Hortensia

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  Upcoming Surgery and Blood

  by HeyThere in

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  i am a newly unbaptised publisher.

  recently i found out i need to have major surgery and the jw's tried to rush a blood card in my hand.

  i was so relieved when the elders said i could not have one until i was baptised.. but they rushed to get me copies of the blood videos.

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  Hortensia

  I hope all goes well and you recover quickly with no stupid/dangerous blood hassle.
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  Lunar eclipse April 14th 2014

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/april_2014_lunar_eclipse.

  it says it's the 15th but that's in ut.

  i am in utc-6 (on dst) so for me and those who have a chance to see it it will be on the 14th starting at 9:58pm and ending at 2:58 am on the 15th.. .

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  I got to watch it -- sat out in the garden with some other old folks until after midnight. We watched until totality and then I came in -- it was getting cold! Watched the rest of it on Slooh.com which is a very cool website. Well, I didn't sit there and watch, that's sort of like watching water boil. I checked in now and then to see how it was progressing.

  Very pretty eclipse.
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  The Dilaudid Delusion

  by Zoos in

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  hey folks.

  just need to check in.

  due to an injury, i had to start taking some pretty powerful pain killers and stayed on them for about 1 1/2 months until i finally had surgery this past wednesday.

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  Wow - I'm sorry you're going through this. I'm glad you got some support and some advice on how to reduce the med safely. I hope you feel better soon.
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  Do You Reply To Your PM's?

  by snowbird in

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  all of them?.

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  yes I reply -- but I very seldom get any PMs.
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  Does anyone know what a tidal bore is

  by Truthseeker677 in

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  Hortensia

  You all have seen some amazing sights!
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  Why do I bother to wake up in the morning?

  by punkofnice in

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  i'm not suicidal just fed up.. i did think of suicide (briefly), but as there is no painless way and it's not something i would willingly do just in case things would have been better the day after.

  i do have a slight grain of hope.. money problems.....problems at home (that's another matter with a son up court for something he is adamant he didn't do.

  first offence but the pigs police and the cps have got charges made.

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  I'm sorry you feel so sad, life sucks sometimes. I don't have any advice to offer, just sympathy. I've been in that dark place in my lifetime, don't want to ever go there again. I hope you can get out of the way of the train in the tunnel and have some fun out of life yet. Don't give up!

  Best wishes

  Hortensia
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  Had a reply for job...

  by snare&racket in

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  got a cool job, surgery and emergency medicine in a nice holiday town, super happy :d. .

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  Wonderful!
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  Need an Exit Plan Fast!

  by kneehighmiah in

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  my girlfriend cult handlers have gotten to her.

  they suggested she should no longer communicate with someone who's thinking isn't in line with jehovah's organization.

  we argued and she told me to go hang myself.

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  Moving is a good idea -- new places, new friends, new sights. Make a plan, check out some places, think about where you might get a job, and then GO!
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  Are you a good person?

  by Xanthippe in

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  something happened this week to make me think about this again.. it feels like all bets are off and i really don't know what a good person is anymore.. when i left the jws i was so sure i knew what it meant to be a good person.. this has been revised many times since.. i tend to favour the utilitarian approach, the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.. sometimes you have to stick your neck out and say this is not good for me no matter what others may feel they need from me.. no idea where i'm going with this maybe this is a breakthrough in my life or maybe that glass of wine was stronger than i thought!.

  any thoughts?.

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  I think I'm a fairly good person, and I imagine the rest of you are too.
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  I don't find this stuff amusing anymore

  by sparrowdown in

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  i would just like to get this off my chest.. during the public talk last sunday the speaker (bro holden m'groin) said in public talk: .

  " if you ask any 16yr old girl what she wants out of life, she would probably say a home, a family etc etc" (because obviously this is still 1955).. anyway that got my attention i thought " hmm....where is he going with this?"..

  bro holden m'groin goes on .

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  I hear you! I think I'd rather stab myself in the eyes than listen to one of those talks again.