have you ever won anything in your life?
i didn't, but indirectly i did.
back in 1982 my mother won a brand new honda civic.
jerry's won a vcr, a game cube and a few $ off the power ball
I've won tickets and a bus ride to a Journey concert back in 1983 from Fargo to Mpls.various records from radio stations in the early 80's and at Walmart I won a push lawnmower to which we still use.
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congrats to you all,
we too had a graduation for our first born this year. I like the blue gowns you have, our sons school had red. His brothers called it his red dress. But when they were all together it did look nice. Our entire party afterward consisted of one set of grandparents, his one aunt (who is also his godmother when he was baptized before we came in the borg) and a cousin. We laugh as we told them all that all our friends dumped us and they were the extent of the party. They are happy for us in our decision.
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i have the option of saying happy birthday or god bless you or even singing the happy birthday song.
example, my hubby (who was never a jw) is having a birthday today.
now, i have no problem celebrating with him.
In time you may or may not. I wasn't raised in it so I rarely ever say "bless you" to someone. I feel I have no position to be blessing anyone.
birthdays are easier and it's been fun singing away. I've known active JW's to sing it to their teens just to irritate them a little.
If you feel self consious, mouth the words or try it low key, or you can always opt to head for the bathroom at that time.
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when i got home from work last night my son was there and i was suprise to see him because it was meeting night and everyone else was gone.
then his mother comes in hmmmmmm "did your son tell you what he has done?
" nope well he has been having sex with his girlfriend the baptized pioneer elders daughter yikes my son (not baptized) and her were girlfriend and boyfriend untill her daddy stop them from seeing each other.
LOL, we have a 15/16 year old who would love the go ahead. I just don't want to condon it but I also remember being 15. I guess thats why.
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in the movie 'my blue heaven' steve martin's charactor claims, "everyone thinks they have a sense of humor, even when they don't!
" do you laugh easily and often?
i am always looking for new material and have about 150 jokes at my disposal.
yes we do, I think it's because we are both third born children.
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the other day i was watching "charlie's angel's" (the weekly series from the '70's) on tvland.
it dawned on me how much i used to wish they had aired that show any night but thursdays.
maybe twice a year, if i was too sick to go to the meeting i would get my hour to watch my favorite star...farrah!
MUSIC
my favorite all time band is Journey, and I recently just
won tickets on ebay to their concert and will be traveling 4 hours, because I missed them when they were in town. I didn't even know they have a new lead singer who is every bit as great as Perry. Music is something we had put on the backburner as Witnesses. Now it's almost a new obsession and I'm on their discussion board meeting people.
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edited to add : while I wasn't a kid in the borg there are days when I feel like a kid again
sadly, at times, we lose good posters because we have an acrimonious spirit.
i wonder whether we might actually debate or argue, simply for the thrill of trying to outdo the other person(s).
in the spirit of rodney, "can't we just get along?
I try to get along with everybody as I'm not one to ruffle feathers unless a knife is sticking in me.
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with a possible fall out in the financial area, the watchtower "could" (probaly won't) be in for some hard financial times.. with all the new fancy building, printing presses, halls etc, etc, etc.. now, i haven't been to a meeting in 15 years, i don't remember back then, but is there "an unwritten rule" (10% of your check) about how much money you should give to the wts.
that the congregation kind of follows ??????????.
do you think the watchtower will lower themselves more and ask people to start giving more ????
I too have heard the suggested amounts that each publisher could contribute. Hearing them compare it to the price of a movie or pizza that a family would spend, saying they could give that up for a contribution.'
One time it was comparing the cost we would spend going to a concert to donating that price for a three day convention.
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everyone thinks they have a friend or even many friends.
have you ever come to know that your "friend" was really no friend after all?
what happened??
I think it would be that if I told a friend something that was confidential and they abused it.
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what a glorious weekend!
hope yours is too.
weather down here is just perfect.
# 10 , my son would point out that the ladies always had dresses on in every picture of every magazine, Can you imagine trying to clean up the armagedeon mess in a dress?
I too wanted to play with the bengal tigers.
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