Hello there, I collect knitting machines, I currently have around 20. I have to part with them from time to time as they take up so much space.
Shirley.
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What do you collect?
by scootergirl inanything that brings such enjoyment to your life that it is almost an obsession that you are constantly hunting and searching for?
i collect pieces made my marjolein bastin.
for those that aren't familiar w/this artist, here is a bit about her:.
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Warhammer...!
by meat pie inhello all... my younger son has just started to collect warhammer, and i am glad he didn't when i was a jw, it would be a no no i'm sure.i am not a lotr person, but these tiny chaps fascinate me.
i have never played a game with them, but the detail in them is amazing, i could get totally absorbed, wish they'd been around when i was younger - having said that of course adults 'do' warhammer too.anyone else collect/paint/game warhammer?
have any jw/warhammer tales to tell?.
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Hello all... my younger son has just started to collect Warhammer, and I am glad he didn't when I was a JW, it would be a no no I'm sure.I am not a LOTR person, but these tiny chaps fascinate me. I have never played a game with them, but the detail in them is amazing, I could get totally absorbed, wish they'd been around when I was younger - having said that of course adults 'do' Warhammer too.Anyone else collect/paint/game Warhammer? have any JW/Warhammer tales to tell?
Shirley.
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I've had an evil idea!
by meat pie ini just thought, mmm, no-one invited me to the memorial nor even told me when it is.
so, i could ring br.
or sis.
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Hello again English Patient, I am called Meat Pie, because I love meat pies and because when I went out on the ministry its what I bought myself as a treat for 'being good', a hot steak pie from the bakery either before or after going out. I was famous for it!
Meat Pie/Shirley.
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I've had an evil idea!
by meat pie ini just thought, mmm, no-one invited me to the memorial nor even told me when it is.
so, i could ring br.
or sis.
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Hello EnglishPatient, I hope you are enjoying it here.
S.
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Instead of the memorial...
by meat pie ini watched the classic video 'the wicker man'.
a bit dated, but a great story even so, and quite apt too.. and i shall have 'a little something', as winnie the pooh would say, before bedtime.. what did you do?.
shirley.
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I watched the classic video 'The Wicker Man'. A bit dated, but a great story even so, and quite apt too.
And I shall have 'a little something', as Winnie the Pooh would say, before bedtime.
What did you do?
Shirley.
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I've had an evil idea!
by meat pie ini just thought, mmm, no-one invited me to the memorial nor even told me when it is.
so, i could ring br.
or sis.
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I just thought, mmm, no-one invited me to the memorial nor even told me when it is. So, I could ring Br. or Sis. Guiltcomplex while they are out and leave a message on their answerphone,'' Hello there, I was wondering when is the memorial this year?, I've called a few numbers but no answer!''
No, I won't really do it, but it would be a very naughty trick to play wouldn't it?
Meat Pie/Shirley.
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..And Your Most Favourite Brit Recipe Is......
by Englishman in..right now i have a craving for jellied eels!.
yum!.
these are lovely.
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Hello there, we have just had toad in the hole for dinner. Of course my favourite grub is meat pies or steak and kidney pudding, home made.
But, if we are talking grossly disgusting sounding food.... I have a copy of the very famous American cook book, The Joy of Cooking, and it has a recipe for squirrel which involves beating said (dead) sqirrel in order to mash the bones up, AND my favourite heavesome thing, frogs' legs in mushroom sauce. Now that's YUKKY!
Scottish food... stovies is very good.
Welsh. ages ago I lived in Swansea and used to get fresh laverbread, ate with bacon and eggs.
Mushy peas mmmmm now that's ambrosia.
There was a fab cafe in Hexham called the Tin Hut, next to the farmers' cattle mart, did s&k pie, proper chips ,mushy peas and gravy. Big mugs of tea. Gorgeous!
Meat Pie.
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Englishman's absence
by Englishman inmike sends his regards and apoligies for his absence for a few days.
he is in hospital having a few tests done and doesn't have access to computer facilities at the moment.. his 'ticker' is misbehaving - i think it must be short of beer!
everything else about him is working perfectly normal - so he has all the nurses running around and is thoroughly enjoying all the attention!
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I hope Mike is feeling better very soon. Love to you both, Shirley.
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Tips For People Who Visit the South
by Tatiana intips for visitors to the south .
if you are going to live, or visit in the south, you .
we stop when it's red.
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That's really funny, there are so many similarities. Here in the North of Scotland and in the far North of England, in country places anyway, almost everyone waves at nearly everyone else as they drive past.Even just the flicked up index finger.If they don't- they are either about to crash or they're not local.It's illegal to carry a gun off-farm usually, but its surprising how many people shoot.I know a man who eats road-kill, but he's Danish and excentric (I don't think the two things go together)In North of England I knew a farmer sold a house on his farm and then paid more than the house-price for a new tractor.
In the South West of England, my Dad still eats pig's trotters, chitterlings, brawn, pig's cheek (Bath chap) bloaters (Little fish) and he and I used to eat tripe, I think its illegal now! No African connection.He's 84 next week.Can't be bad.
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Love or Hate Field Service
by XBEHERE inhow many of you went out in the field because you had to or because you wanted to?
if because you had to, how did you feel while doing it?
just curious.
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At first I felt like Kagloo does. I really wanted to tell anyone and everyone what I thought was something great. I had naievely expected people to want to listen. The first call I made - someone was home, an elderly lady who said she went to the Kirk every Sunday and she wasn't interested in the Bible.Little did I know that it was to be one of the most productive calls I ever made. I still felt enthusiastic, week after week, month after month. Slowly realising that I'd go weeks, no- months without getting anyone at home. Even if I did, they only took the mags in a -yeah ok now go away- kind of way.Once I even came back with more mags than I went out with, as someone returned a heap! Thanks! Once in a while someone seemed like they wanted to talk, on the return there was no-one home, time and time again. When we were out far away from home, we were actively discouraged from trying to get a return visit. we were going somewhere different next time and we wouldn't be back here till next year, if then! After what I thought looked like a hopeful call, an elder actually said to me, "Do you really want to come all the way back here again?"
I gradually realised that nearly all the others were just finding ways to fill their time, walking v-e-r-y slowly.Long coffee breaks, time to go back now! I was angry that they could answer up at the meetings about 'the privelidge' of the ministry etc when it was a big lie.Almost no-one wants to hear and almost no-one wants to teach. The zillions of hours in the yearbooks, WHAT? I often said we should have stopwatches, we'd be lucky(Irony intended) to really speak to people who wanted to listen for more than an hour or so a year.
Towards the end we had the start of the Foot and Mouth in UK. I said I did not want to go out while that was on," Oh but we should wait till we're told,"- viruses don't know about Brooklyn was my attitude.About the same time there was a paedophile JW report on the radio and TV every bulletin. I said it was crass insensitivety to go on the min with all this going on. I got a lot of sideways looks! The ministry was just an excuse for a lot of back-biting bitching too! I honestly never met such a bunch of back-stabbing hypocrites.
Things stared to crumble. The hypocrisy, the lies. And what FOR anyway.I had better things to do at home.
So, sorry to go on, but in short, I started out thinking it would be great and soon realised it was a bunch of rubbish., and stopped - just like that!
Shirley.