I do get shopping bags too, to use for such purposes. But, I alwsays have too many of them and end up throwing the plastic bags away before I hit hoarder quantity. In maui, no plastic shopping bags.
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The Venting Thread
by minimus inthis thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.
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Funny devices used by the Golden Age editors, or: Do you make use of the head-sweating apparatus?
by processor indo you make use of the head-sweating apparatus?revised reprint from the witchtower, july 2010. .
in a family and in a house where it is available and used, this little all-purpose device surely will obviate the need for a doctor many times.
das goldene zeitalter [german edition of the golden age], december 1, 1931, page 359. .
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A few years ago, remember the African lady in the UK who needed blood transfusions after pregnancy? She wanted a Coke. Coke was as good as blood.
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When I decided to no longer turn in time...
by SG098 inbeing my 1st post i figured i should relate a personal experience.
a few months ago i decided to stop reporting time.
i'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family.
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Very good, you have your wife and friends to think of. You took the humble road. How could they find fault with that. I mean, look at how the pioneers are trotted out. That's against this scripture. And, the money quote has nothing to do with it. Whether or not you do service has nothing to do with whether you turn it in, and Jehovah sees you living his lifestyle. If they ask again, tell them that going out in service causes you too much anxiety.
When I stopped reporting, I was just a 16 year old with one parent in and one parent was disfellowshipped So, not so much was expected of me. I told the elder that I simply didn't believe in this stuff, 1914, Generation, and if I didn't believe in it then I wasn't going out in service. They said that they had to make an announcment, and I said, "OK." So, that was it.
By the way, that is the UGLIEST Kingdom Hall ever. Uninviting, cold, fence, hard surfaces everywhere. I'd tell them that you can't go the KH becuase it's too ugly.
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What would be your favorite job if you could do anything.?
by new hope and happiness inon the basis that most of us realise the w.t wasnt really the best " job" or way to spend our days, it would be fun to find out what people would really have liked to have done with there lifes and if this is still possible.
or maybe its not even a very realistic ambition just a dream.
in my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.maybe i need a phycholgist?.
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Park Ranger to someplace awsome.
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"Hello from Phats"
by phats inhay out there.. wife got back from her thursday meeting & now she's setteled down with the dog, a v large g&t (maid be me) & watching terminator 2 on the telly with her ipad on her lap looking up places to go for our holiday (& googling symptoms of to many antibiotics as my 16 year old is getting signs of ibs).
so now is a good time to say hello.. well hello.
my name is phats & i'm an ex jehovah's witness.. there, i've said it.. this must be like it is going to your first aa meeting.. i've already used up some of my posts for a newbe but i'm not in to the whole long story thing.. basically i've been out now for 8 years (mentally out for all but four or five of those years of my life when i made the commitment, got baptized & married.).
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Open Mind - Too funny.
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"Hello from Phats"
by phats inhay out there.. wife got back from her thursday meeting & now she's setteled down with the dog, a v large g&t (maid be me) & watching terminator 2 on the telly with her ipad on her lap looking up places to go for our holiday (& googling symptoms of to many antibiotics as my 16 year old is getting signs of ibs).
so now is a good time to say hello.. well hello.
my name is phats & i'm an ex jehovah's witness.. there, i've said it.. this must be like it is going to your first aa meeting.. i've already used up some of my posts for a newbe but i'm not in to the whole long story thing.. basically i've been out now for 8 years (mentally out for all but four or five of those years of my life when i made the commitment, got baptized & married.).
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Welcome Phats!
May I suggest your next hoiiday destination? Orlando for a few days with Mickey Mouse, then an 8 hour drive to the Florida Keys. Spend 4 or so days in the Keys. You can leave from Miami. Sounds like you are in England?
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The Venting Thread
by minimus inthis thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.
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People who don't know where a trash can is.
People who don't use reusable shopping bags.
The 'islamic extremists'. Let those cockroaches kill each other. No involvement. It legitimizes one side, and neither side should be legitimized.
The dumbing down of the Republican Party, now with the introduction of a Squirrel.
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I've become bold
by skeeter1 ini totally discovered ttat in 2004.. at first, i told my jw relatives each & every thing i found out.
they didn't appreaciate it.. then, i read coc and realized that that was the wrong approach.
so, from about 2007-2013, i rarely said anything to them abou the jws.. well, i just don't care any more to pussy foot around them, making nice, and smiling.
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Nope, not this last time, and I just don't care! Haven't been unfriended on Facebook, either.
Last time I said something about TTATT, they said that they agreed with me (on pedophilia), a few years later. So, I know they listen.
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I've become bold
by skeeter1 ini totally discovered ttat in 2004.. at first, i told my jw relatives each & every thing i found out.
they didn't appreaciate it.. then, i read coc and realized that that was the wrong approach.
so, from about 2007-2013, i rarely said anything to them abou the jws.. well, i just don't care any more to pussy foot around them, making nice, and smiling.
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I totally discovered TTAT in 2004.
At first, I told my JW relatives each & every thing I found out. They didn't appreaciate it.
Then, I read COC and realized that that was the wrong approach. So, from about 2007-2013, I rarely said anything to them abou the JWs.
Well, I just don't care any more to pussy foot around them, making nice, and smiling. When the tithing change happened, i told them what I thought. I told them it was a cult. I told them of the WTS changes, the control, and I'm not buying it. I don't give a sh*t anymore what others think. I'm being ME and they are going to know where I stand. When I cow tip around them, then they think I am in, somehow, agreement with the WTS. The WTS is not going to control me into tiptoeing.
What's funny is our family is mainly non-JWs, and if everyone would say something then these few people might snap out of it. Or, they'd realize that we don't like the WTS. IN the end, I don't really care if they come out or not. But, I'm not going to pretend any more!
Just like Phil Collins, I don't care anymore, what you say. I never did believe you much anyway.
Anyone else get to this stage? The stage of being an old codger who just says what they want?
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Your final WTF? Moment!
by restrangled init was a long time coming for me.....when i read about the extened generations, after being raised on1914 being the be all end all, and millions would never die....that was the end.
i was part of the 1975 fiasco, the 6 month only truth book studies, suffered through a disifellowshipping and their version of a rewind.
i finally am free and hope others can eventually look in instead of inside looking out!
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So cool, that alot of you came out with the overlapping generation. When that change came out, posters on .jwn knew it was going to wake up alot of folks. It did!