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  My Granny (1902-1994)

  by Junction-Guy in

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  helncon's post on grieving made me think back about my granny.

  my granny was widowed and lived alone in kentucky in a 2 story house.. .

  she was raised and died a baptist, though she didnt attend church much once she was widowed.

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  J.Guy -

  Great reading about your Granny. People from those times seemed so much more interesting than they do now. I often read newspaper obituaries and marvel at the kind of lives some people have had. We've got it so easy these days.

  I never really knew my grandparents as they all died either prior to my birth or when I was a little kid. My father's father sounded a real character, a coal miner who used to supplement his income with bare knuckle fighting. It would've been cool to know him. You're lucky to have the memory of your Granny, and you do her and yourself credit by remembering her so fondly.

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  '..simply for a contribution to cover the printing cost of the magazines...

  by Gill in

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  do you remember when we used to ask for a 'contribution that covers the printing cost' for the mags?.

  was that ever the real cost of printing the mags?

  afterall, we had to pay for the wretched things when we collected them, so was the wt society already making a profit from us foolish sheep which we then tried to recoup from the unsuspecting public.. were we conned?

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  This thread is a valuable one to contributors, readers and lurkers alike. Thanks Gill.

  The fact remains that the WTS has no divine inspiration, but continues harvesting personnel to expand its international publishing empire. You can dedicate your life to the WTS but it won't save you in some divine apocalypse, it will simply mean that you will be an unpaid minion for a syndicate of very wealthy people. Faith is one thing, but fact is another.

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  Sell By Dates - Do You Take Much Notice of Them?

  by Clam in

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  sell by and use by dates on food produce seem to have become the norm these days.

  on one side we have the squeaky clean supermarkets with their dating system, while on the other side is a combination of media scare stories about listeria, salmonella etc.

  and voracious food standards authorities.

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  It does make you wonder when you see what people in different parts of ther world will eat as well. Tastes vary, as of course do stomachs.
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  Sell By Dates - Do You Take Much Notice of Them?

  by Clam in

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  sell by and use by dates on food produce seem to have become the norm these days.

  on one side we have the squeaky clean supermarkets with their dating system, while on the other side is a combination of media scare stories about listeria, salmonella etc.

  and voracious food standards authorities.

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  Milk you can tell its off straight away anyway. I can actually curdle milk just by looking at it.

  LOL Crumept that's some kind of watered down Medusa trick you've got there.

  My wife purchased eggs one morning for breakfast. We both got sick, not too serious. Looking at the carton after the fact, they were past date by one day.

  That's really bad luck DJK. I'm always eating eggs that are weeks past their sell by date. I rely on refrigeration to keep them going I suppose, but maybe I've also been influenced by my upbringing. My Mum kept stuff for ages and none of us got ill at all.

  Outlaw I was thinking of you when I opened this subject. How often do you go to a store? Do you mainly rely on dried and frozen stuff?

  I'm intruiged by a group over here called Freegans who go round food retailers, sandwich bars, restaurants etc and ask for the expired food which is still sealed. People are happier to give it to them rather than bin it. None of them report ever having food poisoning problems and they eat for nothing.

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  Sell By Dates - Do You Take Much Notice of Them?

  by Clam in

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  sell by and use by dates on food produce seem to have become the norm these days.

  on one side we have the squeaky clean supermarkets with their dating system, while on the other side is a combination of media scare stories about listeria, salmonella etc.

  and voracious food standards authorities.

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  Sell By and Use By dates on food produce seem to have become the norm these days. On one side we have the squeaky clean supermarkets with their dating system, while on the other side is a combination of media scare stories about Listeria, Salmonella etc. and voracious food standards authorities.

  Is it all a bit over the top do you think? Obviously food hygeine and health are of paramount importance, but just recently it seems to have gone too far. I have to say that I still rely on my nose to tell me whether a lot of the food I eat is still ok to consume. Some foods like cheeses for instance may be well past their best according to the retailer but often all you have to do is cut off the rind or mouldy bits.

  Do you take a lot of notice of this date labelling? Does over cautious food labelling result in far too much waste?

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  '..simply for a contribution to cover the printing cost of the magazines...

  by Gill in

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  do you remember when we used to ask for a 'contribution that covers the printing cost' for the mags?.

  was that ever the real cost of printing the mags?

  afterall, we had to pay for the wretched things when we collected them, so was the wt society already making a profit from us foolish sheep which we then tried to recoup from the unsuspecting public.. were we conned?

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  . . . it has no significant or notable charitable works that it supports.

  Gill possibly the Paedophile Benevolence Fund.
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  To "Youllneverknow" - my secret admirer... are you listening?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  by now you realise that your account has been deactivated.

  i'm a bit sad in a way, since i know you are no threat to me.

  still, out here in the 'real life', we have rules regarding civil conduct that even jehovah's witnesses must abide by to keep their 'privilages' here.

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  Fair enough Jeff,

  Excuse my flippancy, I can see how important it is to you and I hope you get a result.

  All the best

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  To "Youllneverknow" - my secret admirer... are you listening?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  by now you realise that your account has been deactivated.

  i'm a bit sad in a way, since i know you are no threat to me.

  still, out here in the 'real life', we have rules regarding civil conduct that even jehovah's witnesses must abide by to keep their 'privilages' here.

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  Jeff - it looks like you're starting to stalk your stalker!

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  '..simply for a contribution to cover the printing cost of the magazines...

  by Gill in

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  2. scandals

  do you remember when we used to ask for a 'contribution that covers the printing cost' for the mags?.

  was that ever the real cost of printing the mags?

  afterall, we had to pay for the wretched things when we collected them, so was the wt society already making a profit from us foolish sheep which we then tried to recoup from the unsuspecting public.. were we conned?

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  Thanks Vernon - very interesting and not at all surprising.

  It's so similar to Multi Level Marketing that you wonder whether the WTS was used as a business model and inspiration by the original MLMers!

  All they had to do was incentivise the people at the base of the geometric progression pyramid by offering them cash incentives instead of the rather tenuous incentive of life in Paradise Earth.
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  Hells Kitchen is BACK...

  by zeroday in

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  give them hell gordo....

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  Hey I'm a big fan of Hell's Kitchen. It's great. You must think we Brits are such charmers, what with Gordon Ramsay and Simon Cowell.

  Do you have Ramsay's show "The F Word" over there? I love that.

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