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  What would you do with a Time Machine?

  by oldlightnewshite in

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  for me, i would go back to the day when charles taze russell snuffed it.

  i'd wait for judge rutherford to turn up at the ibsa headquarters, then run him over with a steamroller, in true buster keaton styleee!.

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  I'd knock the forbidden fruit out of Eve's hand....end of story.
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  Did your family decorate for the Seasons?

  by AwSnap in

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  i don't ever remember my family buying a "fall" wreath, or a snowman soap dispenser.

  the more i think about it, the more i realize just how .

  bland my jw-life was.

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  Nope... in fact my Mom (big on decorating) took down things that might be thought of as holiday related.

  Last winter just before Christmas, (evil monster that I am) I wove tiny white lights into the spiral cut Topiary we have, planted in an Earn on our front porch. I put a timer on it so they will come on at dusk and off in the morning. We have a Palladian Window in the living room and I put a wrought iron candelabra with 5 tower candles up in the arch. My wife who wasn't quite out yet wondered what the former friends would think if they drove by the house. Pffft I could care less so long as it made the dark winter seem a little less dreary. I left it like that all summer too.

  This year I'm thinking I might install a few strings of white lights along the eaves and different features of the house.

  I guess I'm making up for lost time.
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  People can be so wonderful !

  by exwhyzee in

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  from me, to you all....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn8ckwdosje.

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  It's a nice thing, to realize that just under the surface, most people want and need to reach out to each other.

  Even the crustiest of us like Ol' GLADIATOR, need a hug now and again !

  ((( Pass it on ! )))
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  Could you eat an entire ...

  by compound complex in

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  chicken?.

  loaf of french bread?.

  side of beef?.

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  Home made Brownies....warm from the oven....I eat them by the row.
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  Hey, good news, and some advice needed

  by ColdRedRain in

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  i don't know if i've shared this with the board before, but i finally got my driver's license.

  i'm one step closer to getting the hell out of my jw family's reach and finding independence.

  and even much better news, a friend of a friend offered me a job as a sandwich delivery driver and my boss from my seasonal job offered me a job as a marketer/snow shoveler.

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  I noticed the ad didn't say how many miles were on the car. I bought my boys a Sentra and it ran forever. It was in good shape though. I know you are in Minn. where this happens to cars a lot but I don't like the look of that rust, it makes me wonder if it is a safe car and if someone has maintained it properly. Maybe it's only cosmetic. Be sure to have someone check the Brakes, shocks and Wheel Bearings. Run a CarFax on the VIN number to see if it's been in accidents.
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  Children - Your experiences of being raised a JW

  by jambon1 in

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  yes, it's my favourite subject.

  in fact, it fascinates me.

  i am also confident that we can learn a lot from peoples experiences & that perhaps even a few families may avoid repeating the same tragic mistakes made by the ill-advised parents of children raised in the jehovah's witness religion.. as some of you will be aware i have had a struggle in the past to free my children of the criminal effects of wts doctrine on the minds of my infant children.

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  In the 1950's and early 60's boxing was still promoted at school and I was pretty good at it.

  In Junior High school in the 70's when we were about to learn Wrestling in Gym class, one of our Elders came to the school to explain to our gym teacher why JW kids, as servants of God, didn't need to learn how to fight. Talk about embarrasing. We had to stand on the sidelines of the wrestling mats and watch everyone else learning the moves. At least during the Holidays we could be out of sight in the library.
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  People can be so wonderful !

  by exwhyzee in

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  from me, to you all....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn8ckwdosje.

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  From me, to you all......

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8CKwdosjE
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  Eidetic/Photographic Memory: your "view," please

  by compound complex in

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eidetic_memory.

  i'm currently researching the above, as the term has come up here frequently.

  if you have merely a good memory, or truly an eidetic memory, do you literally see [inside your head] every page and every word of a book you've read?.

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  This is the only experience I can think of that relates to this subject

  When I was four and couldn't yet read, we lived in a house that had the name of the original owner and the house number written in the concrete walkway in front of the house.

  When I was a teen, my parents were talking about this house as it was first one they bought in this country. Much to their suprise, I happened to mention the name of the original owners and the house number. They couldn't understand how I could know this since I was so little when we lived there. I explained to them that for some reason, I have "photograph" in my head of this sidewalk to this day and I can simply read the name and number off that photograph at will .
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  Every publisher must pay for assembly costs???

  by sacolton in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just saw this posted on watchtower uncensored .... .

  want to hear the latest debacle?

  the po in my mom's congregation told them that at the next 1-day-assembly it will be the responsibility of every publisher to put 3 in the box towards the running costs at the assembly hall.

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  The only thing I fault them for over the matter of money/contrubutions, is that the average publisher isn't privy to the details of how funds are distributed. These things should be common knowledge and readily available to anyone who wants them. There seems to be a shroud of mystery around the details and an expectation that one should just trust everything is being handled. Even if one knew who to ask about these matters, they would likley be though of as "unsheeplike" for even asking.
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  Ok, I want to get opinions on this!

  by sabastious in

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  3 years ago i was in a very deep depression.. i had recently gotten diagnosed with bipolar disorder 2 as well as a bad case of ptsd.. i was on the verge of suicide, i thought about it every day, every hour it seemed.. then something extraordinary happened.. it was the middle of the night, 2am.

  i had been having bouts of insomnia for months now and was up very late.. just for the hell of it, i googled my full name: alex strait.. i found a recent news article that came up.. turns out just a few weeks earlier a 23 year old man named alex strait had been found in a park after he committed suicide.. that was pretty freaky.. the next day i get an email from someone.. turns out his fiance found my website (i am a web developer by trade) that gave a description of my ailment and journey (through random googleing).

  she emailed me through my website and asked if it was her alex strait that had killed himself.

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