Posts by fjtoth

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Has anybody successfully quit using caffeine altogether?

by DanTheMan in

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my anxiety and stress levels are really bad lately.

i think i'd be doing myself a favor to quit caffeine, as it has become a real catch-22 for me, where i need it to stay awake, but it causes me to lose sleep, so i need more of it to stay awake, etc.. i've learned through experience that i'm very sensitive to any sort of chemical substance that affects neurotransmitter flow, and, given my general propensity towards depression/anxiety/paranoia/add, i think that at least one thing i could do to give me a calmer, more stable neurotransmitter mix would be to eliminate caffeine.

i've tried to reduce before, and i've found that i just start making excuses to have a little more, a little more, until i'm right back where i started.. so, i'm just wondering if anybody else has had a similar experience where they felt the need to not just reduce but eliminate caffeine altogether, and if so, how did it go, did it help, how long has it been, etc.

fjtoth

I used to get awesome headaches -- and "awesome" is putting it mildly -- from skipping a cup of coffee after having one or two the previous day. Then I discovered that Exedrin won't allow the headache to happen if you take it around the same time that you had coffee on the previous day. For good measure I took an Exedrin at the same time on the next day as well.

Nowadays I drink Green Tea. I have a cup in the morning and one at noon, but any kind of caffiene product will not let me sleep well if I take it after 4 p.m.

Frank

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Day for a year?

by moomanchu in

a time is 360 days = 1 year.

months were 30 days x 12 = 360 = 1 year .

1 year therefore is 360 days?

fjtoth

JWs say the "seven times" were punishment upon Jerusalem's dynasty of kings.
Daniel chapter 4 explains that the "seven times" were punishment upon Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.
JWs say the banding of the tree stump meant that God's rulership would be interrupted and that the Gentiles would rule for a fixed period of time.
Daniel 4 explains that the banded tree stump stood for a restriction upon Nebuchadnezzar's, not upon God's rulership.
Nowhere does the Bible indicate that the "seven times" upon Nebuchadnezzar are "the times of the Gentiles" upon Jerusalem.
JWs use an absurd method to connect texts in a vain effort to link the "seven times" and the "Gentile times."
JWs say the "Gentile Times" began in 607 B.C., long before Jesus was born.
Jesus spoke of the "Gentile Times" as yet future in his day.
JWs say "Jerusalem" is "a symbol of Jehovah's rulership."
Jesus said "Jerusalem" was the literal city of the disobedient Jews of his day.
JWs say Gentiles stopped trampling upon symbolic "Jerusalem" in 1914.
Current news shows that the temple area of Jerusalem is still being trodden by Gentiles.
JWs teach that God's wrath came in 1914 at the end of the "Gentile Times" when the Devil and the nations became angry.
Jesus said God's wrath would be expressed upon Jerusalem at the beginning of the "Gentile Times."

The time has come to show JWs and the world that the Watchtower's teaching concerning 607 B.C. and 1914 A.D. is a completly diabolical lie!

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Day for a year?

by moomanchu in

a time is 360 days = 1 year.

months were 30 days x 12 = 360 = 1 year .

1 year therefore is 360 days?

fjtoth

Check out this link for a simple rebuttal of the absurd JW teaching on the "Gentile Times" and the "Seven Times."

http://formerjw.homestead.com/times.html

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Mickey Spillane dies

by Earnest in

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the tribune-democrat (http://www.tribune-democrat.com/feeds/apcontent/apstories/apstorysection/d8iu0m7ga.xml.txt/resources_apstoryview) reported that mickey spillane, the mystery writer died monday.

he was 88.. spillane's death was confirmed by brad stephens of goldfinch funeral home in his hometown of murrells inlet.

details about his death were not immediately available.. the writer, who became a jehovah's witness in 1951 and helped build the group's kingdom hall in murrells inlet, spent his time boating and fishing when he wasn't writing.

fjtoth

Hi Junction-Guy,

My aunt lived in Myrtle Beach South Carolina for many years and knew Mickey Spillane personally, they attended the same kingdom hall.

My brother and sister-in-law are JWs in Myrtle Beach. They lived in Murrells Inlet for awhile. My brother took me to visit Mickey many years ago. I was just thinking that your aunt is probably around the same age as my sister-in-law. Maybe they're one and the same person. Just speculating. Frank

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Mickey Spillane - JW Mystery Writer has Died

by fjtoth in

associated press and fox news:.

the writer, who became a jehovah's witness in 1951 and helped build the group's kingdom hall in murrells inlet, spent his time boating and fishing when he wasn't writing.

in the 1950s, he also worked as a circus performer, allowing himself to be shot out of a cannon and appearing in the circus film "ring of fear.".

fjtoth

Go to this website and take a look at the covers of some of JW Minister Spillane's X-rated novels.

http://www.interlog.com/~roco/bookcovers.html

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Mickey Spillane - JW Mystery Writer has Died

by fjtoth in

associated press and fox news:.

the writer, who became a jehovah's witness in 1951 and helped build the group's kingdom hall in murrells inlet, spent his time boating and fishing when he wasn't writing.

in the 1950s, he also worked as a circus performer, allowing himself to be shot out of a cannon and appearing in the circus film "ring of fear.".

fjtoth

Associated Press and Fox News:

The writer, who became a Jehovah's Witness in 1951 and helped build the group's Kingdom Hall in Murrells Inlet, spent his time boating and fishing when he wasn't writing. In the 1950s, he also worked as a circus performer, allowing himself to be shot out of a cannon and appearing in the circus film "Ring of Fear."

Reuters - UK

Spillane, a Jehovah's Witness who taught Bible class, occasionally acted in movies and played Hammer in the 1963 film of "The Girl Hunters," as well as parodying his gritty image in television commercials for Miller Lite beer.

CBC News - Canada

Spillane Explains His Faith

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SHUNNED FATHER - PLEASE READ

by SHUNNED FATHER in

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please post this message on other forums and send it to everyone you know asking them to forward it on to everyone they know.

this is of the utmost importance.

the lives of thousands of jehovah witnesses may depend on you doing this.

fjtoth

The key to this case Frank, . . .

Maybe you meant "wednesday" instead of "Frank"?

Frank

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SHUNNED FATHER - PLEASE READ

by SHUNNED FATHER in

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please post this message on other forums and send it to everyone you know asking them to forward it on to everyone they know.

this is of the utmost importance.

the lives of thousands of jehovah witnesses may depend on you doing this.

fjtoth

Lawrence's latest letter now appears on the following web pages:

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District Overseer put out to pasture with no $$$ - sad

by Dogpatch in

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anyone know this poor soul?

randy

a brother who served as a curcuit and district.

fjtoth

Y'know what, folks? The kind of hatred being spewed here turns me off. End of discussion, as far as I'm concerned. I'm not even coming back to look at this thread. It's just too much. Bye, bye.

Frank

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District Overseer put out to pasture with no $$$ - sad

by Dogpatch in

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anyone know this poor soul?

randy

a brother who served as a curcuit and district.

fjtoth

However even Jesus THREW the money lenders out of the temple when he had his fill of their greedy behavior.

But let's not forget that many of such persons later became Christians, and their former "greedy behavior" wasn't held against them.

"A great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith." (Acts 6:7)

Frank