Posts by joelbear

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Strange Phone Call

by Bendrr in

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i had a message to call my mom this afternoon when i got home.

her voice concerned, she said "michael, please call us as soon as you can, we heard you may have been hurt".

i called back to find out what was going on.

joelbear

Hi Mike,

I have dozens of Skwarlo stories. They were assigned to Jesup in the 60's where I lived from 64 to 68 as a young boy aged 7 to 10.

My favorite Francis Skwarlo quote "Persevere Joel persevere" on an incredibly hot July day out in service. One hot day he drove up to a Dairy Queen where I thought I was gonna get ice cream. He walked me around back to the water fountain and told me it was the wettest water in town, LOL. He also used to rub my knuckles together when he shook my hand and squeeze my knee cap real hard and make it move around and hurt. Oh, those annointed, they are a hoot.

Mitch does it to my leg every once in a while and calls it the grip of the annointed. LOL.

Did you ever know a Dale Driskell from Macon. He was my best friend for a while in Valdosta.

hugs

Joel

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Famous Last Words

by You Know in

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the great depression had more to do with shaping the character and defining the last century than any other event, except the great wars that caused and followed the depression.

the structure of the financial system though has radically changed since that time, in that it is many times larger, global in fact, and it is much more fragile and complex, in that it reacts nearly instantaneously to various factors.

the average person is now much more dependent upon and indebted to the system as well.

joelbear

No risk no reward.

I have paid my house off with my stock market gains. I was too afraid to invest in the market until I was 35 because of my doom/gloom witness mentality. Sure, I got overly optimistic like everyone did and don't have as much as I did in 1999, but hey, life ain't always up up up. If I had never taken the risk, I would have next to nothing. Now I have a house paid for and a nice nest egg.

More risks ahead I am sure and hopefully more rewards.

If there's no food of course, I'll be out of luck. But for now, I will enjoy a sensible yet nice life.

Everything in moderation. I think Paul said that. One thing I agree with him on.

hugs

Joel

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More than a cupful is wasted..........

by ISP in

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yup, forget fancy scourers, fairy liquid......check out the real way to get mugs clean.

a fireman is in trouble for surreptitiously putting his penis into the boss's coffee mug.. fire lieutenant mark tomczak admits putting his member in chief william beres' cup.. he pulled the prank while he and other firemen were cleaning the station offices in west allis, milwaukee.. the incident, 10 years ago, came to light after mr beres' son began working as a fireman and heard the story.. mr beres, who has since retired, has demanded lt tomczak be disciplined despite the passage of time.. lt tomczak has been hauled before the police and fire commission to hear evidence, reports the milwaukee journal sentinel.. an investigation showed seven firefighters witnessed the incident.. lt tomczak's lawyer, ray dall'osto, told the panel lt tomczak regrets his actions and confessed when questioned.. mr beres was chief of west allis fire department from 1980-91. the hearings continue in august.. story filed: 20:16 wednesday 20th june 2001. .

isp

joelbear

I am assuming that there was no hot coffee in the cup at the time.

shrinking hugs

Joel

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Strange Phone Call

by Bendrr in

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i had a message to call my mom this afternoon when i got home.

her voice concerned, she said "michael, please call us as soon as you can, we heard you may have been hurt".

i called back to find out what was going on.

joelbear

Hi guys,

I grew up and attended congregations in Jesup Georgia and Valdosta Georgia. You know anybody there? I had friends in most of the south Georgia circuits.

Danny, ever run into a Bro and Sis Skwarlow? Annointed special pioneers in Jesup in 65 to 67. I was just an itty bitty cub then.

email me directly if you prefer.

hugs

Joel

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Advice requested on response to mom's letter

by paulvarjak in

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i received this recently from my mother.

the only contact i've had with any of my family since october has been an occasional email.

you are 28 years old and you made the choice to put yourself, and us, in this position.

joelbear

I disagree that your family loves you. I don't believe anyone involved in cultlike thinking is truly capable of love because I don't think they are truly capable of even seeing you as a human being.

I say, write a short note that says, your love for truth and real life is the most important thing and you will have to shun them until they are able to see and love you as the person you are.

I am of course only one voice of many.

I wish you peace. Life is good

Live life

hugs

Joel

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Position on College Changed?

by Maximus in

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several have made outright statements and others have suggested that the society's negative position on higher education has changed.

'the society does not discourage higher education where i live.

' worse, 'apostates have made it all up--the society has never discouraged education.

joelbear

The education position of the Watchtower is the one that has most negatively affected my life. I had to choose between my friends and college. I also had to deal with what emotional impact my going to college would have on my mother, who was frail emotionally to begin with.

Like TeeJay, I graduated in 1976. I had several scholarship offers that I did not pursue. I also started back to school last year. I did get an Associates Degree when I was in my 20's and that allowed me to progress my career to the point I am comfortable, but still not doing what I want to do in life.

I think they softened up on the college issue to quell dissatisfaction with the 1975 issue. This new crop of kids is unaffected by that and its time for them to crack down again. I find it interesting how this differs from congo to congo and from witness to witness when it is so clear what the society's take is on it.

If it is so dangerous, shouldn't it be a disfellowshipping offense or at least a public reproval? Certainly, scripturally it can be proven that studying philosophy or evolution is just as apostate as anything else. We could disfellowship all college students for apostacy.

hugs

Joel

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prince concert, minneapolis, june 15, 2001

by peaceloveharmony in

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first, here is what the media had to say:.

from the mpls star tribune:.

birthday show reflects a more mature prince.

joelbear

Sounds like he will make a great Jehovahs Witness. Change and edit songs to show your faith, but allow people to wait uncomfortably past the scheduled beginning of your show is okay.

Form over substance. He's got the formula down pat.

hugs

Joel

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THE CURSE OF EXPECTING PERFECTIONISM

by Jang in

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the curse of expecting perfectionism.

we feel annoyed or angry when people don't meet the expectations we put on them.

and even when our expectations are met we don't always feel very good about it.

joelbear

I fart on perfectionism.

Loonies rule

Death injury blood and pain, mohawk mohawk win again.

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Theif gets 200yrs......only in the USA!

by ISP in

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yeah 200 yrs sounds a tad excessive..................but things are bigger and better in the us.....i guess it works for sentences as well.. sacramento, calif. (ap) -- a man who used tiger woods' identity to steal $17,000 worth of goods was sentenced to 200 years-to-life in prison.

anthony lemar taylor was convicted of falsely obtaining a driver's license using the name eldrick t. woods, woods' social security number and his birth date.

though he looks nothing like golf's best player, the 30-year-old taylor then used the false identification and credit cards to buy a 70-inch tv, stereos and a used luxury car between august 1998 and august 1999. .

joelbear

I think we should all fart on him til he's dead.

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Prisca's Post/Joel's Response

by Francois in

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prisca posts that the nitpickin' posts are suckin' up all the space, attention, time, etc.

here.. joel says we're sinking to the lowest common denominator.

and seems ready to throw in the towel.. that would be a shame.. if we're really going to be self-regulating, we could always pull the fat out of the fire here by refusing to be baited by the trolls, the "playground bullies" of the board, the so-called active jws spoiling for a fight, and anything else that serves to disturb our domestic tranquility.

joelbear

im just a lobothomized homo

fart