Posts by Tantalon

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Killed this bastrd today in my shrubs.

by rockemsockem in

if it does not have hips it dies if i see it.

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Tantalon

I live in rural Australia and we have snakes! Mulga, king brown, dugite, western brown,tiger, death adder,just to name a few.These are the ones I am familiar with, the country as a whole has quite a few more types, most venomous and a few deadly depending which region you live in.

Now and then we see one in the house yard but I know that there are many more that go unseen. If one is near the house and I can dispatch it safely I will do so other wise I will quietly watch them 'til they bugger off. Even aggressive ones will go away if you give them a chance.They have a role to play in the ecosystem. Always keep my eye out when tending the chickens or feeding the horse in warm weather. It is not common for people to die from them, considering. More people die driving up the coast road in holiday season!

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Christian Longo on death row – is he up for a new trial?

by Bonnie_Clyde in

for those who don’t remember, longo was a life-long witness (even a one-time ministerial servant) who strangled and/or drowned his wife, mary jane, and their three children, zachery, sadie and madison.

longo has been on death row in marion county, oregon, since 2003.. http://www.biography.com/people/christian-longo.

well, yesterday i talked to a woman who works with one of mary jane’s sisters who told me that longo was coming up for a new trial.

Tantalon

Hi "The Son", welcome.

I would love to know a little of your story and what brings you here to this site.Feel free to share.

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Those that need to see a Therapist / and those that don`t is there a correlation of the two ?

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

there have been a number of threads / posts here over the years about ex jw`s needing to see therapists for what they are going through , and i can appreciate that.. obviously there are many ex jw`s on here that haven`t ever felt the need to see a therapist ,and i`m just wondering why not ?.

why does one feel the need and another does not ?.

is it to do with born ins as against those who were converts ?

Tantalon

"and just maybe my being on this board and others that I started with was my and still is my therapy"

This smiddy3^^^.

I was born in and it took many years after leaving before the final shackles fell.

I can attest that falling asleep as a toddler on the day bed provided at the back of the K Hall is not good for mental/emotional health. All that crap of multi headed beasts and eternal destruction at Armageddon and Gehennah's fiery lake does not make good bedtime stories for infants! I am sixty years old now so you old timers will know the length of meetings and the crap they used to serve up (probably still do) back in the day.

All good now thanks to supportive wife and friends and a few years membership on sites like this.

Thank you to all the apostate internet community! It has been good therapy for me.

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A question for Aussies about NBN and streaming / network dropout problems.

by smiddy3 in

has any fellow australians here had problems with the internet dropping out either with their computers or streaming devices on the tv`s etc.. since the nbn took over we have had nothing but trouble with interruption of services on the tv and computer.. i would say it drops out at least 10 times or more in any one day.. it`s a bloody pain in the ass.. a technician came out the other day and supposedly fixed the problem that they knew about by the way (why didn`t they do something about it then instead of waiting for me to make a complaint ?).

the technician went away saying he had fixed the problem ,but lo and behold within a couple of hours we still had the same problems that have continued over this weekend.. i`m just curious if any other australians are having similar problems as i have outlined..

Tantalon

Yeah thanks Fulltime, we already use phone as hotspot for the laptop while holidaying, but Telstra has poor service ATM at our residence. See what the future brings. I think you are on the money cos you can get some good deals on data which are probably as good or cheaper than keeping landline and running a smartphone at the same time.My iphone is funded by my workplace so I can't abuse it.

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A question for Aussies about NBN and streaming / network dropout problems.

by smiddy3 in

has any fellow australians here had problems with the internet dropping out either with their computers or streaming devices on the tv`s etc.. since the nbn took over we have had nothing but trouble with interruption of services on the tv and computer.. i would say it drops out at least 10 times or more in any one day.. it`s a bloody pain in the ass.. a technician came out the other day and supposedly fixed the problem that they knew about by the way (why didn`t they do something about it then instead of waiting for me to make a complaint ?).

the technician went away saying he had fixed the problem ,but lo and behold within a couple of hours we still had the same problems that have continued over this weekend.. i`m just curious if any other australians are having similar problems as i have outlined..

Tantalon

Hi fellow Aussies, you guys are lucky, we live in a small semi rural community 80 ks from Perth and are still waiting for NBN. Apparently ours will be wireless and the locals are arguing about the location of the tower, can't wait for someone to call "Sacred Site" and the argument will go on longer. Still here I am on the internet talking to people I don't know. Cool eh? BTW Zeb we are happy with Westnet too.

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New Childrens Activity

by neat blue dog in

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Tantalon

Almost speechless, the inference from reading the scripture Matt 8:3 is that the money will be used in real charity work to physically help "brothers in need".

What a putrid steaming crock of shite that is! How low can they go? "Satan" may be the father of the lie but these crooks have made an art form out of deceit. Shameless!

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A.N.Z.A.C Day. 25th April.

by zeb in

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friends

the 25 th of april is the day that australia and new zealand commemorate their war dead.. "they shall not grow old as we who are left grow old,.

age shall not weary them,.

at the going down of the sun,.

Tantalon

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

I am so glad that I am mentally free enough now to be grateful for and understand the need for our service men and women. I live in the vicinity of an air base and just witnessed a fast and low fly by by some jets,in honour of the fallen. Awesome; thank you for your service.

Scared the Bjesus out of the dog LOL

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No fun debating "imperfect" JWs

by Tantalon in

well that was no fun at all, just got a visit to invite me to the last supper memorial.

haven't had a call for a long long time.

i tried to engage them about following bible not watchtower, they just kept changing the subject as they have always done but this time every challenge was met with "we are not perfect,the slave is not perfect" and "we don't want to have a debate".

Tantalon

Yeah I'm the wrong side of sixty myself Smiddy so I hope people will be kind to me too.

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What woke you up?

by HappyBlessedFree in

i’m fairly new so i don’t know everyone’s backstory.

how did you realize the organization was false?.

Tantalon

Hi HBF, I was born in, out for most of my adult life as my wife is a "worldly" woman, LOL. I was an apologist for a long time and still mentally hanging on by a toe nail til a few years ago I attended the funeral of a worldly Aunt with my aged parents. My Father's total insensitivity to and lack of comprehension about the whole grieving process and trying to vindicate the Society because in his mind said Aunt had died from a blood transfusion (not true) made me mad as hell. Took a deep dive into EXjw world, learned a hell of a lot, became a non-believer and lost all my silly fears and bad dreams. Never felt better.

Peace and happiness to you.

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No fun debating "imperfect" JWs

by Tantalon in

well that was no fun at all, just got a visit to invite me to the last supper memorial.

haven't had a call for a long long time.

i tried to engage them about following bible not watchtower, they just kept changing the subject as they have always done but this time every challenge was met with "we are not perfect,the slave is not perfect" and "we don't want to have a debate".

Tantalon

Smiddy, One was old man, 83, told me he was baptized at 15, the other was a woman 50ish I guess. I am in West Australia about 80ks out of Perth. I see them out in groups now and then, very rarely see any younguns in service.

After that long in he couldn't afford to look back and be objective about the changes, would probably be too much to cope with. I was pleasant enough with them, no good being full on with old folks.