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  A Letter To Grocery Store Owners Nationwide.

  by RichieRich in

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  dear mr. grocery store owner, .

  in an ongoing effort to maintain a somewhat mutually beneficial relationship, i will agree to return shopping carts to their proper place, on the agreement that you will satisfy two of these requests: .

  1. air condition the parking lot.

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  OK, I admit it, I'm lazy.

  I hate grocery shopping. When I discovered that Safeway delivered (www.safeway.com), I jumped right on board so fast. They don't make me find a shopping cart, wander up and down the aisles finding things, they pick out better produce and meat than I ever can, they separate things very well when they bag them, they load up the car, they drive it home, and they bring it to my kitchen table. All for about ten bucks (6 pounds) extra. (Gas and time more than makes up for it.)

  I went to the market in Maryland with my cousin once, they won't let you take the cart off the walk in front of the store. You have to leave your purchases then drive up to the front walk and load your car. I felt like such a hick when the cashier announced our cart number as we paid for our groceries. My cousin was surprised I had never seen cart control. Anyone in California ever see cart control here?

  Shoshana
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  Torture at DC

  by zack in

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  a thought worth mentioning about the venue i attended was the lack of sufficient sanitary facilties.

  attendance on sunday was almost 10k.

  of these, half were males.

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  Elsewhere,

  Sometimes there are long lines. But here's the thing, a game or a concert will last at most 4 or 5 hours. I try to plan ahead so that I only have to go once, if at all. But those conventions last all day, and there are lots and lots more children (who need to go every 2 hours or so), and more often than not, their mothers take them. Also, if you still go, check it out, there really are a lot more women at these conventions than men. For other events, particularly sporting events (which is often for what the facilities are predominantly designed), there is a different balance of the genders.

  But out and about, like at restaurants, if there is a wait, it is only for the women's room. It is the worst at the symphony, or theater, where the intermission is only 15 minutes, there are only about a dozen toilets and about 25% of the women in attendance need to go.

  What I remember is the awful smell at the conventions. I have been to these same venues many times for concerts or games and the restrooms never had that awful smell that was pervasive at conventions. Blech. Shoshana
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  Paying for the pioneer

  by Thegoodgirl in

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  hi guys, let me get your opinion on this:.

  my mom's a pioneer, so she scrapes by on little money, refuses to work overtime, and tries to even survive on part time entry level work.

  she can survive, but when it comes to getting appliances fixed, going on vacation, buying new clothes, she has to rely on others gifts and donations to her.. i want her to come visit me, and i need to pay for her ticket.

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  Why don't you go see her? You pay for your travel, she pays for hers. I always go to my parents to visit, I never make them come to me. Shoshana
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  I think its sad

  by Alexander in

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  i wouldn't be here wasn't it for a link on google on the moscow ban that led me here.

  i am shocked by the hatred many of you display in your posts.

  some claim that we break up marriages, yet some of the happiest couples i know are faithfull brothers and sisters.

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  Some claim that we break up marriages, yet some of the happiest couples i know are faithfull brothers and sisters. Some claim we break up marriages, yet brothers and sisters in divided households are encouraged to be good and loving husbands and wives.A

  And do you actually know many non witness couples very well to compare to? If so then you have baaaaad association...Bad witness, bad bad witness...

  Either you don't know what you are talking about, or you aren't a loyal JW. Which is it?

  Shoshana
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  Would you help a dub?

  by greendawn in

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  if a dub needed your help as in a medical emergency or in getting employment/job contract or in getting your support in a dispute with someone on a non religious issue or in some other way such as in a car break down would you help them?

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  I would help a JW to the extent I would help anyone else. But I wouldn't lie or misrepresent facts on one's behalf.

  In general, if I do not trust a person's honesty, I would not pull strings, grease wheels or make "beneficial introductions" for them. Also, as a general rule, I do not find JWs to be honest. Whenever one comes to my door I test it, and get them to say things I know they know are not true, because they think it's what I want to hear (I got one to say that the WTBTS is active and financially supportive of domestic abuse victims, to the extent that the WTBTS would shelter and hide them from their abusers-a personal favorite of mine).

  I could never vouch for a JW's veracity, not even my own mother's, and as such I would not want to risk my reputation for one.
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  How can a female go out with a bang?

  by unbeliever in

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  my friend told me that she knows of someone who wants to make a grand exit.

  it's just a matter of time before she is df'd.

  because she is on reproof and well has a vagina she cannot announce her da from the stage.

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  I have always thought having a tailgate party near the entrance of the KH would have been fun. Perhaps she could decorate her car, like wedding cars, saying "Just Freed." If she has lots of apostofriends, they can join her in the hall that evening, dressed to the nines, cheer after the announcement, then depart together with a celebratory air. (Did I hear some champagne being uncorked?) Mazel tov to your friend. Shoshana
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  clubbing

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  what do i do when a girl invites me to go clubbing with her friends?

  i dont want to come off as desperate

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  You put on clean jeans, a cool shirt and shoes, spiff up your hair and be prepared to drive this "girl and her friends" to various music/dance venues. At these venues you can either dance or stand around looking cool (and meeting other young people, get names and phone numbers if you fancy anyone). Do you know if you were invited because they don't have anyone else to drive them? Check into it, so you won't be disappointed later. But go, you might meet someone else. Shoshana
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  Chilling story-Is this a California Thing?

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  http://www.cnn.com/2005/law/06/17/fresno.murders.ap/index.html

  why does this crap seem to thrive in california?

  is it something in the water?.

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  California does have the death penalty. Two high profile cases of which you may be aware was the brutal abduction, rape and murder of young Polly Klaas, by Richard Allen Davis. Davis was sentenced to death. More recently, Mark Peterson was sentenced to death after his conviction of murdering his wife Lacy, and their unborn son. As you can see, the death penalty is not the deterent it is intended to be in preventing these heinous, evil, awful crimes. Shoshana
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  Please advise.

  by embalmed in

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  after years of waiting, i finally turned 18. i remember distinctly that my mother said during an argument that i would not have to attend meetings once i turned 18. well that was a lie.

  she denied ever having said such, and pulled the "under my roof" card.

  so now she is saying i have to continue attending meetings until i move out.

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  mkr, and Sith, if it is different for the boys as opposed to the girls, you probably didn't realize that Embalmed is of the female persuasion...what's your advice now? If I am wrong, Embalmed, I apologize, and please correct me. I just know high school students really well, and well, you write like a girl. And actually, I agree, it is different for boys and girls in the WTBTS. I think congregations are harder on girls for not taking an early stand, going on to college, etc. (By personal experience, and observations of others in my area). Shoshana
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  Idea on How Defectors Inside theOrganization Can Find Each Other (espionage

  by frankiespeakin in

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  lets work up some good ideas that we can pass on to bethel workers, cos, dos, elders etc... can use to help them to start to find others in the org that know it's not the truth but are stuck inside for various reasons.

  lets come up with some way of testing people to so as not to blow ones cover and remain hidden.

  plans of espionage that could cause a major blow to the organization from those trapped inside, things like how co can give talks to really discourge the friends and cause them to doubt the organization, all the while it looks like he's are doing what the organization wants him to do.

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  I have two words for you... mismatched socks It could always be brushed off to absentmindedness, or if necessary, easily concealed. Of course it leaves the women out of it, but the women could wear mismatched earrings... Shoshana