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  Pink Cloud

  by RubyTuesday in

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  i have notice alot of new people here recently and i am curious as to how you found this site.interested in how some of you "old timers" found it also.

  last may or june i was checking out some chat rooms and for some reason (i always thought how boring) i went into the religion section and saw a chat room title jehovah witness recovery room.

  i was very curious as to what was going on in there (did a bus load of jw get in a crash and now they are recovering??

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  With my family deciding to shun me this summer I started wondering what the official position on this was. I did a search to see what info was out there and I ended up here. I've checked out other sites but I like it here. els
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  Were You Ever Robbed At the Kingdom Hall?

  by Funchback in

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  okay, i don't mean by "donating" your hard earned money in the contribution boxes.

  or, by having your purse or pocketbook taken.

  or, by armed, masked men storming into the hall demanding everyone's money and jewelry.

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  This didn't happen at the hall but my husband was ripped off by a "brother" that worked with him. My husband had a small construction business and employed a couple of guys from our hall. He rented a big compressor for a job using a blank check as security. When the job was finished he had one of the guys return the compressor. After a while checks started bouncing in my husbands account. It turned out that this "brother" told the rental company that his boss had decided to buy the compressor, used the blank check and took the compressor home. Shortly after that he quit. We couldn't get it back cause he said he sold it and spent the money so we had to take him to small claims court. I think the total amount was about $700 with overdraft fees included. The "brother" had the nerve to call us and leave a message saying "How could you do this to me? I have two small children to feed." Well we had two small children also. The elders refused to get involved, said it was a personal matter. We never did get all the money back. But this guy ended up being DFed cause his wife caught him with another woman and last we heard he was wanted by the police for something. els
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  I"m Getting too old for this!

  by els in

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  i just worked a 10 hr shift at the restaurant.

  didn't even get a break and had to work by myself tonight.

  i am soooo tired and sore.

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  Ruby, Let me know about your pet peeves. I really should get out of this line of work and find something else but I don't have much schooling and don't know what I would like to do. And everytime I think of leaving this I think about how much money I make. It's hard to walk away from. Maybe when my daughter is done with college (she's in her last year) and when my son figures out what he's going to do. You are right about the juggling act, you have to keep so many things going in your head at once. els
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  Watch your weight

  by JH in

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  around christmas time, people tend to eat too much and gain weight.

  do you gain weight easily?

  does it get you mad to see some people eat alot and stay slim?

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  Yes it does make me mad, but it's a fact of my life. My husband and two kids are all 6 ft or more and all slim and they all eat anything they want constantly. It's not like I diet constantly, try that working at an Italian restaurant, but I do try to be careful and I am still overweight. It's very unfair. els
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  I"m Getting too old for this!

  by els in

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  i just worked a 10 hr shift at the restaurant.

  didn't even get a break and had to work by myself tonight.

  i am soooo tired and sore.

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  Thank you all so much. You really lifted my spirits. Someday, when I actually put it in writing, I'll post my Top Ten List of waitresses pet peeves.
  
  Brummie, if you liked that one, here's another: "Lake George - a drinking town with a tourist problem" This is on a T shirt they wear at Christie's, a bar in Lake George, which is just crazy with tourists in the summer. els
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  Music, doesn't it fill such a need :)

  by LyinEyes in

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  i am sitting here listening to my kazaa, finding old songs that i had forgotten i even knew at one time.

  music to me has always been an outlet for expression, even thou the words and music belong to someone eles.

  it can help me to work thru my emotions in ways like no other .

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  I used to wonder if there was anyone with musical talent in the whole org. The Kingdom Melodies were sooo bad! I never had a radio in my room, so I would come up with any excuse to stay home alone so I could listen to what I wanted to on the one downstairs. els
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  I"m Getting too old for this!

  by els in

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  i just worked a 10 hr shift at the restaurant.

  didn't even get a break and had to work by myself tonight.

  i am soooo tired and sore.

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  Beans, No, but there are definately some nice ripe tomatoes.
  
  Brummie, God no! I wouldn't work in a place where I had to pool my tips. I work way too hard for them. We do have to tip our bussers though but we only have them in the summer (tourist season). I tip them really well cause I want them to work hard for me.
  
  That reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw once. "It's called tourist season, so why can't we shoot them?" els
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  I"m Getting too old for this!

  by els in

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  i just worked a 10 hr shift at the restaurant.

  didn't even get a break and had to work by myself tonight.

  i am soooo tired and sore.

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  Beans, We don't serve ice cream. els
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  The Big Dry - Report #4

  by ozziepost in

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  yesterday was a great day along the east coast of australia....it rained!!

  i felt like posting: "it's raining.

  it's bloody well raining!!

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  Don't ever feel that we aren't interested. I am! We had an extremely dry summer here in the northeast of the US. I didn't mow my lawn for over two months. The leaves on the trees just drooped all summer and on the tops of the hills the leaves all turned brown. We had all kinds of fires, mostly because people are stupid. I hope you get all the rain you need soon. els
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  I"m Getting too old for this!

  by els in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just worked a 10 hr shift at the restaurant.

  didn't even get a break and had to work by myself tonight.

  i am soooo tired and sore.

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  I just worked a 10 hr shift at the restaurant. Didn't even get a break and had to work by myself tonight. I am soooo tired and sore. Just a few years ago I could do this, no problem. Getting old sucks!
  On the other hand, I still make way better tips than the young girls do. els