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  AGM 2014 Songs

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
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  all thanks must go to my anonymous source.. .

  full set: http://imgur.com/a/bwl52.

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  GrreatTeacher

  When I was a kid I liked, "Hey there all you thirsty ones, come and drink life's water free."

  I remember asking my mom if we were going to sing the Water Free song again.
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  Apple Cider Vinegar

  by poppers in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i've been drinking 1 tbs with a glass of water twice daily for digestion for about 3 weeks now.

  i've found it helps, but it also acts as an appetite suppressant; i've lost several pounds since using it.

  i'm consuming fewer calories because i'm just not as hungry as before.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Never thought about vinegar on popcorn, but it sure is good on french fries (chips to my UK friends)!
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  Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

  i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

  what did you love about the 80s?

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  GrreatTeacher

  How can you forget New Order?
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  If a parrot spoke to Eve instead of a serpent??

  by jam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  would that change your view on the account???

  that's.

  plausible.. .

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  GrreatTeacher

  Jam, you make me laugh! I never know what topic you might post next...
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  I just wanted to cheer you up.....

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with all the depressing stuff going on in the world, the new is terror threat, poor people dying in the japan volcano, e-bola etc.... i just wanted to share my happiness.. my really horrible neighbours moved away in july this year.

  i had 3 horrendous years living next to them, so bad that i had alopecia!!

  my flat was up for sale but was bought by a investor, who is a good guy and has other properties in my local area.. to celebrate i am going to kefalonia next week, i have wanted to go for 20 years and i'm so excited.. sometimes, you don't always appreciate the good times unless you have troubles to deal with.. thanks for reading.. .

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  Oh, yes. It was drain and bleach!
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  Should the constitution be amended to make being and adherent of Islam a crime?

  by confusedandalone in

  1. social
  2. current

  since isis is killing people in the middle east and apparently they are invaded the rest of the earth with their hateful beliefs should we as americans take the steps necessary to amend the constitution to say something along the lines of .

  congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion except in regards to islam, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof except in regards to islam; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble except in regards to islam, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.. .

  thoughts?

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  GrreatTeacher

  My bad.
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  I just wanted to cheer you up.....

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with all the depressing stuff going on in the world, the new is terror threat, poor people dying in the japan volcano, e-bola etc.... i just wanted to share my happiness.. my really horrible neighbours moved away in july this year.

  i had 3 horrendous years living next to them, so bad that i had alopecia!!

  my flat was up for sale but was bought by a investor, who is a good guy and has other properties in my local area.. to celebrate i am going to kefalonia next week, i have wanted to go for 20 years and i'm so excited.. sometimes, you don't always appreciate the good times unless you have troubles to deal with.. thanks for reading.. .

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  Oh, quelly, bad neighbors are the worst. I hope your new neighbors are lovely.

  We once had bad neighbors on one side of us and great neighbors on the other side. Once while we were away on vacation the good neighbor texted us a picture of the bad neighbors frolicking naked in our hot tub.

  Yeah.
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  New development in my life

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  no longer a ms ........................... can't give details atm, for it might be a dead-giveaway and it ain't quite over yet.

  but, it really taught me one thing: if you're trying to fade or stay in, trust no one.

  and i mean no one.. eden.

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  Wow, your wife? And they say this religion doesn't tear families apart.

  Glad she's come around.
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  December 1,2014 watchtower saying buying house is bad

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  page 15.

  "take for example a christian couple in asia.

  in their younger years, they admired those who could afford to own a house.

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  When the housing bubble hit the US we were ready to sell and move to a bigger home, but were priced out of the market. So, we remodeled and added an addition that doubled the size of our house. While buying more square footage in the form of a new house was overpriced, building new square footage onto an existing house cost the same as it always had, about $100 per square foot.

  We now own a larger home, and compared to our mortgage payment, we could rent it out for at least double that amount!

  My SIL, however, bought at the height of the bubble and when they needed to move to a larger house because of having kids, they owed more than the house was worth. So, they had no equity to use as a downpayment on a larger house. They had to save tens of thousands of dollars for the next half decade for a downpayment on a new house. The old house hasn't yet rented and they may lose it to foreclosure.

  My point is that you need to educate yourself about finances, mortgages, etc. I obsessively gobbled that information up and even took a college class on personal finance. I bought my first house at age 21, renovated it and flipped it for a profit that was used on a downpayment on a larger home. If I hadn't made it a point to follow real estate trends, I may not have recognized the bubble for what it was and may have ended up upside down on a mortgage right now, like my SIL, who, BTW is very smart, but just never educated herself on real estate.

  Education, education, education! And that is exactly what the WTS discourages.

  They might be kicking themselves in their collective ass when rents continue to rise and renters can't afford to donate anymore.

  Funny, though, how the elders in my parents' congregation all own their own homes and/or businesses. It seems this advice is for the poor sidelined peons in the congregation. Maybe it helps them feel better since they can't afford to buy a house anyway.
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  IF you believe in evolution, theistic or not.....

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. friends

  are you more amazed by nature documentaries now, or were they better when "god did it"??.

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  GrreatTeacher

  What I find wonderful is understanding the biochemical underpinnings for emotions and realizing that my cat is probably making just as much oxytocin as I am when I pet him. That suggests that animals "love" just like humans.