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  Christmas Gift Exchange Gimme Gimme Wantme List

  by scootergirl in

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  i think it is time to stop cheerleading for the christmas gift x-change......we have quite a few names and i am really excited!

  i am crossing off names as they post to this thread...... .

  gentlyferal beckmelbourne truckergbveniceit pettygrundger talley mamashel nilfun beautifulgarbage orangefatcat been_there simon angharad heaven vickie butalbeexenawarrior mouthy animal debradoll ladylee mulan the_star joannadandy searchin50 happy2b scarlet randomtask celia siegswife caligirl waiting tinkerbell4125cc ridercoolbreeze onacruise/bikerchick ballistic windchaser flower elsewhere queer_reality kelpie revmalk funkyderek grout notinterested joy2bfree connielyne valis cowboy englishman plumkrzy lyineyes dutchie eyegirl scootergirl perry syn scully mac trotafax lovesdubs wild_thing lilacs yerusalyimbobsgirldawnmackincassiline maximumflash granny linda sortafairytale.

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  DebraDoll

  WOW! A chance for me to be spoiled! I LOVE it!! As a full time college student (Legal/Sociology) I am EXHAUSTED! I NEED a present!! LOL! I collect TEAPOTS (however, NOT the cute-novelty or holiday styles) and MERMAIDS. Since I run 2 businesses, selling Camel Bell Wind Chimes, Tapestries, Incense & Burners, Oils and Musical Instruments, gifts of that type would NOT be appropriate for me. I love the colors Teal and Rasberry (the colors of my living room!), have no kitchen right now, but it is being renovated retro, black & white with a touch of fire-engine red (radiator, light fixture, cabinet handles), horses and lambs, have a pit bull, bunny, and tabby cat (my 9 1/2' Burmese Python recently died). Novels full of mystery and scarey suspense are a drug to me. I never realized that I knew this much about myself!!!
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  What sold you on the JW faith?

  by MYOHNSEPH in

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  i havent posted much here, but ive read a lot for about six months now.

  although most everyone here appears to have had some degree of affiliation with the jw organization, the individual posters seem to be from pretty diverse backgrounds.

  im really curious about something.

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  DebraDoll

  My father's leather belt, our horses bridles, rusty hedge clippers to cut my worldly, parted in the middle hair, and whatever else he could employ to keep Satan's thoughts out of my mind, including on one occasion the moulding from our vintage house ripped off a doorway to inflict a lasting memory upon my legs and back. Sure made ME want to pioneer!

  Edited by - DebraDoll on 20 October 2002 22:51:10
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  What Pleases You?

  by Robdar in

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  i have had a rough week.

  my health is not good at this time.

  this week i discovered a whole new depth of agony.

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  DebraDoll

  The #1, most pleasurable experience is:

  Being encouraged by the positive attitude, word, actions, and acknowledgements by one eduring possibly the most difficult times ever! To remain fixed on the prosperous aspects of your own life as you make evident, shames me, for wasting even a moment of reflection on the uncomfortable, temporary situations I may be facing. What an unselfish person you are to open up this way. I for one, as I expect many more will follow, thank you deeply and wish much blessings your way.
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  No Dogs or Cats in the New System!

  by gumby in

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  that's right folks!

  someone at headquarters doesn't like them.

  try finding them in the publications that show pictures of the new system.

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  DebraDoll

  Redhorse Woman-that is the funniest post I have seen in a long time! Thanks for the splatter of coffee and snot on my monitor!
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  Yes the WT Told Millions of Youth NO COLLEGE!!

  by JT in

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  *** watchtower september 1 1975 p.543 questions from readers *** .

  how many years of secular education are advisable for children in christian households?

  today, there are many teenage baptized servants of jehovah... how far should they go with a secular education?

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  DebraDoll

  And that is why I waitressed, bartended, did the Postal scene, while rainsing five kids! Now at 45, I am on my way to a Criminal Justice/Sociology Integrative Bachelor's!!! This short story, which was actually an assignment, mentions the college deal (recorded on audio cassette by Debra Wilson of MAD TV!) as it was in the 60's & 70's!

  ROMANO, DEBRA ANN

  FAMILY PHOTOS

  As if it were yesterday, Pansy is standing in the warm sun outside her portion of the huge three-

  story Greek Revival owned by my grandparents, which holds captive the better part of my childhood

  memories. Pansy, the grandniece of William Howard Taft, taught me etiquette and manners during our

  daily, mock tea parties. It is a wonder that I have such an affinity, or as some say, obsession for collecting

  antique tea pots now. The photo I hold is in classic black and white, but the grass is vividly thick green

  carpeting in my mind. I feel its cool softness as the yellow and green tobacco spitting grasshoppers spring

  out from it. I can hear the slight rustling of it when the wind blows, sweetly perfumed from the massive

  cherry blossoms bursting forth in the nearby tree. I weep at finding and viewing this photo, as I weep upon

  awakening from a recurring dream of finding this house, this happiness and security, long ago razed down

  by destruction wielding machines and buried beneath the many new homes built upon this grave of my

  youth.

  This imprint of time past invokes the spirit and image of my once younger grandmother tenderly

  holding me up so that I could watch a giant spider spin an intricate web between one of the several chim-

  nies jutting up beyond the roof and the science fiction looking TV antennae which stood outside the sec-

  ond story kitchen window. That same grandmother fed and watered our horses, cleaned stalls, cared for

  the Police Dogs (descended from Rin-Tin-Tin) which Granddad raised, maintained the immense vegetable

  garden she planted, and still found the strength to shovel heavy piles of coal into the blazing inferno that

  heated this twenty- plus room house. As she fed this insatiable fire breathing monster, always roaring for

  more, I played on the warm, dry basement floor with tissues (stored inside her bra which was always white)

  over holes and cracks that a mysterious steady wind whistled through. We sadly much later learned when

  all evidence was gone, that there were tunnels running under this basement, providing safe Underground

  Railway passages for escaped slaves traveling North from the South, to this SAFE HOUSE. Uncle Ray

  always called me his Debra-doll. He had just come home from the Navy and relished in teasing and

  inciting me to fuss, or to say the S word, which would result in an admonishment from Grammy to both

  of us! He was tall, handsome, smoked cigarettes, rode a motorcycle, and wore a leather jacket. I feel Dan

  Dans bristled chin nuzzling my ear, calling me Sweetsie Pie-Pie. I smell typewriter ink from his repair

  shop and feel typewriter cleaner stuck to my fingers like pink bubble gum. He laughed when he caught me

  playing in that shed and taught me how to type. He always brought home gifts and books from the city for

  me, his only precious little granddaughter.

  Beneath this vision, I find myself quantum leaping forward. I am now the adult, the caretaker,

  the provider. A child depends on me for nourishment at my breast and from my heart. It is Paul. He is

  so pure and wide eyed with wonder. His skin is velvet on my cheek and with closed eyes I smell his silky

  brown hair and the place behind his ears. His cream colored jumpsuit is too painful to feel. It is velour

  corduroy and was one of my favorites. The other twin suit is teal. He is showing me something imagin-

  ary in his warm, slightly moist, fat little hand, holding it out to me, proud and innocent at his find. He

  shared many such amazements with me during the following eighteen years. He is gone now, but I still

  have the suits. He was killed when his motorcycle hit a tree, taking along the scent of him, so unique, now

  only lingering in his coat.

  Finally, I resolve to go on through these frozen moments, which are becoming tear stained in my

  hands. Here stands my dear Aunt Karen. She was a Carol Burnett look alike with glasses. She is my

  Fathers little sister, 20 years younger than her now 56 years. We are all gathered around her in her perfectly

  flower lined and trim yard. My Mom, Dad, twin brothers, ex-husband and once baby sons are there too,

  but it is only she that I see. She curled her short hair that day and suddenly I realize that I dont remember

  ever seeing it any other length. She, a worldly, professional single woman in the 60s and 70s, took me

  under her wonderfully educated proverbial wing, momentarily away from the extremely sheltered prison

  and watchful eye of my devout Jehovahs Witness parents. She showed me a vast world of culture. We

  took daylong excursions into NYC. She showed me every museum, took me to every play, ballet, exotic

  restaurant and shop available. She went to college. I was amazed at that. Jehovahs Witness children

  did not and I longed for her life. I admired her; she was my friend, my mentor. She lived in Okinawa and

  taught school on an army base. She was a librarian. She played the organ and cooked from recipes.

  She loved me unconditionally as I did, and do, her. Many years have passed since seeing her although we

  live in the same state. I wish for my young daughter someone as special as my Aunt Karen to share such

  intimate moments with her, as we did.

  Slowly, I replace these photos in their appropriate envelopes, their tombs, once again sealing away

  and preserving mental movies which I may seek again to replay on occasion. Although those times have

  ended, they are forever branded upon my heart.

  Edited by - DebraDoll on 15 October 2002 20:55:21

  Edited by - DebraDoll on 15 October 2002 20:56:43
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  Who else went sex crazy?

  by buffy in

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  ok, question for all the non dubs.

  am i the only one who went totally wild (sexually) when i got df'd?

  well, i actually went wild when i turned 21 and became inactive.

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  DebraDoll

  I certainly hope the operative word isn't "went", as in past tense.

  Edited by - DebraDoll on 16 October 2002 23:24:14
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  Official Sign up for Xmas Gift Exchange! LOOK!

  by scootergirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of you may have seen my previous thread regarding a secret gift exchange for the upcoming holiday season.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=37180&site=3&page=1

  so here it is......the official sign up!

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  DebraDoll

  Scootergirl! I am a bit concerned that my fellow posters do not appear to be as selfish and lustful in anticipation of finding a big, wonderful, present in my stockings, eh, err, I mean "stocking." I thought this post would have been off the charts by now! Hmmmm....back to the alley I guess.

  Edited by - DebraDoll on 15 October 2002 1:48:10
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  My photos from the Silent Lamb March

  by DebraDoll in

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  http://www.cartogra.com/rs/475ca5f3-de2a-11d6-b42c-0090277a760e

  i coldn't stay silent anymore!

  http://www.supportforxjws.org/lambs3a.html.

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  DebraDoll

  Howdy GRITS!! I didn't MEAN to post THREE photos from the other link!! Just the one of ME! But everyone here is so CURIOUS!! LOL! I have a video also but don't know what to do with it as far as sharing, other than to copy it to VHS for circulation. I am sure there are far better ones alreay out there though, maybe you are present in the frames somewhere??? Let me know, I met and hugged so many of my "siblings." Siblings? Yes, we all emerged from the same diseased "womb"!! Well, I am more than happy that I met you, here, now! Oh Heck! Here are the REST of Purple V's photos!!!

  http://www.supportforxjws.org/lambs1a.html

  Edited by - DebraDoll on 14 October 2002 12:28:1
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  My photos from the Silent Lamb March

  by DebraDoll in

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  http://www.cartogra.com/rs/475ca5f3-de2a-11d6-b42c-0090277a760e

  i coldn't stay silent anymore!

  http://www.supportforxjws.org/lambs3a.html.

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  DebraDoll

  Aha!! You all continued LOOKING where you weren't supposed to! SHAME! The second link was only to show you ME (# 3) speaking at the march! Those photos were taken and posted by someone else! Only the photos in the FIRST link were MINE!!!!
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  My photos from the Silent Lamb March

  by DebraDoll in

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  http://www.cartogra.com/rs/475ca5f3-de2a-11d6-b42c-0090277a760e

  i coldn't stay silent anymore!

  http://www.supportforxjws.org/lambs3a.html.

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  DebraDoll

  http://www.cartogra.com/rs/475CA5F3-DE2A-11D6-B42C-0090277A760E

  I coldn't stay silent anymore! http://www.supportforxjws.org/lambs3a.html