just wondering why you choose not to use too many identifying facts about yourself on the boards?
is it to protect yourself, or others?.
for me, i have nothing to lose where the dubs are concerned, and initially my profile was pretty extensive.
As it is, I am already flirting with the legal aspects of hosting the BOE letters(already received one letter from their legal dept). Not sure what the ramifications would be if my ISP was ever forced to reveal my name to Patterson.
Can't you have the site hosted by a foreign ISP?
Mike.
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hell... it worked for tink so i though i would try my own request!
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Hey send a little my way too! Oh wait, never mind. I've got some coming next week.
Mike.
just wondering why you choose not to use too many identifying facts about yourself on the boards?
is it to protect yourself, or others?.
for me, i have nothing to lose where the dubs are concerned, and initially my profile was pretty extensive.
Personally I don't make much of an effort to be anonymous. But then again if some wacko did try to track me down, well it won't be easy.
I can fully understand others' reasons for remaining anonymous. There's over 6 million wacko's they need to hide from here. Since the subject has been brought up, I'd like to add my $.02. There's a lot of threads where we all share stories from our past (or sometimes current) congregations. Y'all be VERY careful when doing so. Details in those stories, even without mentioning names or cities, could lead to someone being "outed".
Mike.
i was talking to our new alignment tech johnny today.
johnny's a bible-thumper and i'm agnostic, which makes for an interesting mix.
we did find one thing we agree on today though.
I was talking to our new alignment tech Johnny today. Johnny's a bible-thumper and I'm agnostic, which makes for an interesting mix. We did find one thing we agree on today though. Neither of us likes The Empire.
It started where I mentioned my folks and Johnny asked about them. I told him that we aren't close and then explained why. "Remember I told you I used to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses? Well since I was kicked out, they're not allowed to associate with me anymore." Johnny stopped what he was doing and looked at me and said "what?!"
Then I explained disfellowshipping to him. And asked "now is that a [f'ing] cult or what?" He said that oh yes he knows it's a cult all right, he told me he knows all about the Witnesses, but he didn't know that about the disfellowshipping. Well maybe Johnny doesn't know as much about the Witnesses as he thinks he does. I can certainly correct that! I'm not going out in field service anymore, but I'm damn sure doing some field un-service!
Turns out his aunt is married to a "brother" in a nearby congregation. This brother knows me, I've known his family for years, since a child. I'm sure disfellowshipping will be a hot topic next time Johnny sees Brady.
Gotta plant the seeds whenever you can. I'm sure the subject will come up again, Johnny and I have plenty of time during the day to talk. He showed interest so I'm marking him down as a return visit. (or is it return call? I forget) Looks like I may have an Un-Study!!!
Don't you just love incidental un-witnessing?!
Mike.
the watchtower sept. 15, 1976 pages 575-6 questions from readers
questions from readers
first corinthians
It makes me so disgusted to read that crap! They're putting themselves in the position of deciding who will and won't be "saved". Judging by their expertise on everything else, oh yeah elders are for sure just great mental health experts!
Mike.
the cars i've seen most in the kingdom hall parking lot: the familiar, dull 4-door car, the family minivan, or the old beater.
sometimes the occasional 2-door car, which was generally frowned upon for service.
ok, let's hear it... what kind of car did you drive when you were a dub?.
'76 Mustang II when I was 16. Given to me by my grandfather. Plenty of flack over that one. Out of the 3 elders' sons I was the first to turn 16 and get a license and a car so of course there was plenty of jealousy and backbiting on the part of the elder fathers.
After the 'stang, I had a '77 Pontiac Catalina for a while until the block cracked. Then I went out car hunting and found a real gem. A '78 Dodge Monaco. This was in '89 and it only had 32,000 miles on it! Paint was perfect, vinyl top was perfect, interior was perfect, the 318 ran strong, it was a hell of a car! Handled like one half its size. The speedometer only went to 100 but I found that on the interstate I could run up to 100 and still had plenty of power to spare.
I sure miss the old Dodge! Last I saw it, it had changed hands a couple of times and been severely neglected. The last time I saw it a guy had bought it and was rebuilding the engine to put in his van.
Mike.
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here's a breaking news update i just received from cnn.. -- appeals court rules national "do-not-call" registry can be implemented while court considers whether it violates telemarketers' free speech.
watch cnn or log on to http://cnn.com (aol keyword: cnn) for the latest news.
The telemarketing industry just doesn't realize how bad they're shooting themselves in their collective foot with this one. It's already come out that telemarketing execs are on the dnc list, as well as the judge who tried to shoot it down. The American people aren't nearly as dumb as they think we are. They're fighting to keep us from keeping them from calling us, that's what it comes down to. How much further will it go?
Why is it that state dnc lists are ok, but a national list isn't? If this challenge is successful it could pave the way to getting rid of state dnc lists as well. I hope sanity prevails.
Their challenge saying the list violates their First Ammendment right is baloney. The First Ammendment garantees you the right to speak but not the right to be heard. We have a right to lock our homes against unwanted persons, we can post signs that prohibit salespeople from coming to our doors, why shouldn't we also have the same ability to keep them off our phone lines?
We can only hope that ultimately this case reaches a sane judge who's not hurting for money.
Mike.
p.s. I've said this before but it bears repeating. If you don't want telemarketing calls (and junk mail) don't give out your phone number and address in the first place. Sometimes you have to, but in that case you should always request that the business keep that info private. If you're not getting credit, or a service or product delivered to your home, then that business doesn't need your personal info and you have a right not to give it to them no matter how pushy they are about it. Store discount cards are another way your name hits calling lists. How many store discount cards do you have? Guess what? They sold your info to someone! Think about it next time you're offered a discount card.
Me? I get zero telemarketing calls and very little junk mail. I've always been careful about giving out my phone number and address, and it's gotten me into some confrontations with store employees who got a little too insistent. I always tell them when they keep on about it "I'm profit and you're overhead. I don't give out personal information."
okay, apparently we're all toast at armageddon.
jehovah hates us all, and he's really going to have some fun killing us all.
we're all going to pay for our apostate ways, whether we've grown a beard, or we've gone to a marilyn manson concert.
I won't be. So there!
Mike.
i feel so down.
i am beginning to think i am the kind of person that just walks away from their problems, instead of confronting them.
when people hurt me, i will hardly ever show it, voice my feelings or anything.
{{{{{Viv}}}}}
Would you settle for me thinking good thoughts of you while I down a Miller Lite?
Mike.
our nissan primera is beginning to show her age somewhat.
consequently, her ladyship and i have decided that we'll start looking around when we come back from the usa next month.. we've done some preliminary enquiring, sounded out each others preferences, and we've decided that most of all we like....... the new mini!.
of course it would have to be the mini cooper, they go like s*** off a shovel!.
is the Nissan Z the one that uses rotors instead of regular pistons?
No, that's the Mazda RX series. The Z still uses regular pistons in a very impressive manner. Now the RX-7's rotary engines are pretty tough. I drove a customer's turbo RX-7 not too long ago. Very fast!
Mike.
