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Victims of serious crime?
by greendawn in
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2. friends
were you ever the victim of serious crime such as physical assault, mugging, burglary, arson, big financial fraud, kidnapping, etc?
maxwell

I've had several things stolen from me:
My parents inform me that some possession was stolen from me when our house was broken into when I was 2.
From my teen years to now, saxophone (recovered fortunately), shoes, car radio, backpack containing college books and calculator, whihc was irresponsibly left in in view in the car in a rough neighborhood and a bicycle. Wife's car was stolen twice.
I've been fortunate to never face any violence, except a few school yard and playground fights as someone else mentioned. Having your stuff taken is a bit irritating, but I can imagine its not nearly as scary or infuriating as having someone threaten to kill or hurt you.
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License Plates in your state
by Sadie5 in
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2. friends
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there are some states like oklahoma that only use one back license plate and other states use two, what do they do where you live?.

sadie
maxwell

Two in DC and in Maryland. But one in Tennessee where my wife and I grew up. When I first moved to the metro area and when I still lived Northern Virginia and when I still had a car, and then again when I got married and my wife brought her car here from Tennessee, I drilled holes in our front bumpers to mount the front plates.
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POLL - Did you pay for literature?
by writerpen in
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2. friends
i'm sure this has been done before, but thought i would start this poll.

how many donated for literature taken.

personally, i never gave a dime, yet ordered a lot of literature including "deluxe" bibles, cds, bound volumes, etc..
maxwell

I put a token amount into the "Contribution box" and the "Worldwide Work" box every two weeks when I got paid. I never really did a calculation but my aim was to cover the cost of the literature and give a little extra to support the "work", because supposedly that was the purpose. The money not only covered the cost of literature but supported other costs, so I didn't tie my donations to my trips to the literature counter.
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The Bicycle race...
by Special K in
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2. humour
let's hope this isn't lance armstrong... .

http://www.realcaos.com/realmovies/inc_hitting.asp?ilink=316.

from special k's son.
maxwell

Interesting video. The "Boss", Lance Armstrong, did have one semi-scandalous incident of enforcement during the Tour de France this year, but I have never heard of his enforcement tactics including physically redirecting another cyclist. However, he most definitely will at times dictate the terms of the race usually in a good way.
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Who's More Competitive?
by Robdar in
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2. friends
when it comes to some things like work and sports, i think that both genders are equally competitive.

who do you think is more competitive sexually?

i say women.
maxwell

Well I've asked my wife a few times why not just share. Surprisingly enough, she didnt' seem to like that idea. Well ok, it was't really surprising.
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Question... Do JWs shun Family?
by Sassy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i had a disagreement with xq in chat today, because he was trying to say that jws for the most part disobey the wts and still treat family like family even if they are dfd or quit being witnesses.. i don't feel that is true.

i think that the majority of us on here who no longer are jws have family members who no longer have anything to do with us and shun us.... so i said it would be interesting to take a poll and see how many here are treated just like all the rest of your 'loving family' who is a jw still.......are you treated the same?.

does family shun you for being df'd, da'd or no longer participating?or do they hide and talk to you but only when other active jws can't see?
maxwell
Does family shun you for being DF'd, DA'd or no longer participating?

Some do and some don't.

Or do they hide and talk to you but only when other active JWs can't see??

I don't live near them, so I haven't really had a chance to gauge that.

Do they share meals with you?

Same as above.

Go shopping, see movies, do PUBLIC things with you?

Same as above.

Is your life the same with them when you were a JW, as when you are not?

It is not the same. In summary, my parents still talk call me sometimes and talk to me when I call. My sisters don't talk to me. My brother who has never been baptized but hasn't completely wrote them off yet either, talks to me. My grandmother treats me about the same. My unscientific guess is that about half follow the JW rules to the letter. The other half bend the rules to varying degrees. Parents and grandparents can have widely varying definitions of what constitutes necessary family business communication.

Some pictures I took

by maxwell in

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so i take my digital camera with me around town and take a few pictures sometimes.

i set up a little website at geocities and posted a few pictures.

a few things to note: i am not a professional photographer and my camera is not the greatest.

maxwell

So I take my digital camera with me around town and take a few pictures sometimes. I set up a little website at geocities and posted a few pictures. A few things to note: I am not a professional photographer and my camera is not the greatest. This is apparent in the pictures. Geocities puts a little ad in the upper right corner of their pages. You can minimize and close the ad, but it will automatically minimize itself in a few seconds. I'm not sure what the bandwidth limit is or if there is any danger of hitting it by posting the url's here, but be aware that I'm using free webspace. However, feel free to take a look at whatever might interest you.

A few cicada pictures: http://www.geocities.com/mbarbee100/Cicadas/index.html

A few shots of the WW2 Memorial: http://www.geocities.com/mbarbee100/WW2Memorial/index.html

A few fireworks pictures: http://www.geocities.com/mbarbee100/Fourth04/index.html

Do you buy flowers? or should he only? and if you are a guy, do you care?

by Sassy in

when i was single and not dating anyone, i bought myself flowers if i felt like it...they just add that extra touch to the home.. .

but when dating, i tend to not buy them as much, because i don't want the guy to feel bad.. .

for instance right now.. my bf has messed up big time and although i would prefer he picked me up flowers for just the 'i am thinking of you" kind of thing.. i realize most guys do not do that... but he keeps talking about picking me up flowers.. he has for a month!

maxwell

I don't buy flowers for myself. But I don't particularly care for flowers. I like other impractical objects, but I certainly would appreciate the though if someone got them for me. My opinion is that if you want something you should go get it if you have the money. I never wait for or expect someone else to get something for me. That's not to say it isn't a nice or good thing for a guy to get flowers for a ladyfriend or significant other who likes flowers. I have done it before. Flowers aren't my wife's favorite thing, but I get them for her occasionally, and if she liked them more, I'd probably get them for her more. So I do care whether she wants flowers or not. But I certainly wouldn't mind if she decided to buy flowers for herself. If she likes something, why should she not get it herself? I hope I am understanding the "do you care?" question correctly.

I got myself snipped.

by maxwell in

i wasn't sure where to post this, but since it has to do with family planning in a permanent sort of way, i am posting here.

i have stated on two previous threads, that were about the choice to have or not have children, that i was planning on getting a vasectomy.

about a month ago i went to see the urologist and i got scheduled for the procedure which i went in for on last friday.

maxwell

Actually my doctor, snipped, cauterized (burned), and finally bent the tubes into candy cane shapes. He really tries to make sure it doesn't grow back together. But I do realize that even this method isn't 100% effective. Hopefully, I'm not one of those super 1 in 10,000 guys, but I'm prepared to face the consequences of my continued interest in sex if my chosen method of birth control fails just as I always have.

On freezing your boys, I don't know how much it costs, but on one vasectomy web site I read, it kind of discouraged that idea stating that the quality of the stored sperm isn't guaranteed after 6 months. That's just from one website I read and I can't remember the name, so don't take my word for it. But I get the feeling that vasectomy and frozen sperm might not be the greatest thing to do if you think you might want children in the future.

I got myself snipped.

by maxwell in

i wasn't sure where to post this, but since it has to do with family planning in a permanent sort of way, i am posting here.

i have stated on two previous threads, that were about the choice to have or not have children, that i was planning on getting a vasectomy.

about a month ago i went to see the urologist and i got scheduled for the procedure which i went in for on last friday.

maxwell

In the thread below zev posts a Questions from Readers from a 99 Watchtower that underhandely states the Watchtower policy on sterilization and is consistent with what has been stated in this thread.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/25722/1.ashx

I suppose I just skipped over the underhanded suggestion when I first read it, because I remember thinking about getting a vasectomy before leaving the JW, but I didn't think bout what their policy really was until I looked closely at what that article was saying. So I guess I can't be an elder or MS now. Boo hoo. I wonder if they would let you rise in the hierarchy if you got a successful reversal.

Stef,

I don't remember which anesthetic he used. He mentioned two, and told me the one he was using. Whatever it was worked well.