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  Are you related to anyone famous?

  by Mulan in

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  i thought this might be a fun "fluff" thread.

  someone posted the other day that marc anthony (the singer) is their cousin.

  i have done extensive genealogy research so i know a few famous relatives.

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  Some relative told me that we were related to Mathew McCoughnahey, by way of great Aunt, but I haven't been able to verify this yet. =) But I *can* say, that if I knew this cousin personally, we might have to become kissin cousins.. heheheh. Both sides are from the old country from only 1st and 2nd generations back, so I couldn't say if there was anyone famous before them, but my husband is related to the Tony Chachere (of spice fame in the South) family, King Louis the 14th, and the King of England. No wonder he walks like that! <snorks>

  CG
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  Update on my son

  by shera in

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  i have been still at it to get more help for my son matthew,well his psychiatrist has been doing as mush as he can.he is great!

  i will be having someone soon come into my home to help me and my son to learn.i never realized matthew is severe with autism,until i compared him to other children over the summer.i had matthew in day camp for most of the summer.

  well,i remeber i mentioned,the last letter i wrote when i was sooooooooo upset.. i mentioned matthew has pinworms and i have a very difficult time getting rid of them because it is very hard to give him any type of medication.he mouths a lot of objects and before you know he picks something up off the ground and in it goes to his mouth.

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  Hi...

  This may be a little crazy, but *we* had the same problem 15 years ago. My son and I had amoebas and giardia. We had a doctor from Russia. He said we should take "wormwood artemisia" for 30 days. He said we should take two capsules, each, for 30 days to get rid of it. We did that, and it was gone. Just a thought.

  CG
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  Are You a Junk Food Junkie? Eat Healthy?

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  do you mostly eat healthy?

  survive mostly on junk foods and fast foods?

  i waffle back 'n forth, myself.....graze for a while....then get into "cooking for la famiglia" mode, ruin my digestive system....and segue into junk!!!

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  No. I never eat bad. Never have. I've always been careful about what I eat. I went to North Carolina last month, and I felt bad because on the way I ate a lot of fast foods. That was so bad for me. I eat tofu allthe time.. and I['m pretty careful with how I eat.

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  Johnny Cash

  by BluesBrother in

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  i was saddened to hear the news of the death of johnny cash, in his early 70's.

  i was never a real fan of country music, but johnny was different , the only artist of the genre that i rated.

  so long ,johnny cash.

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  Because you're mine.

  I walked the line.

  I'll miss you Johnny Cash! May God see you into the heaven you so deserve. I never got over those blue eyes, I see them everywhere.

  CG
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  Do You Vote and/or Get Involved In Politics Now?

  by minimus in

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  just curious.....

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  I vote. Signed up as soon as I could. I consider it a privilege and my duty as a citizen. I feel very honored to participate in something that was so long denied me: my voice and my choice. I also put my hand over my heart when the Pledge of Allegiance is said, and I cry when they sing the Star Spangled Banner, because I am very patriotic. Patriotic does not equal idiotic. I carefully survey the issues, investigate the candidates, and make my decisions based on that research. I take it very seriously as it could affect my future and that of my child. I am strongly aware of current issues, and I think it's good to be abreast of current events. <now don't get excited cuz I said a breast -- grin>. I don't believe everything the government tells me, nor do I discount everything they say. I exercise, freely, my choice. I like to do that. It feels good to at last have that freedom to think .. isn't it great!?

  I would love to be more active, but unfortunately my temper's too hot for that!

  CG
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  The Invisible 'Ones'

  by uriah in

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  i had an insight the other day, you know the type of thing - you walk past something everyday and suddenly you become aware of it.. well, many on this board probably have come to the same conclusion so if i am repeating it - sorry.

  what is it i hear you shout.

  ok.. in my experience, i hardly saw any jw's except at meetings or meetings for fm.

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  I know the look and feel of that "stare." Through the site www.classmates.com I contacted some of my old JW girlfriends. They had actually registered there. They sent me an informative first email, but then when I answered that I was not in the The Truth <tm> anymore, no subsequent emails, even though I responded to their first ones. I was not ever baptized, nor did I ever have any intention to. My congregation was okay, they weren't mean or anything. I was always invited to the social functions. But now.. it's different. Once you say that you weren't interested then, and never would be, they drop you like a hot potatoe. Just the same ole same ole conditional love (if it can be called that). Even my Mother, now that she knows that I have contact with apostates and have challenged her religion in the past, informs me of my brother's dire illness by *email.* Sure, that's what *I* call loving.

  CG
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  Effects of no time, overcrowding, urban living?

  by Country Girl in

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  in a very quirky web site: www.johntitor.com a "supposed time traveler" from the year 2036 appeared in a newsgroup and on various web sites.

  as the weeks went by, various people began questioning him about his physics, time travel, future world events, and thoughts about our time.

  one of his more interesting posts that i found absolutely fascinating because it mirrored very closely my own thoughts, was this:.

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  I was just thinking of my own personal reactions when I go into the city and have to fight the traffic, the honking, the rude drivers and how angry that makes me. Why does that make me so angry and full of rage? Is "road rage" a natural consequence of overcrowding? Out here in the country, sure there are crazy drivers, but they are fewer and farther between. When I pass someone on a road out here, they wave and I wave back. In the city, I'm afraid the closest thing I get to a wave is the finger.. LOL! Not to mention waves of anxiety when someone passes too close! Yikes!

  I think each of us needs a certain amount of "down time" and our own amount of space for peace of mind! Does all this "busyness" foster a certain level of aggression that festers and ends up in certain annhilation of a percentage of the population? Do we, naturally but unconsciously, seek to reduce this ratio, like the rats in the cages?

  I wonder what the stats are on various crimes, frequency, etc. in a ratio aspect, between Canada and the United States. Very good to bring up that bit of food for thought, Ray! Thanks! Think I'll look around...

  Hugs

  CG
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  Effects of no time, overcrowding, urban living?

  by Country Girl in

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  in a very quirky web site: www.johntitor.com a "supposed time traveler" from the year 2036 appeared in a newsgroup and on various web sites.

  as the weeks went by, various people began questioning him about his physics, time travel, future world events, and thoughts about our time.

  one of his more interesting posts that i found absolutely fascinating because it mirrored very closely my own thoughts, was this:.

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  In a very quirky web site: www.johntitor.com a "supposed time traveler" from the year 2036 appeared in a newsgroup and on various web sites. As the weeks went by, various people began questioning him about his physics, time travel, future world events, and thoughts about our time. One of his more interesting posts that I found absolutely fascinating because it mirrored very closely my own thoughts, was this:

  "In the future, sociologists spend a great of time discussing the collective mentality before the war that led to the demise of "Homo Materia". Many of them point to an experiment that was done in the 1970's or 1980's. The experiment isolated various sizes of rat populations in varying cage sizes with varying food and cleaning schedules. It was discovered that no matter what, there was a certain ratio of rats to space that once overtaken by population would always lead to aggressive and destructive behavior in the rats until enough of them had died or been killed to get back under the ratio. This was true even when the rats that were given plenty of food and had their cage cleaned every day. "

  Are we, as humans, like these rats who engage in destructive and aggressive behavior because we are so crowded together, so angry because of the presence of too many other people?

  Just a thought...

  CG
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  i think that 2 x jw getting together must make a good match

  by nelly1 in

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  because they both have probrably been thru similar experiences..and can share whatever spirituality is left..i know id prolly prefer an xjw guy to someone in the world :).

  any thoughts?

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  If I were to do it again, I'd prolly prefer an XHW myself, simply because it'd be easier for him to understand the compulsion with revisiting again and again and being around people who are on the same page. He understands it, to a degree, but never will completely. He's been around my family, and knows how messed up and nonsensical it is.

  CG
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  U.S. Women Like Brit Men Better

  by GinnyTosken in

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  this just in from the globe weekly tabloid of july 29, 2003:.

  it's not just stars like gwyneth paltrow, madonna, gillian anderson, liv tyler, and gwen stefani--british guys are many american gals' cup of tea.. "british men are more articulate, mature, and sophisticated," says cary cooper, a university of manchester (england) psychologist, who isn't entirely biased since he was born in hollywood and has citizenship of both the u.s. and the u.k. he adds that british men are better listeners and pay more attention to their women, while u.s. men are too juvenile.. "british men also invest more in a relationship and are more emotional," cooper says.. "american men are good at talking about emotion, but really that's all it is, talk.".

  speaking of talk, might those sexy accents have something to do with it?.

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  IRON GLAND: LOL! <swoons>

  Next to the Texans, the Brits are HOT! <melts at Texan drawl and English accent>

  Country Girl

  of the "this Crispin fits my hand like a Glover" class