Posts by Eric

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Removable face on Car Stereo

by Elsewhere in

everyone will have to bear with me here... i don't know much about car sound systems...

the factory stereo on my car went out so i went to best buy and had them install a new stereo (sony cdx-mp40).

one of the things that they sales guy was very proud of was the fact that the face plate comes off.

My current truck has a CD player with the detachable faceplate and supposedly a little coded chip in the detachable part has to agree with a little coded chip in the fixed part, but thats not why I bought it. I figure the "hot stereo" market is big enough that there is gear out there to read and rewrite the chips or bypass it altogether. And even if I'm wrong about that...

...they'll still steal it even if it is useless to them.

I had the radio stolen out of my old, clapped out, base model 1978 Ford F-150 pick-up truck in 1993.

The radio was a stock analogue tuner AM/FM radio. No cassette deck. Not even stereo. It drove one tinny speaker in the dashboard. Mechanical push-button presets. A piece of aged crap. Wouldn't command five bucks at a garage sale.

Someone stole it. Smashed the window and cut it out of the dash with a Sawsall. Who did they think they would sell it to?

Eric

8

ARE YOU BEING FORCE FED LIES

by nightwarrior in

lets go on a trip into the biblical past, correct me for getting this wrong but,certain areas city gates were designated for the scholars.

learned men ,covering all aspects of city life and dominated by free religiouse speech,the gathering together of spiritual men discusing all and every spiritual possibility ,were open up for every conceivable argument and permeation covering jesus christ,and all other gods,nothing was left out,questions were asked and answerd,by learned scholars and ordinary men,.

they had freedom of speech,.

Eric

nightwarrior,

WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON THIS SUBJECT.

Stuff Jehovah and all the other baby killing gods where they belong.

The sooner the likes of you are finished with your praying to your own imagination, the sooner we can actually get some good shit done here on planet earth.

You don't have to help, just get out of the way.

Eric

13

God in the video games shop...

by WantTheTruth in

i have been considering religion and god recently... and to some extent the jws religion.. i was in a video games shop the other day, looking for a few good games for my xbox console.... i found myself thinking "would god look favourably upon me if i brought this game".... the game in question was 'mortal kombat' (one of the more violent games).

this is one of the main reasons i did not purchase it.. i think i have succumb to jw logic.... is this the right way to be thinking?.

ahhhh..... wtt

Eric

Re: Doom III sneak peek:

Aww, it looks like our hero is wielding a Stihl 024. With a safety chain brake. Cute little saw.

For real mayhem one would think a zombie would step up to a Husqvarna. Forced Air Husky 357, minimum. Now we're talking flying bone chips!

Eric

47

Theme Songs for Leaving the WTS

by blondie in

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friends

here is an edited version of a favorite of mine:.

with apologies to the eagles .

already gone well, i heard some people talkin' just the other day and they said you were gonna put me on a shelf but let me tell you i got some news for you and you'll soon find out it's true and then you'll have to eat your crap all by yourself 'cause i'm already gone and i'm feelin' strong i will sing this vict'ry song, woo, hoo,hoo,woo,hoo,hoo

Eric

Blondie,

Also love this one, about getting up on our hind legs and questioning religion in general:

God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies

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From the album "God Shuffled His Feet"

Written by Brad Roberts

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After seven days

He was quite tired, so god said:

"Let there be a day

Just for picnics, with wine and bread"

He gathered up some people he had made

Created blankets and laid back in the shade

The people sipped their wine

And what with God there, they asked him questions

Like: do you have to eat

Or get your hair cut in heaven?

And if your eye got poked out in this life

Would it be waiting up in heaven with your wife?

God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them;

The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him

So he said: "Once there was a boy

Who woke up with blue hair

To him it was a joy

Until he ran out into warm air -

He thought of how his friends would come to see;

And would they laugh, or had he got some strange disease?"

God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them;

The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him

The people sat waiting

Out on their blankets in the garden

But God said nothing

So someone asked him, "I beg your pardon:

I'm not quite clear about what you just spoke -

Was that a parable, or a very subtle joke?

God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them;

The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him

God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies

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Eric, on my blanket in the shade.

47

Theme Songs for Leaving the WTS

by blondie in

jw
friends

here is an edited version of a favorite of mine:.

with apologies to the eagles .

already gone well, i heard some people talkin' just the other day and they said you were gonna put me on a shelf but let me tell you i got some news for you and you'll soon find out it's true and then you'll have to eat your crap all by yourself 'cause i'm already gone and i'm feelin' strong i will sing this vict'ry song, woo, hoo,hoo,woo,hoo,hoo

Eric

Blondie,

Cool topic, and lots of great song lyrics posted here.

For a change of pace, my favorite "leaving song", from the point of view of the WT!

The Cardigans -

Deuce

I am afraid of you now

Now that you left me

Nothing to say

Not much now

Now that you left me

Just for how long

Did you know before you left me?

Nothing to do

It's up to you

To use it against me

Use it against me

Now that you left me

You are ahead of me now

Because you left me

Words that I said

All yours now

Use it against me

You have erased me!

Now that you left me

I'll be gone

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Might be hard to find, this song was never on a Cardigans CD. It's from the soundtrack to the "X-Files movie, Fight the Future".

Eric

14

War or No War --- The Dispute

by hornetsnest in

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friends

i usually don't get involved in things like this, as i've long known the futility and uselessness of arguing with jello.

however, for the benefit of those looking on and wondering where the truth really lies, i figured i'd say a few things.. back2dafront made quite a spiel over on another thread about how terrible it is to serve in the armed forces, and i must say that the tears of purple koolade were just pouring down my cheeks in rivers.

he's such an abused little fellow ... personally, i'll bet my wife's been shot at more than he has.

Eric

Lonewolf or hornetnest or whatever,

The National Post article by Mark Steyn (if that's not a nom de plume, his parents had a great sense of humour) had some fairly well reasoned points that the writer tried to back up with historical precedent. I can appreciate that, I had read it elsewhere previously, in fact.

As for what you wrote preceding the attached article, well I'll start with the fact that you claim that people bringing their problems to you number in the "10s of thousands", and that you are 62 years of age.

62 x 365(days in a year) = 22,630 days. What kind of career have you had where people bring you their problems at a minimum average rate of one every other day since the day you were born? If you're not a therapist, practising psychiatrist, or a bartender, I put this claim under hyperbole. Hysterical hyperbole even. Not even a bartender expects his advice to be followed.

I put your other claims of 90% of this and 48 hours of that under the same category: hyperbole, commonly known as utter bullshit.

Abbadon:

You are absolutely on the mark about the protests and the protesters.

Yes, CCRyder&others, Sadam must go. But it must be with a united front of international agreement, and not seen as the US against the world.

Example: a recent poll of Canadians:

War support hits new low

Canadians want U.N. support: Poll American motives found to be suspect

GRAHAM FRASER

NATIONAL AFFAIRS WRITER

OTTAWA—Support in Canada for a U.S.-led war on Iraq has reached a new low, a poll done for the Toronto Star shows.

According to a poll conducted by EKOS Research Associates for The Star, La Presse and the CBC, 74 per cent of Canadians would oppose Canadian participation in a war without the "full support" of the United Nations Security Council. Only 25 per cent would support a war without it.

With Security Council approval, 63 per cent of those surveyed support Canadian participation, with 35 per cent opposed.

____________

Do you see the difference in the numbers even among one of your closest allies?

The job seems clear, get the Security Council onboard and then go nuts on Saddam or be viewed as a country that breaks any rule it sees fit, whenever it sees fit.

Eric

14

Bike seat is killing my butt

by wednesday in

i just started a new exercise program, i'm riding a outdoor bike.

i haven't ridden one in years.

only the seat is hurting my butt.

Eric

Wednesday,

Yeah, you could just toughen up your perineal tissues over time by gritting it out riding a hard, uncomfortable saddle. You could also walk on broken pottery shards until the soles of your feet toughen up.

Or, you could try one of these: http://www.abs-sports.com

Happy trails.

Eric

15

Got My First Diesel. But...

by Englishman in

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friends

i finally decided it was time to throw away my decrepit austin montego and get something for work that was a little less..well, tatty.. i need to carry ladders and tools and things.

however having had the experience of losing (stolen, actually) the tools from a van on 2 occasions, i know the value of having a car for work that has at least got a boot large enough to be able to hold my gear, without actually advertising the fact that, hey look, easy pickings!.

so, a car is what i needed.

Eric

Englishman,

That little gadget is pre-heating the ignition plugs and the entire ignition chamber.

Without giving you a primer on diesels, try this. When it is really cold, turn the key or push the switch that illumates the lamp for ten seconds twice before you crank it over. A nice warm head is required for diesel happiness.

Never give a diesel any throttle before it is running smoothly.

Eric

29

Just How Dysfunctional Are We?

by Englishman in

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friends

i've noted that one of our ex-members believes that the vast majority of posters to this site are, in his opinion, worthy of the label of being "dysfunctional".. for what it's worth, i believe that some persons, especially those who have exited the witnesses fairly recently, may well be a little naive and probably somewhat immature also.

from my own observations i have seen how maturation virtually ceases when anyone becomes overly committed to a belief system.

once someone leaves that belief system, then their maturation continues afresh and goes into over-drive as the person strives to "catch up" and eventually feel comfortable in relatively normal society.. so no, i don't think that many of us are dysfunctional at all.

Eric

I would like to tender the suggestion that, to the point that a statistically normal, functional person usually has their parents and siblings involved in their life to rely upon as mentors and guides, even if only to bounce ideas off in times of weighty decisions, the shunned ex-JW has this tool for coping removed from their social toolbox.

In cases of divorce, even a messy, rancorous one, the children often grow up to retain a healthy relationship with both parents later on and can often include their step-parents as their friends as well.

Even in the case of losing both parents, say in an accident, that person has the chance to get themselves through the stages of grieving and finally come to acceptance and with that acceptance, move on and feel a freedom to cultivate surrogate mentors in their life should they see fit to do so.

Thus it is so difficult for the ex-JW to just "let it go". To wish to be loved, or at least included in life by a parent or sibling or spouse who can and will treat you as dead is dysfuction by design.

Eric

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6 Reasons The U.S. Should Slow Down

by teejay in

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friends

6 reasons why so many allies want bush to slow down .

by johanna mcgeary.

sunday, january 26, 2003.

Eric

Alan,

I have no information one way or the other, but I'm just trying to think logically.

If I had sold weapons to Iraq illegally, wouldn't the last thing I want be extended and more thorough UN inspections of same?

Unless the inspectors were in my pocket, then full speed ahead!

Eric