I found Green & Blacks at the local Target store. I'll be trying it this evening.
Jourles - I'll try that Chantico drink at Starbucks this weekend, thanks!
doinmypart
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Dark Chocolate recommendation
by doinmypart ini live in the us and would like to experiment tasting some dark chocolates.
i've tried hershey's extra dark, 60%.
it was ok. i think i would like something a little stronger and with a better "feel"...the hershey bar melted fine, but had a "waxy" feel/taste.. i'd even like to try a chocolate made outside the us, but would be concerned about shipping (i wouldn't want it to melt).
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Dark Chocolate recommendation
by doinmypart ini live in the us and would like to experiment tasting some dark chocolates.
i've tried hershey's extra dark, 60%.
it was ok. i think i would like something a little stronger and with a better "feel"...the hershey bar melted fine, but had a "waxy" feel/taste.. i'd even like to try a chocolate made outside the us, but would be concerned about shipping (i wouldn't want it to melt).
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doinmypart
Everyone, thanks for the suggestions. I plan on trying everything mentioned.
It is funny how one's taste changes through the years. Several years ago when I first tried dark chocolate I couldn't stand the taste, but now I don't like certain milk chocolates. They're too sweet and taste waxy.
Again thanks for all the suggestions.
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Dark Chocolate recommendation
by doinmypart ini live in the us and would like to experiment tasting some dark chocolates.
i've tried hershey's extra dark, 60%.
it was ok. i think i would like something a little stronger and with a better "feel"...the hershey bar melted fine, but had a "waxy" feel/taste.. i'd even like to try a chocolate made outside the us, but would be concerned about shipping (i wouldn't want it to melt).
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doinmypart
I live in the US and would like to experiment tasting some dark chocolates. I've tried Hershey's Extra Dark, 60%. It was ok. I think I would like something a little stronger and with a better "feel"...the Hershey bar melted fine, but had a "waxy" feel/taste.
I'd even like to try a chocolate made outside the US, but would be concerned about shipping (I wouldn't want it to melt). Any suggestions? Brands, where to buy, etc...
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Loss of Elders
by metatron inlarge numbers of jw congregations are going to be trouble long before they lose their last elder to death or resignation.. most congregations i know have at least one - and often several - elders who can barely function at all, due to illness, old age.
or just plain inability to accomplish anything.
the society seems loathe to remove these men, despite their 'elder in name only'.
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doinmypart
The WTS has a problem keeping elders/finding brothers to appoint as elders.
In one congregation the BOE were trying to find out if they could appoint a 25 year old as an elder. The PO called a few congregations asking the elders if they knew of anyone appointed at that age, or if there was any correspondence from WTS on the matter.
Another congregation has about 90 publishers and 4 elders. Two of the elders are in their 80s and have serious health problems. The other two elders are in their 50s and stretched thin; one elder is the PO, WT Conductor, Accounts...the other elder is the TMS Ov, Secretary, Literature, and Magazines. One of the 80 year old elders is Service Ov, but gets most of his field service time witnessing to the in-house aids that care for him through the week. The only MS in the congregation is in his 70s and has been a MS for about 20 years. Some MTS grads were sent there a few years ago. These guys were elders in the 25-35 year old range. One of the grads got married and moved away, the other grad got tired and moved back home.
Another congregation has four elders. Elder1 is in his 60s and suffers from depression. Elder2 is in his 50s regularly works 60 hr/weeks and his wife attends half the meetings. Elder3 is in his 40's and is a Super-Elder...substitute CO, city overseer, longtime pioneer. Elder4 is in his 40s and has the reasoning skills of a lemming (this elder couldn't understand why one publisher who was raped had emotional problems). This congregation has had 6 MS for the last 2 years, but none of them can qualify for elder, and it isn't for lack of trying. The MS want to be elders, but they are worse than Elder4 in their lack of reasoning and thinking skills.
Another congregation has 140+ publishers and 6 elders. Over the last decade they have talked to the branch about splitting the congregation, but they don't have enough elders and "strong" publishers. The MS become elders, the more experienced elders move away, the new elders get tired of dealing with so many publishers and eventually tire out or get removed. The PO is a brother that was reinstated, pioneered, appointed MS, then elder all within the last 10 years.
It isn't all bad from the WTS perspective. One congregation in the circuit has 9 elders, 7 MS, and 10 pioneers. Attending this congregation is like being in some weird, nightmarish state. The majority of the publishers talk about JW stuff all the time even away from the KH. On Saturdays they go out in early morning service, meet back at 9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.; and regularly have large groups meet for Sunday service! I keep waiting for this congregation to hit it's peak and everyone suffer burnout, but they have kept this pace for years.
In the last 12 months I personally know of 4 elders (in a circuit of 1200) that have quit.
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I feel bad :(
by Elsewhere ini've been feeling bad the last few days... like a bad cold.
*** cough - cough - sniff *** .
on thursday i went to my doctor and she ordered a ct scan of my sinuses.
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doinmypart
Hate to hear about the problem you're having. I hope all goes well with the surgery.
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I have a feeling that "The Watchtower" of 4/1/2006 was an April Fool
by MinisterAmos inthe issue contains the "life story" of a brother who has been in for sixty years, but it really sounds like someone from jwd who is subtly bashing the org.. according to him he only got dunked some 60 years ago because "my mother (repeatedly) emphasized one point to me; armageddon is coming soon"!
when he was baptized to age 13 he "only understood basic bible teachings and understood that he was responsible to jehovah for my conduct".
note he specifically omits mention of the wtbs as being representive of god and fails to mention "showing glory to the elders and others" as demanded in wt 9/1/97 but is seeming to mock the wt with the "soon" remark and also with the fact that he was baptized at 13, without his parent's permission and with little knowledge.. anyway, his mom is dead and here we are 60 years later.
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doinmypart
Gary
My wife says the same thing...
Me: "How will you feel when it all turns out to be a lie?"
Wife: "It doesn't matter because I worship Jehovah not the organization. And I lived my life doing what He wants"
Me: "But it is a lie, it isn't what he wants"
Wife: "Well, people in the world have all these problems, and at least I was protected from that"
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"No fear" t shirts, forbidden???
by free2beme inin the 1990's there were a lot of things that had the saying "no fear" on it and one of the local elders figured out that this meant we live life and do things without fear.
so that basically we could try things and take chances, without the normal fear we associate with things in life.
well in a special needs talk they decided that "no fear" t shirts should not be worn by good witnesses and they asked that we not wear them to witness gatherings, or even in life.
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doinmypart
Here is a scan of the recent KM regarding dress during & after the conventions.
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What are you doing to stay healthy ??
by Genesis inim just wondering about what people of different are doing to stay healthy.
personally, im into bodybuilding since a couple of months and i love it !
im eating cleaner than ever (but not as i would like) and exercise 4 days a week.
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doinmypart
I do an hour of resistance training Mon, Wed, Fri; and thirty minutes of cardio on Tue, Thu, Sat.
My diet is 2500 calories a day, 5 meals a day. 50% carbs, 30% protein, 20% fat.
I supplement with Men's One a Day, whey protein, fish oil, creatine, and Greens Plus.
As a tie-in to things JW related. Lately the WTS has been talking about not spending too much time on hobbies and health concerns, especially was this the case at last year's district convention. A couple of JW buddies I used to workout with took all of this to heart and stopped working out. It is crazy to me, the WTS doesn't want anyone to spend precious time away from studying, the meetings, and field service. JW friends give me weird looks when I head to the gym after the meeting or miss early morning service because I'm working out.
Last year the CO was giving a talk about the last days or some such nonsense. He asked a rhetorical question, something along the lines of "can you friends imagine running a mile? Probably none of us in here could..." I was sitting in my seat thinking yeah I can do it in about 6 minutes. I smirked and whispered this to my wife...she was pissed off because I seemed to have missed the CO's point.
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Notes 2006 Spl Assy Day "Keep Your Eye Simple"
by doinmypart inhere are my notes from the 2006 special assembly day "keep your eye simple".
i added emphasis to some of the notes.. why keep your eye simple (local elder).
what are some of these things?
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Diamondblue
This is the only board I post on. It seems someone copied & pasted my notes. That is cool, the more people that see the WTS' bs the better. Thanks for posting the link, I'll visit that board.
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I Have the new "Tract"--or at least it's new to me. Found at the Bakery.
by LDH indoes fate rule our lives?.
or does god hold us responsible?.
how would you anser those two questions?
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doinmypart
sir82 is correct. The WTS has a tract primarily for Muslims, and one for Hindus. There could be a couple of others but I can't think of them right now. They started printing them in the early-90s...I think.