Beautiful pictures! They remind me a bit of my former home near Lake Michigan. Oh, and can you keep those Canadian geese critters up there in Canada? They descend in droves upon our ponds down here, multiply like rabbits, and our city parks department needs a Caterpiller to scoop up all the P*op! Lol, pretty birds, tho...
Virgochik
JoinedPosts by Virgochik
-
17
Out and About in Ottawa
by Lady Lee inilovethis city.
it is clean and pretty.
there are miles kilometers of bike paths everywhere.
-
-
-
11
Paris, France not Hilton
by Wordly Andre in.
i am planning a european vacation, can anyone recommend a hotel in paris, that is close to cdg airport, doesn't have to be all that nice but safe, clean and cheap.
.
-
-
Virgochik
Go to Fodor's Travel Forums, and if this information isn't already in the message boards to the left, you can ask the question. The board has excellent travel info. Remember to click on Europe. Good luck!
-
8
New Blood Info
by chappy innot sure if this has been posted before but:.
american medical association researchers have made a remarkable discovery.
it seems that some patients needing blood transfusions may benefit from receiving chicken blood rather than human blood.
-
-
Virgochik
Not to egg you on, but I feel I must squawk about your joke. It's really got me flapping my wings and my feathers ruffled, haha!
-
69
WTBTS guidance on SMALL social gatherings.
by Gill inthe october 15th watchtower gives advice on social gatherings.
try not to throw up or pee your pants laughing at some of the advice!.
'paragraph 5 page 24.. 'many hosts have faced the issue of whether to serve alcoholic beverages.
-
-
Virgochik
Done4good, I've been out since 1983, and we were allowed to have tiny little bits of fun, occasionally. Yeah, big wow. But that sounds permissive, compared to the grim lifestyle they are rigidly following nowadays. You may be on to something. If they keep on like this, they won't need any help going out of business! Seems like people keep insisting on enjoying life, and the old toads in Crooklyn keep insisting they stop that nonsense, and suffer!
-
69
WTBTS guidance on SMALL social gatherings.
by Gill inthe october 15th watchtower gives advice on social gatherings.
try not to throw up or pee your pants laughing at some of the advice!.
'paragraph 5 page 24.. 'many hosts have faced the issue of whether to serve alcoholic beverages.
-
-
Virgochik
It sounds like they are just getting worse and worse! How do they keep anybody?
Either people must not be really applying all these "encouraging suggestions" in real life, or they are flat out leaving in droves. This should open many more eyes to how twisted and cultlike this is! There was a little bit of fun allowed in the 80's, but it sounds so grim and serious now. I just don't see how human beings can live this way.
-
22
A Connection Between Sickness and JW Lifestyle
by choosing life ini've noticed several people on this board mention they have fms and similar type afflictions.
fms is known to be brought about by physical/emotional stress.
i have suffered from it for many years.
-
-
Virgochik
Many at the Hall had chronic illnesses, including me. Mine was from the stress of trying to set the perfect example, and pretend to believe in what I strongly disagreed with! It was acceptable to be sick and blame it on "this old system." This awful old system of things causes so much suffering. I would think, "This awful old meeting causes so much suffering!"
Now that I'm away from all the rules and "suggestions" I feel really great!
-
11
Home exercise equipment
by poppers inanyone have any good home execise equipment that you unreservedly recomment?
-
-
Virgochik
I use my AB Lounger every morning to do sit-ups. It's a light weight piece of equipment, but effective. I also use the old exercise bicycle to trim the hips and tone the calves.
-
47
Remember those toolbox-like briefcases some of the brothers had?
by WingCommander ini bet some still carry them.
you all know what i'm talking about; there were at least 3 brothers in the congregation that had one.
thank god my father wasn't one of them.
-
-
Virgochik
Thanx, Gregor and Jgnat. I hope no one thinks I'm putting my Dad down, when sadness is really what I'm feeling when remembering the big brown leather briefcase. Sad that he never went to college, and craved to be somebody important, and found what he needed in the adoration at the Hall when he dressed up and carried that case. He was a small town boy, and they hooked him in thru his need to be important.
A guy can be important at the Hall, even if he's nobody at work. I just wish he knew he was important anyway, without the suit and the case and the silly religion that sucked away his whole life. Now he's elderly, and still faithfully lugging that briefcase, only it's harder to carry now. His audience is smaller now, mostly conducting the book study for the elderly ones in the morning. But he's still important to me.
-
20
How to Get Free Books, CDs and Movies from Focus on the Family(anti-gay)...
by Princess in.
...thereby taking money out of the pockets of anti-gay bigots - in 12 easy steps: .
.
-
-
Virgochik
Focus is a huge presence in Colorado Springs. People either love them or hate them. A popular bumper sticker locally says "Focus on your OWN damn family!" Presently, they are engaged in a pissing contest with local gay groups over whether people are born gay, or "choose perversion." There are banners downtown on Tejon Street with a puppy who says "Moo" and was born different. Focus countered by running their own newspaper ads with Norman, a puppy who is born "normal." The city is really burned out on Focus and the whole thing is really back firing. Letters to the newspaper pretty much say, who cares, leave people alone to live their lives if they're not bothering anybody.
I think their harping is turning people off, and they come off looking really mean. Maybe they'll be broke soon, they're always in a financial crisis and did some major cutbacks recently for cash crunch reasons.
Believe it or not, tourists actually come to Colorado to visit the Focus headquarters.....hmmm, compare to BethHell?
-
-
-
Virgochik
It got so bad for us, that we finally cancelled the land line. Now we only use our cell phones. Only friends, family and work have the numbers. This solved our problem.