've looked for him for 16 yrs.

  and he found me this morning.

  :) there are 8 and my oldest son has the only two g/sons that i have.. we were lost to each other before i left the wts, because when i lived in california and he lived in colorado springs, we both moved at the same time and we each had unlisted numbers.. i'm very, very pleased and excited.

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  Oh dear (((((( frannie ))))) I am so tickled for you.

  Hell with 'tickled' - I'm flat out piddle the floor excited!
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  Are we in Christ's 1000 year reign yet?

  by undercover in

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  something that gets lost in the debate over whether the wts ever claimed in print that armageddon would come in 1975 is that they did teach, in print, that 1975 would be the end of 6,000 years of man's existance on earth.. what significance is that?

  according to the wts, in print, jesus would start his new 1,000 year reign of peace at the start of the new "millenium".

  satan would be abyssed, war will end, the wicked destroyed.. whether the wts said in so many words, "armageddon is coming in 1975" or not, it is strongly associated with the then coming 1,000 year period of peace and rule by jesus.

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  Ooooohhh. You mean like the time between when a president is elected, and the time he actually takes office.

  Eh. Still a lousy ruler. And I didn't get the opportunity to vote!
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  Are we in Christ's 1000 year reign yet?

  by undercover in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  something that gets lost in the debate over whether the wts ever claimed in print that armageddon would come in 1975 is that they did teach, in print, that 1975 would be the end of 6,000 years of man's existance on earth.. what significance is that?

  according to the wts, in print, jesus would start his new 1,000 year reign of peace at the start of the new "millenium".

  satan would be abyssed, war will end, the wicked destroyed.. whether the wts said in so many words, "armageddon is coming in 1975" or not, it is strongly associated with the then coming 1,000 year period of peace and rule by jesus.

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  Brenda,

  can we get an amen?

  If we are in Christ's 1000 year reign, he's a rather shitty ruler.

  Amen, Brothers and Sisters, and Halelujah too!
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  It Took You All - Thank you.

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  it took you all09/02/05brenda l. cloutier this is for all the friends ive lovedsome still there but most ive lostour paths crossed and we walked for a whileuntil apart we grow each down a different aislewe played we smiled we laughed we criedwe grieved together when one died i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing fantasyit took you all for me to becomethe only friend i could be this is to my parents dearraised me in love, not in fearmy lessons learned your thoughts provokedto one-day stand, be on my own the intangibles were taughti used them daily, wasted not i wish you all could know how much you mean to meevery lesson learned every realityit took you both for me to becomethe only daughter i could be this is to all the my lovers pasteach one in succession my lastmy heart was broken bent and bruisedtoo many times bitterly usedone flame burns brighter than the resti love you so, enduring times tests i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing graspit took you all for me to becomethe only lover i could be this is to all who have gone beforei thank you now and ever morefor all whove taught me, fought me, freed meand those of you who still greet meyouve shown me the way when life changedhow to walk on; pass through the flame i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing dreamit took you all for me to becomethe only person i could be

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  I send this out to many of my email contacts, inlcuding my oldest step-sister (she's 70 now). She wrote back simply asking if I wrote it. I wrote back simply "Yes, I did last year." I havent heard back from her. I wasn't sure if I should send it or not, only because of the stanza on lovers past. I'm just curious if I'll get any further response from her on it. She's very friendly toward me, but she does like to hide her head in the sand over things non-JW.
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  It Took You All - Thank you.

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  it took you all09/02/05brenda l. cloutier this is for all the friends ive lovedsome still there but most ive lostour paths crossed and we walked for a whileuntil apart we grow each down a different aislewe played we smiled we laughed we criedwe grieved together when one died i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing fantasyit took you all for me to becomethe only friend i could be this is to my parents dearraised me in love, not in fearmy lessons learned your thoughts provokedto one-day stand, be on my own the intangibles were taughti used them daily, wasted not i wish you all could know how much you mean to meevery lesson learned every realityit took you both for me to becomethe only daughter i could be this is to all the my lovers pasteach one in succession my lastmy heart was broken bent and bruisedtoo many times bitterly usedone flame burns brighter than the resti love you so, enduring times tests i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing graspit took you all for me to becomethe only lover i could be this is to all who have gone beforei thank you now and ever morefor all whove taught me, fought me, freed meand those of you who still greet meyouve shown me the way when life changedhow to walk on; pass through the flame i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing dreamit took you all for me to becomethe only person i could be

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  *snif* ((((( Ian )))))))
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  It Took You All - Thank you.

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  it took you all09/02/05brenda l. cloutier this is for all the friends ive lovedsome still there but most ive lostour paths crossed and we walked for a whileuntil apart we grow each down a different aislewe played we smiled we laughed we criedwe grieved together when one died i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing fantasyit took you all for me to becomethe only friend i could be this is to my parents dearraised me in love, not in fearmy lessons learned your thoughts provokedto one-day stand, be on my own the intangibles were taughti used them daily, wasted not i wish you all could know how much you mean to meevery lesson learned every realityit took you both for me to becomethe only daughter i could be this is to all the my lovers pasteach one in succession my lastmy heart was broken bent and bruisedtoo many times bitterly usedone flame burns brighter than the resti love you so, enduring times tests i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing graspit took you all for me to becomethe only lover i could be this is to all who have gone beforei thank you now and ever morefor all whove taught me, fought me, freed meand those of you who still greet meyouve shown me the way when life changedhow to walk on; pass through the flame i wish you all could know how much each means to meevery lesson learned every passing dreamit took you all for me to becomethe only person i could be

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  Thank y'all

  As you can see I wrote it in a moment of gratitude 13 months ago. I am grateful for everyone I've met - in real life and on the boards.

  Hugs and love to you all.
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  Awkward moment Tuesday night

  by Jourles in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on tuesday night, i took an elbow to the nose while playing volleyball.

  a guy i play with is an er doctor and recommended i go to the er just to make sure everything was ok. turned out i had a "nasal fracture with contusion.

  " anyways, while talking with the admissions lady, one of the questions she asked me was, "any religion or church you want me to put you down as affiliated with?

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  Jourles, I'm glad your nose is going to be ok. Dayum that hurts! I bet it felt rather good to realize you're free?

  Grammy Grace, that parrot story is sooooo funny - I'm glad I was drinking soda water and not coffee or you'd have a laptop to clean! LOL