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  Getting Married Today!

  by alamb in

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  courthouse.

  3:30. thought i'd tell my "family" here.

  thanks for being the friends you are.

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  Is Your Adulthood Authentic?

  by prophecor in

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  i've been training with some uniquely gifted folks at my place of employment.

  life has done some seemingly impressive things with them.

  one who's spent numerous years in the marine corps is an excellent asset to the company as are others who've likewise spent time in the military.

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  I think a better question is are you your authentic self?

  yes!! excellent point!

  this is what was hanging me up about the premise of the thread...... i feel authentic, absolutely..... but not always "adult"

  i have come to fully invest in the notion that there is( at the very least) an inherent dichotomy in all authentic people can that allow for the adult persona of responsiblity and maturity AND the child-like ( not childish!) feelings and expressions of unmitigated delight........recognized and validated as two ( of many?) facets that humans are capable of expressing

  i deal with the realities of SA'd children and i clap my hands and laugh with sheer joy when i see a shooting star..... i believe i am authentic
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  A Welcome For All the Newbies ! You Have Great Thoughts-Keep em' coming

  by flipper in

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  i don't know about the rest of you more seasoned posters here, but i believe jwd is really becoming a welcoming haven for people leaving the jehovah's witnesses , and we are really seeing some great quality posters among newbies coming on the board.

  so, i just want to say to all of you who have joined the last few months , we love your input , you have great takes , and keep your thoughts coming !

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  Welcome newbies. Are we running bets on which newbie will start the next masturbation thread?

  masturbation thread?

  is that kinda like floss?

  ( note: a surrender of newbie status)
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  So good it will make your brains fall out...

  by Gregor in

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  get a tub of fresh chicken livers.

  rinse, dry with a paper towel and dredge them in a beaten egg and roll them in bread crumbs mixed with some garlic and onion salt, paprika, black pepper and a little chili powder.. fry them in about a 1/2 inch of hot oil to a nice golden brown (the liver cooks before the batter browns so don't worry about raw liver).

  drain and cool.

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  around these parts it is whitefish livers..... prepared much the same way and served with sauteed peppers and onions....... no need for a dipping sauce...... available only in the months without an "R"............. a long time til may!!!!!!!!!!!!

  might have to improvise with chicken .......
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  winter solstice 22 dec 2007 12:08 a.m. CST

  by chickpea in

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  this was written for .

  a much beloved and .

  cherished friend for .

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  chickpea

  P.S. We usually have our ceremony catered by the local KFC.

  i am all about the grease, mate!! with a side of bisquits !!
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  winter solstice 22 dec 2007 12:08 a.m. CST

  by chickpea in

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  chickpea

  bonfire at my house!! digging out the fire pit tomorrow morning ( under over a foot of snow!)
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  Boy howdy! I pulled a foe paw for sure!

  by Gregor in

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  on weekends i am the conductor on a first class dinner train.

  in addition to my conductor duties i walk through the train and schmooze with folks.

  couple of weeks ago there was a party of four, man and woman in their mid thirties with a three year old girl and a mid fifties age man.

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  my hair started turning white while i was still in high school....so by the time my last child was born i had pretty much moved past the salt and pepper stage to being blindingly white haired......

  at a CA , i had to move out of the auditiorium with my fussing infant and a patrolling attendant remarked what a lovely grandchild.....

  my remark, in the fatigue generated by the folderol of traveling over an hour with multiple kids and all the requisite gear to pull off a righteous assembly, was: i WISH this were a grandchild because that means her mother would have to nurse her......

  he left me alone after that
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  A Welcome For All the Newbies ! You Have Great Thoughts-Keep em' coming

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don't know about the rest of you more seasoned posters here, but i believe jwd is really becoming a welcoming haven for people leaving the jehovah's witnesses , and we are really seeing some great quality posters among newbies coming on the board.

  so, i just want to say to all of you who have joined the last few months , we love your input , you have great takes , and keep your thoughts coming !

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  thanks for the encouragement!

  in the short time here i have felt an exponential increase in my confidence that my crisis of faith was more than a perceived lack of faith.... but rather an empowering realization that i have made a ghastly error in judgment and i can recover......and my kids are gonna be ok

  thank you JWD......
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  The CO Wants Everyone In Hall To Get A Bible Study

  by minimus in

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  he said, "enough with just offering the magazines.

  you need to directly ask people for a bible study.

  don't be like the man that stays engaged for years to a woman but never makes a commitment!

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  my old CO should talk to that CO and remind him that the borg lovingly provided us with the correction, thru the channel of revelation and the chain of command, that they are to be referred to as "bible STUDENTS, not studies"..... something about humanizing the concept..... perhaps a move away from an obsession with numbers?..... NAH!!!!!!
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  winter solstice 22 dec 2007 12:08 a.m. CST

  by chickpea in

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  chickpea

  this was written for
  a much beloved and
  cherished friend for
  the occasion of her birthday,
  which usually falls on the solstice

  ( it was an AWESOME powerpoint)
  
  the ancients used the trail
  of the traveling sun to mark
  the turn of the seasons
  that made up the cycle of a year
  
  this night is called the winter solstice by
  the modern inhabitants of the northern hemisphere
  
  
  sol sistere
  sun to stand still
  
  the hours of daylight are scant…
  this year for winter solstice
  we will have had 8 hours
  and 18 minutes of light
  
  nearly 2/3 of the day will
  be spent in darkness...
  
  
  the ancients saw the sun
  moving further and further
  away from their lives...
  
  the anticipation of total abandonment
  and certain death must have been
  terrifying....
  
  and yet.....
  when it was the darkest
  and despair literally loomed
  on the benighted horizon....
  
  hope in the return of the light
  was rewarded with those first
  enticing rays of a weak but unwavering
  winter morning dawn....
  
  
  and thus the cycle repeats

  darkness has no real reign…
  only a brief and succinct moment
  of apparent conquest....
  
  
  and then hope is rewarded
  when the light returns....
  
  ( the mushy, private stuff
  has been edited out....
  
  
  
  
  For the first time, the 2007 Winter Solstice illumination at Newgrange in Ireland will be available live on the Internet, weather conditions permitting. See http://www.newgrange.com/ The passage and chamber at Newgrange will be illuminated by the rising sun on 2007-DEC-21 between 08:58 and 09:15 GMT.