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  MY First Post

  by Prudence in

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  i'm new here and just wanted to say hello to everyone.. i walked away a few years ago, i just couldn't believe the new light on the generation they are forcing on .

  teaching people.

  i also got burned - out on all the gossip and the other social garbage.

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  Welcome to the board. Great to hear from you.

  Sadie
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  I am so angry!(venting)

  by Sadie5 in

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  yesterday i received not one but two water bills.

  i immediately called city hall to question why we were getting two bills.

  the clerk said it was because we were using water from a meter that had been inactive.

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  Yesterday I received not one but two water bills. I immediately called City Hall to question why we were getting two bills. The clerk said it was because we were using water from a meter that had been inactive. We have two water meters on our property and one of them we had turned off about 10 years ago. I informed the clerk that we were not using water from that meter, we had not requested it to be turned on. If someone was using water from that meter, then it was being stolen or somehow the pipelines to another home got crossed. ( We got some new houses built out here) She said it was our problem, and we would have to pay for it regardless of who was using it.

  I hung up with her as I was getting nowhere. I studied the bills and could see that the amount of water used was identical to our real bill and the meter readings were identical also. Someone used the figures off our meter we were using for both meters. I called and talked to the same clerk and called her attention to the figures. She said she would look into it and said to go to the inactive meter and get a present reading and call back. My husband then went out and after several minutes came back in to say that whoever read the inactive meter must have had X-ray vision because it was buried under several layers of dirt. So I called the clerk back again, she said she was sending a meter reader out. I asked how long was this going to take, since we had appointments to go to. She said it would be within the hour,

  My husband, not wanting them to come out and just read our active meter and say they were right, stood at the inactive meter for over an hour, waiting. The temperature was 101 degrees. Nobody showed up.

  I called back to City Hall and the clerk I had been dealing with was out to lunch. I then asked if someone else could help me and tell me when the meter reader was coming out to verify our inactive meter. This person told me that no meter reader was coming out, the first clerk had voided the bill when I brought her attention to the identical readings for both meters.

  I was so angry, couldn't the first clerk just told us that to begin with? My husband stood out in horrible heat for nothing. She just didn't want to admit to a mistake. I asked if I could have a new bill, showing zero balance and was told no, I just wouldn't receive bills on the inactive account again.

  I told the second clerk I was going to file a complaint with the Public Utility Commission. But when I called there I found out that the water department of the city is unregulated. They get to treat us like crap and get away with it.

  I wrote a letter to the City Manager about how this clerk treated us. I don't expect anything to come from it but it helped a bit anyway. I called City Hall, one last time before I wrote the letter, I got the first clerk and asked for her full name. She gave it to me, asked who I was, and she still couldn't apologize for the crap she pulled.

  City workers are scum. ( Well not all of them just the idiot ones)

  Thanks for letting me vent.

  Sadie
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  WEDDING PHOTOS HERE!!!

  by cruzanheart in

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  well, it was a beautiful, beautiful wedding!

  there will be more photos published, i'm sure, as soon as billygoat is up and around.

  this was a night of love, friendship, and happiness.

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  Photos are great. A wonderful wedding. Congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy life.

  Sadie
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  pr_capone & Jesika -- One Last Thread (maybe)!

  by cruzanheart in

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  this has been the most amazing week at my house.

  yes, i'm tired -- yes, there's been a lot to do -- but .

  what a beautiful experience to watch jes & pr!!!

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  Hi Cruzen,

  I've been following this since you announced it. I wish Jesika and pr all the happiness in the world. Please keep us informed. We would love to be there but are appreciative that you all are sharing this with us through the net.

  My own marriage to my dear hubby was quite spontaneous and shocked a lot of people. We found we were so different in some ways and so much alike in others. We've been together for 16 years and we are both so glad to have each other.

  Hope all of you have a wonderful day, that leads to long and happy life for the newlywed couple.

  Sadie
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  New Girl on the block

  by Teela in

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  i have been reading the threads for about a year now and thought its time to post my story.

  i cant remember much up until i was ten except the usual no birthdays, no worldly friends or bad associates.

  then it was a series of arguments of why i didnt what to go to church.

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  Welcome to the board, glad you decided to join us.

  Sadie
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  I'm a lurker no more......

  by Betsy in

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  hi everyone - just wanted to introduce myself.

  i posted a hi over in personal experiences, but thought i'd elaborate here..... i was raised a jw in delaware, ohio.

  you know, i was that girl all the old ones in the cong liked because i was kind to them and pioneered.

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  Welcome to the board!
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  OH . . . MY . . . GOD!!!!!!!!!!!! READ THIS!!!!!!!

  by cruzanheart in

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  so i get up this morning, usual time, slog through the shower and come out to the living room yawning.

  there on my sofa are jesika and pr_capone, grinning like two little kids.. guess what!!!!!!!

  they're getting married!!!!!!!

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  WOW! & Congratulations!
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  We made it to Florida!!!

  by StinkyPantz in

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  well we made it to florida, but the journey was not exactly what i would call a fun one.. .

  as many of you know, my fairly new suv was totaled (by no fault of my own) one month before we were supposed to be making our big move.

  well, we were forced to buy a car with limited income until the insurance company paid up.

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  good to hear you made it.
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  Happy 57th Birthday Englishman!!!

  by Cassiline in

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  happy birthday e-man!!

  since having joining this forum i have met many a kind person.

  you are a lovely friend and i enjoy reading your insights!.

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  Happy Birthday!
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  Happy Anniversary Princess and Steve

  by Mulan in

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  today, july 2, is steve and rachel's anniversary.

  (also known as princess).

  happy 15th anniversary you two!!!

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  Happy Anniversary!