Posts by D8TA

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How much does it cost?

by Princess in

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a couple of threads lately made me start to wonder about the cost of things around the world.

lisa's thread on saving money for one.

i just went to the store today.

D8TA

Woot! More Washingtonians!

I lived on Capitol Hill for 9 years, and Des Moines WA for 18. (had 5 yrs. in CA for school - but back in Des Moines again now.)

Housing prices are insane in Des Moines. Ours was near 300,000. No view of the water, but about 4 blocks away from the Marina.

We usually keep our eye out for groceries, looking for the better deals between Safeway, QFC, or Fred Meyer's Grocery. We are a family of 2, so we spend around 120-140 a mo. for food.

Gas-Texeco. So what every avg. fluctuating price is there. My wife only drives since I can't due to my eyesight, so I buy METRO passes which run around $100 for 3 mo. pass.

But, all in all...after a small 3 yr. sting for school in CA, I think it's better to live here in WA. The Bay Area was a whole lot more expensive then it is up here.

***Warning: Washington Rave Proceeding****

Washington state, is the best home one could have. Just being located in or near Seattle: your 2.5 hrs from the Ocean and a Rainforest (which is under the majesty of the Olympic Mountain Range). On a summer's day, drive east over Snoqualmie Pass of the Cascade Mountain Range see some snow then drive on down in to the dry croplands and desert of the Columbian Basin. The summer wheat, with it's fields of gold. Another few hours to the NE and you can catch a sliver of the Rocky Mtns., just be sure to stop by Kettle Falls on the way. Grand Coulee Dam, another fine sight to behold.

Mt. Hood? HA! Mt. Shasta? PUH-LEAZE! You want to see what a real Volcanoe looks like?...Mt. Rainier. A gaze upon old Mt. Rainier (Tahoma), and it nearly wipes your problems from your mind. Or visit old Mt. St. Helens, or what's left of her, and see evidence of natures recent and mighty force. If you feel for something a bit more relaxing, we got Mt. Adams and Mt. Baker to gaze upon.

We have valley belt-ways all over the place. Forests that run as far as the eye can see. A desert that beckons adventure.

Washington State, a place to call home.

***End of Promotion***

D8TA

~ A day no season would claim ~

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Anyone else get really pissed off?

by D8TA in

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there be many issues in this world that gets my temper going.

if i see something i dislike i often get passionate about it and like to.

debate the issue.

D8TA

There be many issues in this world that gets my temper going. If I see something I dislike I often get passionate about it and like to
debate the issue. Nice controlled debates, no mudslinging or flaming involved.

But being brought up as JW....I sometimes get down right pissed off. I was "born" from the womb in to the cult. I had a "split" family, my Dad was NOT a Witness ever. So, I got lucky a few times when I'd complain that I didn't want to go to meetings, at least me Dad would tell my mom I should have a choice.

I was baptized at 13 and DF'd at 16. Parents divorced at 17. And my mom, WHILE I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL(Junior Year) and still a MINOR, kicked me out of the house because I was disfellowshipped. Purely on the issue of me NOT attending the meetings.

Was I bad teen? No. I held a 3.5 gpa from my Jr. High to Junior year.(Two of those years I had a 4.0). I NEVER caused any trouble for my parents in my teen years. I was a pretty good kid.

To this day, my family cant even pin a situation where I had caused any trouble. I was a homebody, always reading or programming on my Apple II and Atar 800 XL computers. (this was early 80's).

My crime? I had a free mind. I doubted (with good reason) the WTBTS. I had done my research and found the omissions and lies about the foundation of this cult. I was guilty in the eyes of the JW's, of having a different way of thinking.

I've been to 12 countries overseas from the U.S., I have flown around this great big blue marble of ours. I'm currently studying cultural anthropology. I'm aware of governments (including ours) that unjustly treat it's population. How the powerful are corrupt. Seen the poverty, seen the famine. These issues raise a passion in me.

The WTBTS on the other hand....pisses...me...off. They owe me 16 years. 16 years I view like I would 16 years in a prison. Then to be shunned by my family afterwards.

sorry for my french, but fuck 'em.

D8TA

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May 16th 2002, Where are you going to be?

by D8TA in

i'll be in line for star wars episode ii: attack of the clones.. i was 7 when star wars came out.

but saw it a month after it was released.

but for empire strikes back, return of the jedi and the phantom menace...i got in opening day.. uuugh!

D8TA

I'll be in line for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

I was 7 when Star Wars came out. But saw it a month after it was released. But for Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace...I got in opening day.

Uuugh! 2 months away. The anticipation is killin me!

For those who are fans or casual fans of the movies, here be some
links that I visit:

StarWars.com
www.theforce.net/ <~~~Warning! Spoiler Material is often posted here
http://boards.theforce.net/ The msg boards. This has good spoiler material...tread carefully if you dont want to learn any secrets or rumors.

Any other SW fans out there?

D8TA

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Need Info With OR Murders

by D8TA in

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i live in nieghboring state(wa) that has the nw cable news network.. which is the only information i have available on this story in oregon.. problem is, the reporting is vague.

a vague statement being made is that this person who comitted the murders "had kept his children isolated from family members".. my question is: "are the family members also jehovah witnesses"?.

if so, that the family members are jw's, shouldn't someone start telling these media types that it's the jehovah witnesses that practice isolation against ex-members?.

D8TA

Big thanks Farkel. Just wen't on an information hunt and got what I needed.

I sent a e-mail to Mr. Lemmerman of the Orgonian about my 2 cents
worth on this situation. As well as the Longo situation.

D8TA

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Mothers-In-Law---GRRRRR!

by teenyuck in

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last week i spoke to my mother-in-law for the first time since visiting her ugly ass, at christmas, in florida.

i, unfortuantly, picked up the telephone without checking caller id.

it was not her usual sunday evening call.

D8TA

Heh heh. My Mom-In-Law lives in Brazil and doesn't speak english. She does speak to me when the she visits, or when we go down there. I just dont know what she is saying. Come to think of it, I wonder, if I really should know.

Ah well, guess "what I dont know, doesn't hurt me" eh? OH MY GOD, WAIT A MINUTE! That's what the GB wants everyone to think!

**runs down to the local language school and enrolls in the Portuguese class***

D8TA

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Whats your earliest memory?

by sleepy in

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whats your earliest memory?.

i can remmember going to see my new-born sister in hospital when i was 2 years old.. funny thing is i remmember , remmembering that i remmembered things from the past as a 2 year old , but i carnt remmember the actual things themself.. i hope that makes sense.. i wonder if i can access earlier memories by some technique?

D8TA

Sitting in a laundry basket and looking out my front room window. I was 18 months in to this life.

D8TA

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Need Info With OR Murders

by D8TA in

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i live in nieghboring state(wa) that has the nw cable news network.. which is the only information i have available on this story in oregon.. problem is, the reporting is vague.

a vague statement being made is that this person who comitted the murders "had kept his children isolated from family members".. my question is: "are the family members also jehovah witnesses"?.

if so, that the family members are jw's, shouldn't someone start telling these media types that it's the jehovah witnesses that practice isolation against ex-members?.

D8TA

I live in nieghboring state(WA) that has the NW Cable News Network.
Which is the only information I have available on this story in Oregon.

Problem is, the reporting is vague. A vague statement being made is that this person who comitted the murders "had kept his children isolated from family members".

My question is: "Are the family members ALSO Jehovah Witnesses"?

If so, that the family members are JW's, shouldn't someone start telling these media types that it's the Jehovah Witnesses that practice ISOLATION against ex-members?

Anyone from Oregon here? Or anyone know of any Oregon Newspaper links on this story?

D8TA

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You will ALL burn in hell

by Uboat_Ninja in

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all you apostates will burn in hell when jehovah returns.

D8TA

"All you apostates will BURN IN HELL when Jehovah returns".

Uh yah. And when did the JW's start preaching the HELL doctrine? If you were REALLY a JW member, or X-member, you would KNOW they DO NOT preach the Hell doctrine.

Now, had you said "All you apostates will be thrown in to the Lake of Fire when Jehovah returns", I think you would have something here.

(Or mention Gehenna, or Hades, or some other seriously mitranslated trash from the NWT and/or WT/Awake.)

But...you did humor me. Please, humor me more.

D8TA

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How Many DF'ing Offences Have You Committed?

by Englishman in

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i must confess that her ladyship and i lived together for 6 months before we got married, so that must be, er...say 200?.

then we used to spend 3 nights a week gambling in tiberiuss casino, even after we got married, so.....umm, say another 250?.

i must have eaten black pudding, say, 100 times?.

D8TA

I have done an average of 100 offences a day. WE ALL HAVE! We all "question" the society. We all have "independant" thoughts. We all have "criticized" the Governing Body.

Somehow they link this behavior to "pride". Or, DEMONS (bwahahhahahah) are responsible for our actions, and we are "giving in to Satan".

I dont know about you all, BUT IT FEELS SOOOOO GOOOD! I luuuuv my FREE MIND!

D8TA

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No windows in K Hs, why?

by rekless in

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does anyone have the real reason for this.. i thought that it was for insurance reasons.. is it due to the orgs.

paranoia?.

hell is truth seen too late.

D8TA

"PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES"

GB1: "By Chum old man, we have been throwing stones at other religions for decades, we've been hounding the U.N. as the counterfeit kingdom. We've been throwing boulders at so called "apostates" for nearly a century! Now that our dirty little secrets have been leaking out...what should we do"???

GB2: "Hear hear, I say we board up all the windows, plaster them over I say. That should fix the problem".

Heh heh heh heh....

D8TA

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