Posts by Sara Annie

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Speaking of scams...

by Jim_TX in

this morning at coffee, my friend sheri was telling me how she recieved one of those e-mails... you know the ones... where the person is in some foreign country (i.e.

nigeria), and in need of your help to assist them in getting the large sum of money out of the country.. well, she then went on telling me how she replied to a couple of them.. with her permission - i am pasting them below.

i thought that they were very funny - and i hope that you do too.

Sara Annie

It never ceases to amaze me how many people actually fall for this crap--I mean, how ridiculously naive and/or stupid do you have to be to think these offers are legitimate? While I feel bad for people who lose all their money in these scams, my sympathy is mitigated by my incredulity that someone could be so thick as to actually give out personal information to someone as a result of an unsolicited email.

The responses were funny, and I hope some catharsis was achieved by sending them--nothing else will be.

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Any fun plans this weekend??

by Sassy in

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with it being friday and i am itching to get off work and have a couple days off... .

i was wondering if anyone had anything fun planned?

right now i don't even know what i am going to do.. but i am in the mood for some fun.. any ideas??

Sara Annie

Coasting=Sledding?

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Any fun plans this weekend??

by Sassy in

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with it being friday and i am itching to get off work and have a couple days off... .

i was wondering if anyone had anything fun planned?

right now i don't even know what i am going to do.. but i am in the mood for some fun.. any ideas??

Sara Annie

Oh I almost forgot,, we are also invited to an ADULT COASTING PARTY on Saturday night. Alcohol and coasting...lot of fun. 25 foot crazy carpet....zoom zoom zoom!

Ok, now I just have to know what this is all about...do tell!

We've got normal family stuff this weekend--soccer game, music lessons, dinner with my side of the family and a lot of house cleaning. We're going to visit my husband's family next weekend and even a 4 day trip requires a lot of advanced planning with two kids, a husband and a dog.

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Is it respectful to call God by name?

by woodland in

i was just wondering what your views were about calling god jehovah.

i appreciate that there is scriptures that says to call on his name, but if i were to meet the queen or president bush it would grossly disrespectful to say hi there elizabeth or how you doing george.

if this is the case with mere men and women in positions of power, is it not imaginable to address god on first name terms?

Sara Annie

My husband and I have taught our children that, when they are in need, they can call out to us and we'll come running to help them. When they call out to us in the middle of the night, on the playground, or from the bathtub , they aren't yelling "Sara" or "James". They are calling out to us by the names that they know us by, the names that identify us to them and only them-- they call us "Mom" and "Dad". To my children, my name is Mom.

I tend to anthropomorphize the situation by thinking that calling someone by their proper name denotes a peer relationship that simply doesn't exist between God and myself. His name may be Ernest or Quentin or Cecil or Cyclops or Henr3ry with a silent 3, but "God" is just fine for me.

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Quote - Does anyone know from where?

by Lady Lee in

i recieved the following today and was wondering if anyone knows what it is from and is it an exact quote?.

this was posted on a message board that has nothing to do with religion.

this is what the public thinks.

Sara Annie

Main Entry: in·ter·course

Pronunciation: 'in-t&r-"kOrs, -"kors
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English intercurse, probably from Middle French entrecours, from Medieval Latin intercursus, from Latin, act of running between, from intercurrere to run between, from inter- + currere to run -- more at CAR
1 : connection or dealings between persons or groups
2 : exchange especially of thoughts or feelings : COMMUNION
3 : physical sexual contact between individuals that involves the genitalia of at least one person <anal intercourse> <oral intercourse>; especially : SEXUAL INTERCOURSE 1 <heterosexual intercourse>

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Stupid Number Trick

by JH in

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1) write on a calculator the first 3 digits of your phone number (not area code).

5) add the last 4 digits of your phone number.

6) add the last 4 digits of your phone number once more.

Sara Annie

My eight year old found that same trick on a kid's menu placemat at a local restaurant. It amused him to no end for days to perform those operations on anyone he could con into it.

As an accountant (and sel-proclaimed numbers geek) I think it's a clever little formula.

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Marriage Advice...

by Tuesday in

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for all the ones that are married out there.

i'm newly married, but i think there's a problem.

i'm just going to go over the morning and say that this is a typical day.

Sara Annie

Well, asleif_dufansdottir said it a little more...umm...harshly perhaps than I did, but the spirit of what she has to say rings very true. It's good advice, Tuesday, if you can take it.

While I'm on the subject of which advice to take in this thread, I have to say that I was quite surprised by some of the responses to Tuesday's original plea. (Warning: this is the part where I'm going to say something I wasn't going to, but just can't help myself...)

I have a difficult time seeing how people who are not, or have never been, married can hand out such definitive advice about how someone else should handle their marriage. But, they may say, I have lived with someone/I have been in long term relationships with similar issues/I am engaged/etc., and that qualifies me to dole out marriage advice, after all it's pretty much the same, right?

Wrong. As much as you might think differently, a marriage is a different animal than a non-marital relationship. The very existence of the legal bond that exists between the two people involved--even down to the ceremony of public promises made before entering into it--creates a situation that is decidedly different in that the dissolution of the relationship is logistically and (yes, I'm going to say it) emotionally a more difficult process..

If I was seeking advice about my visit to France and asking for advice from people who lived there or who had been there as to what I should see or do, or what to avoid and someone said to me "I've never been to France, but I've read books about it and I have been to Quebec which is as close as you can get to experiencing French culture without actually going to France so you should do..." would I think their advice was sound and reliable? If I wanted advice about parenting, and someone said "I don't have any kids, but I have lots of nieces and nephews and they've done some of the same thing your child is doing and I would handle it by..." I would wonder how on earth they could hand out such definitive advice so cavalierly.

I hold myself to this same standard. For example: I am not now, nor have I ever been, a JW. My experience is peripheral through my family, and I have been affected by their policies and practices through them (see my profile for an explanation). I know a great deal about their practices, doctrines and history, but I do not know how it feels to actually be a witness or ex-witness. Hence, if someone asked other ex-witnesses for JW-related advice, I wouldn't be jumping up and down to hand out solutions to their problems.

I wish Tuesday luck in sifting through the responses and determining which advice to trust and follow.

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Add your own Proverb

by JH in

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the book of proverbs is full of wise proverbs that give good advice.

with your experience of life up to now, what proverb would you add to this book?

Sara Annie

My father taught me the following:

All that wiggles is not Jell-o and Ice cream has no bones,

People who live in glass houses shouln't run around naked--or throw stones.

As you go through life, whatever be your goal--focus on the donut, and not upon the hole.

I remember them because they're funny, but there is wisdom present in them as well...

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American Idol 2004

by Mulan in

is anyone watching this year?

i am stunned by last night's show.

they were all just terrible, and couldn't stay on note.

Sara Annie

I also thought the girl with pink hair was a very powerful singer.

I'm torn about her--I like her voice, but it'd be nice to see if she can sing a song that wasn't originally sung by Celine Dion. I'm all for emulating your idols, but you can't do it forever...

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American Idol 2004

by Mulan in

is anyone watching this year?

i am stunned by last night's show.

they were all just terrible, and couldn't stay on note.

Sara Annie

La Toya was fabulous--My husband kept saying 'Damn!' out loud while she was singing--finally someone worthy of the competition.

And what was the deal with their reaction to the Leah and her 1988 curly hair, poor tone, and lack of control? We actually turned the channel for 30 seconds of her performance because we couldn't stand listening to her--and they were raving about her and her performance? Are they deaf?