Posts by Crafty Lady

Whenever someone at work gives away extra garden produce, I'm happy to accept. Some hunters around here give away venison because their family doesn't like it. I do.

When my son was little, money was really tight (single mom in college). We'd go to a movie matinee and I'd bring popcorn and a small bottle of water or soda in a large pocketbook (in a plastic bag of course). These days renting movies might be cheaper but I still like going to a movie theater. I cannot bring myself to pay $12 for a small popcorn and soda--bad for you anyway. I no longer bring my own popcorn but have lunch before the movie--ok I admit sometimes I bring a candy bar.

When I'm buying a large item, sometimes I ask for a cash discount. They lose a percent if I use a credit card. It doesn't hurt to ask and I'm amazed at the times they'll give 2-10%. Even when someone says "no" they've never been rude. If I use my credit card, I pay it off at the end of the month.

Since I'm into crafts, I make some greeting cards and gifts.

Last, but not least, I clip coupons. Love those doubled or tripled.

Crafty

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Man gets charged for lemonade he made at a resturant!

by Dragonlady76 in

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ok this is just wrong!.

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Crafty Lady

I'm not a cheapskate but pretty frugal. Charging $1.69-$1.99 for a fountain drink seems really out of line when the cost per glass isn't that expensive. They say you can get free refills, but it adds a big cost to a $3-$4 sandwich. But if I want one, I get it. If money's a little tight, I don't.

I can see the restaurant's side. Some people take all the jelly packets and sugar packets and napkins. I'm surprised they don't take the ketchup bottle. There's a convenience store in town that has the hot dog buns ready in foil wrappers. Some of town's youngsters were eating the rolls right in the store and telling each other they were free. Dumb.

My sister worked in a restaurant and had a middle-aged couple come in for supper regularly. He would order one special for them to split and ask for it on separate plates. Then he would complain about the size of the portion(s) and ask for lots of extra rolls and butter. Two dinners for the price of one! It's hard to know whether people are just cheap or really need to save money. But I think I'd stay home and eat peanut butter and jelly.

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cheesy movies

by Hortensia in

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i am watching "independence day" which is one of my favorite movies - i watch it every time it comes on television.

i also really like "beetlejuice," "the american president," and several others that i admit are cheesy but a great deal of fun.

"men in black" is great too.. what are your favorite cheesy movies?

Crafty Lady

Hortensia,

Oh, yeah, Pride and Prejudice. I think it's his sad eyes. Yummo!

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So my college gives me an advanced class when it should be beginners!!!

by FreedomFrog in

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i'm about to pull my hair out with it.

i'm frustrated because i'm working my arse off with this class and still maybe will pass with a d. i've called the counselors, teachers and other students.

axia (my college branch from phoenix) will be changing it but not until after we complete this course.

Crafty Lady

I know the feeling. I took a lot of Algebra at a Community College and at the university they put me into a required course that was business use of calculus. I never had calculus, pre-calculus or anything beyond algebra. I didn't understand a word the professor (grad student) was saying. It was like he was talking a foreign language. That course was dropped for a basic calculus course which I somehow passed.

When I took that business calculus course again, it wasn't much better. Got a B on a really crappy midterm--must have been graded on a huge curve. Only other test was a take-home final. A bunch of us worked on it together and no one could figure it out--even the kids who had taken a lot of calculus. My friend and I got the same B on the midterm and turned in the same exact final, but I got an A in the course and she got a C. Made no sense whatsoever. It was the only college course I've ever had that was a complete waste of time and money.

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As a JW were you ever counseled about clothes you wore, or lack thereof ?

by flipper in

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thought this could get interesting discussing experiences.

i for one was trying to reach out for ministerial servant again in the early 90's , had been one before, and was assigned to carry the microphones one meeting.

had an elder call me in the back room and say , " brother flipper, i noticed looking down towards your shoes that you are wearing white socks today.

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Finally-Free

#2 through #6 sound like a great outfit to me. Just leave off the tie though.

I don't know if this was really counsel but one of the elders wives didn't like how my skirt was hemmed--the stitches were too big and showed too much. I kid you not! She offered to show me how to hem a skirt properly.

The witlesses just make everyone so petty. In the real world how many people would dare to critique someone's appearance under the guise of "loving counsel"? They took that bit about not stumbling someone to a ridiculous degree. So, if one person didn't like the color purple, I'm never supposed to wear purple again so they aren't stumbled? Get over it.

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cheesy movies

by Hortensia in

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i am watching "independence day" which is one of my favorite movies - i watch it every time it comes on television.

i also really like "beetlejuice," "the american president," and several others that i admit are cheesy but a great deal of fun.

"men in black" is great too.. what are your favorite cheesy movies?

Crafty Lady

Colin Firth fan here, too. Loved him in Love, Actually.

I've watched Guarding Tess with Nicholas Cage and Shirley MacLaine so many time but it still gets me every time. Especially the part where he won't let them bring her out of where she was held captive without washing her up first. Where's the Kleenex?

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Lets talk about 1975

by lola28 in

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ok here's what i need, theres a group on facebook that has a kid that claims the events of 1975 are nothing but rubish, basically he says that it was the publishers who just started rumors, this is where you guys come in.. i want to show him that the society is responsible for 1975 that they did in fact lead millions to believe the end was coming that fall, that people actually did make dramatic changes in their lives ( getting dunked, selling houses, not having children, moving where the need is greater) you get the drift.

i need the following:.

watchtower, awake and any other publications where they even hinted at the 1975 dateand i think the most important would be to get some of you to tell me everything you know about 1975.and experinces, who of you made some drastic changes in anticipation of 1975?lola.

Crafty Lady

I left in 75 and harbored a few lingering doubts that something might happen by the end of the year. I don't have access to any literature but I remember it was freely talked about--that 75 was the big one. All the people in the congregation talked about it and were never corrected by anyone--even CO. They can back pedal all they want, but those of us who were around in the early 70's know the truth about what happened. Of course, the fact that we left means that we're all apostates. Some of the people still in know the truth in their heart of hearts but are probably too intimidated to say anything.

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Do you have any assembly memories/stories?

by RisingEagle in

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on an earlier thread about ice cream i remembered a snack that was sold at assemblies and that started me thinking about some of my memories of childhood at conventions/assemblies.

i guess it was the taste/smell association because even today when i go to various convention halls for home improvement expos, car shows and the like it takes me right back to the past.

i have many memories wrapped around the conventions and experienced different things because i have lots of elders in the family that were used, literally, for food service, the accounting office, security and dramas.

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mkr

I stopped going to the same congregation you were in way back in the 70's. We used to have our assemblies at the Masonic Temple in Binghamton. We had a chorus and used to practice in some of the inner sanctum rooms upstairs. It's been a long time but I remember some of the decorations were weird and looked satanic. Oh, no!

We had a small assembly at the Community Center by the lake in Watkins Glen. Had to set up and take down so many chairs. I was assigned to wash pots in a little area by the bathrooms. I don't know who assigned that, but there's nothing like getting your assembly finery and shoes all gunked up and soaking wet from wrestling those huge pots.

I always loved working in food service because you got to miss sessions....I don't know what I'd do with myself now that they don't serve food.

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Anti Witnessing, do you do it?

by bikerchic in

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today i was at a laundry mat and saw several jw mags and tracts.

i threw them all away in the trash can!.

i also tell everyone i have an opportunity about being in a cult, the jw's and have had many interesting conversations.

Crafty Lady

Yep, I sure do. I don't discuss doctrine since I'm an atheist and so don't care about it. But I do talk about how families are affected. They seem to be pretty surprised that people are shunned by their relatives. I don't bring the subject up but I can't resist when the subject of religion comes up.

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