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anyone have any ideas for discreet practical jokes i can commit?
anyone else going to cornwall, ontario this weekend?
Wipe your nether regions with a dollar bill...then put it in the contribution box. Let's see just how bad they want that money.
Also, last time I went, the time passed much quicker because I took a great novel w/ a plain black cover. Also, for lunch, wife and I went to a pub...I had a few beers. Then, we left a bit early and met up with some of my "worldly" friends and had a fabulous evening.
Ern
last night president bush had a news conference and was asked by several reporters if he thought he should appologise for the 9-11 attacks.. i wonder how fdr would have responded to such a question about pearl harbor?.
how about chruchhill?
can you imagine his response if asked to appologise for hitler bombing london?
But yes, people should have demanded it, especially in the face of all the clues that were there. I think it says alot for John Clark and Janet Reno were the only ones willing to take SOME responsibility. If I had family that were victims or dead soldiers, I would be soooo pissed. He totally dodged the question and asserted his arrogance about how HE got the US on a war footing. This from a guy who buys slip on shoes because he can't tie his own. This guy has GOT to go.
i can't figure out if wal-mart is a force for good or evil.
but this article was interesting, and even-handed.
it's long, you may not want to read all of it, but worth the effort to get through imo.
I was listening to the playing out of the drama in California this week where Wal-Mart was trying to shove their will down the throats of the citizens in a suburb of LA. They essentially wanted to dictate, by voter referrendum, how they were going to come into town. They wanted to give no assurances about wages and hiring as well as healthcare benefits. They wanted exemption from the building codes that everyone else has to abide by. They wanted to be exempt from the environmental regulations that all other businesses have to comply with. They didn't want to submit the routine traffic studies and traffic plans.
Also, in my decision was finding out that Wal-Mart is one of the big corporations that uses the practice of purchasing "Peasant Life Insurance". This is a despicable practice. In it, a company takes out a life insurance policy on a worker...many times a low level worker. They get a policy for a couple hundred thousand dollars and pay for the policy, many times without the knowlege of the insured. Then, even if the insured leaves the company, they continue to pay the premiums. Then when something causes that persons death, they cash in. The families don't see a nickle of the money and many times don't even realize that there is a policy. Hey, it's all about the bottom line.
I just went and bought a new Steam Vac. I probably paid a little more, but the Wal-Mart corporation didn't get any of it.
Ern
you can find out here!.
look: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/.
englishman.
Yep, my family runs true to form. It seems to me that I recall one of my ancestors as being the first man hanged in the territory of Kansas for "Horse Thieving".
Ern
"fly eagles fly, on the road to victory.
"fight eagles fight, score a touchdown 1,2,3.
"hit 'em low, hit 'em high, and watch our eagles fly.
I was bummed. Our Titans played a close game but just couldn't bring it off. I hope Indy kicks the crap out of New England. Manning sure looked like he was playing some excellent ball.
Well, there's always next year.
Ern
PS, glad to watch St. Louis get beaten!
my friend Jackie is an X dub from Thunder Bay. you can find her under the name secretminime on www.beyondjws.com.
Ern
what weird things do only jehovah's witnesses do?
You have to be Neutral when it comes to politics. You must "guard your thinking" so as not to take sides. This is such BS! Like people are not going to have an opinion about what is going on in their country or the rest of the world. I love getting my mom to expess an opinion about world events and national politics. When she realizes that she has "taken a side" she gets all uncomfortable.
The other thing is their neutrality in times of war. Sure, maybe some object to killing, but how can you object to serving in the medical corps or other lifesaving services?
Ern
Quit screwing around with that turkey puppet
i have a question.
i know of a couple that were both jws and the husband was dissatisfied with the organization and wanted out.
is it possible for a marriage like this to function?
Of course, I've not been DA or DF, but my wife knows my heathen ways. She is still an active (sporadically) JW. She has a rather liberal view of things, though so we get on just fine.
As far as the custody issues, well I can tell you that my ex is a reinstated JW. She is a psycho. You don't want to go through having a kid being raised by JW's when you are an ex. The differences are very vast, especially if you have an ex who is an extemist.
Ern
how many of you who were jehovahs witnesses celebrated while still in the borg ?
and now that you have left do you celebrate them ?
and do you celebrate them all or just some.
openly started celebrating holidays. My grandson gave me my first father's day card this year and my mother in law (just before she died) gave me a birthday card.
The other day, I bought a pack of christmas cards. I'm going to give them to the offices that I work with. It's not a religious thing for me, it's just a way to reflect on the year's accomplishments and to thank the guys for helping me out and making my job easier. It's a big step for me. I'll probably give a gift to each of my two closest friends, and I've given them birthday presents.
The only other holiday I really do anything for, is I always make sure my mom receives something around mothers day and I usually call her right around then too.
Ern
