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Secret Santa Ideas thread

by Angharad in

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if everyone who is signed up for the sectret santa can post a few ideas of the sort of thing you like in here, when people receive their names they can come in here and look you up so get some ideas .

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helncon

btt

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As a teenager what was your 1st car

by XOCO in

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i got my car from an elderly sis from my congo and it only had 52000mi and its a subaru gl-10 wagon '88 it looks just like this.

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helncon

It was a kermit green 1980 Diahatsu Charade.

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Secret Santa Ideas thread

by Angharad in

jw
friends

if everyone who is signed up for the sectret santa can post a few ideas of the sort of thing you like in here, when people receive their names they can come in here and look you up so get some ideas .

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helncon

Only just found this thread and i haven't been on here for ages.

Some ideas.

I tell my friends that i am really hard to buy for.

But as i am more likely to get someone from over seas i would love things from the area that you live like touristy things.

Even pictures you have taken from around the area.

Trinkets that you or a local craftperson has made.

Or even handmade ornament.

Just some ideas

Thanks

Helen

Happy shopping !!!!

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Secret Santa list

by Angharad in

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these are the people i have received address details from and is the list i will be doing the matching up from: if i have missed anyone off please pm me now!!!.

i think there are a few people who posted on the topic but never sent through their addy - so this is their last chance.. .

happy harvester.

helncon

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Tell Me About Your Jehovah's Witness Mother...If You had One!

by new boy in

so since no one picked up the ball, after my thread on "your jw father".....here we go.... my mother (bless her heart) was born in kansas in 1926....her mother died in 1934, when my mother was 8 years old.

she died trying to give yourself an abortion with a coat hanger.

it was the "great depression".....she was 34 years old 4 kids and a 5th on the way...my grandfather would blow through town just long enough to "knock her up" and leave....no money....no hope.

helncon

My mum....

Her mother found the JW's when my mum was young guessing 2/3 years old.

She has 2 older sisters one who had left home by then and the other was 10 years older than her she was the rebellious one. My mum was a very shy person.

My mum move to Australia when she was just 19 she basically came here for a holiday with her parents and never went back. She told me that she was engaged to a worldly guy they had slept together and he left her for someone else she was heart broken.

Within months of being her she met and married my dad within 6 months.

I think she ws happy for the first 5 years but i think th toll of my dad and having such a young family, a sick father a demanding mother it all became to much she started having nervous breakdowns.

So from when i was from the age of about 7 till 14 she was in and out of hospital.

When i was in my mid teens she actually stood up for me and let me go out with my cousin and she gave me freedon. I don't think i ever confided in her and even now our relationship i think is a little strained.

I do make the efffort to have contact with her at least a few times a week but it is rare for her to ring or come over.

Over the last year she has been diagnosed with Bi polar but im not sure this is the right label for her as she has battled with Major depression for a long time.

She never has attened many meetings over the many years but then has had the strive to be full on in the jw's.

Now she has not been to a meeting consistantly for MANY years but recently has started going back to the meetings and even attended the convention earlier this year.

She has said if they told her that she is not to have any contact with me she would tell them where to go.

I guess in a way im all she has got.

Helen

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Men are just happier people

by helncon in

what do you expect from such simple creatures?

your last name stays put.

the garage is all yours.. wedding plans take care of themselves.

helncon

I think men have it so much easier.

I want to come back as a man!!!!!

Helen

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Fading From the Witnesses- How Hard Did Your Family Try to Bring You Back?

by flipper in

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i have been a fader now for 4 years , and at this point my witness family pretty much leaves me alone in that they don't try to push their beliefs on me anymore !

at first they did, the first 6 months or so.

my daughters showed me a video of korah talking against aaron, etc.

helncon

I guess i never really faded just i upped and moved out of home.

No one asked what meetings i was going to i was just left alone.

There have been the hints over the years.

The odd mags left around when visiting my parents but other than that there has been nothing.

Helen

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An Athiest

by helncon in

an atheist was walking through the woods.

'what majestic trees'!

'what powerful rivers'!

helncon

oh well im guess im just catching up...lol.....

Just got it as an email...

Helen

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Men are just happier people

by helncon in

what do you expect from such simple creatures?

your last name stays put.

the garage is all yours.. wedding plans take care of themselves.

helncon

What do you expect from such simple creatures?
your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can be President.
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress~$5000. Tux rental~$100.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original colour.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
Your belly usually hides your big hips.
One wallet and one pair of shoes one colour for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a moustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.
No wonder men are happier.

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An Athiest

by helncon in

an atheist was walking through the woods.

'what majestic trees'!

'what powerful rivers'!

helncon

An atheist was walking through the woods.
'What majestic trees'!
'What powerful rivers'!
'What beautiful animals'!
He said to himself.

As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.
He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him. He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer. He tripped & fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.

At that instant the Atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!'

Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.

As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky. 'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident.' 'Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer'?
The atheist looked directly into the light, 'It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian'?

'Very Well,' said the voice.

The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:
'Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.'