Posts by patio34

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Best Helpful "Hint"

by patio34 in

so, do you have one outstanding "hint" that helps you everyday?

i do and i call it the "one thing only" (oto) philosophy.

i first put it together hearing a statement saying "never leave a room empty-handed" (mary lou henning?

patio34

Great tips all! Well, except for the wooden Indianans, lol.

Bikerchic, I'm going to have to try the Swifters. And my kitchen floor may get a new coat of wax this Friday!

Hugs to all,

Pat

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Best Helpful "Hint"

by patio34 in

so, do you have one outstanding "hint" that helps you everyday?

i do and i call it the "one thing only" (oto) philosophy.

i first put it together hearing a statement saying "never leave a room empty-handed" (mary lou henning?

patio34

Lol, dh, I'm laughing!

Brenda, thanks for that wisdom from Homer.

Billygoat, I love the "please pass the salt," one!

Cheers!

Pat

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Skeptics Annotated Bible

by eljefe in

i found this site yesterday and i thought i would share it with everyone.

you can find it here: www.skepticsannotatedbible.com.

it has everything from the bible, the quran, to the book of mormon.

patio34

Thanks Eljefe,

I've spent a lot of time at that site and think it's very helpful!

Pat

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You are EX-JWs because you want to live an immoral life!

by Sirona in

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many jehovah's witnesses believe what they've been told about ex-witnesses.

they say that exjws simply want to live an immoral life.

they say that exjws cannot live up to "jehovah's standards".

patio34

Thanks Sirona, for another chance to explain!

Lol, at my age, that probably would be low down on the list of reasons to leave JWs! Well, at least for me.

The steps that led to my leaving:

The violence in nature being incompatible with a loving god.
It predated (with dinosaurs, etc.) the existence of humans, so Adam's sin was irrelevant.
So, to me, Gen. 3:21 (?) was false, wherein it states all creation ate green vegetation. (That has never existed.)
To me, the violence in nature seemed more compatible with evolution than with a "loving" creator.
Next, I decided to read books by evolutionist scientist themselves instead of having religionists supposedly read them and explain them to me!

Then I read a lot about the history of JWs also. It all was a house of cards. There's more people who leave for intellectual reasons than JWs would ever admit.

Thanks for the opportunity to state it.

Pat

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Do you believe in "same sex" marriage?

by Carmel in

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yesterday i tuned into espn sports radio and listened to a semi-political debate on several issues.

when "same sex" marriage came up one of the talking heads refrained that "all marriages are same sex.

" you get married and have the "same sex" over and over again!

patio34

This reminds me (the original post by Carmel) of a joke I heard a while back:

My husband and I are having hallway sex.

What's that?

Oh, when we were first married, we had car sex, kitchen sex, anywhere we'd have sex.

Then after the kids came along, we had bedroom sex.

Now, we're planning a divorce, and when we see each other in the hallway, I say "**** you!" That's hallway sex.

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Best Helpful "Hint"

by patio34 in

so, do you have one outstanding "hint" that helps you everyday?

i do and i call it the "one thing only" (oto) philosophy.

i first put it together hearing a statement saying "never leave a room empty-handed" (mary lou henning?

patio34

Thanks Special K! That is really a very valid philosophy, imo.

Another one I have that I read in the Awake years ago is when you're upset, irritated, angry, etc. at a person, try to imagine how you'd feel if they had died. What you'd say at their funeral. Chances are you'd remember the better things about the person.

Pat

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Best Helpful "Hint"

by patio34 in

so, do you have one outstanding "hint" that helps you everyday?

i do and i call it the "one thing only" (oto) philosophy.

i first put it together hearing a statement saying "never leave a room empty-handed" (mary lou henning?

patio34

LotsReality, That's so true about the music. I usually try something lively when I'm cleaning house or exercising.

FrannieBanannie, not a bad idea.

Soledad, that sounds like an old JW'ism.

Pat

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any favorite TV shows you absolutely cannot miss?

by brwneyedgrl1 in

i dont have much time to watch a lot of tv b/c im so busy w/ work and school but i am obsessed with monk and i have to watch it every friday night.

i even hate making plans friday nights cuz i dont like to miss it...what a dork, i know.

i also like family guy on cartoon network...so hilarious.

patio34

What a fun thread! I'll have to see if I get Monk.

I'm a fan of Stargate-1

Law & Order (but it's on too late)

King of the Hill

Friends

Cold Case

But there's others I'd probably enjoy too. I'm like another poster--I always miss things!

Pat

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Elders Won't Let Elderly Sister Stay In The Bathroom

by minimus in

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evidently, according to my mother, her friend has all sorts of perfume allergies and has been attending meetings in the ladies room with a door open so as to hear the vital spiritual information.

anyway, the elders told her she could no longer sit in the stall.

now she's depressed and doesn't know what to do.

patio34

Well, that is a problem. In California, my area, one hall remodeled and when they did, they added a room just for chemical-sensitive people. Before that, they requested that only "people without scents" (lol, it sounded like "people without sins") sit in a certain area.

Another hall has a large library that anyone could sit in and that would be pretty scent free.

It seems pretty insensitive (pardon the pun) that anyone wouldn't recognize and assist people with that problem. Even at work, it's an issue that people can NOT wear perfumes around someone else with sensitivity. Of course, "worldly" people can be a lot more reasonable, lol.

Pat

Edited to add: Of course, the right answer is to get out of the cult!!!!

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Best Helpful "Hint"

by patio34 in

so, do you have one outstanding "hint" that helps you everyday?

i do and i call it the "one thing only" (oto) philosophy.

i first put it together hearing a statement saying "never leave a room empty-handed" (mary lou henning?

patio34

So, do you have one outstanding "hint" that helps you everyday?

I do and I call it the "One Thing Only" (OTO) philosophy. I first put it together hearing a statement saying "Never leave a room empty-handed" (Mary Lou Henning? The woman from Taxi tv show). What she meant was take one thing and put it away in another room as long as you're going that way.

This evolved for me into a philosophy of a "lazy" approach to my goals. For example, I may not want to clean the whole garage, but I'll just go out there and move 1-2 items. Before you know it, momentum builds and every day you're doing several things, and in a month, it's done! I wall-papered two rooms, just about at 15 minutes per day most days. Or everytime I walk by a certain area, I pull "one weed," but usually more. In no time, the entire area is kept weed-free and I'm looking for a new area.

I motivated my grandkids to "just pick up 3 toys for now," and usually, but not always, it's a breeze. When I don't want to walk, I say "I don't have to walk, just put on my shoes and step out the door." And I mean it, if I don't feel like walking, I come back in, but usually I do.

It also stems from an article I read once entitled "Lesson of the Cliff." A man's son was stuck while hiking on a precarious cliff and petrified. The father said "Can you take just one step?" Then another, then another and the kid got down that way.

Also, it is daunting to think I'll write a book, but I can write a sentence, paragraph, notes, or a bit of an outline, or do some research for just 10-15 minutes.

Ben Franklin said 'The hardest part of any job is starting." (Or "A job well-begun is half-done.") The OTO way eases you into it, imo.

What about you? Do you have an all time favorite assistance you use continuously?

Pat