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  Me Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee

  by Tater-T in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  trying to learn to post pictures on here.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/forum/tech-support/205431/1/how-to-post-a-photo-here.

  and i've done all this and it doesn't work.

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  Im a huge rush fan... I am so jealous. Thanks for sharing the pix - here's one of my pix from their last tour through Phoenix (I got front row tickets -- my son was so excited).

  
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  Let me introduce myself - slimboyfat

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was simultaneously compelled and repelled by narkissoss suggestion that it may be healthy to present a story of how we became witnesses that we can now own as former or disillusioned witnesses.

  if we can now own it wouldnt it necessarily be a betrayal?

  whose story is it, mine or a former self or just wishful thinking?

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  This was a great read... I'm glad this thread was um... resurrected...
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  If you are self employed in the USA, do you have health insurance?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of my family members is considering to be self employed.

  do you have any health insurance recommendations?

  how much are you paying them each month?

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  I am self employed, about 5 years ago when I started my policy, my monthly insurance premium was about $440. Which this last incease, my current premium is $991. My premium has doubled in less than 5 years. My Wife an I go to the doctor annually, take some minor generic medicines and are relatively good health for mid 40s and lots of work stresses. Each time we get our annual review for Insurance Premiums, the letter says if not our risk factors, but the general cost of health care. I have a hard time beleiving that health care costs have doubled in the mast 5 years...

  cheers
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  How would SOPA affect us?

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i note a lot of recent news about sopa and both sides of the story.. i hope this will not turn into a debate about it or its legalities or the constitution, it's about the effect of it itself.. mixed in no doubt is a large amount of speculation from both sides as to how it will or will not work and the 'freedoms' under threat.

  i beleive the concept of protecting intelectual property etc is fine, as i want the same protection for my artwork etc, but i gather this bill may go to far as it were.... many feel it will adversely effect the internet in as diverse ways as making sites shut down either by force in in self protection such as etsy, flickr, utube, wikipedia and social networking sites.. is it all being blown out of proportion?.

  do we as an online community very used to posting, cut n paste, links etc face the risk of simon having to pull the pin?.

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  this site can have a claim raised by a 'copyright owner' and the government could have your ISP block it.... so no site would be safe from censorship.
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  Kittens Playing on a Slide. Who Needs a Treadmill?

  by possible-san in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  kittens playing on a slide.

  who needs a treadmill?.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhw76biwp4.

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  Like a hamster ball for cats.. You would think that the cats would "figure it out" that they weren't getting anywhere...

  thanks
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  What's your Myers-Briggs?

  by Londo111 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am infp.. some former witnesses in my hometown had a meetup last night...alas, only four of us.

  but it turned out we had an infp(me), two infjs, and an enfp.

  therefore, it turned out we were all idealists.

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  Hmm... doesnt seem like there are too many INTP's here...
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  What's your Myers-Briggs?

  by Londo111 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am infp.. some former witnesses in my hometown had a meetup last night...alas, only four of us.

  but it turned out we had an infp(me), two infjs, and an enfp.

  therefore, it turned out we were all idealists.

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  darthfader

  INTP
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  Pros about being a jehovah's witness

  by raxxxx in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  can you personally think of any pros of being a jws?

  anything that you have experienced that was and still is beneficial to you now from when u were a jw?.

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  I had 10 suits I donated to the Goodwill about a year after I my last meeting...
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  Witnessing WatchTower weasel words first hand

  by darthfader in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't have the stomach to read much of their literature lately, but it seems to me that every article i read was loaded with weasel words.

  is this still their mo?

  for an interesting set of examples, i looked up the following wikipedia article on weasel words: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/weasel_word.

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  I don't have the stomach to read much of their literature lately, but It seems to me that every article I read was loaded with weasel words. Is this still their MO? What have you seen lately? For an interesting set of examples, I looked up the following Wikipedia Article on Weasel Words: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word
  
  "A growing body of evidence..."[12] (Where is the raw data for your review?)
  "People say..." (Which people? How do they know?)
  "It has been claimed that..." (By whom, where, when?)
  "Critics claim..." (Which critics?)
  "Clearly..." (As if the premise is undeniably true)
  "It stands to reason that..." (Again, as if the premise is undeniably true—see "Clearly" above)
  "Questions have been raised..." (Implies a fatal flaw has been discovered)
  "I heard that..." (Who told you? Is the source reliable?)
  "There is evidence that..." (What evidence? Is the source reliable?)
  "Experience shows that..." (Whose experience? What was the experience? How does it demonstrate this?)
  "It has been mentioned that..." (Who are these mentioners? Can they be trusted?)
  "Popular wisdom has it that..." (Is popular wisdom a test of truth?)
  "Commonsense has it/insists that..." (The common sense of whom? Who says so? See "Popular wisdom" above, and "It is known that" below)
  "It is known that..." (By whom and by what method is it known?)
  "Officially known as..." (By whom, where, when—who says so?)
  "It turns out that..." (How does it turn out?)
  "It was noted that..." (A commonly used start of a line by Auditors with poor workpapers or little evidence)
  "See why more of our trucks are sold in Southern California than in any other part of the country." (Southern California is a big vehicle market.)
  "Nobody else's product is better than ours." (What is the evidence of this?)
  "Studies show..." (what studies?)
  "(The phenomenon) came to be seen as..." (by whom?)
  "Some argue..." (who?)
  "Up to sixty percent..." (so, 59%? 50%? 10%?)
  "More than seventy percent..." (How many more? 70.01%? 80%? 90%?)
  "The vast majority..." (All, more than half—how many?)
  
  All of those sound pretty familiar to me...
  
  cheers
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  Am I still an Ex JW?

  by darthfader in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking the other day about being an ex jehovahs witness... will i always be an ex jw?

  will i know when im no longer an ex jw?

  what can i do to become less of an ex jw and more of a normal person (whatever that is)... for me, being a jw was a little like a cross between the firm and hotel california where i feel like, at any point, one of the friends will spot me and either accost me or report me to the elders.

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  Sab, I am eager to erase the line.

  SST, I agree and am in the same boat with ya.

  3d1h, Thank you!

  Clear, no thanks... I'd like to erase the letters J and W from the list completely :)