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  changes in how the society does their taxes. why?

  by Calliope in

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  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my dad, who has some kind of responsibility in his kh, i forget all the terms now, but he does the accounting.

  he's told me that they no longer have congregations doing their individual tax returns, but the society does it all now.

  so i innocently asked what that means "like you don't tabulate the donations anymore, you send the info to the society, and they submit it to the government?".

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  Favourite foreign languages?

  by greendawn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what foreign language or languages do you enjoy most listening to, though you may not be able to understand the words?

  i find several foreign languages pleasant to listen to, french with its refinement, italian with its sing song musical quality, and german with its coarse but resolute intonation.

  i also like the sound of russian and castillian spanish.

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  where have all the tile-setters gone? anyone in construction in BC?

  by Calliope in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you noticed, since leaving, that there's a whole network that's gone missing?.

  where you could easily find a tile-setter, dry-waller, painter, house for sale/rent, job... while in the org., now these things are harder to come by?.

  i just want to build a house!.

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  which life should i choose?

  by Calliope in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for someone who believes this life is the only life (no afterlife, heaven, resurrection, reincarnation...), should i move to be close to my family?.

  even though i have left the org.

  they still talk with me, visit, i vacation with them... we have always been a closeknit family.

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  What's your view of "The Secret"

  by darth fader in

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  a neighbor told me about the book, "the secret".

  i read it and thoroughly enjoyed.

  it places emphasis on the "universe" but can be understood to be a supreme being (god).

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  Recommend a car

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  i hate cars.

  they just cost money and eventually rust away.. however, given that it's pretty difficult to do anything without one in north america and that we now need another because angharad got a job (yay), does anyone have any good suggestions?.

  things i want:.

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  anyone in Brisbane, AU?

  by Calliope in

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  please let me know.. .

  thanks muchly.. happy new year.. .

  and peace,.

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  WOO HOOO! We handed out candy for the first time!!!

  by Bumble Bee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the other day i asked my hubby what we were going to do this year on halloween.

  he said, hide out in the basement with the lights off as usual.. i wasn't going for that this year.

  today i stopped off at the store, bought some scary decorations, a spooky cd and loads of candy.

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  Your Favorite Poem or Saying

  by compound complex in

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  dear friends,.

  my favorite poem is not in vain by emily dickinson:.

  if i can stop one heart from breaking,.

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  What do YOU say to people in hopeless situations?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sometimes you have a friend that falls on hard times.

  their health fails, they lose their jobs, they spend their last dollar -- whatever.

  they don't have anything good on the horizon.

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