Posts by startingover

16

Toilet seat case coming unglued?

by Fatfreek in

jw
friends

remember this one?

well, according to his hometown's former city official, it may not have been bob dougherty's first attempt at claiming some toilet seat stick-down.

dougherty's attorney, mark cohen, said this latest allegation "... doesn't make any sense".

startingover

"It's not about the money. I want my health back. I want to be back to normal," Dougherty said. "I want to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody ever, ever again.

If this is real, it is an obvious prank. How is suing Home Depot going to make sure this doesn't happen again.

We had a guy in this area, who was in a wheelchair, going into establishments and sueing them for not having their restrooms in compliance with the handicapped requirements. In one case he sued them for not having insulation on the hot water pipes under the sink, very frustrating for the owners since they didn't even have hot water piped to the sink. In several he measured the height of the towel dispenser, some were off by maybe an inch and so he sued. It seems his lawyer filed quite a few lawsuits on behalf of this man, if my memory serves me it was in the hundreds.

A lot of owners just settled with the guy for several thousand dollars, a friend of mine refused to do that and fought it, it's costing him much, much more than that. I think he's still fighting it and the costs are going up.

Very frustrating when people abuse the system, especially when lawyers seem to be at the root of it,

34

black, black coffee

by tetrapod.sapien in

jw
friends

what is it with people who live life like they bought it at a store?

like they know exactly how it is supposed to work, and they live like it too?

like it's so simple.

startingover

Nuclear holocaust; I'd hate the casualties. Nuclear holocaust; I'd love the resulting chaos.

I was riding my bike this weekend and saw some smoke from a fire which looked just like a mushroom cloud. Those were my thoughts exactly.

I think it's all about change and new horizons.

3

Waiting at the corner

by startingover in

.

this is too funny, run your mouse over the people

http://www.fun.from.hell.pl/2003-02-18/peeping.swf

startingover

This is too funny, run your mouse over the people http://www.fun.from.hell.pl/2003-02-18/peeping.swf

2

I have been touched!

by startingover in

yes, it's true.. i have been touched by his noodly appendage!.

i now feel the need to associate myself with the church of the flying spaghetti monster.. .

i also feel the need to spread the word, yes, it is time to emancipate yourself from mental slavery and discover the truth about our creation.

startingover

Tetragod,

Because of your great ability in answering prayers, I was on the edge of accepting you as the divine,..that is until you told Richie to cross your crotch 3 times. Just a little bit too much like the Catholics for me.

2

I have been touched!

by startingover in

yes, it's true.. i have been touched by his noodly appendage!.

i now feel the need to associate myself with the church of the flying spaghetti monster.. .

i also feel the need to spread the word, yes, it is time to emancipate yourself from mental slavery and discover the truth about our creation.

startingover

Yes, it's true.

I have been touched by his noodly appendage!

I now feel the need to associate myself with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

I also feel the need to spread the word, Yes, it is time to emancipate yourself from mental slavery and discover the truth about our creation. Look here http://www.venganza.org/ and you to may be touched by his noodly appendage.

We even have our own discussion board just like JWD

http://www.venganza.org/forum/

4

The Human Jukebox dies

by startingover in

jw
friends

grimes posnikov, the human jukebox died at 59.

for anyone who visited the san francisco wharf in the 70's and 80's you will certainly remember him.

the article said he developed schizophrenia and died from alcohol posioning as a homeless man.

startingover

You mean no one on this board has ever seen the human jukebox? As far as street performers go, I always remembered him because he was so unique.

4

The Human Jukebox dies

by startingover in

jw
friends

grimes posnikov, the human jukebox died at 59.

for anyone who visited the san francisco wharf in the 70's and 80's you will certainly remember him.

the article said he developed schizophrenia and died from alcohol posioning as a homeless man.

startingover

Grimes Posnikov, the Human Jukebox died at 59.

For anyone who visited the San Francisco Wharf in the 70's and 80's you will certainly remember him.

The article said he developed schizophrenia and died from alcohol posioning as a homeless man.

I ran across this site that contains a picture.

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0057Fh http://www.neodygrads.com/pages/poznikov/Jukebox.html

13

Jehovah willing

by MsMcDucket in

jw
friends

do you believe that's a superstitious saying?

do you think that when a person gambles that they believe in the "god of luck" as the witnesses say?

what does pagan mean to you?

startingover

I think it's just a catch phrase used to pretend there actually is such a being and that he cares about the dubs and what they are doing.

Remember the last part on the circuit assemblies, the one where we were all waiting for something exciting or new to be announced. They always said that, "if Jehovah willing", we would be having conventions next year. If there was some reason why there were no assemblies the next year it would never be said it was because Jehovahbubba wasn't willing, it would be because of Satan.

I recently overheard the reading of the letter at the meeting about the international assemblies at my folks house where they had it piped in over the phone. They used that, same expression, "if Jehovah willing", in the letter.

5

The Beatles

by startingover in

jw
friends

i read a little article in the paper this morning about a new biography on the beatles.

what i found interesting was a comment made by paul mccartney.

he cooperated in the project, but he commented that it really should be called mythology, because 50% of it is probably not true.

startingover

I read a little article in the paper this morning about a new biography on the Beatles.

What I found interesting was a comment made by Paul McCartney. He cooperated in the project, but he commented that it really should be called mythology, because 50% of it is probably not true. He said the stories have been told over and over again and the line between fact and fiction is so blurred even he didn;t know what was true anymore.

So let's see, the stories about the Beatles were from about 40 years ago and they are already mythology. Isn't that about the same time it took for the first gospels about Jesus to start appearing?

26

Born in or brought in observation

by startingover in

i was a born in jw.

i suppose i could best be described now as an athiest.

i have a hard time understanding how someone can figure out the jw scam and then become a born again christian.

startingover

Something struck me reading comments on this thread.

When I was younger I remember saying to myself (and I guess to others as well) that it was a good thing that I was raised as a JW because there was no way I would have accepted it if I was contacted with it later in life. Whether my dislike for religions came from being raised to despise them I can't say. But I know as long as I can remember I have never felt a need for a religion in my life. I suppose that's why I was really miserable inside trying to be a JW. As hard as I tried it just never fit.

I would venture to say there are so many just like me living a lie in the borg. I'm just glad I figured it out when I did.