Posts by compound complex

All of us -- men and women -- should keep our medical appointments. I address this post to guys, however, given my own reluctance to go to the doctor. Well, no more. For me, it has been a matter of life and death, in the past, particularly.

Most recently, though, it was more a matter of being comfortable. Somehow, I missed my last year's annual visit to the urologist. I was forced to go two weeks ago in order to renew my Doxazosin [Cardura(n)] scrip. This visit, I remembered to bring a list of questions. The usual question related to my getting up 6 to 8 times a night to go to the bathroom. Simple solution -- increase my dosage of Doxazosin.

Now, instead of awakening every 60 to 75 minutes, i sleep 3 to 4 hours at a stretch, needing to get up twice a night. I wake up feeling great!

Your thoughts, Guys, on this are appreciated.

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Start a new topic or post on an older one?

by compound complex in

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as often noted by our forum members, identical subjects are posted but on new threads, by different people.

yesterday, i asked a question on a medical issue that has been discussed dozens of times.

i posted on an older thread that related closest to my thoughts.

compound complex

Thanks, Simon!

I guess, then, I'll start anew.

Gratefully, . . .

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Start a new topic or post on an older one?

by compound complex in

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as often noted by our forum members, identical subjects are posted but on new threads, by different people.

yesterday, i asked a question on a medical issue that has been discussed dozens of times.

i posted on an older thread that related closest to my thoughts.

compound complex

Greetings:

As often noted by our forum members, identical subjects are posted but on new threads, by different people. Yesterday, I asked a question on a medical issue that has been discussed dozens of times. I posted on an older thread that related closest to my thoughts. As has happened many times before, there was no response.

Therefore, is it better to start a "New Topic," rather than post on an appropriate but older thread?

Thank you.

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What is your opinion of the news media?

by minimus in

to me they have an agenda and they really don't care about professional journalism.

most are untrustworthy and that's a shame.

compound complex

A little journalistic history, which is new to me:

The Spanish-American War is often referred to as the first "media war." During the 1890s, journalism that sensationalized—and sometimes even manufactured—dramatic events was a powerful force that helped propel the United States into war with Spain. Led by newspaper owners William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, journalism of the 1890s used melodrama, romance, and hyperbole to sell millions of newspapers--a style that became known as yellow journalism.

The term yellow journalism came from a popular New York World comic called "Hogan's Alley," which featured a yellow-dressed character named the "the yellow kid." Determined to compete with Pulitzer's World in every way, rival New York Journal owner William Randolph Hearst copied Pulitzer's sensationalist style and even hired "Hogan's Alley" artist R.F. Outcault away from the World. In response, Pulitzer commissioned another cartoonist to create a second yellow kid. Soon, the sensationalist press of the 1890s became a competition between the "yellow kids," and the journalistic style was coined "yellow journalism."

http://www.pbs.org/crucible/frames/_journalism.html

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NPR News: Lack Of Education Leads To Lost Dreams And Low Income For Many Jehovah's Witnesses

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http://www.npr.org/2017/02/19/510585965/poor-education-leads-to-lost-dreams-and-low-income-for-many-jehovahs-witnesses.

can't comment on this right now because i'm heading off to school .

transcript:.

compound complex

Good sense and careful planning will always out.

Those "seat-warming" JWs who were maligned for working full time are sitting pretty, and warm, in their retirement years, while the Old System lingers on and on and . . .

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Wachtower study february 20 - the stress factor

by Gorbatchov in

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attending for family reasons, and listen in "oversee" modus to the many comments during the watchtower study.. in my opinion it was a self help article on the subject stress amongst the flock.. leave it all to jehovah and help your self with the bullet points.. what i noticed from the comments is the lot of stress mentioned.

comments after comment they told how they handle their problems.

it is a real toppic amongst them.

compound complex

Regarding the "doom and gloom" that frequently prefaced the Sunday public talk:

When the talk was reduced from 45 to 30 minutes, the directive to the speaker was to concentrate on the positive message from the Scriptures. The brothers, as I recall, were told specifically not to focus on the negative (which has always been threaded throughout any Bible-based presentation).

I hadn't thought about this official change again, since posting here.

Has anything REALLY changed?