i get upset very fast, if a product i use since years gets discontinued.
gee, if the weatherman says it's 75 degrees outside and i know it's 80, i'll phone him and tell him to get a better thermometer or put glasses on.
often i feel like writting to the mayor and ask him what is he waiting for to pave the streets of the whole city.
"Shipping and handling" charges
Oh yeah, that too!
I just love going through Ebay and finding something I really like, only to discover that although this person says they ship USPS, there is an extra huge shipping charge because Alaska isn't part of the United States.... I'm not sure how these people made it through High School.
Shipping to Alaska is such a racket. Don't put a .39 cent stamp on it and charge extra because you had to write "AK" in the address.
yesterday something happened that really pissed me off.
i was walking out of a store that has two doors you have to walk through... the inner door and the outer door.
basically a small foyer.. as i'm going through the inner door i notice a woman is behind be so i go on through and hold the door for her... she went right on through without a word and then went through the outer door, pushed it open and then let it fly back into my face.
I'm with Elliej on this one... I think it's wonderful that people haven't forgotten small kindnesses.
I hold doors open for people all the time, and when someone does the same for me they get a hearty "Thank You" and a big smile. Don't let it discourage you... most women know better and appreciate a gentleman when they meet one.
i get upset very fast, if a product i use since years gets discontinued.
gee, if the weatherman says it's 75 degrees outside and i know it's 80, i'll phone him and tell him to get a better thermometer or put glasses on.
often i feel like writting to the mayor and ask him what is he waiting for to pave the streets of the whole city.
WILD TURKEYS BANGING THE CRAP OUT OF MY CAR!!!!!!
Does that happen much???
i get upset very fast, if a product i use since years gets discontinued.
gee, if the weatherman says it's 75 degrees outside and i know it's 80, i'll phone him and tell him to get a better thermometer or put glasses on.
often i feel like writting to the mayor and ask him what is he waiting for to pave the streets of the whole city.
I don't get spun up about much... I'm a pretty calm person...
That being said, the employees at Home Depot here in town have got me shopping at Lowes now. On more than one occasion I've gone an asked an employee a question about fixing something in the house, and they promptly turn to my husband and tell HIM the answer. Apparently my boobs get in the way of my understanding the answer... I'm not sure.
If I ask a question... tell ME the answer, not my husband.... I don't care if we're talking about insulation or baking powder.
interesting little flashy thingie, toolie on usa today (see how professional i sound?).
http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gnoreligion/flash.htm.
interesting results in new york.... where the world wide headquarters of jws resides... .
Finally someone honestly accknowledges that atheism is another religion!
I apologize... I didn't mean anything by the title, I was just repeating the title of this Flash.
Crumpet, I'm Christian, but very low key... my husband is athiest so I truly respect that point of view. I'd be the first to tell you I don't have all the answers, or if the one's I've found for myself are the right ones, but they make me happy, so it works for me!
you get a new bible, and as you opened it, you notice that the pages all stuck together in these onion skin thin pages.
so you start separating them, with that crack snip and then separated sound.
that was fun, let me do another, i wonder if i could get through all of genesis before this guy finishes his talk.
I can remember sitting next to the wall and finding new "pictures" in the texturing on the sheetrock. Kinda like finding pictures in clouds....
OMG Crumpet... I'm so glad I'm not the only one who fantasized about who was on the platform... and trying to keep your eyes from hitting their crotches... since they were usually right at the audiences eye level.
interesting little flashy thingie, toolie on usa today (see how professional i sound?).
http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gnoreligion/flash.htm.
interesting results in new york.... where the world wide headquarters of jws resides... .
Interesting little flashy thingie, toolie on USA Today (See how professional I sound?)
http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gnoreligion/flash.htm
Interesting results in New York.... where the world wide headquarters of JWs resides...
It's interesting to see how JW's barely register on the radar, if at all in some states. Apparently the "Good News" isn't being marketed very well....
i was speaking to a friend last night, trying to explain why i don't go to meetings etc,(waste of time though she just can't seem to understand my point whatever i say), anyway she said as long as i don't d'a myself she can still speak to me.
she said they only d'f you if you commit a gross sin.
i refuted this saying if they knew i didn't agree with some of the teachings, sent a fathers day card etc and you weren't sorry they'd get rid of you.
I think she's deluded... I'd dare her to try and then report back her findings....
It seems when people get hauled in for piddly stuff... it becomes more about the persons "attitude" and "obedience" than the crime itself.
all to often, my mind drifts to my mixed feelings for my mother.
the deep love that burned in my heart for the woman who had given me life.. the suicidal remorse i felt for bringing such guilt and reproach on her good name.. the blinding anger i felt for her never questioning her beliefs, but always questioning her son.. and so i'm left with a vacuous emotional chamber for a large element that is missing from my soul.. and when you've lost your most valuable possesion, everything else is gravy on an empty plate - pointless.. and so i hurt too, and i love my mom, but does she love me?
the unanswered question haunts my mind.. we recieve, we give, and sometimes, we just plain screw up.
Amen Brother... A beautiful, heartbreaking and hearfelt post... Thank you....
i have been away from the meetings for about a year now.
i recently attended a funeral and the witnesses mostly avoided me even though i am not disfellowshipped.
my problem is i need to replace my old friends because they look at me with such suspicion now.. i never had trouble making friends before i was a witness,but that was 30 years ago.
I totally relate to what you guys are saying! As if coming out of Witnessdom isn't hard enough with the shunning etc, now you get to try to live out in the "darkness" with all the evil ones. I still feel more like a social MOTH than a butterfly... banging again the glass of social opportunity.... but it gets better!
The best thing I could have done was volunteer. I joined a local volunteer fire department and ambulance, but the list of places you could volunteer at are endless. What this did for me in my healing process was multi-leveled. It helped me develop friendships and a social circle, it filled the need I had to help others (in a real TRUE way, not the psuedo-charity Witnesses like to say they do) and it bolstered my self-esteem immensely. Plus it taught me valuable skills that I could use in my REAL LIFE.
My suggestion to people is always to find a charity and start offering your time and efforts to it. It's the best way to find out what "worldly" people are really like.
