If i was you i wouldnt give the elder your cell number.
But if he corners you, go ahead and give him your number, but "accidentally" transpose two digits.
Tammy
Posts by Swan
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14Moving out sunday!!! well sort of
by tsunami_rid3r inim so happy and excited!
yet a little scared.
im starting off new, so no one knows of my embarrassing past.
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She Cut My Radishes Into Roses!
by Swan insorry for not posting much lately, but i have been doing really well with the old jw issues until now.. i am in tears tonight because of a memory i had of my childhood.
i used to open up my lunch-box at school and find my mother had sliced my radishes to look like rose petals.
wasn't that a really loving thing to do?
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Thank you everyone. I feel better now but sometimes it just really hits you hard. I am so glad this forum is hear for those rough times.
Tammy
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She Cut My Radishes Into Roses!
by Swan insorry for not posting much lately, but i have been doing really well with the old jw issues until now.. i am in tears tonight because of a memory i had of my childhood.
i used to open up my lunch-box at school and find my mother had sliced my radishes to look like rose petals.
wasn't that a really loving thing to do?
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Hi all. Sorry for not posting much lately, but I have been doing really well with the old JW issues until now.
I am in tears tonight because of a memory I had of my childhood. I used to open up my lunch-box at school and find my mother had sliced my radishes to look like rose petals. Wasn't that a really loving thing to do? She didn't have to take that extra time and trouble, but she did. As a special treat she would include walnuts inserted inside of dates as a desert.
You see, I had a lot of health problems starting in grade school, so I was put on a special diet. No school lunches were allowed by my doctor. So mom packed my lunch every day and included lots of healthy lunches. Peanut-butter and carrot on whole wheat was my favorite sandwich, even though the other kids thought it was gross. It was really good!
In some ways she loved me and cared for me so much. My health problems, in hindsight, were due to a very deep depression. I had several issues going on, not just the JW thing. The JW thing just exacerbated these issues and made them even more complicated to resolve. As a 10-year-old though, you just don't have the right tools to cope with them. Hell, even as an adult it can take years of therapy to start to recognize what was going on and how to dump the JW garbage and start dealing with the real issues.
But tonight, I feel like a really terrible person, because as much as I loved my Mom and as much as she loved me, I couldn't be a JW any more... and she couldn't not be.
For so long I was angry with her for loving her god more than she loved me. I felt guilty about blaming her. But I also blame myself. Part of me needed to rebel, and I did so in a manner that in hindsight must have been very hurtful, even though I didn't mean it to be. I was 35 and acting like a teenager in my defiance. I tried to be understanding and sympathetic, but I was also adamant, selfish, and self-centered in expressing my desire to break out of my JW chains and live what was left of my life.
I haven't seen Mom for almost 12 years now. I don't know how much longer she has left before she dies. She's 78 this year. I heard she is ill with a rare form of Parkinson's. I doubt she will ever read this, but I am really sorry for taking her baby away from her. In a different world it wouldn't have had to happened, but life in this world is so unfair for a parent and child who love each other, but are so diametrically opposed in their life paths.
Tammy
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John Cleese's letter to Americans
by GetBusyLiving indeclaration of revocation by john cleese
to the citizens of the united states of america, in the light of your failure to elect a competent president of the usa and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
her sovereign majesty queen elizabeth ii will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories.
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Other People Believe Stupid Things Too!
by Swan inwe have an intern working in our office with us for the summer.
he is only seventeen-years-old, but is such a fountain of knowledge on many topics that he cannot help but offer his opinion on.
for example, although he doesn't play very much at home because of always losing to his father, he is still very generous with advice to two of us playing an ongoing chess game.
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Also, did you know that the knight (also known as the horse) is a less desirable piece because it is hard to maneuver.
It is a very dangerous piece also and for amateur players can be usd to split King and another valuable piece But he doesn't like it because it moves in an "L" direction, which just confuses the game. Tammy -
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Other People Believe Stupid Things Too!
by Swan inwe have an intern working in our office with us for the summer.
he is only seventeen-years-old, but is such a fountain of knowledge on many topics that he cannot help but offer his opinion on.
for example, although he doesn't play very much at home because of always losing to his father, he is still very generous with advice to two of us playing an ongoing chess game.
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We have an intern working in our office with us for the summer. He is only seventeen-years-old, but is such a fountain of knowledge on many topics that he cannot help but offer his opinion on.
For example, although he doesn't play very much at home because of always losing to his father, he is still very generous with advice to two of us playing an ongoing chess game. It has actually been ongoing for two or three months now, because we players are rather busy with work and don't always have much time out of our work day to focus on the game. The pace is leisurely, but enjoyable to us.
Well this apparently is not the way you should play chess, according to this young teen, who believes we should be able to make our moves within a minute or two. Also, did you know that the knight (also known as the horse) is a less desirable piece because it is hard to maneuver. You should sacrifice it as soon as you can for a bishop. So this is some of the sage advice he has imparted to us.
So we listen politely, but usually don't say much, until today. We found out our young intern doesn't believe that men really landed on the moon. That's right. Neil and Buzz were filmed in a Hollywood-like sound stage. It was part of a vast conspiracy by our government, who can't even get a room full of people to agree on anything, but somehow got the entire space administration and all of their contractors to fake the moon landings.
Nor did he seem to believe us when we told him about what the world was like back then and how we, who lived through it, were pretty convinced it was real. He didn't say much about Apollo 13 when we brought that subject up. I mean, if you are going to fake a moon landings, why not fake successful ones?
I tried not to say too much. I mean, when I was his age it was 1975 and I believed God was going to destroy the world any day during that year. But my coworkers really tore into him. I had heard that there were some people who believed this, but I never thought I would actually meet one.
I Googled this site for a past thread on this subject, but apparently it has never been covered. You would think that there should be telescopes that can spot the space junk at the landing sites? Plus, there are moon rocks that were brought back that are physical evidence. So why doesn't this convince these people?
I guess we exJWs aren't the only ones who were taught goofy things.
Tammy
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President Confuses Science and Belief, Puts Schoolchildren at Risk
by hawkaw inpresident confuses science and belief, puts schoolchildren at risk
washington - "president bush, in advocating that the concept of 'intelligent design' be taught alongside the theory of evolution, puts america's schoolchildren at risk," says fred spilhaus, executive director of the american geophysical union.
"americans will need basic understanding of science in order to participate effectively in the 21st century world.
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Swan
Cool!
And when they teach about the science of flight, I hope they include the aerodynamics of angels along with airplanes.
And when they teach about the ocean, please include some safety tips about what to do if it mysteriously parts in the middle.
And when they teach about the sun, please include some health tips about using extra sunscreen if it happens to stand still.
And when they teach about our rivers, I wonder if they will have the foresight to tell our children not to drink from them it they turn to blood.
And when they teach about the human genome, include that even though we share a lot of genetic material with apes, Eve was actually closer to Adam than the local chimps.
And when we teach about rainfall, lets include what steps we must take to build an ark.
These will be important "facts" for our children to learn.
Tammy
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Fawlty Towers
by Sunspot inmy cheeks are hurting.
i laughed so hard that i missed some of the precious fast moving dialogue!
my pbs station has begun to rerun old "fawlty towers" programming!!
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Swan
It is my favorite TV comedy of all time.
I watch the DVD's quite often and laugh and laugh.
My favorite snacks while I watch are a Waldorf salad and Eva Prawns.
Tammy
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Evil Genius -- How Evil Are You?
by Swan ini love this game!
i love being the evil genius alexis and using my henchmen and minions to utterly destroy my enemies.
plotting and stealing from around the globe in order to build my evil lair, alexsislabs, while putting up a facade of respectability is so much fun.
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Midwich,
More than anything I love its sense of humor. It's sendup of James Bond 60's cold war films is hilarious, and the super agents are so funny. Especially the Rambo guy and the Jackie Chan / Jet Li guy. Montezuma is like a villian plucked right out of "Live and Let Die." And the syncronized frogmen sequence is so over the top.
Good luck to Master Midwich on that final doomsday piece.
Tammy
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Evil Genius -- How Evil Are You?
by Swan ini love this game!
i love being the evil genius alexis and using my henchmen and minions to utterly destroy my enemies.
plotting and stealing from around the globe in order to build my evil lair, alexsislabs, while putting up a facade of respectability is so much fun.
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Swan
I guess I should have posted the link.