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  Would you do this?

  by Been there in

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  would you pee for someone to pass a pee test for a new job?

  i was asked to do so.

  i could pass with flying colors.

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  Would you pee for someone to pass a pee test for a new job? I was asked to do so. I could pass with flying colors. I work hard to be drug & alcohol free, it is a choice I make. I said "NO WAY", but am I over reacting? Is it such a big deal?

  I know this person well and it would not be in anyway harming anyone, they are not abusers at all but relaxation at appropriate times. I know all the ways to fool the test so I don't need those answers really. What would your conscience be?

  Does it make a differance if the person is a differant gender? The test is tomorrow.

  What say ye?
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  Windchaser's Birthday!!!

  by ESTEE in

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  have you seen windchaser ...?

  'cuz it's her birthday!!!!!!.

  hope your life is great!!!.

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  Wishing you a great

  Happy Birthday!

  Windchaser, hope all is well with you.
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  For Better or For Worse?

  by Guest 77 in

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  ok, to the point, who got the best deal in the marriage agreement, you or your spouse?

  my answer is, me.

  my wife got ripped off.. no need for details when replying.

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  I totally got ripped off and he knows it.
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  Okay....important question about ....

  by berylblue in

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  ...toothpaste.. tim has decided we can no longer share toothpaste.

  so he purchased some for me.. because...... this is tim's toothpaste.... .

  this is mine.... .

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  Hubby and I have our own, he brushes at the sink, I usually brush in the shower. I squeeze the middle til it needs squished to the top, then rolled.
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  Nothing to do with being a JW but being human..

  by aikido1914 in

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  rejection may be as tough as physical pain by paul recer, ap

  washington (oct. 9) - a rejected lover's broken heart may cause as much distress in a pain center of the brain as an actual physical injury, according to new research.ap graphicrejection registers in the same part of the brain as physical pain does.

  california researchers have found a physiological basis for social pain by monitoring the brains of people who thought they had been maliciously excluded from a computer game by other players.. naomi i. eisenberger, a scientist at the university of california, los angeles and the first author of the study to be published friday in the journal science, said the study suggests that the need for social inclusiveness is a deep-seated part of what it means to be human.. ''these findings show how deeply rooted our need is for social connection,'' said eisenberger.

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  Welcome Aikido,

  Good post. I can see many examples where this would make sense.

  This board for example. There has been several threads about people replying to posts and what makes one more popular then another. Why some people can say something from the heart and get almost no replys and others can cry about a hang nail and get 3 pages of sympathy (total exaggeration on my part, kinda) but it feels like a rejection and painful to the one getting no responses to their pain.

  I worked for a man once who showed an example of this. He lived with a girl who was pretty, sweet, loving and young. Her father was a deacon of the church and she was totally going against what she believed to be with this guy (she could have done much better). She wanted to be married and have children, she would make a wonderful wife and mother. After years of living together and her wanting a commitment from him (so she could have children) and giving him a deadline she left him to pursue her dream of marriage.

  My boss had a problem with commitment to anything. It took him a year to buy a pair of boots. He had to research the performance, R factor etc. of many boots to find the perfect pair. Took him months to research and buy a truck. I'm sure he was applying the same principles to finding a wife. I think it came down to not wanting to fail at what he decided, his decision had to be the perfect one.

  He (and everyone around him) was in total hell for a year while he tried to prove he was mister wonderful to get her back. He was a mess emotionally and physically. He didn't want her, he had never said anything nice about her, didn't act like he loved her...............until SHE rejected him. He didn't want her or kids (he said he was afraid there might be something wrong with them) but the rejection by her was too much for him to bare. He would sit in a corner and rock, he would cry, he would talk to total strangers in a store about his sorry love life. He was useless for one year. He finally got her back and instantly started treating her like crap again. She had dreamed of a nice wedding she settled for a quicky wedding and a small reception of family. Last I heard they still had no kids (9 years later).

  Of course we also have the shunning of witness family and friends. This is the theory behind that..............
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  I got the job

  by berylblue in

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  thanks so much to everyone for their support over the past weeks.. .

  tim interviewed me every night this past week in order to get me ready.

  it was grueling and i was in tears (not due to any pressure from him, but because of my own inadequacies); i've relied in the past on my personal warmth and integrity to get jobs but really needed to learn how to answer difficult questions.

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  Congratulations Beryl. Show them what you got!

  Just wondering what did you put down for the time you were off so long? Did it even come up? What did you end up saying?

  That was sweet of Tim to interview you to help you get ready for the real stuff. It really puts you at ease when you are prepared for what may come up. ((((( Tim )))) (for Beryl of course)
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  Secrect Santa Again This Year????

  by kelpie in

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  wondering if anyone is interested in doing secret santa again this year.. last year was soooooo much fun.

  i am quite happy to put up my hand and organise it... .

  christy did such a fantastic job last year i will have a lot to live up to.. let me know what you all think.. merry christmas.

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  Count me in Kelpie. I was wondering if anyone was going to do it this year. You brave soul.
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  addiction to this board

  by stillajwexelder in

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  hey guys, hamas has admitted to me he could not keep away from this board -- this is actually a serious question -- i have found i have become addicted and just can not stay away or stop posting -- every morning and evening -- sometimes at lunchtime -- and certainly most weekends i come on this board -- am i normal?

  is it just me and hamas or are there others out there addicted to simon's damn board?

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  Yep, I've been totally addicted since I started reading here. It's the first thing I do in the morning (4:30) and the last thing I do at night. Don't post much but read always. My goal is to stop at 500 posts. We'll see.
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  Who On This Board Has Been Out The Longest?

  by SanFranciscoJim in

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  just curious....... i was disfellowshipped in may 1980, more than 23 years ago..

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  I stopped going to meetings in 1974. I did go to the Memorials for a few years.
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  Remembering Names

  by iiz2cool in

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  i deal with over 400 people where i work, and i have trouble remembering names.

  everyone knows mine though.

  i can remember their ip addresses more easily than i can remember their names.

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  iiz2cool,

  Don't worry to much about it, everyone has the problem. I usually try to associate them with someone I already know. Like Tom = My son etc. Ask them for their name again, let them know you remember the face but you can't recall the name (because you are awful at names). I usually just walk up to people that may remember me or may not and just introduce myself again. Like "Hi, I'm Been there, I met you on JWD". That way they remember me now in the present and aren't trying to figure out who I am, from where. I hate it when I know I recognize someone but for the life of me can't remember where I know them from.