What's this thing with really long dresses? Sometimes I see them on FS and I can't believe how long their dresses are now, almost down to the ground.
Xanthippe
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Tired of mom's proselytizing pal..Guess who !!!!
by James Mixon ini love dear abby advice columnist.. abby "dear not interested, no rule of etiquette demands that you listen to b religious diatribes".
today paper..
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Unsung Movie Villains
by LoveUniHateExams inwe all know the big movie villains get a lot of credit and appear in multiple movies - the shark in jaws, darth vader, and before them dracula, wolfman, frankenstein's monster, etc.. but there must be plenty of villains that get forgotten.. i thought clarence boddicker (played by kurtwood smith) was fantastic in robocop (1987) - a real psychopath.. another character who springs to mind is vilos cohaagen (ronny cox) in total recall (1990), i thought he was very good too.. obviously these and other movie villains do get some critical acclaim but they don't get their own franchise and they rarely get universal praise.. maybe 'unsung movie villains' is the wrong phrase but hopefully you get what i'm trying to say!
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Tom Hiddlesons's Loki in all the Thor films. So bad he's good.
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You will not find this sort of support in the New System: JC Elder
by Diogenesister inso that statement was made by an elder to a disfellowshipped brother, during a reinstatement meeting.. this statement is made here at around 4.
10 mins in.. the full story of this man is incredibly sad.
in fact i've rarely listened to an exjws story that has affected me quite so much.
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Uneducated, untrained men lacking in empathy. What a dreadful combination.
Steve2 I wanted to say your post is spot on. These uneducated men have been placed in positions of authority over people's lives and think they have the ability to counsel emotionally suffering people. Plus any natural empathy has been systematically squeezed out of them by WTS teachings. Horrible combination indeed.
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You will not find this sort of support in the New System: JC Elder
by Diogenesister inso that statement was made by an elder to a disfellowshipped brother, during a reinstatement meeting.. this statement is made here at around 4.
10 mins in.. the full story of this man is incredibly sad.
in fact i've rarely listened to an exjws story that has affected me quite so much.
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Just such a sad story, the fact only one family member will speak to him now. He was an elder who probably cared a lot about those suffering ones in the congregation having experienced mental health problems himself.
I suspect he put the other elders to shame with his genuine concern for others and they wanted him out. When he confessed to having a drink problem I guess it was a gift to them, the chance to burn him they'd been looking for.
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Do you like to experiment when cooking?
by Xanthippe injust lately i've become weary of following recipes in books or online.
recently when on holiday in the lake district i wanted to make pasta with a tomato and cheese sauce but the only interesting cheese they had at the local store was a somerset brie.
i discovered when peeled of its skin and tossed in with tomatoes and pasta it melts beautifully and tasted amazing.
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Scotsman Ottolenghi's recipes look amazing, especially the seafood and the garlic flatbreads. Thanks.
Sail Away, yes I tend to go online these days and look up two or three recipes for something I want to make and then I mix and match. I love Greek food too, the Greek islands are a favourite destination of mine. Your seafood risotto sounds delicious. I remember making a French apple tart years ago and it was amazing but did seem to take hours. I hope you have a wonderful foodie trip to Spain and Portugal.
LUHE, thanks for the YouTube. I remember making stuffed vine leaves, dozens of them with a Greek woman for her daughter's wedding. She kept telling me I was doing it all wrong!
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Do you like to experiment when cooking?
by Xanthippe injust lately i've become weary of following recipes in books or online.
recently when on holiday in the lake district i wanted to make pasta with a tomato and cheese sauce but the only interesting cheese they had at the local store was a somerset brie.
i discovered when peeled of its skin and tossed in with tomatoes and pasta it melts beautifully and tasted amazing.
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I had this soup in a restaurant a couple of weeks ago. Roasted tomato, red pepper and carrot. Decided to make it myself but added roasted garlic to give it zing, plus tomato purée and a teaspoonful of sugar. Have to say it's delicious. What soup do you make?
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Do you like to experiment when cooking?
by Xanthippe injust lately i've become weary of following recipes in books or online.
recently when on holiday in the lake district i wanted to make pasta with a tomato and cheese sauce but the only interesting cheese they had at the local store was a somerset brie.
i discovered when peeled of its skin and tossed in with tomatoes and pasta it melts beautifully and tasted amazing.
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LUHE your cousin's fiancé sounds like a great catch for her (sorry). Thanks for introducing me to the idea of ME cooking, I'd like to try it.
Thanks Karter, I would love to visit your country, it look beautiful. One day ......
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Who are your heroes in life??
by karter insomeone you looked up to some who did something amazing?.
i live in new zealand and 1 of mine is sir edmound hillary,a great yet humble man.. he and tenzing norgay were the 1st to reach the top of mt everest.it went to the grave with both of them who put there foot on top 1st,neather of them reviled that.. he did alot for the sherpa's of napal making sure they were payed well for their work as well as setting up schools there.. he came to my school and gave a speech then walked around the play ground talking to us children,his phone number was in the phone book and he would talk to anyone that rang him partially children doing a project on everest.. the british tryed to say that mallory and irvine may have made it to the top of everest years before,hillarys reply.....they may have but i made it down again.. karter..
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Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell who discovered pulsars but her boss got the Nobel prize instead. She was the first woman president of the Institute of Pyhsics. My late husband told me about her because he was a chartered physicist member of the institute.
Silicon valley are awarding her the Breakthrough Prize in November and she has decided to donate the $3 million to the institute of physics to fund PhD students to get more people, particularly women into science. She said she doesn't need the money. It's true she's won so many prizes and had a brilliant career.
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Do you like to experiment when cooking?
by Xanthippe injust lately i've become weary of following recipes in books or online.
recently when on holiday in the lake district i wanted to make pasta with a tomato and cheese sauce but the only interesting cheese they had at the local store was a somerset brie.
i discovered when peeled of its skin and tossed in with tomatoes and pasta it melts beautifully and tasted amazing.
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Karter I love fish, I'm so glad you get to eat the fish you catch. People here catch it, weigh it, throw it back then put the pictures on Facebook! Very impressed you make your own stock. I love making risotto and soup. I need to plant more herbs.
Shirley, interesting way with pork in the slow cooker. I love cooking with garlic too. It's gorgeous roasted in the skin then squished out for soup.
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Do you like to experiment when cooking?
by Xanthippe injust lately i've become weary of following recipes in books or online.
recently when on holiday in the lake district i wanted to make pasta with a tomato and cheese sauce but the only interesting cheese they had at the local store was a somerset brie.
i discovered when peeled of its skin and tossed in with tomatoes and pasta it melts beautifully and tasted amazing.
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Jazz cooking, I like it jp. Sometimes I just like to think what flavours and ingredients I would like to put together.
Scruff I used to cook in an iron pan. I wonder what I've done with it. Searing is supposed to keep the meat juices in isn't it, I don't know much about cooking brisket.