Hey, I LIKE Celine Dion! ROFL!
OK, we are a cool country, I admit.
If Quebec separates, we would lose all those sexy French Canadian women...
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Global Survey: Canadians are feeling pretty good
by Pathofthorns infor all those that think life is miserable outside of the us, canadians are quite content to be canadians .
[url] http://www.torontostar.com/nasapp/cs/contentserver?pagename=thestar/layout/article_type1&c=article&cid=1035775215655&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467[/url].
canada is a feel-good country indeed in no country in the western world do people feel better about their lives or the state of their nation, according to a just-released global survey.. .
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old riddle
by NewSense inhas anyone ever heard this riddle?
it's been around a while, and it goes like this - a surgeon, named mr. william jennings, decided one day to take his six-year-old son for ride in the family car to buy some ice cream.
tragically dr. jennings' automobile was broad-sided by another car travelling at a very high rate of speed.
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Here is an oldie I like:
How far can you walk into a forest?
Richard
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Were You Ever Robbed At the Kingdom Hall?
by Funchback inokay, i don't mean by "donating" your hard earned money in the contribution boxes.
or, by having your purse or pocketbook taken.
or, by armed, masked men storming into the hall demanding everyone's money and jewelry.
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At one hall, a brother had his car keys stolen out of his coat in the cloak room. The thief slipped into the Hall and out again. The brother's car was stolen, and the thief went to his home. Once inside, his wife saw the thief and he ran off.
Richard
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I figured it out on the first try...I actually memorized the original set...won't say so as to not spoil the fun.
Richard
Edited by - Skeptic on 1 December 2002 19:24:35
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Why does the WBTS have to try so HARD?
by SpannerintheWorks ini mean, i run a business (or three) and if i put the effort into promoting my businesses that the wbts does, i would be a billionnare!
house-to-house preaching.
the promise of life forever.
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It is simple. They are a multi-level marketing business that is legally classed as a religion. And they have a level of control over their "distributors" that Amway can only envy.
The real purpose is not to win converts. The real purpose is to distribute magazines. In 1979, the selling cost was five times the printing cost. With modern effeciences, I wonder what the profti margin is now.
With the donation arrangement, they make as much or more money. First, the congregation is billed for the literature. Secondly, any monies collected by the publishers is given to the Society.
Like most MLM systems the cost to the head corporation is fairly low. Most of the costs and efforts you described use free labor. I am sure Amway wishes their distributors would work for free.
Kingdom Halls are paid for by the congregation....note also, that the Kingdom Hall is donated to the Society after it is built, and so the Society receives mortagage payments for property it owns outright! How many banks would love a sweet deal like that?
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You can't please all the people all the time
by Simon inthis is about running the forum:.
it's a balancing act.
it is impossible to please everyone all the time and i don't go out of my way to try to please anyone ... i just do what i think is right.. some good examples are controversial topics: if i lock or delete something that is controversial then i am accused of "stiffling free speech".
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Simon, you rock!
You are more than fair and reasonable. So far, your judgement has been right on the mark as far as I am concerned. Keep up the good work.
The Internet is full of loons. Nature of the beast.
Richard
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What is Your Personality Type?
by Robdar inwhat is your personality type?
take one of the tests below and then post your results.
i have taken this type of test many times.
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ISTJ ? That is the first tests results.
Knock me over with a feather. Though the description of me was very accurate, I was borderline on many parts of the test. It did not allow for my desire for variety and innovation in my life....at least not without sacrificing other things.
The second test said: INFJ ...I prefer the individual questons approach, even though some of my answers are contradictory. But I am a self-contradictory type person.
D. Keirsey's evaluation is pretty accurate of me, though I tend to show my positive emotions well to others....I tend to hide when I am hurt by someone. Even the ESP stuff is fairly much on the money, but I don't tell people about that anymore.
He is right about me surprising people...they get surprised, but won't tell me why, and I don't see it....just going on what people say about me.
The second evaluation (Butt's) is pretty accurate too...though my ability to read evil in people is pretty limited.
And I doubt I have "strong personal charisma" and I tend to be much more towards the sciences than liberal arts...Though I love helping people and psychology...so maybe I am a mix.
Richard
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Was it normal to have so many meetings?
by JH inhow many meetings a week, do you think we should have had in order to be reasonable and not overdone?
maybe 30 or 40 years ago, when woman didnt work, or when life was a little easier, that all these meetings every 2 days was ok, but today with life being so stressful, and with all the time it takes commuting, is it normal to still have so many meetings.
nothing changed in the last 50 years as far as meetings go.
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Many meetings, much studying, much field service is a standard mind control tactic.
The tactic is to keep members so busy they don't have time to think and evaluate whether anything makes sense. Combined with very repititous material, the mind just stops thinking and accepts what it is told.
Combined with full time jobs and families and a home to look after, JWs have no time to take a breather. This means they don't have time to evaluate or critically examine what they are studying. It is much simpler just to accept. This allows a high level of control over members.
Richard
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WHAT'S THE BEST POST EVER ??
by BATHORY ing'day cobbers.. i realise that there is no 1 bestest post, it is relative and subjective, but i ask for your personal all time favourite.. one that made you exited about being involved with this forum, look forward to getting back online and furthering it etc.. i remember the ol' days of h2o where all the heavyweights were, that ros came out with the gb post, remember that.
wow was that exciting.
personally my all time fav post,undisputedly, was hillary's "ferryman".. that was as close to perfection as i have read or could imagine.
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>> But you ain't gettin no 15 percent of gross.......unless you can answer why 'the thermos keeps my coffee so hot.....or cold....just how do it know?
>It's DEMONS, you idiot. They're trying to trick you into believing that a themos will keep anything at whatever temperature it is when the thermos is sealed could not be possible without their intervention.
Farkel,
I can tell you didn't stay Awake! in physics class. Every physics student knows a thermos keeps it contents hot or cold by having a vaccuum sealed between its double walls.
The perfect vaccuum is acheived by stuffing the thermos walls with tiny Jehovah's Witnesses who are intensely studying Watchtower articles on the evils of Independent Thinking.
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Life is good, good, GOOD!
by onacruse ingetting all settled in here...sort of says that most of the boxes are unpacked (why won't she let me look into the closets?)..
don't women ever throw anything away???!!!
roflmao.
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(((Craig and Katie)))
You two are a fairy tale romance come true.
I can relate to both of you so well, as I had a fairly tale romance as well....in my case, the fairy tale ended. So I am glad the folks here can see one that will not end.
Your love for each other seems as intense as the one Windrider and I once shared. I remember the feeling when I moved in with her.
I am so happy for you both. My heart glows when I read your posts. You give hope to the rest of us, especially me.
Richard, who believes that fairy tales sometimes come true