Wow. I remember how "evil" the apostates were supposed to be. My father always said to stay away from them and avoid them because they were evil. I asked my dad why we went out in service to talk to evil people..... I never got an anwer to that one.
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Another trip down memory lane
by lost_light06 inthe boe in my childhood congregation was probably the nicest and most sincere group of elders i have ever come across, at least the boe i grew up with.
i still hold each of them in high regard, they were truly very kind and caring people.
however, apparently before i was born (pre 79) and when i was a small child there was quite a bit of trouble in that cong.
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@@ Car Headliner Sag Question @@
by FlyingHighNow inhas anyone got advice on what to do when your car headliner starts to lose its adhesive and then begins sagging?
my car is eleven years old and it sags on either side and is now only adering down the middle.
i dont have money to repair it like it should be.
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You can try gluing it back up, but that doesn't work good. The best thing is to find an auto interior person who can replace the liner. Usually costs about $200.00.
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Men: what do you want us women to know to understand you better?
by LouBelle inus women have always told you what we want, how to be treated, now it's your turn.
what do men want us to know about you?
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Women, learn to be quiet and take in the moment. Seriously. There is such a thing as a "comfortable silence". When a guy stands there looking at the sunset and you're there with him, there's a reason why he's silent. The moment speaks for itself. If you start gabbing about how beautiful it is or start asking him questions about what he's thinking, the moment is lost. Forever. Learn to observe what he observes. We're not being rude, we're trying to share our experience with you, just you, in real time. If you went to the Louvre, and somebody went through and put yellow sticky notes all over the paintings and sculptures describing them in excruciating detail, all you would see is a loud, yellow obstruction covering the beauty of the art, even though the person leaving the yellow stickys thought they were being helpful by pointing out things with loud yellow stickys.
My wife and I have been married for just 3 1/2 years. We dated a couple of years before we got married. My favorite holiday is 4th of July. Why? Not only because I love America, but because for me it is the perfect holiday. There's no stress, no presents or cards to stress about, just grilled meat, beer and fireworks. I love fireworks. I wouldn't miss it for the world.
I have yet to "enjoy" a fireworks display with my wife. Why? She insists on photographing or videotaping every fireworks show we've ever gone to see. Instead of her watching with me, she's somewhere off to the side with a camera. It's lonely in a bizzarre way. I begged her this year to leave the damned camera home so we can actually enjoy the moment. She just doesn't get it. She says she takes the pictures to remember the moment, but really there is no moment to remember. We never look at the pictures or the video. We never say "Hey, remember that great time we had that 4th of July?" The real moment is always sacrificed to the gods of posterity, and the memory is forever obscured by a loud yellow sticky note. Just once I want to have her by my side, put my arm around her and just watch. That would be something to remember.
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Car mpg performance. Can anyone explain this?
by coffee_black ini have a 2001 saturn sl1.
it has just hit 200,000 miles.
(almost all job related) i get 37 mpg on the highway.
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I have an old 1979 Chrysler 300 that I keep around for fun. This is a massive car. it weighs 4,600 lbs. and has a large V8 engine, 4 barrel carburetor and dual exhausts. It gets roughly 28 miles to the gallon on the highway. My 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 has the same size engine (fuel injected) and is roughly the same weight, but only gets 21 miles to the gallon on the highway, maximum. My typical gas mileage on the truck ranges from 14 to 19 m.p.g. My 1995 Toyota Corolla gets 38 miles to the gallon with over 200,000 miles on the engine. I don't think the new Toyota Corolla gets that kind of gas mileage!
Now, there is a reason why many vehicles with larger engines get better gas mileage on the highway. The reason is that once a vehicle is up to speed, a larger engine doesn't have to work as hard to maintain speed. A small engine has to work harder. If you were to buy a full size pickup truck, you would probably not see a significant difference in the MPG between a V8 and a V6 due to the size of the vehicle. In fact, if you were to tow something, the V6 would probably use more gas than the V8.
Here's my problem: There has not been a significant across-the-board increase in fuel economy in at least 20 years. Why? Because the government hasn't made the manufacturers do it yet! The only reason they make the selection of small cars with the gas mileage they have is to comply with CAFE standards to offset the terrible gas mileage of their real market which has been trucks and SUVs. Of course a Toyota Corolla gets good gas mileage! It's a beer can fitted with roller skates! It should get 60 miles to the gallon! It is no huge feat of engineering to make a tiny clown car get "good" gas mileage. We know that gas mileage can be improved. The Honda Insight is capable of 115 MPG. Don't beleive me? Google it! I'm usually against the government getting involved in private industry, but maybe its time that the government forces the auto makers to substantially increase the mpg requirements on vehicles. And I don't mean let them have an easy way out of it. It isn't enough to simply cut back production on trucks and SUVs to slide under the CAFE requirements. The auto makers need to make all of their vehicles significantly more efficient.
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Pilgrimage
by Borgia indue to all kinds of legislation within europe (eu), smoking in cafes, bars and restaurants has been abolished.
nonetheless, there are ways to circumvent the law.
a cafe in the netherlands called: lindeboom has been turned into a church.
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It's illegal to smoke indoors in Georgia. You can't even smoke in a bar. That's just stupid. Smoking is bad, true, but so is habitual drinking! What's next? Outlaw drinking? Just what the hell will we do in bars?
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Jesus, black or white????
by avishai inwhy the hell does it matter, and why do people make an issue out of it?
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Well..... not that it matters to me, nor should it, but Jesus was born in the Middle East. Ergo, he probably looked more like Osama Bin Laden than Jim Caviezel. Could he have been black? That possiblilty is much more likely than Jesus being white.
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What does your congregation do socially now?
by truthseeker inif you're still in or hear about jw social activities through the grapevine, what does your congregation do now socially?.
my hall does absolutely - nothing - with the exception of high school graduations.
i read a few posts about jw socialising in the 70s and 80s and honestly, reading about it is completely foreign to me - i grew up in the 80s and never experienced the "good times" of jwdom.. it seems most people do their own thing.
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I think they all died or disassociated. My old Kingdumb Hell is now some sort of weird baptist church.
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If this is true, I swear to god I want off this planet.
by IP_SEC inhonest to god true story.. i went to the groc store saturday.
of the items bought was mayonaise.
(dont eat the shit myself but someone had to have it).
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Where I live, you can't buy the following things without showing proof of age and/or ID:
Tobacco, alcohol, firearms, movies, cds, video games, pornography, spray paint, carburetor cleaner, brake cleaner, acetone, MEK, denatured alcohol, condoms or other birth control, cold medicine, rubber cement and bulk fertilizer. Those are the few that I've encountered. I'm sure there are more.
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When Disfellowshipping extends outside the KH; shunning that never ends
by Layla33 ini was talking about this the other day to a friend that is an attorney for abused children and we started discussing strange family practices and how they affect children.
it was during that conversation that i remembered something i hadn't thought about in years - when i was 12 years old my step-father and mother tried to practice a form of shunning (disfellowshipping) in the family.
of course it wasn't my mother's idea, it was my neurotic mentally deranged stepfather that decided because my mother and i had disagreed about something in a silly judicial meeting, that i was to be shunned from the family.
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Layla, what your stepdad did to you technically wasn't the JW's fault. He's just a sick bastard and he should be "disfellowshipped" from the family, and possibly the planet.
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Am I over the hill?
by John Doe inso, i was sitting in the breakroom at work the other day, drinking a diet mountain dew.
on the side it said something about "win prizes, something else, and kicks!
" so, i mused to myself, what do they mean by "kicks?
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The term "kicks" was being tossed around when I was in high school. It annoyed me then. Some terms are just too annoying to be cool, and "kicks" is one of them. These annoying buzz-words do serve a purpose, however. It allows the rest of us to identify our mental inferiors quickly and efficiently. I know, for instance, that if I hear some dullard refer to their footwear as "kicks", there is no need in engaging him or her in any meaningful conversation. I will simply ask that individual to give me french fries with my combo.
On the other hand, I think I have the potential to be super-cool. Therefore, I am going to experiment by comming up with new idiotic names for my footwear. "Foot-holster" is one the comes to mind. How about "walks"? Or "stands"? How about "foot-box"? Or "Toe Condom"? I wonder if any of these will stick?