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  Bit Again --- the animal kingdom is against me.

  by Panda in

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  yep.

  i was sweeping the front porch with vinegar and water ; when some angry yellow jacket stung me near my neck.

  i now have what looks like a second head growing on my shoulder.

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  luna2

  Ouch!

  Does vinegar and water have something to do with keeping yellow jackets away, or were you doing that for another reason?
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  formal declaration of shenanagins on my dear deluded mother

  by colorado5591 in

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  (crying as i write) .

  so, our(ip_sec and my) mother getting married on wednesday in her best friends backyard, asked her if i could come, and she says to me........ .

  "i don't know, i'll have to ask jo" (her bff) because i am not reinstated.

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  Katie, now I've got a picture of Colorado doing a whole silent mime routine from the neighbor's yard, while the bros and sis's all try to ignore her, but are snorting and choking trying to stifle their laughter.
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  What did you do as a child (or adult) to survive boredom during meetings?

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  what did you do as a child (or adult) to survive boredom during meetings?.

  as a child i remember sitting behind a sister with a pink angora sweater.

  i would pull of a bit of the lint from it and tilt my head back and place it above my lips a bit.

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  Geeze, I was such a stick compared to you guys.

  I can remember once messing around with my kids looking at that picture on the inside cover of the songbook...the one with the guy with his head thrown back and his mouth wide open where if you blocked out his neighbor just right, it looked like he had two right arms.

  Mostly I actually tried to listen, sometimes take notes, and try to stay awake. When it got to the point that I started daydreaming about trips I was planning to take during the meetings, I slowly stopped going at all.
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  formal declaration of shenanagins on my dear deluded mother

  by colorado5591 in

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  (crying as i write) .

  so, our(ip_sec and my) mother getting married on wednesday in her best friends backyard, asked her if i could come, and she says to me........ .

  "i don't know, i'll have to ask jo" (her bff) because i am not reinstated.

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  Actually, hon, I do just what you suggested...only without the picket sign. I'd just stand there in your pretty dress, looking on from a distance with a sad face, making her and the rest of those bozos feel guilty. I'd decline any invitation to join the group, and once the ceremony was over, I'd turn and walk away. Would your husband come with you? It would be hard to do that alone, I think.

  Okay, maybe a sign hanging around your neck would be amusing.

  or...you could march around out front as people were arriving.

  (I'd prolly do none of these things as I am a big chicken.)
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  Any "Miraculous" experience happen to you like the ones said at Conventions

  by soundbox_guy in

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  i had to sit through those experiences at the convention, i was wondering, did any of you used to be one of those people on stage giving an experience about how something miraculously happened like getting the exact amount of money you needed to pay your rent on the day it was due?

  i always hear the stories, but can anybody actually tell me something like this has happened to them when they were a good little witness?

  and if it has, did these sort of "events" stop taking place after you left?

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  That's the thing, isn't it JW83 and iggy. Some have horrific things happen to them while others find $5 bills floating in the breeze just as their car runs out of gas or a bag of groceries on their doorstep when they have no money for food.

  The implication is that some of his people are just more valuable to Jahooba than others....or that he's inattentive and only has his angels do the rounds sporadically...or maybe his messengers are lazy and just don't feel like tackling the hard guardian angel jobs. What a horrible thing to make people, many little children, think that they are at fault or that somehow what is happening to them serves some greater purpose (that nobody can figure out, but just wait, maybe someday Jah will reveal it...if you're real lucky).

  It makes no sense and is insulting to those who have suffered.

  I also knew a sis who was chosen to give her upbuilding experiences from the platform once. She was a person who lived on public assistance much of the time because, for some reason, finding a job seemed beyond her; her kids (especially her son) were the most ill-behaved in the congregation, and she took advantage of anybody who was dumb enough to loan her money or to offer her help (do not expect the money back and be prepared to be called at all hours to come fix stuff for her or give her a ride somplace). All in all, not a shining star in our KH.

  I was shocked to see her on the stage relating how she maintains her home (it was a mess), takes care of her children (undisciplined), has no husband (okay, not her fault as he left), has little money (GET A JOB), but still is able to auxillary pioneer (Oh, right, that was her job) and relies on Jehovah with all her little heart to get by (only a little insulting to all those that help her out daily). If I hadn't known her, I would have thought she was just the bestest Witness in the whole wide world and, dang, why can't I follow her example? ....oh, yeah, I'm not a big mooch.

  Sure was a graphic demonstration of how exaggerated or downright fake those experiences could be.
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  MY ADVENTURE AT THE ASSEMBLY......

  by Mary in

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  to start my day with: as i was walking down the street towards hell the assembly, i went to cross halfway across the road when a cheese and cracker brother told me that i should "cross at the light so that others can see that jehovah's people are law abiding citizens.

  stick my lapel badge up his ass sideways make a good impression so i waited until he was distracted by other jaywalkers and then dashed across the road complied with his suggestion.

  once in the building i managed to find a seat next to a guy who looked remarkably like fat bastard was a bit on the plump side.

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  LOL, Frog. I'm exaggerating, as usual.
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  MY ADVENTURE AT THE ASSEMBLY......

  by Mary in

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  to start my day with: as i was walking down the street towards hell the assembly, i went to cross halfway across the road when a cheese and cracker brother told me that i should "cross at the light so that others can see that jehovah's people are law abiding citizens.

  stick my lapel badge up his ass sideways make a good impression so i waited until he was distracted by other jaywalkers and then dashed across the road complied with his suggestion.

  once in the building i managed to find a seat next to a guy who looked remarkably like fat bastard was a bit on the plump side.

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  Very nice synopsis of your upbuilding experience lapping up all of that spiritual food. I especially appreciated the wisdom of taking a refreshing War of the Worlds break mid-day. Very smart!

  I was really giggling at the number of times they repeated the word "obedience". Sheesh...overkill much?

  That illustration...or whatever it was....about no synagogues, mosques or churches is retarded. Don't JW's have crappy buildings with mold problems and ugly wallpaper called Kingdom Halls? Or did they mean if all such official meeting places were locked up by the government, all the other religions wouldn't know what to do, but Jehovah's hap-hap-happy peoples would have no fear because they'd know that the FDS and the Elders were on the job. *yawn*

  Glad you made it back okay. Are you going tomorrow too?
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  WHERE IS MARY!

  by confusedjw in

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  this was her last post http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/93649/1.ashx.

  saying she was going the the assembly and needed prayers.

  did she get converted back by some fantastic speaker?.

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  I'm with you Frog. I don't know if I was fed up with it all and just didn't realize it yet or what, but the last couple District Conventions I attended, I couldn't force myself to go all three days and some days even left early. I would get all groggy after lunch and felt that if I was going to sleep, I could do it much more comfortably at home. Hehehe

  Knowing what I know now, and feeling the way I do about the organization, I'd have a real hard time even making the attempt...Blah.

  Hope they are surviving okay.
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  WHERE IS MARY!

  by confusedjw in

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  this was her last post http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/93649/1.ashx.

  saying she was going the the assembly and needed prayers.

  did she get converted back by some fantastic speaker?.

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  LMAO, GBL!

  Did she say if she was staying over? When I had the extra dough, a hotel stay was a big treat. LOL

  Back in the olden days, when my kids were young, we had a two hour (or longer if it was a Thurs or Fri and we got stuck in traffic) drive to and from the convention site. If we stayed to clean up (which we usually did), we sometimes wouldn't get home until 8:00 or later.
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  Happy Anniversary Princess and Steve

  by Mulan in

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  today is princess and steve egner (screen names) 17th wedding anniversary.. happy happy!

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  luna2

  Happy Anniversary! Hope you have a lovely evening out.

  Sorry about poor nekkid crab pet.