Posts by Little Drummer Boy

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Why are there so few atheists in the USA?

by moshe in

i read a poll today that said atheists numbered 26% in israel.

russia and europe were about the same percentage, too.

the united states had the fewest at only 1% who identified as atheists.

Little Drummer Boy

I know that where I work and go to college (same place), declaring that I'm not Christian but an atheist (or budhist, or fill in the blank, whatever) would accomplish two things immediately:

1) My boss (head of the department and rabid evangelical Christian) would immediately see me as less desirable as an employee. Would I get fired? Probably not, but it would hurt my employment opportunities and future reccomendations from her. Is that legal? Hell no! But that wouldn't matter because I couldn't prove anything.

2) My instructors (many of which are vocal about their Christian beliefs) would immediatly see me in a lesser light and that would affect my grades on work that is graded on a subjective nature. Is that fair? Legal? Again, hell no, but I wouldn't be able to prove it. I have one instructor who I have had for several different classes. He starts out every first day of a new semester with a HUGE Power Point presentation about himself. It is mostly about his Christianity. He has gone so far as to hand out invitations to bible studies at his home. We don't dare complain because class size is limited to a maximum of 16 people. Gee, wouldn't be too hard to figure out who squeeled.

So, I try to keep my mouth shut about my beliefs (at least offline - here, that's different).

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1st Christmas: Gift ideas for wife?

by Little Drummer Boy in

ooookay,.

first of all, exwitless, don't read this thread!.

shoo!.

Little Drummer Boy

Ooookay,

First of all, exwitless, don't read this thread!

I mean it!

Shoo!

Thanks in advance to anybody who wants to help!

This will be our first Christmas since we DA'd. I have never been all that creative with gifts, especially under pressure. I LOVE to give gifts for people when I find out spontaneously that they need or want something, but the "expected" gift giving times like holidays, weddings, etc. have always been a huge problem for me (back before I was in the borg and celebrated holidays, ofcourse).

Anyway, I hope that I can get some cool gift ideas from all you nice people, pretty please, if you don't mind, 'cause my wife is really special and she deserves to be surprised and happy.

I guess I should say that we aren't all that wealthy, but I can spend a moderate amount on gifts.

OK, let's see, she likes music, and is an aspiring vocalist. We have invested a little bit into recording and such like gear so that she can pursue that. I would say that is her main hobby at the moment. The recording is done on our computer, so if anyone has ideas for that, that would be neat. If you need specifics on our current hardware/software, I'll give that as needed.

She doesn't really wear much perfume or a lot of jewelry, and over the years that we have been married (all in the borg), for our wedding aniversaries I have many times given jewelry, so that seems over done.

I'm not even sure what other info to provide. (other than she's smart and pretty and I luv her and she makes me happy, and if she's reading this then I'm going to have to give her a stern look)

Also, if this thread turns into a general help thread for any other clueless husbands like me, then that is fine too, since it will probably help stir up ideas.

Thanks everybody!

LDB

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Give yourself a JW nickname

by JH in

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at the meetings, i didn't make many comments so i'll call myself:.

brother mute.

give yourself a jw nickname.

Little Drummer Boy

DJ Mixmaster Kingdom Melody
MJ

In da hooouuuse, forshizzle. Oh god I'm a dork.

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What are you now ?

by moomanchu in

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curious as to what exwitnesses have become or believe.

i haven't joined any religous group and do not attend any services.

(have visited a church's service)

Little Drummer Boy

For myself, I have chose wicca.
blessed be,
shelley

This and Celtic Glaumory are two belief/life/worship systems (if any of those descriptions apply) that I am interested in understanding. From my very, very limited reading on Glaumory and hearing about wiccans they seem to have some commonalities. Or maybe not? Just curious. Edit to say: Sorry if that was a thread hijack.

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Who has a better temperment? Rottweiller or Shih Tzu?

by kittyeatzjdubs in

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alright class.

break out your pencils.

time for a test .

Little Drummer Boy

Hey Kitty,

I don't want us to leave this thread behind with the possibility that there are hard feelings between us. So as for me at least, I want you to know that I understand where you are coming from and I do think the research that you presented is interesting. I hope that you won't hold my actual life-threatining confrontation with a rottweiler against me, and will understand why I don't like the fighting breeds.

I obviously don't know you well, seeing as how I'm still newbie status here and everything, but from what I can tell, you seem to be very kind and caring. You remind me a lot of one of my neices who loves animals (I'm basing this feeling of mine on your post content as well as your age in your profile; even your avatar). It seems to me that it would be natural and understandable for you to want to stick up for the larger breeds of dogs that most people associate with aggression. A kind of "sticking up for the underdog" kind of thing in a round about way.

Just as a side note, this very same animal-loving niece of mine had half of her face literally ripped off by a "perfectly tame" boxer that her brother had. My niece had known the dog for several years and was very familiar and friendly with it. One day though, it simply decided to attack her. She doesn't know why. Unlike most non-fighting breeds, this one did what all fighting breeds do; it didn't just bite her, it mauled her. That is one of the differences between fighting and non-fighting breeds. It kept on biting, and biting, and biting her until she could lock herself into the bathroom to get away from it.

So you see, while research is fine and appreciated, real life experience with these things is what counts. I have never in all of my years of being around dogs of all different breeds been threatend to the point of fearing for my life - except when around a breed that has been genetically programmed to fight.

I honestly hope that as you put some years behind you that you won't have to learn the lessons about dogs the hard way like my niece did.

With deep respect and hoping that we can be friends,

LDB

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Do you believe in Angels?

by nicolaou in

do you believe in the existence of angels?

what about demons?

do you believe in the biblical heirarchy of seraphs, cherubs etc?

Little Drummer Boy

No, but I believe in angles. Does that count?

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Dealing with the Different Personality Types on this Board

by The wanderer in

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dealing with the different personality types on this board dealing with the multiple personalities in the kingdom hall.

or life in general can prove to be quite challenging at .

times.. having been a lurker before making the commitment to.

Little Drummer Boy

I'm not precisely sure if you have certain topics in mind that people argue about, but in a general sense, this board is very mild compared to most internet discussion boards, It is well modded and threads get clamped down when they should so that things don't get too out of hand.

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Who has a better temperment? Rottweiller or Shih Tzu?

by kittyeatzjdubs in

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alright class.

break out your pencils.

time for a test .

Little Drummer Boy

It sounds like you feel that every ''big mean breed'' is out to attack humans at random. I'm sorry you feel that way, but I'm not going to try to change your mind, b/c I doubt very seriously that I can. You seem to have made up your mind.

You're right. You won't change my mind. My mind is made up. Having 150+ lbs of rottweiler charging you in your own yard to try to rip your throat out will do that to a person.

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Who is DF/DA or Fader???

by mama1119 in

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i was just wondering, how many dfed to we have on here compared to da or faders??

?

Little Drummer Boy

DA'd just this September. Felt good.

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Who has a better temperment? Rottweiller or Shih Tzu?

by kittyeatzjdubs in

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friends

alright class.

break out your pencils.

time for a test .

Little Drummer Boy

No dog is ''naturally vicious'' toward any human.

Uh, sorry, no. Absolutely not true. Nope. Nuh-uh.

I don't care what some jacked-up, slanted, stupid test has to say. COMMON SENSE says otherwise.

The "scary breeds" of dogs ARE more scary (agressive, prone to bite, etc.) on average for the simple fact that they have been BRED to be scary. Thus the use of the words "breed", and "bred" when speaking of dogs in this situation. Speaking as a person who has had to deal with dogs all his life out in the country (from my own, to the all of the neighbors), I will, any day, prefer to be around a lab, dalmation, setter, or shepperd breed.

Any of the breeds that have been "bred" to be "nice" around humans and to serve them as retievers or herders, act exactly that way - they are on average, just "nice" dogs. On the other hand, any dog from a breed that is meant for fighting, has it BRED into them genetically to do just that - fight.

I don't care what the goody, goody Dog Whisperer says. He has an agenda. And that agenda is to make it seem that all dogs can be/should be saved and not put down when they bite or are aggressive. Absolute crap. ALL of the breeds that were bred to fight should be put down as a whole. We have NO use for them in a modern society. No use for rots, mastiffs, pits, etc.

I have personally had to defend myself ON MY OWN PROPERTY from a neighbors' rot. Never had to do that with any of the non-fighting breeds from any of the other neighbors. This one got a deer slug tho. And no, I didn't have a gruge against that dog, I just didn't want to die that day with a rot ripping my throat out. It isn't an issue of training, as none of the neighbor dogs are trained or have any of them ever been trained in all the 30 years I've lived here. It is however the genetic make-up of the breed, plain and simple.

In other words: big mean breed = (in its mind) can take out a human, therfore will attack said human.

Small or non-fighting breeds = (in the dogs mind) can't/don't want to take out a human, therefore won't usually try.

I now will shoot rots on sight that venture onto my property as I can't take the risk that they will attack my family. And I stand by that.