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  It Seems Some People Don't Listen

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  my dad's phone rings.

  its a secretary from his dermatologists office.. her:.

  "just calling for "mr. wasa sr." to remind him his appointment is next wednesday at 2pm.".

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  Regarding phone or any other sort of good manners, a friend called one day, ever her cheerful, friendly self. As usual, she went into her usual lively tale about her comings and goings. Never a "how're-you-doing?" interchange. Never, then or in any past conversation (always one-way).

  I gently interjected, "Mary, when we talk you never ask how I'm doing."

  Being a kind and aware soul, she realized her penchant for barging right in, apologized, and we went from there.

  Sometimes, people need little reminders that it's a conversation, not a soliloquy.
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  It Seems Some People Don't Listen

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. social
  2. current

  my dad's phone rings.

  its a secretary from his dermatologists office.. her:.

  "just calling for "mr. wasa sr." to remind him his appointment is next wednesday at 2pm.".

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  Thanks, smiddy!

  Don't know why both were deleted. Try again . . .

  In the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a caller started chatting up Judi Dench about a service in her deceased husband's name. Ms. Dench said her husband was dead. The agent kept talking about the service, totally oblivious to the poor widow's lament.

  Later, as the story unfolded, Ms. Dench became an adviser on proper phone etiquette in that very company.
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  November Is The Cruelest Month

  by JRK in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.

  it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.

  this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.

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  My first thought, Dorothy McGuire.
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  It Seems Some People Don't Listen

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. social
  2. current

  my dad's phone rings.

  its a secretary from his dermatologists office.. her:.

  "just calling for "mr. wasa sr." to remind him his appointment is next wednesday at 2pm.".

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  double post
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  Unbelievable KMS example

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been to the kingdom ministry school (for elders) recently and can report that it is mostly the usual mix of cliches and platitudes.

  several letters where basically just read through one line at a time.

  one point early on though almost made me laugh out loud.

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  But didn't Jesus advise that going into the kingdom maimed (minus eyes and hands) was better than being tossed into Gehenna? Given our current understanding (it's all a myth), wouldn't it be sad to be a sightless double amputee?

  Although I am, by nature and nurture, a puritanical prude, I'm still human . . .

  Maybe a bit more self-flagellation . . .
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  November Is The Cruelest Month

  by JRK in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been going through old papers and photographs since my mother passed away.

  it has reminded me of some of the reasons that i really hate november.

  this year has added to it obviously.. thirty-four years ago, my father passed away in early november.

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  Dear JK:

  My parents are both similarly situated.

  Wish they were here . . . alive.

  Wishing you peace. I know it's difficult.

  Love,

  CoCo
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  Unbelievable KMS example

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been to the kingdom ministry school (for elders) recently and can report that it is mostly the usual mix of cliches and platitudes.

  several letters where basically just read through one line at a time.

  one point early on though almost made me laugh out loud.

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  On my computer, I get ads for what a friend buys, clothing specific to his health needs. Never have I looked longingly at compression stockings!
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  Punctuation within and without quotation marks

  by compound complex in

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  http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp .

  would someone please make this link clickable?.

  cc.

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  This is one time when you don't have to feel ignorant because you don't understand what Shakespeare really meant. Although he invented "sticking place," and though our usage derives directly from this scene, Shakespeare never explains what the phrase means.

  Macbeth still has cold feet; he and his wife have agreed to kill King Duncan of Scotland, but he can't stop thinking of all the consequences the deed might not trammel up [see THE BE-ALL AND THE END-ALL]. Lady Macbeth, after impugning her husband's manliness, urges him, as we might say, to "screw up his courage." The OED suggests that Lady Macbeth's original words refer to the twisting of a tuning peg until it becomes set in its hole. The editor of The Riverside Shakespeare, on the other hand, suggests that a "sticking place" is "the mark to which a soldier screwed up the cord of a crossbow." Whether the metaphor is musical, martial, or otherwise, Lady Macbeth's meaning is obvious though her words are obscure: "tighten up your courage until it is fixed in the place necessary for the murder of Duncan."

  https://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/screw-your-courage-sticking-place
  
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  Another congregation bites the dust

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  went to the meeting last night with my believing wife.

  the co was visiting and delivered a really cult-ish talk on loyalty but that's another story.. they made the announcement that starting january 1st they were going to have only 3 congregations in this town instead of 4.. they are dissolving one and growing the territories of the remaining 3. the reason given is that many of the elders are getting up there in age and can't do what they used to do.

  basically not enough elders and ministerial servants...or even men reaching out for that matter.

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  'Those telling the good news are an army of large women.'
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  Another congregation bites the dust

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  went to the meeting last night with my believing wife.

  the co was visiting and delivered a really cult-ish talk on loyalty but that's another story.. they made the announcement that starting january 1st they were going to have only 3 congregations in this town instead of 4.. they are dissolving one and growing the territories of the remaining 3. the reason given is that many of the elders are getting up there in age and can't do what they used to do.

  basically not enough elders and ministerial servants...or even men reaching out for that matter.

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  While I had my own challenges taking the lead at home (as elder, regular pioneer, and service overseer I had to go through the motions), I felt sorry for the young fathers who were continually harassed by their uber spiritual wives to have a family study, be more spiritual, go out in service regularly, etc.

  No wonder the exit!