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  shooting themselves in the foot..

  by thegentleman in

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  while rummaging through some drawers to clean out, i came across the february 15, 2002 edition of the watchtower "how can you benefit from godly principles ?

  " ..on page 6 this was some of what was listed as "some helpful bible principles".

  "love... does not look for its own interests.

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  mattnoel

  I think a list should be made for all the crap they used to feed us when we were in, we should have like a central database or website called jwcrap.com
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  Freaky Photo

  by Shakita in

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  when my dad died a year and a half back, i inherited his many photographs of family members, living and dead.

  this one is of my great uncle and aunt taken around 1930. notice anything freaky about this photo?

  mrs. shakita

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  Thats really interesting. There are a lot of theories out there with ghosts appearing in pics. I have taken a couple with them in, one was when I was at the Police training college, the main building was an old assylum (typical) and a pic when zoomed in had the face of a woman in the window (could of been reflection of a tree though) but I also took some at Dover Castle (very haunted) and I have a digital camera now, on one of the pics there is a big white apparition, you cant really see much past it but it appears to be floating and you cant make out what it is.

  Some say that these things are always going on but the human eye can not pick it up, when you take a pic it freezes time and that moment.
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  Funny screenshot from MINI website

  by Jourles in

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  a couple days ago, i was browsing the mini website checking out the new cooper s. today, i woke up the computer i was using to view their website and noticed that i didn't close out my browser session.

  at first glance, i thought my wife sent a netbios message telling me to get off the computer(she thinks she is so cool now that i showed her how to do that).

  but then i read on further and saw that it came from mini.

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  UK here !

  There was a program over here about the mini arriving in the US. I thought it was amazing, strange to see it in america but not only that, it looked soooooooo small on the road. I could just imagine you happily going along the highway minding your own business and a truck would just go over the top of you, he probably wouldnt even notice that he had done it either.
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  Time for me 2 say goodbye

  by Iron Eagle in

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  yeah i've decided to say goodbye folks.. i've had some interesting discussions on this forum, yet i will cease to operate as an active member as of now.

  i came to this conclusion via a number of reasons; .

  (a) many people on this board have had such a bad experience as a witness that they have decided to deviate so much from the bible and what it tells us.

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  mattnoel

  LOL StinkyPants - well said - If we are such a stumbling block, one would feel its best to just leave and not say anything.
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  Dramatic Good-byes

  by Swan in

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  i fail to understand why some people choose to make such dramatic exits?

  are they trying to get attention?

  are they trying to shame others with their holier-than-thou attitude?

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  mattnoel

  Ah, just realised we are referring to the above "self righteous" post that the forum is going to be a stumbling block between him and god. Well good luck to him is what I say, seems a bit clear from the comments that he rather than us is still a J-Dubblya. With regards to the junk on here, yeah there is some bits that dont personally appeal to me, so I dont read 'em, on a whole I enjoy reading peoples comments and chatting, theres some great people here........besides the net is full of junk and I bit he will sit there for hours on end looking at that !
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  Dramatic Good-byes

  by Swan in

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  i fail to understand why some people choose to make such dramatic exits?

  are they trying to get attention?

  are they trying to shame others with their holier-than-thou attitude?

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  I have wondered that also ! Why would be be placed under a guilt trip - if anything this forum has helped people, bar the few A**holes who come in to try and wreck peoples lives, it certainly helped me with my leaving and now I have kinda got used to checking it like I check my mail but when the time comes for me to leave, thatll be it, I will say my goodbyes, stay in touch with the friends I have made and thats it. After all, I have a life outside the forum as most of you all do so a simple message saying goodbye and good luck all I feel will be more sufficient.
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  North America: Tonight, Advance Your Clocks 1 Hour

  by RAYZORBLADE in

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  just a reminder, in case you forget, or perhaps did not know, tonight, if you live in north america, you advance your clock: + 1 hour

  so...you lose one hour sleep.

  here, we change the clock at 3:00 a.m., but of course, change it maybe before you go to bed, or when you wake up tomorrow morning.

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  Grrr we had to do that last week in the UK, was fine over the weekend but then I realised the effect on monday morning. Not a nice experience.
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  Posted in wrong topic - My mother had a stroke

  by acsot in

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  i was reading blondie's wt review and inadvertently posted a new reply, not realizing it was going into "bible research".

  don't know how to get it back.

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  Ascot - sorry to hear about your Mother ! thats awfull. I hope it has not affected her too much in her faculties and I hope she recovers as best as poss.
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  It's good to be back.

  by Sadie5 in

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  i was unable to access this sight for a few days, and i missed it.. interviews for the city job that i applied for will begin next week.

  there were over 30 applicants for the job.

  it was the most that ever showed up for a city job.. 3 of 4 city counsel members said they would recommend that i be hired(i don't know the 4th) and the mayer said he would endorce me too.they don't do the hiring, but can let their thoughts be known.

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  Good to have you back Sadie. Fingers crossed here for the job, keep us all posted.
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  Letter to old Cong

  by mattnoel in

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  ok so some weeks back i send a letter to my old cong, it stated quite a few points which were very serious, some of them would cause certain members of the cong to be diss'd and asking for an explanation as to why certain things happened i.e stepfather throwing mother down the stairs whilst drunk but mother getting reproved etc etc.

  also raised was the issue of the data protection act and wanting a copy of the files held on me and also stating that the baptism is nul and void.

  it was about 5 pages long and i also sent it to various members of the cong.. a week ago i get an e mail from a witness stating that i was out of order - my letter was obviously exagerated and lied about to make me a "mad apostate" aparantly in the letter i have admited to keeping a written record of goings on, i blame the society wholey for my mothers death and i have apparantly sent it to the press.. a couple of days ago i get a reply from the cong and guess what it says, pretty much please forward a cheque for 10 along with proof of id and we will send you the records and thats it !!!!!

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  mattnoel

  Scooby, sorry mate, to be honest at first I wasnt quite sure how to take you. Please forgive me, believe me I have not lost my sense of humour, in fact since leaving it has come with a real vegence. Sorry about that anyway, I gathered you were joking. Have you got a pic you can send, It would be interesting to see if I recognise you or not.

  Brummie, unfortunatly its not against the law ! under the DPA they can hold info on me as long as it is locked away and I can view it at any time. They can legally make a charge to cover admin costs, but I hardly think it is going to cost them £10 to photocopy a few sheets of paper and pop a 25p stamp on them. GRRRRRR