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  Paragraphs - just do it

  by wombat in

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  i am not being picky or having a go at anyone.. i love this site.....it is my distraction at the end of the day and there are so many wise comments that i love to think about.. but too many of you compose posts with huge paragraphs.

  it's like opening the page of a 'phone book.. when i see such a post, i know it is going to be too hard for me to find the place on the screen if i am distracted..........so i don't even bother to read it.. if you want someone to read what you are writing, make it easy for them.

  otherwise the potential reader's eyes will glaze over when they see a humungous "telephone page" and they will skip on to something easier to read.. i know that i do.. when you have a new thought, start a new paragraph.

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  wombat

  Okay Lady Lee. I'll take your advice.
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  Paragraphs - just do it

  by wombat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not being picky or having a go at anyone.. i love this site.....it is my distraction at the end of the day and there are so many wise comments that i love to think about.. but too many of you compose posts with huge paragraphs.

  it's like opening the page of a 'phone book.. when i see such a post, i know it is going to be too hard for me to find the place on the screen if i am distracted..........so i don't even bother to read it.. if you want someone to read what you are writing, make it easy for them.

  otherwise the potential reader's eyes will glaze over when they see a humungous "telephone page" and they will skip on to something easier to read.. i know that i do.. when you have a new thought, start a new paragraph.

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  wombat

  Lady Lee...I believe you but I am not able to understand a word that you said because I am very old.

  I just hit the "enter" key to make a para.

  I know that you are correct.......I'll ask my son. He's a Mac freak. He will make me a mug of hot choclate and slowly explain it to me...........Cheers .....Wombat.
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  Paragraphs - just do it

  by wombat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not being picky or having a go at anyone.. i love this site.....it is my distraction at the end of the day and there are so many wise comments that i love to think about.. but too many of you compose posts with huge paragraphs.

  it's like opening the page of a 'phone book.. when i see such a post, i know it is going to be too hard for me to find the place on the screen if i am distracted..........so i don't even bother to read it.. if you want someone to read what you are writing, make it easy for them.

  otherwise the potential reader's eyes will glaze over when they see a humungous "telephone page" and they will skip on to something easier to read.. i know that i do.. when you have a new thought, start a new paragraph.

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  Gumby....I could understand your post so clearly.

  You had spaces between your (idiotic) thoughts. Like....it wasn't a strain to read them.

  Hey, only joking about the (idiotic). Don't get cross at me...........Wombat
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  Paragraphs - just do it

  by wombat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not being picky or having a go at anyone.. i love this site.....it is my distraction at the end of the day and there are so many wise comments that i love to think about.. but too many of you compose posts with huge paragraphs.

  it's like opening the page of a 'phone book.. when i see such a post, i know it is going to be too hard for me to find the place on the screen if i am distracted..........so i don't even bother to read it.. if you want someone to read what you are writing, make it easy for them.

  otherwise the potential reader's eyes will glaze over when they see a humungous "telephone page" and they will skip on to something easier to read.. i know that i do.. when you have a new thought, start a new paragraph.

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  Yeah....I just had a go at JT on another site. Nice bloke but I got tired of scrolling down.
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  Paragraphs - just do it

  by wombat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not being picky or having a go at anyone.. i love this site.....it is my distraction at the end of the day and there are so many wise comments that i love to think about.. but too many of you compose posts with huge paragraphs.

  it's like opening the page of a 'phone book.. when i see such a post, i know it is going to be too hard for me to find the place on the screen if i am distracted..........so i don't even bother to read it.. if you want someone to read what you are writing, make it easy for them.

  otherwise the potential reader's eyes will glaze over when they see a humungous "telephone page" and they will skip on to something easier to read.. i know that i do.. when you have a new thought, start a new paragraph.

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  wombat

  Oops.
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  Paragraphs - just do it

  by wombat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not being picky or having a go at anyone.. i love this site.....it is my distraction at the end of the day and there are so many wise comments that i love to think about.. but too many of you compose posts with huge paragraphs.

  it's like opening the page of a 'phone book.. when i see such a post, i know it is going to be too hard for me to find the place on the screen if i am distracted..........so i don't even bother to read it.. if you want someone to read what you are writing, make it easy for them.

  otherwise the potential reader's eyes will glaze over when they see a humungous "telephone page" and they will skip on to something easier to read.. i know that i do.. when you have a new thought, start a new paragraph.

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  wombat

  I am not being picky or having a go at anyone.

  I love this site.....It is my distraction at the end of the day and there are so many wise comments that I love to think about.

  But too many of you compose posts with HUGE paragraphs. It's like opening the page of a 'phone book.

  When I see such a post, I know it is going to be too hard for me to find the place on the screen if I am distracted..........so I don't even bother to read it.

  If you want someone to read what you are writing, make it easy for them. Otherwise the potential reader's eyes will glaze over when they see a humungous "telephone page" and they will skip on to something easier to read.

  I know that I do.

  When you have a new thought, start a new paragraph. It makes it so much easier to understand you.

  I reckon that rarely a paragraph more than six lines long is ever read by a casual viewer. So it's a WOFTAM for the poster.
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  Is the Watchtower Society strong enough to win this war with the internet?

  by jack w in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  could it be that the wts actually thinks it can win this war?

  i mean, they are forcing sites to close down, suing the people that run them etc.

  i wonder if this is the way they want to "handle" the internet problem.

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  Holy Dooley.........I just saw JT's post.............I didn't mean that many pragraphs.
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  Is the Watchtower Society strong enough to win this war with the internet?

  by jack w in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  could it be that the wts actually thinks it can win this war?

  i mean, they are forcing sites to close down, suing the people that run them etc.

  i wonder if this is the way they want to "handle" the internet problem.

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  Hey Fairchild....how about using pragraphs (as Ozzie calls them) so I can read your post. It looks like a 'phone directory. I know that it's a good post but I just keep losing my place. Please, one thought, one para so I can sit and mull on what you said without losing my place.

  I'm old (60) and recall reading in Time, very many years ago,how the introduction of telephony bought down dictatorships in Europe. Communication is the worst enemy of dictators, whether political or religious. The masses cannot be controlled.

  "Nuff said...........(And all of you, start using paragraphs so I can easily read your words of wisdom).
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  WTBS--What's the motive?

  by lynnmelo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my sister and i have speculated for quite some time about the possible motives of the gb and all others in charge of the wtbs, i.e., their raison d'etre, so to speak.

  after finding out about some of the history of the wtbs and the supposed f&ds, i realized that they weren't god's spokepeople on earth.

  but, then, what's their motive for all the work they're doing in the organization?

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  It may be Ozzie.........but who wouldn't want to be in a position of control of a huge corporation with incredible assets.

  Not for personal gain. I could never believe that that any of them would be personally dishonest.

  But the prestige The feeling of success that you have made it to the top of the pile.

  I'd prefer to believe that they are acting from their hearts but yet tell deliberate lies and take shortcuts to make it easier for their organisation. That's a no-no - even if done on Jehovah's behalf.

  (I've got a mother and a few kids who adore me. If someone offered me a job where 6 million people would adore me, I guess that I would accept it too).

  Cheers ......Wombat
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  Why would a current JW choose to be rude and offensive?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've recently had lengthy pm discussions with a person claiming to be a current jw.

  this person has been above the standard level of arrogant for a jw, raising conceit to practically a defining characteristic.

  you almost expect that when you're dealing with a member of the "elite".. but he goes beyond it.

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  wombat

  The internet is such a hiding place.

  Could your correspondent be a meek little mouse in the KH, ignored by all, and trying to assert his/her self here?

  An attention getter? Ignored by even their own spouse so has to chat to someone? And he shouldn't even be here unless he knows something better than the FDS. He's a jerk.

  I am sure that you would be prepared to PM your phone number to that person for a chat. I tell you now, there's no way that coward will give you his.

  He's just a silly wanker. WOFTAM..........Wombat.