I don't know. I think Hortensia is kind of cute/funny. No worse than my real name.
Hortensia
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A rose by any other name..............
by sparrowdown ini'm curious, why and how did you choose your username?.
does it hold any special significance for you, is there a share-able back story?.
for me sparrowdown is a playful reference to matt 10:29 and the title of the movie black hawk down.. matt 10:29 was my go-to scrip to "prove" that god cares about us as individuals.
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Darwin Award? Stupid and crazy?
by Hortensia inhttp://abcnews.go.com/us/snake-handling-pentecostal-pastor-dies-snake-bite/story?id=22551754.
be sure to watch the bit where he shows the interviewer his finger, the finger that fell off because of gangrene from a snake bite.
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Hortensia
http://abcnews.go.com/US/snake-handling-pentecostal-pastor-dies-snake-bite/story?id=22551754
be sure to watch the bit where he shows the interviewer his finger, the finger that fell off because of gangrene from a snake bite
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Any Senior Citizens, Retirees here?
by AlwaysBusy inhowdy....well, what do you think?
of everything?
is it all crazy?
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Hortensia
Retired, live in a senior apartment complex, but don't feel particularly senior. I figure I have a good 20 or 30 years yet, who knows? I love retirement, live on my social security in a gorgeous part of California.
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Should I take the train?!
by DeWandelaar inthere are times like this moment i think of taking a train to my final destination.
i know i have some unfinished business ( got a wife and kids though jw), but i am really done with it.
i hate my life.
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Hortensia
There are times like this moment I think of taking a train to my final destination.
So, do you want to run away, or is this a euphemism? I think you probably need someone on your side. I recommend finding a psychologist who can help you take back your life. It helped me immensely, and now, around 30 years later, I'm still grateful to my psychologist for all the help I received.
I'm sorry you feel so badly -- I hope you can find someone to be in your corner and help you figure out how to live differently so you could be happier.
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Roll Call
by Coded Logic inanyone from the northern california area?
i used to go to a hall up in redding.. currently in sacramento.
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Hortensia
I'm in northern California, so far north that Sacramento looks like central California to me.
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JW GB MEMBER CAUGHT ON CAMERA!!!
by ADJUSTMENTS ingb member and so called "annointed" person geoffry jackson is caught red handed on video doing some worldly dancing and sexual gyrating (they have spoken against such manner of dancing on several occasions) with a woman who is not his wife!!!
i can only imagine what they do off camera now!!!.
i would not have even considerd doing such a thing on the dance floor with a woman, especially if it was not my wife, and i'm not even one of the so called "annointed" smh!!!
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Hortensia
oh jesus, who gives a damn?
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I HAD MY BICYCLE STOLEN!
by Terry inthree months ago i had to stop driving my car.
it wouldn't pass inspection and it would cost about $3k to get it up to par.. well, it's a 98 honda accord with about 179 thousand miles on it, what did i expect?.
.. i decided i would switch to riding a bicycle instead.. it has worked out fairly well.. i put about 10 miles a day on it.
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Hortensia
I'm sorry to hear that -- it sucks to lose something so important, and worse when you can't afford to replace it. I hope you get it back soon.
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Come on! Tell it like it is. People are LYING when they tell you, "I've read the Bible."
by Terry ingo ahead.
tell me.. "i've read the bible cover to cover.
i don't believe you.. it is damned near impossible!.
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Hortensia
You know, Terry, you're an old poop-head now and then. Lots of people have read the entire bible, me included. Several times. That isn't the point, really. The point is, what did we get out of it? At the end I had a bible full of tiny hand-written detailed notes, and I cross-referenced my entire bible myself. It took a long time, I read all those cross-references, had little trails through the bible of arguments for all the JW doctrines. I was so busy studying the bible, I never took the time to think about whether I believed it or not. Once I got out of the wtbts, I had time to think about that and realized I probably never did believe it. But damn, I studied it!
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Born In JWs: Were You Abused According to the CDC?
by ABibleStudent inchild abuse in the usa.
child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional maltreatment or neglect of a child or children.
in the united states, the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and the department for children and families (dcf) define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child.
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Hortensia
It's complicated. I was definitely harmed in my childhood, by a violent non-JW alcoholic father. Very dangerous situation. The JWs contributed by telling my mother she couldn't leave him, couldn't divorce him to protect her children. My mother contributed by failing to protect us and by believing that asshole religion and abdicating responsibility. Add to that the mental/emotional abuse of a cultish religion, the constant fear of destruction by an angry god, etc.
Well, it's amazing that I'm at all sane.
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Low Disk Space Persists
by compound complex inmy c drive is running out of space.
and to my surprise the low disk space problem persists after i free up disk space on my computer.
i uninstalled a lot of programs.i thought that i have free space on my c drive.
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Hortensia
Remember HotelKalifornia? He recommended I download and install CCleaner. It makes it easy to clean up unnecessary stuff, including unnecessary registry items and the caches in various browsers. It's free. It really helps.
I wouldn't uninstall IE. I don't use it but sometimes you need a backup browser so I leave it there.