Posts by jstalin

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What Are You Doing To Prepare For Retirement?

by Apostanator in

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i'm curious as to what some of you are doing to prepare for retirement.

some people have 401k's, others buy real estate, some have many children in hopes that they will take care of them when they get old.

so i'm wondering what some of you are doing now to prepare.

jstalin

I don't expect Social(ist) Security to be there when I retire, so I save about 15% of my gross income in an IRA and 401(k), as well as a newly-opened Health Savings Account. I've been saving since I started my current job about 7 years ago, and I already have about $50k stashed away. I plan to have several million saved by the time I retire.

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JW's do believe in Hell

by jstalin in

i was thinking today about the jw vision of "paradise on earth," and i realized that their vision is actually hell.

who would want to spend 1000 years living with lions, picking berries, hanging out with other jws, and not being able to have sex?

that's not paradise, that's hell!

jstalin

I was thinking today about the JW vision of "paradise on earth," and I realized that their vision is actually Hell. Who would want to spend 1000 years living with lions, picking berries, hanging out with other JWs, and not being able to have sex? That's not paradise, that's Hell!

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What do you think the Watchtower is most afraid of?

by JH in

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lawsuits?

internet?

higher education?.

jstalin

Critical thinking.

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Running Watchtowers Through A Wood Chipper

by ithinkisee in

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figured jwd members would like to start the week off right.. we pruned some trees this weekend.

we rented a wood chipper.

at the end of the day we were like, "what else can we run through it?

jstalin

Works now. How delightful. That just made my day!

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Interesting conversation with JW friend

by jstalin in

i was having lunch with my jw friend this past week and he started talking about not being able to think as clearly as he could in the past.

i just wanted to scream out "it's that f-cking wt literature that's numbing your brain," but i kept cool.

i told him he needs to exercise his brain, that it's like a muscle - use it or lose it.

jstalin

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I suppose I understand that I could be talking to a brick wall, but I have a feeling I'm the only person he can talk about personal issues with.

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Running Watchtowers Through A Wood Chipper

by ithinkisee in

jw
friends

figured jwd members would like to start the week off right.. we pruned some trees this weekend.

we rented a wood chipper.

at the end of the day we were like, "what else can we run through it?

jstalin

No worky.

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JW animated Armageddon and New World movies!

by Atlantis in

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a bit of a sour stomach after watching !animated armageddonhttp://www.latindimples.com/newbeginning/lastday.swf new dawnhttp://www.latindimples.com/newbeginning/newdawn.swf

jstalin

That lady and her kid both survive armageddon. I thought the unbaptised weren't going ot survive.

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Interesting conversation with JW friend

by jstalin in

i was having lunch with my jw friend this past week and he started talking about not being able to think as clearly as he could in the past.

i just wanted to scream out "it's that f-cking wt literature that's numbing your brain," but i kept cool.

i told him he needs to exercise his brain, that it's like a muscle - use it or lose it.

jstalin

I was having lunch with my JW friend this past week and he started talking about not being able to think as clearly as he could in the past. I just wanted to scream out "it's that f-cking WT literature that's numbing your brain," but I kept cool. I told him he needs to exercise his brain, that it's like a muscle - use it or lose it. He also drinks a fair amount. He says he has three or four beers a night (that seems like a lot to me). I suggested that he quit the beer, read more, and get some exercise. I even suggested that he take an accounting class, or something that requires some logic, to exercise his brain a little. We finished the lunch with him telling me "those are some good suggestions." We'll see what happens....

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