Posts by tinker

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Music To Listen To While JWD'ing.....

by sweet pea in

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just bought the new cd by duffy - rockferry and it's just sublime!!

best album i've bought for a long time and absolutely the perfect accompaniment to jwd and jdc (jack daniels and coke!

what's your particular pleasure whilst on jwd?

tinker

Good Evening SP, I am sitting here with a lovely 16 yr old scotch, Nadurra by Glenlivet. I returned home on Wed to flowers and this lux gift from my honey. I just got my first iPod and downloading everything right now. Bruce Springsteen is playing but I also have Pink Floyd, Mark Knoffler, Dylan, Stones, Dylan Dylan and more Dylan. Of course Beatles and Sinatra and Dino Martin.

I'm also a classical fan so I added lots of Mozart and sometimes I need The Pachelbel Canon. Something about Baroque Hits I love on a rainy day.

I have a favorite radio station from Portland, Or. KINK that I stream online everyday, all day. They have the best mix and themes. All the new stuff is great. I should pay more attention to who they are but instead I just enjoy.

What fun we had the other night. Did Dag tell you about our car trouble on the way home, at 1am? Good thing you live in a nice area.

Looking forward to my next visit and hope you can meet my guy. He is a JD+C drinker too.

Cheers, Tinker

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Tight jeans back in style for men (Why does it look gay?)

by MsMcDucket in

i have to get use to this!.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/yelle/video/x2oflu_exclu-yelle-acdg-tepr-remix-alterna_music.

tinker

OK sorry, I didn't read the entire thread. I am with the others that say, Not Too Tight is best, in the middle, not too baggy and not too tight.

I asked my son one time if he was gay? He say's No way, they are too clean and then there's all that Dancing!

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Tight jeans back in style for men (Why does it look gay?)

by MsMcDucket in

i have to get use to this!.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/yelle/video/x2oflu_exclu-yelle-acdg-tepr-remix-alterna_music.

tinker

THANK GODDDDD !!!!! I miss walking behind a cute butt.....it's been years.

I just bought my husband 2pair of Dockers....with a tight fit.....OOOO BABY!

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News on Ray and Cynthia Franz

by Dagney in

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from an email i just received from a friend:.

just heard thru david *** of the cmf that ray and cynthia are having health .

problems.

tinker

Thanks Dag for sharing your Newsworthy email. Do you know the ages of the Franz?

I still have The Book you lent me.....I'll get to reading it one day. We have discussed it so much I feel I get 'the picture'

I send my love and appriciation to these couragous folks. Old age is not for the weak but Who Knew?

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Has the song, "IMAGINE" become more than just a song?

by journey-on in

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this song is my favorite all-time song.

though simple, when i hear it, it goes right to something deep in my core.. it has almost become scriptural.

that is a discussion in and of itself.

tinker

I am really torn over the use of such an important song being used in a movie. On one hand keeping it whole and pure seems correct. But many classical pieces have been used and rearranged and have reached a larger audience, it's a Good Thing. The creative process is limitless and using pieces and parts is an art to itself.

Nat King Coles songs were pure and unique. But when his daughter Natalie made a voice over recording of Unforgettable, it was amazing. And Nancy Sinatra did the same thing recently.

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Has the song, "IMAGINE" become more than just a song?

by journey-on in

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this song is my favorite all-time song.

though simple, when i hear it, it goes right to something deep in my core.. it has almost become scriptural.

that is a discussion in and of itself.

tinker

As a Beatlemanic, John Lenon greatly influence my thinking process. The song IMAGINE actually helped me understand that spirituality and Religion are NOT the same thing. I even used it in a MS student talk #4, when we were allowed to make up our own settings and use outside reference material.

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Someone Writes to Dear Abby about JW's?

by jamiebowers in

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click on the link below and read the second question and answer.

should we flood dear abby with letters about how to stop jw's from making return visits and leaving literature?.

http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/.

tinker

I do know there is a Do Not Call list that can be attached to the territory map. The pubs are not to call but the elders are supposed to call once a year to see if the householder still feels the same.

But did you read the 3rd Dear Abby letter about the guy who bought his wife a wheelbarrow? And he didn't understand why she wasn't speaking to him...? what a Hoot!

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Stupid Knorr! Should Witnesses have Sunday school just for kids?

by Witness 007 in

imagine sitting thru the watchtower study on a sunday with your 6 year old and 9 year old kids....the topic "fornication" the discussion explains how oral sex and touching of genitals is still fornication...why do kids have to sit thru this??

or the bible reading is about lot having sex with his daughters....this type of thing is not for kids!

and why should kids be forced to sit quietly while someone drones on for 2 hours?.

tinker

I raised 4 ....FOUR.....children to be Perfect Little JW's. All wore little suits, ties, and dresses that covered their little knees. They all enrolled in the TMS by 6yrs and were giving Bible readings on a soap box. Talk about GUILT.....well, I'm over it now and have apologized to these dear children.

If we could go back I would have them on soccor teams and science club, music lessons and art school. What a waste of youth. They all rebeled by 15 and two were DF'd before their 18th. It was a disaster and I still get sick in the pit of my stomach as I recall that horrid time.

I do not see the Borg developing any type of Sunday School or Youth Programs ever. They view their unity as a badge of TRUTH. The boast of the 3yr, 14 yr and 75yr all on the same page. It's is stupid, absolutly STUPID !

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Why does guilt often remain so long with those who've left the JWs?

by And He Ran in

i would be interested in getting people's input in why so many jws - including me from time to time, though less so now - seem to be burdened by guilt after they've left, even after they've successfully faded and aren't being hassled by family or elders.

is it a residual leftover of the indoctrination over the years?

i welcome your comments.

tinker

Anger, rage and guilt are symtoms of Grief. There area specific phases of grief that must be experiences before we can move toward healing. Each person is unique as to how long these phase will last and education of the issues is a great help. Gary's research is a good example of making it through the process.

We grieve over more than the death of a loved one. The loss of a core belief is also cause for grieving. As you read each poster here, some are sad, some angry, some numb but we have all lost something that at one time was at the center of our lives.

Talking and expressing feelings is very helpful in getting over the guilt phase. Thank goodness for JWD, I really feel it is a Healing Place.

May Peace be with each and every one of you.

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Horoscopes/star signs

by HB in

a friend who is an intelligent high-flying business woman is going through a relationship break-up and is also recovering from breast cancer.

she is not religious but has been turning to 'new-age' beliefs to try to help her cope, (she has visited a numerologist and had her palm read).

she has just sent me an email with a description of 12 different personalities based on star signs.

tinker

I am not into horoscopes at all but I did have an interesting experience a few weeks back. I was shopping in a crowed kitchen shop in Seattle Pike Place Market and a man began chatting with me.....something something, you look fabulous' At first I thought he was just hitting on me but for some reason I felt comfortable and continued talking about cooking. Then he said 'I'll bet I can guess your sign' Ok.....he proceedes to discribe me perfectly and that I am Gemini. Correct. It could have been a lucky guess but the traits were so right on. Even down to the books I like to read and that I am easily entertained, never bored, not really a people person, like to work alone, individual sports, family is important but I am not a clinging parent, etc. It was very eerie to have someone discribe me perfectly.

He gave me his card, yep, he was an astrologer and does charts and all that....I have no idea.....but he sure was spot on so maybe there is something to it.

Since leaving the borg, I am open to many ways of looking at life. I have always felt an energy from nature, stones and minerals so planets and stars may effect us at some level also.