OnTheWayOut

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  " Worse things happen at sea " My wife`s recent experience.

  by smiddy in

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  my wife just recently got back from the "cruise ship" from dave`y jones locker ,( hell) i`m not sure if it made news anywhere else in the world but it sure did here in australia.wife and her sister were on the" carnival spirit" 12 night cruise to the south pacific islands .2nd day out they had to try to skirt a cyclone , yet were still buffeted by strong winds and heavy seas .my wife suffers from parkinsons and takes medication for it , and has always been a bit of a panic merchant ,that`s just her nature coming home ,they encountered a catergory 2 cyclone that prevented them entering sydney harbour due to the rough seas .

  7 to 9 metre waves were the norm , with a few 15 metre waves thrown in.this lasted more than 48 hours , causing them to stay another night out at sea ,and missing their flight back to melbourne.my wife did not cope very well at all with this experience probably due to her anxiety fear of water medication and some alcohol , plus the strong sedatives she was given { which she needed to cope } took a toll on her mentally .i was worried sick about her.

  initially their were some issues with her sister that did not help matters either , though she did come good in the end.. thankfully , since the medications she was given has worn off , she is slowly coming back to normal , however i think it`s going to take a few weeks .. not being a medic , i think she had the closest thing to a nervous breakdown .. and to put things in perspective , she was not the only one who thought they were going to die.many people on board were scared out of their wits.. i just thought i would share what we went through this past week as a family .. smiddy.

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  Sorry to hear of her woes.

  I normally recommend putting an extra land day on either end in case there are delays that cause missing flights, but this past Dec/Jan, we had a flight home directly after our cruise because it just had to be that way to get the wife back to work on Monday. So I break my own rules sometimes. I also find travel insurance is cheap enough and worth it in such cases. I will typically buy it when visiting foreign islands/countries for the health insurance, but it helps if delays happen also.

  Rough seas are no fun on a cruise. You didn't say if they offered a discount on a future cruise or anything of the sort, or maybe a reduction in the final bill. Although it's tough to go again after such a horrific experience, that's their usual remedy- as much as half off a future trip. I think you can gift that most times.

  Our last cruise will be our very last cruise. Nothing went wrong, but my wife is just not up to the motion of the ocean. We will fly to our land destinations from now on. It's not for everyone. Too bad for me. I really like cruises.
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  Video: Do British Muslims have a problem with apostates? The Big Questions

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  interesting to compare with what jw's practice.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plcazztehbi.

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  nicolaou, I missed the thread before. Thanks.

  V.I., they are close enough. So true.
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  Questions for those that believe in Electricity

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  you can't see electricity or hear it or feel it.

  well, there are sparks and lightning bolts and heating elements and the light and heat of filaments.

  and somehow, it lights up neon in a tube.

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  Viviane, magnetism is another one. Don't get me started.

  Because this isn't such a serious thread, I won't be returning every comment with a response. But thank you all and I hope some who don't believe in things they don't understand may get the point.
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  Questions for those that believe in Electricity

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  you can't see electricity or hear it or feel it.

  well, there are sparks and lightning bolts and heating elements and the light and heat of filaments.

  and somehow, it lights up neon in a tube.

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  TD, I think that my total ignorance was part of the point. Thanks.
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  I'm in a movie!

  by avishai in

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  i'm playing pulitzer.. https://vimeo.com/118626005.

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  Pretty cool
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  Things that I trust more than Hillary Clinton

  by Nathan Natas in

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  things that i trust more than hillary clinton:.

  mexican tap water.

  any email from nigeria.

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  I have reached that cynical point in my politics. I generally agree with George Carlin that the real powers allow us to believe we have a choice in the process when we don't.

  It seems that all the choice they give the people in the USA is whether the chief spokesperson for the country is moderately conservative or liberal. Otherwise, I don't think it makes much of a difference who is sitting in the oval office.

  B. Obama has two terms and people are still locked up at Guantanamo Bay. There's still unrest in the region of earth that has more to do with oil than anything else.

  Hillary is the moderately liberal voice that will face the cameras. Powerful people and corporations won't have a problem with that.
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  Video: Do British Muslims have a problem with apostates? The Big Questions

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  interesting to compare with what jw's practice.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plcazztehbi.

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  Interesting to compare with what JW's practice.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlCazztehbI
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  Questions for those that believe in Electricity

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  you can't see electricity or hear it or feel it.

  well, there are sparks and lightning bolts and heating elements and the light and heat of filaments.

  and somehow, it lights up neon in a tube.

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  done4 (and others), if I am reading this right, I could just look around at the world we live in and recognize that despite the Bible not mentioning electricity, it is there. I could see that predictions can be tested and results could demonstrate that the theory is sound. I know many say that my problem is not understanding what the scientific definition of "theory" really means.

  And if I further read this the way you all are saying, I could apply this to other things, like evolution.

  Are some of you suggesting that just because I don't understand all the science, it doesn't mean that it isn't true?
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  Questions for those that believe in Electricity

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  you can't see electricity or hear it or feel it.

  well, there are sparks and lightning bolts and heating elements and the light and heat of filaments.

  and somehow, it lights up neon in a tube.

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  Have you ever heard the smoke theory of electricity?

  Smoke does all the traveling inside components and it does all the work. If we see smoke leaking out of an electric component, it ceases to work. Happens all the time. Contain the smoke and the component typically continues to work.
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  I've just been disfellowshipped!

  by maksutov in

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  apparently it was announced last night.

  i was not informed (for 'legal reasons'), but they phoned my dad and told him.

  i understand it is due to my apostate book.

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  OnTheWayOut

  So sorry to read that you might lose contact with some family members. But congratulations on being kicked out of an organization you really don't want to be associated with. And you now have more freedom to teach your young daughter properly. Power to you.