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My long story at least Part 1
by pmouse in
1. jw
2. experiences
specifically christmas appears to be the one holiday to which all others compare.

we either joyfully or sadly recall past christmas holidays.

as i recall, they were controversial in our family even before i was born.. im going to go back a couple of generations in my story to give you a bit of background.
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Where there is a garage sale sign, so shall there be a Witness...
by pmouse in
1. jw
2. friends
is that written somewhere in the nwt?

or is it "have a garage sale and they will come" the hollywood horror movie?

i don't recall seeing it, but sure enough, hang a garage sale sign out and you will get them, all dressed up carrying book bags with a casually rolled up watchtower trying to place it to distract you while the other one tries to throw you off by offering 10 cents instead of 25 cents for your junk.
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What's your culinary specialty?
by pmouse in
1. jw
2. friends
reading hortensia's topic "menu" made my mouth water.

i remember in the 70's (when we used to be able to have lots of jw social get-togethers like picnics and parties) some of the friends would bring pot-luck specialties that were to die for!.

everyone has a dish they consider their "specialty" which gets high praise and generally requests for the recipe.
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Help! I'm hooked!
by pmouse in
1. jw
2. friends
woe is me.

i reside in the deep south (atlanta ga area) and i have discovered the most wonderful, perfect, rich tasting cup of coffee ever.

during a business meeting raffle, i won a tin of tim horton's coffee (brought back as a result of a business trip by those higher up on the food chain).
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I DID IT!! I DID IT!!! I DID IT!!!!!
by pmouse in
1. jw
2. friends
i have finished my last class and will graduate on october 14th with my bachelors degree in business administration/management thirty three years after graduating from high school and 30 years after leaving the borg!

one more step in the healing process.

and one more step forward with my life.. paula.
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Anticipation....
by pmouse in
1. jw
2. friends
hubby just called.

on his way out of the neighborhood (where we are having a subdivision-wide garage sale), he spotted a group of well-dressed individuals with book bags descending upon the streets.

although i have the "no soliciting, no peddling, no preaching" stop sign posted to my screen door (someone here thoughtfully posted), i am waiting anxiously to see if:they even make it to my street because of notorious fascination with garage sales while in the field;they attempt the climb up my stairs to my front porch (hubby just replaced the steps, no handrails yet, therefore the call to put out a cone or something);finally, if they actually ring my doorbell.. if number 3 happens, i plan to launch into the subject of education and how the wts discourages it while not so tactfully pointing at the sign.
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A Case FOR Evolution?
by pmouse in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
.

and the official wts response?

new light, silence, imperfect man or imperfect bird?.
3
Toys and Religions
by pmouse in
1. social
2. humour
toys and religions .

capitalism he who dies with the most toys, wins.

hari krishna he who plays with the most toys wins.
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Okay Aussies...'Splain yourselves! ;-)
by pmouse in
1. social
2. current
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-01-10-washing-machine_x.htm

australian man rescued from washing machine .

sydney, australia (ap) a man had to be rescued after becoming wedged in a washing machine while playing a game with his children, a newspaper reported tuesday.. a fire officer pulled robin toom, 38, out of the machine after toom became trapped while playing hide-and-seek, according to sydney's daily telegraph.. "i just hopped in there and couldn't even get the lid down and the kids came in and said, 'ha, ha!
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Elders Disfellowshipped.....
by pmouse in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i thought this was pretty interesting and hadn't seen it before.

it's from the "watchtower information service" website.

any thoughts or comments?.