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  Do you try to "shape up" for Summer?

  by Open mind in

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  a while ago* i set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer.

  today's the day.

  i didn't make it.. .

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  The thought of getting in better shape for summer never even occurred to me personally until I hit my mid-30s. I would notice that the pants were getting a bit tighter and I had probably actually gained 5 pounds (HORRORS!!!) .

  So somewhere around the start of May, I'd just make sure I started riding my bike every day (or something similar) and by June I'd be trim and lean.

  Now that I'm in my late forties, the over-winter paunch gets bigger each year and doesn't come all the way off anymore.

  Time to adopt a new way of looking at this.

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  Do you try to "shape up" for Summer?

  by Open mind in

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  a while ago* i set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer.

  today's the day.

  i didn't make it.. .

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  A while ago* I set a goal to lose 10 pounds before summer. Today's the day. I didn't make it.

  Where did I go wrong?

  * "a while ago" was yesterday

  Do you try to get in better shape for the summer?

  How has the passing of years affected your efforts/results?

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  From a currently serving elder: an open letter to the organization

  by elderelite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are 1000's who who hate this religion who are stuck ....inside it.

  we work against you, we use our position to convince and sway those that still drink your koolaid.

  we feed info to authorities who chase you, we warn off potiential converts by directing them to the real truth.

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  minimus: "Nice letter but they don't care."

  (Adding to ldrnomo's thoughts just a bit.)

  I deg to biffer.

  Or have you forgotten the "Apostate Elder" on the DC drama a few years ago? SCOLIO!!!

  They've had Elderelite's number for quite a while now and they do care.

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  ...My Vacation...

  by OUTLAW in

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  my vacation is over... .

  ............................ ...outlaw.

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  My family's interest in anything JWN plummeted when you took your sabatical.

  Glad to have you back.

  So if we provide KFC and Molson is there any chance we'll ever get you down to Lake Tahoe for a FlipperFest?

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  Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

  by TheTruthBR in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower library online: http://wol.jw.org/.

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  watchtoweronline librarywelcome.this is a research tool for publications in various languages produced by jehovah's witnesses.

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  Marking for later.

  Thanks to TheTruthBR.

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  Aortic Stenosis

  by Mall Cop in

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  eight years ago before simon changed over to this site, i was known as blueblades.

  i mentioned back then 7/21/03 that i was diagnosed as having a narrow aortic valve.

  well, the time has come to update all my friends back then and now.

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  Nice to hear from you Blueblades. I really enjoyed your older posts under your former moniker.

  I wish you a successful surgery and recovery.

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  JW s in Cali

  by criticalwitness in

  1. jw
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  is their a different set of laws for jw in california?

  it seems to be so much more lax as opposed to other parts of u.s?

  from beiang able to get tats the parties oh mean gatherings lol just seemed dif anyone else notice?.

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  Bethelites don't call it "Cali-Pornea" for nothing!

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  How many here smoke?

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
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  i don't and am very unlikely to after seeing my father dying of a smoking related lung disease (even though i would like to try a high quality cigar).. but i am curious to see how many people take up smoking after leaving the org.. .

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  I tried a cigar in the $5-7 price range. Didn't like it very well.

  A year goes by. My wife joins me in my escape from the JWs, so I figured we'd try a more expensive one together.

  Dunhill, in the $20 price range. We enjoyed the first few puffs, but it gets stronger as the cigar gets shorter.

  That was a couple years ago. Maybe we'll try another one together at some special occasion.

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  Thinking, Fast and Slow

  by DNCall in

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  Open mind

  Thanks for the recommendation, DNCall.

  Have you ever read any of Michael Shermer's work?

  He doesn't talk about System 1 & System 2 but he does talk about how our brains are wired for quick pattern recognition. Early humans who ran when they saw stripes in the bushes survived even though 99 times out of 100 there wasn't actually a tiger ready to pounce. Those whose brains weren't as good at pattern recognition got culled by fat & happy tigers.

  Here's a link to a brief essay he wrote in Scientific American a while back:

  http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/12/patternicity/

  His most recent book is

  The Believing Brain
  From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

  I've got a signed copy that says: "To Open Mind, Yours "in faith", Michael Shermer"

  I guess you can tell I'm a fan.

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  If Sparlock is wrong...

  by TD in

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  ...then what else should a jw parent forbid under the same rationale?

  jehovah hates magic).

  i started a mental list and it boggles the mind.

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  Roughly half of all Disney material.

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