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  So, are you, by nature, and introvert or extrovert?

  by onacruse in

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  mulan's thread, and simon's post thereto, got me to thinking about this, especially in terms of what i might be today, minus the influence of the wts.. by nature, i was always an introvert.

  early on (age 10 or so), i immersed myself in mathematics, physics, chemistry...the "pure" sciences, devoid of "worldly" meaning...just the plain and simple facts, thank you ma'am.

  i'd stay in my room and study stuff until my mom had to literally grab me by the ear and say "craig, go outside and blow off the stink!.

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  It's sort of complicated... I started out as an extrovert.... until we moved when I was in the 6th grade and the kids in my class started to really pick on me because of my being a jw. I went home crying every single day.... and quickly learned how to be invisible. It pretty much changed me into an introvert. It got better over time, but I never really went back to being the extrovert that I started out as.

  Today, it depends on the situation... I do a lot of public speaking for my job, and am very comfortable with that.... but I also tend to be a loner at times.... I'm somewhat an introvert at parties... so maybe I'm both????

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  Where do you consider would be the best place in the world to live?

  by JH in

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  what do you think?.

  i love canada, but i would rather a warmer climate.. to me australia would also be a nice place to live, large country, english, and warmer than here.. i'd love to live in the us too.

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  The mountains of Vermont. When I was growing up, we would go every summer and stay in a 200 year old farmhouse set near the top of Mount Terrible. You could see for 50 miles. That's heaven. Went back to see it this summer...the house is still standing (just) and won't stand many more winters...but if I had the chance, I'd renovate it and live there....

  The town I grew up in (Westwood, MA) was listed recently as #13 in the list of best towns to live in in the U.S. Wish I had kept the house... it's now worth about a million dollars... and I couldn't afford to live there... ah well.

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  Where do you consider would be the best place in the world to live?

  by JH in

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  what do you think?.

  i love canada, but i would rather a warmer climate.. to me australia would also be a nice place to live, large country, english, and warmer than here.. i'd love to live in the us too.

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  The mountains of Vermont. When I was growing up, we would go every summer and stay in a 200 year old farmhouse set near the top of Mount Terrible. You could see for 50 miles. That's heaven. Went back to see it this summer...the house is still standing (just) and won't stand many more winters...but if I had the chance, I'd renovate it and live there....

  The town I grew up in (Westwood, MA) was listed recently as #13 in the list of best towns to live in in the U.S. Wish I had kept the house... it's now worth about a million dollars... and I couldn't afford to live there... ah well.

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  Does the sadness ever leave?

  by pc in

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  hi everyone, haven't posted for awhile.. i am probably just rambling tonight( a few glasses of great red wine) so pardon me.

  every once and awhile i just have such great sadness that begins to permiate my thoughts.not just for me but for everyone who has walked this path.

  i happen to have a pretty great life, but sometimes this deep sadness rises up in me for all the things that might have been.

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  I think it gets better with time. I don't have sad days very often any more...but I do understand what you're talking about. I do seem to have a compulsion to check to see if anyone I knew as a jw has got out. It's kind of like surviving a war...and you look around to see who else made it through...

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  Would You Pay $190 For A Steak?????????

  by minimus in

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  that's what some places are getting for their kobe' steaks in las vegas!

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  No... You could feed a family of 4 for a week for that.... rediculous.... but some people wouldn't give it a second thought.

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  any coffee addicts here?

  by enigmatic in

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  i been drinking alot of coffee these days.

  i start off my day with four shots of espresso, than a few hours later i'll make a pitcher of frozen latte's and i usually will burn thru a pot if im out working on the ocean.

  i even got to the point where i grind all my coffee myself...

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  Yep... how do you think I got my name?

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  Heres your chance..........

  by defd in

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  to show what we are really made of.

  i have been going through extreme stress, almost disstress.

  i will not reveal what it is at this time.

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  Sometimes having too much time on your hands can be stressfull...gives you too much time to think...and you keep going over and over and over the stressful situation in your head.

  Take a walk...read a book...have a cup of coffee with a friend...tackle a project...do something creative. Get your mind off of what is giving you stress in the first place.

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  oHi, short introduction

  by Sugarcane in

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  glad i found this board and hope to have some interesting discussions.

  i'll post my story later today, but in the meantime; i'm a single parent with 2 kids, was a jw for 26 years in total (born one, left at 17 years, went back at 21), became inactive 4 years ago and disassociated myself 4 weeks ago!.

  my experience with the bible org.

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  Welcome sugarcane!

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  My son's artwork...if it shows up

  by coffee_black in

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  please take a look at my new avatar...it's a drawing by my son, david.

  (age 23) i'm trying to post another drawing by him...but i don't think i'm doing it right...so, this is a test.... if it works, you'll see jimmy hendrix...if not...well...i goofed...so here goes.. coffee

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  Thanks everyone... I talked to David last night, and told him about your comments. We're going to check out the idea of having prints made. Some of my work has been printed by others...but I never thought of doing that ourselves... Duh! Thanks tetrapod this might actually work!

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  Bush Goofs Again!

  by Oroborus21 in

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  president bush says that he is going to texas to visit the state where hurrican rita will hit.

  but the eyewall is probably going to actually make landfall in louisiana!

  well i suppose he has to let all his supporters in texas know that he cares.

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  Note to self:

  Never vote for a presidential candidate unless he/she:

  1. Has esp

  2. Has the power to stop a hurricane...or at least control the direction of it.

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