Posts by Margie

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Check this out! my first act of "rebellion"...

by freedomlover in

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well, not really rebellion but that i've wanted one of these for a long time so i went and did it today, and i love it!

my little sister came out for a visit this weekend and i told her everything about leaving the jw's.

she has pretty much left about 6 months ago when she went away to college.

Margie

Very nice. My JW sister and I got ours done together. Strangely, her piercing got shallower and shallower over several months until finally it no longer existed. Her piercing was probably demonized.

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Grammar anyone?

by Fatfreek in

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i posted something earlier today and wasn't real comfortable with my sentence construction.

so here are two sentences for you.

is either not correct?

Actually, either the singular or plural verb form could be correct depending on the meaning you intend. If you intend to express uncertainty, as in "If I was there [, which I don't remember, but I might have been,] we could [have] work[ed] together [, but I just don't remember]" then you use the singular, was. If you intend to express a condition that doesn't actually exist, as in "If I were there [, but I'm not, I'm here,] we could work together," then you use the plural, were. The "we could work together" in your sentence makes the sentence work only as expressing a condition that doesn't exist, so in this case, the correct sentence is "If I were there we could work together."

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Share one link that others may find interesting

by IronGland in

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http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php

this is an ancient rome discussion forum that i've become addicted to.

Margie

Oops...double post.

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Share one link that others may find interesting

by IronGland in

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http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php

this is an ancient rome discussion forum that i've become addicted to.

Margie

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

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Crepes Anyone?

by simplesally in

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i decided to learn how to make crepes.

today, i made some crepes with spinach, artichokes, cheese and sausage; some with cream cheese and jam; peach crepes, chicken and cheese......... i got an electric crepe maker, it's so easy to use!

Margie

Yum! My mom used to make us crepes for breakfast sometimes. She'd top them with warm maple syrup with melted butter mixed in and a little bit of powdered sugar. I also love crepes filled with creme de marron (sp?), a sweetened chestnut filling. Mmm.

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Just want to gain insight on the overall attitude of most on here.

by stillAwitness in

i am on here a lot.

leafing through posts, taking the time out to read individuals' profiles, their topics.

i like to gain insight, get perspective on what it is like to be "on the other side" i guess you can say.

Margie

Hi StillAWitness (I like your new avitar, by the way, and if I played for that team I'd definitely be all "call me"...but I digress...),

I think I'm a minority on the board but I'm actually kind of apathetic toward the whole JW thing. About a year and a half ago a friend who knew I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness IMed me with a question about JW doctrine. I didn't know the answer so I googled "Jehovah's Witnesses" in hopes of finding it, but I found this site instead (ha!). Since I joined here, I've learned much more about the only religion I ever participated in than I ever learned about it while I was actually participating in it. The absurdity of that amuses me.

Having written the above, I'm about to contradict my claim of apathy. What I'd like is for the society to become more mainstream and abandon its fringe elements like the stand on higher education, the constant armageddon's-coming-yesterday-so-you'd-better-place-all-those-Watchtowers! bullshit and the general pressure for Jehovah's Witnesses to be so closed off to non-Jehovah's Witnesses. In my mind, the blood doctrine is in a separate category and is evil. Clearly, it has to go.

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Do you hug and kiss your pets?

by Dimples in

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i love my cats as if they were my own children.

i was there when they were born and even cut one of the umbilical cords.

they are part of my family and yes, i do pick them up, hug them and kiss them everyday.

Margie

Oh no! Kidney failure? How old is he? Did you know that they do kidney transplants for cats?

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Do you hug and kiss your pets?

by Dimples in

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i love my cats as if they were my own children.

i was there when they were born and even cut one of the umbilical cords.

they are part of my family and yes, i do pick them up, hug them and kiss them everyday.

Margie

Yes, when my girls were alive, I hugged and kissed them every single day. Although one has been gone for 5 years and the other for 1 year, I still miss them terribly. With all due respect to all the other cats our there, my girls were the best cats ever. One thought she was a dog -- she'd go up to strangers and ask for pets and her meow even sounded a little like a bark. She was so friendly. The other was the sweetest, most docile cat, but she was a little shy. She'd let me cradle her like a baby and scratch her belly without ever complaining. She loved her mommy.

On the bright side, just this afternoon I decided to adopt two kittens. They're littermates born about 2 weeks ago to my co-worker's sister-in-law's cat. I'll get them in about a month. I'm sure I'll hug and kiss them daily, too.

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