while i think that obamacare is bad for forcing people to get health insurance by penalizing them for not having it; it is going to hit jws hard.. so many brag on the assembly parts that they quit corporate jobs to pioneer, but they don't get insurance after that.. there are many that are pioneer couples or single pioneers that are just doing small jobs like cleaning that can't afford insurance, so they don't get it.
they will want to be obedient to caesar and have to get it next year, straining their budgets.
or if they don't get it, they will have to pay the penalty.. we will see how that plays out next year..
They should do..I'm tired of paying so much. I just took a huge hit on my paycheck...between
the payroll and tax and my insurance switching, I am paying $75 a paycheck. When does it
become too much? I realise that taxes are mandatory and I have no problem with paying them,
but EVERYTHING is going up. I'm ready to head over my own fiscal cliff.
130 but I look more like 43 :)
it was always stressed that the five weekly meetings were like the fingers on your hand.
each one was just as important as the next.
which of the meetings were the most boring,bothersome and difficult to listen to?
They were all dreadful. I could have used Xanax back then.
.......because i was raised a jw and not allowed to do anything like birthday parties and the like.. i was ridiculed because i was dragged around on the 'ministry'(tm) and my class mates saw and laughed.. i wasn't allowed to go into school morning assembly even though it wasn't religious...just in case.....so i used to get beat up in the cloak room.. i tried to fit in but had too many guilt trips.. i now loathe the god concept and the gb!.
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I feel your pain...not only was I the weird JW kid, but I was rather a bit
of a chunk too. Also, very poor and my clothes were rather awful. I was
a sad child. But the experience helped form who I am today and I don't
think I've done that bad...
i dont need the cash but would love to hear your ideas.... .
uun .
*she is not a witness.
I have learned a lesson about that over the years when it comes to "lending" money
to my siblings...consider it a gift. Otherwise you'll just make yourself crazy.
hi everyone; this is my first post.
yes, a long long time ago my grandmother, freshly immigrated from post-war england to rural australia, waiting for months for her husband to follow, with only her baby for company, heard a knock at the door.
she opened it and there were two witnesses, who, after hearing how she'd just been crying in the kitchen, begging god for a friend, probably couldn't have believed their luck.
Hi Gorgia,
my grandmother's story is very similiar. She said she was wondering how to interpret the Bible and
the knock came. That was about 60 years ago. My grandfather divorced her because of it.
She's now 88 and still going strong. My mother tried very hard to
raised me as a JW, she still is, but luckily, I saw the folly of it very early on.
I avoid the topic at all costs. When it does come up, I simply state that I am an
atheist. That seems to put the brakes on.
justin bieber comes to town and you're scoping out all the mothers who're either dropping off their daughters or chaperoning.
self-facepalm moment..
Complain that every new song on the radio sounds the same...
gillian flaccus from the associated press reports on november 19, 2012 in the christian science monitor that 'the atheist's anti-god message alongside a life-sized nativity display in a park overlooking the beach [has] ignited a debate that burned brighter than any christmas candle... http://www.csmonitor.com/usa/latest-news-wires/2012/1119/nativity-display-lawsuit-atheists-vs.-christians-in-santa-monicahttp://www.csmonitor.com/usa/latest-news-wires/2012/1119/nativity-display-lawsuit-atheists-vs.-christians-in-santa-monica.
what is your reaction to this lawsuit?
is it fair?
I lean towards Athesim but my motto is if you don't like it, don't look!
hi everyone..i received this email from amy, a coworker of mine, and i cannot stop crying.
i actually have met thiswoman at one of her premier parties.
i can vouch for everything that is said...to lose your motherand all of your children in one tragedy is awful.please, if you want to make any donation, email me your details and i will provide you with an address tomail checks.
Great idea..you guys are wonderful. Thanks.
hi everyone..i received this email from amy, a coworker of mine, and i cannot stop crying.
i actually have met thiswoman at one of her premier parties.
i can vouch for everything that is said...to lose your motherand all of your children in one tragedy is awful.please, if you want to make any donation, email me your details and i will provide you with an address tomail checks.
Thanks for the link..I just learned of it too...so sad.
