Posts by rwagoner

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Why don't I see any pastors or clergy on this forum?

by moshe in

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it just occurred to me that i have never seen a member on jwd who was a minister/priest/rabbi/monk,friar,shamman, etc.

maybe i have just missed their posts and then again, maybe they don't come here for some reason.

i know they must come in contact with jw's and ex-jw's all the time.

Vermont Circuit #1 anyone?

by jibberish in

from the new york congregations part of vermont circuit #1?

granville or whitehall ny?

did or do you know degroffs?

Quit looking at my butt!!!!!!

by candidlynuts in

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ya know those days when you know you should have stayed in bed?.

i had to go to the grocery store, as i was walking in i noticed a man and a woman behind me and both were looking at my butt.. it's a nice butt but usually doesnt get much attention.

i resisted the urge to brush the back of my pants off till they were inside and out of sight... i did and didnt feel anything... later on in the store i got that " feeling" that somene was behind me.. turned around and a woman was looking at my butt.

rwagoner

I am a dedicated butt man....I could give two pips for all the boobs in the world just let me sit at the mall and watch the lovely backsides go by.

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What is your most favorite hobby?

by R.F. in

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just wanting to find out some of you all's hobbies.. my favorite is video gaming.

i love it and i love visiting video gaming stores.

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rwagoner

Playing with my kids

Singing in my barbershop quartet

Smokin good stogies

Firearms/Survival Preparedness

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Jigsaw puzzles anyone?

by Lady Lee in

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i love them.

there was a time when i always had one on a large cardboard that i could push under the sofa when i needed the table.

believe me they helped my sanity during my last few years as a dub.. i had to give them up when i got cats because they thought all those nice little puzzle pieces were cat-sized hockey pucks.

rwagoner

I love them...and I go to jigzone every day.

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go skateboarding day: cop v.s. skaters

by purplesofa in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh6ayvn2yw4.

this is a video from a small town close to where i live, hot springs.

i have been to the hotel in the background, the arlington.

rwagoner

Thanks gymbob -

I've tried to be civil and respect everyone's positions. I certainly didn't mean for this discussion to take a slide.

Be well

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go skateboarding day: cop v.s. skaters

by purplesofa in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh6ayvn2yw4.

this is a video from a small town close to where i live, hot springs.

i have been to the hotel in the background, the arlington.

rwagoner

LOL

I don't what-to-be anything. I am an E911 Dispatcher and have been serving my community for 26 years. I have had a physical disability since I was born and use a wheelchair. I never wanted to be a Police Officer or Fire Fighter and I am quite happy that I am able to contribute as a dispatcher. I do thank you for the 5 second psychoanalysis and personality profile though. I'm sure that it will be very helpful as I continue my career.

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go skateboarding day: cop v.s. skaters

by purplesofa in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh6ayvn2yw4.

this is a video from a small town close to where i live, hot springs.

i have been to the hotel in the background, the arlington.

rwagoner

Okay...I dont know how many times that I need to say that I don't condone what this officer did.

Tigerman: I am a dispatcher...not an officer....pretty clear about that.

Concerning your point about ego...sure, there are some John Wayne types but they are the few, not the norm. And YES...I do mean to state..not imply but state the fact that EVERY POLICE OFFICER PUTS THEIR LIFE AT RISK EACH AND EVERY TIME THEY GO TO WORK. If you thinks that is BS then there is nothing that I can say to change your opinion but I'd encourage you to consider a career in Law Enforcement...we never have enough candidates for open positions.

I've stated my opinions and re-stated my lack of support for the Officer's actions. I love a serious, adult, civil discussion, even when not everyone agrees but I won't get into a war of words or get personal. I simply acknowledge that we may not agree and wish you well.

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go skateboarding day: cop v.s. skaters

by purplesofa in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh6ayvn2yw4.

this is a video from a small town close to where i live, hot springs.

i have been to the hotel in the background, the arlington.

rwagoner

I work in a small area....there are probably 50,000 people in three connected cities. But even in a fairly rural, Norman Rockwell type of New England setting the days of the little rascals and dennis the menace are long gone. Gone and replaced with drugs, gangs, weapons, murder and any other host of problems.

A traffic stop recently ended with an officer being shot 4 times and then run over by the perp...killed....all for just a traffic stop. We had two teenagers stab two residents to death in their home. We've had children...children try to burn their families home down. Just two weeks ago I took a call for a woman whose estranged husband had broken in, beat her with a bat, sexually assaulted her and covered over 80% of her body with lye. It is hard to picture the innocence that we once had in this country....maybe I'm jaded or cynical but we live in a very different world than the one that I grew up in.

To think of many of the skate boarders that we deal with as just miscievious little kids is a stretch. As another poster mentioned, some have a skate and destroy attitude and their lack of respect for other people and property costs tens of thousands of dollars a year. (Marble and Granite are expensive)

In the example that you gave of your son....in our town they would most certainly have been taken to the PD and questioned if officers responding to an alarm at a Doctor's office found them crouching behind a truck. However given his age you would clearly have been notified and the questioning would not have been an overnight event. We rarely even hold serious offenders who have been charged with a crime overnight...they are either offered bail or taken to the county jail.

Again...Brutality is wrong but times have changed and we live in a dangerous world and cops go out on patrol every shift and have to treat every encounter with a cautious and sceptical eye in order to go home to their families at night. Every call, no matter how safe, routine or innocent it seems must be treated as a potential threat until it is proven to be otherwise.

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go skateboarding day: cop v.s. skaters

by purplesofa in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh6ayvn2yw4.

this is a video from a small town close to where i live, hot springs.

i have been to the hotel in the background, the arlington.

rwagoner

It is part of their training. We will have parties with 30 or 40 underage kids drinking and only 4 cops and they will try to arrest them all....LOL sounds totally silly but they are so scared of what will happen (liability wise) if one gets away.

Say there are 10 skate boarders and 1 gets away from the cop and while they are running away they knock over an old lady and she breaks her hip or the skater bumps a toddler into traffic....that cop and the department and the city will all be sued because he didn't stop that one person that got away.

CLEARLY there are bad apples in all parts of society but the cops are SOOOO brow beaten about liability it makes them overreact sometimes.

We are sued if we act and sued if we dont act..it is a hard place to work sometimes. Even in the communications center where I work...1 wrong..or misunderstood...word or comment and I lose my job and could be sue civily and potentially lose my house. pension, kids college money.

We get calls from people who have people breaking into their house and the caller asks us if they should get their gun....if we say yes and they use it incorrectly, we are screwed...if we say no and they end up getting hurt or killed...we are still screwed. The cops are the same way...there is no right action anymore...no matter what they do, someone is going to find fault and they face discipline, lawsuits, termination....

I honestly have no beef with skaters....it is not about skating....it is about enforcing the law and it is already a difficult job and when I see people intentionally trying to set someone up to get a reaction...on tape...and nowdays very quickly on youtube....it just makes everyones jobs that much harder.