ShirleyW

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  what to do when you have a crazy friend?

  by losingit in

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  it's hard for me to start this topic bc i feel like i'm being judgmental, a quality i don't like in others and one i try to stay away from as much as possible.

  i really do try to be an understanding, caring person.

  i essentially believe that all people are good and i am shocked to my core when i am betrayed.

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  ShirleyW

  Whatever kind of lifestyle your friend is living, the issue is how often do they burden you with details. If you have to listen to the details of the relationship. Everybody has a story from some folks have to realize that, and decipher which folks live off the drama of their stories and which folks you just don't blab everything to.

  Ever since I was teenager when you really get into the boy-girl relationship, it even bugged the Hell out of me then to listen to, " Bob says he likes me but I don't know if I like him, Jim asked me out but if I go I wonder if Bob will find out, or maybe his sister will tell him and. . . ", never could stand that !
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  How evil are lawyers?

  by LogCon in

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  give me some examples of just how evil attorneys are.. please..

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  ShirleyW

  As usual, just what I expected, utter nonsense.

  I never find that you have much to say . . . DITTO
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  How evil are lawyers?

  by LogCon in

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  give me some examples of just how evil attorneys are.. please..

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  ShirleyW

  Why would anyone start such a thread? I am so tired of ignorance on this forum

  That's understandable, perhaps the best way to make sure you're not bothered again would be, remember your "LAST sign off post" which was rather lengthy? Perhaps if you stick to it this time instead of coming back on the forum within an hour or two would take care of your being tired of the ignorance here.

  Just a common sense suggestion.

  (Countdown until "someone" says I'm not sophisticated or have no class which has absolutely nothing to do with the above post)
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  Watchtower Travel Agency ???

  by 4thgen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who is making the travel arrangements for the international conventions?

  i heard somewhere they did not use outside sources anymore to coordinate the airfares, etc..

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  ShirleyW

  When my folks went to Japan it was thru some brother that had an agency, I think the majority of the folks on the trip were JWs, matter of fact although my mother has passed she still gets mail (or I should say I get it since it comes to my address) from him every now and then, it's usually some brochure with upcoming trips, cant remember his name but I think he's in Illinois.
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  How evil are lawyers?

  by LogCon in

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  give me some examples of just how evil attorneys are.. please..

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  ShirleyW

  That's true LisaRose, but if I know I did wrong in my heart but still committed the act, there's not much a lawyer can "honestly" say about it.

  Thanks again for your well rounded view, such as one would expect to come from someone who has studied law and claims to be of that profession.
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  How evil are lawyers?

  by LogCon in

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  give me some examples of just how evil attorneys are.. please..

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  ShirleyW

  Criminal lawyers are not criminal. It is patently untrue and an ignorant remark.

  No, it's not an ignorant remark, it is my observation.
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  How evil are lawyers?

  by LogCon in

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  give me some examples of just how evil attorneys are.. please..

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  I think the lawyers in Criminal Law or just about as bad if not worse than their clients. If I went outside right now and shot three people and they all died my lawyer would try to come up with some crazy scheme in my defense. Every time I see them on the news I can't believe that they really expect people to buy the drivel that they come up with too protect their client. They should both share the same cell.
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  Can & Do j.ws receive Welfare payments?

  by Composer2005 in

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  can & do j.ws receive welfare payments?.

  i would especially appreciate watchtower publications, articles etc if available, no matter how old?.

  thank you.

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  I don't know of any WT articles, just know of a few pioneers who were on the State's dole while knocking on the doors, however, I must say and I've mentioned here before on the forum about one sister who was on welfare but wanted to pioneer, I know for a fact the elders told her that if she was able to pioneer then she should at least get some kind of job to support herself and her daughter, her backstory is that every now and then she had a few MAJOR mental health issues, used to leave the Thursday night meeting and walk home (nothing wrong with that) but, used to call another Sis and say if anything ever happened to her she wanted this Sis to raise her daughter. She also had a son but her ex had custody.
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  What TV Show(s) Do You Just Love?

  by minimus in

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  i regularly watch family feud.. homeland is a great show i watch every week, when it's in season.. metv has so many great programs---from taxi to the twilight zone.. what do you like watching?

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  NY44M says - "I loved Three's Company. It was entertainment that required absolutely zero thought. It did not challenge your intellect"

  You are absolutely correct, that's why even the commercials for that show left me with the thought of, Lord knows I'm no Rhodes Scholar, but I'll be damned if I lower my intellligence to that level to watch that nonsense.
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  What TV Show(s) Do You Just Love?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  i regularly watch family feud.. homeland is a great show i watch every week, when it's in season.. metv has so many great programs---from taxi to the twilight zone.. what do you like watching?

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  ShirleyW

  Tiktaalik says we are indeed living in the Golden Age of Television, then goes on to mention shows from the 1980's up til the present, which means I'm definitely old enough to the Tiktaalik's great-great grandmother.

  The golden age to TV are the shows still shown on such channels as MeTV and Antenna Channel, such as:

  Mr Ed. Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, Batchelor Father, Father Knows Best, You Bet Your Life, I Love Lucy, Mayberry, Hazel, Perry Mason, Donna Reed, The Patty Duke Show, Dennis the Menace, Soupy Sales Show, The Dinah Shore Show, Make Room For Daddy, Car 54 Where Are You, The Phil Silvers Show and so many others that I watch in lieu of the total, new non-funny absolute nonsense that fills the prime time schedule these days.