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  nu-cle-ar ..or .. nucular......menustrayshun or menstruation

  by caliber in

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  how do you pronounce n.u.c.l.e.a.r.it is not pronounced as if it were spelled n u k u l a r - so why do so many public officials & supposedly learned people say it the wrong way?

  i'm talking several presidents (present & past) college educated people, newscasters, etc.

  do they not realize how ignorant they sound because the can not pronounce the word correctly??

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  How do you pronoune ghoti? Answer Fish !!

  fh as is cough

  o as in woman

  ti as is in condition

  See easy !!

  English is rarely phonetic

  David
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  On the essence of being British...

  by besty in

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  amid all the hysteria of global financial meltdown, armageddon climate change and various other crises, here's a glimpse of why britain used to have an empire :-).

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3109788/gardeners-severed-arm-saved-by-frozen-sausage-rolls.html.

  difficult to paraphrase and still retain the spirit of the story so just click and enjoy.... .

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  Hi

  I do agree that sums a British attitude.

  I had a very bad accident, and was waiting for 3 hours whilst they decided what to do. Then a doctor asked me and the nurse what painkillers i was on , when she said none , he turned to me and said "you must be in pain , why did you not complain ?" My elbow was in pieces . i could feel the loose bone floating about . I said to the doctor " i would not dream of telling you how to do your job*

  I soon got a morphine drip!

  Btw i agree about the Del boy clip

  Regards David
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  How To Start A Cult

  by Fe2O3Girl in

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  the weekend section of the guardian on saturday had an article on the new german film die welle which is based on the infamous "third wave" experiment in california in 1967.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/sep/13/drama.

  the article had some interesting comments on why young people are attracted to these sorts of movements which i thought was relevant to why some people become jws (bold mine):.

  "articulating a common disillusionment, marco one of the students complains that there is nothing to rebel against.

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  This is very interesting, the psche of cults and how easily ordinary people can be taken in.We as former JW's can identify with this in many ways. Mao and many dictaotors have done similar things

  Thank you

  David
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  3 day event in London for Ex-JWs 2009

  by Terri_OS in

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  i have been talking to steve hassan who is the author of 'combatting cult mind control" about coming to london for a 3 day event in autumn 2009. initially the idea was to make it all about jehovah's witnesses and support for those having left the religion and leaving their jw issues behind them.

  we may make this an event for ex-cult members in general, but there will be a big section specifically catering to the issues surrounding the jw organisation, leaving it and life after it.

  the cost of steve being there and flying to london; will be shared amongst those attending, so there will be a ticket price for the event, which i will figure out later when i've got an idea of how many will be likely to attend.. .

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  Me too i am interested,but three days maybe a long for me to give

  Regards David
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  Completely taken advantage of!

  by Gill in

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  not to make light of a very important illness, but i have, i believe 'grandmother's postnatal depression'!!.

  i feel totally taken advantage of and a laughing stock and a 'nothing'.

  infact i feel totally unappreciated.. i am looking after my sweet little grandaughter for around 60 hours a week!

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  A very large problem in alot families is good and non judgemental communication , i know from personal experience,You are more than doing your bit and if they have any decency they will see that. you could do this tactfully. The rest of the family surely see this too.

  Regards David
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  Completely taken advantage of!

  by Gill in

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  not to make light of a very important illness, but i have, i believe 'grandmother's postnatal depression'!!.

  i feel totally taken advantage of and a laughing stock and a 'nothing'.

  infact i feel totally unappreciated.. i am looking after my sweet little grandaughter for around 60 hours a week!

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  This is wrong imo but in this case you can alter the way things are, you are your own person, what you have said here you could say to your son, or your daughter in law. You may well be surprised at the result, at least they will know how you feel which is a good thing for both of you.

  Regards David
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  thinking vs. feeling.. must we choose just one ?

  by caliber in

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  thinkingthinkers decide based primarily on logic, and when they do so, they consider a decision to be made.

  they tend to see the world in black and white and dislike fuzziness.

  feelingfeelers decide based primarily through social considerations, listening to their heart and considering the feelings of others.

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  I am sure most have done the myers brigs test, i came out enfj

  I do do feeling and intuition, but then i tend to relflect; and for me this works well usually as it uses my strengths but allows for checks and balances.

  Regards David
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  So are my JW friends really my friends - or not?

  by BonaFide in

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  i am being investigated judicially, although weeks are going by without the elders saying anything to me about it.

  i still comment and give my talks.. anyway, some of my friends are getting word about me being investigated, some in my family too.

  a couple i used to preach with every week no longer call me and bug me to join them.

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  To some extent it is a matter of luck, when i left the the wts was fortunate enough to have one person whose friendship i valued remain my frieind, the rest just melted away, but are still civilised to me . Now that i maybe dfed that looks like changing. fortunately the afore metioned friend is no longer a JW

  If they are really your friends they will remain so. That being said the wts is hard to overcome as you will know

  Regards David
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  "Ethnic Cleansing"

  by minimus in

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  it's happening again: russia toward the pro western georgia.. how can a civilized world do such a thing?.

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  I had a conversation about this with a friend of mine today on this subject, he is a fluent Russian speaker , lived there for many years working for a large multi national company, his opinion is interesting.

  He reckons that Putin goaded the prime minister of Georgia, thus giving Puitn a pretext to invade. He also reckons the motive of Putin was as a warning to other west leaning former Soviet sattelites , be careful.

  Apparently the PRime Minister miscalculated badly, and he is a highly educated and westernised person

  Regards David
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  Who Pays The Ferryman....?

  by hillary_step in

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  french philosopher blaise pascal once noted, "men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

  " a case study for this statement can clearly be evidenced by the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. the gb present themselves as lovers of truth and righteousness who are the only persons on this planet who speak for god.

  this doctrine is at the very core of the beliefs of jehovahs witnesses and is one of the few that cannot be rationalized away by wts apologists.

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  llbh

  An amazing post, great acuity.

  I tried to gently to allude this my JW wife the response was very negative sadly.

  I enjoyed the detailed and empircal argument

  Regards David