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  Dog lovers advice please ....

  by troubled mind in

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  2. friends

  tonight something really scary happened with our dog .. we took him out for a walk along the canal near our home .it has been hot and humid today but we went out in the evening out of direct sun.

  we walked a little over a mile and our dog had been panting quite a bit, but nothing real unusual .

  as we were heading back he all of the sudden starts pawing at his muzzle then puts his face down and is scraping it in the gravel then just totally spasms .

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  lancelink

  sounds like a seizure, but several years ago I was walking my dog and she ran across a neighbors yard who had a lawn treatment
  service spray earlier in the day.
  her face swelled up, had slight tremors, and was sleepy for several hours afterwards. The vet told me to give her some
  children's benadryl. It helped with the swelling, not the tremors or sleepiness.
  
  If it is a seizure it would be a good idea to get her checked out, there are drugs that really minimize the effects.
  Also if it happens again, make sure that your dog has a place to relax/recover afterwards that is quiet and relaxing.
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  Congregation Get-Togethers: In or Out?

  by TreadClimberMaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was reading redpill2006's post and i noticed that some mentioned that get-togethers or parties have been largely discouraged.

  i stopped attending meetings in 2003/2004 and i remember my congregation still had get-togethers, although they were few and far between.

  they were not completely discouraged though, has this changed?

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  lancelink

  "Of course, there were never alcoholic drinks at any JW gathering - especially the smaller ones!!'
  
  i remember that drinking alcohol was mostly practiced at gatherings held at elders homes.
  
  Sterne and Hartwig families as I remember were really into the drinking thing, and the last i heard all their
  children are raging alcoholics
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  So now I'm disgusting? What?

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  another experience that i wanted to share: ok, this happened to me a few years ago.

  i was between jobs, and i decided to use that time to auxiliary pioneer.

  i had never been able to do it before and i was very excited.

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  I heard she died about a year later, we did not see them at the meetings again. That story just tore my heart, what a terrible thing to do.
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  June 2008 awake comment

  by lancelink in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i got home from work this evening there was an awake in my door.

  as i skim thru it, i notice a comment on page 29 under from our readers, "what does the future hold for christianity.

  ss from the u.s. wrote that he/she believes that the jw's just love to tear down other religions, yet .

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  lancelink

  When I got home from work this evening there was an awake in my door.
  
  As I skim thru it, I notice a comment on page 29 under From our readers, "what does the future hold for Christianity."
  SS from the U.S. wrote that he/she believes that the jw's just love to tear down other religions, yet
  they lift themselves up above the rest,,,, OK, a pretty decent, accurate, observation I thought.
  
  And the reply from the wt is this (quoted word for word!):
  
  JW's are not against people of other religions as individuals, nor do we view ourselves as being better than others.
  We recognize that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"(Romans 3:23.)
  With that in mind, we expend ourselves and our resources devoting much time to calling at homes to share bible truths, including the wonderful hope the Bible contains.
  However, as Jesus and his disciples boldly spoke out to expose hypocrisy and religious error, Jehovah's witnesses do like wise.
  
  Lets consider all the child abuse, wrong calculations for Armageddon,changing doctrines, etc just what are the authors of the
  awake thinking about?
  And we do not view ourselves as better than others???
  
  I think something is really screwy in bethel.
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  Analyzing the Ten Commandments by George Carlin

  by Homerovah the Almighty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  grabbed this video off you-tube recently, thought you folks might like to view it, its carlin at his best.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sywebbfwu1o&feature=related.

  r.i.p.

  george will miss you .

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  lots of truth in his viewpoint
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  Do JWs miss having large parties, pot-lucks, etc?

  by navytownroger in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as has been stated before, large congregational get-togethers, cook-outs, baseball games, etc are now greatly discouraged by the society.

  back in the 80s in san diego we had parties, night-time beach bonfires, pool parties and frequent restaurant meals with 10+ people.

  do current jws seem to miss these sorts of social activities??

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  I recently heard of a large group of single JWs in California going on a Caribbean cruise. Are they the rare exception?
  
  There used to be a JW couple that had their own travel agency in the NW Chicago area during the 1980's.
  
  They were always booking "theocratic cruises' for the witnesses.
  
  two years ago, I heard that this brother was beating and threatening his wife, they are divorced.
  
  It must have been the spirit of (church lady voice here) Satan that made him become like this !
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  Satan is certainly a wiley devil! He came in the guise of Square Dancing!

  by Lady Zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently a few threads have remarked upon how restrictive the jws have become in the last decade or so in terms of activities and the amount of freedom alloted to individuals.. well, i can ballpark estimate when it started in my area.

  it was the mid to late 80's.

  throughout most of the 80's, my congregation frequently had potlucks and days at the park when all the local congregations would gather for fellowship.. there was a lot of laughs, lots of grilling, and easy interactions with other jws.

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  In the 50-60 era while i was growing up in the boonies, this type of dancing was decent, enjoyable, and fun
  (for the adults).
  Never was it suggested that this was immoral, it was fun ! And i never heard of anyone committing fornication
  while this was popular. Usually during and after the county fair this was the thing to do.
  
  And now because some elder thinks it is bad, everyone quits ???
  
  perhaps if some of the people he influences were to ignore him, things might change.
  
  Have him do a little research on music, and dancing/social customs of the 50's.
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  I feel like I'm being pushed away

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok, so here's my story as it stands right now.

  my husband and i have been married for 6 1/2 years.

  about 2 weeks after we were married, he was appointed as a ministerial servant.

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  The point that amazed me was when you stated that you both served in several different congregations and the attitude was the same ! I somehow thought(fantasy) that things like this only happened in the cong. i once attended.
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  The smell

  by John Doe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of a late spring rainshower on a fresh cut hay field reminds me of my childhood.

  how about you?

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  lancelink

  walking into a barn which has just been filled with fresh hay.
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  Assembly news

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this afternoon i went out to lunch with a few witnesses who were talking and talking about what .

  a great district assembly program there is going to be this year.

  they have not gone yet, but people from their old congregation which is up in northern wisconsin .

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  Thank you for the replies. I have followed many of the DA comments made here, but the urgency and focus of my two associates made me wonder if there was something that I may have missed.