Posts by mummatron

Almost?! If Haggis, neeps and tatties (which is delicious by the way and hardly adventurous) or porridge with a shot of single malt sounds like a dare, then I'd love to play my Sushi bar dare games with you dear Metatron - fancy some raw octopus tentacles and fish eggs which look like orange cod liver oil capsules?

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All Encompassing World Views

by sabastious in

the birth of my son was such an enjoyable and humbling experience for me.

my wife and i opted to stay in the hospital for 2 nights after he was born.

it was nice having the nurses at our beck and call while we figured out how the hell to begin the process of parenting.

mummatron

"These times" as opposed to what? Non-existant Paradise Earth, where life could be deemed less precious as it continues into infinity?! Jesus's time when you could have gotten stoned (in the painful sense)?! Medieval times, and had all manner of torture inflicted upon one's self for expressing an opinion?!

Sarcasm aside, I think I know how you felt. When I told my JW mother that I was pregnant with my 1st child I had mentally braced myself for some kind of disappointing comment that proved the extent of the cult brainwashing, and sure enough I got one.

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Two & A Half Men - Without Charlie

by finallysomepride in

any one seen it?.

i just watched it, laughed all the way through it.. still not sure if ashton kutcher is the right actor for the part, but, time will tell.. .

kevin.

mummatron

I knew Rose was going to Kill Charlie..

I Just Knew It!!

Seriously?!?!?!

I am trapped in the UK (I actually am since my passport expired LOL). We won't get to see it for a little while. I may have to scour the Internet to er, accidentally, catch a glimpse. Ashton Kutcher is, IMO, a lot easier on the eye than Charlie but I doubt he has as much on-screen charisma as the lothario himself....not to mention Charlie & Alan's comic pairing dating back to Hot Shots. That's a tough one to beat, Mr Demi Moore!

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My first English Essay for college, I wrote about my experience as a JW.

by JonathanH in

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friends

so i am in my first semester of college, and i'm really enjoying it.

i am already tired since i work full time in addition to going to school full time, but i will get over that hump eventually.

anyway in my english 101 class our first essay due was to be a personal narrative, 4 pages(ish), in mla format using microsoft word.

mummatron

Love it! Keep 'em coming (perhaps as a blog after grading?). So glad you're getting on with your life and enjoying Uni. I can sympathise with working to support your studies. Somehow I did it too. It was tough at times and I got through a lot of coffee, but the benefits are so worth the struggle!

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A Beautiful Essay

by Magwitch in

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friends

i was going to post this yesterday and then hesitated.

i read johnathan's essay (so lovely) and thought this one would very much be enjoyed also.

my daughter, alexa, 20 years old (3rd year at cu) is getting ready to circle the world in a semester at sea.

mummatron

Magwitch, That's so lovely that your daughter could see how all the sacrifices you made amidst such a massive upheaval were all ultimately for her benefit. And written very eloquently too! You are clearly a very proud Mommy - and quite rightly so!

I have some Japanese friends and the tales I've been told about the school system there really do make you think how easy Western kids have it and how saddening that so many take this for granted. I attended a private Catholic school in France for a week, that was certainly an eye-opener in comparison to my British state comprehensive education!

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Hello!

by N.drew in

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friends

i would like to introduce myself belatedly please.

i am a middle aged married female.

i am an inactive jehovah's witness.

mummatron

Hi N.D.,

Thanks for being so honest. My ex-husband was manic depressive (or bi-polar). I understand how that may impact on your daily life and the OC that goes with it. I'm sure you've noticed I like to tease a few members on here but it is always intended as good natured. I like to collect gemstones. It's something I've done since I was a small child and I have little pieces of different kinds of smooth-polished quartz scattered about my house in various places.

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Census / online survey idea - thoughts please...

by cedars in

i've been thinking about the recent developments in the uk following the "apostates = mentally diseased" article in the july 15th edition of the watchtower.

to provide a bit more background, a forum member named amelia has recently had a meeting with uk police officers who subsequently took a copy of the article for their records.

they agreed that the content could potentially incite people to hatred against disaffected witnesses, and the copy is now on file with the uk police in case there are any future incidents of hateful acts against "apostates", including violence or even stalking.. i am working on a press release to make the public more aware of the idealogical oppression being meted out by the society on those who oppose them, both inside and outside the organization.

mummatron

Many businesses and university researchers use surveymonkey.

You could also use http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/ to petition the UK Government. That will require 100,000 signatures from British citizens and UK residents, BUT these wouldn't all need to be XJWs, so you'd just need to get as many sympathic people as possible to sign up. As long as it's publiscised enough, it is possible. Perhaps mentioning in the petition outline why many leave (i.e. the idiocy of the blood fractions & organ donation flip flops) then people will sign!

Good luck.

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Question for IT experts.

by badseed in

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assuming that everytime i connect to the internet i'm in a different location ex:starbucks, mcdonald's, coffee shop, etc.

i then get a different ip address everytime (right?).

ex: i go at starbucks, get an ip address, sign into google using [email protected] (send a few emails, post a few comments) then logout and go to the mcdonald's a few blocks down the street and connect.

mummatron

Then burn all of the possible evidence, your clothes, your disguises and then take the laptop's hard drive out in order to destroy with self-made (not bought) thermite.

@Anony Mous - the clothes would have to be a [hitman's choice] pristine virgin wool suit (though a HazMat suit would be better) purchased from a backstreet tailor who supplies suits to the Mafia on a no-questions-asked basis. This would be to ensure minimal fibre samples are left at the scene and that your suit cannot be traced to your local highsteet menswear outlet where they'd have CCTV footage of your purchase. The suit will be somewhat flame-retardant, so when you're done with it, best to siphon some petrol (too risky to be seen buying it with petrol station security these days) and douse it before you set it alight.

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Question for IT experts.

by badseed in

jw
friends

assuming that everytime i connect to the internet i'm in a different location ex:starbucks, mcdonald's, coffee shop, etc.

i then get a different ip address everytime (right?).

ex: i go at starbucks, get an ip address, sign into google using [email protected] (send a few emails, post a few comments) then logout and go to the mcdonald's a few blocks down the street and connect.

mummatron

@J.Hofer - there are tools to spoof it on Windows, but they're usually ineffective on many newer Vista & Win 7 systems. You can sometimes get round this by installing an older driver for the Network Interface Card and changing via the driver's GUI, but that may cause other issues, so I certainly wouldn't recommend it unless you're used to connectivity troubleshooting and can clean all traces of previous drivers off your system to prevent errors occuring when you uninstall/reinstall. Above I was referring to a permanent hardware change to a 'legitimate' (unused) MAC address. Of course, it's so much simpler with a 'nix based system, and in a ideal world we'd all be using them (would've made my work life so much simpler than faffing with Windows & I much prefer using Unix webservers - so beautifully simple to adminsiter) but the majority of users asking these kind of questions are gonna be using Windows, so saying something's possible using a shell script in Ubuntu is gonna make 'em think they've been sold a dud laptop and I doubt they'd really want to delve into the World of MS-alternative OS's and dual-booting just to rectify a wireless security query. I've had instances in my career where I've had to calm irrate clients when a member of my team has told them in all innocence that X is possible in Red Hat etc, and then the client's gotten on their high horse and accused the company I worked for for selling them 'sub-standard' systems. D'oh! *faceplam*

@DesirousOfChange - It makes sense. The key there is being careful. Always sign out of e-mail accounts & JWN. Lock your screen when leaving the computer unattended. Keep a separate user profile with a password that the rest of the household won't guess. Use in-private browsing or clear your browser history. Use your apostate e-mail address for apostate activities only. Maybe your friend's son subconsciously wanted to be caught