GLTirebiter

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  Devlin Kerry ,,, my personal hero

  by talesin in

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  i shared this story with a fellow poster via email,,, and he thought you would all may be inspired by my best friend, too!!.

  dev is a musician, a master guitarist who has written over 140 songs, and (i kid you not!

  he's a frickin' genius.

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  GLTirebiter

  BTTT!
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  Well I've been 10 years on here

  by mouthy in

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  am i still the oldest?

  84???

  ?and the stupidist?.

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  Happy anniversary, dear Grace! Please take good care of yourself, so that there can be many more of them to come.
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  Top Ten Pickup Lines at This Year's Convention

  by JimmyPage in

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  2. experiences

  10. if i said you had a nice governing body would you hold it against me?.

  9. let's overlap our generations if you know what i mean.. 8. what do you say we lose this great crowd?.

  7. i want to be your faithful slave.. 6. tonight we're gonna party like it's 1974.. 7. your breasts are like towers.. 6. would you welcome a shepherding call?.

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  I'm playing David in the drama, and I need to rehearse. Can you do the part of Bathsheba?
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  Good News For Once!

  by Blind_Of_Lies in

  1. jw
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  just found out that with any luck i will be a father... again... by this time next year!!!

  i dont have any contact with my "family" anymore so i had to share :) :).

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  Congratulations! Fatherhood brings out the best in us.
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  Guys!! Guys!!! Two Jehovah's Witnesses were just at my door!!

  by ziddina in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and of course, i had some fun with them... an older, brunette woman who obviously dyes her hair and could stand to lose a bit of weight, and a slim blonde teenage girl - probably around 15 - 17.... i started out by asking them if they knew how old the bible was.... .

  (and unfortunately, i think i demonstrated that i wouldn't make a very good "undercover" bible study prospect... .

  but they didn't even know how old - young - the bible was!!.

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  Good job Zid! Maybe too good, I doubt that older one will ever come back, and the younger one is due for some extra shepherding if the older one reports she listens to such talk. There's probably a special note on the the territory card about you, something like

  "Danger: the she-devil lives here!"

  I wonder what would happen if they saw you wearing your red dragon outfit? That would scare most of them straight back to the car and off to the other end of the territory!
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  Mr. Snowbird and I Are Reconciling

  by snowbird in

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  2. friends

  we've agreed to compromise on our differences and support each other through the years we have left.. i'm seeing a psychiatrist today to deal with my difficulties that stem from a traumatic and tumultuous childhood.. he is willing to yield in his beliefs that a man should control everything and make all the decisions.. being a stubborn jamaican, i realize how hard that is for him.. we're going to renovate the house so that he has his own quarters.. that way, my boisterous g'kids won't work his nerves too badly.. just wanted to put it out there.. syl.

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  I'm learning how to forgive and forget, which is a beautiful thing.

  So it is, all the more so when forgetting isn't your strong suit. So do your best to forget things that shouldn't be remembered, and remember the things that shouldn't be forgotten. Good luck to you and your husband Sylvia, and much happiness to you!
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  ZidGrips and ZidChains....

  by ziddina in

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  here's a little idea i've been batting around for a while, and i finally produced several pairs.... for those of you who followed the "mouthy" situation, when she fell down, perhaps you know that i sent a pair of "yaktraxtm" to her.

  they're produced commercially, and are made to slip over one's shoes to provide a grip on icy streets and sidewalks.. they're fine for the occasional usage, but when hubby and i went hiking, i found that the rocks and high-mileage hikes [8-12 miles] were destroying the "yaktraxtm" - sometimes even before i finished a hike.. i was going through a pair every two months or less.... so i came up with my own version - something a bit more durable.... i call them, "zidgrips".

  and on the suggestion of heaven, i came up with another type, called "zidchains".. so, here's the story in pix - including how to put on the zidgrips and zidchains - which i'm including for heaven's sake... .

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  Very nice, Zid! Do they fit ski boots? The most dangerous part of the day is that icy walk back to the parking lot.
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  Good bye, Dial Up ...

  by compound complex in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  greetings, friends:.

  getting in a few last words before the new switcheroo at 8:00 a.m. i'm assuming that there's an instant turning off of the old on the landline and a turning on of the new.

  it will be a revelation [the good, not the wt kind] to watch and hear youtube et al at high speed.

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  Forget the modem (though I'm glad it's fixed now)--how are you doing, CoCo?
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  Job suffering A ridiculous story.

  by jam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  job a man blameless and upright, one who feared god, and turn away from evil.

  the fact that he is just and suffering breaks the logic relating god, evil,and the suffering of israel.

  for ancient israel the logic of suffering then they must have sinned.

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  Reading the first dozen verses shows the book of Job is of the "parable" genre, not "historical". God and Satan engaging in a challenge, as if over drinks at the corner tavern? That tells the reader this story is to be read figuratively for its message, not literally as a record of real events.

  To read it too literally is to ignore that the Bible is a collection of different works, recorded in different ages, by different authors, for different audiences and purposes. Each book should be read according to the context of its origin, intent and literary genre. To do otherwise not only leads to poor interpretations, but also is disrepectful to the very words believers claim to revere.
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  what am i in for? i have 5 jw employees and now im dfd...

  by oompa in

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  2. friends

  only one is a guy...a mini serve .

  one is a reg pioneer.... all are actually pretty key to my biz....three have been there over 20 years (ya...i am a great boss!!!).

  how much pressure are they going to get to quit working for me???.

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  GLTirebiter

  An uneven relationship is at work here: if you fire them, you'll be sued (and they'd be WT heroes at the next assembly). If they quit, you can't do a thing about it (and they'd be WT heroes at the next assembly). The only way they look bad to the WT is if they stick around to support their families (as they should), and you don't mistreat them because of their religion (as you should). The WT discourages good christian behavior!

  The really crazy part is this: to anyone who's lived in the WT Society rabbit hole, this all seems normal!