jaguarbass - if you were 24 in 1971 you must be 61!
Having said that, talking about we are 'gonna grow old' - I am nearly there myself being closer to 60 now than 50!
eyeslice
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let me get this straight...we ARE gonna grow OLD and Die???
by oompa inwhat a total mindfluck!.....this was not supposed to happen.....and i only (completely) woke up two years ago....so accepting my own mortality has not been easy.......i currently make good enough money....but damm....now i have to think about retirement?!?!?
?....and ya....just cause i have a touch of asthma ocassionally...i wont be able to get health insurance in a few years cause i am self-employed??
?....this just fluckkin sucks.................oompa.
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Vegetarianism Suggestions?
by exjdub inmy wife and i are having trouble getting past the way animals are treated for our food supply and also the unhealthy things that are introduced into our food supply.
we have also discussed the fact that if our meat, chicken, pork, and turkey was not packaged in little vacuum packed trays where we could exercise a large amount of cognitive dissonance, we would not be able to eat animals.
i was hoping someone would have some favorite suggestions for books and resources to begin the journey toward vegetarianism.
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eyeslice
I have been a vegetarian for a few years now and haven't had any dietary related health problems. I do lots of running and never get coughs or colds, which can't be bad.
I eat lots of Indian food; after all about 80% of India's 1 billion people are vegetarian so they have a lot of experience in vegetarian cooking! Indian food isn't vegan and you can get lots of recipes that include eggs and paneer (Indian cottage cheese)
I would recommend 'Easy Indian' by Das Sreedharan (available from Amazon.com). It has the most beautiful recipes for India dishes that are flavoursome rather than just 'spicy' hot. However, (1) you have to love spicy food or at least acquire the taste and (2) sometimes getting the proper ingredients can be difficult unless you have an expat-Indian community in your area.
I used to live in India and still return regularly; if you ever get a chance to visit, it is worth it for the food alone.
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Latest JW e-mail - JW witnessed to Obama
by sir82 inhere's the latest e-mail making the rounds:.
subject: brother witnesses to obama in ncthis is a picture of mark juntunen, a brother in our congregation talking.
to obama when he visited asheville nc during one of his election stomping.
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eyeslice
It's sad that these stories generate excitement with the Witnesses. Now if Obama had then decided to become a witness and give up worldly politics, then this would have been big news.
Its like the assembly experiences of the little ones who witness to their teachers and leave literature and the like. Nothing every happens afterwards! Talk about wanting their ears tickled. -
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1914 is on my WTCD 6398 times...but do they still use it now?
by oompa ini rarely reat the mags anymore, and do not know how to get this cd to search only current wt's.....is that even possible?
i also have only been to one meeting in two years, and i did not hear it then either....is it used in talks anymore?......this date will go the same way of all their other dates.....in the trash.........oompa
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eyeslice
I still get the magazines and latest publications through my wife. As Blondie has pointed out there are still references to 1914 but I do detect that the 1914 message is rapidly losing the credibility it once had.
The next few years as we approach 2014 will be very interesting. As Christ's enthronement in 1914 was with respect to sorting out earth's woes, 100 years of doing nothing will be difficult to explain. -
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Did you still attend gatherings after you faded?
by truthseeker init's hard work pretending when you're doing the fade - it's even harder when for one reason or another, you make a decision to attend a "gathering".. i found i stopped looking at people as i used to and looked at them in a different light, new light - it can never be the same again..
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eyeslice
Still get invited to something once a year or so.
There was a time when we either had people round or were round at others every weekend. We were, as they used to say at the core of the congregation.
And, although my wife is still in, they dropped us like hot potatoes as soon as I stopped attending. Seems to me their love is very conditional. -
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Where did you meet your lover/partner/husband/wife and..
by mtsgrad inwas it love at first sight?.
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mtsgrad.
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eyeslice
I met my wife at a get together of some pioneer friends. Love at first sight and been together for 30 years now - and things just get better, even though she is in and I am out!
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Recession? I didn't see it this weekend. What's your take?
by restrangled ini'm just wondering if everyone has been holding back until the shopping season for christmas.
it was like everyone one was pent up waiting to shop.
(maybe paying off credit cards for months and worrying about the future).
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eyeslice
The problem with the current economic crisis is that many people have over spent on credit and credit cards and the like. Spending our way out of a recession if it is based on what people cannot afford doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
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Mrs.Chickennest has cancer
by Thechickennest inmy wife and i learned this week that she is suffering from a large malignant tumor in her sinuses.
the cancer has spread to her lymth nodes and the pet scan indicates a mass on her left lung as well.
the sinus cancer is called sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma.
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eyeslice
Sorry to hear such news. Thoughts and prayers are with you both. God bless you both.
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what's on your list of things to do before you die?
by fern in#1 to visit ireland.
#2 go to the kentucky derby....with good seats, not the infield.. i have others but they are less important..
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eyeslice
The idea that 'sex' is on somebody's list is a bit sad!!!
Funnily, I was talking to my son yesterday and suggesting that we ought to try and see a 'Space Shuttle' take off before it is retired. It a bit like Concorde, there'll never be another that fires the imagination in such a way. -
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Did you know of any elders who only worked by themselves in field service
by truthseeker inthere was one elder i knew, a bully type, who always worked by himself in field service.
i never saw anyone else work with him.. did you know of elders like this?.
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eyeslice
Not sure of what the pros and cons are here?
When I was an elder and there was an odd number out in field service, I felt my duty to work on my own. On the other hand, working with members of the group is the responsibility of the elders.
Glad all that sort of politics is behind me now.