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  A polite way to ask someone to keep their hands to themselves...

  by White Dove in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  what's a polite way to ask a man to keep his hands to himself while conversing in a group with you?.

  this neighbor of mine and i were sitting in chairs on the deck with other people.. he always touched me whenever he said anything to me or i said anything to him.. it was as if he was using touch like an antenna to send and receive signals.. i didn't know what to do, so instead of risking embarrassment for us both, i did nothing but stand up and step away.. i stepped away after he attempted to caress my hamstrings on one leg.. *shudder*.

  wonder why 60+ year old men think that a woman being nice to him means she's hot for him.. also wonders why it's only the smoking, beer guzzling, scrawny, bony, and smelly old men who do that.. .

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  Scully

  This seems to work for me:

  "This is your first and only warning: Any part of you that touches me, you won't be getting back."

  It helps if you have a steak knife or a pair of scissors in your hand.
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  Hurt my back today gardening and I think the Chiropractor made it worse

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had been doing yard work all day and then i went to plant a rose bush for my dad .....when i stepped down on the shovel my lower back went out !

  omg it hurt ....i couldn't straighten completely up afterwards .

  so i went to see the chiro ,he used an activator on my back and now the pain is worse !

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  Good idea to check in with your regular doctor - you probably need an anti-inflammatory in addition to the muscle relaxer, and maybe an x-ray to see if there's something else going on. Icing the area is a very good thing to do.

  I'd also provide feedback to the chiropractor.

  Whenever my SI joint starts acting up, I start taking Aleve (naprosyn) as directed [not advisable if you have allergies to ASA or NSAIDs], applying ice (after 24 hours alternate hot and cold packs), and when I'm in bed, I make a "nest" out of pillows - one between my knees if I'm on my side (or under my knees if I'm on my back), another behind my back to keep it straight, and another in front so I don't twist forward. It sometimes takes a couple of days, but it does seem to make things feel better. I also do an SI stretch exercise that sounds like torture, but I swear by it.

  As strange as it sounds, I usually notice back issues flaring up when my walking shoes are approaching the end of their life expectancy. Replacing them on a regular basis seems to help a lot.
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  Coercion to Refuse Blood

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  coercion to refuse blood.

  today i uploaded a new article to my blog documenting instances of inappropriate coercion to have jehovahs witness patients refuse blood.

  the article clippings from the early 1950s are a must read.

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  Scully

  Thank you, Marvin!
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  insidious infiltrate!

  by chickpea in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i dont know how many times i have thought i had purged my life.

  of all the wts litter-ature, only to find that crap still taking up room.

  in storage... .

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  Scully

  But it's more amazing to get rid of it and have all that extra space in your home!

  And yes, I grew up in a home where piles of unplaced WTs and Awakes took up more space than family photo albums could ever hope for... because they were so Important™.
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  dos it really matter if it was a cross or a stake???

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what does it matter?

  i belive its been found that the romans used both, so what does it matter?.

  what does it matter that the roman word for cross sounds also like a word for another god?.

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  Scully

  No, it doesn't. It's like saying it matters whether Cinderella's dress was pink or blue.
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  After Exiting the Witnesses - Are you O.K. Not Knowing about the Future ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems that religion has always been considered the opium of the people.

  or at least many tend to gravitate towards religion to have or solidify some sort of future with a supreme being overlooking them hoping to have a reward either in heaven or in the jehovah's witnesses case - living forever in a " paradise earth ".

  it seems that people can't just live day to day and let each day come to them with whatever happens.

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  When I was a JW, I just thought I knew what the future held. It made me rather stupidly arrogant. I like myself better not being stupidly arrogant, and, yes, I'm OK with not knowing what the future holds. All I know for certain is that I will have taxes to pay, and one day I'll be dead and won't have to pay taxes anymore. I'm fine with that.
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  Is he better than Billy Mays?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wshnpsoplyo&feature=youtu.be.

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  I wouldn't buy anything he pitched.
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  What if everyone just told the truth ....?

  by Will Power in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what if everyone just told the truth .... about why they are fading?

  i wonder what kind of articles would be written?.

  "i'm too busy at work" less controlling articles about gathering material things just to show off etc... "i need an education to get a good job" no more guilt over fame, recognition etc.

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  A lot of people would have hurt feelings....

  For example:

  "Do these pants make my ass look fat??"

  "How was it for you?"

  etc., etc.
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  what toys did you all ways want but couldnt have because you were a jw!

  by warmasasunned in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was lucky not to be born into the jw's, so i had pretty much every toy i wanted .... actionman (g.i joe) with all the guns, tanks wonderful 2nd world war uniforms, toy soldiers cavalry, indians, cowboys, knights,castles and forts.. six million dollar man, lone ranger and tonto, toy cars matchbox captin scarlett, thunder birds, loads of guns to run around playing war.. great days.

  (of course my sisters had dolls and prams, barbies cindys, play make up).

  i know having spoken to jws born into it certain toys were of limits for some kids.. a good friend told me how he loved action man and played with them constantly, until one day he came home and saw them all by the door in a. card board box.. when he asked his mum what she was doing.. she told him "do you really think jehovah wants you to play war, you can keep one of them but he cant have any guns and fight people".

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  Scully

  Never mind the toys, I wanted Count Chocula and Boo Berry cereal.

  
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  Is he better than Billy Mays?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wshnpsoplyo&feature=youtu.be.

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  No, he's much worse. I turned him off before his first sentence ended.