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Please share your Xmas craft ideas with me

by Eyebrow2 in

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hello everyyone!.

this the first christmas that my husband and i actually have time to do stuff with our kids before christmas.

i hope to help them make some ornaments for our tree, and hopefully make a few to send up to their grandparents for their tree.

Jim_TX

I was going to say a horsie and a doggie... (quoting Charlie Brown - looking up at the clouds)

Ahem... anyway... a couple of ideas that I have had in the past... but they may be too much on the 'practical' side...

Idea #1: Take an old Printed Circuit Board - I usually have access to 'throw aways' - and using double-sided masking tape - affix a small pad of paper to one side of the board. Add a string and a pen, and viola, a custom made pad for making shopping lists.

Idea #2: My daughter wanted to know what melted crayons looked like...

we got some aluminum cupcake holders, placed used broken crayons into the cups... not too many - just enough to cover the bottom or so...

sprinkle a bit of crayon shavings over the top for 'color flavor', and place into the oven for a few minutes. (Actually - you can play with adding the 'sprinkles' after you remove the still hot crayons from the oven - this may add some useful color streaks to the result.)

Watch very carefully - as when these crayons begin to melt together - you want to remove them from the oven - otherwise, the colors merge together into a blob of black or dark purple.

When removed from the oven, allow them to cool - then remove them from the 'tins'. They make cool 'recycled crayons'.

Not sure what to do with them afterwards... but they make a great learning tool to show kids what happens when colors are placed into the oven. *grin*

Oh - and moms - it doesn't mess up your precious oven - like my ex-wife who was not very curious about things, thought.

Hmmm... maybe, using red and green crayons, you could craft some unique and special Christmas tree ornaments. *wide grin*

Okay... I'll be quiet now.

Regards,

Jim TX

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JEHOVAH

by minimus in

we all know that we do not know the correct pronunciation of the name of god.

over 6000 times, the tetragrammaton is mentioned in the ot.

yet for some reason, most bibles do not use the name jehovah or yahweh but a few times.

Jim_TX

Who??? *puzzled look*

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Religion after the WBTS

by Mysterious in

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.

just curious who went on to associated themselves with another religion after leaving the watchtower and whether you still follow the bible or not.

i haven't really decided what i believe but i'll consider almost anything not witness related.

Jim_TX

Many good thoughts in this discussion. The only true words that I came away with - and can still remember from being a JW are...

"Religion is a snare and a racket."

I just don't buy into the 'god is love' nonsense - especially when you consider that he didn't take on that personality until the New Testament. (In the Old Testament he was destroying whole nations and peoples - all in the name of his 'people'. *rolls eyes*)

As for the God aspect of it - I believe in something... and it is more oriented towards nature, and the cycles of life that are all around us.

Some of the best folks that I know don't even set foot in a church.

Just my .02 worth.

Jim TX

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Pick-up lines

by SpunkyChick in

funny article on msn...

"what's your sign?".

the epitome of cheese, this line, which has been around since the beatles came to america, ranks as the very worst line in dating history.

Jim_TX

<--- doesn't have many pick-up lines...

*writing furiously* (These are good!) *grin*

Jim TX

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The Most Annoying I-Can't-Get-This-Song-Outta-My-Head Song Ever?

by Funchback in

currently, the most annoying song that's stuck in my head (and perhaps the most annoying song ever) is:

milkshake

my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they're like "it's better than yours!

Jim_TX

Oh - here's one that'll get stuck in your head...

http://www.vegemite.com.au/media/Vegesong2.wav

Regards,

Jim TX

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The Most Annoying I-Can't-Get-This-Song-Outta-My-Head Song Ever?

by Funchback in

currently, the most annoying song that's stuck in my head (and perhaps the most annoying song ever) is:

milkshake

my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they're like "it's better than yours!

Jim_TX

Years ago I was an employee of a local firm that does a lot of research and development. I shared a lab with a fella, and we had a section set aside for tools and drill press, etc.

There was this fella that would come in whistling a tune, as he would go over and use the tools.

He came in on a regular basis, and I knew that he was always whistling... so I turned to my lab partner and said "Watch this." I started to whistle some Beetles tune. Well, the 'whistler' picked up on the tune, and left the lab whistling it.

A little later, he comes back into the lab to use the tools and he is still whistling the same tune. (We're talking not just one refrain... but the ENTIRE song!)

This went on for a bit, and my lab partner turns to me and says quietly, "Will you PULLLEEEEEASE change the tune?", to which I started whistling a new tune... which the 'whistler' picked up on, and left the lab, whistling the new tune.

My lab partner and I looked at each other... and burst out laughing. The 'whistler' never knew that I was doing this to him... he just started whistling the tunes that got stuck in his head, I suppose.

Regards,

Jim TX

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Fluff thread: swing dancing

by bebu in

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i enjoy swing dancing because it's very creative as a social dance.

you can learn a little or a lot, and enjoy it easily.

my parents taught me a little bit about swing dancing when i was young.

Jim_TX

When I was in my early twenties (a century ago), I took dance lessons. I wanted to learn the current Travolta dances that were popular... only they taught me Tango, Waltz, Fox Trot, Rhumba, Cha Cha, etc. Ballroom dance.

I did very well, too. They had a contest north of here one Sunday in Austin (I had to skip going to a meeting to make the contest), and I did an exhibition Cha Cha with my dance partnet/instructor. I took First Place. *rolls eyes*

Anyway - flash forward to about 2000 and 2001 - my daughter, shows an interest in the latest dance craze... Swing Dance. Boy was _I_ shocked. I even got to go to a JW gathering or two where she and her JW friends had dance there. Swing Dance. I never knew it would be popular like that.

She was good at it, too.

Regards,

Jim TX

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Hypoglycemic, are you?

by Tinkerbell4125 in

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are any of you hypoglycemic or do you know someone that is?

i've felt yucky lately and i've changed my diet.

cc and i think that i may have hypoglysemia.

Jim_TX

Hey Tink!!!

Well... I _used_ to be hypoglycemic... when I was a teen and living at home. My mom started reading all about this, and it seems that almost everyone in the household had it. (Okay, perhaps an exxageration, but I know my older sis was eating grapes, and other natural foods. I also think it was the latest 'fad' to be hypoglycemic.)

I remember back then... the only test they had for detecting hypoglycemia was 8 hours long and involved drinking a really sweet cup of sugary syrup... *yuck*!!

Then they took blood samples every hour for 6 or 7 hours after that. No food in the meantime.

By the end of the day, they may have had their blood samples, but I was about to pass out.

Yeah - I had hypoglycemia.

I was also only 120 pounds in weight, and could not skip a meal or I would get dizzy spells. (I'd get them anyway.)

Nowadays, I seem to do okay... haven't been tested lately... but feel better and don't think I am as susceptible as I used to be. (Don't get dizzy... well, not as much.)

If you need to - go and get tested for hypoglycemia. A good diet will help one... anyone... feel much better.

Not much help perhaps... those memories are fading a bit.

Regards,

Jim TX

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Anyone Remember the Skating Parties From the 70's ?

by Perry in

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here in the usa during the late 70's, witnesses would rent an entire skating rink and hundreds of kids would show up.

it was great fun and a chance to socialize without quoting scriptures.

it seems like just because some were engaging in fornication and smoking in the parking lots that the society put a stop to it.

Jim_TX

Perry,

Thanks for the reply. Naw - in all actuality, it was mainly one of the 'elders' that had the most issues with the gatherings. The other two just went along with him, afraid to go against him.

He didn't like anything that had to do with fun.

Years later... I had drifted away from being a JW - but would still accompany the now ex-wifey and daughter to events... there was this 50-yr wedding anniversary that I had to go to for some friends of the ex-wife who were JWs.

Anyway... if you followed that and are still reading... this one 'elder', who has worked his way up the food-chain, and is thought of very 'highly' by... well, I think he is the only one who thinks highly of himself. Anyway, he was there.

I was surprised to see that he would even attend something like this. It was a gathering that involved... people, food, live music, and laughing.

I leaned over and told the ex-wifey - "Watch this guy. When the live music starts... he'll get up and leave."

She asked me, "How do you know?"

I told her, "Just watch."

Sure enough, after all of the cake and punch had been served and eaten, the band arrived, set up, and then began to play. As if on cue - this fella stiffly stood up, and walked for the door, leaving to go home.

My ex-wife was astonished as she looked me, mouth open... "How did you know?"

I laughed.

I just know this jerk and how he is. This was over 20 years later, too. Some people never change.

As for my mom... she never quite recovered from her ordeal - and having to 'fight' the local elders. She gave up on trying to have parties - and almost went to the extreme of boycottig others' parties - just on principle.

Regards,

Jim TX

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Anyone Remember the Skating Parties From the 70's ?

by Perry in

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here in the usa during the late 70's, witnesses would rent an entire skating rink and hundreds of kids would show up.

it was great fun and a chance to socialize without quoting scriptures.

it seems like just because some were engaging in fornication and smoking in the parking lots that the society put a stop to it.

Jim_TX

Yes, I remember these in the '70s. How I HATED the 'couples skate' - as I had to sit on the sidelines. No gal in her right mind wanted to skate with a geek (I hadn't yet graduated to 'nerd').

Very painful memories... but the skating was fun.

When my daughter was growing up, locally - a JW couple would 'sponsor' a monthly skating party - and they had everyone sign in. I always tried to go - in support - and also because I figured that I wanted to be there - if anything went awry. Nothing ever did. The host - he looked like a wrestler, and no kid in their right mind dared to cross him.

Anyway... my daughter got to associate with her friends. Kinda funny... there were 'geeks' in that crowd, too.

.....

My mom - bless her heart - tried to start a gathering type of thing for the youngsters... which involved 'square dancing' & folk dances (Virginia Reel? *shudder*). She rented a large party room, and we set up all of our equipment, and provided refreshments, etc. It was well organized, and very well received by folks both young and old. (I was in charge of the 'sound system'. *grin*)

I remember well, the trouble she got in. The local eldership (although back in the late 60s and early 70s, they weren't called 'elders'), threw a monkey wrench into this and she got called 'on the carpet', so to speak.

They had a big meeting, and I remember that there was this one elder that was deadset against any sort of 'fun'.

Folks... they put all sorts of 'restrictions' on the gatherings... like needing an off-duty policeman... making HER personally responsible for the actions of folks AFTER they left the gathering (ridiculous), etc.

She met most - if not all of those silly requirements... and held another party. It was boycotted. (The policeman... he just milled around - and helped himself to the cookies. Nothing else for him to do.)

She had ALSO researched the issue - and sent a letter to Brooklyn - without telling the local eldership.

She provided the folks in New York with a well prepared case - promoting her parties - and backing it up with quotes researched from THEIR own literature. They responded. Supporting her.

She then called the eldership back together... and presented THEM with the two letters - first the one she sent... then the reply from the boys in New York.

The local boys weren't too happy at all. You coulda heard a pin drop.

Anyway... they STILL put all sorts of restrictions on her... and she finally gave up.

I may have left out a few details... but you get the gist of it.

Regards,

Jim TX

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