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  I was late to the joke thread yesterday...

  by RisingEagle in

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  tyrone started an outstanding thread yesterday, but i was late (again).

  here are some submissions for 1/2 credit.

  two blondes living in oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking, and one blonde says to the other, 'which do you think is farther away ... florida or the moon?

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  It's official (family-wise) I am an apostate

  by RisingEagle in

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  i was having lunch last week with my mom and she dropped the a-word on me.

  my mom started off the lunch speaking about what a disappointment i was to her that my wife and i had put our little girl into a christian private school.

  i posted on an earlier thread that my wife and i now have a 6 year old beautiful little girl that we're adopting.

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  Anyone grow up in a small town?

  by RisingEagle in

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  grrrr.

  bad enter key, bad.. those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this.

  those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how true it is.

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  Well, I'm a dad for the first time all over again

  by RisingEagle in

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  when i found this site i considered myself a fader with family still in the cult.

  i thought that i should limit personal information so that any lurking scumbag wts reps couldn't track me and jeopardize the relationships i walk on eggshells to maintain with my family.

  but something happened last night that caused me to suddenly not give a rats anal orifice what jw's think.. i got called 'daddy'.. my wife and i went through the court system in the early 90's to get her 2nd cousin who was 11 at the time, out of protective services (which was a group home for abused children).

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  All right, which one of you guys did it?

  by RisingEagle in

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  (j/k but i do wish to subscribe to your newsletter).

  i had an interesting dinner conversation a few evenings ago with my staunch jw 'rental unit.

  it started out with the usual small talk that eventually led to them bringing up the plane crash with the rbc members.

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  Is there a moderator available?

  by RisingEagle in

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  I'm shooting for the most petty JW-caused problem/complaint

  by RisingEagle in

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  ok, here's the deal.

  several years ago my brother-in-law (who is also a reformed jw fader) helped us move back to oklahoma.

  while we were taking apart furniture prior to the move we were using my drill and 75 foot extension cord.

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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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  Need a cleaner environment friendly car in Texas?

  by RisingEagle in

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  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5040779.html.

  from the article it says that in order to get some of the heavier polluting cars off the roads in certain texas counties the state will be offering $3k-$3500 vouchers to retire your pre-1996 vehicle.

  the vouchers are only good for newer cars that cost less than $25k and your income must be under $61k.

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  Lurking has its faults

  by RisingEagle in

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  i've been researching prior postings gathering info but mostly reading because i've been 'out' for almost 14 years.

  i still have numerous relatives that are still 'in' and when we get together those still in seem to get a sort of kick out of discussing super double secret goings on with 'new light' and changes in the cult.

  it's been fun to be able to say, "oh you mean the change in length of the sunday talk?

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