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  Holiday driving

  by MsMcDucket in

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  why do people drive so crazy around the christmas holiday?

  i think just about all of my family members have been "cut-off" or had a fender bender in the last week or so.

  what happened to being respectful to others?

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  Probably a lot of people drink and drive during the holiday season. Lots of parties are going on.

  Lots of people tired, stressed, and rushing, too. There's more traffic, because people are driving around shopping and visiting and running errands.
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  Will Smith and Scientology

  by mavie in

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  will smith has gone off the deep end.

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  I thought this was a good point:

  "How can I condemn someone for what they believe and I believe that God was born from a pregnant virgin?" Will queried.

  And funny, too.
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  Relief from being free

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've now been out of the organisation for over two years.

  i stay quite close to a kingdom hall - drive past it every day - whenever i look at it i have this huge sense of relief wash over me - this is every day - and is such a good feeling.

  i thank god i'm no long trapped in that organisation, that i'm not limited in what i can do.. the sense of relief is so wonderful - i'd like to know if even after years do you still feel that.. it feels like little champaign bubbles popping in my stomach..

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  I've been out for nearly 30 years, and I make a point of trying to remember that feeling, and if possible re-create it now and then, so that I don't take my freedom for granted. I remember how exciting it was, when I first left for college, to not go to a meeting on Thursday night!
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  Watchtower's annual Christmas edition - such hypocrisy!

  by ozziepost in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  isn't it amazing to see that the wts are fond of decrying christmas, yet each year they publish a christmas edition of the watchtower magazine!.

  they make all sorts of claims about christmas and how wrong it is and all that but never fail to bring feature articles in thir december issues that take advantage of that.. what hypocrites!.

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20021215/article_01.htm.

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  UU Now

  MERRY CHRISTMAS! So here you are at the local mall, bakery, what-not-store etc. The proprietor or a fellow customer says to you" MERRY CHRISTMAS". You are supposed to come out with company's canned response, "GEE, I'm sorry, but I, we , they, don't celebrate Christmas. "

  My JW mom has always responded to "Merry Christmas" in that context with "Thank you," and she taught her four childrent to do the same. A neighbor might get the spiel, but a cashier or sales clerk wouldn't.
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  Of The 5 Meetings, Was There One You Hated More Than The Others?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  usually, i enjoyed the public talk, if the speaker was good but i thought the theocratic ministry was boring!!!.

  the service meeting was just a sales meeting.

  the book studies were simply ridiculous.

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  The Service Meeting. Especially if the young boy assigned to the Bible reading droned on in ann awkward monotone, mangling the pronunciation of every word longer than two syllables. Our congregation included two school districts, a good one and a not-so-good one, and my mom and I could usually tell which school district the Bible reader went to based on his reading skill or lack thereof.
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  Public Talks question

  by bite me in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if one is assigned to do a public talk.

  prepares for it and proceudes to give it.

  if that person gives the talk but does not give the information that is spoon fed but shares his or her own researched material and it still relates to the topic is that person immediately taken off stage?

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  UU Now

  Good question, I don't know.

  Anybody want to try it and find out?
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  Gentlemen, Ladies and Muslims!!!!

  by Gill in

  1. social
  2. current

  a very good friend of mine is in charge of plant maintenance at a local factory.

  there are 300 people working in this factory and two of them are muslims.

  the muslims have requested that they require special toilets just for themselves.

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  In researching this problem, my friend discovered that the local University had to spend £15,000 on toilets for its Muslim students and these toilets are 'Muslims Only'!

  What university is this?

  I've heard of universities installing footbaths so that Muslims can wash their feet before praying without standing in the sink. The "Muslims stand to defecate" thing is a new one one me. Frankly, it sounds anatomically impossible. I can believe squatting, but not standing.
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  Watching more Tot TV lately...

  by Gregor in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  now that our two yr old grandaughter is spending more time here i am seeing quite a bit of childrens programs, cartoons, etc.

  i must say i am impressed with the quality of most of it.

  seems like when our kids were small it was mostly crash, bam, boom.

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  I love Nemo. It must be fun to have a little one around again. You know how little kids have imaginary friends? When DD was 3, she had a whole crew -- all the animal characters from Winnie the Pooh. Every time we went somewhere in the car, I had to buckle them all into their imaginary seatbelts. When we went out to eat, I had to be sure to get them imaginary food.
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  Watching more Tot TV lately...

  by Gregor in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  now that our two yr old grandaughter is spending more time here i am seeing quite a bit of childrens programs, cartoons, etc.

  i must say i am impressed with the quality of most of it.

  seems like when our kids were small it was mostly crash, bam, boom.

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  I love cartoons! What have you been watching?
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  Official feel good thread! Are you feeling the same?

  by restrangled in

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  feeling way too good, but thats ok at this time of year.

  may you feel just as happy.!.

  listening to cream as perfomed in england.

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  Yes, feeling good. Fixed my computer over the weekend and received a couple of pieces of much-needed good financial news. Also, a co-worker won a much-deserved award and I'm happy on her behalf, too.