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  What do you drive and why?

  by Escargot in

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  well, a post on the good ol days got me thinking about the vehicles people drive and why.

  in the jws, a vehicle had to be appropriate for service, four doors, holding at least five.

  i remember back in 1978 i bought an mgb and the brothers had a fit (hehe), i was selfish, etc.,.

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  But it is a very NICE cement mixer!
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  What do you drive and why?

  by Escargot in

  1. jw
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  well, a post on the good ol days got me thinking about the vehicles people drive and why.

  in the jws, a vehicle had to be appropriate for service, four doors, holding at least five.

  i remember back in 1978 i bought an mgb and the brothers had a fit (hehe), i was selfish, etc.,.

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  What is the most UNFULFILLED prophecy inthe bible

  by sleepy in

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  the" creator book "helps us to see how many of the bibles predictions came true.. for instance on pg 106 we find,.

  "consider this point.

  isaiah wrote about babylons final situation:babylon the decoration of kingdoms, the beauty of the pride of the chaldeans, must become as when god overthrew sodom and gomorrah.she will never be inhabited, nor will she reside for generation after generation".

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  In my dub days, I had never gotten a good answer to that question myself. All of the examples that were given were all so vague and/or convoluted that they didn't make sense to me even then, much less so now.
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  Been outta a hell of a long time and still bummed

  by Mindchild in

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  sometimes i do a lot of thinking.. yeah, i know that is dangerous.

  regardless, at times it seems that even though ive been out of the borg for a little over two decades now, gone through expensive therapy, had a long term relationship once with another ex-dub and spent 8 years in college, i still find my personal thinking effected in some negative ways by my being raised a jw.. for instance, i have a really difficult, if not impossible time, ever finding a community where i feel i belong.

  ive lived everywhere from san francisco to cocoa beach on the opposite coast and no matter where i live, i feel like im an alien from another culture.

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  I just started doing volunteer work in the past three months, and wish I had started LONG ago. I am meeting some great people, and having a very enjoyable time. My work is as a patient/family representative in the ER / Trauma Center of a local hospital two afternoons a week, and it has been both rewarding and humbling. For one thing, I will never take my good health for granted again. I have also learned some very important facts, such as; nailguns and fingers do not mix; and when you are under your car dropping the transmission, do NOT attempt to catch it with your forehead.

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  Public Reproof will be made as scheduled.

  by badwillie in

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  i want to let all of you know that we have decided not to contest the elders decision to publicly reprove us tonight.

  after a lot of thought, we feel in the long run that by letting this go ahead it will only make the elders and the organization look guilty, not us.. the elders have basically ordered us not to talk about what our "crime" is with anyone.

  so we have decided that we will tell others what our crime was not, i.e.

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  BW - please drop me an email directly.

  Chuck
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  Public Reproof will be made as scheduled.

  by badwillie in

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  i want to let all of you know that we have decided not to contest the elders decision to publicly reprove us tonight.

  after a lot of thought, we feel in the long run that by letting this go ahead it will only make the elders and the organization look guilty, not us.. the elders have basically ordered us not to talk about what our "crime" is with anyone.

  so we have decided that we will tell others what our crime was not, i.e.

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  BWillie,

  What part of the country are you in?

  Chuck
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  Breaking news: Louvre evacuated

  by ozziepost in

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  have just heard from eyewitnesses that the louvre in paris has been evacuated.. any reports in french media?.

  cheers,.

  ozzie.

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  A strike? In France? I can't believe it.
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  Awareness Ribbons

  by RN in

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  someone the other day, i believe it was essie, asked if there was a ribbon color for child abuse.

  i did a search and found it, in fact i found several.. here's the list:.

  red- aids awareness.

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  I have been led to beleive that the color and pocket choice is one part of it, the other being the way it is folded. Is that true?
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  Awareness Ribbons

  by RN in

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  someone the other day, i believe it was essie, asked if there was a ribbon color for child abuse.

  i did a search and found it, in fact i found several.. here's the list:.

  red- aids awareness.

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  ChuckD

  I would like to know the code. I would not want to mistakenly put a blue and yellow striped hanky neatly folded in my shirt pocket only to falsly raise the hopes of someone who was looking for a submissive cheese-and-rubber fan.
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  Famous Non-violent Muslims

  by LDH in

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  feel free to add to the list..... 1. muhummed ali

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  ChuckD

  Apu Nahashamelapetalon (sp?) is Hindu, not Muslim.

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