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  Would like to introduce myself

  by jwNOT in

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  i am so grateful to have found this site.

  i got so excited reading everyones posts.

  i was raised a jw up intil i was around 13 or so.

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  Ghosthunter

  Welcome to the forums. I see you are from Ohio which is not too far from me. I was raised in Indianapolis and have been in Michigan for the last five years. I have JW relatives in the
  Dayton, OH area. I'm 40 years old and have been "out" for almost 20 years.

  There are a lot of great people here and, although I don't post as much as I should, I read what goes on here almost every day. Just realize you are not the only one out there and I encourage you to get to know the people here. There are a bunch of good folks, all having gone through similar experiences.

  Be free and I hope to hear from you often!

  GH
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  Is the Organizaton slowing down or are we just imagining it?

  by JH in

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  every time i speak to an active jw in my congregation, they don't give me the impression that they are slowing down.

  if i say that i see less jw's on the street knocking on doors, they will say that many are working full time.

  they will also probably say that the hall is always full of people.. i don't go to the hall anymore, so i can't say if the hall is full or not, but i notice that there are way less jw's going door to door than before in this area.

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  Ghosthunter

  There is a nice park close to where my husband and I work in which we sometimes eat lunch. Imagine my surprise this summer when I saw a "For Sale" sign on the KH we have to pass to get to the park. Later on in the summer, some other church had bought the building and put their name on it (can't remember which denomination). To my knowledge, no bigger KH was built to replace it.

  No imagination here!

  GH
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  Favorite Movie

  by Ghosthunter in

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  i'm sure there's been several threads regarding this subject.

  but, i thought i would start one again.

  sunday afternoon is my favorite time to watch movies.

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  Okay. You guys are giving me more movies to love......

  Fried Green Tomatoes......I cry every single time Buddy gets hit by the train and Ruth dies of cancer

  Pulp Fiction.....Ya gotta love it when Uma and John dance......

  Dirty Dancing.....I also cry every time she does "the jump" at the end
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  Favorite Movie

  by Ghosthunter in

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  i'm sure there's been several threads regarding this subject.

  but, i thought i would start one again.

  sunday afternoon is my favorite time to watch movies.

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  Ghosthunter

  Oh, yeah! I love Leap of Faith. Need to remind myself to get that one.......
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  Favorite Movie

  by Ghosthunter in

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  i'm sure there's been several threads regarding this subject.

  but, i thought i would start one again.

  sunday afternoon is my favorite time to watch movies.

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  Ghosthunter

  I'm sure there's been several threads regarding this subject. But, I thought I would start one again. Sunday afternoon is my favorite time to watch movies. My hubby's out doing yard work as we're having a pretty awesome day for November in Michigan. I'm doing housework and looking for a movie to keep my interest as I'm dusting, vacuuming, doing laundry, etc. I was flippng through the channels and found myself wishing one of my two favorite movies was on. The Graduate or Gone With The Wind.

  So, my question is, what movie do you watch over and over again, each time it's on, no matter how many times you've seen it?

  GH
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  Pictures at Emerald Isle

  by Undecided in

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  just got back from the beach here in nc.

  my wife and i went without any children or grandkids for the first time in many years and it was great.

  here are a few pictures.

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  Ghosthunter

  Cool.

  My hubby goes down to NC for business usually 2 or 3 times a year. I keep threatening I'm going to join him and I think next year I will. All I would have to pay for would be a plane ticket. Hopefully, it will be when the snow is 3 foot deep here!

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  Will the shunning began?

  by Mystery in

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  i fade over 20 years ago.

  moved 800 miles from my jw family.

  i see them about once a year.

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  jgnat -

  I HEAR YOU! I absolutely love it when people say to me that I look to young to be a grandma! I just smile and don't tell them my secrets!

  You're not going to believe what me and Grandpa did last weekend to make OUR house the funnest place for my grand-daughter! We acquired two kittens and named them Nemo and Dory. She's so excited! In fact, when she went home, she named two of her stuffed toy kitties Nemo and Dory! As I'm typing this, she's decided to put Nemo in the VCR case!

  Fun stuff!

  GH
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  Will the shunning began?

  by Mystery in

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  i fade over 20 years ago.

  moved 800 miles from my jw family.

  i see them about once a year.

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  Mystery -

  I was in the exact same situation almost 3 years ago. My 16 year old son got his 15 year girlfriend pregnant. Lots and lots of drama for both families. Fast forward more than two years later.....I have a beautiful grand-daughter that will be two years old the end of this month. She not only has two parents, but she has two sets of grand parents that have been deeply involved in her upbringing. Not to say it hasn't been a bumpy road, but I honestly think our family has gotten closer because of it.

  Telling my JW mother? OMG! I was PETRIFIED! Every time one of my boys did something wrong, she would lay this guilt trip all over my head that they wouldn't have been "so bad" if they had been raised JW. (Actually, mom, they probably would have been WORSE because they would just do this stuff behind my back.) Basically, I took the chicken's way out. Since she lives 5 hours from me, I easily hid the pregnancy. Besides, there was a possibility she was going to give the baby up for adoption, so we didn't tell a whole lot of people.

  A week after my grand-daughter was born, I told my mom. Her birth gave me the strength I needed to face her and by that time I was IN LOVE with my grand-daughter and didn't care who knew. Or what my mother thought. Her reaction was surprising. She said to me "you mean I'm a great grandmother now? Why didn't you tell me before?" She was very understanding and non judgemental. She sent a gift right away and is constantly asking for pictures.

  Things seem bad now, but, trust me, they will get better. Just make sure you drill into your son's head that it WILL be a long time before he has another one!

  GH
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  Why Is Alcohol "Good" and Marijuana "Bad"?

  by FMZ in

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  up until a short time ago (a couple of years maybe), insufficient research had been done on either of these drugs to say what the long term effects were.

  only recently has it come out that certain kinds of alcohol (red wine etc) can reduce blood pressure.. so, with this in mind (the fact that they could actually be as bad or harmless as each other), why the heck is marijuana illegal and alcohol fine?.

  fmz

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  Ghosthunter

  I listen to a radio show called the "Bob and Tom Show" in the mornings. Good show, BTW. Anyway, they have said on the show, on several occasions, that no one has ever overdosed from smoking marijuana. How true.

  I may sound like a bad mother, but I would much rather catch my kids smoking pot than drinking alcohol. Like it would matter, now, as they're both old enough to make a choice. How many car accidents do you hear about associated with smoking pot? Compared with alcohol-related accidents? Everyone here can do the math.

  Not that I don't drink, I do. But, I drink at home after I know I'm not going out anymore. I would enjoy a good doobie every now and then if my stupid company didn't drug test!
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  HOW do you listen? (To Music)

  by Terry in

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  i have a very tiny (half a cigar) flash memory iriver portable.

  http://www.iriveramerica.com/.

  i can offload mp3 files from my hardrive in seconds to the flash memory.

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  Ghosthunter

  In my car, alone, blasting the CD player. I can sing at the top of my lungs with no one around to hear. I always give the people next to me at the stoplight a break, though.

  I am an 80's girl and I'm stuck in the 80's rock scene. I sure wish Napster was still free!

  Ghostie