I'm only 230 miles from you. I may be able to drag a few more along with me. Let us know, just in case.
Huntsville, AL
deborah
Mystery
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East Tennessee/Eastern Kentucky???
by Junction-Guy inim trying to locate as many ex-jw's in these areas as i can.
i would like to plan some kind of apostafest,meetup, picnic, or whatever this summer.
i live in knoxville tennessee and after nearly 7 years have only met 3 x-jw's within 200 miles of me.
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Look who just joined our family!
by Sirona inwe just had a new addition to the family!
monty is a miniature schnauzer puppy, aged 8 weeks.
cute or what!?
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He is so cute!
I am working for a dog trainer/groomer presently and have learned a great deal. Blondie gave you some very good websites.
Couple of things i have learned:
Began training between 3 - 4 months.
Began his grooming early and regularly (including his teeth). If he is taught at a young age not to be afraid of the sound clippers make he will be a lot easier to groom.
I am learning how to groom at work. I had rather groom a Great Pyrenees than a Schnauzer that has not been introduced to grooming at an early age. We had 3 schnauzers in for grooming on Thursday; we had to muzzle two of them. One almost bit Kirsten on the face. Make sure the groomer does not use sedatives. Some groomers will use them and not inform the owner.
If you don?t feel comfortable with the groomer/trainer don?t use them. Meet with them before you set up an appointment, talk with them for a few minutes. If you feel comfortable, set up an appointment. Don?t take up a lot of their time when you first meet with them, Kirsten does not mind at all talking with clients or potential clients, but typically she doesn?t have time to talk for 30 ? 40 minutes. So don?t be offended if they cannot talk with you for a long period of time. Meet with them to get a feel for the person and to see if your puppy even likes them.
These are personal suggestions I have as far as training:
Train with a group (6 ? 8 people) this teaches a dog social skills. Learning to obey/listen in a group setting teaches obedience regardless as to whether you are outdoors with him or at home.
Find a trainer that does not reward with treats.
Sit ? good dog ? treat. Down ? good dog ? treat. What happens when you run out of treats? Eventually the dog will learn to obey w/o the treat, but why teach him with treats and take them away? If you drink morning coffee ? would you like someone all the sudden taking it away from you?
Praise , praise, praise is their reward. With great enthusiasm! Like the first time you said Merry Christmas and really meant it! The trainer should correct you more than Monty. Be consistent at home. If you make him ?wait? before he is allowed to walk in the door, do it each time you come in the door.
My Rottweiler would jump to my seat in the car, as I was getting out, then jump between me and the car door beating me out of the car. She is now told to ?wait? and cannot move until I tell her ?OK?. I would make her ?wait? sometimes and sometimes I wouldn?t. It got to the point that even when I was telling her to ?wait? she wouldn?t because I had let her get away with it so many times. Now, even if I have to put her back into the car and make her ?sit?, we will do it over and over again until she ?waits?. It took about 2 days for her to know that I was serious (again), and she wasn?t going to get away with not obeying.
If you need any suggestions on anything I would be glad to ask Kirsten.
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Were You Truly Aware of What Your Baptism Meant?
by minimus insome got baptized as kids.
others---a lot older.
at whatever age you were, did you really know what you were getting into?
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I can't remember the exact date any longer. I was around 11, 12 or 13. All i wanted to do was serve Jehovah. Didn't realize at that time that it wasn't God I was serving.
Never phantomed being disfellowshipped. I wasn't like "those people!".
At 14 "those people" were some of my friends; i believe that is when i began "my downfall" from the truth - it was wrong to turn my back on my friend. But i did.
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My Son is Going Back to Iraq for his Second Tour
by Miata inand i am so angry about it.
he leaves on the 29th of january and will be gone for 15 months.
i am so scared that if i think about it for too long, i have panic attacks that leave me breathless and immobilize me.
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As teejay said
I hope your fine son stays safe and you get him back just as he left.
Deborah
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Possibly the reason the Awake is going to monthly?
by Mystery inhttp://www.willitsnews.com/stories/0,1413,253~26910~2692782,00.html
sharing the 'good news'.
at a state-of-the-art printing plant in new york state, willits residents don and teri buchanan watch jehovah's witnesses turn out 120 deluxe bibles each minute and 90,000 copies of the watchtower each hour in 150 languages for worldwide distribution.
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http://www.willitsnews.com/Stories/0,1413,253~26910~2692782,00.html
sharing the 'GOOD NEWS'
At a state-of-the-art printing plant in New York state, Willits residents Don and Teri Buchanan watch Jehovah's Witnesses turn out 120 deluxe Bibles each minute and 90,000 copies of The Watchtower each hour in 150 languages for worldwide distribution
By Fae Woodward/Staff Writer
Don and Teri Buchanan, and daughter April, returned from a fall trip to the East Coast overwhelmed by the technology and organization they observed at the Jehovah's Witnesses' printing plant in Wallkill, and audio/visual studios in Patterson, New York.
The printing presses at Wallkill are capable of producing hardcover books and deluxe Bibles at a rate of 120 a minute, or magazines at a rate of 90,000 an hour. The primary journal of Jehovah's Witnesses, The Watchtower, has an international circulation of 25,203,000 in 150 languages and is by far the world's most widely translated magazine. Translating the text into 150 languages is done simultaneously by a MEPS computer program designed by the church.
At the facilities in Patterson, the audio-visual studios produce Bible education aud-io and VHS tapes, as well as CDs, DVDs and now MP3s to stay current with the latest technology. Braille literature, as well as video and DVD for the hearing-impaired, also are produced there.
The time of the year chosen for their travels took the Buchanans to New England during the fall colors. They took photographs everywhere they traveled, including in the hospital clean pressroom at Wallkill, where computer-operated machines collected and packaged waste for recycling even as it was created.
They learned the new presses they saw replaced those sold by Jehovah's Witnesses to Rand and McNally publishers. Because the speed of the new presses proved damaging to the type of paper originally used, the manufacturer who supplied them had to redesign its paper-making process.
The latest in presses, located in Wallkill, New York, can print 90,000 signatures an hour.The family flew into Syracuse, New York, and traveled by rented car from the Adirondacks to Washington, D.C. A visit to Pennsylvania and Gettysburg was included.
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having a hard time making friends
by happy camper ini was wondering if anyone else has had a hard time making friends since leaving the organization.
being raised as a jw, it seems difficult to me, as i was never allowed to have any friends who weren't other jw's.
as a result, i have isolated myself to only my immediate family.
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Edited to add:
try www.meetup.com , search Ex-Jehovah Witnesses
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having a hard time making friends
by happy camper ini was wondering if anyone else has had a hard time making friends since leaving the organization.
being raised as a jw, it seems difficult to me, as i was never allowed to have any friends who weren't other jw's.
as a result, i have isolated myself to only my immediate family.
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Mystery
Is a site to find other x-jw's in your area. There may be a meeting around you somewhere that you may like to attend.
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new to this site
by happy camper inhi, i am new to this site.
i have been an ex- jw for about 10years now, and this is the first time i have done this.
( trying to avoid the "apostate" label) haha i would love to hear from some ex- jw's, and see if they have and are going thru some of the same experiences that i am.
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Welcome Happy Camper -
Glad you found us.
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One bad a$$......*graphic picture warning*
by bikerchic in.
this is mildly funny and not for the faint of heart or hardcore animal lover.......
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Donkeys are very territorial and protective of ?whom? they are suppose to be protecting. IF the cat was alive and the ?Bad Ass? thought the dogs (if he was the protector of the dogs) were in danger he would protect them unconditionally. That is why you will see a jackass mixed in with cows, horses, (around here) lamas and other animals.
It could be factual pictures.
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Programs you couldn't watch as a kid - Chocky (UK)
by truthseeker inwhen i was a kid, my mother wouldn't let me watch a program called chocky.
for those of you who live outside the uk, and those who didn't even know about this childrens program if you lived in the uk, .
see the link below...my mother thought this show had "spiritism" in it.
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Dark Shadows - i would spend the night at my grandmothers on Wed. nights so that i could watch it. She always went to bed at 8pm and it came on at 9pm.