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Amazing is back ... the Wheels of Justice have turned

by Amazing1914 in

i am back from underground ... i have more to tell you than you can imagine ...

i cannot use my old screen handle for now, but we are working on that, and it will be restored as soon as simon and i can get it done.

so, simon has allowed me to create a new screen name for the time being.

detective

I am concerned for my privacy now too.

I suspect they want this sort of response out of people. My feeling is that, since it's nearly impossible for the average person to verify who it is that they are communicating with online and the information is therefore unreliable, I think they ask as a means of intimidation. They have no way of knowing that you are who you say you are- despite wedding pictures (!) I mean, any number of people who know you could be masquerading as you. Not that they would, of course, but it's quite possible. Without investing large amounts of time and money into pursuing your identity, they haven't got any real "evidence" of your identity whatsoever. It's all about intimidation.

They want you to think they can reach alot further than they can.

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Should obesity be a DF offense?

by jws in

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a headline on today's usa today says that obesity is the #1 killer.

if being fat is such a health risk (like cigarettes), why don't the jws disfellowship people for being obese?.

i know in some cases, people gain weight due to medical problems that are hard to control.

detective

the last "acceptable" prejudice

actually, fat prejudice would have to fall somewhere behind smoking prejudice (what no drinking prejudice?) and gay marriage.

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JW Blood Doctrine Dismembered

by AlanF in

i thought some people might like to see a strictly bible-based dismemberment of the jw blood doctrine.

for some introductory material, see the thread:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/67949/4.ashx.

detective

Thank you for the article. I stashing it away as it may someday come in handy (god forbid!)

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Flowers At Work

by Xena in

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i love getting flowers at work!

i got some today from a friend for my birthday..nothing really fancy...but it's just so cool when they come in with flowers and you wonder who they are for....and they are for you!.

anyone else love getting them???

detective

I'm something of the anti-girl when it comes to getting flowers at work. Don't like it a bit. Nothing wrong with it for others obviously, but it's not at all my style. Even when I received flowers from someone I was dating at the time, I have to admit I felt a bit deflated- as if the person giving them to me didn't understand me at all. I hate to sound so ungrateful, as I know that the gesture is very sweet- but in truth, I don't like having them sit on my desk, or carrying them to the car, or having other people feel envious/admire them. It's foreign to me- too apparent, I guess. It actually bothers me a bit, which makes me feel even worse about not appreciating them more. it's just not how I express myself. It's hard to explain- I'm more of a "found a neat stick or leaf in the park that I had to give you" than an FTD mamacita. Now, instead of the bouquet, if a certain someone slipped a snapdragon they plucked from the garden and hid it on my desk where only I could see it- well, I could go for that...

I just threw out some flowers last night... it was kind of depressing all dried up and dead, actually. It made me kinda sad.

Despite all this, I think it's wonderful that other people enjoy receiving flowers at work and I certainly would be happy to stop by someone's desk and admire them (though breathing a quiet sigh of relief that they aren't for me!) Weird, huh?

oh, and by the way Xena, happy birthday!

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Amazing is back ... the Wheels of Justice have turned

by Amazing1914 in

i am back from underground ... i have more to tell you than you can imagine ...

i cannot use my old screen handle for now, but we are working on that, and it will be restored as soon as simon and i can get it done.

so, simon has allowed me to create a new screen name for the time being.

detective

They wanted some of your real life names ...

Now that's funny!

If they wanted to know, they could just ask. My name is Ciro Aucilino. Sorry if I misspelled it, I sometimes get confused- you know, all that spirit-guiding occasionally jumbles my brain.

Are they for real with that idiocy? Just how would you know that I, Gerrit Losch (aka J.R. Brown), am who I say that I am? Have they not figured out that I, Fred Franz, could easily misrepresent myself as say, Don Adams, if I wanted to. And the reality is that you, as a participant of this discussion board, have no way of knowing if I really am the Joseph Rutherford that I say that I am without doing substantial, intensive investigation. I mean, I could just be using Pastor Russell's computer when he is not around and actually be William Malenfant. But really, my name is Dan Sydlik. And you can believe me, because why would a guy named Max Larson lie?

How stupid are they?

Yours,

Teddy Jaracz

p.s. rock on, amazing! Go get 'em!

60

Bad News Today

by cruzanheart in

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my mom's nursing home called today to tell me that the doctor recommended that she go on hospice care.

they said she has entered the last stage of alzheimer's and is not taking in nutrients, just liquids.

i'm going there tomorrow morning to fill out the necessary release forms.

detective

Hang in there, during this tough. My thoughts are with you and your family as you endure this difficult time.

Detective

119

Escape THIS !

by Simon in

took me best part of an hour, quite good though.

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http://server-admin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/motas/mystery/testgame.htm

detective

okay, I'm out (finally!!!!)

someone tell me how you managed to get out if you cut all the wires like I did? I could NOT get out for the life of me and had to back track out and try it again, repeating some of the earlier puzzles.

So, give it up- if you cut all the wires, how did you get out?

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The UN Posts Their Letter!

by jgnat in

did our letter-writing campaign work?

http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/watchtower.pdf.

here are some lovely instructions drafted by syn, and hosted by valis, on how to navigate to the site yourself.. http://www.sassquatch.com/syn/un_ngo_letter/.

detective

Good work, folks!

Great news!

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I am being published

by larc in

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i just got accepted by a journal for publication.

it will be in the:interational rublic management association for human resources.

it will be in print in about six months.

detective

Congratulations larc! It's a wonderful feeling and, no doubt, a well-deserved honor. Looking forward to reading it so as soon as you get details, please let us know!

Two days ago, after seven years of waiting, I received a package on my doorstep. It was the book I'd been waiting for... an anthology containing a piece of my work. I was going to post about it but I hadn't had a chance. I'm on top of the world. The work had already been published, but having it included in a reputable anthology is absolutely huge for me personally. I'm not likely to come down from this high anytime soon! A lifelong dream, seven long years of waiting...and it was all worth it! Sadly, I can't promote the name of the anthology here due to having to remain anonymous... but I really, really wish I could!

Back to you, now that I've bragged myself into oblivion. I hope you gather up loads of copies of your article! You will always have this accomplishment and it's really something of which to be quite proud! It's great news Larc- congratulations!!!!! Yay!!

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Smokers of the World, Unite and Take Over

by gitasatsangha in

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ahh.. nicotine.

since leaving the jdubs, i find i enjoy lighting up a pipe in the evening, or sometimes the occasional cigar.

tried cigarettes but i don't care for them much, myself.

detective

I don't like smoking or smokers.

I know exactly what you mean! I don't like meat and I don't like meat eaters.

Actually, I don't really think that at all and if I did I'd probably keep it to myself so that I don't come off as a judgemental weenie. Mind you, I'm not saying that's how you're coming off... because even if I was thinking you were coming off that way, I probably wouldn't say such a thing as I wouldn't want to be one of those people who slaps an arbitrary label on someone they don't even know 'coz that's kinda boorish behavior.

Errrr, oops.