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  How do I quote on this site?

  by Nevuela in

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  every time i've asked this in an existing thread, i've never gotten an answer, so forgive me for starting a new thread in order to ask again.

  i simply cannot figure out how to quote someone with the standard yellow box.

  i can copy/paste the quote, sure, but nothing i do makes it appear in a yellow box like everyone else.

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  compound complex

  Well, this is how I show the quotations of other posters since, I, too, can't do even the simplest procedure:

  "Every time I've asked this in an existing thread, I've never gotten an answer, so forgive me for starting a new thread in order to ask again. I simply cannot figure out how to quote someone with the standard yellow box." -- Nevuela

  "You have got me I dont know how to do it either ,It took me donkeys ages to do what I did here ?LOL" -- smiddy

  The info cited below is helpful if you are writing a paper and need to quote outside sources; this is above and beyond what we need here when making a casual reference to what a fellow poster has written:

  http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/usingsources_mla.html
  
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  2017 Convention Video To Be Shown Regarding The 1975 Failure

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.

  no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.

  instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .

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  compound complex

  House, M.D., Season 7, Episode 18: "The Dig"

  House picks up "Thirteen" -- Dr. Remy Hadley -- upon her release from prison. She asks him to take her to a certain location in order to take care of a personal matter. They pull up to a house in a nice neighborhood, "Thirteen" gets out of the car, walks to the front door, and knocks. A man answers, whom she subsequently knees in the groin. He collapses to the floor; she departs nonchalantly, reenters the car.

  "I didn't know you were a Jehovah's Witness," remarks House.

  "Yeah, the weak lost faith when Christ didn't return in '75, but I still believe."

  House wants to pursue this line of inquiry further, but "Thirteen," like many a good JW, cuts in and says she's starving, and can we get going.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4659761393958912/house-m-d-jehovahs-witnesses-75
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  Feigning illness to miss a meeting

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as jws , we all remember the thought of dragging oneself out of bed on a nice sunny sunday meeting or getting home tired after a hard day at work contemplating another boring , pointless , repetitive weekday evening meeting.. as the only legitimate reason for missing a meeting is illness , the only way for anyone to avoid a meeting that they really couldn't be bothered to go to ( ie most of them ) is to "pretend" to be ill. so given an average meeting attendance of 60% or so , invariably many people would be missing , presumed dead ( or "ill".

  we used to have a congregation game of football ( soccer ) on a sunday afternoon and it always amused me how many jws who were "too ill" to attend the meeting on the morning would suddenly recover , lazarus style , to play without exhibiting any signs of the apparently near fatal acute health condition of that morning.

  one of the more officious elders tried to introduce a rule that the only ones who could play would have to have been at the meeting that morning , but in practice it was very difficult to police and the better players tended to be the ones who missed most meetings.. one of the problems was the risk that some well meaning and / or nosey jw would phone up ( or even turn up , unannounced ) at the house to see "how you were" and clearly it didn't go down too well if they found you in rude health chasing the dog or kids around the garden..

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  So glad you, Sylvia -- all of us -- are doing better now!

  
  
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  Feigning illness to miss a meeting

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as jws , we all remember the thought of dragging oneself out of bed on a nice sunny sunday meeting or getting home tired after a hard day at work contemplating another boring , pointless , repetitive weekday evening meeting.. as the only legitimate reason for missing a meeting is illness , the only way for anyone to avoid a meeting that they really couldn't be bothered to go to ( ie most of them ) is to "pretend" to be ill. so given an average meeting attendance of 60% or so , invariably many people would be missing , presumed dead ( or "ill".

  we used to have a congregation game of football ( soccer ) on a sunday afternoon and it always amused me how many jws who were "too ill" to attend the meeting on the morning would suddenly recover , lazarus style , to play without exhibiting any signs of the apparently near fatal acute health condition of that morning.

  one of the more officious elders tried to introduce a rule that the only ones who could play would have to have been at the meeting that morning , but in practice it was very difficult to police and the better players tended to be the ones who missed most meetings.. one of the problems was the risk that some well meaning and / or nosey jw would phone up ( or even turn up , unannounced ) at the house to see "how you were" and clearly it didn't go down too well if they found you in rude health chasing the dog or kids around the garden..

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  A lot, I believe, has to do with one's upbringing.

  There was illness in my own family and consideration and thoughtfulness towards the patient. In some families, however, there is neither tolerance nor patience when a family member is sick, or has a condition.

  Later on in life, I was continuously aggrieved when psychologically beat down during times of actual illness.
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  Feigning illness to miss a meeting

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as jws , we all remember the thought of dragging oneself out of bed on a nice sunny sunday meeting or getting home tired after a hard day at work contemplating another boring , pointless , repetitive weekday evening meeting.. as the only legitimate reason for missing a meeting is illness , the only way for anyone to avoid a meeting that they really couldn't be bothered to go to ( ie most of them ) is to "pretend" to be ill. so given an average meeting attendance of 60% or so , invariably many people would be missing , presumed dead ( or "ill".

  we used to have a congregation game of football ( soccer ) on a sunday afternoon and it always amused me how many jws who were "too ill" to attend the meeting on the morning would suddenly recover , lazarus style , to play without exhibiting any signs of the apparently near fatal acute health condition of that morning.

  one of the more officious elders tried to introduce a rule that the only ones who could play would have to have been at the meeting that morning , but in practice it was very difficult to police and the better players tended to be the ones who missed most meetings.. one of the problems was the risk that some well meaning and / or nosey jw would phone up ( or even turn up , unannounced ) at the house to see "how you were" and clearly it didn't go down too well if they found you in rude health chasing the dog or kids around the garden..

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  compound complex

  Yes, Sylvia:

  Due to very long hours working two jobs and caring for our home and property, I, on occasion, "tried" to rest up of a Sunday and go nowhere -- NOWHERE!

  When I attempted such a move ("non-move," actually), it created such a ruckus with my ne'er-say-die mate that I often wondered if it was worth it, i.e., getting the business for my lack of spirituality, and so forth.

  Enjoying our freedom now!
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  compound complex

  He doesn't want anyone near him when he's cooking. When he finished, he left the kitchen spotless. Everything in its place.

  OCD runs in the family. -- Sylvia

  Oh, my! How well I relate!

  
  

  
  
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  Words for the Day; please share

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, word lovers:.

  in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.

  one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.

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  compound complex

  When a thoughtless and callow youth, I did things that now make me weep with shame.

  definition: juvenile, naive, immature

  new word: picaresque
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  compound complex

  On a sadder note, grits were used as punishment in the film, The Secret Life of Bees.
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  Grandson Came, Cleaned, Cooked

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.

  or, something like that.. tee hee hee..

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  compound complex

  I was puzzled regarding a line uttered by Ralph Fiennes in HOTEL BUDAPEST:

  "May I offer any of you inmates a plate of mush?"

  I was expecting him to say "porridge," given the background of the characters and setting. Well, the American "mush" was certainly funnier. Still, I was in conflict. We kids had mush nearly every day for breakfast back in the '50s. USA.