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  Mouthy Says "Hi"!

  by ziddina in

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  everyone knows our dear mouthy.

  she's modified her living arrangements lately... has moved to an "assisted living" facility... on monday, and is still going thru a period of adjustment... .

  if there are any of you who live near mouthy.

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  Hi Mouthy!
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  For those of you who still want to live forever on earth...

  by doublelife in

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  i don't know if i posted this in the correct section but i thought it was very interesting.

  i never knew there was a species that can live forever.. http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/26/the-world-s-only-immortal-animal.html.

  the world's only immortal animalthe turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth.. since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span.

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  doublelife

  I don't know if I posted this in the correct section but I thought it was very interesting. I never knew there was a species that can live forever.

  http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/26/the-world-s-only-immortal-animal.html

  The world's only immortal animal

  The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth.

  Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span. Scientists say the hydrozoan jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly turn back the hands of time and revert to its polyp state (its first stage of life).

  The key lies in a process called transdifferentiation, where one type of cell is transformed into another type of cell. Some animals can undergo limited transdifferentiation and regenerate organs, such as salamanders, which can regrow limbs. Turritopsi nutricula, on the other hand, can regenerate its entire body over and over again. Researchers are studying the jellyfish to discover how it is able to reverse its aging process.

  Because they are able to bypass death, the number of individuals is spiking. They're now found in oceans around the globe rather than just in their native Caribbean waters. "We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion," says Dr. Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute.

  Bryan Nelson is a regular contributor to Mother Nature Network, where a version of this post originally appeared.
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  Transcript Of Judicial Committee Meeting Of Dale & Bette Baker

  by Bangalore in

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  transcript of judicial committee meeting of dale & bette baker.. http://www.jehovahswitnessbooks.com/2010/03/judicial-committee-meeting-of-dale.html.

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  Marked for later reading.
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  can a unmarried man be made an elder ?

  by looloo in

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  my brother inlaw has been made a min servant age 21 and as yet has shown no interest in women !.

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  doublelife

  Yes. There was a single brother in my old hall that got df'd for homosexuality. Got reinstated and a few years back became an elder. He had to step down as an elder because he started nursing school and couldn't handle all of it. But he's still in good standing.
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  How do you cope with boredom at meetings?

  by MMXIV in

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  what did/do you use to cope with boredom at the meetings?.

  as sad as this sounds, when i was a kid and desperate for anything to do at a meeting, i used to count the punctuation in each wt study article.

  i had a system.

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  doublelife

  This is a gross and embarrassing but when I was little I used to pick at my lip. When I got into my teenage years and even though adulthood I would take my time with rubbing in lotion on each one of my culticles. I had the softest hands in the congregation. That kept me busy with the first half of the meeting. During the second half I would try to make it look like I was paying attention but I'd really be half asleep and daydreaming.
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  Do you hide that you come here?

  by paul from cleveland in

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  I tried to at first. My husband caught me so I don't hind it from him anymore. And there are a few non-jws who know. I don't tell any jw though.
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  Would you NOT hire a JW because they're a JW?

  by Open mind in

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  would you let a jw's religion affect your decision to use their services?.

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  doublelife

  One of Lady Lee's questions: "would they refrain from shunning other employees or customers if they knew they were no longer a JW"

  This is a very good question.

  When I was 17 I worked as a cashier in a store and a df'd person came in. It was so awkward for me. I had to check her out but I didn't greet her or smile at her. The whole time I was trying to figure out how I could say only what I needed to say to get the transaction done without any of my co-workers noticing that I was acting differently. I didn't want to have to explain to anyone that I was suppose to be shunning her. This would be a hard question for any jw to answer and they've probably never thought of a scenario like mine happening. I never did and was caught off guard and didn't know what to do.
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  Have You Visited JW Facts?

  by leavingwt in

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  for newer members.

  if you haven't already done so, please visit the site and have a look around.

  here are a few of my favorite pages, there:.

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  I'm new here!

  by its_me! in

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  i have been reading your posts for 2 weeks now, and i am riveted!

  i spend every spare moment on this site.

  it has become rather like a drug to me!

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  doublelife

  Welcome! I've been on this board for about 5 or 6 months and I still can't tear myself away. It's like an addiction. Oh, and I'm a born in also.
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  Do You Personally Know Of Anyone That Committed Suicide?

  by minimus in

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  lately, i've come to find out that a more than a few people in the area had killed themselves.

  most of the people i know of were in their early twenties or forties.

  for those loved ones surviving them, it was mostly a shock!

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  doublelife

  Yes, my dad about five months ago. He had a lot of mental problems and was da'd. Deep down I always knew that he would kill himself one day, I just didn't want to think about it. Now that he's gone, I constantly think about him and wonder how much my shunning of him contributed to it. I only found out the truth about the truth a few weeks before he did it so I didn't have the opportunity to set things right with him.

  tec, your son isn't the only child to want that. Although I've never attempted it myself, I have thought about it. Even as young a five years old, I remember being in my room wondering if anyone would miss me if I offed myself. I truly thought the answer was no. I chickened out of any attempts but I found other ways of hurting myself that no one ever found out about. I'm over that stage now.