Xanthippe

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  The social institution of the Kingdom Hall.

  by The Rebel in

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  it is a warm sunny day, blue skies and i am excited by the prospect this sunday holds.

  will i dismantle a motorbike?

  paint a picture?

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  Glad you're enjoying life without meetings The Rebel. Also thanks for this thread I love knowing what everyone does in their spare time it's so interesting. It was August bank holiday here in the UK yesterday and it rained most of the day.

  I went to an amateur painting exhibition of over a thousand paintings at a local village hall. Some of them were very good but I didn't buy anything. Then I had tea and cake at a stately home and went home out of the rain. Years ago I would have been getting my hours in, not anymore!
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  Intro and Thoughts

  by ThinkerBelle in

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  i've been lurking on the board for almost a year now and i think i'm ready to come out of hiding (although, i'm so nervous as i type this).

  i'm not ready to share everything about my story, but the basics are that i'm a born-in, elder's kid, baptized as a teenager because i was tired of hearing people ask me "all your friends are baptized, when are you going to get baptized?

  ", married an unbeliever (was df, but came back shortly after) and we have two kids.

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  Welcome ThinkerBelle. Sounds like you have a good support system in your husband and inlaws to help with your fade. Looking forward to your thoughts on the forum.
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  Hello

  by Munster Abu in

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  new here but looking forward to joining in some of the discussions with you all.. a small bit about me: i'm shane.

  was raised as a jw in the uk by my mum (single parent family) from about 2 years of age.

  got baptised at 15 for all the wrong reasons.

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  Welcome Shane. Looking forward to your posts.
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  Jean Smith's

  by Slidin Fast in

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  memorial service - did anyone go?

  this may mean something in the uk.

  there were 600 in attendance (why do they always count?

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  I thought it might be cancer. Brent is still alive isn't he? I wonder if they mentioned Jean was a brilliant artist. Unless I misunderstood what Brent told me when they stayed with us she did it professionally before she started pioneering.
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

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  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  They're one of my favourites LisaRose. So beautiful in the woods I wanted them in my garden. I hope they come back they were full of seeds.
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  Jean Smith's

  by Slidin Fast in

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  memorial service - did anyone go?

  this may mean something in the uk.

  there were 600 in attendance (why do they always count?

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  That's very young these days. Very sad. Was it an illness?
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  Jean Smith's

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  memorial service - did anyone go?

  this may mean something in the uk.

  there were 600 in attendance (why do they always count?

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  Brent Smith's wife? She died? Brent married me and my husband. How old was she, early seventies?
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

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  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Must be an iPad thing it worked when I used my daughter's lap top. First pic is my garden in May this year and second is some foxglove seeds I grew last year which flowered this year. I've shaken the seed heads really well so I hope they self seed.
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

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  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Xanthippe