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  My JWD-birthday!

  by GermanXJW in

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  from my profile:.

  germanjw

  status active location

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  berylblue

  Happy Birthday!
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  The only thing I "want" for my birthday

  by berylblue in

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  is to hear from my daughters again.

  it is not going to happen.

  i just thought you'd like to know.

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  berylblue

  Oh, wait....it's not until August 12....sorry........................................

  Already getting upset though.

  THANKS EVERYONE
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  The only thing I "want" for my birthday

  by berylblue in

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  is to hear from my daughters again.

  it is not going to happen.

  i just thought you'd like to know.

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  berylblue

  Is to hear from my daughters again.
  
  It is not going to happen.

  I just thought you'd like to know.

  Rosemarie

  (That's a personal joke, the "I just thought you'd like to know". Been using it for years whenever I throw an ostensible non sequitor into a conversation. It's what co-workers used to say to me every time I was going to get blamed for something someone else did....always as a very desultory thought, as in, "Hi, Rosemarie, how are you, beautiful day, great outfit, the new deli opened up the street, Peggy got a new necklace and ...and...and...and...and..."(on and on about other really important things and then, finally), "OH, by the way, Tom Barton lost all the negatives for the new brochure and Dick Martin's really pissed off at you because now you'll miss the deadline. I just thought you'd like to know")

  I have adopted it for my own use.

  Just thought you'd like to know.)
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  What does your online handle mean?

  by iiz2cool in

  1. jw
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  a few of us use our real names as our handles, but most of us use something else, such as a nickname or a variation of our real name.

  iiz2cool - it was not my nickname (i really don't think i'm all that cool), but that of an old friend named mike prezelj.

  i won't go into how he got the name, but it happened when we were all very high, and you had to be there to understand.

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  berylblue

  It's just from some prose I wrote about this totally GORGEOUS HUNK with whom I had an affair when I was 24. Went on to become rich and famous. I knew he would.

  Hey, M.....I will always remember your beryl blue eyes.....

  Rosemarie
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  What Was The Nicest / Worst Thing That's Happened To You as a JW?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  for me, (at the time), being appointed at the age of 24 was my biggest happiness.....the worst thing was leaving my first congregation because certain people wanted me out.......were there any particular highs and lows that you will never forget about being a witness?

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  berylblue

  The best: The day a family sent me flowers to thank them for the interest I had taken in them when they moved into the congregation.

  The worst: Too many to name. Really.
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  VOMIT Alert----Unconditional Love per a JW DB-----long (65 posts)

  by blondie in

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  posted by hope on 12-18-2002 01:43 pm: .

  posted by hope on 12-18-2002 04:25 pm: .

  posted by hope on 12-18-2002 04:48 pm: .

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  berylblue

  This is worse than nauseating...it is downright vile.

  A mother so terrified of losing her own life (by praying for an evil DF person and therefore pissing off Jehovah) that she won't pray for her own child?

  I am beginning to despise MYSELF for ever being part of this, and not seeing the inherent evil in this "religion" of "conditional" love. Including, apparently, Jehovah's love for his own creation which is, obviously, conditional on total obedience to the dictates of a Brooklyn publishing company.

  Rosemarie
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  J.R. Brown: Quotes, Contradictions, Lies, Deceptions, Theocratic Warfare!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  2. child-abuse

  (quotes from the watchtower, october 1st, 1951 issue, pages 596-598).

  " (quote from the watchtower, january 15th 1983 issue, page 22).

  " (quotes from the official child abuse policy statement on the official watchtower media website at http://www.jw-media.org).

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  berylblue

  EXCELLENT! Not enough superlatives for this. THANKS
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  UN/NGO issue quiz: How would you answer this JW apologist's comments?

  by reporter in

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  berylblue

  God is going to use the UN to destroy false religion so why shouldn't we use it to promote OUR religious freedom and OUR human rights as long as we do not join it"

  Obviously, the author omitted a few words in the above sentence. I have inserted them. I'm sure he'll be grateful.
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  Seabiscuit

  by teejay in

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  it is a rare movie that evokes spontaneous applause from the audience -- twice!

  -- but this one did... and yours truly clapped right along with them.

  a very fine movie with a very good message.

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  berylblue

  I asked my father, who has been handicapping most of his life, if horses know they have won a race. He says he thinks so; they can tell they've done something special and are being rewarded.
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  Seabiscuit

  by teejay in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  it is a rare movie that evokes spontaneous applause from the audience -- twice!

  -- but this one did... and yours truly clapped right along with them.

  a very fine movie with a very good message.

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  berylblue

  I asked my father, who has been handicapping most of his life, if horses know they have won a race. He says he thinks so; they can tell they've done something special and are being rewarded.