Danny, thought your letter was great. Short, to the point, and covering in an easy-to-understand manner just what it is that makes the dubs such a repugnant organisation. Was it printed? I hope so.
Sherri
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Another week long quick build goes up...
by Elsewhere inhttp://www.news-bulletin.com/news/40433-05-01-04.html church built in old-fashioned, barn-raising way
haley wachdorf news-bulletin staff writer; [email protected].
belen a week ago, the property at 1114 s. main street was an empty lot, but within a week, the belen congregation of jehovah's witnesses plans to be holding services in their brand-new kingdom hall built by hundreds of volunteers from all over the state.
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Englishman's Barbie / Apostacue:
by Englishman inok, folks, put this one in your diary if you please!.
sunday.
july 13.. just like the shindig we held last year, this one will also be held in my back garden at our home in weston super mare, england.
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Sherri
Thanks for the maps!! I'll probably take a train in the end, because something tells me that driving is not going to be on the cards ...
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Englishman's Barbie / Apostacue:
by Englishman inok, folks, put this one in your diary if you please!.
sunday.
july 13.. just like the shindig we held last year, this one will also be held in my back garden at our home in weston super mare, england.
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Sherri
Oops, the geography of my adopted homeland is still a bit out of my grasp.
However, I do hope to be there on the day, with or without my other half (but certainly without my little ones)!
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Englishman's Barbie / Apostacue:
by Englishman inok, folks, put this one in your diary if you please!.
sunday.
july 13.. just like the shindig we held last year, this one will also be held in my back garden at our home in weston super mare, england.
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Sherri
Hi Englishman,
I'd really like to come and meet up with some UK ex's. My husband never was a witness and doesn't really share my morbid fascination with all of it -- will any never-beens be there? At least he'll be up for the pub thing.
His dad (our babysitter) lives in Belper -- I don't suppose that's close to your place?
Will mark my planner and let you know closer to the date for sure.
Thanks for the invite.
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Bethel Doctor--Is it me, or was this odd??
by Sherri ini was at bethel with my now ex-husband in early 1982. at that time, they did a tb test as part of the physical when you started.
mine came out positive for exposure (though i did not and have never had tb), probably because i had worked as a receptionist in a hospital x-ray department.. the weird bit is that the bethel doctor insisted on giving me a gynacological exam.
as i was only 22 at the time, and butt-stupid, i went ahead and let him.
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Sherri
Not sure how this thing made it back to the top of the pile--I'd forgotten all about it.
I was never traumatised or anything--just thought it was a bit weird. It all came back to me after some thread about Bethel doctors--can't remember what it was.
Anyway, I'm fit and well now!
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Who believes in Ghosts?
by El Kabong ini watched a movie on tv the other night called "the others" with nicole kidman.
it got me thinking about ghosts.
of course, my jw thinking automatically kicks in and tells me that its.........come on, you all know the answer.......demons.
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Sherri
I never really believed in ghosts/demons/anything until last year when my son saw something. Though I was in the room with him, I didn't see it, but he was only three years old and it was more than obvious that he saw a something/person whom he later identified in a photograph. See this thread if you're interested in the whole story: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=16495&site=3
I have no explanation and, really, no explanation could be definitive in my opinion. I mean, who really knows?
The trouble with this kind of thing is that it is so anecdotal in nature. I don't think any research has ever been useful in an empirical sense to prove existence of things other-worldly. This makes it easy to be skeptical. However, just a straw poll of various friends and relations indicates that other forces (magnetic, demonic, spiritual or otherwise) are in existence. If not, there are an awful lot of folks experiencing similar delusions. Maybe it's a genetic defect....
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My grandma
by Vivamus inmy grandma was a remarkable woman, with a sense of humour that could crack me up.
and she had the determination to make everything she started a success.
she never gave up, and fought for everything she hold dear.
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Sherri
Thank you for sharing your very touching story. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Brit Cuisine( ! )- A Guide For The Gourmet.
by Englishman infor some time now, i have been becoming aware of with what great high esteem our british cooking is regarded throughout the world.
i am not just talking about botulism and salmonella pie steak and kidney pie, but the really traditional stuff, some of which is almost edible.
here, for your delectation and comments, is our first great british dish, cod, chips and mushy peas:.
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Sherri
Don't knock mushy peas until you've tried them---yummmmmmmmmm! With a bit of salt they're a perfect savoury/sweet treat.
As an American transplant to the UK, I've come to know and love a variety of British delights (besides my husband, that is): warm (room temperature) beer, outstanding sausages (mostly meat, not gristle like in the US) with mashed potatoes and onion gravy, Scottish shortbread, steak pie (no kidneys, sorry), yorkshire pudding (nothing like Jello brand; these are more like little pastries with a dip to hold the gravy), and on and on.
I've been here eight years and there's not much I miss as regards food, except for good places for breakfast (here you can only get 'the full English', the proverbial heart attack on a plate--fried bread, fried sausage, fried bacon, fried egg, fried mushrooms, and, as a token gesture to fibre, baked beans. Where's the omelet, the French toast, the blueberry pancakes?!) and Mexican fast food.
And, as Mulan mentioned, there are all the other goodies brought in from other places: great curries, Thai, Lebanese, etc.
Give me Brit Cuisine any day!
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Things JWs don't say
by WildTurkey inlets post somethings as a dub you dont say:.
luck, you dont say party, its a get together.
you dont go to church, its a hall
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Darkhorse:
I found your remarks about your friend's lack of social skills interesting.
When I left 16 years ago, I was nearly 27 years old and had been married eight+ years. However, because I had not been allowed to have normal relationships in school and certainly nothing approaching a normal relationship with the "men" at the KH, it was as if I was only 14. I had no idea how to relate to people without trying to convert them at the same time.
Also, I found that I was way too open with people; I said things that were inappropriate to people I had just met. As a JW, I (naively) thought that everyone had my best interests at heart and could be implicitly trusted. Even though I eventually found this wasn't true, some of that sense of things remained.
I remember one guy I dated a couple of years after I left. He was a bit older than me, and he was totally amazed at how I told him so many intimate things about myself (intimate, not necessarily sexual); he actually told me that I shouldn't be that way, and my feelings were hurt.
If you go through your pre-teen and teen years as a witness, I think it can do tremendous damage, not only to your self-esteem and, really, your sense of yourself as an individual, but also to your ability to form mature relationships with others.
It's easier now, but I'm still conscious of how being a witness (de)formed my social skills.
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Anyone Near Dayton OH
by zenpunk ini'm being flown out next week for a final interview and a tremendous job opportunity.
but before i sell the house and move - i was just wondering how many of you are out there and your opinions of the area (i will need some new good association).
also, i'm from the wilds of ny - do you think i can adjust to ohio?
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Sherri
Many thanks to borgfree and sunstarr for your replies. I've been on holiday for the past several weeks and haven't checked any emails or posts.
I was glad to hear that things seem to have worked out for Tom (though not so glad that he's still in). When we met at work, he was searching for the big answers (even dabbled a teeny bit in Scientology), but was ripe for the absolutivism (word?) of the witnesses. They had all the answers to all his questions and he took to it in a big way. He studied with my dad and we were married eight months after we met. We had no money, but we did have a lot of fun and were very "zealous for the truth". Of course, he was well bothered when I decided I couldn't do it any more. We'd been married about eight years by then and he had changed a lot; he'd become very serious and very single-minded. I'm so glad to hear that he still seems to be the kind, personable man that I knew.
As for Sybil Williams, I do remember her and would be happy to hear from her. I knew her daughter and son-in-law as well.
A friend of mine who used to go to that hall has recently left, and she has filled me in on much of what's happened in the 15 years I've been gone. That thing about the car was a new one, though!
Thanks again for answering my request for info.