Posts by cognizant dissident

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Buying High end Appliances,...worse than the standard!..don't bother!

by restrangled in

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i have had to buy appliances for 2 homes....don't ask!

with the first i bought midrange and the best refrigerator out there leaving it to the new buyers.

(french door refrigerator) i loved it, but it was too big for our latest digs.. spent over $7000.00.....which my my mom got credit for.......she spouted who cares, yet she got top dollar for her condo because of all the appliances we replaced and included.. for my home i purchased a $1000.00 german stove, (bosch...a floor model that was much more expensive) .... which as been a major pain in the a##.

cognizant dissident

I always buy the least expensive appliances because that is all I can afford and I also find they work just as well or better than some fancy high priced brands my parents or friends have that always seem to be broken. By the time the appliance breaks in 10 years or so, I buy another cheapie to replace it and find that in ten years the technology will have improved enough so that the cheapest appliance is still a lot better than the one that just broke.

When it was time to replace an old fridge I chose one of the cheapest models in the size I wanted. My son wanted one that cost $5000 and had a little TV inset into the door! Why? I asked him, are you going to stand in front of the fridge for half an hour or more to watch a tiny TV? Wouldn't you be more comfortable sitting on the couch, watching the big screen tv? Also, a TV that size normally sells for less than $100, so why does it suddenly cost $4000. just because it is mounted in a fridge door? What if it breaks? Are you supposed to empty your fridge and send the whole thing to be repaired?

People just want to have the latest and greatest but if you stop and analyze a little, is it really any better? Iis a little bell or whistle worth a couple of extra grand just because it is the newest thing? You got to keep perspective.

Cog

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'peoples choice awards' for me in my small city, if you knew my story:)

by orbison11 in

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well some here know my story,,after dfing, pretty bad,,,.

lets just say i went from an easy financial existance to immediate extreme poverty.

and being a mature female, that is harsh.

cognizant dissident

Way to go Wendy! It's Ok to brag a little. You've come a long way baby!

Cog

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anyone here from surey bc

by orbison11 in

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there is a reason i ask...... want to start to clear up a few things.

wendy.

cognizant dissident

What do you want to clear up?

Cog

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anyone here from surey bc

by orbison11 in

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friends

there is a reason i ask...... want to start to clear up a few things.

wendy.

cognizant dissident

I used to live in Surrey, BC

Cog

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Open Discussions About The Paranormal

by The wanderer in

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open discussions about the paranormalseveral times threads would feature a particular discussion about the paranormal.. in the past, discussions featured ghosts, unidentified flying objects, ouija boards, .

and other similar topics which correlate to the paranormal.

some individuals are put off with the subjecton several occasions, it could not be helped but to notice that individuals who .

cognizant dissident

From now on, it would be good if people divided into two groups: those that believe in the paranormal, and those that don't, instead of mixing. The ones that believe can't prove the other ones wrong, and likewise.

Do you mean divide into two groups as in the sheep and the goats, or the faithful slave and the wicked slave or the ~~sneeches~~ (oops wrong fairy tale)? Quit mixing in company with those who are ghosthunters, ufo chasers, or monkey bone digging atheists that you do not become a sharer in their wicked works. Remember, bad association spoils useful habits!

Cog: 7:7

ps: I give myself a "G" for skillfully mixing metaphors, obscure and obvious cultural references, and misapplied scriptures all in one post!

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For mother's out there...cleaning a son's bedroom!

by restrangled in

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my son is twenty years old, a good kid, is doing great in college so i usually keep the door closed to his bedroom so i don't have to look.

today he took out a huge batch of laundry for me to do and the odor from that bedroom had me reeling.. here is my humorous but deadly serious post on the matter:!!!!!.

after vacuuming, enough dust to fill the entire dust bin in the vacuum.. enough change on the floor to keep him in fast food for a week.....(don't ask me for money).

cognizant dissident

This thread is making me feel a lot better! I thought I had the world's most disgustingingly dirty teenager. I thought I had gone horribly wrong somewhere. When my son was little, once a week we go through his room, taking all the garbage out, organizing everything. It never made any difference at all. I have given up. Our last house we just closed the door. But then the smell would waft into the hallway when we opened it. When we were showing the house for sale, my husband and I had to go in as a team and clean it up or noone would buy the house. We did that every day before the next showing.

In our new house, he has a loft on a floor all to himself and he pays a little rent. I never go up there if I can help it. There is no smell, because hot air and odors rise. I am greatly encouraged by the fact that he has started to shower daily without me having to tell him he stinks! He also throws his own clothes in the machine now without me pointing out how stained they are. He even washed his own bedsheets (after 6 months!) The rest of his room is still a foot deep in dirty dishes, pop cans, wet towels and garbage. I don't know what woman is ever going to put up with that! Only his mother I guess. I hope he is not still living with me when he is 42!

I refuse to clean it up though. I won't lift a finger. That is enabling. Unless there are special circumstances such as having to sell the house. Mostly it just amazes me at their ability to live in their own filth without grossing themselves out.

Cog (I'm so glad I'm not the only one)

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Divorce rates among JWs higher?

by AK - Jeff in

do you believe that divorce rates among jw's is higher or lower than the averages now?.

in the us - at least recently - it was said that about 50% of all marriages will end in divorce.. for decades as a jw - i believed that jw's were immune from this statistic.

among the older married couples divorce seemed almost unheard of - and still, among the older crowd, that holds true i believe.

cognizant dissident

A couple of years ago, I wondered about this same question. I made a list of all the couples I knew who were witnesses, including only ones I knew well enough to know their history of marriage and divorces. The divorce rate on my list was 60% which at the time was the divorce in rate in Canada. So, no difference. And that didn't even include all the witnesses who were staying together but wanted to get divorced!

Cog

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U.N. Predicts Urban Population Explosion - Unstoppable

by Sunnygal41 in

u.n. predicts urban population explosionby celia w. dugger,the new york timesposted: 2007-06-30 05:30:02filed under: world(june 30) -- by next year, more than half the worlds population, 3.3 billion people, will for the first time live in towns and cities, and the number is expected to swell to almost five billion by 2030, according to a united nations population fund report released yesterday.. .

photo gallery: most populous metropolitan areasnatacha pisarenko, ap10.

buenos aires, argentina.

cognizant dissident

I agree with you Greendawn. I figure if each couple only had two children, to replace themselves, then that would keep the population at least constant. But how do you convince people from other cultures to limit themselves to only two children? Education and cheap/free birth control, I think is the best bet. People who can barely feed themselves are not going to spend money on expensive birth control. Although, even that would probably be cheaper in the long run than more mouths to feed.

Cog

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U.N. Predicts Urban Population Explosion - Unstoppable

by Sunnygal41 in

u.n. predicts urban population explosionby celia w. dugger,the new york timesposted: 2007-06-30 05:30:02filed under: world(june 30) -- by next year, more than half the worlds population, 3.3 billion people, will for the first time live in towns and cities, and the number is expected to swell to almost five billion by 2030, according to a united nations population fund report released yesterday.. .

photo gallery: most populous metropolitan areasnatacha pisarenko, ap10.

buenos aires, argentina.

cognizant dissident

Interesting. Don't have much else to say. I just want to see if my new picture comes up.

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My Anti-Kult Toastmasters Speech . .

by Locutus of Borg in

i am an active member of toastmasters international.

i find that it has helped me to be polished and professional when dealing with my employers clients, many of whom are mid to high ranking us air force officers and upper level ny/ nj state government people.. i occasionally use the toastmasters forum to educate people about cults.

toastmaster clubs are typically made up of local industry, technology, business and local government leaders and professionals.

cognizant dissident

Beautiful poem! I see you have more the soul of a poet than a toastmaster!

Cog