Actually I am eating at a Chinese buffet! I live in the neighborhood where the movie "A Christmas Story" was filmed. In the movie, the family goes to a Chinese restaurant on Christmas. That's where I got the idea.
paul from cleveland
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What did you have for Christmas dinner?
by GrreatTeacher inmy inlaws are polish, though my husband is a 3rd generation american, but the food traditions have stuck around.. we have christmas eve dinner starting with red beet soup with sour cream, pierogies filled with mashed potatoes or saurkraut, ham, polish sausage sliced and cooked with saurkraut, turkey (that part is american), krischickies (likely spelled wrong) which are crispy pastries dipped in powdered sugar, and apple pie (also american.).
there are goodnatured threats toward bad children who may need to get their dupa busted (butt spanked) and therefore santa will bring figismachen.
i also love golabkis (ground beef and rice wrapped in cabbage leaves), but these were not served this time.
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merry xmas
by Sabin init has just turned 12 o'clock in n.s.w, australia, is i am just saying merry christmas to all you on the forum & i hope you all happy a happy new year.
big hugs all round.
sabin.
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paul from cleveland
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The thing I have a hard time understanding with all the redundant bethelites
by joe134cd inthis has probably been touched on before but i thought i would mention it again.
the problem i have with all the redundant bethelites.
they were virtually getting free labour.
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paul from cleveland
it simply makes no sense to keep all those people if you don't need them. With all the cuts in literature production what are they going to do? -
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Does Jehovah Intervene - JW Teaching
by thedepressedsoul ini have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.
jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.
they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.
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paul from cleveland
Not far from where I live, three young girls were abducted and held captive for over 10 years. They were raped, beaten, chained, tortured, etc, until they finally were able to escape. Do you really think God is answering prayers for gas money while letting those girls suffer all that time and countless other situations like it? And if he does, why would you worship a God like that? I would have zero respect for a God that answered my prayers. -
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Hedge Funds Still Off
by berrygerry indid the investment guru(s) at bethel pick the wrong fund manager, and hence the big need for cash?.
laggner refers to companies like valeant, sunedison and micron technology as hedge fund hotels, where you check in but cant check out.. i mean they cant get out because they are the market, laggner said.
when they all try to get out, the stock collapses.. valeant is a classic example of a hedge fund hotel in that it has dropped from a high of $260 a share to the $100 range as the stock was obliterated by sellers.
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paul from cleveland
I'm only guessing but probably what happened is they panicked in the market crash of 2007 through 2009 and got out at the bottom and lost a ton of money. Then they decided they wouldn't make that mistake again and invested in midstream oil pipeline MLP funds which were considered very safe before the crash in oil prices. I remember reading somewhere that they are holding a lot of energy funds. -
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People keep sending me messages saying "what happened?"
by slimboyfat ini am sorry i haven't replied and if it seems rude.
but people keep asking me what happened and i am not sure what to say.
thanks for writing anyway.
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paul from cleveland
I do hope one day that you feel comfortable sharing why you left. At least the CliffsNotes version. I am curious because you're obviously much more well read that I. Also, you're not a dogmatic black and white thinker. So obviously if you feel it's the truth naturally I'd like to know why. What am I missing? Am I just too stupid to see the obvious?
I still feel it's possible that Jehovah's Witnesses have the truth. For me it's not a matter of whether or not it's the truth but the character of the person called Jehovah. Does he deserve to be worshipped? If Jehovah's Witnesses have the correct interpretation should I worship a God that couldn't think of a better solution than destroying billions of people and causing all this suffering? I don't like Jehovah.
I don't know if this helps, but imagine Leolaia doing what you did? Wouldn't you be the least bit curious?
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About my avatar
by slimboyfat inquestions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
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paul from cleveland
Talesin, regarding the Grey Owl and Archibald Belaney, I was familar with him before this thread only because I dragged slimboyfat's avatar into Google image search some time ago. I read about his history because I was curious about why slimboyfat would choose that image. I couldn't know about the historical accuracy of what I read though.
edit: Oops, sorry Talesin, I just noticed the second part of your question wasn't directed toward me.
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About my avatar
by slimboyfat inquestions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
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About my avatar
by slimboyfat inquestions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
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paul from cleveland
Oubliette, I like that idea.
Yes, I'm from Cleveland. The one in Ohio.
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About my avatar
by slimboyfat inquestions from readers .
say, who is that in your avatar slimboyfat?
from brother i. m. curious, usa.. that's archibald belaney aka grey owl.
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paul from cleveland
The word "America" is actually part of the official name of the country known as "The United States of America" so it makes sense that when people use the word "America" or "American" they're referring to the "United States of America" or someone from that country. Of course technically everyone from North and South America is "American" just as everyone from Europe is European. If the official name of Canada was something like "Canada of America" I suppose it would make sense to call people from the "United States of America" by another name. What would you like to call us? "United-Statesians"?