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  USA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS

  by SWALKER in

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  the colts just beat the chiefs!

  i'd like to see peyton manning win a super bowl ring!

  swalker.

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  Go Hawks!!!!!!!
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  Why can't I have a beard?

  by nonamegiven in

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  i've heard many times that there are some congo's in the us where you can have a neatly trimmed beard and it's perfectly ok. i have never been allowed and havn't known of anyone who could.

  how about other countries?.

  elders, why can't i have a beard and be able to be a ms?.

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  I think since most women do not like beards on thier men that wives of elders convinced them to make yet another law forbiding them. Just a theory I have.

  I have a goatee which drives my JW parents completely insane to the point it may end up shortening thier lives by a couple years. Back in the late seventies long hair was the big flap in the Borg. I never understood it when every Borg publication that had pictures of biblical characters had long hair and beards. WTF????
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  Did you ever get in trouble for....

  by Fleshybirdfodder in

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  reading the bible during the watchtower study when you should have been "paying attention"?

  as a kid i constantly got repremanded for that.

  guess even then i'd rather find out for myself.

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  Posted by Bigmouth:

  "walking into the Mens at a District Ass. and cheerfully asking if this was where all the big knobs hang out!"

  LOL!!!!!! I am sure that went over like a fart in church.
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  Noah's Ark ....How did Noah......................

  by KAYTEE in

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  how did noah put bitumen on the underside of the ark, did he get his family to lift it up allowing him to slide under and paint this on?

  the underside being the most important face to be treated needed to be waterproof to make sure it did not allow leaks to occur, and had to stand up to extreme conditions for a whole year.

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitumen

  Good question! I always assumed he used a type of creosote and had never heard of bitumen myself so I looked it up.

  It may be that I never payed too much attention at the meetings. My body was there but my mind was always 1000 miles away. I do not know what being in a coma is like but I think the meetings were as close as you could get to being in one without the medical problems asociated with them.
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  Did you ever get in trouble for....

  by Fleshybirdfodder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reading the bible during the watchtower study when you should have been "paying attention"?

  as a kid i constantly got repremanded for that.

  guess even then i'd rather find out for myself.

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  Thinking and asking questions always did it for me.

  I remember one time at the meeting I said "how's it going dude?" to a friend that just came in and an elder overheard me. After the meeting he took me aside and proceded to lecture me on the proper way christian's should greet one another. I nearly puked and was completely dumbfounded and amazed all at the same time.

  Can you imagine if I said "how's it hanging?".
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  Noah's Ark ....How did Noah......................

  by KAYTEE in

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  how did noah put bitumen on the underside of the ark, did he get his family to lift it up allowing him to slide under and paint this on?

  the underside being the most important face to be treated needed to be waterproof to make sure it did not allow leaks to occur, and had to stand up to extreme conditions for a whole year.

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  Noah and his sons contacted Ness Cranes and some of the best rigging crews (union of course) to assist them. They also contracted with Todd Shipyards for marine vessel consulting services.

  The whole Noah's Ark story is in the top ten for the most rediculous in the old testament. It makes for a great children's story but from a logistics and engineering standpoint it's pure fiction.
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  Anxiety, stress, depression - What do you take?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i've been feeling like a slug.

  the antidepressant that i was taking wasn't working.

  the doctor couldn't give me another steroid injection for my migraines because it caused my blood sugars to go sky high and made me suffer from steroid induced mania; and then after it started leaving my system, i had this really down feeling.

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  It can be a tough nut to crack so it's worthwhile to try as many safe remedies as you can.
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  Anxiety, stress, depression - What do you take?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i've been feeling like a slug.

  the antidepressant that i was taking wasn't working.

  the doctor couldn't give me another steroid injection for my migraines because it caused my blood sugars to go sky high and made me suffer from steroid induced mania; and then after it started leaving my system, i had this really down feeling.

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  I use St John's Wort, 5mg of methylcobalamin and a high dose EFA combo. After having every Rx not work or make it worse I had to go off on my own and learn that the brain is just like any other organ and needs certain nutrients in order to function properly. This cocktail has been working great for me for over ten years now. But everyone is different and what works for me may not for someone else.

  My MD asked me three questions when I told her I am done with antidepresants.

  Is it working? yes

  Are there any side affects? No

  Is it expensive? No

  She then said if anything changes come back in otherwise keep doing what your doing. So I did.
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  QUESTIONS FROM READERS----CHECK THIS OUT!

  by Mary in

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  seeing as i have the wt in front of me today, i thought you'd enjoy the questions from readers from the february 15, 2007 article on the evils and pagan origins on toasting or clinking of glasses.

  the article specifically mentions how not everything today that was of pagan origin is necessarily bad, and sites "wedding rings" as being of pagan origin, but it's not viewed like that now.

  then, incredibly, they go on and say that while toasting might not be considered a religious practice today, there's "good reason" for christians to avoid it------without giving any valid reason why other than: do as we say:.

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  Where's The Fun? Remember you can only use that question on Wed, Thur or Fri at the latest.
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  A face only a mother could love

  by JH in

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  i was thinking of those words when i modified my avatar here...lol.

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  She was probably a rodent racist and never got past your dark fur. Interacial marriages always present addition issues that some find difficult to confront.

  Getting gerbils to attend racial sensitivity classes is like pulling teeth.