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  DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME?

  by Mary in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i just got some awful news.

  my jw brother in law has been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome.

  needless to say, we are all extremely upset as it is a potentially life-threatening illness that can turn into leukemia.

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  sass_my_frass

  Thinking of you.
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  MY DAD WANTS TO STUDY WITH THE KIDS

  by thebigdebate in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am in good standing (of sorts) with the wts.

  i have not gone out in service for 10 years - i have not been to a meeting in about 2 years - i skipped last years memorial.

  my dad is a pioneer and elder.

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  sass_my_frass

  Don't be afraid of disfellowshipping. It sure is weird and shocking but if you spend more time away from the JW junk by the time it happens you'll have built a safety network around yourself so you'll be able to recover quickly. (And do that; be a good friend with non-witnesses, you're going to need them.)

  In any case, I don't know what you're thinking putting your kids in the way of that bullet anyway. Your resposibility is to them and their malleable little minds. You should be protecting them, not yourself.
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  Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  this is funny ... and so true.. http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary.

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  sass_my_frass

  Onion is so freaking funny.
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  It It's Taken Away, Who Are You?

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  baron davis plays basketball for the la clippers in the nba.

  in an article on him in a recent sports illustrated, davis recalled something his grandma told him "if i take that ball away, who are you?

  that stuck with me.

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  Good topic. If I were to try to define the meaning of my new life, it's along the lines of love. The love in my life is absolutely extraordinary, magnificent even. If that was taken away I don't know how I'd replace it. But anyway... yes I still think that it's wise to diversify and have several major passions. In the case of the massive sportstar, or you could extend that to the ageing rockstar or movie goddess; as far as they're concerned they've doing the biggest thing they'll ever do in their lives. It's quite sad that it fails them. Reminds me of returned astronauts; once they've walked on the moon, what's the point living any more? That's extremely sad.

  A good life is made of many beautiful moments; try to generate as many of them as you can. Hitting a home run out of the park would be a big one, but it's only one.
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  Sent in my Fafsa.... I am excited....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here i sit in my living room, with no one to bubble at about this!.

  at 53 i am committing to a bs in criminal justice.

  i have no freaking idea what i will do with a degree at this stage of my life to be honest.

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  WOOHOOOOOOO!!! I give a gigantic thumbs-up to anybody starting a degree! Mines about a third done now, and now I know that I want to try secondary teaching. It will be a few more years yet, but I think that's the job I'll retire with. I think I'll be exhausted but very proud to teach.
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  New JW hobby when going to the KH

  by Iwonder17 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so now that i am mentally out ( but still chained for family reasons ) i need to find some hobbies to do while at the meetings.. i would like to do some things that will disrupt the meeting, but without getting caught.

  for example, i would love to screw with the sound system while people are commenting ( particularly the elders ).

  any ideas?.

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  sass_my_frass

  I once discovered that when I pressed the 'mute' button on my mobile it would cause this screaming feedback buzz through the KH speakers (the irony...)
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  Toe Rings

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember when toe rings were considered a big no no when i was a younger adult.

  a couple of us ventured out and got them anyway.

  we were considered a little weak - tho the ring never actually affected us in anyway.

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  sass_my_frass

  Wasn't allowed to wear an ankle chain; it meant that you were a prostitute (the same reasoning said that if a man had one earring he was gay). I secretly bought one at the markets once, and wore it only when hanging out with my best friend. She was disfellowshipped when we were fifteen, kicked out on the street. I found her last year, and it was the best day of the year.
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  Up until now...

  by sass_my_frass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ... our chickens were named cat and dog, but today i have renamed them stir-fry and pad thai.

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  sass_my_frass

  ... our chickens were named Cat and Dog, but today I have renamed them Stir-Fry and Pad Thai.
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  JWD 2008 ... 218 Countries Served

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  wow, i just looked at the stats from last year and we had visits from 218 different countries!

  rankcountryvisits1united states1,199,9332united kingdom167,0173canada159,7444australia51,7955germany21,2056france16,3637ireland15,4438netherlands14,2769sweden11,74510brazil11,06311japan10,36512norway9,85213new zealand8,84514south africa8,27215italy7,67116belgium7,58417poland7,38618finland6,54519spain6,43320denmark5,97821puerto rico5,95722mexico5,65423philippines4,87224india4,53225portugal3,62826trinidad and tobago2,53827peru2,51528(not set)2,38929greece2,37030ukraine2,14231switzerland2,12632austria2,11533romania2,07734russia1,88835cyprus1,88036south korea1,79937singapore1,56038czech republic1,41639chile1,21440hungary1,17741china1,16142malaysia1,08243croatia1,06944argentina1,06945barbados1,05246colombia1,02647estonia1,02248indonesia94749nigeria94150turkey81051jamaica78952israel76853hong kong75454luxembourg75455venezuela74556united arab emirates69557ecuador68958saudi arabia55659ghana53460latvia53261slovakia51062taiwan46463dominican republic46264bahamas44165new caledonia43566egypt43567iceland42368thailand42069bermuda38870bulgaria34371pakistan33872kenya33073serbia and montenegro30074vietnam27975netherlands antilles27576costa rica26977iran26378el salvador26079lithuania25680serbia25481slovenia24882malta22083afghanistan21284ivory coast19685guatemala18486sri lanka18487lebanon17788nicaragua16789antigua and barbuda16790macedonia16191zambia15992moldova15793morocco15594ethiopia15595cameroon14096qatar13897panama13198mozambique12099kuwait120100fiji115101bolivia112102jersey111103u.s.

  virgin islands106104mauritius105105uruguay104106honduras96107zimbabwe94108madagascar92109jordan92110senegal87111bahrain86112martinique85113georgia79114guam79115albania77116uganda77117botswana74118guadeloupe70119tunisia70120bosnia and herzegovina69121grenada69122algeria69123bangladesh66124kazakhstan66125malawi62126aruba61127turks and caicos islands59128syria57129namibia56130tanzania55131belize53132iraq52133armenia51134guyana50135dominica50136angola49137cayman islands44138paraguay42139sudan41140french guiana41141belarus40142oman40143suriname40144gibraltar39145saint vincent and the grenadines36146benin33147saint lucia32148saint kitts and nevis31149palestinian territory30150haiti30151faroe islands30152reunion30153myanmar29154french polynesia28155yemen27156libya26157british virgin islands26158cape verde26159cambodia25160mali23161mongolia23162brunei22163togo22164macau sar china21165azerbaijan21166rwanda18167northern mariana islands17168nepal17169tonga16170congo - kinshasa16171montenegro16172lesotho15173liberia14174central african republic12175gabon12176guernsey12177seychelles12178eritrea12179maldives11180papua new guinea11181swaziland11182monaco11183anguilla10184burkina faso10185uzbekistan9186montserrat9187micronesia9188kyrgyzstan7189andorra7190cuba7191greenland7192solomon islands7193liechtenstein6194falkland islands6195laos6196samoa5197american samoa5198gambia4199vanuatu4200burundi4201sierra leone4202saint helena3203kiribati3204djibouti3205congo - brazzaville2206marshall islands2207turkmenistan1208east timor1209palau1210guinea1211cook islands1212niger1213tokelau1214guinea-bissau1215mauritania1216mayotte1217nauru1218norfolk island1 .

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  sass_my_frass

  They wouldn't be unique visits would they?
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  DA Letter

  by sooner7nc in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the rough draft of my da letter.

  comments?

  suggestions?.

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  sass_my_frass

  Okay, but they'll only read the first and last sentence and file it. It gets filed permanently, even until long after you're dead, they have to. I suggest instead that you write on an old pizza box that had anchovies in it (keep that smell in the kingdom hall permanently, even after you're dead):

  "You're dumped. Don't call me.

  Me.

  PS you're going to grow old and die."