Posts by fairchild

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I think my cat is EVIL....

by lola28 in

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okay i have a problem and it is called jacob my cat.

we found him a few months ago ( he was a stray and my mom brought him home) and the first day he was fine but over the last two months his behavior has gotten really bad.

he has developed the habit of biting (hard) and he also scrathes you for no reason.

This might be interesting to you. I have a stray cat as well. I took her in almost 8 years ago. She behaved exactly the same way as your cat is behaving. At first she was fine, but then she started literally attacking me. She'd bite, scratch, hiss... one time I woke up in the middle of the night and she was standing right on top of me, hissing at me. I would have to wear jeans at all times, because if I walked through the house with bare legs, she'd go right for my legs and bite real hard. It came to a point where I was a bit afraid of her. Then I started thinking about this, and decided that my cat was ruling the house and that I didn't feel comfortable anymore in my own place. From that moment on, each time she attacked me, bit or scratched me, I would yell at her, pick her up and literally "throw" her out of the house. I'd throw her food dish and her litter box out as well and leave her out for a couple of hours. Then I'd let her in and she'd be all calm. She is now almost 8 years old and she is the sweetest little thing, I love her to pieces and wouldn't know what to do without her. She is like my family. Two years ago, I was very ill, and this cat literally took care of me. She usually is out and about, but during the time I was bed ridden, she never left my bed, except to use the litter box and to eat. She would sleep on top of my head to "keep me warm", she had never done that before and has not done it since. She'd also constantly "wash" me. I have had so much love from that cat, you have no idea. It was just a matter of showing her that I didn't appreciate how she was treating me.

To this day, she still attacks pretty much all people who come in the house, but she doesn't attack me. I even have a friend who calls ahead when he's on his way over and I have to make sure that the cat is either outside or in the bedroom, because he's scared to death of her.

As I was telling my cat story to a lady onece, she told me... how strange, I went through the exact same thing with my stray cat. In the past years, I have heard several stories like that, from people who take in stray cats and they start attacking them. I am seriously wondering if it has something to do with the fact that they were a stray. Don't give up, but show the cat in no uncertain terms that his/her behavior is not appreciated. I bet it will get better soon.

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praying for mass destruction and death

by Cognitive_Dissident in

so i was writing a paper the other day, specifically about the skewed world view that i had had as a witness, and i typed the following - .

pain, misery, strife, these were all things that used to prove to me that jehovah's witnesses were correct in their assessment of a dying world which was soon to be liberated/obliterated by the hand of god.

this "liberation" was something that i desperately longed for.

fairchild

Even when I very deeply believed that all non JWs would be destroyed during the big A, I could not believe that my grandmother would be destroyed. She wanted to have nothing to do with the JWs, never wanted to listen to what they had to say. But she was the most kind and caring person I have ever come across. She lived to serve her God in her Catholic church, she went to church every day. She cared for her fallen apart family in a very loving way and treated every person, family or not, as a friend. She was always overworked and under appreciated but I never heard her complaining once. She lived to help other people, even when she knew that they'd never do anything for her in return. She didn't have much money at all, actually, she was poor, but she shared what she had, and when someone needed financial help, she'd give her last cent. No, I could not believe that a loving God would destroy a person like her. No way.

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Hiring a JW or not?

by fairchild in

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friends

i work with about 30 guys who fail to realize that one can actually hold a conversation without swear words and still make sense.

it doesn't happen that way.

the words they use frequently make the f-word look like a polished piece of vocabulary.. now, about 4 months ago, the son of a jw family in good standing applied for a job there.

fairchild

Hi nina, oops, we cross posted. I think he'll be hired soon now that his application is on top of the list for the girl's section. Chances are it will only be a matter of days. The turnover of employees is so amazing, I see new people every week.

As for the work conditions, we haven't been all that lucky this summer. It used to be a lot better when I first started working there. Some people who were hired this summer just really gave me the creeps. As business slows down a lot after Columbus day, the new ones usually get laid off and don't come back the next year, so only another month and we will be back to our old crew. I can't wait, to be honest.

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Jws and Magicians

by mrsjones5 in

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a few years ago my parents went on one of their annual cruises.

2 of my aunts on my father's side went also.

everyone had a great time, so my mother said.

fairchild

Of course some magicians like David Blaine(sp?) cultivate an aura of "dark power" as a source of their tricks while others like Penn & Teller reveal straight up that it is only a trick.

LOL, that's exactly why Penn&Teller got kicked out of the Brotherhood of Magicians.

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Hiring a JW or not?

by fairchild in

jw
friends

i work with about 30 guys who fail to realize that one can actually hold a conversation without swear words and still make sense.

it doesn't happen that way.

the words they use frequently make the f-word look like a polished piece of vocabulary.. now, about 4 months ago, the son of a jw family in good standing applied for a job there.

fairchild

Say No to hiring this poor kid. God knows he's got enough problems as it is by the sounds of it. Ask your boss if he can reconsider him when he's got a place going in the 'girls dept.' I think he would be just too traumatised as would any kid who's not used to vulgarity and perhaps really scared!

Actually, this is exactly what I did. I made sure that his application was moved to the "hire first" stack in the girl's section. I highly recommended him by the girl's manager. As soon as a position comes available in that section, he will be hired there and work with his brother. jeeprube, I work at a huge restaurant which employs a total of about 70 workers. We serve about a thousand dinners a day. The "girl's section" is the dining room, they have no waiters, only waitresses. Everyone is female in the dining room, except for two bus boys and one of the bar tenders. In the kitchen, just about everyone is male, except for myself and one of the bakers. Strange enough, I am one of the 3 lead chefs and have to keep this bunch of savages under control. I am no more than 5 feet tall, barely 90 pounds, but they'll think twice before they mess with me.

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Why is it cool to be "crazy"?

by ballistic in

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why is it cool to be "crazy"?.

as some of you know, i have been doing some internet dating some of which has been a good experience, some dissapointing.. having in the past been out with a few women who had a rather unstable nature to varying degrees, i've made apoint of ignoring users who call themselves "crazy", "a bit loopy", "nutter".

you would actually be suprised how common this is.. now this post is by no means intended to upset anyone on this board who has "issues", many here have and i have had in the past - and it''s not suprising seeing as what some of us have been through.. i'm just interested to know what is the significance of people describing themselves this way either in their name or in their profile.

fairchild

Hi ballistic,

I wouldn't discard people because they write in their profile that they are crazy. Although I personally wouldn't use this word, "crazy" can mean many things. It can be positive as well. Perhaps someone calls herself crazy, as in "different" and different can be good. Does this make sense?

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Hiring a JW or not?

by fairchild in

jw
friends

i work with about 30 guys who fail to realize that one can actually hold a conversation without swear words and still make sense.

it doesn't happen that way.

the words they use frequently make the f-word look like a polished piece of vocabulary.. now, about 4 months ago, the son of a jw family in good standing applied for a job there.

fairchild

Thanks John, that's exactly what I was thinking. I guess I just wanted someone else's opinion. My workplace isn't even the "real world", because in the read world, people are much less rude, and I'm sure that drugs aren't as rampant everywhere (I certainly hope not).

Things used to be a lot calmer at work, but a bunch of people who were hired over the summer were bad influences and they dragged everyone else along. I don't even want my co-workers to know where I live, and I very often have nightmares about that place. On a positive note, most of the workers don't stay for more than 3 months, so who knows, chances are things will be better a few months from now. But for the time being, I don't think this is the right place for this kid. Just in the past two months, not one, but THREE of my co-workers got arrested. Two are still in jail.

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Hiring a JW or not?

by fairchild in

jw
friends

i work with about 30 guys who fail to realize that one can actually hold a conversation without swear words and still make sense.

it doesn't happen that way.

the words they use frequently make the f-word look like a polished piece of vocabulary.. now, about 4 months ago, the son of a jw family in good standing applied for a job there.

fairchild

I would literally tell this guy that if in his position I would be concerned not with hiring a moral fellow, but what he's allowing to take place concerning language and the creation of a hostile atmosphere.

True enough. The rule at work is "be on time, do your job as you are asked, leave your alcohol and drugs by the door and wear your uniform". This rule is always respected, and they don't hesitate to fire a person who violates the rules. However, everyone hangs out together after work to drink and do drugs. If you don't hang out with them, you are "marked" and they will make things real tough on you. I'll be leaving for work in an hour, and I can guarantee you that some of the guys will have been awake since yesterday morning, high on coke or whatever. The manager is a party guy as well, and he hangs out with the drinkers a lot after work. The owners don't know the first thing about all that. As for the language, several of the managers have tried and tried and tried to make people polish their speech. They even went as far as to force people to say "romantic", instead of swearwords. It ended up being hilarious. One guy calling another a "romantic sumbitch".

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Hiring a JW or not?

by fairchild in

jw
friends

i work with about 30 guys who fail to realize that one can actually hold a conversation without swear words and still make sense.

it doesn't happen that way.

the words they use frequently make the f-word look like a polished piece of vocabulary.. now, about 4 months ago, the son of a jw family in good standing applied for a job there.

fairchild

I work with about 30 guys who fail to realize that one can actually hold a conversation without swear words and still make sense. It doesn't happen that way. The words they use frequently make the F-word look like a polished piece of vocabulary.

Now, about 4 months ago, the son of a JW family in good standing applied for a job there. They hired him, but employed him in the girl's section of the building where the language is considerably better than in the section where I work. Now yesterday, his brother (a nice, polite young man who is trying hard to become an elder when he'll be old enough) applied for a job there as well. Unfortunately, the only jobs available right now are in the guy's section. So the manager came to me yesterday, asking for my opinion. He wanted to know if it would be appropriate to hire this kid. He is aware of the extremely filthy language used among us, and he asked me if this would corrupt or shock the boy too much and he left it up to me whether we should hire him or not.

I told him I'd give it some thought and let him know before the weekend is over. So I gave it some thought but I can't make up my mind. What I think might happen is, should we hire him, he'd tell his parents about how unhealthy this environment is for a JW, and they might force his brother to quit as well. This family is not well off, and they certainly could use the money. On the other hand, who am I to deny this kid a job? I hate to be the one making this decision and can't make up my mind. Any suggestions?

Oh, and it is not just about filthy language, you have NO idea. It really is not a good environment. Alcohol and drugs are rampant as well, and if you're not part of the heavy partying, they'll make your life so miserable you'll end up quitting anyways. Personally, I don't drink at all and don't do drugs, but I am a girl with a very big mouth between 30 guys and they know better than to mess with me. On top of that I have seniority over almost all of them, both in age and duration of my emplyment there. But what about a young JW? How traumatic it can be..

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Anybody else have this announced? Special Meeting on Friday night

by CaptainSchmideo in

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all baptized brothers asked to come to special meeting friday (tomorrow) at 7pm.

bring the new organized book.. don't know what this is all about.

judging from past experience, a whole lot of something about nothing..... .

fairchild

Once a MS commented that I (me) played a song a week or so back and it skipped a couple of times, but when he played it himself after the meeting it didn't skip. His suggestion was that I didn't know what I was doing. You know, it's real complicated to stand there staring at a record and making sure it doesn't skip. I thought I did a pretty good job of popping the needle back into place without messing it up.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, ooohhh, haven't had such a good laugh in a looong time. Thanks for the moment.