I don't think that the Dubs teach you to be a friend or to befriend. I learned only to distrust anyone and anything.
I tried to go back and be friendly even to some of my cousins. They see me as dead, which is interesting as I see them as complete crack-pots.
It's weird, since they really aren't planning for anything, on this earth/system, they don't seem to get wound up about the stuff that non-dubs do. Non-dub "Hey, little Timmy is going to Kindergarten!" Dub,"Yeah, so. He's still going to die @ Armageddon."
Yuck! I'll just have no friends at all if that's how I have to feel.
p.s. I didn't like most of the people at my congo as they all seemed to enjoy crappy jobs without advancement opportunities. Who cares about advancement when you'll be in Paradise tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that, ad nauseum.
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How many 'real" friends did you ever really have in ther "truth'
by The Lone Ranger insure we got to know a lot of people, we knew a lot more people then the average person, but how many real friends did we ever have?
a friend that we could trust, that we could confine in.
i can say i had just one, bro x and even then i still had to be careful, bro x is an elder now and he tells me that im the only real friend hes ever had, he cant freely talk to anyone.
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Last Class
by Sparkplug inthat was my last class in my bsba.
i need to wrap up financial and then i get the "paper".
whoohoo!
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Congratulations! Hip, Hip, Hooray for you and your intestinal fortitude!
I would agree about the relief vs. jubilance. I think you'll feel that jubilation when you're faced with a problem and you realize you can answer it based on the info you learned while getting your degree.
At least take a week off before you go and start a business. I think you’ve earned a few days of lounging or drinking or both... or just drinking. -
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IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME WOULD YOU MARRY YOUR SPOUSE?
by Dansk ini've been thinking a lot about this lately and i would unhesitatingly say 'yes!'.
we've had our ups and downs - almost always my fault .
my god, how our upbringing can affect us!
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From my point of view, absolutely, every day and twice on Sunday.
From her point of view, I don't know... I can be a handful. Gladly she's a Catholic and won't spend any time here so you can't ask her! Ha!
Seriously, I'd give up all I have for just one day with my lovely. Besides, she makes pretty babies. -
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FLUFF- Whats your guilty pleasure song?
by Asheron ini was driving home today and elo's "mr. blue sky" came on.
i sang my ass off (closed windows of course).
whats your guilty pleasure song?
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Oh, I forgot one, which I sang on the way home tonight, "Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson... yeah, he's a whacko but he can sing his arse off. I was singing with the windows down. Who cares?
DantheMan, I think that you and I could just trade iPods and be happy. I'm all about Dr. Dio. Holy Diver could be on repeat all day and I wouldn't care. -
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Your Drink (in pub, bar or club/restaurant/home)
by KW13 in.
i love carling 'extra cold' lager.. .
i am going to the pub tonight - whoo!
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Beer and a lot of it. As my mom says, "I drink only two kinds of beer. Mine and yours."
Red Wine and a lot of it.
Tequila shots, occasionally.
Hard liquor makes me not me. I drink it at "beer" pace and that ain't good. -
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for atheists/agnostics
by BlackSwan of Memphis inhow did you get to the point where you are at now?
was it primarily new information that made you rethink religion and god?
learning about the ice age, the universe, the fossils out there?
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My hope is that my kids are able to believe in a divine plan as whole-heartedly as their mother does. Simply for the fact that it is so much easier than having to explain yourself to every tom, dick and jane that wants to preach to you and ask you, "how can this all be without god?" I don't struggle at all with it myself... it's others that make me koo-koo. I had a shirt once that read, "I'll respect your crutch if you'll stop beating me with it."
Do I have an emptiness? Maybe, but I wouldn't have any empty anything had I not been told that I "would" have one if I don't believe in their idea of a "Greater Power."
Whatever you believe I hope it works for you and that you are as happy as you possibly can be. If you're not happy, I hope you have the courage to change. -
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What if for one day...........
by whyamihere inwe actually spoke our mind to anyone and everyone about what we really think.......what would happen?.
would you lose your family, friends, job etc ??.
(can be anything really jw or non-jw) let's just get it all out right here...lol.
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Uh, I think that I may be the brainless, truck-driving hippie to which are refering. I will move my dogs forthwith. :)
I'm extremely emotional; usually every day is a total roller coaster, to which I've become accustomed. Whatever I said today, I'd have to apologize for tomorrow as I wouldn't mean it.
But... in case I did, I would tell my Y-Donor that he's a Total Tool. Oh, wait I already did that. C'est la vie. -
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Did anyone see or do a random act of kindness today?
by okie46 intoday while unloading my groceries, i witnessed a random act of kindness... someone in a ford explorer was waiting for a car to leave a parking spot so they could pull in there, they had been waiting for several minutes when finally the car in that spot backed out and left.
before the person in the ford explorer could pull into the spot, a lady in a ford taurus pulled on into that parking space.
the person in the ford explorer who had been patiently waiting, just sat there, they didn't honk or flip the person off, then the lady in the ford taurus realized that the other vehicle had been waiting for that spot and backed out to find another spot, letting the guy who had been waiting have his spot.
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Nothing makes you feel better than helping someone that needs it and is obviously doing all that they can in that situation. No I don't want to pay their mortgage and I'm not talking about the guy holding a sign, which reads, "God Bless." I'm talking about the lady in her work clothes/dress that has a flat tire.
I was on my way to an interview once, suit, tie the full regalia. A woman had a flat, I stopped and changed it. No she wasn't the interviewer, hell I didn't even get the job, but my interview was so much easier because I felt just great!
I'll try tomorrow to notice more people to see if I can help. Thanks for the reminder. -
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FLUFF- Whats your guilty pleasure song?
by Asheron ini was driving home today and elo's "mr. blue sky" came on.
i sang my ass off (closed windows of course).
whats your guilty pleasure song?
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None of you pay my mortgage so I don't care if you laugh that I, at certain times, listen to teeny-bopper music. We're moving so I was painting our new house all day and @ about 10 pm, I was tired and all alone; I was scanning the radio and "Break Away" by fellow Texan, Kelly Clarkson came on. I sang loudly and cried like a 6th-grade girl that had lost her puppy.
Oh, yeah, and I also love "Bullet" by Misfits or any Pantera tune. Are those cool enough, tough-guy bands for you to forget my little aforementioned sissy incident?
Okay, so what, here're a couple quick ones
"Break Away, KC, previously mentioned, in case you were thrown off by the Pantera reference.
"Beautiful" Christina Aguilera
"Bye Bye Bye" N Sync
"Bringin' on the Heartbreak" Def Leppard
"Unpretty" TLC
"Home Sweet Home" Motley Crue
"Carry on Wayward Son" Kansas
"She's Gone" Hall & Oates
"Breakfast in America" Supertramp
"Mandinka" Sinead O'Connor
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can anyone point me to....
by SPAZnik insomeone wrote a funny skit about .
something along the lines of .
believe in bill because bill said so .
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That's good stuff!
I like Sauerkraut and cut-up weiners too.