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  OK any Doberman lovers...Help me

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  i am looking to "adopt" a new dog.

  i am a certified cat lover but have had 3 dogs in my life that my heart still aches for.

  my children are grown, my cat is 10 years old, and i need a new friend and companion.. i have had a standard poodle, english bulldog, and a beautiful blond doberman.. the doberman was my dream dog.

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  Fluff Topic for the evening: What would you have pursued if you could have?

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  i had 3 loves, art, dance and animals.

  how i wish i could have followed up on one of those 3. i have picked up gardening of exotic plants, ....doesn't pay anything but brings me joy.. what was the dream you gave up beacause of being a jw?

  tell us if you have picked up that dream or found another!.

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  Just want to say Happy 4th to All !

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  dear members of this forum:.

  we all have different opinions, and can argue our points "ad nauseam" but we live free, are able to speak our minds, and worship as we wish..or not.. i am not registered red or blue, but appreciate living in this country and the freedom to think for myself.

  i am wishing you all a great 4th and am glad most of you are my neighbors in one way or another!.

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  Did you make life altering decisions because of 1975?

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  i had extended family members, both with families of 7, abandon good jobs and homes in the suburbs of chicago.

  they moved to the wild outskirts of 2 separate states to protect their families from armageddon.

  they both waited for 20 years, wound up financially destitute and finally had to move and depend on other family members to recover.. it would be interesting to read the stories from those of you who went through this time period as a jw.. r.

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  What is the most outrageous thing you witnessed at a KH or did yourself?

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  considering all the heavy duty subjects going on here i think we need something lighter to break it up.. i have 2 stories, neither of which i had the nerve to do myself.. my husband around christmas time had gotten his fill of my mom's preaching.

  he went out and bought the biggest live christmas tree he could find.

  tied it to the top of a little honda and waited until the meeting was letting in 2 blocks away.

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  Were you ever made an example of off the platform of your KH?

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  when i was in my teens, i had spent the night at a jw's girlfiriend's house.

  we stayed up most of the night but were required to get to the kh the next morning for the sunday meeting.

  i sat in the back row and apparently nodded off.

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  What is the most objectionable thing you have heard off the platform?

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  i know many have quoted ridiculous statements from the assemblies etc., i just wonder what irked you most off of the platform in your own kh.. the one that sticks out in my mind was when we had a guest speaker on a sunday for the public talk.

  i don't remember the theme but his main point was the starving people in africa did not need food.

  he stated they needed spiritual food and would opt for that over a meal because they realize they could eat in the new order and there was no need to send any donations directly.

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  Anyone remember the facial hair and hair length hoopla?

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  my now husband went through the questions for babtism but was turned down because his hair was too long and he sported a mustache.

  (lucky for him!).

  tell your story!.

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  Confidential Elders meetings, HA!

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  my father was and elder and i remember him coming home from elder's meetings telling my mother all.

  we lived in a small house so all could hear through the heating vents what was happening at the kh.

  i learned more than i ever cared to know about at a young age.

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  Just introducing myself

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  dear all,.

  just wanted to say hello and tell you how much i have appreciated all your postings as a "lurker"...sorry.. short history, grew up in the 70's as a 3rd generation jw, elders daughter, dad left in the 80's, df'd at 16 and the decision was reversed after 90 days.

  left when i was 18. i am now 48 and have suddenly been shunned by my mother even though i have supported her emotionally all these years never critisizing the wt, listening patiently to witnessing stories etc.

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