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  How do you feel towards JW's and the organization ? on July 18,2003

  by run dont walk in

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  some of us have been out awhile, some of us may have just left, some of us still on the fence.. how do you feel towards the jw's and the organization right now, july 18, 2003.. compassion, hurt, hatred, anger, sorry, bitterness, helpless, robbed, cheated, or any other feeling you can think off.

  which one describes your situation best ???????????.

  all of us feel and handle situations with family differently, yet we are so much the same.. the day may come when family comes to you and says those dreaded words ........... " i can no longer have any association with you, not even on the telephone.".

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  aarque

  I turned 50 last week. In the days preceeding my birthday, I was a little depressed, but it wasn't until talking with my mother, who is still a dub, that I realized what was really bugging me. She made a comment about my age, and I blurted out, "I was never supposed to get this old". She didn't know what to say.

  I remember going on the defensive whenever I was told that the JW were nothing more than a cult. But that is exactly what they are...a mind-controlling, blind obedience cult. I faded more than 20 years ago, but still suffer the impact they had on my growing-up years. I am close to someone who is barely active, and when she tells me once in a while what is going on, I still get outraged by the deceit, by how they treat women and children, by their demands on a person's life...

  A-a-a-r-r-g-g-h-h-h................don't get me started!!!!!!!!!
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  Do you get yearly visits from the elders?

  by unbeliever in

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  my sister just got a visit from the elders.

  this was the first visit in 10 years.

  an inactive friend told me they are supposed to visit every year.

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  I did a fade about 1981 and haven't seen hide nor hair of any elders in all that time. They can't find me now because I moved out of state two years ago. The funniest thing is, in all the years I lived near home, I was never ever contacted, never had dubs knock on my door. Two years ago I moved out of state and got married. One week after the wedding, a van pulled up in front of my house. I told my husband that they were witnesses. He asked me how did I know. I told him I knew the look. Sure enough, a few minutes later they were at the door, but I refused to answer, so they went away. I live in a very small village. My husband had been living here for ten years and this is the first time he'd ever had them at his door.
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  What were your favourite TV cartoons?

  by JH in

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  which cartoons did you like the most on tv when you were a youngster?

  http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/tweety/lttw_003.wav.

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  aarque

  Does anyone remember Gerald McBoing Boing? Other favorites were Beanie and Cecil, Rocky and Bullwinkle (remember Boris and Natasha? Snidely Whiplash?) Tom Terrific and Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog...Mighty Mouse..Heckle and Jeckle...Woody Woodpecker...
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  If you could pick any job

  by freedom96 in

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  if you could pick any job, what would you do?

  would you continue in your line of work?.

  i would pick actor.

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  I'd still be doing what I have been doing for the past 32 years....librarian.
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  The ups and downs of being a short guy

  by Maverick in

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  i recognized at a young age that most women prefer men that are taller than themselves.

  i read somewhere that this is in part due to taller men make women feel safe and feminine.

  makes sense to me.

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  My husband is 5' 2" ...and so am I, so that means we see eye-to-eye on everything....

  Seriously, though, his size probably saved his life. In 1971, at the age of 17, while walking down the road, he was struck and run over by a tractor-trailer (yep...an 18 wheeler). His legs got caught in the tire carrier underneath and he was dragged for a quarter mile before getting loose and was nearly run over by a car that was behind the truck. He was crushed from the hips down and spent the next two years in several hospitals. If he were a larger guy, he probably would have never gotten loose.

  The worse part: he remembers the accident completely; he never lost consciousness.

  Today, he takes morphine for the pain and needs a fourth hip replacement. His local doctor says it will be catastrophic surgery.

  Yes, he does walk, but some days he can barely move. He never, ever complains about the pain.

  He is one incredible guy.
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  Do you have any musical talent?

  by sandy in

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  do you play an instrument; do you sing or write music?.

  just wondering.

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  I played the accordion for several years but had to give it up because I was getting pleats on my stomach.
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  Do You Smoke???

  by minimus in

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  i'm curious as to whether you've ever smoked.

  i've never put a cigarette or any thing similar to my lips.

  i've never had the desire.

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  I lived next door to my great uncle and would follow him around all the time. He smoked Camels, and one day lit one up, then put it down and went off to do something. I wanted to be just like Uncle Joe, so I picked up the cigarette and took a puff. There must be fifty million shades of green because I turned every shade. I was 4 years old at the time...and it cured me for a lifetime!
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  Hooah!

  by pr_capone in

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  hooah!

  swore in today!

  i am now an official member of the us army!

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  My stepson just graduated from boot camp at Fort Knox on April 2nd and is now at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland for his AIT in power generators. He found boot camp difficult (he was very homesick), but now says he's glad he joined the Army. My husband and I are button-bursting proud of him. Good luck to you.
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  good books?

  by free will in

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  what are some of your favorite books?

  especially those that help you with your spirituality?

  (but not limited to that genre).

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  aarque

  "The Joy of Sects" by Peter Occhiograsso...a study of religious traditions

  "Spring Moon" by Bette Bao Lord...a fictionalized account of the history of China in the 20th century as seen through the eyes and experiences of one woman

  Anything by true crime writer Ann Rule...who also happened to be a co-worker of Ted Bundy

  "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell...need I say more?

  "Nine Parts of Desire" by Geraldine Brooks... the life of Islamic women...this is scary...

  Last, but not least-- my favorite books from childhood:

  "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell and

  "Norman the Doorman" by Don Freeman...the story of a mouse who entered a wire sculpture in a contest at an art museum
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  ROLL CALL!!!!! How many people are on this forum?

  by NaruNaruChan in

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  i'm so curious!

  if you see this, sign your name and your location if you want, cuz i wanna know how many people actively view this!

  ^_^

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  aarque

  ... from inside the blue line of the Adirondack Park...an area roughly the size of Massachusetts and populated by about 135,000 year-round residents...