Hortensia

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  Goodbye JW net

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  forgive me for indulging in a goodbye but it would feel wrong not to,.

  i hope the discussions and atmosphere here do not change for it is a bubbling brew of doubt, bravery and sincere hunger for answers.

  these are healthy ingrediants for humans and especially for a jehovah's witness.. this forum offers not just the ability to ask without consequence, but it also offers the means to be real.

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  Hortensia

  Congratulations! Best wishes for your future!
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  you writers might be interested in this

  by Hortensia in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  http://www.alcs.co.uk/about-us//news/news/what-are-words-worth-now-not-much.aspx.

  according to research from alcs, professional writers earn about $18k per year.

  i don't think i ever earned that much.

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  Hortensia

  http://www.alcs.co.uk/About-Us//News/News/What-are-words-worth-now-not-much.aspx

  According to research from ALCS, professional writers earn about $18K per year. I don't think I ever earned that much. I think most years as a writer I earned about $10K. I still get royalties, but that is passive income. I don't write much any more. I think the public doesn't realize that only a few writers make the big bucks. The rest have to work part-time as waiters or something similar, to support their writing hobby.

  How about the rest of you -- how's it going trying to earn a living as a writer?
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  Did You Ever Have A "Crush" On Anyone Here?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know that many many have had crushes on me..

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  Hortensia

  No. Altho some of y'all have very enticing avatars.
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  Where to go from here...

  by Patrickday in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i'm new around here, but i've been browsing the site the last few days in hopes of finding the answer to the situation i've been going through, so hopefully you can help me.

  i met this girl in highschool, but never really spoke with her until about a year after i graduated.

  she's three years younger (however it's legal where i'm from, don't fret) and still a teenager.

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  Not much of a chance of happiness with her. She needs to figure out what kind of life she wants before she's ready for any mature relationship. She's living a double life which is pretty common for JW teens, but not very fair to either her JW or her non-JW relationships. Until she can live authentically don't take a chance on her.
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  Kate Wild

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been given permission to post news of our friend.. kate hasn't been very well.

  not well at all.

  i think much of it has been a delayed reaction to her df'ing, the general fallout when leaving the wtbs and family issues.. i just wanted to give you guys the heads up and give you a chance to show how much we care about her.. thanks for listening..

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  Hortensia

  Take good care of yourself -- and I hope you feel better soon.

  Hortensia
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  "You don't pee next to a cop," and other rules from the mens room that women don't know

  by GrreatTeacher in

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  2. friends

  i was recently at a baseball game with friends and family when i learned something new.

  beer had been drunk and the men made their way to the men's room to relieve themselves.

  when they got back i asked them what took them so long.

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  grreatteacher - hi! Very funny thread
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  OSCAR WILDE'S BROTHER

  by The Searcher in

  1. social
  2. humour

  oscar wilde the famous writer & poet, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oscar_wilde) had a brother called toby.. after oscar made his name in london, toby decided to follow his brother to the u.k. however, he chose to settle down north of london, in the market town of bourne which is in lincolnshire.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bourne,_lincolnshire.

  he became well known for his song writing, and his most famous composition - which reflected his life - is still popular today - "bourne toby wilde"!!

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  Hortensia

  I don't know what to say!
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  received text from my mom

  by GoUnion in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my wife and my parents are at their convention today.

  this will be the first time in my life that i will not have seen a drama or baptism.

  i will miss the public address, i will not see many of my lifelong friends that i have moved away from.

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  Hang tough -- it makes a difference in the long run. I grew up in a staunch JW family. Mom and that generation have died, and NONE of my generation is still a JW. Not my sisters, not my cousins. Woohoo!
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  The Venting Thread

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this thread is for you to vent about anything (within guidelines) that you want.. i'll start.. i'm sick of people who complain about how cold the weather is and then you have two 85 degree days and now they can't wait till autumn!.

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  Hortensia

  I banged my forehead really hard against a door last night. My neck and right shoulder hurt now. I'm tired of people, especially people who can never ever not even one stinking time keep their mouths shut. Negative people who can never keep a negative opinion to themselves. I'm tired of not being perfect, and of being gracious about criticism, and being reasonable and nice, dammit. Or at least, I'm tired of trying to appear reasonable and nice! See, I have to be reasonable about being unreasonable. Grrrrr. Would bang my head against a door, except, of course, that I already did that and it hurts!
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  Muhammad Ali fought the US Draft 47 years ago today, June 20th, 1967

  by designs in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  with the help of jw attorney hayden covington the supreme court ruled in favor of muhammad ali's exemption status to the draft.

  i admired him for taking his stand.. meanwhile we young jw guys were being hung out to dry by the wt.

  goons- knorr, franz and schroeder.

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  I agree, although boxing is a sick sport, I admire Ali for refusing to go to war.