lookie what i just got today from a friend who just got back from england:.
makes number 13 in my collection.
so far i have, hollywood, la jolla, san deigo, las vegas, aspen, honolulu, new orleans, orlando, phoenix, nashville, athens and madrid.. i ask everyone i know who's traveling to get me one of these plus the ones i get myself while traveling.. does anyone else here collect from hard rock cafe?
I loved London! But I didn't get to make it up to Manchester.... :(
Bikerchic, next time we're in either Mazatlan Mex or go to the Big Island I'll look for Hard Rock shot glasses for you.
I have a collection of amerindian and mexican indiginos peoples - pottery, including minature Acoma pots, NW baskets, and Huichol beaded coconut bowls and a colourful threaded tile. Along with some Hawaiiana - baskets and art, and other Polynesian art.
a tell.tale is an outward indication of something secret, a revealing of what is meant to be secret.
going back before our fade four years ago, the elders unknowingly gave me a tell.tale sign that they were secretly discussing how they were going to delete me as an elder while still using me to do special assignments and some of the work that they were not up to doing.
here is how i found this tell.tale sign out.i filled out an application to pioneer to set an example to the other local elders and to serve more fully with my schedule during the summer months.
The committee of three,the PO. the Secretary and the Service Overseer who decide if you qualify to pioneer turned me down.
First it was getting my KM from the book study leader (gawd I don't remember the possition title). Seems that my hand delivering my publisher records got misplaced by the PO, and they didn't order enough for the last 4 months because of it, so I had to "share" with my (new) husband.
About the same time, my "friends" started ignoring me at the hall. I'd end up alone going in F.S. if there were an odd number of us. And when I got bored as a new housewife, I asked to temporary pioneer, and was told that my family wasn't spiritually strong enough for me to pioneer. This was just before they told my (new) husband that they had considered him for an MS, but found him lacking because his whole family wasn't strong enough spiritually. Deceased dad, mother who pioneered, sister who pioneered, a bro-in-law who was an MS, and 3 others working their arses off in the ministry.
The Burns and Gamble show HATED my deceased father-in-law. Burns told me he was an evil man and deserved to go to hell! Seriously that's what the PO told me!
I didn't last more than a month after that, my husband already having stopped going because of his hurt. I think I managed 2 more memorials. This was late 1975 - so I've been out now over 30 years! YAY ME!
the pathologist recommended that another bone marrow biopsy be done because the doctor didn't send her enough blood to run all of the tests that she needed to run.
i found out about this in june when filing the insurance claim.
so, i requested that the other bone marrow biopsy with blood work be performed.
MrsMcDucket - I am so sorry for your health and work ills. Been there - but with Chronic Fatigue/FibroMyalgia. I got FMLA "canned" too. Ultimately I ended up filing for, and eventually winning Social Security Disability. I'd suggest filing for SSI and SSD as soon as you have a full diagnosis and treatment plan, if you don't already have mid- or long-term disability insurance - some employers carry it or at least offer it.
So, do we add you to our Tuesday night Vigils?
last weekend i was picking up a few things for dinner and was just ringing through the order when i noticed the person behind me examining the cake i was buying a little too closely.
it was a jw woman we used to know.
apparently she was hell bent on figuring out whether this cake was for some kind of celebration (it wasn't) so she could run back to her husband the elder and try to cause trouble for me.
Living well is the best revenge.
Ahhh you beat me to it! Yes, Living well IS the best revenge.
Ian, copy and paste the cake flavour into WORD, then change the font to Ariel - you'll get it then.
MMmmmmmmm J***c* A****d F***e
i've been lurking here and reading for a couple of months now.
i was also a jw for a few years but got myself dfed when i started asking difficult questions, wouldn't stop asking them, and kept pointing out how the wts didn't make any sense.
i am an unrepentent rebellious one who was warned and publically reproved until finally i finally had it out with the elders and they showed me the door.
Welcome Geronimo! So, we're becoming notorious? Hows that??
when scared jws even think about leaving the organization, they often wonder where they'll go to instead.......any responses?
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This is a great thread as I will likely see at least one childhood friend at my dad's funeral on the 2nd. She has as much as said "they may be wrong but I won't go anywhere else". So it shows she's thought about it. Thanx for the tips.
take a group of friends and put them in a tub!
but with a twist.
mmmmmmmm chocolate
Choco-fest?Aposto-mania?
Ya got that wrong... it's Aposto-Choco-Mania-Fest, and count me in.... I love chocolate!
several times i saw john edward asked about people who died who did not believe in an after life.
his answer:"have you ever been to a surprise party?........".
i know some here believe in an after life, some don't.
((( Target )))
My dad died 13-Aug - 2 sundays ago. I cried when I first heard, but I've been crying over the loss of my parents for so long that it's really no big deal. There's only one more paragraph to write, and that's the memorial service coming up on the 2nd.
You've expressed my thoughts exactly:
Well, Sunday he had a fatal heart attack. I immediately pictured him on the other side, eyes blinking, saying WTH??
That's pretty much how I pictured my dad right after death. "You mean I was wr-wr-wr-wrong???"
i had a lesion removed from my right cheek, just below the eye and to the right of my nose a week ago yesterday.
doc did it in the office and indicated he did not think it was malignant - but sop requires a path test to confirm.
it was malignant i was told today.
Edited to add; it was a hell of a birthday present when Wifey came in and told me the doc had called and said it was malignant. Just a little cake and ice cream would have sufficed, IMO.Ouch! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOOO YOOOOOOUUUUUU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JEFF HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOOOOOO YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuu AND MANNY MOORE!
i had a lesion removed from my right cheek, just below the eye and to the right of my nose a week ago yesterday.
doc did it in the office and indicated he did not think it was malignant - but sop requires a path test to confirm.
it was malignant i was told today.
((((( Jeff )))))) I know how scary this can be. Heck, I'd be in "worried class" right along with you! Hang in there you have a lot of friends pulling for you. As a matter of fact, you'll be in my prayers tonight which I do after normal vigil time.
Chin up, possitive attitude, you will get thru this, all those cliche platitudes that we really do wish for you. If you end up with on-going treatment, we'll be adding you to the Tuesday Vigil.
Hugs love healing peace
Bren
