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ladies, i present to you.... .
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Whew, Lisa, I thought that these threads were all in great fun.
Yesterday the gorgeous women thread was locked with no explanation, and now what I thought was a bit of a lark on "your" thread is greeted with considerable offense.
I will cease and desist; sorry.
Bye.
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ladies, i present to you.... .
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Since the "Most Gorgeous Woman" thread has been locked:
i couldn't believe that i was reading this in the news....http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7446555%255e13762,00.html ok, dear it might fix my headache.
by george gordon.
october 3, 2003. .
Got your hard hat on?
if any of you wish to kindly make donations to vicki boer, we are formulating a vehicle to attend to this as we speak.. we have been in touch with vicki, who is understandably deeply distressed at the turn of events that have forced her to relive much of the trauma which she hoped that this court case would put to rest, and are wresting a plan which would allow her to receive personal donations aimed at her well-being rather than enriching either the wts or her advisers.. an address will be forthcoming shortly, together with a paypal email address which will allow you to send your donations or well-wishes to vicki, scott and the girls.
it will not be a canadian address or bank account.
there are a number of important points that any donators would need to assess before donating any cash:.
Excellent plan HS; it has all of the elements that I had hoped for.
Vicki?s need for assistance will very likely continue for some time. After our initial enthusiasm subsides I hope that we will continue to remember Vicki, her family and offer support as we can.
Thank you HS for all of your hard work for this deserving cause.
Sam B.
hello fellow screen junkies,.
i have had a number of messages in recent days concerned about my posting style having changes in recent weeks.
as you may note i have become a little more combative in my replies of late and have imbued a new sense of tenacity when dealing with certain issues.
What a wonderful thread! Great comments from all!
Do you have any idea how difficult is is to find a wealthy nymphomaniac who owns a liquor store to pledge undying love to?
HS, you and I are even more alike than I thought Love to meet you sometime - I suspect that face to face we'd find much in common.
Warm regards,
Sam
PS Congratulations on finding a wonderful wife among the JWs, though as you note she was oceans away! Eventually I got there too; as usual I am slower than most.
would you attend the funeral/memorial service?
assuming that it would be held in a kh; or even if it wasn't.. this is something that's been on my mind lately; honestly, i'm not sure why.
my parents are both still relatively young; 60 and 61. my dad has been diagnosed with skin cancer but both are otherwise healthy.. i really don't know whether i would; particularly for my father.
Yes, absolutely. Though I detest the religion, I have already attended a JW funeral of one of my parents. It was there wish to have a JW funeral because they had been near life-long JWs.
Out of respect for their wishes I would even arrange a JW funeral for them, just as I would expect to have a non JW funeral arranged for me.
The last JW funeral that I did attend was a dreadful affair; the PO gave the sermon and took every opportunity to use the name "Jehovah." I think that every third word out of his mouth was "Jehovah." It was embarrassing. Several of my "worldly" friends came out of respect for me and I hated that they had to hear what dreadful stuff that my parents believed.
To not have gone would have made my friends wonder what kind of monster I was. They had no idea of the "history" connecting the JW religion, my parents and me.
everytime i get stuck going to a sunday meeting at the kingdumb hall, it seems.
"worse and worse!".
don't tell me "worse and worse",.
Amen, brother!
hello fellow screen junkies,.
i have had a number of messages in recent days concerned about my posting style having changes in recent weeks.
as you may note i have become a little more combative in my replies of late and have imbued a new sense of tenacity when dealing with certain issues.
HS, thank you for the explanation of your change in posting style. Though I was not one of those who wrote to you I did wonder what was up?
My only concern with your posts in recent days is that you strongly hang onto your opinions, displaying great confidence even when others have had different WTS experiences. Nevertheless, you bring well reasoned comments that usually are a breath of fresh air.
I will admit that some WTS association was positive. I learned public speaking at an early age and it has served me well ever since. I too have met some wonderful people among JWs. However, now that I am "inactive" I am viewed as "bad association" and none of my former friends make contact with me. It is difficult therefore to avoid resentment toward the WTS for its herd like training of the R&F JW.
Unlike you, my JW marriage was a disaster and probably the single worst decision of my life. I bought into the doctrine of "marry only in the Lord" and assumed that that meant only marry a JW (I was a typical non-thinking JW myself). Many years later I was blessed with a wonderful wife who respected "the Lord," but was not interested in the JWs. Finally, I got through my thick skull what "marry only in the lord" really meant.
With respect to elders, my experiences have also been different than yours. True, a few elders genuinely meant well, but so many that I encountered over the years were at the very least incompetent; others where the bullies that were discussed on an earlier thread; some where liars; some where envious; some had huge egos; and a few seemed ruthless for reasons that I never fully understood. I even discovered criminal behavior that one MS was involved in. These experiences of mine are just as real to me as your experiences have been to you. I haven?t been sure that you respected the differing experiences of others, and that is the only, and I do mean only area where I have not seen eye to eye with you.
I respect your opinions and your thoughtful comments on this board. I agree that we should be freer here to express opinions without being bombarded by our own breed of bullies. I hope that these comments to you are received in the spirit of respect and friendship in which they are offered. Please keep posting; yours are among the first that I want to read when I log on.
Warm regards,
Sam B.
if you'd be interested in donating $us10.00 or anything at all to a campaign fund for vicki please say so here.
this will help determine how strongly we can offer vicki support.. i'll start it off.
i'm willing to donate $us10.00 to the fund.. thanks.. dansk
I am gladly in too!
Sam
i've watched a little bit of mtv lately and it's been absolutely bugging the crap out of me as i watch these inane music videos: men can be physically unattractive but still talented musically and get recognition, not the same for women!
they have to be perfect looking in every way on top of being able to at least carry a tune.
i'm sick of watching beyonce writhe and christina strut around half naked.
"Try living with someone learning to sing clasical music at Conservatory; what passes as a "good voice" in contemporary music is NOT a good voice in other areas of music. Most contemporary singers are poorly trained, some don't even have that much talent as it is."
Exactly right! Many of the pop/country singers have weak, almost pitiful voices.
In the "looks" department not all of the ladies are "babes" - take the Judd girl for example. A. Franklin and many other black "soul" singers; all large, in some cases huge gals that have a big following.
