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  UN Library Card Excuse.

  by Englishman in

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  a coupie of nights ago, i was sat watching an old video-clip of the village people singing "ymca"on tv.

  the thought occured to me that the wt most likely have a down on the ymca (they have a down on most things), so i searched ymca on my wt library cd.. well, that was interesting all right.

  however, one part of the article reminded me of brooklyns excuse for being party to the un as an ngo.

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  When I first heard "here" about the U.N. membership and thier excuse of it only to use the library, the first thing that came to my mind was that if I got a membership card to the YMCA to use the pool I would be disfellowshiped. Any guilt I ever had was gone. How dare they
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  How Many of you were bitten by a dog?

  by orangefatcat in

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  i use to think that going door to door had its hazardous moments, but the time i was bitten by a dog wow.

  that was scary.

  i still can't figure out why the mutt bit me as i love animals.

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  I got bit at around 7 or 8. We were "In Service" walking down the street and the lady and her beagle were standing by the sidewalk in her yard. When we got close the dog started growling. I was a little leary passing them. The lady bent down to the dog to calm him saying "he's okay, he won't bite." CHOMP! He bit my leg. I remember sitting on the ladies toilet as she was cleaning up the wound. I can't remember if my Granny witnessed to her or not.

  Around the same time I got bit on the wrist by a neighbours Colley who did not want a dress put on her. I thought she might like it. Wrong! I had to go to the hospital for that one. I have a healthy respect for dogs now.
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  What's your nicest souvenir of your time spent as a JW?

  by JH in

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  can you still recall nice moments you spent as a jw?

  do you remember ever being happy there?

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  1 pool party, 1 party in the park, 2 pizza/roller skating partys, 1 snowmobile party and 1 treasure hunt. I remember them fondly. That was 18 years of growing up a JW kid.

  Shhhh! This is a secret..........When I was 8 my Aunt was taking care of me when my Granny was gone out of the country. I got an invitation to my best friends BIRTHDAY party and my Aunt let me go. I felt like I belonged for once and I had so much fun. We never did tell Granny and 40 years later I still let my Aunt know how much that one thing ment to me.
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  1 Hour Before Disaster: Thailands Government Got Aware of Tsunami Danger !

  by Erich in

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  raw story acquires nation tsunami article

  the following article appeared in the thai daily the nation under pravit rojanaphruk?s byline dec. 28 and was acquired by a

  raw story

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  I believe one hour could have saved thousands of lives, they should have warned them and given them a chance.

  But........

  On the other hand if that 200,000 people were alive they would be crammed into the same shanty towns with no food, no clean water and little shelter. Would they have died anyway from disease and starvation? Children, elderly and weak are always the most susceptible in any disaster. The damage to the land and property would still be the same if there was warning or not, would they survive what is bound to get much worse before it gets better? Would they only have traded places with someone else?

  In the end I think it does'nt matter if they sent out a warning or not, they need help and lots of it.
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  The reason why the deceased are buried facing east.

  by Schizm in

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  if you click on the link below what you'll see is an aerial view of the llano cemetery, located in amarillo, texas -- the place where i'll probably be buried.

  the gravestones can actually be seen.

  they are the white specks, all layed out in rows.

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  Schizm,

  I also have heard the same thing, but never looked into it. Maybe you could Google and find out more info.

  Just to be "Silly" if you are creamated, which way are you facing?
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  Of Miracles and Hope

  by all_forgiving in

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  the last week will go down as the biggest tragedy i can recall and i foresee i ever will.

  this week we've all witnessed a miracle by the out pouring of kindness and love shown by everyone.

  all borders have been dropped and the spirit of humanity has has never shown brighter.

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  Welcome to the board all_forgiving, glad to have you here.

  I agree 100% with what you say. It is a time to remind all humans what they can do if they choose to and they have chosen to do good from bad.

  My heart goes out to all people touched by this tragedy. I can't even comprehend the pain and suffering anymore.
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  Sexual Harassment

  by LittleToe in

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  i thought i'd pose a question especially (but not exclusively) for the girls regarding sexual harassment.

  what would you deem as unfitting behaviour?.

  is it appropriate for a guy to ask if you are wearing any panties?

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  Drunk or not, it is never ok to look under ones skirt/kilt without permission. It is an invasion of privacy. If it continued after repeated attempts to get them to stop....it goes beyond harassment.
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  The Book of Revelation

  by under74 in

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  okay, if anyone's seen my last post i'm doing a research paper on adventist groups.

  right now i'm reading revelation since it's a big thing amongst adventists.

  my own conclusion is that revelation had to do with the time it was written in.

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  There was a good show on the history channel a couple days ago talking about Revelations and Armageddon.

  I fell asleep before seeing it all tho. They were saying it was letters written in code to the christians in Rome. It was against the law what he was saying and had to be hidden. The guy that wrote it (John? Peter? Paul?) was imprisoned and knew that the early christians would know what the symbols ment, he was talking about the Roman Government and the things that were taking place at that time. Wish I would have stayed awake.
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  Can you help please? Re: JW grandfathers funeral

  by Lily888888 in

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  hi everyone, i am new to this forum so sorry about any mistakes.

  i have just had the terrible news that my grandfather has passed away.

  he and my grandmother (still alive) were both jehovah's witnesses.

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  My Condolences to you and your family Lily.

  I just wanted to tell you that you aren't that far from home and there are alot of ex-jw's around you. Simon, the guy that runs this place is very English.
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  Pulled at my heart strings

  by Purza in

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  so on christmas day we were staying with my fiancee's parents.

  my fiancee was not feeling well and i offered to go to 7-eleven to get him some pepto (this was about 8:30 a.m.) this older man (probably in his 70s) asked me if they had any milk that was less than a gallon container.

  i said that i didn't work there, but i went over and found a half gallon for him.

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  Purza, That is sooooooooooooo sad at this time of year especially it made me cry.

  He sounds like he needs and wants to talk about her. He is probably in shock. I hope his daughter will help him thru this or he may be close behind her. Men tend not to go to bereavement groups or anything.