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  What's your favorite Canadian band?

  by lepermessiah in

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  since we have a lot of canadian friends on this board, i have to ask - who are your favorite canadian bands?.

  mine is rush.

  they have been one of my favorite bands ever since i can remember.. they totally rule........the music and lyrics are all top notch.. the other one is the tea party - jeff martin is a genius.

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  chickpea

  chic gamine!!! 2009 JUNO winners!

  got to see them up close and personal
  at the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
  last summer and hope they come back!!!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_riVOw2ACP4&feature=channel
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  Open Letter (Reposted as a reminder to all)

  by Outaservice in

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  an open letter to jehovahs witnesses.

  you may not remember, but i know you very well.

  i met you a long time ago when you came to my house with your smiling faces, your neat clothes, and your soft voices and a bible tucked neatly under your arm.

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  chickpea

  chilling in its accuracy

  absolutely spot on
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  trololololololololololo

  by lancelink in

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  one of the funniest/weirdest things you may ever see .

  http://trololololololololololo.com/.

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  chickpea

  he is lip-synching
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  JW's and Selling Stuff at the Hall

  by lepermessiah in

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  my wife got an invite to a "party" and got me thinking...... one of the biggest things that used to annoy me was how many members of the congregation were involved in those mlm sales schemes or "work from home" companies and they used the kh as the hub of their business.

  many of those companies are very legit, and i have no problem with people selling that stuff, its just that people would use their field service tactics to pressure others in the hall to buy stuff.. every week, a member of my family would get invited to a candle party, cosmetics party, tupperware party, vitamin party, etc......you could go bankrupt just from the constant flow of parties and feeling obligated to buy something.. the sad part was that if you turned down the invite or went and didnt buy anything, you would offend the selller!.

  then, they would always run around and deliver their orders before and after the meeting (unles the elders put a stop to it), otherwise you would see them out in their car after the meeting distributing everyones' orders.. .

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  chickpea

  there was a "proclamation" from the platform
  to take ALL the activity off the KH grounds...
  so the "drop-offs" were re-routed to the local
  McD's
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  Do you do any volunteer work? If so, what?

  by Quirky1 in

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  chickpea

  i have an unpaid position on the board
  of the local chapter of an advocacy group
  working for civil rights

  i spent 3 years as a moderator on a board
  for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse...
  this year it finally got to be too much
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  7.3 Million Regular Pioneers

  by 5thGeneration in

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  if all jws truly believed 100%, wouldn't every single one be pioneering?

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  can you tell i'm bored today?.

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  chickpea

  good point....

  if the big A is so close ya can't even see it
  then why spend another moment working
  paying taxes sending your kids to school
  in a system that is so dead it just needs
  someone to tell it to lie down and be still??

  great point!
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  How Much are Your Conditional Friends Worth?

  by leavingwt in

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  upon learning that wt was not "god's organization", i was devastated.

  for two decades i had spent valuable time building friendships, mostly with jws.

  during my stay at bethel, i made many fine friends, some of them very close.

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  chickpea

  hear, hear!!

  a genuine friendship ought to be able
  to stand up in the face of differences...

  what we were, what we had, were shells
  of friendships, façades that looked great
  as long as there was no genuine scrutiny...
  i found out quickly that even trying to be
  of assistance to a "weak one" was enough
  to get you the stink eye from the uber-dubs

  well out, that is all i can say, if i had a god
  to thank, i would be on my knees daily for
  the real life and real friends i now enjoy!!
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  Has Springtime Hit Home Yet?

  by compound complex in

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  is it spring or still winter where you live?

  any photos to prove it?.

  coco .

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  chickpea

  while walking the dogs this morning
  and taking my second fall this winter
  i noticed that the boat landing was
  busy with trucks pulling fishing shacks
  off the bay! a sure sign of spring's
  eventual arrival!!

  usually all the ice is out of the bay by
  the first week of may....
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  ~~ and the oscar goes to........

  by chickpea in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhrz1-4hn4.

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  chickpea

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhrz1-4hN4
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  my grandaughter, Rachel

  by Gregor in

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  chickpea

  darling 'do....

  that smile tells how well loved you both are