Posts by Open mind

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Need Help, Please!

by palmtree67 in

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friends

we got a new dog and he needs a name!

he was abandoned by his family in their back yard when they moved and then was rescued by animal rescue.

he's been fostered for the last 4 months and his foster mom called him martin.

Open mind

Good for you Palm & hubby!

It looks like you've got plenty of name input, so I'll just add a great bumper sticker I saw yesterday:

"Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are."

om

39

My fade has hit the fan!

by SophieG in

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friends

hi guys!

well the caca hit the fan!

a friend asked me why i am leaving the org and i told her.

Open mind

Alternate thread title:

"How to go from Fade to FLASH BULB! in one conversation."

Do what's best for you, but remember there's really no taking words back once they're said.

Best regards,

om

284

ABOUT TERRY

by Quentin in

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friends

terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

his face and neck are very swollen.

my 17 year old nephew is visiting from florida and to my surprise, last night in conversation, he revealed that for the last 2 years, he has come to realize that the watchtower society " is a bunch of bs" and that he can see how people are brainwashed in the organization.. interestingly, he has come to realize this, without knowing any of the facts and scandals that we all know about - he simply can see things don't add up.

naturally our conversation progressed to discuss the inconsistencies in the org which he had no idea about, and the flood gates were opened.... he now wants to read the ray franz's books, and get as much information as possible.. he told me that the young people in the hall are beginning to speak to each other about " the issues", while keeping these conversations away from the parent's ears.

sadly, my sister still expects and somewhat forces the kid to attend the meetings, but i told him that he should be wise and patient in the process of stepping away from the cult, to avoid too much collateral damage.. i often feared that the kid would be pressured into being baptized in the cult, but he seems determined to make sure that will never happen.

Open mind

Priceless!!

om

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ABOUT TERRY

by Quentin in

jw
friends

terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

his face and neck are very swollen.

Open mind

Positive thoughts to Terry.

om

183

What are your favourite movie lines/quotes????

by karter in

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friends

''well there's one thing you got ta ask yourself punk....you felling lucky...well do ya punk".....clint eastwood dirty harry.. "it's life jim but not as we know it" capt kirk star treck..

Open mind

I know it's a chick flick, but since I'm secure in my masculinity, I'll give a huge plug here for Steel Magnolias. It is cram-packed with great lines!

Here's a couple that didn't even make the list of "memorable" quotes:

"Ice tea is the house wine of the South."

"He is a boil on the butt of humanity."

Here's a link to tons of others:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098384/quotes

Oh, and a fave from the Princess Bride:

"You keep using that word," (inconceivable) "I do not think it means what you think it means."

om

85

What did you eat when you moved out if you didn't know how to cook?

by Aware! in

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friends

i'm male, in my early twenties, and i don't know how to cook.

if one day i blow my cover i will have to move out and fend for myself.

my question is what frozen meals or quick fix meals do you recommend for a single guy?

Open mind

What bts said:

Ms. OM and I are hard-core foodies these days.

Spoiled rotten compared to much of the rest of the planet.

om

85

What did you eat when you moved out if you didn't know how to cook?

by Aware! in

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friends

i'm male, in my early twenties, and i don't know how to cook.

if one day i blow my cover i will have to move out and fend for myself.

my question is what frozen meals or quick fix meals do you recommend for a single guy?

Open mind

Lots of great ideas already here so I'll just give one suggestion of what NOT to try:

Baby Food in jars.

As a single bachelor I thought it was a stroke of genius when I bought half a dozen varieties and took them home to try.

Blecchh!!

OK, here's what I did eat a ton of as I also pretty much couldn't/wouldn't cook.

Pasta with Prego sauce. Lots of it. Almost every night. The sauce keeps well in the fridge and dry pasta on the shelf lasts indefinitely.

For salad it was either raw broccoli dipped in Italian dressing or raw zucchini slices dipped in same.

Easy peasy.

Most other fresh produce would go bad long before I got around to eating it.

Very glad I found a girlfriend (the future Ms. OM) who is a world-class cook.

om

46

Lost my best friend (man's best friend)

by Coffee House Girl in

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friends

just wanted to write a tribute to my best friend whom i lost last week, it was one of the most painful experiences i have ever been through.

i have no children, my puppy was my child.

i got him from a golden retriever rescue organization when he was 2. he was recovering from a car accident, still a bit skiddish, but he chose me to take him home (the foster mom said that he never responded to anyone like he did me).. he was always happy to see me, greet me with a toy in his mouth, he never judged me, never cared whether i was "bad association", he was always there when i needed to smile and remembe that i was not alone in the world.

Open mind

So very sorry to hear of your loss, CHG.

Wishing you peace in the days ahead and may you find some comfort in the great memories you made.

om & ms. om

49

DO YOU WANT A FUNERAL?

by clarity in

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friends

i do not want a funeral.

i especially do not want anyone standing before my family.

telling them who i supposedly ... am!.

Open mind

If you live in California and wish to donate your body, this registry is the most likely way for it to actually happen from everything I've read.

https://www.donatelifecalifornia.org/

What's the one document that EMT's go looking for the most? (And no smart asses saying the JW Advance Medical Directive please. )

Driver's license. When you register with donatelifecalifornia.org, it actually gets entered into the California DMV's data base so that as soon as Emergency Personnel run your driver's license, they will see you are a bonified organ donor. Minutes count in these situations and having an airtight, legal, authorization to throw your valuable parts on ice is key.

I know someone whose job is counseling bereaving families who may be on the fence about it, to consider organ donation. It sounds like a horrific job, but she is an amazing woman. If I've ever met an "Empath", she's it.

om