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  Prayers in Restaurants....

  by caspian in

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  on bank holiday monday just gone, a dear kind older couple in the cong decided to take me and my good lady out for a slap up meal, to try to cheer us up after the recent upheaval in our life.

  somehow i ended up with the bill.. anyway, this was the local italian trattoria were we often go, and are on first names terms with the staff and quite a few of the other regulars.

  big mistake!!.

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  corrrr I want that avitar full size Viv
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  Prayers in Restaurants....

  by caspian in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on bank holiday monday just gone, a dear kind older couple in the cong decided to take me and my good lady out for a slap up meal, to try to cheer us up after the recent upheaval in our life.

  somehow i ended up with the bill.. anyway, this was the local italian trattoria were we often go, and are on first names terms with the staff and quite a few of the other regulars.

  big mistake!!.

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  smack

  My dad has said the same stumbling prayer, word for word, since a as early as I can rememeber (I'm an old 44 today)

  Whenever he tries to change it for a special occasion, he trips over and starts repeating the same lines. He would not

  try to do it in public. Some of those pompous gits confuse a prayer with a sermon, for the non believers that may be within earshot.

  Old smack (smells like old spice)
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  Which is more likely. . .

  by StinkyPantz in

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  .to happen first in the us?

  or do you think neither will ever happen?

  consider that they are both members of a majority group and a minority group.

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  Until voting is made compulsory in the US, I think you'll keep getting middle age or old rich dudes. He who has the money or the backing

  gets the job.

  I don't think it is appropriate to discuss politics, religion or sex on this forum.

  Talk about me, I'm 44 today

  Senior Steve
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  Prayers in Restaurants....

  by caspian in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on bank holiday monday just gone, a dear kind older couple in the cong decided to take me and my good lady out for a slap up meal, to try to cheer us up after the recent upheaval in our life.

  somehow i ended up with the bill.. anyway, this was the local italian trattoria were we often go, and are on first names terms with the staff and quite a few of the other regulars.

  big mistake!!.

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  smack

  Not wanting to be the first to turn a completely harmelss thread to sin, but Viv, that new pic RAWKS!!!!!!!

  corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  Steve
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  Do you miss the Kingdom Melodies?

  by Candlestick02 in

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  just curious.

  i went to the 3rd church that i've ever stepped foot into after leaving the borg 3 years ago.

  so, as i'm standing there (in the front row, i might add) for the musical worship portion of the service.. i felt like a big idiot.

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  miss em? can't remember any of em.

  that dope in the 80's worked a treat :)
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  Friends

  by StinkyPantz in

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  the dictionary defines a friend as a person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

  this definition seems fair enough, but at what point do you really know someone, and how much trust is needed?

  i think everyones ideas of what a friend should be like are broad.

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  you call those gawdy bawbells jewellery?
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  to ex-jw's specifically: with what have you replaced your belief system..

  by thebeliever in

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  how do you now understand the world... and your place in it?.

  i personally believe in evolution... and also a "higher power"... it seems more and more people are drifting away from organized religion, but they are then left searching for meaning and purpose..... going to college/university and studying a normal curriculum, one is exposed to philosophy, the socrates and platos of history, who in many ways started widespread discussion on such topics as above.

  some sort of philosophy has to be studied i believe, just so one can understand the history of man, from that point in time and how we came to christianity in the first place.. however, it is a very personal matter, as we must all find our own answers.. i believe it is natural for people to be drawn to ponderings of purpose and god, and there are many ways to seek connection to that souce.

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  Thanks John. It's not for another 12 hours yet.

  and...... I just noticed. I'm out of pull ups and into depends now. That mean I don't have to wipe my own bum anymore????

  Senior Steve
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  to ex-jw's specifically: with what have you replaced your belief system..

  by thebeliever in

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  how do you now understand the world... and your place in it?.

  i personally believe in evolution... and also a "higher power"... it seems more and more people are drifting away from organized religion, but they are then left searching for meaning and purpose..... going to college/university and studying a normal curriculum, one is exposed to philosophy, the socrates and platos of history, who in many ways started widespread discussion on such topics as above.

  some sort of philosophy has to be studied i believe, just so one can understand the history of man, from that point in time and how we came to christianity in the first place.. however, it is a very personal matter, as we must all find our own answers.. i believe it is natural for people to be drawn to ponderings of purpose and god, and there are many ways to seek connection to that souce.

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  nothing, absolutely nothing. After much searching, I realised that humans need a purpose, a reason, something to work for or

  towards. I can be just as happy with no reason, no answer, no goal.

  Mebbe I'm just simple.

  Steve
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  Friends

  by StinkyPantz in

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  the dictionary defines a friend as a person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

  this definition seems fair enough, but at what point do you really know someone, and how much trust is needed?

  i think everyones ideas of what a friend should be like are broad.

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  thats me!
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  Bad Association

  by Nosferatu in

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  were you ever marked as bad association by a particular person or family in the congregation?

  did you ever find out the reasons for being bad association?

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  yep.. I was. My uncle came around and gave my dad a good bollocking about me being a bad ass. See, I was 15 mebbe 16, and had a passion for motorcycles.. you know the ones, big honking 100cc dirtbikes. I apparently caused my 13 y/o cousin to stumble. You see, he wanted a 125cc motocrosser.... and it was affecting his..... um. Anyhow* I went straight around to this "elders" house and told him in no uncertain terms... riding is in your blood, if he wants to ride, it ain't my fault. I rode with 3 people, all 3 of em are elders now (poor buggers) and the cousin that I was the bad affluence too? He's a MS now and owns 5 houses and will be retired by 40. He went on to own a 1972 XA GT falcon, a 1973 XB GT Falcon, a few HSV Commodores and numerous high performance jap bikes. Seems as much as my 100cc bike ridig days influenced him, he still grew up ok, bit of a real estate tycoom, great business man, and all round good guy.

  Oh, it was all my fault...

  I still ride

  1966 Ducati 250 Monza

  1977 Honda TL250

  1997 Ducati 600SS

  2000 honda XR100 (for the kids)

  ride safe

  smack