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  For those of you who don't go to meetings anymore...

  by exwitless in

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  when you attended your last meeting ever as a dub, did you know it was your last?

  did something happen which made it clear in your mind you were 'never going back' (not to be confused with nvrgnbk)?.

  the last meeting we went to was the memorial in 2006. we only went because we knew we were already pegged for the elders' unwanted attention, so we had to go to keep them off our backs a little longer.

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  Mr. Flipper-it amazes me how ludicrous the elders can be. Good for you for leaving right away before the meeting started.

  So you are one of many nvrgnbk's here!
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  BEFORE and AFTER

  by Gretchen956 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i was getting a chuckle about the placement of thread titles this morning:.

  criticize constructively - stupid idiots at the meeting.

  singing thread - another take on the new wt format.

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  A Jewish President?

  Hell
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  For those of you who don't go to meetings anymore...

  by exwitless in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when you attended your last meeting ever as a dub, did you know it was your last?

  did something happen which made it clear in your mind you were 'never going back' (not to be confused with nvrgnbk)?.

  the last meeting we went to was the memorial in 2006. we only went because we knew we were already pegged for the elders' unwanted attention, so we had to go to keep them off our backs a little longer.

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  When you attended your last meeting ever as a dub, did you KNOW it was your last? Did something happen which made it clear in your mind you were 'never going back' (not to be confused with nvrgnbk)?

  The last meeting we went to was the Memorial in 2006. We only went because we knew we were already pegged for the elders' unwanted attention, so we had to go to keep them off our backs a little longer. That was 6 months before we DA'd in Sept 2006. When we walked out of the KH that night, I knew we'd never set foot in it again. I literally never looked back. We hightailed it out the door as soon as it was over, and that was all she wrote for us. It was a pathetic guilt-ridden memorial talk; made me want to vomit and/or stand up and yell at the speaker. Instead, LDB and I drew funny pictures for each other and had to stifle our laughing during the "somber" parts. Ugh...
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  Secret Santa 2007 (forum gift exchange !!)

  by Angharad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well christimas will soon be here !!.

  for those that are new we have done this for the last few years, what it involves is that those who want to join in will post to this thread and then pm me their name and address.

  i will then collate the names and addresses and assign everyone a person to buy a gift for.

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  btt...thinking of Christmas shopping already...

  I assume the gift exchange hasn't been arranged completely yet?
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  What foods do you find offensive?

  by bigwilly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently some food items offend persons on this site.

  so, out of curiousity, what foods offend you?

  what about them offends you?

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  Shrimp. In our house, they are referred to as "sea bugs". 'Cuz that's what they are.
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  What was your first car?

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  mine was an old fiat 127, i bought it 1983 and it was at least fifteen years old then!

  the seats were vinyl and there were no rear seatbelts so i could send my girlfriend and her sister flying with each bend in the road!

  it wouldn't go above 55mph and was rattling like rollercoaster when it finally got there.. the rear window fell out and it finally croaked in puff of blue/black smoke.

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  1976 Chevy Chevette.

  Was grey when I got it. My brother's friend side-swiped it when it was parked in my driveway. Insurance paid to fix it, and there was a little money left over to have it repainted! So I had it painted MAUVE. You know, the mauveish pink color popular in grandmas' bathrooms? It was actually pretty cool. I took good care of it, and it got me all through high school and the first several years LDB and I were married. I only sold it because I became pregnant and didn't like the idea of toting around a newborn baby in the back of a Chevette. I wish I had a picture of that car.
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  great guitarist....guitar solos...and performances

  by purplesofa in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i am collecting guitar musicians.......their music.

  i am collecting great perfomances.....rare ones of musicians that would not otherwise be together......

  i wold love your input.........and would share music with those interested.

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  I haven't read every page on this topic, so this may be a repeat.

  Have you heard of Andy McKee? You HAVE to check this out:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmE3QaGetn4

  Hands down the most talented acoustic guitarist I've ever heard. If you have time, listen to some of his other songs. Amazing.
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  Hospital hygiene, hand washing study

  by Fatfreek in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a hospital in arkansas has isolated its entire intensive care unit and isn't admitting new patients due to the outbreak of a potentially deadly drug-resistant bacterial infection, foxnews.com has confirmed...it is not known how the patients were exposed to the pathogen acinetobacter.. .

  the strain bears similarities to so-called "staph" infections but is unrelated, according to chopra.

  it tends to afflict very sick people, can be fatal and is the third most common bacterial infection in hospital icus.. .

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  Well, I'm a nurse, so I have to jump in here.

  I don't doubt that too many nurses don't wash their hands properly. But keep in mind, the nurses you observed may have washed their hands in the patient's room before exiting or upon entering. As far as the water temp goes, it doesn't matter. Even hot water out of the faucet isn't hot enough to kill germs. That's why you have to use soap.

  Regarding the infection outbreak you mentioned: I wonder how well the DOCTORS are doing washing their hands before and after each patient. The doctor I work for is meticulous about handwashing, but other doctors I have observed are not so careful. Also, visitors are equally guilty of non-handwashing.

  As far as the antibacterial hand santizing gel, I think they are great for a quick disinfecting on occasion, but they NEVER will replace the need for handwashing. In the nursing home I used to work at, we could use the sanitizing gel up to five times between patients if there was minimal contact with the patient (i.e. NOT after caring for a catheter, cleaning up bodily fluids, etc.), then we had to wash with soap and water. That was the regulation from the State Board of Health.
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  What has everyone done with your literature, now that you've left?

  by momzcrazy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have boxes of literature upstairs.

  i was waiting for bookshelves to get built in our new house, but now i don't want to put them all up.

  i have sentimental things, like ones that were my dad's.

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  We started throwing ours away a little at a time. I sent 2 books to Atlantis at his request. I was just about to trash the remaining books I had, when I had an eBay moment...

  I decided, what the heck, I'll just box them up and put them on eBay for the fun of it. Well, in my inspection of the books getting them ready to sell, I found an old 1975 Kingdom News. I sold it on eBay separately (just for fun), and it ended up selling for $20!!!

  The rest of my boxed up books went for $125.00. Yes, that's right, $125.00. Can you believe it?

  So my advice to you is eBay the dang things; you'll make a little money and you'll aquire a lot of free bookshelf or storage space!
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  Wow, it just clicked. I'm agnostic!

  by marmot in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i honestly don't think i've ever been this happy in my life.

  of course, i've got bipolar ii so i might just be edging on a bout of hypomania but i'm good at taking my med so this could very well be genuine!

  i'm so excited at the new look on life this has given me.

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  marmot - your original post on this thread sums up how I feel about things right now. Not being tied to a belief that one is "pleasing god" and will thus be rewarded after death is completely liberating. But at the same time, it compels us to be accountable for our actions here and now, to plan for the future, to make improvements on our lives to the best of our abilities, instead of "waiting on Jehovah".

  The jury is still out on the existance of god for me. I'm not actively seeking that answer either. If god is such a "GOD", then I think he ought to come slap me in the back of the head and say "Hey, exwitless, you idiot. I am God and here's what I want you to do..." Until then, I plan to continue living my life in a responsible and intelligent way. I no longer blame god for not intervening, nor do I pray fervently for him to get me out of a mess that I got myself into. I take full responsibility for my life now, and I can't imagine giving that control back to some obscure "sky daddy".