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Dunkin Donuts........... is anything made there anymore????

by DaCheech in

my kids were good yesterday, so i promised them that i would get them dunking donuts in the morning on the way to dropping them off to school...... on the highway, there is a gas station convenience store with a corner dunkin donuts.............. they usually have everything there.. well my kids could not have their donuts, or muffins, or croissants............... they were not delivered i guess.. so, i left.. i went to another dunkin donuts 3 miles away............. and the same problem.. the other dunkin donuts was a dedicated dunkin only place!!!.

there's no baking in the place anymore!!!!.

what are we coming to!.

Jim_TX

RE: Dunkin donuts being baked -

Well, I don't know about where you are, but I believe that Dunkin' Donuts are fried in oil.

As a matter of fact, in 2000, when I was just getting started making my bio-diesel, I went in to a local Dunkin Donuts and asked the fella behind the counter if they would give me their used oil. He told me that they didn't change out the oil in the vat except once a week. I gave him my phone number, and on Saturday I got a phone call from him to come get about 5 gallons of used donut oil.

I processed my first batch of 5 gallons of bio-diesel using donut oil. Can you imagine that smell coming out of a tailpipe? It's marvelous. I wanted donuts - and so did anyone sitting at the traffic light who got a whiff of it.

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Dunkin Donuts........... is anything made there anymore????

by DaCheech in

my kids were good yesterday, so i promised them that i would get them dunking donuts in the morning on the way to dropping them off to school...... on the highway, there is a gas station convenience store with a corner dunkin donuts.............. they usually have everything there.. well my kids could not have their donuts, or muffins, or croissants............... they were not delivered i guess.. so, i left.. i went to another dunkin donuts 3 miles away............. and the same problem.. the other dunkin donuts was a dedicated dunkin only place!!!.

there's no baking in the place anymore!!!!.

what are we coming to!.

Jim_TX

I remember going to Dunkin' Donuts, many many many years ago. I would sit at the counter and get the coffee and a donut.

At one time, they had a lunch offer - a bowl of soup, a slice of bread, a donut and coffee for $1.25. That fed me many times. (Those were my lean years)

Dunkin' Donuts was the place that I took my first girlfriend... I guess it was our first date. We walked over to Dunkin' Donuts from the local junior college.

I also recall sitting at the counter one time, and a scraggly fella walked in. He looked like he hadn't shaved in a few days. His hygiene also wasn't the best. He sat at the counter and got a coffee. I figured him to be one of the homeless people who lived outdoors.

After a bit, he got up and disappeared into the back - whereupon he proceeded to make the donuts.

I had to think twice before getting donuts there again.

Regards,

Jim TX

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BADGES COMING TO LOCAL KINGDOM HALLS, FINALLY RESPECT I DESERVE!

by AuntConnie in

badges are coming to distinguish real christian effort!

1. badges: i want my badge to be different from the other brothers and sisters badges coming!

the society has realized they can't live without us and now they are giving us a little something extra ,it's going to be a blast!

Jim_TX

Badgers?!?!?! BADGERS??!!??!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx6TBrfCW54

We don't need no stinkin' Badgers!

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BADGES COMING TO LOCAL KINGDOM HALLS, FINALLY RESPECT I DESERVE!

by AuntConnie in

badges are coming to distinguish real christian effort!

1. badges: i want my badge to be different from the other brothers and sisters badges coming!

the society has realized they can't live without us and now they are giving us a little something extra ,it's going to be a blast!

Jim_TX

Well... if they issued badges, then they could take them away from you... like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmJPnAGUJk

Of course... there is symbolism...

The stripes are the badges that get ripped from your shirt.

The 5 year, 10 year, etc. pins cound be the buttons that get ripped from the shirt.

The sword is the bible that gets ripped in half and thrown out the front door.

All of this is done in front of everyone in the congregation, too. (If the congregation is a small one, they can save it for a large assembly and do it there.)

On a similar note... they could also issue magic underwear... oh, wait. That's been done.

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The Watchtower Society has come to grips with the futility of D2D preaching

by wasblind in

you don't even have to read between the lines, they say it straight out on their website.

" in many countries, more and more people obtain information online.".

who'd a thunk it .

Jim_TX

Well... regarding the slowness of going door-to-door, and the socializing... I must say that I was guilty of this when I was a JW many many ... many years ago.

To be absolutely honest, it was the only 'social' activity that I had as a kid growing up and a young teen. Field service was that activity where you were not in a formal environment like the KH. Yes, you were wearing a suit and tie, but you weren't confined in a small room with a lot of other individuals, and were able to talk to someone one-on-one.

I could usually strike up a conversation with the partner I was walking with, and we could talk and learn about things that each other did, etc. There were the exceptions of course, but if I was careful, I could pretty much get assigned to work with someone that was interesting to be around. While I would rather be at home on those Saturday (or Sunday) mornings, if I had to be out banging on doors, it was much more enjoyable to have to do it with someone that I could talk to.

It was also the only way that I had to get close to someone of the opposite sex without raising too many eyebrows. I.E. sitting next to them in the vehicle as we traveled to and from the territory. (I was sorta like Rajesh on The Big Bang Theory - I couldn't talk too much to gals.)

Of course, once in a while I got stuck with going solo, and while that wasn't all that bad... I had to be careful to not be too loud when I knocked - otherwise, I might have to talk to someone at the door that I had to talk to.

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The Watchtower Society has come to grips with the futility of D2D preaching

by wasblind in

you don't even have to read between the lines, they say it straight out on their website.

" in many countries, more and more people obtain information online.".

who'd a thunk it .

Jim_TX

Okay - Aussie Oz beat me to it. I can forsee their next District Assembly 'release' being a new Jehovah's Witnesses Internet Browser (JWIB).

It will come preprogrammed with the jw.org (or whatever their website is) as the home page, and all of the important sections where they can get their magazines - or whatever - pre-bookmarked for them. All they have to do is click-click - and viola! they're there!

(Please be sure to attend the drama on Saturday that demonstrates this new Internet Browser - hosted by an actor portraying Moses - as he writes the Ten Commandments using his new IPAD computer with the JWIB installed. Hear Moses' frustrations as his efforts to write the Ten Commandments are futile, UNTIL he launches the new JWIB and is taken straight to the jw.org web site where he is able to easily write the Ten Commandments straight onto his new IPAD.)

Donations for JWIB are welcome, and recommended. Those that donate are given a special passcode that allows them free access to the online library at jw.org. Those that do not donate are still able to use the browser, but with limited abilities.

All browsers can be used to surf the internet, but all activity will be monitored and any unapproved web sites will be reported to bethel, which will lead to a meeting locally with the elders.

Some restrictions may apply.

Not available in all states.

Alaska and Hawaii not included.

Your mileage may vary.

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The moon tonight.

by Defianttruth in

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i was in my yard tonight with telescope watching jupiter.

jupiter is as close to the moon as it will be in the next 13 years.

to my surprise, the moon had a corona which is pretty rare for where i am standing.

Jim_TX

How ironic. Last night, I was walking outside and happened to look up at the moon - for no apparent reason - and spotted the 'star' right next to it. I did not realize it was Jupiter until this morning. I also pointed it out to my wife, who also saw it.

I think it's pretty awesome!

Thanks for the photo.

Regards,

Jim TX

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What's the funniest/strangest name you ever gave a pet?

by JH in

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i was given a cat whose name was "piti".

i found it strange, but i kept it.

Jim_TX

P.S. ALL cats have a middle name. Most people don't know it, but it's the same name for all cats.

I know because I saw one of our cats doing something in the back yard, and I wanted to get his (or her) attention. I yelled, "Hey! STUPID!!"

Well, ALL of the cats turned their heads to look at me and see what I wanted.

I know, I know... most of you are thinking, "Well, of COURSE! they all turned to see what you wanted. It doesn't mean that is their middle name."

But I'm no dummy. I tried it several times on different occasions. 'Stupid' is their middle name. Try it. Verify it independently. You'll see.

Regards,

Jim TX

(It's either their middle name, or 'stupid' means something very bad in 'cat language', cause they also glare at me when I call them that.)

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What's the funniest/strangest name you ever gave a pet?

by JH in

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i was given a cat whose name was "piti".

i found it strange, but i kept it.

Jim_TX

Well, I've had several 'strange names' for pets in the past... right off the top of my head, my first dog was a small part weiner, part mutt dog. He was brown and a small puppy when I found him wandering around - someone had dumped him.

I took him over to a friends house, and the young girls thought that he was sooooooo cute. "What is his name?" they asked. "He doesn't have a name." I replied. "He looks like a weasel." They cooed. "Then Weasel is his name." I answered. ... and so it was. Weasel was a very smart dog. I've never seen another like him.

Another set of puppies were rescued years later by my now ex-wife. She found them in a box alongside the road. 6 puppies, if I recall correctly. She brought them home. She had to feed them gruel at first, as they were not weaned, and had to learn how to eat.

Well, these dogs were of a variety that got very very large. When they got old enough, I told my wife that she had to get rid of them. They both whined... and I told my daughter that she could keep one! But only one! She had to go and pick out one that was her favorite - but the rest had to go. She did. The rest got given away at the local shopping mall. Passersby, a free sign - and in a matter of minutes, they all were gone.

My daughter, needed a name for the puppy. She had those long legs and huge feet that she still had to grow into. Perplexed, my daughter thought aloud, "What should I name her?"

I replied, "Tiny."

"WHAT?!?!?!" shreeked my wife. "That dog is NOT going to be tiny! It's going to be huge!"

"Exactly." I calmly replied.

The lightbulb went off in my daughter's head... "Riiiiight... Tiny..." she said grinning. So Tiny was her name.

Regards,

Jim TX

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Weird "new world" artwork from the 2013 calendar

by cedars in

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my mother-in-law has a strange obsession with calendars, and orders the society's calendar each year.

this year's calendar is especially weird.

it features images depicting future events - in particular, the society's vision of the new world order.. i've taken the opportunity to scan some of the images for you all to check out.. please note - there are captions for each of the images, but i don't have the english language version of the calendar so i'd rather just quote the scripture used so as not to reveal which country i'm in.. .

Jim_TX

...why is that dude surfing so close to a coral reef? Isn't that dangerous? Oh - that's right... nothing can hurt them - in the 'new world'... but still...

Also... in the one where they're building new homes... it's okay for women to wear jeans and not dresses whilst doing carpentry. That change came out in the 'new scrolls' that were opened... which the one fella is reading... heck! it's just plans for A-frame housing.

The sailboats are bringing in folks resurrected in the water. Those that died at sea and were tossed overboard... or those that died on the Titanic.

Where Jesus is giving back the scepter... those guys in the background... some of them are snorting something with those long tubes...

Jim_TX

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