Posts by Open mind

tater-T: I used to scan through the topics very carefully, checking both the topic and the username. Nowadays I'm just clicking on Active Topics and letting my eyes rip down the page. My eyeballs have now been calibrated for,

ALL CAPS = SPAM

and I just keep on cruising down the page. Occasionally, I'll allow my optical spam filter to turn off and read an ALL CAPS topic, but not very often.

mrjones: I think you've got one of the best-calibrated filters on JWN.

kurtbethel: "the titles make it or break it for me"

Yeah, the days when I would click on a non-descript title like "I've been thinking..." by a username I don't recognize are long gone.

Note to newbies: Until you've established a posting style, a title like "I've been thinking..." won't get nearly as many views as a more descriptive one like "Age 13 & thinking about getting baptized."

Note to idealogues trying to sell the world on whatever your precious viewpoint is: If your thread could have a foot, this is what an ALL CAPS title does to it, imo:

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Happy posting,

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Have you developed an internal,automatic spam filter?

by Open mind in

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yesterday i noticed quite a few threads with headlines that generally resembled the following:.

the democrats, republicans, libertarians, atheists, fundamentalists, wt governing body are guilty!

they will have to pay!.

Open mind

Yesterday I noticed quite a few threads with headlines that generally resembled the following:

THE DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, LIBERTARIANS, ATHEISTS, FUNDAMENTALISTS, WT GOVERNING BODY ARE GUILTY! THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY!
I made a brief reply on one thread and the gist of my comment was, "Regardless of your world view, when you shout, i.e. use all caps indiscriminately, I stop listening/reading."

I wasn't able to check back in and it looks like the thread got yanked for some reason.

Bottom line: When you scan through thread titles do you even bother to read the title if its all caps?

I rarely do. Yesterday was an exception.

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Where do you consider the best place to live in the world

by His Excellency in

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for those of you who have travelled the world over, which country or city will you consider the place to live in the world.

Open mind

We love the San Francisco, CA Bay Area.

You can surf in the morning, hop in the car for a 3 hour (mid-week) drive and be snow skiing in the afternoon.

Food, music, eclectic mix of cultures, we love it.

If I had to pick a European city, Barcelona would be in my top 5, provided I was living off retirement funds.

One of these days we'll make it down under and visit the Kiwis and Aussies.

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Why Do You Come To This Site?

by minimus in

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i believe that this site, jwn, serves many purposes.

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some are here almost, out of need.. others are here because they want to know the latest in watchtower world.. still others come here for the entertainment.. why do you frequent this place?

Open mind

Mainly to see if there's any new AAWA threads.

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GATED COMMUNITIES IN PUERTO RICO: ACCESS CODES and REMOTES must be provided to the WATCHTOWER CORPORATION by APRIL 23, 2013...

by Calebs Airplane in

this case is in it's 9th year an has been touched upon briefly on and off.. the latest from the federal court is that all gated communites in puerto rico have until april 23 to provide the watchtower corporation full access.... this means the entry code or remote control devices that open the front fence.. this is clearly an act of provocation in order to create "pseudo-persecution" thereby increasing fs hours and "voluntary donations"....

Open mind

BOTR : "I thought they have no right to enter public property."

I think you mean "private", correct?

The phrase I remember hearing all the time was that the pathway, or most direct route, to a resident's front door is an implied invitation unless the JW, poll taker, nosey neighbor, etc. has been told to leave.

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Public Apology Nathan Natas

by Simon in

i'd like to offer a public apology to nathan natas for making a wrong decision when i deleted him.. i allowed a combination of previous issues we'd had and input from other forum members to bias my decision which lead me to what i now, in hindsight, believe to have been a mistake.. whether you want to come back and post here or not i wanted to at least say sorry and will reactivate your account..

Open mind

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!

(Nice to hear from Nickolas as well.)

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Public Apology Nathan Natas

by Simon in

i'd like to offer a public apology to nathan natas for making a wrong decision when i deleted him.. i allowed a combination of previous issues we'd had and input from other forum members to bias my decision which lead me to what i now, in hindsight, believe to have been a mistake.. whether you want to come back and post here or not i wanted to at least say sorry and will reactivate your account..

Open mind

People who are driven to accomplish anything of substance usually have a fairly healthy sized ego.

Being able to still have and act on their internal "Humble Pie" voice is critical, IMO.

Simon, thank you for publicly having a slice. It benefits many.

Nathan, I hope you will come back. You may have forgotten this, but one time you sent me some very practical info via PM on self-defense. I still have it.

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Today's Puzzler: Why did the SUV just stay there?

by Open mind in

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on my morning commute today in a residential area, there was an suv driving in the same lane i was in, but about a block ahead of me.

the suv pulls over just past a bus stop where a young lady is already waiting for a bus.

the suv lets off a passenger who starts walking back to the bus stop.. .

Open mind

@ Queequeg: " if someone did a comparative study of the different religions' carbon footprints, what would they find?"

Sounds like a good job for the Pew Research Institute.

(They've already shown JWs to have the worst born-in retention rate and to be among the poorest educated among Americans with a religious background.)

Were you one of those JWs who would drive from one end of the territory to the other doing RVs with the goal being to use as much time and fuel as possible?

I certainly was towards the end of my stint with the JWs. Really grated on my wife's nerves until she finally started to smell the JW coffee.

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Today's Puzzler: Why did the SUV just stay there?

by Open mind in

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on my morning commute today in a residential area, there was an suv driving in the same lane i was in, but about a block ahead of me.

the suv pulls over just past a bus stop where a young lady is already waiting for a bus.

the suv lets off a passenger who starts walking back to the bus stop.. .

Open mind

Great pix jgnat!

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