Queequeg

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  Was Your Health Affected By Covid?

  by minimus in

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  other than adding 20 lbs over the last 15 months, no known health issues during covid.

  i’ve taken 8 lbs off so far and i am within goals.

  thank goodness nothing serious here over the pandemic.

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  On March 15, 2020, I came down with covid like symptoms. Whatever it was, it affected my lungs and I coughed for about 12 months. Otherwise, I was fine.

  This prompted my wife's employer to make her work from home full time. She'd wanted to do this for a long time.

  With my wife working at home and not going out to eat and drink with friends, our eating became a lot more healthy.

  We both lost a bit of weight.

  I did an experiment, I started cooking with more butter. I made classic French dishes and other similar cooking, with full cream sauce. We ate more red meat too. I started out with really good cholesterol levels. After a year of butter and cream etc., my HDL/LDL ratio was abnormal... at the good end 1.34!

  Other than a little generalized stress because of the unknowns of what the economy etc. would do, we enjoyed being able to spend more time together. So, mental health was good.

  Financial health was good too.
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  What Were You or Someone You Knew Counseled For That Was Ridiculous?

  by minimus in

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  back in the day, tons of witnesses were brought in the “back room “ to be counseled by elders because of their dress and grooming.

  some elders frowned on mustaches or hair that went past a certain point on a male.

  women were regularly harassed because their skirt was too long or too short or had a slit on the side.

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  The congregation I was in when I was newly married liked making rules that were above and beyond what even the Governing Body required.

  The elder body (mainly the Presiding Overseer) had decreed that any time a ministerial servant or elder was on stage, they had to wear a suit, not a sport coat (the Org only required this of the Sunday speaker). I didn't comply, so the P.O. and one of his henchmen paid me a visit.

  They reminded me of their new rule.

  I told them,

  1. I've gained some weight, as many people do, since getting married. I only have one suit that fits me. I'm on stage a lot because I'm one of the few who is willing to volunteer for talks or reading the watchtower at the last minute. You're not expecting me to wear the same suit to every meeting are you?

  2. Since I'm newly married our budget is tight at the moment and I can't afford a new suit. I'm not trying to obstruct your rule, in fact, if you guys would like to buy me a new suit I'll gladly wear it.

  They backed way down and never brought the subject up with me again.
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  Have You Been “Gaslit”?

  by minimus in

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  gaslighting is a form of sustained manipulation that causes the victim to question or doubt their sanity, judgment and memories.

  it’s a form of emotional abuse.

  i think jehovah’s witnesses have been gaslit.

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  Queequeg

  I gaslit myself as a teenage boy. Everyone else's was blue... mine was green. Also, I'm thankful for a tight sphincter.
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  Prince Harry: I've suffered genetic pain

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  lol, i'm sorry, but is this n*gga serious?.

  yes, he suffered his mother dying when he was 12, and his father charles maybe wasn't the best hands-on father.. but 'genetic pain'?

  wtf is this shit?.

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  Queequeg

  Maybe he meant genital pain...
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  What Will Happen If You Do NOT Get The Covid Vaccinations?

  by minimus in

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  we are encouraged to all, if possible, get the vaccinations.

  if you don’t, we are told that we definitely could get the virus.

  fair enough.. but what happens if you decide you aren’t going to get the shots?

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  Queequeg

  I already looked like that!
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  America without boarders

  by mickbobcat in

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  new america without boarders is now sending its uneducated, sometimes criminal and gang members, mostly illiterate people who have nothing to offer to any country they want to go if they think they can better their life.

  so look for our lowest common denominator coming to your country soon.

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  Queequeg

  I hate being without boarders!

  I don't get any damn rent money.
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  The Canadian Inuit Dog

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i've always loved husky dogs - my dad has a malamute.. and i found this interesting little video on the canadian inuit dog, the husky of the canadian high arctic.. they live outdoors, at forty below, and help the inuit with sledding and hunting.

  they're working dogs, not pets, with incredible physical endurance and are fed raw flesh, bone and blubber.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxvhyawdmdo.

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  Queequeg

  I'm a big fan of Spitz dogs. My first dog was a Norwegian Elkhound.

  I recently spent a fair amount of time with a Malamute from the time he was a puppy to adulthood. Strong, with personality to match.
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  Single Pretty Girls that are JWs, have so much potential, but sadly........

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
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  the pandemic has made the situation worse for single young jw girls.. i'm hearing tons of sad stories of single jw girls who are going, or have gone into deep depression.

  with many having thoughts of committing suicide and hoping for a better life in the new order.. the pandemic has made it almost impossible for young jw girls to find a suitable marriage mate.

  especially since the single jw boys-men want young, gorgeous, thin, virgins, who look like models and summit to the headship arrangement.

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  Queequeg

  @Vidiot. Yes, most likely gay.
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  Single Pretty Girls that are JWs, have so much potential, but sadly........

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the pandemic has made the situation worse for single young jw girls.. i'm hearing tons of sad stories of single jw girls who are going, or have gone into deep depression.

  with many having thoughts of committing suicide and hoping for a better life in the new order.. the pandemic has made it almost impossible for young jw girls to find a suitable marriage mate.

  especially since the single jw boys-men want young, gorgeous, thin, virgins, who look like models and summit to the headship arrangement.

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  Queequeg

  @Waton, yeah endocrine disrupting chemicals are causing damage. I personally know men in their twenties who've had to go on testosterone replacement.
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  Single Pretty Girls that are JWs, have so much potential, but sadly........

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the pandemic has made the situation worse for single young jw girls.. i'm hearing tons of sad stories of single jw girls who are going, or have gone into deep depression.

  with many having thoughts of committing suicide and hoping for a better life in the new order.. the pandemic has made it almost impossible for young jw girls to find a suitable marriage mate.

  especially since the single jw boys-men want young, gorgeous, thin, virgins, who look like models and summit to the headship arrangement.

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  Queequeg

  Towards the end of my being able to stand being an elder, I started giving public talks in foreign language groups/congregations in a couple of different states.

  One thing my wife and I noticed was the inordinate amount of cute, smart, single girls who attended. They were clearly desperate for something interesting to be involved in.

  There were also a fair number of well groomed, "zealous" young men involved who, sadly for the girls, seemed to be completely uninterested in the opposite sex.

  I have to admit, I didn't mind having these girls come up to talk to me after the meeting.