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  Those who are 50+, do you remember that there was an ice age coming?

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

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  i distinctly remember this from my childhood.

  i believe lots of concern and i suppose it was from the scientific community.

  now it's global warming, and i'm hearing that 99.9% of the "creditable" scientists believe it.

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  "What happened?"

  Well if the scientist did not come up with anything new all the time they would be out of a job.

  For one thing there is no grant/goverment/foundation money in not "crying wolf". And then there is the popular progressive mind set that mankind and especially large corporations that market (for EVIL profits) what mankind wants to buy are the scourge of this planet, and must be punished economically for being this scourge: for venturing out of caves and wanting to be well fed, warm in the cold, cool in the heat, well housed, well clothed and wanting to be modernly mobile by wheel and air. How Dare We.

  Yes, I am old enough to remember the "coming, eminent ice age", and the "Population Bomb" (which is now several years past due by the way).

  Reminds me of "straining out the knat and swallowing the camel".

  Our sun is ageing and will get hotter and hotter, eventually turning the earth into a crispy critter.

  Our earth is ageing too, getting warmer at the molten core: volcanoes, earthquakes (plate tectonics), and by some strange mechanism producing PETROLIUM that is known to be seeping through vents in the ocean's floor. But it's BAAADD to use that petrolium because it produces, OMG!, greenhouse gasses; one of which (green house gasses) is water vapor(evaporation cycyle) that the earth itself produces - how you 'goona stop that one? Speaking of the dreaded CO2, remember when "they" insisted on catylytic converters on autos to lower the carbon monoxide and sulfer emissions? Those 'converters' actually converted the engine emmissions to predominatly CO2 (so I have been told).

  Scientists tell us about all the cycles the earth has gone through in the past during it's billions of years of exhistence and yet completly ignore the fact of those cycles in the context of the present minute (teeny tiny) time frame.

  We have deified science and made it a very fat, well fed "sacred cow". And "science" is still working on learing about the things it can change and the things it cannot change. Sort of like the Alcoholics Prayer except science, at this point, does not have the "wisdom to tell the difference".

  Want something more pressing than 'global warming' to worry about? Try googling "Yellowstone Supervolcano".....
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  Who has Crisis of Conscience book? Mine is trashed...need your help

  by RedPill2006 in

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  dear friends:.

  i had a personal copy of the coc book and had to destroy it (my whole family are hardcore jws).

  now, i have the opportunity for a conversation with somebody and i need to tie in some information from that book.

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  Have you tried going to your Public Library? Many now have copies of Ray Franz's books.
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  What do you think the biggest danger to the end of mankind or earth is?

  by free2beme in

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  i love watching shows on the history channel, discovery channel and so on.

  they had this program on the other day, on the ten biggest threats to mankind and the planet earth.

  surprisingly, none of the items on the list were god destroying mankind or the earth, so that must be further evidence that the witnesses were wrong, go to college now and retire.

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  Eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano.
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  If you own a big dog....merry Christmas from the neighbors!

  by restrangled in

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  at 8:30 this morning someone was banging at our front door, figured it was jw's.. there stood a large man with a clip board and i thought to myself, are they still delivering the tracts?

  i opened the door ready to give him hell.

  low and behold its a county employee telling me a neighbor reported that one of my dogs was roaming loose yesterday.. my dogs have never been loose, don't sit outside barking and i keep the back yard as clean as possible so no odors are wafting about for my neighbors.

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  The rabies vaccination certificate applies to the specific DOG; not the current owner. It is the date of vaccination and duration of that particular vaccine type that matters the most.

  Please, please DO NOT REVACCINATE YOUR DOG.

  If it were me, I would go so far as to consult with a lawer. Your city/county boards are not licensed to practice medicine.

  Just my $.02 worth...

  Judy
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  Hey Guys

  by RichieRich in

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  hi guys.

  richie rich here.

  its been a while since i've taken the time to catch up around here.. here's a little update on me.. about a month ago, i left target to go work at a local university as a research technician.

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  Richie Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.

  Thanks for the update.

  Judy
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  It Never Ends

  by Undecided in

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  i had to put my dog to sleep today.

  she was 12 years old and got beyound help last night.

  it was sad.. my daughter and the dog, coco.. ken p..

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  I'm so sorry about your loss of Coco.

  What ever time our pets have with us is just never enough time. They just seem to make our lives more complete in so many ways.

  a quote from Will Rogers; "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."

  If It Should Be
  

  If it should be that I grow frail and weak
  An pain should keep me from my sleep
  Then you must do what must be done
  For this, the last battle, cannot be won.

  You will be sad, I understand
  Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
  For this day, more than the rest
  Your love and friendship stand the test.

  We've had so many happy years
  What is to come can hold no fears
  Would not want me to suffer so
  When the time comes please let me go.

  Take me where my needs they'll tend
  Only, stay with me to the end
  And hold me firm and speak to me
  Until my eyes no longer see.

  I know in time you will see
  It is a kindness you do to me
  Although my tail its last has waved
  From pain and suffering I have been saved.

  Don't grieve it should be you
  Who has to decide this thing to do
  We've been so close we two these years
  Don't let your heart hold any tears.

  So I am glad, not that she's gone
  But that this earth she roamed and lived upon
  Was my earth, too, that I had closely known
  And loved her and that my love I'd shown.

  Tears over her departure?
  Nay - a smile
  That I had walked with her a little while.

  Author - unknown

  Godspeed sweet Coco.
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  Is your avatar you?

  by Swamboozled in

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  i always assume that people with real pics for their avatars are pics of that poster.

  obviously that's not always the case.

  i'm curious about whose pic is really them.

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  <------ Yep, that's me too.

  Judy
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  my cat died today... i need consoling...

  by theinfamousone in

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  this is the guy that sat on my razor blades the one time i was thinking of cutting myself... this is the guy that everytime my dad beat me, would come to my room and lay with me... this is the guy that one time jumped into the bathtub with me while i was crying after a brutal beating, the cat hated water... this is a cat that was more family to me than my own father and mother combined... this was my best friend... .

  today i had to do the hardest thing i ever did, i had to choose to have him put down... and as he fought the vet, and tried to bite her, i put my hand on his head, and he stopped struggling... and as they put the last needle into his leg, he purred until he died... the vet says she has never seen that before... this was my best friend and i had to kill him... fuck, im a baby, but i miss him soooo much.

  the infamous one.

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  Oh (((theinfamousone))) I am so sorry for your loss.

  What a true, faithful, marvelous friend your cat was to you through all those years. What a special friend when you so needed a friend. How very many subtle life lessons he taught you about love and friendship.

  There in no consolation really, for that will come later on when time brings the happier memories of your friend to your mind. Right now there is just raw grief and self imposed guilt and lonelyness and missing him. As his friend you did the most difficult and kindest thing for him that had to be done; you saved him from suffering and pain that would have been incurred in a battle that could not have been won. You were honored and privileged to have known him as your friend.

  If It Should Be
  

  If it should be that I grow frail and weak
  An pain should keep me from my sleep
  Then you must do what must be done
  For this, the last battle, cannot be won.

  You will be sad, I understand
  Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
  For this day, more than the rest
  Your love and friendship stand the test.

  We've had so many happy years
  What is to come can hold no fears
  Would not want me to suffer so
  When the time comes please let me go.

  Take me where my needs they'll tend
  Only, stay with me to the end
  And hold me firm and speak to me
  Until my eyes no longer see.

  I know in time you will see
  It is a kindness you do to me
  Although my tail its last has waved
  From pain and suffering I have been saved.

  Don't grieve it should be you
  Who has to decide this thing to do
  We've been so close we two these years
  Don't let your heart hold any tears.

  So I am glad, not that she's gone
  But that this earth she roamed and lived upon
  Was my earth, too, that I had closely known
  And loved her and that my love I'd shown.

  Tears over her departure?
  Nay - a smile
  That I had walked with her a little while.

  Author - unknown
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  Stilla's thanksgiving poll (apologies to ozziepost)

  by stillajwexelder in

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  so at the bookgroup, the study coductor gives us all a stern warning.

  if we receive a turkey - refuse it.

  dont accept xmas dinner invitations from work etc.

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  Seeking closure regarding the truth

  by The wanderer in

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  first things first

  to all of those individuals that left a comment on my last.

  thread "questions for those born or raised in the truth" there .

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  What 'nailed this coffin shut' for me was reading Ray Franz's book "Crisis of Conscience".
  And that was after several years of being inactive; it eraced any doubts I might have had that the troof was really not the truth. That is when I began sening Christmas Cards and going to Memorial Day celebrations, and appreciating the fine people around me sharing their joys and sorrows, and at long last enjoying every day wholeheartedly for that day.