Posts by GrreatTeacher

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I got up yesterday morning (Saturday) and enjoyed the watchtower work

by Zoos in

reaching the fire watchtower on top of wayah bald overlooking the smokey mountains can be a difficult hike from nantahala lake up the bartram and appalachian trails where they straddle each other passing through this area.

the most enjoyable watchtower work i've ever participated in.. the views from the tower are spectacular.. .

looking across nantahala forest to the smoky mountains, described poetically as the most elevated peak; from whence i beheld with rapture and astonishment, a sublimely awful scene of power and magnificence, a world of mountains piled upon mountains.

GrreatTeacher

We drove west passed the Appalachian trail and continued on to Cumberland, Maryland. The Western Maryland Railroad has a scenic leaf peeper steam train trip to Frostburg. The foliage was glorious.

Instead of riding the train this time, we chased it. We would race ahead to the next crossing ( they actually give you a map) and my son would quickly set up his tripod camera and take video of the old steamer winding through the mountains.

They stopped at Frostburg and we watched the engine turn around on the turntable and then had a little lunch while we waited for the train to leave. Then, we raced the train back down the mountain grabbing photos and video at the crossings again.

My son has his own youtube channel where he posts various trains that we have "railfanned." He's got a few followers and likes to put up a new video every month. That keeps us busy! Today's trip was 2 hours and three quarters one way. It was a long day and we blew a lot of gas, but this is what my son does. He doesn't play sports or march in the band. He chases trains!

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Intersting Visit from our local JWs yesturday

by little_Socrates in

jw
friends

way to early on a saturday morning we got a ring on our doorbell.

someone else answered the door.

after they left i walked by our entry way and gagged from the smell!

GrreatTeacher

Yes, but it's the overlayering of it that is the problem. You're wearing scented soap or bodywash, scented shampoo, scented body lotion, scented clothing from laundry detergent and then spray perfume on top of all of that? It's enough to gag you.

I use unscented soap and skip the scented body lotion because my skin is always oily anyway. I do use Dove shampoo, but I never use perfume.

I use unscented laundry detergent for my son who has very sensitive skin and mildly scented detergent for my own and my husband's clothes. I do not use either fabric softener or dryer sheets.

And I think we smell pretty enough. Any more and it would be overkill and make us rashy or headachey or nauseous. Surely other people have these sensitivities too.

And truly, it does seem that fewer and fewer people are wearing perfume or cologne like they used to.

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Islam is the Epitome of Misogyny

by cofty in

in this video the popular saudi cleric sheik yahya al-jana discusses the joys of paradise, saying that men will have the strength of a hundred men in paradise and will be busy tearing hymens, while the virgins of paradise, whose breasts are like pomegranates, become virgins every time again.. the cleric also explains it is mostly men who enter paradise noting that women in general are bad because they refuse to wear the veil, they wear tight clothes in shopping malls, put on perfume and jewelry, and use filthy social media platforms.

source.... this is what young men from conservative muslim families are raised on.

is it any wonder islamic countries treat women appallingly?.

GrreatTeacher

True dat. And the one angry guy in the red shirt that brought his bottle with him. They don't hide them in those kitschy brown paper bags anymore. He's got his wrapped in a plastic wal-mart bag!

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vent: Got into it this morning with my wife agian. younger son wants to go to a B-day, i said he could...she turned cult.

by goingthruthemotions in

yep, he told her that he wants to go a friends b-day...keep in mind it's not until december.

well anyway i told her i didn't mind if he did and i would take him.

yep, enter cult mode.....i hate this freaking cult.

GrreatTeacher

What kind of immature parenting is that? 'Don't do it because it will hurt my feelings.'

Your hurt feelings are kind of your own problem, Mom!

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OF DOGS AND BITES AND BIKES AND THINGS

by Terry in

the thought suddenly struck me plain and obvious: "these dogs won't stop until i'm good and bloody.".

there were two of them; a mixed breed of boxer and pit bull; clean, white--collared, tagged and--for some inexplicable reason, ferociously intent on tearing me to shreds!.

ah, but i'm getting ahead of myself.

GrreatTeacher

Jesus! A gun?

Pepper spray! It incapacitates the dog enough for you to get away and is harmless long term.

Let me tell you a story about my husband biking. He was close to home, but a big dog ran out towards him from someone's yard so he sprayed it with pepper spray.

The dog went yelping back towards its house, so my husband slowed down and saw the owner let it into the house. He decided to go back and tell the lady what he had done so she could know what happened and to wash the dog's eyes out.

Well, when he told the lady, she started screaming at him that he had hurt her dog and he tried to explain that the dog had come chasing after him on his bike and he was protecting himself.

Finally, he hears a man's voice scream, " What the hell, Mary!?! I told you not to let the dog get out of the damn house, again!"

When the husband came around from the backyard, my hubby said, "Look, man, your dog came after me, so I sprayed it with pepper spray. Just wanted to let you know to wash its eyes out with water."

"It's alright, dude," the guy said and continued screaming at his wife about how stupid she was to let the dog get out and what a liability that could be if that guy had got bitten and you'd better be damned glad that he only sprayed it with pepper spray, etc.

So, my husband came home, which was just around the corner and was shaken up, but he said for how well his concern over the dog was taken, next time he would just spray the dog and keep on pedaling.

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Terry, keep an eye on those bites for infection. Puncture wounds are very deep and a dog's mouth is full of bacteria.

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Intersting Visit from our local JWs yesturday

by little_Socrates in

jw
friends

way to early on a saturday morning we got a ring on our doorbell.

someone else answered the door.

after they left i walked by our entry way and gagged from the smell!

GrreatTeacher

I used to wear perfume, but quit when it started to give me headaches. But, this was only some perfumes. I could never figure out the offending ingredient.

Now mostly all of them make me feel headachey and nauseous.

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One of my JW friends posted this on Facebook. Totally cringeworthy!

by Divergent in

jw
friends

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GrreatTeacher

Wow. Can you tell us a little more about the codependency thing? I'm always interested in good paradigms for understanding JW involvement!

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Islam is the Epitome of Misogyny

by cofty in

in this video the popular saudi cleric sheik yahya al-jana discusses the joys of paradise, saying that men will have the strength of a hundred men in paradise and will be busy tearing hymens, while the virgins of paradise, whose breasts are like pomegranates, become virgins every time again.. the cleric also explains it is mostly men who enter paradise noting that women in general are bad because they refuse to wear the veil, they wear tight clothes in shopping malls, put on perfume and jewelry, and use filthy social media platforms.

source.... this is what young men from conservative muslim families are raised on.

is it any wonder islamic countries treat women appallingly?.

GrreatTeacher

And, ain't that America?

The right criticizes the Muslims,

While the left criticizes the Christians.

I'm pretty sure that if you're a Fundamentalist anything, that's a problem.

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One of my JW friends posted this on Facebook. Totally cringeworthy!

by Divergent in

jw
friends

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GrreatTeacher

Do they realize how culty it sounds to refer to themselves as "one of" Jehovah's Witnesses rather than "a Jehovah's Witness?"

Probably not.

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Witnesses - Ever Wondered Why You're So Tired After Assemblies/Meetings?

by The Searcher in

recently shared this with me.. they compared the tiredness they felt after attending an assembly and meetings, and noted how much worse it was than actually working and studying hard for hours for their secular employment!

why were they so exhausted after an assembly/meeting?

no, it wasn't satan.

GrreatTeacher

When I registered this complaint with my mother years ago her reply was, "Well, there's nothing new under the sun. Jehovah's truth always remains the same."

!!!!!!!!