Posts by Dagney

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XJW friend visiting DC area

by Dagney in

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a friend from the board (he forgot his login) is in dc for business for a few more days.

he's a former elder, and has his immediate family all out.

he asked me to post here if anybody in the area would like to meet up.

XJW friend visiting DC area

by Dagney in

jw
friends

a friend from the board (he forgot his login) is in dc for business for a few more days.

he's a former elder, and has his immediate family all out.

he asked me to post here if anybody in the area would like to meet up.

A friend from the board (he forgot his login) is in DC for business for a few more days. He's a former elder, and has his immediate family all out. He asked me to post here if anybody in the area would like to meet up.

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Candace Conti: WTS Notified Re Opening Appellate Brief

by DNCall in

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according to the docket, wts was notified that their opening brief has not been timely filed.

their appeal will be dismissed if there is no further activity by february 22, 2013.

Dagney

Wow. Interesting. Thank you DNCall.

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Grey's Anatomy 1/31/2012 - "Bad Blood" about a JW kid in the ER

by Gopher in

i don't closely follow this show, but this week's episode (bad blood, season 9 episode 13) was captivating for me as an ex-jw.

one of the story lines centered on a 19-year-old boy whose family is jw (but he is obviously a fringe jw) - brought into the emergency room after a serious skateboarding accident by his friend who was totally unaware he was jw.. the episode summary along with a "watch this episode" link is linked below.. i found most of the jw storyline quite realistic (except for a "we believe prayers can yield miracles" quote from one of the jw's - i think it was the mother).

after the parents refused a blood transfusion for the boy, the resulting chaos and philosophical arguments were riveting to watch.. http://abc.go.com/shows/greys-anatomy/episode-detail/bad-blood/1062764?page=1.

Dagney

Ah! Thanks G.

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BORN-INS! What Were The Most Annoying Quotes Your Parents Would Say?

by OneStepOut93 in

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regarding worldly people, shows or toys?

etc...what quotes annoyed you the most?.

for me it was "well, you have to remember, they're worldly"... "don't trust anyone who isn't in the truth" "they may be nice but they are not friends of jehovah"... just a few to name.

Dagney

When my nine year old self refused to eat cooked carrots:

Mom: "What if you are in prison during the great tribulation and all you had to eat was cooked carrots, THEN what will you do?!"

Me: "I'll eat them then."

What strikes me NOW is how normal it was back then it was to talk to kids about going to prison and total destruction of 99.999% of the earth's inhabitants. We didn't even blink an eye back then.

Another great mom line was: "Just think...ALLLL these people are going to be destroyed." (When looking at a large crowd.) She was a nice lady and she it didn't phase her a bit.

Strange strange religion.

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So, What's Scary Anymore?

by AGuest in

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used to be werewolves and vampires.

thinkin' "twilight" did that in - just saw a commercial for a cartoon where the star is a teenage vampire.

even the zombies are becoming friendly (seen a trailer about a zombie who falls in love and so reverts to "living" again).

Dagney

American Horror Story. Except it's so over the top now it's comical.

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Grey's Anatomy 1/31/2012 - "Bad Blood" about a JW kid in the ER

by Gopher in

i don't closely follow this show, but this week's episode (bad blood, season 9 episode 13) was captivating for me as an ex-jw.

one of the story lines centered on a 19-year-old boy whose family is jw (but he is obviously a fringe jw) - brought into the emergency room after a serious skateboarding accident by his friend who was totally unaware he was jw.. the episode summary along with a "watch this episode" link is linked below.. i found most of the jw storyline quite realistic (except for a "we believe prayers can yield miracles" quote from one of the jw's - i think it was the mother).

after the parents refused a blood transfusion for the boy, the resulting chaos and philosophical arguments were riveting to watch.. http://abc.go.com/shows/greys-anatomy/episode-detail/bad-blood/1062764?page=1.