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  Pictures of My Family at The "Holy JW" Wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by whyamihere in

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  well here they are...i had a horrible time.

  seirously, i did.

  i was so stressed before the reception i collapsed.

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  Brooke is the Lady in Red.
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  Where (Who) in the World is Hibiscusfire?

  by Big Dog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i noticed that hibie hasn't posted since the dating thread where it was pointed out that she borrowed some of her material from other websites, blogs, etc.. hibie has quickly become a fixture here with her threads that draw responses like crazy and her unusual preaching style.

  i don't think i am alone in wondering just who she really is since she seems to avoid all questions directed to her about who she is, how she came to this website, what she is trying to accomplish.. she has been called everything from mentally ill, to born again, to a troll by those on the board.. hibie, in all seriousness, i'd really like to know who you are and how you got here.

  if you are a teenager having fun, that's okay, but some of the stuff on this forum isn't really appropriate for a younger teen.

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  Mrs. Jones, I don't want to hear you complaining about songs in your head, I can't see you post without humming Me and Mrs. Jones.
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  Where (Who) in the World is Hibiscusfire?

  by Big Dog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i noticed that hibie hasn't posted since the dating thread where it was pointed out that she borrowed some of her material from other websites, blogs, etc.. hibie has quickly become a fixture here with her threads that draw responses like crazy and her unusual preaching style.

  i don't think i am alone in wondering just who she really is since she seems to avoid all questions directed to her about who she is, how she came to this website, what she is trying to accomplish.. she has been called everything from mentally ill, to born again, to a troll by those on the board.. hibie, in all seriousness, i'd really like to know who you are and how you got here.

  if you are a teenager having fun, that's okay, but some of the stuff on this forum isn't really appropriate for a younger teen.

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  I noticed that Hibie hasn't posted since the Dating thread where it was pointed out that she borrowed some of her material from other websites, blogs, etc.

  Hibie has quickly become a fixture here with her threads that draw responses like crazy and her unusual preaching style. I don't think I am alone in wondering just who she really is since she seems to avoid all questions directed to her about who she is, how she came to this website, what she is trying to accomplish.

  She has been called everything from mentally ill, to born again, to a troll by those on the board.

  Hibie, in all seriousness, I'd really like to know who you are and how you got here. If you are a teenager having fun, that's okay, but some of the stuff on this forum isn't really appropriate for a younger teen. If you are here to evangilize I'd be interested to know how you found this site and why you decided to preach here.

  As I asked in the Dating thread, will the real Hibiscusfire please stand up.
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  My Dad Isn't There Anymore

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. social
  2. family

  it really struck me last night that my dad is pretty much gone.

  he has advanced alzheimers, and is slowly dying of kidney failure from 40 years of diabetes.

  the family stepped in and said no to dialysis, because it would be 5 hours per day 3 days per week - minimum, for limited return on quality of life.

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  (((((((((((Brenda))))))))))))))))), I know EXACTLY how you feel. My thoughts are with you.
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  Is there anything we can do to "Lower Gas Prices"?

  by JH in

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  every now and then i get an email saying that we should all boycott a certain garage and not buy gas there anymore, and that it would eventually force that garage to lower the gas price and then we would all benefit from this.. i had another power point presentation this morning and they say to boycott petro canada and shell.. now gas is $1.16 a litre in montreal, and should go up to $1.42 a litre this winter they say in this email.. so, my question is, do you think that we as consumers can make the gas prices come down, and if yes, how?

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  I imagine the Amish folks are just laughing their asses off right now. Gas prices, blackouts, etc. they are totally unaffected by any of it.
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  "This just can't last much longer...."

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i went over and visited my parents today.

  my mom broke her hip while we were in hawaii, and i've been mostly house/bed ridden myself since we got home.

  so i finally got over there today.. we talked a little about the hurricane, which was on the news she turned off.

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  Fe203girl, I totally agree with what you said, when I hear my mother say it can't go on much longer I definitely feel her desperation, her father that she adored and that got her in the org is gone, her husband of 59 years is now gone, her health is going. when she says it, it sounds like mantra that you might hear a long distance runner chant, just a little farther, just a little farther....
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  "This just can't last much longer...."

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i went over and visited my parents today.

  my mom broke her hip while we were in hawaii, and i've been mostly house/bed ridden myself since we got home.

  so i finally got over there today.. we talked a little about the hurricane, which was on the news she turned off.

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  I hear that phrase alot from my mother, in between her crying jags about how I won't be there with her in the new system and how sad that will be. Sometimes I feel like a real rat for making her so sad, I have even thought of lying and telling her I went back to the hall etc. just to ease her mind. She's 84 and probably doesn't have all that much time left, I know it tears her up to think her youngest won't be there with all the rest.
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  maybe I'm making too much out of it.......

  by under74 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm going to try to make a long story short.... i moved away from my home city for grad school 2 years ago and left a couple boxes at my mom's for safe keeping.

  my mom ended up moving to a new place during the 2 years i was in school.

  i noticed on visits that there was only one box i recognized stored out in her new garage and asked her about it...she got defensive and said she took all that was boxed.

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  Sometimes all we have to remember someone by is a material item. I have my father's wings and rank insignia from when he was in the Air Corps, long before he was a dub. Its all I have to remember him by and it means the world to me, I don't think its pathetic at all.
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  What Motivates YOU to Post Here?

  by trevor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  defd has said he will leave and it caused me reflect on how he was treated.

  are we happy with the way we responded when he tried to defend his faith?

  this and comments about my own attitude have caused me to review my motive for the posts i make.. when i first started posting here i was thoughtful and sincere as were most of the posters back then.

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  I joined the forum after being out of the org for over 20 years but never having actually talked with others that had left. In retrospect I find that amazing that I never had a chance in all that time to hash out things about the org with another person who had been there and left, but I simply did not know any. So I joined and enjoyed getting to vent and have alot of what I felt validated through hearing stories similar to mine or thoughts similar to those I had.
  

  I tend to run the whole gamut, I like to post on all types of threads from the very serious to the total fluff, I like to have fun and crack wise from time to time. I always try to be respectful when I post following what I think of as the golden rule of disscussion/debate, attack the issue not the person.

  But lately I have found myself growing tired of the politics of the forum, the popular posters that run roughshod over others, and those that are just arrogant in the extreme. It is diminishing my enjoyment greatly and has me thinking now that I'm typing this might well be my last post. This was my first experience ever on a forum, and it has been educational that's for sure.
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  The Atheist's Book of Bible Stories - new - The "Just Pretend" Religion

  by RunningMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the just pretend religion

  i was rooting around on the internet today, and i came across something that gave me a unique insight into how fundamentalists have a good time.

  one suggestion was to have the kids re-enact the ten plagues of egypt.

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  Runningman: The consensus seemed to be that having children re-enact the biblical plagues seemed ghoulish in the extreme, and while I agree that seems a bit odd I pointed out that other children's games/songs might have some fairly ghoulish origins themselves, but then I was told that was total nonsense so strike that comment.
  
  The point about violence was that children will invent their own violence even if some religious fundies don't provide it for them through warped games based on bible stories, so again while I agree re-enacting the plagues is a bit strange its no worse than what children imagine in their own minds.
  
  But as you pointed out I am impovrished and living on the streets as I can't seem to even get anyone to understand what I am saying much less make an arguement, so as I said before, the floor is yours and I won't be so foolish as to intrude on it again. Besides I have to give this lap top back to the guy I stopped in front of my cardboard hovel who was kind enough to let me use it.