Xanthippe

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  Christmas Eve Service

  by Biahi in

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  i just got home from attending a lovely christmas eve service with my daughter and her family.

  what a nice, no pressure, service, singing the old songs we all know.

  silent night, etc.

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  Bihari, I'm glad you had a good time with your family listening to beautiful choral music.

  Do you think they'd let me in a KH with ripped jeans?! Hey they wouldn't let me in a KH😀
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  Vehicle manufacturers are ripping off UK drivers!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  vast numbers of vehicles sold in britain are sub-standard quality.

  so many vehicle's indicators/turn signals only function when the steering wheel is turned to exit a motorway, overtake other vehicles, or to turn right or left at junctions.

  more often than not, they just don't work at all!

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  Ha ha.....it took me a minute.
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  Who's Happy To Go Abroad and Drive on the Other Side?

  by snugglebunny in

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  i do it most years.

  being in the uk, virtually every other country nearby drives on the right.

  we drive on the left.

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  I've driven in Canada, the US and Italy. Motorways in America are half empty so quite easy.

  I didn't drive through cities, my husband did that. Don't like driving automatics, sound like they're screaming to change gear.
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  What is the housing / accomodation living conditions of all of the Governing Body Members ? Does anybody know ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  i would be very curious to know what standard of living they have .

  and what type of housing each member has and what type of accomadation do they have and even what type of areas they are living in .

  unlike many of the rank & file members who live in housing estates provided for the low income earners and pensioners ?

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  do any of them have holiday houses that they own ? that they can retreat to when the stress gets too great for them ?

  Smiddy this is the water side property that cost over £1 million, bought by London Bethel for 'translation' work in Wales.
  
  
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  If You Had The Choice To Live Anywhere In The World or Any State Where Would You Be?

  by minimus in

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  i do like the usa but winters suck!

  florida has some charm but it gets brutal with heat and humidity.

  california is too looney.

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  The Italian lakes especially Como or near the Pyrenees in France, the Languedoc area. The only trouble is both areas have boiling summers and freezing winters. They're gorgeous in the spring though.

  I was thinking the same Fulano, Greece and Italy can hit the forties in summer. Too cold for you Min?
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  Upon learning of a terminal illness would you return to being a JW to appease your family?

  by NVR2L8 in

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  2. beliefs

  this is an hypothetical question...i am doing well.

  but i was thinking about how my jw family, grandchildren and all will feel when their inactive grandfather dies with no hope of being reunited in paradise.

  of course there would be immediate rejoicing if i came back to the "truth" and a surge of conditional love from the "friends".

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  I've had a few cancer scares which turned out to be false alarms but while waiting for test results I never thought about going back to that destructive cult. My concern was for my daughter and not wanting to leave her on her own. As for appeasing jw family, I don't appease people.
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  Department Store Santa Claus - Do They Still Exist?

  by RubaDub in

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  i remember when stores would advertise that santa claus would be there from 2-4 pm on a saturday or something for several weeks before christmas.

  you would see them everywhere.. do they still exist in your area?.

  maybe parents finally realized that having a drunk guy with a white beard getting his jollies off with young children on his lap was not a good idea.. just my thoughts.

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  We used to joke store Santa was a good part-time job for a pioneer. The other one was womb leasing.
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  Department Store Santa Claus - Do They Still Exist?

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember when stores would advertise that santa claus would be there from 2-4 pm on a saturday or something for several weeks before christmas.

  you would see them everywhere.. do they still exist in your area?.

  maybe parents finally realized that having a drunk guy with a white beard getting his jollies off with young children on his lap was not a good idea.. just my thoughts.

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  We used to joke store Santa was a good part-time job for a pioneer. The other one was womb leasing.
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  Email from JW relative/elder

  by Lynnie in

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  2. beliefs

  as much as i enjoy you and pete's company, you also know our understanding of how much we want you to be reunited with jehovah and his people.. .

  we did not set the standards for what jehovah says about our associations with those who choose to not serve him.

  so we will always be there for you and pete, but it is in your hands as to how we can enjoy your friendship.. .

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  Me: "I didn't choose to be raised as one

  I love this snuggle bunny. I'm going to use it first chance I get!
  
  
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  Do You Think Prostitution Should Be Decriminalized?

  by minimus in

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  in the us there is a bill in the house of representatives to decriminalize prostitution.

  what do you think about that?.

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  Xanthippe

  Prostitution is legal in England, Scotland and Wales, that is the buying of sex for money. Soliciting in public places, pimping or running a brothel are illegal but being a sex worker, for example from your home, is not.

  I don't have a problem with sex work per se as long as young women aren't forced into it by poverty, homelessness or being deliberately made to have a drug habit by a pimp.