hello everyone, this question was asked of me by a 'tame' jw today, 'have you thought of starting smoking?'.
the question was put as if now that i don't go to meetings any more, i'd want to take up smoking!
as i'm middle-aged and packed in the fags yonks ago, it was especially stupid.my reply was, 'good god no, why would i?'.
Hi CW, I wouldn't say she was surprised, a bit disappointed maybe.I have had many interesting conversations with active JWs on the subject of 'not all non-JWs are thieves/liars/perverts etc, I met more crooks and hippocrites in the KH than anywhere else'. They usually start to fizz like the wicked witch of the west about then!
S, with added meat.
hello everyone, this question was asked of me by a 'tame' jw today, 'have you thought of starting smoking?'.
the question was put as if now that i don't go to meetings any more, i'd want to take up smoking!
as i'm middle-aged and packed in the fags yonks ago, it was especially stupid.my reply was, 'good god no, why would i?'.
Hello everyone, this question was asked of me by a 'tame' JW today, 'have you thought of starting smoking?'
The question was put as if now that I don't go to meetings any more, I'd want to take up smoking! As I'm middle-aged and packed in the fags yonks ago, it was especially stupid.My reply was, 'Good God NO, why would I?'
You had to be there to really see how stupid it was.
Hope you are all OK,
Shirley, meatier than ever.
i've always wanted to try yorkshire pudding, i've always read about it.
prime rib, theres so many ways online, any suggestions?
Hello Avishai, this is how I make Yorkshire puddings; early on in the day put in a liquidizer/blender, half a pint of milk, a pinch of salt, two eggs and about three-quarters of a cup of plain (ie, not self-raising) flour.You may only need half a cup, so try that first. Whizz it up for about 15 seconds, if it looks too thin add some more flour and blend again.Then leave it alone until just before you want to cook, then blend again for just a second or two. To cook, I also use a 12 space muffin tin ( 1 for you, 1 for you, 1 for you, 9 for me!) I put a tiny bit of real beef fat (dripping ) in each cup and put the tin about half way up in a hottish oven. When the fat is almost smoking pour in the batter and cook for around 15-20 minutes, have a quick peep- don't fully open the door, just peep to make sure they are not burning.If they look good, make sure everyone sees them as they come out of the oven, as they do tend to sink quite quickly. I like them so much I do them with all sorts of things, eg: sausages and onion gravy.
What's they JW link? umm,This is great Sunday lunch/ celebration lunch/dinner and you should be OUT ON THE WORK! Yeah right!
i personally don't have any favorites.
i dont know why some people's favorite is pizza.
just serve me rice and beans and i'm happy.
Meat Pies of course!
Hello Eman and HL, I cannot believe it, I will be in Minehead that day,all the way from Sconny Botland, so near and yet so far ! I am really sorry I won't be there this year, I hope you all have a ripping time, Lots of love, Meaty.
This is silly reporting of course, I for one have not lived with mains electricity since 1985.Some of that time I had no lekky, sometimes we had 12 volt wind power and sometimes (now) we have diesel generators/wind power/battery powered inverted electricity/ peace and quiet!
I think the point of the article is that it is a community (11 households) without mains lekky rather than scattered individual homes. There are loads of places without in Scotland and North of England without mains.
Disadvantages= fridge problem unless gas or battery powered.(But no temptation to keep food too long)
Advantages= lots; no standing charge, no blackouts,no being held to ransom by power companies, near total control over how much lekky is used, bringing up kids with an awareness that power comes at a price/cost,
I'll get off my high horse in a minute, but first here's an interesting note;a large wind farm might be built by us soon, and the only way to get the power down the way to feed into the national grid is through the middle of our farm,to sweeten the pill they may put the power back UP the way to us, 'sept we don't know if we really want it now!
Advantage of mains electricity; we could get planning permission to build/improve, sell on and b#gg%r off to somewhere more remote!
( We are also fortunate enough to have real water too)
Meaty pie ( not microwaved)
well it's been a couple of months since my elder's visit.
i was quick to tell quite a few jws that i thought i might get df'd and if i did it would not be for scriptural reasons and they had my permission to ask.. so what do you think... not df'd but sort of half and half.
most jws when cornered say hello but are terribly busy/answering mobiles etc.some rush by looking the other way(some times i shout hello!)..
Well it's been a couple of months since my elder's visit. I was quick to tell quite a few JWs that I thought I might get DF'd and if I did it would not be for scriptural reasons and they had my permission to ask.
So what do you think... not DF'd but sort of half and half. Most JWs when cornered say Hello but are terribly busy/answering mobiles etc.Some rush by looking the other way(some times I shout Hello!).
But the funniest thing is my husband has been snubbed and he was never a JW nor sympathetic, just tolerant (not any more).
Lots of little incidents, but they are all fading now, We are all still affected by this 'religion' even when we have moved on, I am thankful that I have other people and interests in my life, can't help feeling a little bit sorry for some who are still in it.
Any way that's me having fun and eating pies!
Love Meaty XXX
i'm travelling down south at the end of this month.
my b/f and i are planning to visit stonehenge for the solstice.
i've never been to that area of england so i'd really love it if some of you could give me your tips on what to see and where to go.
Hello Sirona, if you have a choice, go to Wookey Hole rather than Cheddar caves, even though Cheddar is more famous, Wookey's much better.
My son and I will be down South in July , visiting Grandparents/Parents.
I'd like to go to some places I knew a long while ago but don't know if they're still good.
Stonhenge I went to when you could walk all round and STROKE the stones at you leisure.
I'd like to go to Wells again and Glastonbury.
Westonbirt arboretum and Castle Coombe used to be favourites, and Bath of course, good eat in/ eat out chip shop there called Evans's.LOTS of mushy peas! Parp!
I've never been to Avebury but I'd like to.(OR do I mean Amesbury?)
Anyway that's enough for now,
Meaty(Looking forward to an English) Meat pie!
steak and kidney pie, mushy peas and chips.
yum!.
..or do you prefer your steak and kidney pie with gravy?.
Steak and kidney pie. mushy peas, chips AND gravy... yes, truly the food of the gods.
I frequently make the entire meal from scratch, I am the only one who likes mushy peas in our house and as its impossible to make small amounts in one go. I get to eat the lot! Much hillarity and gas jokes.
If anyone visits me I'll do this meal for us all. Or s&k pud.
books and magazines all full of dire warnings..stay away from the world..don't have sex outside of marriage..armageddon is just around the corner..avoid worldly associations..look out for this, look out for that.
the list goes on and on and on.. yet the wtbts predictors of doom and gloom department never, ever, in their worst nightmares, ever saw what it was that would prove to be their nemesis.. that ex-witnesses, the majority of them disfellowshipped and, therefore, supposedly gagged and without a voice, would find a way to communicate with one another via the internet.. i wonder if the fact that they brought this upon themselves is clear to them?
the irony is astonishing.
Hello Eman, That's a very good point. When I was educating Elder D the other day he looked really sick when I told him tens or hundreds of thousands of people had info on the Org that the GB didn't want them to know, hence their fear of the internet.
I think they really have got many hoodwinked into not wanting to know, but sooner or later they must find out.
Keep well,S.
