no no, not "cool" as in "kewl", but cool as in chilly and cold, unfriendly almost, like we brits are rumoured to be throughout the world.
this is just an observation about how we perceive different groups of people.
a few weeks back, i was enjoying an uproarious evening in the pub.
Jay Leno is shown on CNBC Europe on Saturday and Sunday night BTW.
Some people in the UK do have bad teeth, including members of our Royal family, I don't think there's a stigma attached to having bad teeth in the UK like there is in the US, but I think that goes for most of Europe. Personally I think it's yucky to have bad teeth, I'm with the US on that!
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hi all.............is it just me but are we seeing more and more people come on board of late, which is great as far as i'm concerned...........welcome to all you newbies.
j gull
There have been some awesome posts in the last few days, (not one of them mine of course). This site is getting better and better.
well, i talk about my abuse so much i haven't found the need to post it.
i guess i will post it now so i can write it once and not have to keep writing it over and over again.
well, my eariliest memory is of being punished.
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Like Ang said. Just giving you some more hugs, honey. I can't really say anymore.
no no, not "cool" as in "kewl", but cool as in chilly and cold, unfriendly almost, like we brits are rumoured to be throughout the world.
this is just an observation about how we perceive different groups of people.
a few weeks back, i was enjoying an uproarious evening in the pub.
My dad resembles Onslow sometimes!
Sometimes I wish I had an English stiff-upper-lip! Yes, I think the English people on this board are a passionate lot. It's got us into a bit of bother sometimes!
We have many cultural influences here now, and so the old racial stereotypes don't really count anymore. Although I was born in England, personally I am a real mish-mash of races. I don't know many people that can say they are true Anglo-Saxon for dozens of generations!
so many new people... but it seems so many people are gone and the threads whiz by so fast i can't keep track.
mostly tho, i am jsut over the dubs.
but lately, i find myself missing the old board, the way things were.
Moe!
The kiss smilie has suffered a dramatic reduction in usage since you went, it may slowly evolve into a pissed-off smilie because of it! I shall try and make up for it right now...
I needed that!
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just starting on bbc2 for us ukers: the office, series 2 !.
anyone else watch the first one?
Your brother-in-law is like David Brent?! I bet your family parties are a huge giggle!
Even though he is quite sad and pathetic, I don't think there's any reason to feel sorry for him. Guys like him are so thick-skinned they can take anything that's thrown at them.
The bit where he got a dressing down for telling that racist gag was classic!
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just starting on bbc2 for us ukers: the office, series 2 !.
anyone else watch the first one?
Yes, I saw it. In many ways it's absolutely excruciating, but it's a work of supreme genius!
Unfortunately David Brent is a very familiar person to me!
according to current jw teachings (and it has been this way for many years), the best way to get to know someone is to work with them in field service.. when you were an "active" jw, what did you think about that statement?
how do you feel about it now?.
personally, those words were uttered by someone from the platform recently.
Yucca! That just goes to show what happens when you talk about yourself in between doors! You can't give anything away about yourself, else it gets used as ammo against you. That's just sickening, but I'm hardly surprised.
according to current jw teachings (and it has been this way for many years), the best way to get to know someone is to work with them in field service.. when you were an "active" jw, what did you think about that statement?
how do you feel about it now?.
personally, those words were uttered by someone from the platform recently.
I have heard this "widening out" kinda stuff many times and I also believe that it's basically a way to get people out more and get them to work with different ones in the congregation. This is something that is perceived by CO's as something that makes a more robust and effective congregation, good and ready for the great trib!
Many brothers and sisters are reluctant to be more open, try different styles of ministry and different styles of presentation. I don't think many naturally want to work with different people. They know that their presentations are poor and under-rehearsed, but they don't want some brother or sister criticising them. Better to get to know someone away from the ministry, and find out whether they are the fussy type that would make you feel uncomfortable partnering them or someone who is more laid back. You can get away with being staid if you go out with the same person week in week out; it gets kinda comfortable.
If you get one of these "the best way to get to know someone is to work with them on the service" type of talks, you may subsequently sense that you are missing something, you then feel obliged to work with others, get into the cliques, maybe work harder on your preparation, else you could start to sense that you are drifting to the outside edge of the congregation - and we all know Satan's wolves get the ones on the periphery, don't we?
according to current jw teachings (and it has been this way for many years), the best way to get to know someone is to work with them in field service.. when you were an "active" jw, what did you think about that statement?
how do you feel about it now?.
personally, those words were uttered by someone from the platform recently.
I get to know all the gossip in the congregation by going out on the ministry with any one of our regular pioneers. I don't get to know them, but I do get to know everybody else's business in the congregation!
