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  Are adjustable rate mortgages the norm in the UK?

  by SydBarrett in

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  perhaps an odd subject for a presumably religious focused discussion board, but there are a fair number of brits here... i'm an american, but i sometimes listen to the podcast of the james o'brien radio show.

  (a brit political radio show where people call in).

  the past few months, a common topic has been people calling in discussing how hard they are getting hit financially because of a dramatic rise in interest rates on their mortgage.

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  I'm in the US too, but I think the standard in the UK is 25 year mortgages, whether fixed or adjustable I don't know.

  They also seem to have a more risky house buying process in the UK in which contracts aren't exchanged until a considerable amount of time and effort is expended and the seller can sell to someone else. For example, a home inspection is performed there before contracts are signed, whereas here they are often done post contract signing with a kick out clause for the buyer if the news is bad.

  Interestingly, it seems like there is much handwringing about offering a lower amount post inspection if there are problems. Buyers seem to be afraid of insulting the seller.

  Whereas here, a bad inspection usually involves further negotiations and the seller can refuse outright if he doesn't want to negotiate the price.

  We bought our first house with an adjustable rate so we could qualify. There were limits with how much it could increase. We sold within five years and all our mortgages since have been fixed.
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  More than 17 years of service to the XJW community!

  by Nathan Natas in

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  2. friends

  i want to take a moment to salute rick fearon, an "apostate" near boston massachusetts usa who more than 17 years ago started the sixscreens telenetwork on youtube.

  you can find it here: https://www (dot) youtube (dot) com/ (at) araretreat/streams.. like our benevolent host simon green here at jehovahs-witness.com, rick has not done his great work for his own financial enrichment or to collect followers for himself, as some xjw grifters have done and continue to do.. saturdays and sundays are the busy days at six screens, with call-in programs like:.

  * jw world news.

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  Yeah, interviewing Johnny the Bethelite who was hiding in a closet in Bethel was just off.

  My spidey senses were tingling on that one.
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  Ivana Trump grave at Trump's golf course

  by SydBarrett in

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  people who dislike trump will see this as an eyesore and an insult to his first wife and the mother of his 3 children.people who support trump will describe this as a beautiful natural setting, like a woodland.

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  Or just left in the ground and paved over to make a car park like Richard III was.
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  Growing up as a child in Closed High-Demand Groups

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  i came across this fascinating article and thought it was worth sharing it with you.

  i grew up in that religion so a lot of it struck a chord with me.. https://www.spiritualabuseresources.com/articles/born-or-raised-in-closed-high-demand-groups-developmental-considerations.

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  Excellent article.

  Many of us who have grown up in the religion leave the religion with unfinished developmental tasks that should have been completed in childhood.

  That leaves a very vulnerable person who is trying to make their way in the world with the psychological makeup of a child.

  No wonder suicidality is common.

  Nice academic references.
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  What would you change?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i’m agnostic so maybe the universe started by chance or by design.. if it was by design (hypothetically) and the bible is the designers word, and jws seem to be the closest to it, then what would be the largest things you would change?.

  here are a few ideas.

  -do away with the governing body thinking they are gods only channel.

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  Yeah. Love is the last attribute that I'd think of to describe Jehovah's Witnesses.

  There's "love bombing" which is a fake show of love to get people to join or return, or even stay after being treated badly.

  There's also "enmeshment" which keeps everyone up in everybody's business which facilitates the snitching culture.

  Spend some time going down rabbit holes learning about these concepts. They both figure prominently in relationships with Narcissists. And Narcissists are all about control, control, control. Not a healthy relationship at all.

  BTW, some people really miss the Enmeshment when they leave. It can feel like Unity or Real Love. But, it's not. It's a dependence on an unhealthy "everybody intimately involved with everyone else's business" relationship model that fosters unhealthy dependence and creates an environment where shunning becomes a true threat to what feels like someone's very existence. Not healthy at all. People who come out of the religion missing this are very damaged and find it difficult to live on their own without the unhealthy group.

  It's very common in unhealthy family dynamics.

  Love bombing features in abusive relationships in the Cycle of Abuse. It's the part of the cycle where after one partner gets hit or otherwise abused, the perpetrator realizes the abused partner might decide to leave, so they use Love Bombing to promise that they'll never do it again because they love them so much. When it works, the abused partner believes and forgives them, the relationship continues until the abuser again abuses and love bombing is deployed again and again to keep the relationship going.
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  What would you change?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  2. beliefs

  i’m agnostic so maybe the universe started by chance or by design.. if it was by design (hypothetically) and the bible is the designers word, and jws seem to be the closest to it, then what would be the largest things you would change?.

  here are a few ideas.

  -do away with the governing body thinking they are gods only channel.

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  I don't believe Cofty thinks it is any other group.

  It's rather a moot point if the Bible doesn't represent anything like the highest truth about anything.

  Being "the closest" to something that isn't all that great is no award at all.
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  Armageddon is just beginning

  by TheEndIsNear in

  1. social
  2. current

  do you want to know what is really behind the fake coronavirus pandemic, so-called vaccines and the war in ukraine?

  to understand current events, you must first learn the history.

  the world's biggest secret is that there have been tremendous global disasters in the past that decimated populations and caused the collapse of empires.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I should hope the end is near.

  I've had this diarrhea now for 1914 hours.

  If it's not over by 1975 then I'll head to the medical clinic at my nearest basement bunker.

  Things usually end well there.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  It seems this is the evolution of making a living on social media.

  Your You Tube feed is only populated by the most popular content.

  I used to enjoy what seemed like more serious and longer and more in depth content.

  Now I notice that people who don't put out content nearly daily are left behind and never show up in my feed again.

  It's also shorter and shittier content.

  But, apparently this is what one must do to make money on social media now.

  You're right. Lloyd could totally do this. Churn out some shallow 10 minute videos every day, rather than the interminably long ones he's known for and it might work for him.

  Will we see a Lloyd video every day?

  Probably not.
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  2023-Price-Per-Publisher!

  by Atlantis in

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  2023-price per publisher.. .

  https://imgbox.com/jshf0csu .

  atlantis!.

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  I notice it's now $208 Jamaican!

  We once found a $10 Jamaican bill on the street.

  We took it to the bank and they said it was worth just about nothing.

  So, we took it home and put it on the refrigerator.

  Nice conversation starter.
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  I wonder whatever became of the JW 'don't masturbate' guy?

  by SydBarrett in

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  2. friends

  this guy: how embarrassing.it's also sad that when it was being filmed, no one thought to tell him "you don't have to over do it..they'll get the point.."now he lives forever in internet infamy.

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  I don't think he was very convincing as an ANTI masturbation poster boy.

  It looked like he'd had quite a bit of practice.