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  How Much Do WE Know About Africa

  by snowbird in

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  i realize that i run the risk of running this genre into the ground, but please indulge me this time.

  what is the former name of these african countries?.

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  LOL, I remember that, her counsellors had to tell her that Africa is a continent, not a country, assuming that she knew what a continent is.
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  How Much Do WE Know About Africa

  by snowbird in

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  i realize that i run the risk of running this genre into the ground, but please indulge me this time.

  what is the former name of these african countries?.

  benin - .

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  Cote' d'Ivoire - Ivory Coast

  Sorry, folks, I beg to disagree, Ivory Coast is a french speaking country, it is and has been Côte d'Ivoire ever since french rule.

  Snowbird, did you mean Ghana, which was Gold Coast under british rule ?

  And what about Zambia, Lesotho and Malawi ?
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  How Much Do WE Know About Africa

  by snowbird in

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  i realize that i run the risk of running this genre into the ground, but please indulge me this time.

  what is the former name of these african countries?.

  benin - .

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  aligot ripounsous

  Cote' d'Ivoire - Ivory Coast

  Sorry, folks, I beg to disagree, Ivory Coast is a french speaking country, it is and has been Côte d'Ivoire ever since french rule.

  Snowbird, did you mean Ghana, which was Gold Coast under british rule ?

  And what about Zambia, Lesotho and Malawi ?
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  Any WINE buffs on here ?

  by wobble in

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  i am not an expert on wine, can't afford to be, but i do like a good one,preferably red, but i have tasted some excellent rose and white.. my question is for the benefit of my sister in law, she is a chain smoker, and perhaps for that reason cannot abide a wine that is even slightly dry, she only drinks white,but does not enjoy the sweet white she has bought (cheapo bottles) so sticks lemonade in medium or dry white.. that is o.k if she is paying, but i often buy a good quality white, around $20 , and she desecrates it by pouring in the lemonade !.

  can anyone recommend a wine,not too expensive,that she would enjoy ?

  i suppose for her strange palate it would have to be "sweet" , but she hates sickly sweet.

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  Wobble,

  I know that there are fewer and fewer french wines in Britain, that's your choice, but if you have a chance to find a bottle of 2005 Anjou-Villages (Loire valley red wine), try it, you won't be disappointed. I just opened a bottle this evening, it is beautiful (2005 and 2003 were very good vintages over here), and the taste is so typical. As our American friends lend importance to the vine type, it is Cabernet franc, but in fact taste depends essentially on the soil where the vine tree grows and on how wine is made, not that much on the type of vine.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 09-27-09 WT (BOLDNESS)

  by blondie in

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  http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com.

  http://www.jwsupportforum.com/index.php.

  http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/.

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  Thank you Blondie, we all appreciate how much effort it takes to you to do this comment, steadily week after week. My most sincere wishes are that you overcome this trial and find strength thanks to your christian faith.
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  Which Autobiography book should I get?

  by asilentone in

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  aligot ripounsous

  One year ago I read Wild Swans by Jung Chang, the real life history of her (chinese) family from the last days of the chinese empire down to Maoist Cultural Revolution. I held my breath up all through the book. The author now lives in London.

  Found lately in a used books shop The Liars' Club, by Mary KARR, a history of the author's youth in Texas. I've not started reading it yet but looks good.
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  IRAN-Deja vu all over again?

  by JWdaughter in

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  any of the rhetoric, demands, conciliation, etc., etc., remind you of anything?

  wasn't this all how this war started in iraq?

  (or the justification for it, anyway?

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  I agree with David, Ahmadinejad (must ask Sarah Palin how she would pronounce) is anything but ignorant, but where he wants to get at is unclear, since he knows the western countries are not going to be taken for another ride for long. Or maybe his goal is all to clear : he's hating the western heathen hedonistic world, and its Israeli extention, to the extent he's ready to set the whole middle east area, and beyond, ablaze, with the sole aim of putting the Occident on its knees. It is to be hopped, as someone wrote in a previous post, that cool heads will take over in Iran before it's too late.
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  How much would the WBTS owe you?

  by Joshnaz in

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  if you calulated the amount of time you spent preaching, the money you have given to them, plus time developing talks, with a commision for each watchtower, awake, and other books sold.

  how much would the wbt$ owe you?.

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  A big chunk, I was a good contributor
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  A Conversation That Sent Me On a Search ...

  by snowbird in

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  in 2000, my boss, a police lieutenant, was nearing retirement and had very little work to do.. every afternoon, he used to come out of his office and station himself near my workstation for a chat.

  there was something about me that seemed to fascinate him.

  i think it was my being a jw; he used to ask probing questions about my belief.. one day our conversation centered on sin and judgment.

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  "Do you mean that no matter what awful things a person may do, death cancels it all?"

  As to the question your lieutenant asked, Snowbird, I would have understood that he wondered how, on the basis of fair justice, a criminal like Hitler would incur the same penalty, that is death, as the one who is sentenced to death by men on account of having committed a single murder.

  I understand that remark because our innate sense of justice tells us that, somehow, penalty must be in proportion with the seriousness of the fault. Yes but, what penalty, other than death, can be inflicted upon Hitler ? Are we going to resuscitate hellfire or purgatory just for the sake of satisfying our legitimate desire for an examplary punishment upon Hitler, or torture him before putting him to death ? Hard as it is to accept this sentence that "He who has died has been acquitted from his sins", I can't see a better sanction to criminal action, whether the criminal has been responsible for the death of 10 or 10 million innocent persons.

  Now, that doesn't answer the question re. for what actions the resurrected ones will be judged. Better say that the Bible isn't clear on this subject. I would personally find it difficult, along with a few others, to countenance Hitler being around during 1000 years or even part thereof, pending judgement, but here is the grand haziness of Revelation, we can believe about anything we want to see in it. Wait and see.
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  My sister died in a head on collision last night

  by Bumble Bee in

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  i still can't believe it.

  she was here for the bbq, we had an awesome time, laughing, her telling stories from our childhoods.

  i gave her a hug and told her i loved her before she left.

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  aligot ripounsous

  Horrible. Please accept my deepest sympathy, Bumble Bee. May the resurrection hope be a comfort to the members of your family who nurture it. Sincere condolences. That happened in my family in 2004, both my niece and her husband died in similar circumstances, only 2 days after their wedding. Devastating.