Elsewhere, did you take advantage of the "$7500 first time home buyers credit"?
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The IRS took my money. :(
by Elsewhere inthis year i owed money to the irs.
(the result of cashing in some investments so i could put a down-payment on my first house... i owed taxes on the "income").
i mailed off the check the other day and today i looked at my bank account online.
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Simon Cowell's Britains Got Talent....47 year old Scottish woman (a must see audition)
by digderidoo inwell it's back and just look at what britain can produce.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z0h1nnk1ik.
bet you didn't expect that?.
paul.
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lisavegas420
Thank you for sharing that talented women with the rest of the world.
lisa
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My Latest Freeminds Blog
by AllTimeJeff injehovahs witnesses (jw) are taught to never listen to a word, or read an article by those who have left their former faith.
any critical information is viewed as poisonous to your faith.
it will kill your faith.
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lisavegas420
Excellent article very well written. Thanks for sharing.
I wish I could get someone to send it to a family member. I'm blocked..so it'd just bounce back.
lisa
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Latest Witness Rumor
by metatron inapparently, there are new rumors about a brother talking with people at the un about religion.
supposedly, they told him that they want to "turn on religion" by taxing churches.
this is all ok with witnesses because the society is wisely taking ownership of kingdom halls and so they can afford to pay the taxation.. when i heard this explanation, i didn't know whether to puke or laugh out loud.
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lisavegas420
I always thought the churchs should have to pay taxes...especially when I read something like this:
A former New York City pastor is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $84,500 from his parish to pay for plastic surgery.
Preaching to the choir. Anti-Botox brigade
The Rev. William Blasingame formerly of St. Paul’s Memorial Episcopal Church on Staten Island is accused of stealing $84,537 over three years and using it to get Botox injections, plastic surgery and prescription drugs, authorities said.
It was unclear as to what drugs were purchased or what type of cosmetic surgery was performed with the money. Blasingame’s attorney, James Hasson, calls the allegations a “bad mistake” and claims there is “some kind of vendetta” against his client.
Quick, freeze the funds!
Blasingame resigned from the church in January citing medical reason. He could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of second-degree grand larceny and possession of stolen property.
The money was earmarked for parishioners in need and the upkeep of church grounds.
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lisavegas420
Too funny.
lisa
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My thoughts on the memorial.....yea I did go
by Soledad init was dull.
i could have sworn that i heard the same talk 20 years ago.
witnesses look tired, bored, lifeless.
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lisavegas420
Excellent post. Thank you for sharing.
lisa
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As an active JW, did you find the Memorial to be special?
by Robert7 ineven as active jws, my wife and i always found the memorial to be anti-climatic, overhyped.
it was supposed to be the most important event of the year, but it just felt like another meeting.
i just never felt compelled to have to go.
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lisavegas420
The thing I remember most was the Easter hats....fancy stuff.
EASTER HAT? now that is some funny shit.
I do remember it was special at our house other than assemblies, this was one of the rare times we got new dresses.
I remember one man partaking, so I'd always try to get a seat where I could see him. Later in my teenage years, he just stopped coming to the meetings all together. I still wonder what happened to him from time to time.
lisa
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Did you feel "Stoopid" when going out in service?
by Quirky1 inman, i always felt like a complete idiot!!
dressing up in a suit riding around with a carload of other "stoopid" people speaking "stoopid" shit!
wtf was i thinking??
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lisavegas420
Too Funny Oompa! ( I thought I was the only "fake knocker" out there. )
Nope you and Oompa weren't the only ones. Theres a name for it PDK (Pretend Door Knockers) I did it to.
I remember telling my parents that I hated going out in the field service, because I wasn't confident in what I was trying to say/teach. My mom said..."We have the Truth, so even the little you know is more than the householder knows." That might have helped until I went to the next house and PDK'd again.
lisa
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Naughty Things Our Kids Have Done
by Tired of the Hypocrisy inanything your kids have done that were way naughty or could have gotten you in trouble with the ehhhl-duhrz..... once my littlest one when he was about 4 or 5 years old asked his mom for a bowl of cereal.
so, she sends his older brother to go downstairs and make them both some cereal.
so the bigger one is an real ass and decides it's time to lord it over his baby brother.
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lisavegas420
My parents used to tell this story about how I announced in field service, that "my dad gets drunk all the time." I was probably 4 or 5. Hah...I bet they could have died from embarassment.
As for MY kids, that weren't raised as JW's. But my son planted some pot plants and climbed the neighbors evergreen tree and hung the potted plants in the top of the tree. You could only see them if your were under the tree looking up. One day, the cable man was out at the pole next to the tree, and the plants disappeared. I was worried for a long time that the police would show up, but they never did. My son said, it wasn't on your property, I figured the neighbor would get in trouble if anyone found it.
Another time, the police came to our door and asked if Patrick G lived here, I said, yes, he's my son. The police said, I need for you and your husband to come to a meeting at the police station tonight. Come to find out, my son and his friends had a band called "The Royals" and they practiced in my basement. I'm the one that bought the kids the instruments trying to keep them busy and out of trouble. Welll....when they were out playing one day, they spraypainted "The Royals" over a gang sign, so the police thought that my son and his friends were a gang. They were 12-14...they didn't know it was a gang sign. My son thought it would be no big deal to spraypaint where they did, because someone else had spraypainted there before.
lisa
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Can a JW (who is "IN" for family) be an ATHEIST?
by african GB Member ini mean how would an atheist jw go to fs to tell worldlies about jehovah while he does'nt really believe in god?.
will the holy spirit "guide" such an individual?.
will the angels "accompany" such.....?.
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lisavegas420
Several months ago, I was taking some job training classes. First thing in the morning they would have "Devotional", different leaders of different Christian groups would come each morning to lead the devotional class. You could opt out of that portion if you wanted, and several did, for different reasons. I decided I'd go just to hear what was being said. I didn't agree, or go along with most of the "Godly talk" but it was interesting none the less. And I added flavor to the group....pointing out things that I felt...that may not go along with scriptures.
What really surprised me is how many "Christian Folks" didn't even know their bible. I usually was the one ended up reading the scriptures and and explaining them and that was after I told everyone else what page the scripture was on.
lisa