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  Self -Employed or Otherwise Gainfully Employed - Gas Prices Eating You Up?

  by flipper in

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  last night at the gas pump i had a verbal , emotional outburst , swearing to no one in particular - just the gas pump , until i saw 2 guys at the island down from me - so i figured i'd let it rip !

  frustration over these insanely rising gas prices finally took it's toll on even -keeled mr. flipper !

  i started my rant , wanting these guys feedback , " what is it with these #ucking gas prices ?

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  Cowboy

  Never mind the $4.69 road diesel for my pickup. I filled up a tractor this morning for $420 - that'll run me about 2 days spreading the $900 - $1000 a ton fertilizer (3+ times what it cost a year ago) to put on grass for cows that are worth less than they've been in several years... I won't be able to do that for long, and I'm not the only one.

  Fuel prices are just the tip of the iceberg - not saying that tip's not sharp enough to do plenty of damage by itself. There are lots of factors blowing up this oil price bubble - OPEC, speculators, oil companies, etc..., but supply of raw crude isn't one of 'em. U.S. refinery capacity is, though...

  Oh, btw, hey y'all - long time no see.
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  Goodbye, I Hope You All Have a Great Life

  by Robdar in

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  goodbye everybody.

  i have enjoyed my time here for the most part.

  i have made some great friends and a few not so great enemies.

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  Cowboy

  Hi (((((((((( Rob )))))))))) Long time no see!

  You too ((((((((((bikerchic))))))))) !
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  Looking for anyone from the Ardmore, Oklahoma area.

  by sooner7nc in

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  hi,i'm looking for anybody that was in the ardmore area from the mid 70's to the mid 90's.sooner7nc

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  Cowboy

  Well, she dug me up, anyway
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  Looking for anyone from the Ardmore, Oklahoma area.

  by sooner7nc in

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  hi,i'm looking for anybody that was in the ardmore area from the mid 70's to the mid 90's.sooner7nc

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  Cowboy

  Wow. Now there's more Okies in this thread than there was all put together in the time I was active here (or at least those that would own up to bein' Okies). I'm not from anywhere near Ardmore, either, though.

  I certainly share alot of those same convention (well, we called 'em assemblies) memories. Field service too, but fortunately I never really went that much. I've been gone from it for a long time, though.

  I'd try to meet up with you if I can, just depends on my schedule. I'm only about an hour out of OKC, so gettin' there's not a big deal.
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  Longtime JWD posters/professional lurkers with low post counts

  by Black Man in

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  hey all,.

  just checkin' in.

  been here since '01, but don't even have 500 posts.

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  Cowboy

  I guess you can count me in. I only look in every once in awhile anymore, once upon a time I was here alot, but even then, I spent most of my time in chat (yes, it really did exist...lol).
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  20 minutes....

  by Scully in

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  a jw i used to know died recently.

  she was almost exactly the same age as me - we were born just days apart.

  she had battled cancer for almost a decade.

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  Cowboy

  My condolences Scully.

  It reminds me of when my grandfather died 18 years ago. There was only a graveside service, to be held at 2 pm. I drove into the cemetary at 1:45, and met the elder who conducted the service on his way out. They said he stepped up at 1:30 and said "Looks like everyone's here, lets go ahead and get started". My mom asked him to wait because neither my brother or I was there yet (he got there just ahead of me) but he just ignored her and went on... I guess he had something more important to do.
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  GAY SHEEP -- Scientists look for "cure."

  by Rabbit in

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  http://stopanimaltests.com/f-navratilova.asp.

  openly gay tennis legend martina navratilova slams gay sheep experiments at oregon state university.

  openly gay tennis icon martina navratilova is expressing outrage that oregon state university (osu) and oregon health & science university (ohsu) are spending millions of public tax dollars on unethical hormone-altering experiments on gay sheep that seek to manipulate sheeps sexual preferences and make them heterosexual.. ohsu experimenter charles roselli drugs fetal sheep in order to alter sex hormones in their brains, and he cuts open the brains of rams he calls male-oriented (homosexual) in an attempt to find the hormonal mechanisms behind homosexual tendencies so that they can subsequently be changed.

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  I've been around sheep and cattle alot, all my life. That's got to be one of the most ridiculous research projects I've heard of - I see very little correlation between homosexual behavior in livestock and in humans. Maybe in those people deprived of access to the opposite sex, but that's certainly not the reason for most homosexual behavior in humans.

  Homosexual behavior in livestock can be observed in man made enviroments - a group of pubescent or older rams or bulls penned together and away from females of their species will exhibit homosexual behavior. Take the same group of males and turn them out with a group of females and they will no longer be interested in each other, only in the females. Sure, some will display a higher sex drive, but whether with other males or with females, the same individuals will be more aggresive than others. By the same token, in a group of females with no males present, the females that behave sexually toward each other are usually all in estrus. Or a female in a certain stage of pregnancy or some other heightened hormonal state (such as might be caused by an ovarian cyst or other reproductive proplem) will behave sexually toward a cow in estrus. But put a bull in the group, and the other cows quit paying attention to the one in estrus.

  Livestock in a natural envroment have sex for one reason - a natural drive to reproduce. They have sex only when the female is in estrus, which is the only time she can get pregnant. A bull (or a ram) or even several of them with a group of cows (or ewes) won't show any sexual behavior except for when a female is in estrus - even over the several month time frame when all the females are bred and not cycling. I've yet to ever see or hear tell of a bull or ram that was physically able that would not attempt to breed a female in estrus, or a female in estrus that would refuse the attentions of a male.

  Peoples sex drives tend to be a bit more complicated... The desire for sex, whether heterosexual or homosexual, is far more emotionally driven than an animal's simple drive for reproduction. Cutting into a sheeps brain to try to explain that is pretty absurd.
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  Shocking News!

  by Blueblades in

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  what was the most shocking news you have ever heard ?.

  for example: jfk assassinated in dallas!.

  elvis found dead in bathroom!.

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  April 19, 1995... The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. After I finished my chores that morning, I called my mother just to check in, and she asked if I'd heard about it - she didn't realize that was the building my wife's sister worked in, and where her 18 month old son was in day care. I can say without a doubt that was the most shocking news ever for me. I went directly to my in-laws house, where it was an eternity 'til about 2 pm when we found out for sure my sister-in-law was ok. It was an even longer eternity (4 days) 'til we found out for sure that my nephew had been killed.

  And oh yeah, I can remember every detail of that day more clearly than today.

  9/11 was a huge shock also. I know most everyone was effected that day, but I think those of us that were in some way connected with the Murrah bombing relived another awful day along with the one that was happening...

  On the other hand, I'd have to say I was shocked when we were in for the first ultrasound of my wife's last pregnancy. The tech was showing us a baby on the screen - see the head... here's a heartbeat, a hand, another hand, a foot, another foot..... then she moved over a bit and said - And here's another head... Yeah, that was a shock alright, but a good one.

  CB
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  hey guys............for those who remember me...........

  by Jesika in

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  hey ........been a while since i have been online...........how i miss being on the net......just havent been able......but good to see some of you still here.........and i miss talking to you.. just wanted to say hi!!!!

  and that you are in my thoughts all the time.. love you,.

  jes.

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  Cowboy

  ((((Jes)))) Great to see you! Hope all is well with you.

  And pardon me for doing this in your thread, but I saw someone else here I haven't seen in forever ...

  (Waves to myself - Great to see you, too!)

  CB
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  Haunted Hall

  by Virgogirl in

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  was it just me, or did anyone else experience unsettling, wierd vibes inside a kingdom hall?

  it used to creep me out, it felt almost eerie and spooky inside.

  sometimes we opened the doors on saturday afternoon to clean, and it was all dark and sinister inside when we entered, and it almost felt like something was in there, not good vibes, either.

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  Curtains? What curtains? Who needs curtains when you don't have any windows? I've never been in a kingdom hall that had any windows. That's creepy enough by itself.

  CB