the details of who to send a gift to will be getting pm'd to you all either friday afternoon or saturday morning!
according to the information i've found online the last posting day for standard parcels is dec 11th for usa and december 15th for the uk/europe, so you should all have plenty of time to select and send a gift, although sending sooner rather than later is prefered.
can everyone taking part post on this thread what things they like, what their interests are etc so that the person who is buying a gift for you has some idea what to get you.
*wiping chocolate off her mouth* The truffles were great glenda, thank you so much. I have kept em in my fridge and they are delicious.
Everyone was jealous of me at my house coz I got the first present! So I shared a little with em
Thanks to Gadget for setting all this up.
BTW, I sent my pressie out a couple of days ago...so it should be coming soon!
Melba of the "keep outta my truffles, beeeotchs" class
(this topic was first posted on google groups) .
well, not long after we got here, everyone was glad to see us.
joe had not gotten much sleep because it was two days travel and he.
KayKay...
what a bunch of problems...do you have enough money to get home? It sounds to me like he has some serious issues, and you need to distance yourself from him until it gets resolved.
Please be careful.
Melba
i know there's no such word as "witnessy" but this can be a fun thread.
Maybe your time would be better spent pioneering, sister.
The podium is no place to play, kids. (In a PO sort of tone)
PLEASE BE SEATED
ok, i have a question that popped in my head!.
what is one song you listen to and you love but are to embarrassed to admit it!.
mine is by abba ....fernando!.
Oh god, Im so Lame
I love Closer by NIN I have had it since the cd came out....I always blast it.
Help me tear down my reason
Help me feel sex I can smell
I am also a lover of Neil diamond...my fav is sweet caroline :)
And when I first heard "smells like teen spirit" by Nirvana...I felt alive for the first time...I will always rock out to that song, even when Im 80. Imagine my grandkids when they Granma start slamming into people :)
Melba of the "discreet headbangers" class
i know there's no such word as "witnessy" but this can be a fun thread.
Don't you think your time would be better spent pioneering?
okay, i am in a playfull mood today .
i will ask a what would you do question, and the next person answers what they would do in that situation, then goes on to ask their own question.
what would you do if when you woke up in the morning you were 10 years younger?
It probably take the life long career, and play for my fans, like most bland performers around. That way I could be assured of an income. One hit wonders lives seem to take a turn for the worse after their "hit"
What would you do if you caught your significant other stealing from you?
i have seen quite a few posts from many ex-jw women about how unhappy they were about male domination in congregation.
was it really that bad?
when i was still a jw, no one ever told me anything to that effect.
wow its funny out of all the reasons I gave for being upset with the congregation, you choose the mike handler? I wish I never said it.
I have been in small congregations ( 60 publishers) and they never "resorted" to using the sisters for anything except cooking for quick builds and making up car groups when there are no men. Oh, and must not forget the "brickline" or wall paper hanging...truly "womens" jobs...I guess our feemble minds cant handle more than passing a brick or dipping some paper in water.
grr
reading a topic in here, i came across a conversation regarding jehovah approved(tm) sports.
i noticed that two of the posters were insensed at the amount of ex-jws in this forum.. they started ignoring everyone else that had put their opinion in on the subject....and decided that everyone in this forum was a jw "hater".
i myself take offence to that, for i don't hate the jw's.
Reading a topic in here, I came across a conversation regarding Jehovah approved(tm) sports. I noticed that two of the posters were insensed at the amount of ex-jws in this forum.
THey started ignoring everyone else that had put their opinion in on the subject....and decided that everyone in this forum was a JW "Hater"
I myself take offence to that, for I don't hate the jw's. In my moms words, "I just hate their behavior", not the actual person.
If you don't have the common sense to see that there are candid discussions ranging from religion to bowel movements to gumbys jail term...maybe its time to take a look on the inside instead of deciding "the right answer" spewed from a book publishing corporation.
Im not a hater, but I wish that some people in this forum would get off their high horse and stop their creepy preaching....it freaks me out.
Whats your take: Are you a hater?
i have seen quite a few posts from many ex-jw women about how unhappy they were about male domination in congregation.
was it really that bad?
when i was still a jw, no one ever told me anything to that effect.
You betcha it did.
That Head covering thing that they made pioneers heading out in service wear always ticked me off. Oh and of course if their was even a man publisher, he got to arrange. Typical WTBTS crap. As a women, I found it totally demeaning...I mean does putting a hankerchief on your head make you less of a women?
THen there was the stigma that women had to be in submission of their husband. Total BS.
Blaming everyone sin on a woman (EVE made adam eat, or so they say)
As a girl, I always wanted to try my hand at passing the microphones, ( I know, trivial in the stream of things, but hey, it seemed important at the time)
I always got pissed off when they talked about Leviticus and how " a womens cycle" made her unclean for 7 days before and 7 days after her period. Ok that leaves about a week a month that women would be considered "clean"
It always honked me off in service whenI was freezing my butt off in a dress...while guys at least had pants covering thier legs. WTF
Plus, total condescending remarks made by elders and servents to women and to me in judicial meetings sealed the deal.
I still cant understand why these "sisters" take all their crap.
BTW: Not to mention grounds for divorcing, wearing puritanical clothing ...I could go on and on
My .02
MelbaT
okay, i am in a playfull mood today .
i will ask a what would you do question, and the next person answers what they would do in that situation, then goes on to ask their own question.
what would you do if when you woke up in the morning you were 10 years younger?
What would you do if Jehovah's Witnesses had never existed?
Thinks about it for a minute...hmm.. probably be the same person I always have been, only Id probably be on another ex-website :) LOL
What would you do if the elders from your old congo came back and said "We're very sorry, we were in the wrong the whole time. Please forgive us and come back"
Good thing that we won't ever have to worry about that happening...at least not to me anyway
