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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @Landy: I don't really want to wind anyone up. I just want to be left alone. They are for the most part nice people. I just can't handle them in quantity.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @GrreatTeacher: I have been in a few of those congregations back when I was in the US. They seem to operate on a different wavelength. All in all, I can't say I was ever in a bad congregation - but that doesn't change the fact that it is a cult.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @blondie: we had some summer bbq's at our house before I went off reservation. Lots of good non-jw activity. Some of the teens/young adults brought their guitars. They did some non-jw songs and a few jw songs around the bonfire. Singing was actually pretty good. I wasn't embarrased anyway that the neighbor's heard it. Thanks for the reminder about the pointsetta, but they are not plant munchers (although they do like to dig up new trees that I plant for some reason).
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @nicolaou: I could set it up to run in a continuous loop. Might scare away nosey folks who wanted to check my browsing history. They would flee from the demonz...
  
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  Drink Driving

  by Simon in

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  with the christmas almost upon us i would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving.. as you may know the local police are having a serious go at drink drivers this year... well, a couple of days ago i was out for an evening with friends and had a small number of drinks before dinner, followed by some rather nice red wine.

  feeling jolly i still had the sense to know that i may be very slightly over the limit.. that's when i did something that i've never done before - i took a taxi home.. sure enough on the way home there was a police road check, but since it was a taxi they waved it past.

  i arrived home safely without incident.. this was a real surprise as i had never driven a taxi before, i don't know where i got it and now that it's in my garage i don't know what to do with it.. any ideas?.

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  I thought everyone got that! I think it was a point nicely made... Marked 'G' for illustrations.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @RubaDub - that might work since Halloween is over. Might be a nice diversion. What outfit do you recommend? I started growing a beard, would that make a better fit for a particular character?
  
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  Drink Driving

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  with the christmas almost upon us i would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving.. as you may know the local police are having a serious go at drink drivers this year... well, a couple of days ago i was out for an evening with friends and had a small number of drinks before dinner, followed by some rather nice red wine.

  feeling jolly i still had the sense to know that i may be very slightly over the limit.. that's when i did something that i've never done before - i took a taxi home.. sure enough on the way home there was a police road check, but since it was a taxi they waved it past.

  i arrived home safely without incident.. this was a real surprise as i had never driven a taxi before, i don't know where i got it and now that it's in my garage i don't know what to do with it.. any ideas?.

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  Great story Simon. I cringe when I think about how much driving I did in the US while under the influence. I really don't know how I ever made it home sometimes. If ever there was a good argument for having a guardian angel, this was it. I actually found myself in the critical secton of the emergency ward one time (I was 21) with a deflated lung, broken collar bone, and all the ribs in my back were crushed. Did I learn my lesson? Hell no.

  Even later as a witness, I was amazed at how much drinking we did especially with good friends. And drove off thinking nothing of it. Now, I confine my drinking to the home. No road trips involved.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @Crazyguy: I don't want to cause any problems for my wife. She means well. I am pretty sure I will be able to handle it for one more day and just be polite. Saturday night we are going out to dinner with worldly neighbors and I'm sure it will be much more fun. +1, -1.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  Lois - I love the poinsetta idea!
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  Yes Dagney, the anticipation is usually worse. So far, they have been very polite - no attempts to corner me. I think my wife probably told them just to back off a step.