Posts by Sam Whiskey

james bond composer john barry turned 77 the other day.. in honor of his birthday i decided to compose a tribute to his wonderfully evocative music for the early bond films.. this is an original composition that uses the style and thematic vamps which make the bond films so enjoyable.. a walk down bond street.

Sam Whiskey

Makes me want to pop in one of the Bond movies from my collection....

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I just watched time disappear ...

by compound complex in

good morning, fellow posters.. i got up a few minutes ago to watch time disappear, right before my very eyes - an entire hour, to be exact.

as the computer clock approached 2:00 a.m. i knew that this would be the first time i had ever done this: see the time go from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.. the earth has moved beneath my feet .... please share your clock-watching stories.. or is this going to be a dead thread?.

thanks, and happy dst.. coco.

Sam Whiskey

I have this very same mind bending time warp happen to me every day. When I go to sleep, it's 10:30 P.M. and when I wake up, it's like magic! The clock has moved forward eight hours...amazing!

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click on the link for a few pics - Jackson must be eatin pretty good

by booby in

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jwtalks/attachments/folder/1404536699/item/271142292/view?picmode=original&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc.

Sam Whiskey

I'm glad the young man did get his wish. If he's happy, then we all should be happy with him...regardless of the religion.

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left and now lost

by serein in

im luke warm and dont know what side im on, i dont mix well and i dont want to be worldly if u know what i mean,im a good person with morals and nowadays thers not many of us left., not were i live anyways,its so hard leaving it behind cos now i duno what to do with myself, and i dont want to go out and live it up or go on face book or go meet loads a worldly people and be like everyone else, and i dont wana celebrate pagan hols even thoe i might do xmas i still feel weird doing that.i dont feel right with myself one bit..

Sam Whiskey

Ya might wanna start with a spelling and grammar program, a t least you'll be able to communicate with people. I could hardly read your post and make any sense out of it.

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Something a JW Told Me A While Back

by mentallyfree31 in

jw
friends

a jw told me a while back as i was leaving - "you will never find friends in the world that are like those in the organiation".. i smiled to myself and thought "god, i hope not".

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lol.

Sam Whiskey

MentallyFree,

Geez, that's some funny stuff... ROFLMAO

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A Social Security question...

by coffee_black in

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friends

this has been nagging at me...and i think that tomorrow i'll call the ss office to find out for sure.. my jw xhusband recently started collecting ss.

he is 62. i was married to him for almost 20 years, and we filed taxes jointly.

we divorced in 1990. i don't think he paid much into ss if at all.. he had his own business.. and worked for others for short periods of time over the years.

Sam Whiskey

I don't think it's possible, it's paid off of Social Security numbers. Unless...he's somehow using your number.

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November 2nd, What are your plans

by designs in

i'll find a place to vote after 5:00pm.. feels right, and dammit we've worked good and hard and sacrificed a lot for this priviledge!.

grandpa designs .

Sam Whiskey

I hope Pelosi is out of a job. Now that would be something to celebrate!

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Did born-in's have the capacity to "test their faith"?

by sabastious in

2 corinthians 13: 5a - 5 examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.. this verse just comes at me like a locomotive.. to examine something is to truly use my mental capacities and to look at something objectively.. how do i accomplish this, even now?.

i was raised in an organization that controlled my information and used fear of rejection as well as my need for approval to "inculcate" the "truth" into me.. by that right, i (and all born-ins) do not have the ability to examine our faith (as a jw).. there will always be an artificial pull either for or against the society (whether we are aware of it or not).. free will has been comprimised; therefore our "faith to our creator" has been tainted and cannot be judged as worthy or unworthy.. of course many of us have regained our ability to discern and look at things objectively.. but i believe that we will never be able to truly look at the watchtower organization without a slant.. not to say the conclusions we come to regards to the organization are not valid (because they are and have been validated).

my point is that the organization has no right to judge and ostracize any born-in for leaving and even for speaking out.. they broke us, and now they are demonizing us for the things we did in that broken state.

Sam Whiskey

Can anyone share why they think the Bible is a book that could not benefit a person?

For example;

The Bible says not to commit Adultery. How is this a bad piece of counsel?

The Bible says not to steal. How is this a bad piece of counsel?

I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Now, using common sense, how are any of these "rules" bad for you?