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  What are you up to this summer?

  by Xanthippe in

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  i really enjoy hearing about other people's lives.

  feeling a little lonely this evening so please tell me if you have plans for the summer months.

  i may go to some outdoor theatre with my daughter who's home from uni; with a picnic and a bottle of wine.

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  Sounds great Berengaria. We hope to go to Athens for a few days all being well.
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  What are you up to this summer?

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really enjoy hearing about other people's lives.

  feeling a little lonely this evening so please tell me if you have plans for the summer months.

  i may go to some outdoor theatre with my daughter who's home from uni; with a picnic and a bottle of wine.

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  Fossil hunting really? Where do you go? How interesting.
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  What are you up to this summer?

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really enjoy hearing about other people's lives.

  feeling a little lonely this evening so please tell me if you have plans for the summer months.

  i may go to some outdoor theatre with my daughter who's home from uni; with a picnic and a bottle of wine.

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  d4g well done! You deserve a big party🎉

  the comet, have a wonderful trip. Paris? The Louvre is amazing. Spain, I recommend the Alhambra if you get to Granada, beautiful Moorish architecture. The Salvador Dali museum in Figueres is fascinating.

  dhoh, enjoy your olives, I love them. I love eating in the garden too, if the rain keeps off.
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  What are you up to this summer?

  by Xanthippe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really enjoy hearing about other people's lives.

  feeling a little lonely this evening so please tell me if you have plans for the summer months.

  i may go to some outdoor theatre with my daughter who's home from uni; with a picnic and a bottle of wine.

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  Xanthippe

  I really enjoy hearing about other people's lives. Feeling a little lonely this evening so please tell me if you have plans for the summer months. I may go to some outdoor theatre with my daughter who's home from uni; with a picnic and a bottle of wine. Plus an umbrella - this is England.
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  James Horner dies

  by Xanthippe in

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  i'm shocked to hear that composer james horner has been killed in a plane crash aged 61. so many film scores, titanic, avatar, braveheart, field of dreams, aliens, cocoon, patriot games, bicentennial man, star trek iii: the search for spock, sneakers, batteries not included, the name of the rose and many, many more.

  a genius who will be sadly missed.

  he gave us so much beautiful music..

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  I agree Terry he had another two decades of genius to give which now we have lost. Very sad. His wonderful music lives on.
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  Charity

  by aintenoughwiskey in

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  we know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.

  since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?

  sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!

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  Yes we are so lucky to have medical care readily available. When I read stories on that website I realise I have nothing to complain about.
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  Charity

  by aintenoughwiskey in

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  we know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.

  since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?

  sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!

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  Faye I love The Smile Train too. They help children for such a small amount of money.

  There is also a fantastic charity based in Addis Ababa called the The Fistula Foundation. It helps women in many developing countries who had obstructed labour sometimes for a week because they cannot afford a C-section. Their bladder and sometimes bowel too are damaged by the labour and they end up permanently incontinent and are often outcasts from their village. A simple operation costing $450 cures them.

  This charity changes the lives of women who had agonising labour for days usually resulting in a dead baby and a ruptured body. They're doing a wonderful job.
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  James Horner dies

  by Xanthippe in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i'm shocked to hear that composer james horner has been killed in a plane crash aged 61. so many film scores, titanic, avatar, braveheart, field of dreams, aliens, cocoon, patriot games, bicentennial man, star trek iii: the search for spock, sneakers, batteries not included, the name of the rose and many, many more.

  a genius who will be sadly missed.

  he gave us so much beautiful music..

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  Xanthippe

  I'm shocked to hear that composer James Horner has been killed in a plane crash aged 61. So many film scores, Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, Field of Dreams, Aliens, Cocoon, Patriot Games, Bicentennial Man, Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, Sneakers, Batteries Not Included, The Name of the Rose and many, many more. A genius who will be sadly missed. He gave us so much beautiful music.
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  10 years and Satan finally struck....

  by snare&racket in

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  i left around a decade ago, life has not been easy, but it has been profoundly better than the jw robotics my earlier life chapters resembled.. my current life was going so well, too well...... and finally the nemesis of jahooha came out from his dark hiding place.

  no longer in gods tent i was as vulnerable as the chinese job and his unfortunate sheep and children.. satan, bless his socks of cotton, has finally attacked, he broke my leg the dark lordy bastard.. a spiral fracture of the fibula and various fractures the ankle joint.. the worst of all his evil doings was the story i have to tell people, it's 'mechanism of injury'..... i slipped on some grass.

  yes the devilish ball rash, got me good.. so now, i sit bored, wishing i had meetings to prepare for, talks to write and i long for the live bombing i would have received as an interesting new kingdom hall event in the decades of waiting on jahooha..... but all i have is some lame ass, american apostates on a forum..... tchhhh.... .

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  Xanthippe

  Lame ass British apostate here Snare, hope you feel better soon. 🌼🌷🌹🌺🌻
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  Charity

  by aintenoughwiskey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.

  since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?

  sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!

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  Xanthippe

  WWF, UNICEF, Save the Children. I give very small amounts but it's the regularity that's important. Also a member of Amnesty International which is not strictly a charity but has a charitable section. I've sometimes emailed or written to national leaders about prisoners of conscience.