The best state is where i live: ARIZONA! Specifically, Tucson! Much lower cost of living than California. We have the Santa Catalina Mountains, 1 hour drive, snow skiing up there during the winter. And don't worry about the heat.....'it's a dry heat" don't you know! (Sorry no beaches.) Tucson is large enough of a city to have a lot of fun stuff, yet not as large and citified as Phoenix! We have cactii everywhere, gorgeous weather, scenery, etc. The only complaint has been that our daughters claim they cannot find good husbands here, which i'm assuming will not be of concern to Oompa.!
AuntBee
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What is the best state to live in in America?
by oompa inesp.
interested to hear from any who have traveled or moved around a bunch....i am talking climate, nearness to mountains or beach or both, cost of living, etc.....as much as i love what california has to offer naturewise, the natural disasters and cost of living there bum me out....since i like mountains and beach, a climate a little less hot than florida.... i lean toward virginia straight south down through georgia, so both carolinas too.
maybe maryland too, but the further north you go, the colder the water and worse the winter, but still the new england coastal states are incredible........oompa.
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People who actually listened to Kingdom Melodies outside the Hall
by JimmyPage indid you know people like this?
you get in their car and the kingdom melodies are playing on prerecorded piano... you go to their house and there they are in an orchestral arrangement... even when i was a complete believer i cringed when i had to hear this banal crap!
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AuntBee
i think i hit "reply" instead of new topic. Anyone know how to get it moved? Help!! LOL
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People who actually listened to Kingdom Melodies outside the Hall
by JimmyPage indid you know people like this?
you get in their car and the kingdom melodies are playing on prerecorded piano... you go to their house and there they are in an orchestral arrangement... even when i was a complete believer i cringed when i had to hear this banal crap!
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A few months ago, JWs came knocking at our door. One was the mom of a senior in hs that hangs out here a LOT, eats our food, sometimes goes places with us, etc. (dau is senior at same school) I made an appointment with them, and reasoned with her for well over an hour, with all the good info i've learned here on JWD. (thanks, guys!) I"ve known who she is for a few years, but didn't mention anything about her son. I was left mystified as to whether she just came here by chance , or if she wanted to check us out.! LOL. Not to mention i've always been mystified as to how he can hang here so much, the parents seem very hard-core, i think she is full time pioneer.
A few nights ago, he gets a call from the mother on his phone while here, inquiring as to what my first name is, as she thinks she knows me! Whoa!! She had no clue who i was when they were here! My dau hears her talking loudly, but son makes no reaction or comment afterwards. (VERY closed person, keeps the 2 'worlds' entirely separate)
Will he still be allowed to come over? Will he be grilled as to if i ever try to talk to him about JW issues? (I NEVER have.....yet) Is he embarrassed now to know she was here? (I offered my personal friendship to the mom after our meeting, but i said regrettably i knew she couldn't because i would be bad association, and she just stared at me. It felt kind of eerie...)
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Your favourite usernames?
by Mickey mouse inseeing as jwd is closing soon, which usernames did you like?
i always laugh when i see "ireallydidwalkoutofakh" next to the picture of a smurf..
i just saw cognizant dissident's username and it prompted me to start this thread.
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AuntBee
wifekeepsmeinit. poignant
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What's Your View of "Friends"? Are They "Real"???
by minimus inthe older i get, the more i see that most "friends" are not "real friends".
i can count on 1 hand who i consider friends.
i have many enjoyable aquaintances that i socialize with but i doubt they'd really be "there" for you.
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AuntBee
I think counting on one hand the 'real' friends is about the norm. I have 5 friends that i consider 'best' friends, loyal, always be there, i can say anything to, etc. And i count myself very blessed to have this many! The older i get, the more they mean to me. Much more than material things, accomplishments, prestige ,etc. There is nothing like a real friend!! I always remind my daughters of the importance of female friendship, when they are obsessed with boyfriends! LOL.
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WTBTS Hints At Incest/Pedophilia?
by sacolton infrom their publication on breaking free of self-abusewhy?
[watchtower 1973 sept 15 pp.564-5].
many things are suggested.
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AuntBee
Gregor is making fun of me..........
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WTBTS Hints At Incest/Pedophilia?
by sacolton infrom their publication on breaking free of self-abusewhy?
[watchtower 1973 sept 15 pp.564-5].
many things are suggested.
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AuntBee
THis thread has been very educational. This middle aged mom learned a few new euphemisms for masturbation!
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AARGH! THey came back to get the last word
by AuntBee in(see my original thread - "i received the knock on the door.
") the 2 ladies came back to the door today, to give me the gift of a basket of fruit!
they said they didn't want to leave a bad taste, and we can still love our neighbors!
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".too bad you asked a whole bunch of irrelevant questions when you first met them,"
I should ask any questions i want -- THEY CAME TO MY DOOR!!
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AARGH! THey came back to get the last word
by AuntBee in(see my original thread - "i received the knock on the door.
") the 2 ladies came back to the door today, to give me the gift of a basket of fruit!
they said they didn't want to leave a bad taste, and we can still love our neighbors!
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Hi WKMII -- I don't think they are evil; it is actually they who think i am evil! I looked them in the eye kindly as they were leaving, and said in all sincerity that it was too bad we can't really be friends, as i would be 'bad association' to them. She didn't reassure me that this is not true, they don't look at me that way, etc, she just said nothing.
I have a more personal connection with family members of one of them too. I have welcomed them into my home, entertained them, and spent time talking with them and getting to know and love them. As a matter of fact, because i know and love the kids, this is one of the reasons i did bother to spend all this time with them. -- (OTOH, they don't give my offspring the time of day, have only met her once, never had her in their home, and act like they don't know her when they see her.....) So, yah, sorry, but the fruit thing just felt a little fake/manipulative.
It took all the self control i have to sit there, and have someone in my living room, telling me they would let their kids die before giving them blood! It's one thing to read about it online or in books, but to experience it in reality..... i'm still reeling from it.
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AARGH! THey came back to get the last word
by AuntBee in(see my original thread - "i received the knock on the door.
") the 2 ladies came back to the door today, to give me the gift of a basket of fruit!
they said they didn't want to leave a bad taste, and we can still love our neighbors!
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(See my original thread - "I received the knock on the door.") The 2 ladies came back to the door today, to give me the gift of a basket of fruit! They said they didn't want to leave a bad taste, and we can still love our neighbors! The little note on it quoted the verse, 'by your fruits you shall know them." WOW! Am i supposed to be convinced by this? The only thing it convinces me of is that they're just trying to prove "WE"RE NICER THAN YOU!" And i think if anything i said was disturbing them, they have to 'prove' in this way, that they DO have the truth, because they are just proving it by being so loving, after i was so 'mean' to them with all those facts and questions.
Feeling REALLY annoyed, and why did i even bother, aunt bee.