Fact for the day - it rains 1 tenth less in summer than winter in the UK - hold up ten fingers - thats how much it rains in winter, hold up nine and thats our summer! if it hits 30C we all think we're dying and they slap on hosepipe bans cos they cant be bother to fix leaks!
Posts by mia_b
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13Snowed in again !
by Do Not Call inwe're snowed in for the second day running.
trouble is, none of us saw the weather forecast and now we've got hardly any milk or bread!
(i couldn't get this site to work yesterday, either, so i couldn't cheer myself up.
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absolutely shattered (meaning tired)
by mia_b ini've been on the site all day - i took work home with me wednesday cos i knew that britain is like with an inch of snow, i havent done the work but instead spent the whole day here!
hav had to take friday as annual leave to do the work i was supposed to do today!.
this board is too addictive!!!!.
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mia_b
i've been on the site all day - i took work home with me wednesday cos i knew that britain is like with an inch of snow, i havent done the work but instead spent the whole day here! hav had to take friday as annual leave to do the work i was supposed to do today!
This board is too addictive!!!!
I am SO tired, i'm yawning my head off as well i should as iv been staring at these posts since 9am
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RAPE TO SCREAM OR NOT TO SCREAM?
by Cordelia inok another chat i have tried to have with a witness, i heard that the wt has changed the 'understanding' on the rape issue several times, the witness i was talking to completely said it was false,.
i have no way of checking so wondered if anyone has the dates they changed from yes to no and back again so i can show them .
x.
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mia_b
you havent hi-jacked it - youve just pointed out another hypocracy and the fact that it doesn't really matter whether thay say scream or not, you'll never win if your face doesn't fit
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Hi im new
by NikolaW inhi my name is nikola and i just would like to find out more about the faith really.
my history is that i am brought up in the christian faith by my grandparents in the united reformed church.
then stopped going when i was 10 years old.
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mia_b
heya - i cant read your post properly either but welcome anyhow!
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WTBTS money making for who?
by awol inthere is a lot of talk on here about the wtbts a money making organisation.. maybe, but who is this money going to?.
like a friend "in the truth" lol said, it's all put back into the work.
and who would want to be a missionary, they don't get any money out of the society etc etc.. so who reap the rewards here then?
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mia_b
ive given my previous reply a bit of thought :in the UK theyre a registered charity and most congs are a charity in their own right.
there are strict rules about what can be done with funds that are clearly labelled for a purpose - eg World Wide Work or Congregation Builds etc. I'm an accountant and I audit charities and i have to check to make sure that the funds are being spent as expected. I have no idea why money in AWOLS cong would go missing unless it was way before the days that funds were always announced.
in our cong when the accounts were read out the money being saved for a new hall was always set out seperately. we also had elders who disagreed with quickbuilds because they said they were more expensive in the long run than a trad build due to less shoddy work and shortcuts.
i'd say that lots of the money is in real estate. i dont think that loads of people are creaming off are they?
i disagree with LOADS of stuff the borg does and doesn't do - eg child abuse coverups, not supporting the actual victims, maipulating what people say and think, how theyre right and everyone else will die, shunning people who havent really done much wrong, saying an education and saving for future is bad and then kinda changing their minds when its too late for most...
but since the "free" literature the rich are funding the other countries where they cant afford the literature...aren't they? so isnt that where the money goes?
or am i being REALLY dumb? how much does a member of the GB or a CO or a DO actually get per annum in money equivalent - does anyone here know?
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Its snowing in BRITAIN..........disaster !!!!!!!!
by vitty inwell the uk got 3 inches of snow last night and the country came to a standstill.
schools all round birmingham closed, luton airport closed, people were advised not to take unnecessary journeys whew........................ive lived in a country where it snowed a foot in one night and then continued for days and days and then it stayed for 4 months.
the schools would never shut and the trains and buses (yep the same ones as the uk) kept running, oh and so do the airports !
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mia_b
lol i know its great isn't it! i wonder what would happen if britain actually could work with snow!
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HELP! I need some answers.....
by onlycurious ini spoke with my jw friend yesterday and was very surprised when she was discussing a woman in her cong that is committing adultry.
i know the woman and told my friend i am surprised they didn't df her years ago.
she cheats on hubby on a regular basis but nothing seems to have been done about it.. so, i said, "let me ask you this.
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mia_b
I agree with onlycurious - how come she associates with her knowing what she's doing and would only drop her if shes disfellowshipped - that just doesn't make sense! according to the dubs she should shop her anyway surely?
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Wish Me Well: Surgery Tomorrow
by AudeSapere inwell, i did my best with physical therapy but it's not enough.
my knee is very unstabile (especially since i fell again 6 weeks ago).
tomorrow i'm scheduled for knee surgery to repair my acl..
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mia_b
glad it went well and even though youre on crutches for 4 weeks more than you wanted at least they spotted the tear now so it didnt turn ugly later. wishing you a speedy recovery (and all the best in your new career of orthepoedic device model! lol)
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Parents Jailed for Sadistic Abuse
by Crumpet inparents jailed for sadistic abuse thursday february 8, 04:53 pm.
a sadistic couple have been jailed for a total of 22 years for the abuse of their three-year-old disabled daughter.
middlesex guildhall crown court heard they forced her to sleep naked in a locked toilet during a catalogue of "revolting cruelty".
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mia_b
horrible - i hope they get terrible treatment too but think they'll be out in 5.
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Was It Easy For You To Leave "The Truth"?
by minimus inwas your life totally disrupted?
did you lose a lot of family and friends?
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mia_b
No it wasn't easy - it took me 6years after i had shopped my dad for molesting me and he got the support and not me. It was slow because i was depressed and had no self worth. Plus i knew i would lose all my friends and family (i hoped i wouldnt but knew in my heart i would lose everyone but my mom and i was right) Very difficult to motivate yourself then! I started out trying to make non jw friends (i had no idea how to this and it didnt really work cos i had no people skills and no idea how to speak to non witnesses) and in the end met simon the most wonderful man ever. he supported me, held me when i cried, got angry on my behalf, let me discover my self, let me make all the first moves, respected me when i said "no" (i did say "no" lots even though i always made the first move, just to make sure). I lost my friends and all my family but my mom but it was worth it just for simon alone. My self worth is so much better. I dont get depressed and daydream of suicide. I have a completely different life. I'm slowly getting better. Then it will be REALLY worth it.