Posts by WindRider

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Update on my Situation

by mindfield in

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well, as some of you know, i'm completely out of the borg, including meetings, converting, etc.

my brother/cousin are one step behind... they've made up their mind that the org.

is just a man-made organisation with plenty of secrets to hide (some of which i've gleefully exposed to them.... now, as for my parents... they're still completely in, don't worry.

Hi Mindfield,
I didnt realize that you are still in your teens; you seem very mature for your age. I think your plan of action sounds very reasonable and probably has the best chance of getting through to your parents; if anything will.

I have found that casually putting just a little bit of info. out there and then dropping it or even walking away then is very effective. They can think on what was said without the need for a response on their part, and that often will elimanate the need for defensiveness.

Your parents can be very proud of you. You care enough to want to help as many of your relatives as you can and yet, you seem to be willing to be respectful of thier position. Hang in there, be patient. So glad you are here, I always enjoy your comments!

Sincerely, Windrider

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Darkest before the dawn

by joelbear in

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well, this day started out really bad with a panic attack about 8am at my doctor's office and a dark mood that lasted all day.. it ended with me getting a job as a data base and marketing assistant with a national banking association where i get to work from home part time with full benefits while i am going to school.. thanks for always letting me voice my feelings here.

i think getting it out helps me.

maybe someday soon i won't need to do it anymore.. take care and thanks for caring about me.

WindRider

Joel, I am Soooo happy for you! It is funny how things turn out, huh? I mean I dont believe in the philosophy that all things happen for the good, but I am glad that this time it did have such a good ending....how wonderful to be able to work at home, full benefits and still get to stay with your schooling.

You give the rest of us in similar situations hope to hang in there.

Take care you wonderful big lug,

Windrider

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Axis of "Just as Evil"

by RunningMan in

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"in speech, bush calls iraq, iran and north korea 'axis of evil"-n.y. times, 1/30/02.

angered by snubbing, libya, china, syria form axis of 'just as evil'.

beijing (satirewire.com) - bitter after being snubbed for.

WindRider

LOL! RunningMan....that is too funny! Thanks for the laugh; I needed it today.

Windrider

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Whats the dumbest thing you were counselled for?

by Beck_Melbourne in

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i was once counselled by the elders for watching 'knots landing'....it became widely known in the congregation that me and a few other sisters would rush home from field service to watch our favourite soapie.

if we missed it, we would ring each other up for an update...or...if we weren't near a tv we would ask someone to put the phone handset on the top of their tv so we could hear it...pathetic huh...but that was all the excitement we could scrounge up in our otherwise dull and uneventful lives.

one of the elder's wive's conscience got the better of her...and she confessed to her husband..lol.

WindRider

Tera, I can relate to your homelife so much; only in my case it was a raging alcoholic father and a dear but frightened mother.

Im so sorry you had to go through so much.

sincerely, Windrider

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Whats the dumbest thing you were counselled for?

by Beck_Melbourne in

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i was once counselled by the elders for watching 'knots landing'....it became widely known in the congregation that me and a few other sisters would rush home from field service to watch our favourite soapie.

if we missed it, we would ring each other up for an update...or...if we weren't near a tv we would ask someone to put the phone handset on the top of their tv so we could hear it...pathetic huh...but that was all the excitement we could scrounge up in our otherwise dull and uneventful lives.

one of the elder's wive's conscience got the better of her...and she confessed to her husband..lol.

WindRider

Let's see, that would have to be the time I was extremely depressed and seeing a Witness psychologist. My older brother, bless his heart, went through my bedroom with our bkstudy conductor, looking to see what might be "at the root of my depression".

They finally decided the culprit was an old copy of a Nancy Drew book which contained the name "witch" in the title! Never mind that I told them I hadnt read that story since I was 12! Nancy Drew; spooky stuff, huh?! Golly Gee, it gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. Anyway, unbeknownst to me, they had a little impromptu bonfire in his backyard.....completely incinerated the little bugger once and for all. Guess that'll teach those pesky demons to go hiding in children's literature! You can't hide from Jehovah! I think the funniest part was that the bkstudy conductor told me he got the chills just picking up the offending piece of lit. so he just "knew" it was what was causing all my trouble.

Of course, when the book was long gone and I was still in need of therapy my elders decided that I must be doing something else wrong in my life that I was not owning up to.

I never did find out if the book started howling in protest when it was thrown in the fire....

Boy, for a religion that claims not to be superstitious, they take the cake.

Windrider

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Whats your cultural background ?

by Beans in

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i am 50% german.

25% italian.

12.5% scottish.

WindRider

I am approximately 50% German and 25%French, 25% English.

Wow ThiChi! That is pretty cool being able to trace your family back to the early days of Texan history. I was always fascinated by the courageous spirit showed by those early settlers. "Remember the Alamo!"

Windrider

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Ethics and morality,

by Norm in

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in the west we are rightly very concerned with child labour and other such matters.

western consumer groups boycott firms that have their clothes made by factories using children.

i know this is usual in europe and i guess it is in the us too.. in other areas we see no such concerns.

WindRider

That's ridiculous, and you know it. Please, I can take jokes with the best of them. Esp. funny ones. But blatantly putting down a people over and over again, rarely if ever(have you ever on this board?)having atruly good, positive thing to say about Americans, and in such scathing, rude, hurtful terms is not poking harmless fun. There is nothing goodnatured about it and you know it. It is evident in your attitude. And being able to spout your ignorance,with all it's thinly-veiled vehemence, and then want to try to hide behind the guise of "cant you take a joke!" is sad.

I love jokes; hate the ignorance that fosters hatred, bigotry and misunderstanding.

Im sure the K.K.K in our country couldnt understand why the blacks when they dropped flaming crosses into their yards, couldnt take a joke and were "so sensitive"! Go figure, huh?

Windrider, shaking her head at someone she normally holds in high esteem

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Ethics and morality,

by Norm in

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in the west we are rightly very concerned with child labour and other such matters.

western consumer groups boycott firms that have their clothes made by factories using children.

i know this is usual in europe and i guess it is in the us too.. in other areas we see no such concerns.

WindRider

Cute joke! ha-ha ha-ha....I am so laughing. Stop you're killing me with your rapier wit.

Oh, come on Jan! You are smarter than this. My whole point is that you CANT make a generalization about all Americans; anymore than I could about all Norwegians. In fact if you knew every single American there is, you would hopefully wake up and realize that we are so varied and different it becomes impossible to neatly put us in any one category or generalization. Just like any other country around this earth.
And that realization, my friend, is a beginning to ridding ourselves of bigotry and racism.

BTW, you know how a person rarely seems to notice when a house is clean but they really sit up and take notice when it is a mess? Maybe a poor analogy but my point is that there are probably thousands of American tourists that visit your country all the time that are polite, courteous, civil, interested and respectful of your country's beauty and culture, etc. But you dont notice them because they are not standing out like the occasional Ya-Hoo from America that is loud, overbearing, obnoxious, whatever. And I understand that that is human nature to focus on that person over the many, many others who are shining examples of what Americans can be like. But, the ignorance comes in to play on your part when you dont take this into account but would rather, for reasons only you personally can decide, assume the Ya-Hoo is representative of America as a whole and condemn the rest of us accordingly.

Windrider

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Ethics and morality,

by Norm in

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in the west we are rightly very concerned with child labour and other such matters.

western consumer groups boycott firms that have their clothes made by factories using children.

i know this is usual in europe and i guess it is in the us too.. in other areas we see no such concerns.

WindRider

See Norm, that is what I am taking umbrage with....your comment to Puppy Love was it? That you know the US is far above critisicm(obviously said in a sarcastic voice).....who said that the US was above critisicm?? I live here, love living here and yet I strongly criticize my govt. Esp. the current one. You are not being fair to write those kind of statements. Besides they are just plain wrong. And they do nothing for the validity of your basic argument.

Sincerely, Windrider

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Ethics and morality,

by Norm in

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in the west we are rightly very concerned with child labour and other such matters.

western consumer groups boycott firms that have their clothes made by factories using children.

i know this is usual in europe and i guess it is in the us too.. in other areas we see no such concerns.

WindRider

Jan, have you never been known to make a moronic statement, assertion, whatever? How would you feel if an American overheard it and said, "now see, that's what Im talking about....I try to like Norwegians but they keep letting me down with just such moronic statements!" Kind of absurd, dont you think?

Some of your best friends are American?? Wow! That's mighty Norwegian of you! (Im just teasing.....that and trying to get a point thru your thick skull when it comes to this issue...did I mention I was teasing??

Seriously, how many Americans do you actually know? An incredibly small percent I would wager compared with the actual number of people living here, and yet you seem to have already written the rest of us off as Neanderthal,(insert assorted unfavorable characteristics)etc. I truly mean no offense when I say that if I were not more openminded and realized that you and Kent are not(hopefully) representative of the attitude of most Norwegians, I would have a serious attitude problem with Norwegians and would cross Norway off of my favorites list to visit. I mean afterall, I am not a glutton for punishment, so why go somewhere where I would be despised and the subject of derisive comments? But I cannot in all fairness make that assumption based on you two and so will hopefully make it to your beautiful country someday soon......Who knows, I may even look YOU up! See if I can convince you there is another side to Americans as individuals.

Windrider