No,
Was working in the Boston area at the time and had put my significant other on a plane that morning to fly back to Oregon. Had to sit down and do the mental math to figure out that her plane would have to have circled for almost 2 hours to be one of the ones that involved. Long wait for several hours to get a call from here when they grounded all flights. Not an experience I would care to repeat.
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Did anyone else think that Sept 11 was Armageddon?
by Freedomrules ini was in washington at the time (i work for the govt) when the attack occurred.
i had a massive panic attack at first and then steeled myself and worked through the night as part of our emergency response team.. i was embarassed by my reaction.
did anyone else have a similar experience?
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Brother (elder) Sister (pioneer) hid my leaving should they be punished
by run dont walk ini left the borg after a 5 year struggle at home.
the best way for me to leave was to move across the country from east to west, (still wasn't far enough), i was unemployed at the time and had no real opportunities, so my girlfriend at the time (not a jo-ho)(who my family never met) and i headed out west.
now, i returned home about 3 years later when my dad past away, and at the funeral, people were coming up to me asking me how the west was and how was my new congregation, can you believe this.
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The worst thing you can do to them is to let them continue doing what they are doing to themselves. By their omissions, deceptions of others they have sewn the seeds of their own crisis. If they have a conscience then it will eat at them the longer they keep doing this. If they don't have a conscience then they aren't worth the time or thought.
The best revenge is living well, in mental, physical and spriitual (as you define it for yourself) context.
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Kaytee & Twink's "Resignation" letter
by twinkletoes inthis was the second letter given to elders that turned out to be a "resignation" letter.
this was, as you will see, because they chose not to answer any of our questions.
the reason we are posting our letter, is because it is now obvious (by personal experiences) that ones who we thought were our friends are now choosing to shun us.
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Kaytee & Twink,
Very nice letter. I have two requests if you would consider them.
Since IM is not working on my platform of choice yet and since IE appears to be acting up on this site as well I would like to have you email me so that I can ask several questions.
The reason for this being I am gathering info on the UN association (your year of effort would allow me to jumpstart my documentation). As my family that is still in has started increasing the pressure to return.
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Raiders of the lost life
by kenpodragon init was a morning like any other morning.
she was beautiful and i could not take my eyes off of her.
she seemed upset and quickly began to speak, "i need your help.
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Resonance / Dissonance
by Goshawk inthe following might be more applicable to some of us more than others, what kind of chord did it strike in you?
ever since i was a child you the always said that i should understand the rules .
you take some and give less .
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Goshawk
Probably various amounts of both, since most things in life fall in the gray area between black and white. But, definitely cognizance on your part.
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Resonance / Dissonance
by Goshawk inthe following might be more applicable to some of us more than others, what kind of chord did it strike in you?
ever since i was a child you the always said that i should understand the rules .
you take some and give less .
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((Ravyn))
Sorry to hear about the bad memeories that it brought up.
Sadly enough, we can choose our friends but we cann't choose our family.
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Resonance / Dissonance
by Goshawk inthe following might be more applicable to some of us more than others, what kind of chord did it strike in you?
ever since i was a child you the always said that i should understand the rules .
you take some and give less .
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The following might be more applicable to some of us more than others, what kind of chord did it strike in you?
You take some and give less
Sit high above the rest ... don't you.
As I ask a simple question
Cuts me off with his reply
He's been practicing for decades
Now he thinks I have the time
He flows in and out of riddles
Looking me straight in the eye
But it seems like something’s missing from the days when he was more my size.
Ten years older and I've finally found my pride
This old man comes rolling home to die
Old feelings make it hard to decide just what it means to me
Everything exists between black and white
You can twist and distort the most blatant of lies
Or just offer up solutions practiced only in your mind
I lost half my life to wisdom
So forgive me if I come off sounding bitter
If my words push you away
If I seem surprised to see you lying here in front of me
Just consider what you're asking and give me a little time
I'm still having trouble breathing because up to now I've never seen you cry
Ten years older and I've finally found my pride
This old man comes rolling home to die
Old feelings make it hard to decide just what it means to me
No son of mine
Should I be sleeping
No son of mine
As if you never understood that I don't need your help
Don't have to save me from myself
Or take me out to prove that I should live my life like you
As I ask a simple question
Cuts me off with his reply
He's been practicing for decades
But I am listening this time
He flows in and out of riddles
Stories change without the wine
But at least he seems much clearer on how it feels to be my size
Ten years older and I've finally found my pride
This old man comes rolling home to die
Old feelings make it hard to decide just what it means to me
What it means to me ...
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If you had the choice...
by JH in.
if you had the choice, would you rather live up to 80 years old, of which you would be healthy 70 years and sick 10 years, or.
would you rather live up to 800 years old, of which you would be healthy 700 years and sick 100 years?.
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Morning JH,
As to living 800 years and seeing all of my imediate family die would not be and tempting item to me.
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Last two Jehovah's Witness Hostages escape extremist captors
by Rado Vleugel inthe last two female jehovah's witnesses escaped from the extremist abu sayyaf group after nine months of jungle captivity in the southern philippines.
the women were among six jw's kidnapped last august.
the two men were beheaded.
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Rumor has it that they escaped after disabling their capters with mind-numbing monotone talks from last years discrict convention. The last captor was subdued with the hilights of the last decades dramas.
All fun assiide it is good to hear they are safe but it is still sad for the families of the the ones that were executed.
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Preview of my new novel
by SYN inthis is only the first few paragraphs of it, as a sort of a teaser .
<schnip>.
nobody realizes who russell truly is until they've spent a night in his company.
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Bravo!