we blow every fall...
we have a yard area akin to the size of a football field
and we have oaks and maples and birch and poplars
we dont bag then at all... we blow them into the
ravine where they eventually break down
guess we suck for blowing, eh?
chickpea
JoinedPosts by chickpea
-
18
Leaf Blowers - How much do they pollute?
by Elsewhere ina 2000 report by the california epa determined that the average residential leaf blower produces 145 times more hydrocarbons, 7.5 times more carbon monoxide, and 11 times more particulate matter in one hour than a 1999-2000 light duty vehicle driven at 30 mph, getting 15 miles to the gallon.. .
in summary:.
using a leaf blower for one hour produces as much pollution as driving an old truck 4,350 miles.
-
-
chickpea
-
17
A "Brother" wore a WT logo tie tack today
by JerkhovahsWitless inafter the meeting, a few people came up to show me some fake love like the wt lesson instructed (this is my 4th meeting in a row in over a year of not going, yuck!!).
i noticed one of them was wearing a tie tack of the watchtower logo.
its ok to idolize, by wearing, the corporate symbol of a worldwide multi-billion dollar company, but a cross is wrong?
-
-
chickpea
WT jewelry is out there
-
138
JWs having Facebook Sex - Strongly warned to get off FB at CA yesterday
by shopaholic inso it appears that jws are letting their freaky side come out on fb for everyone to see.. there was talk on the ca yesterday strongly warning all true lovers of jehovah to delete their fb accounts.
the talk was solely about fb.
the speaker mentioned that jws are associating with people that would not associate with in real life, often using the excuse that the person is a relative.
-
-
chickpea
where is this facebook sex and
why i am having to hear about
it from the b0rg?the raciest aspect to FB for me
is being a fan on kathy griffith's
fan page.... havent checked it
in several months....excuse me, i have some catching up to do
-
21
A Rhyme to all the Great Posters on JWN
by cantleave inpoetry isn't really my thing but i hope you can all relate!.
oppressive, repressive, a burden, a guilt,.
a childhood of dreams a new world to be built,.
-
-
chickpea
wish this could infiltrate the
JW emails that make the roundsthey'd have to get to at least
the 2nd stanza before they
might catch the point -
5
~~ is there a rule that says you have to like your teen's SO? ~~
by chickpea inya know.... the one "rule that is not a rule" the jws.
had that i actually thought made sense.
was the one about not "dating" when.
-
-
chickpea
well mrs jones, it is too late to avoid saying
i really dont like this person, because that
ship has sailed.... but in my defense i never
initiated the comment unsolicited... i wasnt
going to lie and say i liked her when askedi have a closer relationship with him at this
age than i did with the older ones who lived
double lives when mama was still a raging
lunatic within the confines of the b0rg.....
(lots of recovery happening there!)restrangled, i could laugh too, if this was all
finally history!! i love that the older ones
come back around and say "i wish i had listened"
in fact they oldest ones have told the younger ones
"listen to mom! she is telling you the truth"....
i am longing for the day when one of them actually
says: i am SO glad i listened to you and didnt "go there"here is my main concern.... maybe you remember
that this son is a female to male transgender...
and this girl's sociology teacher used the front
page newspaper article about my son's activism
in safe schools lobbying to open a dialog with his
students.... little by little she has crept into his life,
friending on facebook, showing up at multi-school events...we live in a small town surrounded by other small towns...
being queer in the northwoods is isolated and lonely...i just dont want him hurt, but i see it coming and he doesnt...
i bite my tongue, i am civil, but i wont feign any manner of
kindred feeling, because i dont want an escalation of attempts
"to win mom over".... arm's length is not nearly far enoughoh! and i NEVER say i told you so... i man the tissue box and
cry right along with them -
5
~~ is there a rule that says you have to like your teen's SO? ~~
by chickpea inya know.... the one "rule that is not a rule" the jws.
had that i actually thought made sense.
was the one about not "dating" when.
-
-
chickpea
ya know...
the one "rule that is not a rule" the JWs
had that i actually thought made sense
was the one about not "dating" when
an adolescent....my 16 YO son broke off a long distance
relationship with someone i actually liked....he rebounded with someone i actually cannot stand...
at any rate, he thinks i am hateful for not wanting to
have to deal with this person and i am saying i get
to have boundaries about whom it is i will and will not
allow access to my emotions.....let's face it, this person is NOT going to be his life partner
and, in my opinion, is manipulating him and delighting in
the friction created in my relationship with my son....
(as the parent of a now adult kid with borderline personality
disorder, i recognize manipulation when i see it)i do not overtly interfere with his seeing this individual,
nor to i overly facilitate it... meaning, she lives over an
hour away and i am not financing his fuel consumption....i lend credence to the notion "what you resist, persists"
so i leave him to it, as much as any 16 YO is allowed...
but i make no overtures and seriously want none directed
to me when they are totally unnecessary.... like everytime
he is on the phone with her to somehow drag me into the
convo..... (note: they both have cell phones so guess how
often they are talking to each other, when not texting?)i frikkin hate adolescent drama...
thank zeus he is the caboose on
THAT misery train....any opinions?
-
-
-
chickpea
i just recently came across an article about
Melissa officinalis, aka lemon balm, indicating
the trials with an active constituent "citral"
seemed to have an agonist effect mimicking
acetylcholine triggers on both muscarinic
and nicotinic receptors in persons with Alzheimer's
Disease, having a significantly positive outcome on short term
memory compared to placebo (double blind, randomized,
placebo controlled trial)as well as indications of a mild sedative
effect reducing agitation...
it was in the journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry (voume 74)plus.... it smells wonderful!
-
-
-
chickpea
hmmmm......
well, i am on this board... guess that could be naughty
except i am not a JW anymore so i guess i am less naughty....i have developed a bit of a potty mouth... so yeah... naughty
-
28
did you like being called "brother" or "sister"?
by highdose ini always found it very patronising, particulay as most of the jw's who did that treated me very badly and not like a sister at all!.
i also hated when brothers would say " i've met a lovely sister and i'm planning to marry her!
" sounds so incestuous!
-
-
chickpea
two good friends (in a relative JW sense)
and i used to just rip on that aspect of Jdubdom....
we could torture the word "sister" and never
missed the opportunity, even in fellowship at the hall!we also had the euphamisms:
brother easilypissed
sister righteousovermuch
sister offhermeds
brother clipontie
-
49
Before I washed the dishes this morning................!
by iknowall558 inbefore i washed the dishes this morning.............. .
i noticed a couple of well dressed men in dark suits passing by my window.
i jumped up to have a closer look and saw a whole hoard of witnesses in the street knocking on my neighbours doors.
-
-
chickpea
satan's twin sister!!! LOL brilliant
thank you for your bold defense of the truth...
probably the only thing holding armageddon at bayLOL!!