Posts by IronGland

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READ ASAP---IMPORTANT!

by RubyTuesday in

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my landlord sent me this e-mail.. .

subject: read asap---important!.

> > > > please pass on to everyone you know!!.

Also avoid pay phones. Inside the change return, they've put NEEDLES infected with either AIDS or some type of toxic poison. Same thing with gas pumps. Also beware of who you take home from a bar. People have recently woken up in a tub filled with ice and their KIDNEYS removed,with a letter to call 911 right away. You may also want to avoid Coca Cola products as their are plans to poison them at their bottling facilities. The energy drink Red Bull contains a dangerous stimulant linked to the formation of brain tumors.Fun-loving teens are lobbing lit gasoline-soaked rags into cars halted at red lights in a deadly game called Spunkball.Glue on ATM deposit envelopes is being laced with cyanide. All of this is just the tip of the iceberg. The government DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW. They are afraid that it will cause MASS HYSTERIA . If I were you, I wouldn't leave the house. Its just too dangerous. Oh yeah, one more thing, if you see someone driving without headlight, DONT FLASH THEM. They are GANG MEMBERS and will follow you home and SHOOT you as an initiation rite.

Edited by - irongland on 5 December 2002 20:4:57

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Ruby "Hell on Heels " Tuesday

by RubyTuesday in

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type in your name and find out what your mob nick name would be.. http://www.rickmelfi.com/sopranos.html

IronGland

Using my real name, i was given a mob name of 'weed whacker'

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2 Zen Stories-tell me your thoughts

by IronGland in

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obsessed .

two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman.

wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across.

IronGland

Obsessed

Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him and departed.

As the monks continued on their way, the one was brooding and preoccupied. Unable to hold his silence, he spoke out. "Brother, our spiritual training teaches us to avoid any contact with women, but you picked that one up on your shoulders and carried her!"

"Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down on the other side, while you are still carrying her."

Ritual Cat

When the spiritual teacher and his disciples began their evening meditation, the cat who lived in the monastery made such noise that it distracted them. So the teacher ordered that the cat be tied up during the evening practice. Years later, when the teacher died, the cat continued to be tied up during the meditation session. And when the cat eventually died, another cat was brought to the monastery and tied up. Centuries later, learned descendants of the spiritual teacher wrote scholarly treatises about the religious significance of tying up a cat for meditation practice.

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Boycott Blockbuster!!!

by LuckyLucy in

my friend and i went to rent a movie from blockbuster video and they charged us a late fee for a movie i rented 3 months ago.

i have rented dozens of movies since then and they never said anything and i am positive i got it back on time.

this has happeded before.. soooo...to make a long story short....i went home and got on line and did a search on blockbuster....nothing but locations and stuff on new releases...blah blah blah...so i started to think ...hmmm maybe they just made a mistake with me...thats cool.. on a whim i typed in blockbuster ripoff and poof!!

IronGland

LOL. What makes for a good or bad experience at a store? The only 'bad experience' I can think of is maybe when a place doesn't have a movie I want. You've never had a good experience? What do they do, pelt you guys with eggs when you walk in the door? I can't imagine a retail experience being either good OR bad. The most one can ask for is a neutral experience. Go to the store, get what you need,leave.

Edited by - irongland on 4 December 2002 19:14:51

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Boycott Blockbuster!!!

by LuckyLucy in

my friend and i went to rent a movie from blockbuster video and they charged us a late fee for a movie i rented 3 months ago.

i have rented dozens of movies since then and they never said anything and i am positive i got it back on time.

this has happeded before.. soooo...to make a long story short....i went home and got on line and did a search on blockbuster....nothing but locations and stuff on new releases...blah blah blah...so i started to think ...hmmm maybe they just made a mistake with me...thats cool.. on a whim i typed in blockbuster ripoff and poof!!

IronGland

Sheeesh! Rent a movie, return it on time, ask for receipt. How hard is that? As for your credit card being charged with late fees, that's the reason they ask for it when you become a member.

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Why the fixation on the Nazis?

by eyeslice in

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is it just me but do the society have a fixation on the nazis and the relatively few witness martyrs?.

i was skimming through the jan 15th 2003 watchtower, and came across a couple of photos of brothers who were in concentration camps that i must have seen a 100 times before.

then, on the back there something about ones who died at the hands of the nazis in hungary.. now dont get me wrong, i know that what happen at the hands on the nazis was truly awful, and that many of those who died were people whose faith at least i can admire.

IronGland

Because they feel that being persecuted is a sign of being gods chosen people. They bring it up as a sort of proof for doubters I guess. Also it makes for a convenient guilt trip to make people work harder selling magazines. You know, like ' why did you let a little bad weather keep you from going out in service when the brothers under the nazis suffered much worse'.

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So What Was The First Thing That You Did...

by Englishman in

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..after you were baptised, and how did you feel?.

i went for a swim, having got baptised at orchard beach, new york.

i was disappointed that i didn't feel any sort of warm glow.. when my dad was baptised, it was at epsom circuit assembly, london.

IronGland

I dried off, went to my car and smoked a cigarette.

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Spousal Abuse Thoughts

by DakotaRed in

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i have been having an ongoing discussion with a friend about spousal abuse.

she has come to accept and believe that i have never hit a woman in my life, but feels that i am a rarity.

i contend that i am not, that although too many men still hit their wives, they are in the minority.

IronGland

If I were gonna bet, I would bet that more women hit men than vice-versa. Psychos.

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Need help with my husband!

by TweetieBird in

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brief background info - hubby and i were both raised in the borg.

he started having doubts years before me but kept silent.

i came across info on the internet, ordered ray franz' books, found h20 website, then this one.

IronGland

Go somewhere pretty and take a coupla hits of acid together.

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How did you feel about 'fake' witnesses?

by Simon in

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i'm sure you know the ones i mean ... they decided to have a family 'present day' on dec 26th each year so that the kids could announce what presents they got while the rest of us 'zealots' were getting the piss taken out of us.. at the time, i could not understand how or why they did it or got away with it - it seemed obvious to me that thwy were celebrating christmas and we were not supposed to.

but hell, what did i know ... i was only a kid ... not an elder .

now, i kind-a-think "yeah, do what's right for your kids" but also "you're not fooling anyone!

IronGland

I liked myself quite well.