how many of you courted as jws?
did you have chaperones?
if so, do you adhere to that rule all of the time?
Kids getting married at 16, 17,what's with that????
Maybe they fell for that "better to marry than to burn" crap. I know my oldest brother had a friend or two who married young to get laid.
Then there was the JW father who insisted that his daughter and a young man from the congregation simply had to marry because (gasp) they'd gone door to door together!
how many of you courted as jws?
did you have chaperones?
if so, do you adhere to that rule all of the time?
. . .got left in the car a lot and dropped off at places till they came back.
That's one of the reasons I don't understand why JWs use siblings as chaperones, especially grade-school-age kids.
yikes.
it is too late to run to the store for contact solution!
any suggestions on how to save the contacts?
I suspect that the problem you had with your batch of "field expedient" saline solution were caused by a spec of dirt that got into the mix. I know that dirt under a contact can hurt like Holy Blazes. I doubt that it was the iodine that caused your problem.
No, it wasn't a speck of dirt. I know what that feels like. My chemist boyfriend, who was with me at the time, was convinced it was the iodized salt. But he was a jerk, so I'm happy to take your word for it.
I have, however, successfully used tap water in a pinch (traveling, no solution, stores closed, no glasses or extra pair of contacts).
i've come to love and cherish much of the wisdom that emanates from the dear ladies of this forum and believe watchtower boobed in making all women subservient to the men.
so, do you think women would make good elders?.
ian.
So on the whole no, there are no hot, compassionate women who like and respect me [snip]
Gee, I wonder why?
as the holiday season approaches, we often hear the term "bad gifts" or "useless gifts" being thrown around in stories of christmas past.
i was sitting and thinking of different gift ideas and stories i heard in my life, that truly stink or are just plain irritating.
if the thought counted, then these gifts are thoughtless.
Actually, I can understand why not to get a giftcard...if the kids got a new Xbox and the parents didn't know which games they would like, the parent can rent several to see which to buy later on.
That's what I mean by a gift card: one you can use at a Blockbuster store to rent several games.
i had to drag the kids out in the snow because i had to do a few things in town to get ready for my job tomorrow.
of course, the kids were wanting to play in the new snow.
they were so good that i surprised them by taking them to the park and let them have at it.
I'd love to see pics of your little angels making snow angels.
DD is almost 15 and doesn't really play in the snow anymore, but our next-door neighbors have four daughters ranging from a toddler to a second-grader. They are so much fun to watch.
there's so much 'new light' coming out recently but i wonder if any of it really hits home to the average dub.
i think a good deal of those who leave do so because of a lack of real, honest love.
they get sick of the judgemental attitude and the continual grind.
I clearly remember the CLICK moment when I realized that I was supposed to believe all the stuff I heard was literally true -- and I didn't! But I think I might have had that realization growing up in any faith that had a strict creed.
i've read on here several times about how jws are discouraged for doing charitable work for anybody other than jws, and that they are discouraged from contributing financially to non-jw charities.
are there some references to this in their literature that someone could point me to?.
also, i had a discussion with a jw about a recent relief effort some jws did in florida.
On the insurance end of it, there would have to be reciepts/bills for the labor in order for the insurance to pay for the labor. The insurance company does not just hand you the value of the house OR how much you have it insured for. They pay you what it costs to rebuild up to your policy limits. They will however, in many cases pay you to do the labor yourself.
When the interior of my house was damaged by flooding after my water heater burst, the insurance company gave me a check without asking for any receipts. I did not have to account for the labor; the money was mine to spend as I saw fit. In fact, I was able to use the money not only to repair drywall and paint in the damaged rooms, but to paint some other parts of the house as well.
as the holiday season approaches, we often hear the term "bad gifts" or "useless gifts" being thrown around in stories of christmas past.
i was sitting and thinking of different gift ideas and stories i heard in my life, that truly stink or are just plain irritating.
if the thought counted, then these gifts are thoughtless.
A man I work with rented XBOX 360 games from Blockbuster and wrapped them for his nephews and explained after they opened them that he would be around in seven days to return them.
Why didn't he just get them gift cards for Blockbuster? At least then they'd know what they were getting, and they could pick their own games.
Jourles, the plate in that picture is exactly like my plates!
And I like fruitcake. So do my mom and my three brothers. Anyone who hates fruitcake can send it to me.
.and i just thought they were so on top of disaster relief around the world because they cared.
but when i heard this a lightbulb went off in my head:.
we just had our co visit, and our co is the guy that was the head of hurricane relief in punta gorda, florida.
So, how exactly, is this NOT insurance fraud?
It's shady on the part of the WT, I agree, but I don't see how it's insurance fraud. So long as the householder had a valid claim, the money is theirs and they can do anything they want with it, including giving it away.
