Posts by FondaCox

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Have you driven in a country that drives on the opposite side of the road?

by FondaCox in

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did you drive?

if so, how nerve wracking was it for you?

i'd be terrified i'd stop concentrating for a moment and out of habit make a right turn at a red light into oncoming traffic.

FondaCox

Not only driving on the "wrong" side of the road but with a stick shift on the wrong side of the driver.

Please tell me the clutch was still with the left foot, though.....

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2022 convention stand-outs, clift notes, comments?? the good, the bad, the ugly...

by enoughisenough in

here is the thing: i tried several times to watch the convention...i just couldn't seem to forge ahead with it.

the reason i wanted to was to be able to engage in conversation about it with some of my old friends that communicate by phone that don't know i have disassociated.

i want to be able to slip in seeds of doubt, but at the same time i have to seem a bit current...) so i welcome to know any take outs, commentary, good or bad, or the video plots, etc.

FondaCox

@enoughisenough:

I had seen a couple of youtube videos where he was calling babies enemies of God and my thought was about Jesus saying to allow the little children to come to him...Jesus never considered them enemies. If I had been a parent there with a baby, I would have been crushed. So what does that mean for the parents? Are they to be able to punish the children more or get them baptized earlier so as to "save" them? What thoughts and feelings when viewing that?

I saw that clip. In my opinion it was just Stephen Lett making a point that we are all born sinners, even babies. He just did it in that cringe worthy Stephen Lett way.

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Have you driven in a country that drives on the opposite side of the road?

by FondaCox in

jw
friends

did you drive?

if so, how nerve wracking was it for you?

i'd be terrified i'd stop concentrating for a moment and out of habit make a right turn at a red light into oncoming traffic.

FondaCox

Did you drive? If so, how nerve wracking was it for you? I'd be terrified i'd stop concentrating for a moment and out of habit make a right turn at a red light into oncoming traffic.

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Did you ever meet someone born in the 1800’s?

by Fisherman in

i met freddie franz who was born in the 1880’s and many others from the 1880’s.

but as a very small child i remember someone very old aged 106 and that person was born around 1856 which means that he was around people from the 1700’s..

FondaCox

Trivia: The last person verified to have been born in the 1800's was Emma Morano. She died on 15 April, 2017.

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Did you ever meet someone born in the 1800’s?

by Fisherman in

i met freddie franz who was born in the 1880’s and many others from the 1880’s.

but as a very small child i remember someone very old aged 106 and that person was born around 1856 which means that he was around people from the 1700’s..

My paternal great-grandmother was born in 1886. I have very vague memories of visiting her when i was 4 or 5 years old. This would have been 1977/1978. She died in '78.

I think a more interesting way to phrase the question is did you meet someone born in and able to remember something of the 1800's. My Great Grandmother would qualify. Someone born in 1899 would not.

My grandfather who was born in the 1920's remembered meeting a few elderly Civil War veterans when he was a child.

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Brother Ted, Theocratic Economics and Card Run-outs

by Duncan in

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dear all,.

i nearly met up with brother ted f. the other day.

i say nearly, because i arrived round my mothers house just a few minutes after he left.

FondaCox

Hi Duncan,

This was one of my favorite posts from years ago. Thanks for pushing it back to the top. The 'Great Uncle Jehovah' story and many others you wrote were also great.

Glad to know you're still kicking about.