i grew up in east yorkshire and november 4th was mischief night.
we would do all kinds of crazy things like removing peoples gates and hiding them, knocking on doors and running away - you know the kind of thing!
the great thing was we never got into trouble, after all everyone knew it was mischief night and expected to get up next day and find their garden gnomes missing!!!.
heard a rumour that it ended up somewhere in the North. How’s that for mischief?
LOL no sign of it here!
Well I'm from the north east and mischeif night is all new to me I'm afraid...seems like every night is mischief night for kids around here...
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it can be family or a stranger, just anyone you admire for some reason.
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probably Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria, he's a geek that's made the big time... And have you seen that guy's perm!?!
amen!
hey guys, .
well, i've been wanting a tattoo for almost a year now.
i wanted a raven picture, but couldn't find one i liked...the parlor showed me one that i absolutely loved.. i'm getting this tattooed on my wrist...what do ya think of it?.
Men get sports cars and younger women. I'm getting a tattoo and a motorcycle!
LOL! My hero!
hey guys, .
well, i've been wanting a tattoo for almost a year now.
i wanted a raven picture, but couldn't find one i liked...the parlor showed me one that i absolutely loved.. i'm getting this tattooed on my wrist...what do ya think of it?.
Yeah getting that little bit of individuality feels good doesn't it? After a life-time of conforming and dressing 'down' it's nice to let yourself shine through finally. Incidentally, where did you get the design for it from?
hey everyone.
just want to say after finding this site and others just a few days ago i feel like my world is upside down.
i just dont know what to believe.
I know exactly how you feel poppy, I felt exactly the same when I first found this site, that feeling of 'yeah there's something in this' followed by an immediate 'I'm letting apostate thinking into my mind!' All you can do is read, research and find what's right in your own heart.You can still have a belief in God and in my view, you can still worship and have a relationship with Him without being involved in any kind of organisation. I always think of how personal your faith is and how no-one has the right to direct it.
I hope you find some clarity, the same that I'm also searching for but I imagine it's a long road, it's a good job we've somewhere like this to go, eh?
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just wondering, is the person who studied with you still an active dub?.
in a poll with a few of my friends, all who studied with either us or our parents are now not considered dubs.
I didn't get the choice as I was raised in it, but the couple who brought my parents in are still active JWs although less righteous and a little jaded these days...who could blame them
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what reaction would you have had from the witnesses if you would have told them, back then when you joined the org, that the year 2005 will come and go, and nothing that the jw's predicted will come to pass.....nothing?
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There'd be many a life of debauchery led until the age of around 65 then much repenting
what argument is put forth that women must only wear dresses or skirts to the meetings or in service and are not permitted to wear slacks?
where does it say it's wrong for sisters to wear pants, and how are they convincing women in 2005 to buy into this?
i remember many bitterly cold chicago mornings with frozen legs running to doors and back to the warm car as quickly as possible, wearing a skirt which was ridiculous and inappropriate to the weather conditions.
The 'curt' answer I always used to get was that it's out of repect for God...but shouldn't our respect for God be a personal thing, doesn't mean too much when it's forced and resented. In your heart, you could be being respectful to God in whatever you wear, whatever feels appropriate to you, and with God being able to read your heart condition and all....there shouldn't be limits.
I can understand where it's come from in a way but I still don't agree, if the 'truth' is meant to be so personal a thing, why won't the society let us make up our own minds?
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maybe this only happens in urban neighborhoods but when i was growing up, many dubs engaged in street work, basically offering the magazines to people on the street as they walked to a destination.. usually it was an area with a lot of foot traffic at a time when many people would travel the area.. did you or people in your congo engage in this and were there any funny stories relating to this practice?
I must've blended quite nicely into the background of the Kingdom Hall as I couldn't walk the road between my college and the bus-stop without being stopped by a brother in the cong...no matter how many times I told him I was a JW, he'd stop me again a few weeks later...talk about feeling like part of the furniture
I only went on street work once, I don't remember talking to anyone but I DO remember buying a rather fetching bit of nightwear from the local department store...
lola, you do not need to explain the reasons for your actions to anyone, we all have our own lives, opinions and ways of doing things, you're entitled to your own
hey guys, .
well, i've been wanting a tattoo for almost a year now.
i wanted a raven picture, but couldn't find one i liked...the parlor showed me one that i absolutely loved.. i'm getting this tattooed on my wrist...what do ya think of it?.
My my that is a beautiful tattoo...I'm a big fan of body art and that's a lovely piece of work. I'm hoping to get my first tattoo soon, after I scrape my mother back up off the floor...she hasn't quite recovered from the navel or the lip piercing yet...
