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  Commercials

  by purplesofa in

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  i never did this until recently but i mute commercials (expect geico caveman ones) .

  first cialis and viagra and now ....male enhancement commercials!!!

  is this many people really having so many problems with sex?????.

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  When I started seeing commercials on The Weather Channel I knew the big "A" had to be close.
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  Did it ever occur you were defiling your body too?

  by NotaNess in

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  2. beliefs

  "no smoking".... it defiles your body and goes against scripture.. so as a witness, when pushing this train of thought, did it ever occur to anyone that when ever you dug in to those fried eggs, bacon cheeseburgers, and gallons of icecream, you were doing the same exact thing?.

  smoking over a long period of time can kill you.

  eating artery congesting foods over a long period of time can kill you.

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  That would require common sense and logic, the Borg is devoid of both.
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  Do you ever feel that the elders were your friends?

  by JH in

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  or do you feel that they were just company men, doing what they had to do, to keep people in line.

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  I have two brother in laws that are elders and they actually do not shun me or twist my arm to come back. When I talk with them I do not get the condecending attitude that I get from other JW's. It's nice to have at least a couple family members that I can still keep in contact with even though they are not blood related.

  I have another elder that has been a family friend since I was six that comes into the clinic every week. He has never tried to talk me into comming back and is very friendly and talks quite a bit. He is a genuine friend and I never detect and phoniness or plastic attitude from him.

  The rest of them are pretty much assh@)es to me. One is a CO and the other a former DO, go fiqure.
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  Did it ever occur you were defiling your body too?

  by NotaNess in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "no smoking".... it defiles your body and goes against scripture.. so as a witness, when pushing this train of thought, did it ever occur to anyone that when ever you dug in to those fried eggs, bacon cheeseburgers, and gallons of icecream, you were doing the same exact thing?.

  smoking over a long period of time can kill you.

  eating artery congesting foods over a long period of time can kill you.

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  I started a thread a few months back about obesity being a defilement of the flesh. I know alot of very heavy JW's that do not see that as a defilement of the flesh even though it is just as dangerous to your health as smoking is.

  Blatant hypocrisy!
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  I'm going to be disfellowshipped on Wednesday

  by Thinking of Leaving in

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  the elders cames to my home on saturday and i didn't answer the door, so they told my sister to relay the message.

  the message was "you know what it's about, we're going to make the announcement next meeting".

  i knew it was coming...but it feels so weird.

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  I never once had any regrets and only wish I had left earlier.

  Congradulations on your new mental and emotional freedom!
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  Hayfever and allergies.........................

  by vitty in

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  i first suffered from hayfever about 5 years ago and get it round about june.........................but i seem to have started already .

  my eyes are so itchy and red................is it possible to have it start it now it seems too early its still only april.. i dont want to suffer this for months , its been bad enough when it lasts for only 4 weeks.

  so do any of you here suffer and when does it usually start for you ?.

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  I want my immune system to be 100% available to fight stuff like the flu, colds, bronchitis etc and not be preoccupied with going after harmless pollens.
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  compact fluorescent lamp warning.

  by BrentR in

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  there are probably alot of us using the small spiral shaped compact fluorescent lamps in our houses.

  i did not realize they have mercury in them and can be a bit of problem if one breaks.

  it is also illegal to dispose of them in our regular garbage cans.

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  There are a couple companies that are developing CFL's that are mercury free but it will be a while before they hit the stores. I put them in just because I hated changing lightbulbs and wanted to reduce my power bill. Turns out they burnt out faster then incandecent ones did so I never used them again.

  The mercury in CFL's is in the coating and when they break they implode thus releasing mercury dust particulates. That is far more dangerous then the mercury in thermometers.
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  Hayfever and allergies.........................

  by vitty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i first suffered from hayfever about 5 years ago and get it round about june.........................but i seem to have started already .

  my eyes are so itchy and red................is it possible to have it start it now it seems too early its still only april.. i dont want to suffer this for months , its been bad enough when it lasts for only 4 weeks.

  so do any of you here suffer and when does it usually start for you ?.

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  If you Google "leaky gut and allergies" you will find out how bad protien digestion can hyper-stimulate your immune system. After taking a full spectrum enzyme supplement for two years all the allergies are completely gone. Right now almost everyone around me is in complete misery from grass and tree allergies.

  The process is so easy even a caveman can do it.
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  Please, sisters -- one sheet only.

  by Fatfreek in

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  a newssource today quotes singer sheryl crow, an anti-global warming (which i applaud) activist, "i propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting.

  now, i dont want to rob any law-abiding american of his or her god-given rights, but i think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required.".

  not being a woman i don't know about that -- i have my doubts.

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  Her TP policy is very sexist since us guys would be able to get TP offsets/credits to save for the bigger jobs. You ladies should screaming sexism.
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  compact fluorescent lamp warning.

  by BrentR in

  1. social
  2. family

  there are probably alot of us using the small spiral shaped compact fluorescent lamps in our houses.

  i did not realize they have mercury in them and can be a bit of problem if one breaks.

  it is also illegal to dispose of them in our regular garbage cans.

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  BrentR

  There are probably alot of us using the small spiral shaped compact fluorescent lamps in our houses. I did not realize they have mercury in them and can be a bit of problem if one breaks. It is also illegal to dispose of them in our regular garbage cans. The dust is a health threat to sanitation workers and the mercury will leach into ground water and streams.

  The ones I tried all burnt out within a month so I no longer use them.

  This lady is facing a $2000 clean up bill after breaking one in her daughters bedroom.

  Fluorescent Bulb Break Creates Costly Hassle

  Written by Nick Gosling

  Thursday, April 12, 2007

  PROSPECT — It was just like any other Tuesday. One month later, though, Bridges is paying much more than she had ever expected to. On that Tuesday, Bridges was installing one of the spiral-shaped light bulbs in her 7-year-old daughter’s bedroom. Suddenly, the bulb plummeted to the floor, breaking on the shag carpet. Bridges, who was wary of the dangers of cleaning up a fluorescent bulb, called The Home Depot where she purchased them. She was told that the bulbs had mercury in them and that she should not vacuum the area where the bulb had broken. Bridges was directed to call the Poison Control hotline. Poison Control directed her to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Environmental Protection. Upon reaching the DEP the next day, the agency offered to send a specialist out to Bridges’ house to test the air levels. The specialist arrived soon after the phone conversation and began testing the downstairs, where he found safe levels of mercury — below the state’s limit of 300 ng/m3 (nanograms per cubic meter). In the daughter’s bedroom, the levels remained well below the 300 mark, except for near the carpet where the bulb broke. There the mercury levels spiked to 1,939 ng/m3. On a bag of toys that bulb fragments had landed on, the levels of mercury were 556 ng/m3. Bridges was told by the specialist not to clean up the bulb and mercury powder by herself. He recommended the Clean Harbors Environmental Services branch in Hampden. Clean Harbors gave Bridges a low-ball estimate of $2,000, based on what she described, to clean up the room properly. The work entailed removing anything with levels greater than 300 ng/m3, including the carpeting. The articel is very long so to read the rest of it here is the link: http://ellsworthmaine.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7446&Itemid=31 It goes on to tell about the conflicting info she is getting about how to safely clean her daughters room.