Europe is the best! I spent two months in Europe backpacking and staying in hostels, cheap hotels and camping! I was able to visit 10 countries in two months (England, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy and Greece). The total cost (not including airfare, or eurail pass) $2,500 (food, lodgings, and inner city transportation). I can't wait to return!! My favorite countries were Italy, Germany and Spain.
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American -vs- European travelers
by Seven injwd, .
i've noticed on more than one occasion comments such as this one made in mattnoel's post this morning within the us/patriotism thread: its also very much the world of america, people dont go outside except to canada and mexico.
could it be that we are the only nation out of the long list of major western countries not to have legally mandated vacation days?
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Hey Francois,
I have a double major in journalism and speech & drama, plus 30 years experience.
How was drama school? I adore the theater and performing...would you recommend taking some courses in it?
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Ex-Jehovah's Witness Support Group Makes the News
by Kenneson inthis small group is located in tuscon, arizona.
some of the members, fearing reprisals (disfellowshipping), choose anonymity.
most have reached this stage in their lives thanks to the internet and forums like ours.
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SpunkyChick
Thanks for the article! It's great to know our stories are being heard!
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Salute the flag
by manon induring my childhood growing up jw while in grammar school saluting the flag or reciting the pledge of allegiance was practice every morning in our classrooms.
before the begining of every school year my mother would have a talk with my new teachers about our religious beliefs and practices.
i detested this i wanted to recite the pledge just like my classmates and sing the star spangled banner outloud.
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I relate Manon...my mom did the same thing....brought the blue brochure, What JW's Believe and talked to my teachers. I felt like such a FrEaK my entire life not saluting the flag. It was the worst in 4th grade when my teacher, Mrs. DiBona asked me get in front of the class the first day and explain my religion. Oy vay. That was so embarrassing.
I love being patriotic today and I can't wait to vote for the first time in my life in the next election!!!!!
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I've just EATEN BLOOD & attended Catholic MASS !!!!!
by alliwannadoislive injust got back from ireland - went to knock and attended catholic mass there - because i could .
on the way to knock, i sat down for breakfast at a great little pub and ordered a 'full irish'.
blow me, but there sat a slice of black pudding on my plate - so, again, because i could, i ate it .
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I am excited to be attending my first Catholic mass next weekend!!! w00t!!! Congrats to you! Happy you had a safe trip!!
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I ended up going into a private/homeschool program while attending the local community college in the 10th grade (still a JW). I had a business teacher who hated JW's and would purposefully mark me absent, while I was sitting right in front of her in class. So, I was happy to leave the public school [then]. (Looking back, I'd missed so many opportunities for a fun highschool life, yada yada yada). I finally graduated with my Associates of General Studies in 1999.
After graduation, I worked as a flight attendant for National Airlines (they're now bankrupt) out of Las Vegas, Nevada. I am currently in career hell. If anyone has seen the movie Office Space, that's what my life is like. I've worked/temped in many industries (medical, mortgage, insurance, start-up companies). I abhor office work, but it seems like any other jobs that aren't 9-5 won't pay the bills!! I feel I need to return to school and obtain my Bachelor's...but I'm not sure in what area to study?? I've taken so many career assessment and personality tests, my head spins! I even gave nursing a try, because the need is so great! Learning about atomic structures and plasma membranes was a challenge for me and I'm not that special type of person who can clean up feces, vomit, ect....
*a seriously confused SpunkyChick*
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circuit assembly talk insults fat people
by Ray6 ini haven't been to my circuit assembly yet, but i was told that one of the talks speaks about the horrible sin of being overweight, how jehovah hates fat and how we can not make it in the new world if we are fat.
is there anyone who knows about this?
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I knew an elder so fat he popped buttons on his shirt while sitting at the hall. I remember one time he stood up for the song and the chair came up with him, because he was so wedged in between the armrests. He was always the first in line at picnics and always had 3-4 helpings. Everyone laughed about his eating habits and his weight but no one ever counseled or admonished him for not following Bible principles.
Undercover LMAO!!!!! I haven't laughed that hard in awhile...thanks for the story.
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Brothers/Sisters you disliked
by JH in.
even if everybody calls themselves brothers and sisers in the congregation, were there some in your congregation that you just couldn't stand?.
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Where do I begin? My life as a JW encompassed many, many people I disliked, in fact despised so much, they deserved to have an ice pick shoved under their toenails. The brothers and sisters were so unkind and cruel, they are among the top reasons I left the org....
The most memorable moments:
When I was 8, at an assembly, my family and I marked our seats with our jackets, bibles, songbooks and went to get breakfast (*note there was nothing on the seats when we arrived). Upon returning to our seats, we find a family (who was in our congregation) sitting in our seats! They'd taken our items and balled them up and dropped them into a pile on the side of the aisle! We asked em' what was up with that, and the father claimed the entire row of seats were marked by his bookbag, which had been set at the end of the row! How kind and Christian of them...
At the time, my father was not yet baptized and allowed my brother to play hockey. My mother was lectured by another elder about him playing the sport. When we went to see my brother play we discovered Joe Gualiardo in the Barrington, Illinois congregation had his son enrolled into hockey as well! HYPOCRITE # 2, 812
Head elder Bob Dorney in the Evergreen, Colorado congregation was an engineer for Lockheed Martin, a bomb manufacturing plant! HYPOCRITE # 2, 813
My mother being screamed at by Debbie Davis (a royal psychotic mess) in Punta Gorda, Florida congregation in field service because my mom stopped at the garage sale of one of her return visits (please note, my mother was driving and this psychotic was screaming and yelling so loud other sisters in the car put their hands over their ears and put their head down and asked to be returned to the Kingdom Hall)....Then my mother was told to forgive her, that she had had a nervous breakdown and encouraged us to continue and attend the bookstudy at her house!!!!!
Couples in congregations who tried to tried to give my parents, parenting advice, when they, themselves didn't have any children.
So called, "anointed" Sue Meyer (Evergreen, Colorado congregation...she claimed she walked out of the baptisim and was "annointed") giving dirty looks and gossiping about me and the clothes I'd wear, and my brother's haircuts (when Sue had a pregnant, unmarried, 16 year old daughter). She was quite an Evil woman.
The cruel JW boys told my brother they were happy he was moving (my brother was a quiet, shy, boy) in the Punta Gorda, Florida congregation.
Because my father wasn't pioneering and elder told him he should be taking the regular pioneers out to lunch weekly.
A pompous visiting brother from Bethel came over to our house for lunch, and when my mom served him his drink, he pushed it back at her and said, "Loose the ice!" The scariest issue was in the Evergreen Colorado congregation. The elders knew of a study who was working towards baptism, who had full blown AIDS. He was living with his boyfriend who was also dying of AIDS. It would have been a nice precaution and loving thing for the elders to alert the sisters who were cleaning his home while he was in the hospital (please note his AIDS had advanced to the point of oozing blood from his pores, we noticed this while he was over at our home for dinner. We asked him if he'd cut himself, then he informed us about his medical condition)! The elders only told their wives and children; once again not protecting the flock. Blind guides.
I could go on and on and on....
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AM or FM? What is your favorite Radio Station?
by JH indo you still listen to am radio stations?.
older people listen more to am i would think.
all youngsters listen to fm, and never am radio.. .
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SpunkyChick
Just learned about Salvage Nation the other day....I believe it's broadcasted from Chicago, Denver, LA and a few others...it's 600AM radio. Great cynical, comical, political commentary!!
95.7 Kiss FM Jamie and Danny in the mornings while waking up for work (they're also syndicated)....
Lots of music from Kazaa.com....
*SpunkyChick is a metal FrEaK* Rock on!
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The forum is back
by badboy inhallejuh!
hallejuh!.
4 some reason i haven't been able 2 access the forum.
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SpunkyChick
Speaking of...When is the profile edit option going to be functioning again? I get this message at the top of my screen.....
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