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Bicycling

by Undecided in

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do any of you like bicycling?

i just got back from a little ride around my part of town.

there is hardly any traffic since no roads go anywhere from this part of town, the residential part that is.

Thanks for the help. Peugeot is correct. I still can't spell it without looking at your post. I think I gave $165 dollars for it in 1970. It's been ridden many miles but still is like new, except for a little rust on the crank.

Ken P.

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Hi, I'm new to this site

by GarbageGirl in

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i have been over at another board for quite some time now, but had heard so much about this place i figured i had better see what all the "hub bub" is about!

lol.

i just wanted to say hi before i started posting.

Undecided

Hi Gargage Girl,

How can you say Hi on this board without posting? Just kidding you a little. Welcome, don't let it become addictive like I have.

Ken P.

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Bicycling

by Undecided in

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do any of you like bicycling?

i just got back from a little ride around my part of town.

there is hardly any traffic since no roads go anywhere from this part of town, the residential part that is.

Undecided

Hi All,

Do any of you like bicycling? I just got back from a little ride around my part of town. There is hardly any traffic since no roads go anywhere from this part of town, the residential part that is. I rode about 4 miles and only two cars passed me.

I have a bike that I sold my brother back in 1972 when I moved to DC. I was over at his home last year and he gave it back to me. It's a great 12 speed. It's a french made bike. I can't spell the name but it's pronunced, Poo Joe, or something like that. When I was 40 I could ride 30 or 40 miles without getting tired out, but now at 66, about 6 or 7 will about do me in. I really don't know how much I should push my heart, so far no problems. I need to do it more often, as I'm about 60 lbs overweight. I bought this bike while still a JW and would ride it to work some days. It was about 6 miles from where I lived then, with some monster hills. It took 15 min. on my car and 30 min. on the bike. Any one else like bike riding?

Ken P.

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Explain THIS!!

by MrMoe in

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ok, now before you read this and speculate please note i knew very little if any of mayan culture or pink amazon dolphin.

some of you here on the board know about my dreams but i feel it is time to get some feedback from the rest of you.

i have other dreams, but am far too lazy to type them up.

Undecided

Hi MrMoe,

I don't attach any meaning to dreams, but sometimes I recall a dream and can't remember if it was a real experience or just a dream. Recently I was returning home from a trip to the mountains and drove through a town that reminded me of a dream I had about that town involving my wife's parents. My wife said they lived there many years ago.It still seems like a real experience. Strange feeling.

Ken P.

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Kingdom Hall Stories

by Bendrr in

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i couldn't think of a more descriptive yet short title.. the thread about kh cleaning stories got me thinking about my old kh and the story behind it.

thought i'd share it and hopefully some of you will add your own.. there's a couple of folks here who may know a little about my old hall of their own and may hopefully correct any misinformation i may provide or even add their own stories.

like most others, that old hall had actual apostates (ingram i think their name was) and its own (what hall doesn't, right?

Undecided

Hi Bendrr,

In my little town there are six buildings that have been used as KHs. They go all the way back to the 40s. I attended them all. There is one down the street about a block over from where I live that belonged to a Cook family. The son, Garland Cook moved to Orange Cal. years ago. Don't know if he is still alive. His dad owned a store and built a storage room on the side, later he let us use it for our KH. I gave my first KMS talk there, standing on a box so I could see over the speaker's stand. I think I was 8 years old.

I have many memories of those times, most of them good ones. Too bad the hopes and dreams were just that, hopes and dreams.

Ken P.

Edited by - Undecided on 13 June 2002 10:18:35

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Father's Day

by teejay in

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i went out of town this past weekend.. i was almost home sunday afternoon and when i rounded the corner to the cul-de-sac where i live, it just so happened that the wife was getting home just ahead of me.

the garage door was going up and the car was pulling in.... in the back seat, kneeling in her car seat, was my baby (i meant to scold her for wiggling out of the strap and buckle like that!!

i must've forgot.

Undecided

Hi TJ,

You'll be glad to know that this love doesn't end with childhood, it gets better as the years go by.

Ken P.

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Legal Question: How Strong is Barbara's Case?

by Room 215 in

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a question for the legal beagles out there:.

since the watchtower thugs have told the press during the dateline repartee that barbara anderson was not being taken to task for her anti-molestation iniitatives, but alleged that she was being tried for ``allegations or serious sins'' unrelated to her activism, how strong a case would she have in court?.

bear in mind that barbara and the others of the dateline four say they did nothing more than speak for the protection of children and then publicly challenged the wt to publicly state their accusations and evidence, and that they would indemnify them against any charges arising therefrom.. so.... if they call her a sinner, say that her sin has nothing to do with whistle-blowing and is serious enough to merit expulsion -- as serious as adultery or theft, yet refuse to accept her challenge to show the world the basis of their charges if they are held harmless, how is that not libel and therefore actionable?

Undecided

Hi All,

I thought we were all serious sinners, serious enough to be killed by God. Can't you hear the WT lawer explaining that in court?

Ken P.

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I Love This Earth

by Undecided in

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i just mad a trip to lowes to pick up a few things for the yard.

i always drive through the country and it is so beautiful, wheat fields, corn, tobacco and just green grass.

there are a couple of horse farms and many beautiful old and new country homes.

Undecided

Hi All,

I just mad a trip to Lowes to pick up a few things for the yard. I always drive through the country and it is so beautiful, wheat fields, corn, tobacco and just green grass. There are a couple of horse farms and many beautiful old and new country homes. I grew up in the country and it reminded me of my childhood years, playing in the creeks and woods.

I love this earth and don't want to die and leave it all. I just don't understand why things were made this way. The old story in the bible says some guy ages ago ate a piece of fruit and this pissed god off big time. He started cursing everything around him, snakes, man, earth, and the ground we walk on. Women were cursed so they have pain having children, men would have to work their ass off to just get enough food because thorns and the like would take over.Wickedness would take over mankind and in a couple thousand years he would kill all but eight people and a few animals off the earth. This was because he couldn't control the spirit creatures he had created in heaven and they liked the earth and women better than being with him in heaven. Does any of that make sense to you here???

I know there is nothing I can do but just hang on as long as nature lets me and enjoy each day, but it is swiftly ending for me and I DON'T like it. I love being here, I love my family and I don't want to leave them all. I love you guys too.

Ken P.

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Religious Bigotry and the Divine Puzzle

by professor in

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if you think about the advances we earthlings have made, for example, just over the past 50 or 100 years in science, medicine, travel, communication, and human rights, it reveals that we are progressive beings.

it is in our nature to learn from our mistakes and our discoveries.

we keep finding better ways to do things.

Undecided

H i Professor,

Very good thoughts, I readily admit that I don't know what God is up to, if there really is an active God, and I sure won"t try to persuade others to follow my thinking. Sometimes I may be critical of religious ideas but I don't condem the people who may be trapped in them, well maybe I do when they try to kill us Americans.

I've about concluded that God views us like we do a colony of ants, if we agravate him, he just stomps us..

Ken P.

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Remember Those Days

by Undecided in

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hi all, : remember when?

(ahhh, memories).

if you are old enough .take the stroll.... close your eyes ... and go back ... .

Undecided

Hi Syn,

When I was a kid we never locked the doors, left the doors open in summer, only closed the screen door. Never had anything stolen. No shootings, knives etc. Only a very few fist fights, which were soon forgotten. I think entertainment has had a lot to do with violence, and drugs most of all. Also parenting has almost died out for many youths, especially the blacks in our area where the father very seldom takes any responsibility for his children, especially the young generation. The older black people that I know and associate with have good morals and love and care for their family. Of course many white youths are also without character and responsibility toward their children. What will the society be in 20 more years?

Ken P.