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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

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  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  The following quotes from members of the German team were all taken before the match.

  Sweet reading, altogether now 5-1 we beat the scum 5-1 repeat to fade

  FRANZ BECKENBAUER
  "I am very sure that we are going to win this game. We are as good as, if not better than, Sven Goran Eriksson's side. I am sure that we are better prepared for this match than England. We will beat England."

  CARSTEN JANCKER
  "We don't have to worry about single players such as Michael Owen or Emile Heskey. We have a stronger team and that is what counts."

  SEPP MAIER
  "David Seaman is past his best. Even I would have saved that shot and I don't play football any more. I don't think Seaman has the same standing in the game as our keeper Oliver Kahn, who is better."

  STEFFEN EFFENBERG [on being asked how he rates Steven Gerrard]
  "Steven who? I don't know him. I am not interested in England, or who is in their squad. I don't have time. I have better things to do."

  PIERRE LITTBARSKI
  "In Germany we are not as stuck in the past as the English. We have always kept our nerve and gone on to beat them when it mattered most. They [England] put too much pressure on themselves and they have too much respect. I believe that Germany will win in the end, let's say 2-0."

  SEBASTIAN DEISLER
  "I am glad that David Beckham will be fit. Now England will have no
  excuses when we beat them."

  ULI HOENESS
  "How are England going to win in Germany? It hasn't happened for 100 years. "I have no doubts whatsoever that Germany will quite clearly thrash England.. They will easily qualify for the World Cup with this match."

  ULI STIELICKE
  "Judging from his potential Deisler is a better player than Beckham. He is perfect technically, his crosses are precise, he is dangerous in front of goal, has excellent vision and he is quicker than Beckham."
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  "Doubt is not a pleasant mental state but certainty is a ridiculous one." --Voltaire
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  An apostate in the fold!!

  by nicolaou in

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  bwaaaaahh!!
  I nearly wet my pants!

  thanx for the laugh!!

  mike
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  Whenever it is that they are saying...............

  by nicolaou in

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  "peace and security"

  freak a dub out - send them this link!.

  http://www.un.org/peace/index.html.

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  8 or 9 months ago this information would have truly excited me! I really looked for 'signs' like this which proved beyond doubt that we are living at the very end of the last days.

  In a way, I kind of miss that enthusiasm. The thought that the Paradise really was perhaps just months away was so exciting!

  I know consider myself to be a little better informed (I hope!) but that has made me jaded too.
  Still, all in all, I guess it's better not to live in ignorance. Shame it has to be so dull in comparison though.

  "Doubt is not a pleasant mental state but certainty is a ridiculous one." --Voltaire
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  Why going 'door to door' this week felt so good!

  by nicolaou in

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  yes that's right, i actually went door to door this week!!.

  well okay, not trolling for new dubs but as a collector for the national kidney research fund.. earlier this year i'd done the same thing for marie curie cancer research.. let me share a few things i've learned.. most people were genuinely pleased to see me at their doorstep - can you imagine how alien that felt?.

  they were pleasant, willing to chat and, with few exceptions, donated to what they could see were worthwhile causes.. i would return home after collecting with a feeling that i had actually accomplished something.. someone, somewhere at some point in time might actually benefit from the time that i, and many other volunteers, put into this charitable work.

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  ladonna said "it is a real shock to be welcome isn't it???"

  When I started going out in service in the early seventies people were still quite welcoming on the whole.
  I think that the young publishers and pioneers of the 80's and 90's have only ever known apathy and indifference, but it wasn't always that way.

  It's not necessarily the Jw's fault, people simply became switched off to sprituality though it seems to have been reborn under the 'New Age' guise.

  "Doubt is not a pleasant mental state but certainty is a ridiculous one." --Voltaire
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  My apeal of disfellowshiping letter

  by D wiltshire in

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  the first question is:.

  i ask you would paul even think of doing such as thing as the wt has done here?????

  i asked them not to keep double-talking me but to just come out and say what the charges are.

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  It wouldn't be easy, but why not try to argue that the Society states you can record your Judicial Commitee hearing?
  Or is a JC not a christian meeting?

  *** w78 1/1 32 ***
  Questions from Readers

  Q Is it improper to make tape recordings of public prayers?
  Some Christians personally choose not to do so. But the Bible does not speak against making a record, written or otherwise, of the words of a prayer.—2 Chron. 33:18.

  A person may make a tape recording of a Christian meeting so he can review it later or share it with others who could not attend. In making such recordings, some Christians begin recording after the opening prayer and stop recording before the concluding prayer.

  They may reason that, basically, prayer is not a means of formally instructing others. Prayer, rather, is considered a personal expression to God, though others present may listen and concur by saying “Amen.” Furthermore, a person making a recording of the meeting knows that if the prayer were on the tape he would not later listen to it and say “Amen,” as if the recording were a prayer wheel that ‘sent up’ a prayer each time it was played.

  It is of interest, though, that many prayers are written down in the Bible. (Gen. 24:10-14; Matt. 26:36-39; John 11:41, 42; 17:1-26; Acts 4:23-30) In reading these prayers we do not look on them as requiring our “Amen.”—Rom. 8:26, 27.

  Of course, these prayers are part of the Bible; they are there because God wanted them to be included. (2 Tim. 3:16) And some persons may respond differently to a tape-recorded prayer from the way they do to a prayer in the Bible. Consequently, as long as no request has been made not to make a recording, the individual Christian may determine for himself whether he will include the prayers if he records a Christian meeting. There is nothing Scripturally wrong with this.

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  mike

  "Doubt is not a pleasant mental state but certainty is a ridiculous one." --Voltaire
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

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  2. friends

  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  well I thought this was funny. A UK university is offering a course on American humour.
  Click the link below to see who is the course leader for module P.

  Code: AM3003 Title: AMERICAN HUMOUR

  . http://www.wlv.ac.uk/registry/modules/am/am3003-1.htm

  mike
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  Americans,

  Yank, if you have RealPlayer,click this! http://www.bbc.co.uk/choice/realmedia/microtv/goodbye.ram

  mike
  [love ya really]
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  First Post

  by mike in

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  hello everyone.. i've come over from nic's site and am looking forward to getting to know you.. wish i'd picked a more interesting 'handle' like some of you have.

  will tell you a bit more about myself later.. mike

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  hello somebody
  nic's site is at http://communities.msn.co.uk/altJehovahsWitnesses

  mike
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  BRITS v YANKS

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  brits v yanks.

  this is just for laughs, but let's be honest us brits are most definately ahead of our 'cousins' across the water in the credibility stakes.. i'll kick us off and see where we go;.

  [1] the beautiful game.. it's called football.

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  Hi nic'
  saw your name on this thread, controversy seems to follow you everywhere my friend!
  I've obviously come in on the tail end of this discussion so I'll just put in my '2 cents worth' and let everyone else fight it out.

  Q: Why do French men have moustaches? A: To remind them of their mothers.

  mike
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  First Post

  by mike in

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  hello everyone.. i've come over from nic's site and am looking forward to getting to know you.. wish i'd picked a more interesting 'handle' like some of you have.

  will tell you a bit more about myself later.. mike

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  mike

  Hello everyone.

  I've come over from nic's site and am looking forward to getting to know you.
  Wish I'd picked a more interesting 'handle' like some of you have. Will tell you a bit more about myself later.

  mike