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  I've Fallen In Love

  by choosing life in

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  with michigan.. i have been to michigan many times and i just love the lake and the landscape.

  the sunsets over lake michigan are the most beautiful i have ever seen.

  i have been to most places up the west coast along the lake.

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  Yes, Michigan is beautiful. We're having more than our share of economic problems right now, though.

  I live in the south-eastern part of the state but spend vacations up around the Traverse City area.
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  OK, YOUR FAVORITE FOOD/COOKING SHOWS. Anthony Bourdain...

  by Seeker4 in

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  yep, bourdain's no reservations tops my list of favorites.. why is it that shows on food and cooking, reality or otherwise, kick the ass of just about everything else on tv?

  what do you expect with crap like america's got talent?

  yeah, maybe it does, but not much of it's getting on that show!.

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  sliced it thick, put on butter, slices of tomato from my own garden, covered that with sharp cheddar cheese made at the farm down the road, then slid them under the broiler til the bread browned and the cheese and butter melted

  that was my breakfast this morning, though I'd made the bread but didn't have local cheese.

  Anyone belong to a CSA (community supported agricultural farm)?
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  BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?

  by Black Man in

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  i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.

  while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).

  a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.

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  Darth Frosty and Black Man, thanks for responding about Rich Devine. I still wonder what happened to the Canolas. They'd be in their late 50's by now; maybe they also went into the circuit work.
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  Scan of the latest "Questions From Readers"! OH EM GEE!

  by deaconbluez in

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  Emma

  Thank you! I so needed to smile this morning!

  Emma
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  Gas Prices Affecting the Ministry?

  by WTWizard in

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  with gas prices staying up, i wonder how that is going to affect the ministry.

  i wonder if people are going to be more inclined to do more door to door, since that usually involves less driving around than calls do.

  and if they are going to spend less time warming up or cooling down, since it takes gas to run the engine to heat the car or to run the air conditioner.

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  The question is, will the coffee and donut breaks go first?
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  Alone in the car

  by Blackboo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  last week i saw a former jw sister of mine in a grocery store parking lot.

  i was waiting for my brother to come out from work.

  i sat there for a good 30 minutes..and she never moved a muscle.

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  Maybe she was waiting for someone to meet her?
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  Bush to Have Colonoscopy at Camp David

  by JamesThomas in

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  requiring a temporary head removal, i imagine.. j.

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  Maybe he has that syndrome where their a**h*** is so big they have to tighten their belt to keep from falling through? That could be dangerous.
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  Hi, recently widowed need conversation

  by lapweaver in

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  i'm recently widowed, 7mos, suddenly lost husband from heart attack, married 29yrs, have been inactive for around 5yrs and don't plan on going back to jw.. we were very close and i miss the daily interaction and conversation.

  my daughter, 25, lives with me but it's not the same.

  is there anyone els out there that would just like to chat,e-mail?

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  Welcome to the forum. It's not unusual for folks to make friends here; you'll read about some of these experiences as you browse. You've been through a lot lately.

  Emma
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  Appealing a JC Decision

  by Amber Rose in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had my jc about a month ago now and thanks to my dad i keep thinking "shoul i have appealed?

  " has anyone ever heard of a decision being reversed because of an appeal?

  do very many people appeal?

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  From listening to others experiences, I doubt that appealing would have changed a thing.
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  Harry Potter and the exasperated mum........help

  by fifi40 in

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  my ex is a jw (as previously mentioned) and is against our son going to see the new movie, despite admitting that he has witness friends who will happily go and see it........oh and he also has witness friends that would dob their brother into the elders for going to see it.. i have just had a bit of a heated debate about it with him (our son is 14, nearly 15) and i just wondered if any of you have good sound reasoning for what is a 'matter of conscience' for these brainwashedd poo brains!!!!!.

  help.........warlock can you just wave a magic wand or something............ a mother doing battle with the force...............a brain numbing, mind control force at that.

  seriously folks though any gems you have would be greatly appreciated.

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  Maybe you could use this as one of those teaching moments where you subtly encourage him to reason on this. You could also tell him that you and his dad differ on some things and that doesn't make one view wrong.

  Interrestingly, I haven't heard anyone spreading smurf-like stories about having the HP books in the house.