Posts by Uzzah

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Simon Cowell's Britains Got Talent....47 year old Scottish woman (a must see audition)

by digderidoo in

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well it's back and just look at what britain can produce.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z0h1nnk1ik.

bet you didn't expect that?.

paul.

Anyone else going to church this Easter Sunday?

by passwordprotected in

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i'm starting my day at 6.30am on top of the campsie hills for a brief dawn service with an ecumenical group of christians.

then it's back to one of the lennoxtown church for a roll and sausage.

our own church's service is at 12noon, so i may be able to go back to bed for an hour......hahahahahahaha i crack myself up.. what are you guys doing this easter sunday?.

Uzzah

For the first time since leaving the JWs I am finding myself with a strong desire to do something religious. I am a firm agnostic but . .

Don;t quite know what to say about it. I will decide in the morning about if and where to go. It is strange though, even as a Witness the Memorial never did much for me nor has Easter. If I ever thought I might have the heartstrings yanked I figured it would be Christmas.

I will say however that all these memorial threads put that stupid JW song in my head the past few days. "He died upon a tree, to set all mankind free" grrrr

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Anyone else going to church this Easter Sunday?

by passwordprotected in

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i'm starting my day at 6.30am on top of the campsie hills for a brief dawn service with an ecumenical group of christians.

then it's back to one of the lennoxtown church for a roll and sausage.

our own church's service is at 12noon, so i may be able to go back to bed for an hour......hahahahahahaha i crack myself up.. what are you guys doing this easter sunday?.

Uzzah

Sorry double post

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glasgow emergency evacuation plans

by ninja in

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we recently got booklets through our door...anyone else in britain get them?...are they preparing us for something?.

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/nr/rdonlyres/c02b5ec8-1d9a-4510-8024-ec1016fe2ee0/0/residentsleaflet.pdf.

Uzzah

It has been recognized by Emergency Management professionals around the world that a spirit of entitlement/relience on government exists.

During a large scale emergency such as Katrina or F5 tornado, the overall infrastructure is overwhelmed yet people still seem to think that they will be able to get help simply by calling 9-1-1. There are only so many firefighters, so many cops and so many paramedics out there. If a town of 100,000 is decimated/impacted people are going to be waiting.

Thus the global effort to better educate families and individuals to be self sufficient for at least the first 3 days where ever possbile. It would take this time to rebuild a neew and temporary infrastructure for the delivery of goods etc.

Our parents and to a larger degree our grandparents were raiesed to be self sufficient. People born in Europe and North America after 1960 or so have had a fairly easy life by comparison and today people are more likely to demand/expect immediate aid. It is going to take time and frequently repeated messaging before that culture changes.

So it is good to hear that Glasgow is on board and getting the message out. In Canada Emergency Preparedness Week is the first full week of May. Last year we focussed messaging about identifying your individual risks (weather, derailment, industries nearby your home etc. This year we are concentrating on step 2. Make a Plan based on your risks. If house fire is your biggest risk, than ensure you have thought about and discussed with your family your evacuation plan, meeting place outside etc.

Better to be prepared and not need it than to need it and not have been prepared. It is just good common sense.

Uzzah

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My Wife Is Coming Home!!

by Yizuman in

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well, it's been 11 months since the whole thing started and i am ecstatic that she will finally be coming home.. .

it's somewhere between 2 weeks to a month before she comes home.. .

so first thing we need some stuff..... .

Uzzah

Yiz:

I never said anything about your wife in this thread, on this board or any other internet board.

I only commented and made others aware of your past history of asking for financial help on this forum.

Oh and there is a huge difference between being "obsessed" versus learning from and being alert to historic patterns of behaviour.

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My Wife Is Coming Home!!

by Yizuman in

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well, it's been 11 months since the whole thing started and i am ecstatic that she will finally be coming home.. .

it's somewhere between 2 weeks to a month before she comes home.. .

so first thing we need some stuff..... .

Uzzah

Yiz: You have me confused with others. I have never seen a picture of your wife never mind commented on her appearance

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My Wife Is Coming Home!!

by Yizuman in

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well, it's been 11 months since the whole thing started and i am ecstatic that she will finally be coming home.. .

it's somewhere between 2 weeks to a month before she comes home.. .

so first thing we need some stuff..... .

Uzzah

Yiz:

Good luck and hope it all works out as you planned and stated above.

To the casual reader: Please review this thread . . . http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/41910/1/Financial-Help

and note this quote: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/42371/1/Personal-Attacks

As a friend from this forum pointed out to me that I am a newbie and most people don't believe in any kind of posts requesting for help UNLESS that person is well known by everyone on this forum and I had to agree with that.

Go ahead and flame me but this just seemed to be a less obvious plea for financial support and help. He is no longer a newbie and seems to be learning the fine art of asking for money without actually making the ask. However before you hit the send button flaming me, go back and re-read the initial post. It is all, we need this, I hope I can afford it, we need this I don't know how I am going to handle it financially.

If my memory serves me well, people here have given him money in the past (Granny don't do it!!!) So I can't help but believe he is coming back to the same 'successful' pot.

I am not claiming his story isn't true but do believe it is more about financials than sympathy. I do actually hope I am wrong but wanted to ensure all had at least the same historic perspective before allowing their heart strings to be pulled and before they decide to send $$ to help.

It is great however to see the responses and the level of caring willing to be given out in words of support. We have some amazing and tender hearts on this board. In this particular case however I am not one of these.

Just my opinion

Uzzah

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Pleasantville

by waiting in

on h20, someone commented on this movie as an insight on how we, as jw's look at the world and the problems of trying to change that looking.. i had seen the movie last year - i thought it was going to be a comedy - it wasn't.

but i didn't tie anything to it.

naturally, i didn't apply it to myself.. but this guy is right - i'm going to watch it again.

Uzzah

HOLY CRAP. I almost wet myself seeing Waiting's name appear on the active posts lists. Then was disappointed it was just a thread from 8 years ago.

Waiting, Redhorsewoman, Frenchy ... cool flashback!!

As for the movie, I never saw the original but do remember making the JW comparison when I watched the movie. I am living in full Technecolor now!! and wouldn't want it any other way!

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Farkel's CUT TO THE CHASE field service tactics are pretty sick!

by Dogpatch in

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but then, not as sick as the truth of what he is saying!http://www.freeminds.org/blogs/ma-that-boy-just-ain-t-right/.

i couldn't resist posting this.

but i had to wait until i stopped laughing so hard.

Uzzah

Reniaa: Careful girl you are on the verge of apostacy. Your Governing Body has declared that vision to be symbolic yet you are inferring it to be reality. Also of concern is your use of another Bible translation. The NWT not sufficient for you?

Speaking as a former elder, 'Know your place woman and place yourself in subjection to the Governing Body and Elder arrangement. Don't be running ahead of God's chariot like organization with useless speculations." Don't like the sounds of that? Me neither. Demeaning to women to the point of abuse? Most definitely.... Yet another reason why I left.

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child abuse issue

by jeffory1 in

a little background about myself will clarify things i think.. my wife and i raised 3 daughters in the org., 2 are still belivers.

the last meeting we attendes as members of a cong.

was dec 3 2001. the process of seeing things for what they really were took a few years motivated by some pretty hard times at the hands of the " most loving people on the earth".

Uzzah

Jamie:

That was pretty much my thought as well. Who gives a flying F*** about scriptural rights to remarry. A child has been abused and it was never reported???

There are more important issues here than whether or not your daughter can re-marry. I am relieved you spoke about counselling and sincerely hope that you can convince your daughter to get your grand daughter into therapy. If the elders and your daughter have not reported this to the police I do strongly urge you to do so yourself.

This is not just going to disappear due to the public reproof. Pedophiles are repeat offenders. Other children in the neighbourhood and congregation need to be protected against this sick bastard.