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  Tell us a weird fact about yourself

  by ninja in

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  i will start....i can speak conversational albanian....thanks to the foreign language field...really useful in everyday life as a cleaner....sniff...why didnt i pick mandarin?

  ..would be useful when they take over the world....but one day i will find an albanian to talk to ...that or a needle in a haystack....the emmerdalian world of jw's

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  I eat apples, cores and all
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  Hiring a new fellow today and they must be white.

  by hambeak in

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  as some of you know i am a manager of an auto repair place that does it all.. the owner is ethiopian and hates blacks.

  i had a great guy there who is black and did a great job.

  the owner absolutely was rude and nasty to him calling him an animal and ordered him fired because he was slow in getting things done.. i am caught in the middle cuz i need my job to pay the bills so no more black or mexican workers just white folks even though most i have seen are not motivated or see something that has to be done so now i am a baby sitter and have to let them know what has to be done every minute of the day.. oh well such is the life working for foreigners here in the usa..

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  MrsMcD said:"I hate to say this, but I kind of thought that someone was a sell-out!"
  
  If you mean Colin Powell to his own principles, so did I.
  
  If you mean Colin Powell to Black America, why? Because he's not a liberal democrate? Didn't speak constantly of the issue or racism? Wasn't the typical black leader in that sense?
  
  Why can't a young black man or woman be conserviative or not embrace all the same methods of Rev Sharpton or Rev Jackson?
  
  
  
  
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  Hiring a new fellow today and they must be white.

  by hambeak in

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  as some of you know i am a manager of an auto repair place that does it all.. the owner is ethiopian and hates blacks.

  i had a great guy there who is black and did a great job.

  the owner absolutely was rude and nasty to him calling him an animal and ordered him fired because he was slow in getting things done.. i am caught in the middle cuz i need my job to pay the bills so no more black or mexican workers just white folks even though most i have seen are not motivated or see something that has to be done so now i am a baby sitter and have to let them know what has to be done every minute of the day.. oh well such is the life working for foreigners here in the usa..

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  Ok I want to say from Prophecor's post:
  
  
  I really blame politicians and leaders of the black community for putting a lid on black culture in this way. Thank God for them (black leaders and politicians) in pulling American society out of the dark ages and the legalized and socialized racism that was tolerated. (and of course I know that racism still exists, I'm sorry for that, seriously - but fighting that can't be the only avenue taken by black leaders)
  
  
  Since then it seems they only go back to the troth of blaming society for individual failings of black individuals rather than leading black culture.
  
  
  I think they did this as it was easier for them, black leaders and politicians.
  
  
  Bill Cosby says something like prophecor just said and he's attacked by the NAACP.
  
  
  Colin Powell isn't considered "black enough" to be looked at as a role model.
  
  
  It's like black leaders keep a lid on what "black" is and who's to blame for all the problems and it's short changing their own communities.
  
  
  I wished it were different for everyone's sake. But I hope a new class of black leaders will step up and embrace black as a color and race not black as a political term. Black leaders who will point to black women and men of ALL neighborhoods, backgrounds and career paths as inspirations for young black and women. To free everyone from thinking that in order to be "black" you have to talk and think a certain way.

  Racism isn't just a black problem and whites don't want to work, live, play with racists these days. (yes I know that's not entirely true)

  But if a young man comes in for a job interview and is slouched down, mumbling, has an attitude and I don't hire him am I a racist? If he's white am I a racist? You get my point. It's black leaders who still want to only put pressure on society to feel not hiring the young man makes you a racist rather than saying to the young man - sit up and speak up.

  Don't anyone dare to call me a racist either, that seems the way certain ones operate when anyone points out that some aspect of black culture is productive - slap the racism card on them and shut down the conversation.
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  I just got fired and I may not have enough money to go to Italy

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  i just got fired from my job as a waiter because she said i sucked or something along those lines.

  i have a week before the fee is due, which is $1,700, and thats not including the plane ticket, my digging equipment, and extra spending money.

  i already made a $300 deposit, and $1,700 is only for 3 weeks.

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  I still have my job and can't afford to go to Italy. Just saying. Hang in there T-Storm and for goodness sakes take seriously the good advice in this thread.
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  Songs that make you cry...

  by El Kabong in

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  i've been kind of sad the past few days for several reasons, but, there are certain songs that just cause the tears to flow whenever i hear them (and especially alone).

  only time by enya.

  i know that this song is often linked to the sept 11 attacks, but it really is just so hauntingly beautiful.

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  Billy Joel's Vietnam song....
  
  Goodnight Saigon
  
  We met as soulmates
  On Parris Inland
  we left as inmates
  from an asylum
  and we were sharp
  as sharp as knives
  and we were so gung ho to lay down our lives.
  
  We came in spastic
  like tameless horses
  we left in plastic
  as numbered corpses
  and we learned fast
  to travel light
  our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
  
  we had no homefront
  we had no soft soap
  they sent us playboy
  they gave us bob hope
  we dug in deep
  and shot on sight
  and prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might.
  
  We had no cameras
  to shoot the landscape
  we passed the hash pipe
  and played our Doors tapes
  and it was dark..
  so dark at night
  and we held onto each other
  like brother to bother
  we promised our mothers we'd write
  
  (chorus)
  and we would all go down together
  we said we'd all go down together
  yes we would all go down together.
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  WOULD YOU EVER GET PLASTIC SURGERY?

  by Mary in

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  seeing as the new system of things is taking it's sweet time getting here to restore everyone's youthful appearance,

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  How did you lose your boobs?
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  Who pays for the memorial wine ?

  by JH in

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  i know who gets to drink it, but who pays for it?.

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  In our cong there were no anointed so only one bottle was needed and one elder usually bought it. I've drunk part of it right in the hall after and also kicked a bottle over onto the carpet - (blush)
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  WOULD YOU EVER GET PLASTIC SURGERY?

  by Mary in

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  seeing as the new system of things is taking it's sweet time getting here to restore everyone's youthful appearance,

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  Depends of course, but sure, why not if it's not too vain or risky.
  
  Perhaps someone has a large mole or distracting feature, I would do that.
  
  If we're talking about hair plugs to make you look like a Barbie doll - no
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  Sports - it all goes by quick ! My son's last season

  by UnConfused in

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  ok dads out there enjoy your son's / daughter's sports seasons while you can.

  hockey just ended, a successful high school career, and now baseball is starting.

  we're getting his arm in shape for pitching and he also plays catcher, 1st and 3rd.

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  Ok Dads out there enjoy your son's / daughter's sports seasons while you can.
  
  Hockey just ended, a successful high school career, and now baseball is starting. We're getting his arm in shape for pitching and he also plays catcher, 1st and 3rd.
  
  Nothing more fun in this world than playing catch with him, but after 7 years of baseball - multiple championships including a state championship and awards - this is the last season.
  
  It started in Little League with us driving to make up meetings missed due to practices and games, me coaching the teams, him progressing and becoming an accomplished pitcher, hitter, fielder at every level.
  
  I can't believe we are down to one last season - it's been a great way for me to make new friends since leaving the org.
  
  So enjoy every second of your kids sports -- it all passes too quickly and I'll be back to bore the shit out of you with stories of his last season!
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  Rolf Furuli

  by Alleymom in

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  the following message posted on the b-hebrew discussion list may be of interest to jwd members.. http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-hebrew/2007-march/031707.html.

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  **** Here Rolf admits to being on the Hospital Liaison Committee for 10 years ******
  http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/322/7277/37#12803
  
  
  The conscience of the individual Jehovah's Witness as a basis for refusing blood 23 February 2001
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  Rolf J Furuli,
  Research fellow in Semitic languages
  University of Oslo, Norway
  
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  Re: The conscience of the individual Jehovah's Witness as a basis for refusing blood