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Secret Santa 2005

by Gadget in

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friends

its getting to that time of year again, so who wants to do another secret santa?

it worked out brilliantly last year and the year before.

if any one wants to join in let me know by either posting in this thread(to help keep it bttt so people can see it, lol), or pm'ing me or emailing me at [email protected]

Aude_Sapere

Secret Santa Virgin here....

I'm a little nervous about buying gifts for 'strangers' but it sounds like fun.

Please add me to the list.

-Aude.

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Fine new provision for research from the Governing Body

by AlmostAtheist in

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friends

(with apologies to the guy who had this idea first, and for watchtower-izing it).

from: governing body, watch tower bible & tract society.

to: all congregations.

Aude_Sapere

I miss Dave and Gina !!

Thanks for posting that. Brightened my ~~evening~~ week.

-Aude.

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JUST WANTED TO SAY THANX EVERYONE!

by stillAwitness in

just wanted to say thank you to everyone who took the time out to post encouraging words in my topic on "college or pioneer?

" i got over 4 pages of responses!

i printed them all out and keep them in my book bag and read them when i need the encouragement.

Welcome to JWD. This is a great site for any issue, not just JW. The fact that we have a common JW link helps us to identify things that we may have missed ourselves. I'm so happy for you that your first time here had such a tremendous boost for you!

Regarding the spit balls - I found that night classes were MUCH better behaved. Often there are different teachers in the evenings, too. I started back to school at age 33 (while working full time to support myself, a child and a mortgage). The teachers seem to have greater respect for the night students because they KNOW that they are there to learn and not just so mom and dad will pay their bills.

Keep up the studies and pop back in here anytime for any reason.

We love our college 'kids'...!!!

-Aude Sapere. (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Knowledge/Wisdom)

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After my un-DF'ing, I have sent a letter to everyone in my hall.

by kwintestal in

in the final installment of my story, i am done with my local congregation now.

in the past month, i have been df'd, un-df'd attended a meeting where i shook everyones hand and smiled ... and now i have sent everyone in the hall this letter, roughly 60 addresses:.

open letter to the north congregation of jehovahs witnesses.

Aude_Sapere

Maybe not this week, maybe not next week, but one day in the fairly near future, someone will hear rumor of a problem and will remember your letter.

Guaranteed.

This will help some 'honest-hearted' people see 'the truth' for the lie that it is.

Nice work!

-Aude.

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Finally back online!

by Bryan in

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friends

we moved from hotels to corporate housing (without internet).

one hour after high speed was installed last thursday, we had to leave for paris.

i just arrived back in houston this evening.

Aude_Sapere

Welcome Back.!

I just reviewed some old postings from you. Looks like you lasted about 53 weeks in N.O. until you washed out.

Are y'all moving back once the mess is cleared out a little or will you be relocating?

(Hope I don't sound too cavalier... Don't know what kinds of ties you have to the area and how strong they are.)

-Aude.

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Blood - A Balanced View??

by Aude_Sapere in

i think that rather than being completely anti-blood or completely accepting of doctor's decisions it is much better to remain guarded with regard to blood transfusions.

although i recently rescinded my no blood amd, i want to find a way to document that although i will accept blood, my preference is to first work with plasma expanders and the like.

today a friend of mine died.

Aude_Sapere

Rebel - As always, good reasoning and strong and direct encouragement. Thank you so very much for responding to my posts. I appreciate your clear and thoughtful responses.

Goinggoinggone - My blood card has been gone for many years. Now it's time to update hospital and physician records.

Truth - To be sure! If they could just relinquish a little of the power hold that they maintain on the people, it might (just might) cause less of them to balk at the control.

-Aude.

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Blood - A Balanced View??

by Aude_Sapere in

i think that rather than being completely anti-blood or completely accepting of doctor's decisions it is much better to remain guarded with regard to blood transfusions.

although i recently rescinded my no blood amd, i want to find a way to document that although i will accept blood, my preference is to first work with plasma expanders and the like.

today a friend of mine died.

Aude_Sapere

I think that rather than being completely anti-blood or completely accepting of doctor's decisions it is much better to remain guarded with regard to blood transfusions.

Although I recently rescinded my No Blood AMD, I want to find a way to document that although I will accept blood, my preference is to first work with plasma expanders and the like.

Today a friend of mine died. About a month ago she was given a blood transfusion as part of treatment for internal bleeding following gastric bypass surgery. Following the transfusion, she had grand mal seizure that was difficult to control and subsequently went into a coma. She was comatose for 4 weeks and today her family made the decision to terminate life support. She died at 7:10 this evening.

I don't know if there was any alternative to blood but I'm still a little leary about whether or not blood is viewed as a 'quick fix' with some surgeons...

Back in the 70's, the young son of a single mom in my congregation was given blood after he stopped breathing. Baby-sitter revived him and got him to hospital where transfusion was given. Child died from Circulatory Overload.

I know that blood has saved many people's lives but I not inclined to believe that is completely harmless, either.

My own experiences are that treatment was more carefully thought-out when blood was *not* an option.

About 10 years ago, my brother was seriously injured and had lost enough blood for him to lose consciousness. He was alert enough to write 'no blood' on his consent forms in the ambulance. First doctor in the ER (very experienced) decided that he couldn't be bothered with the 'no blood' directive and passed the case on to the newbie doctor. This doctor had spent several years in south-central LA and was highly experienced with gang-related injuries and extreme blood loss. Brother healed extremely well and was home 3 days later.

My biopsy in 1998 was supposed to be a little tricky. Medial-stenoscopy would involve an incision at the base of my neck and then down to my heart to take some snippets of a tumor. There was risk of clipping necessary tissue in this area of 'high-priced real estate' and doctor assured me that blood would be on hand in the ER. At the time, I was still in my walk-away believer state and said that I did not want blood - in any form. After making sure that I was resolute, surgeon re-assessed me and decided to check my neck again. Seemed to have some smaller tumors there and he felt he could get sufficient sampling from my neck. Surgery was successful and I went home the next day.

These are just 2 stories where things went terribly wrong with blood and two stories where things went much better without blood. I know there are many, many examples that are not so dramatic but these are the ones closest to me right now.

I know that sometimes blood complicates things and I wonder if sometimes we are too quick to give doctors carte blanch since changing our personal views on blood.

I believe that treatment may sometimes be better without.

Any thoughts??

-Aude.

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COUNTY FAIR TIME

by horrible life in

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friends

i took this picture at my daughters jr. high school mini prom.

the 2 boys with hats, moved away a few months earlier,after growing up here.

they just happened to be visiting, and saw their classmates.

Aude_Sapere

Days of our youth??

Fun picture.
-Aude.

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Where are the JWs active

by Triple A in

i keep reading all these threads that talk about the jws knocking on their doors.

we live in southern california and there has not been a visit at door in well over a year.

my business is on the main drag and their has not been a visit there either.

Aude_Sapere

I live in SoCal.
When I used to go out in service, I knocked on the doors and didn't pad my reports.
Guess I just must have missed you house.

Unless you were at work. I hated business territory.

I agree with you, though. I seem to see more mormons walking around then JWs...

-Aude.

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Is this love? It feels like the flu...

by Ingenuous in

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friends

for anyone who may have noted my happy news of about a week ago, the bubble burst after roughly 48 hours.

after the 90% successful "let's agree to act like intelligent adults and respect the other's conscience" talk with my dad, he wrote a letter and renegged on everything.

i am once again a hard-headed, ungrateful apostate.. i'm as tired of writing about the situation as you probably are reading about it, so i won't go into too many details.

Aude_Sapere

**the topic is not up for discussion**

Sometimes this is the only way to proceed.
There are several topics that are 'not up for discussion' with my family.

It's tough but that's life. It's difficult.

-Aude.

Aude_Sapere

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