Posts by Bruja-del-Sol

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...What do you Do,when People Ask You for Spare Change?...

by OUTLAW in

.. .........................some people are truly in need..some are not... a man passing by on his 10 speed bike,asked me for $2.00 for a cup of coffee... .................................................."uhhh,no"... ............another asked me for spare change outside a super market... ......................................i said i didn`t have any... ...................so he say`s "how about a credit card?!"......lol!!...

.. ....................what do you do,when people ask you for spare change?...

..... .. ..........................................whats the most outrageous thing... ......................................you`ve been asked forby a stranger?...

Bruja-del-Sol

Two years ago I went grocery shopping and when I was finished I walked back from the car to return my shopping cart. At that moment a shabby woman my age approached me and asked if she could have the euro that was in the cart. I told her 'no, you can't...'. She looked disappointed and wanted to walk away... but then I asked her why she was begging for money. And she told me her story which was very plausible. She'd lost her job, could barely afford to stay in the house where she lived and had not enough money for food for herself and her dog.

I didn't have a lot of money either, but I told her I would join her into the Aldi supermarket and she could do some shopping for 25 euro. That's enough money to buy food for a couple of days. You should've seen the look on her face! She couldn't stop asking "is this for real?" In the supermarket she asked if she could buy cigarettes as well, but I told her that I didn't want to pay for her cigarettes. I only wanted to buy her food, and she was okay with that. After I'd paid we hugged and she thanked me again and again. And she asked me if I would be offended if I would see that she would turn to other people to ask them for money to buy some cigarettes... Of course I told her I wouldn't be offended. I wished her luck and really hope that she's got her life back on track again.

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PM me a question and I will reply with an answer :-)

by besty in

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Bruja-del-Sol

PM sent.

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Are some dog breeds more responsive than others?

by compound complex in

woof!.

i care for numerous canines and wonder about your experiences with man's best friend.. some appear ready and able to do as asked and others, well, just sort of stare .

and stare.

Bruja-del-Sol

Every breed has it's specifics. We've had a Rhodesian ridgeback. He was lovely, but the first two years he was a real monster! Even ate the wood off the walls and started chewing on a new dresser. But with a firm hand and consistency we came a long way. After my divorce he stayed with my ex and had a good life there. He died when he was eleven years old, my ex, his wife, our kids and me were all there when the vet gave him his final injection. He died in his own home, surrounded by 'his humans'.

My first dog was a Cairn terrier. Quite a character, but what a prince charming he was! Still miss him to this day, he's gone for ten years now. I went to puppy class with him and he was a well behaved doggie, especially for a Cairn terrier (a breed known for being pigheaded and stubborn). He was very smart and bright.

With my new hubby we've had a boomer (yorkshire/maltese). That was such an awful dog! Really, I've never seen such a stupid animal in my life. Later we've learned that maltese dogs are known for being really stupid and very hard to learn anything. My opinion is that when you take a dog into your family, you have an obligation to take care of it. The animal depends on you. But with this dog it was horrible and causing a lot of stress and even arguments between my hubby and me. So after two years of hassle over the dog I gave in and we found an elderly couple who wanted to take 'the bitch' .

And now we've got two minpins (miniature pinschers). Both from the same parents, but from different litters (1,5 year difference). And they really are my sweeties. They're smart, they love to cuddle, they're just a bit nervous and bark frantically when someone rings the doorbell or walks by our gate... but I don't mind (my hubby does, but I don't care and I've told him that these two will stay with us as long as they live! He knows I'm not kidding. I'm not giving up another dog!). I'm considering to buy them a special 'anti bark'-collar, to train them to stay silent when people pass by our house. Or maybe I should buy one for my hubby, to keep him from 'barking' about those 'damned barking dogs' hahaha.

One rule I've always applied is: dogs eat after we've eaten. And when we eat there are no dogs allowed in our neighbourhood! We're the Alpha's, they're waaaaaaay below us in the hierarchy! (They're allowed to sit on our lap when we invite them to, they're not allowed in the bedroom nor the bathroom).

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My wife & I will be in the Brisbane Aust. area , the first 3 weeks in Aoril if anybodys interested .

by smiddy in

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Bruja-del-Sol

That's great Smiddy! I've been to Sydney once, and ever since I'm looking forward to the day I'll return to Oz. And for the 'friends'... haha, nice try, but don't let the low response get you down, you're very much appreciated on JWN.

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The Power of Music

by startingover13 in

i'm new to the forum, but i wanted to get an idea of what type of music you listen to.

if one thing has helped me over the past year to retain my sanity, it's music.

unfortunately, a lot of new music on the radio is trash.

Bruja-del-Sol

Here another Beatles fan for nearly 40 years now, just love their music. My favourite Beatle is Paul McCartney and I also have a lot of his music. Besides the Beatles I'm really a huge fan of James Taylor, and I love J.J. Cale, Captain & Tennille, the Carpenters, Lily Allen, Pink Floyd, but also Big band music from the 40's/50's, blues, rock 'n' roll, but I'm also hugely fond of country and bluegrass music like Ricky Skaggs, Dan Seals, Garth Brooks, Dixie Chicks, and Southern rock of the Outlaws (have seen them live once, just months before co-founder Hughie Thomasson died...), Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Charlie Daniels Band. And a lot more! Oh and I love Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds... we (hubby, my son and me) have seen the live performance three times the last couple of years. Really wonderful, still after all those years since it was written.

Actually, I'm a music lover hahaha. From Austrian 'Jodel'music, to Bon Jovi, from Mozart to Robbie Williams, from the Beatles to Armin van Buuren, from the Prodigy to German Schlagers. I just don't like french chansons very much and I'm not too fond of house and/or trance music (like the electronic music from the 90's, which my husband reaaaaaaaly loves).

It just depends on my mood what I will listen to.

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Hot Gossip!!!

by quellycatface in

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an elder's wife, (who has shunned me since i da'd) has had a complaint made against her in the store where she works.. guess what the complaint was about???.

she was too "flirty" with the male customers.. pick the bones outta that guys.....

Bruja-del-Sol

That's juicy indeed LOL

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ACTUALLY any form of pants are wrong wrong wrong!!

by hamsterbait in

tight pants - tempting the gays to chase you: you cannot resist their advances bad bad bad!!!!!!!!!!!!.

baggy pants - in a 1993 witchtower baggy pants were a sign you are a rapper : bad bad bad!!!!!!!!!!.

pants just right?

Bruja-del-Sol

Ah, back at the old statement again: being raped is your own fault. You'd better dress in long skirts and long sleeved blouses. Tell you something sauloftarsus, most women being raped are raped indoors by men they know very well! Better think before you start blabbing along.

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Getting bariatric surgery in March!

by marmot in

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after being on a waiting list for three and a half years i've finally reached the light at the end of the tunnel and am going under the knife for a gastric sleeve operation in march.

i can't tell you how pumped i am because i'll finally be able to re-take my life after being severely overweight for several years.

i gained a ton of weight after being put on meds for bipolar disorder and it made exercising a painful chore.

Bruja-del-Sol

Wishing you the best of luck and hope you'll reach your goals after the operation. I can imagine it's hard to be on chocolate shakes.... once I've tried the Cambridge diet, a lot of shakes as well... YUK!!! But you just hang in there, shakes and all, you know it'll be worth it.

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Observations about last nights meeting...

by DATA-DOG in

... btw it was soooo boooorrrinnng!!!

draw close to jehovah(tm)/bookstudy:.

excruciatingly boring.

Bruja-del-Sol

I feel pretty stupid, since I can't remember to have ever heard of 'Abbadon' before. I was a born-in and left at age 33, now 12 years ago... Who the h*ck was Abbadon before he was supposed to be Jesus???

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Reading exJW then JW facebook sites can make you go crazy!

by ILoveTTATT in

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it's absolutely amazing what exactly the same event can do to the jw community and the exjw community.. the difference is that the jw community does not think and has the expected response... we think and, of course, have the exact opposite response as the jw's.. take for example the march km with the "will this be the last?

here are some comments from a jw site:.

wow it comes like that in the km?

Bruja-del-Sol

It's like holding a carrot in front of a donkey, knowing it will never get to eat it... it just keeps him moving forward without questioning where he's going or how long it will take. Keep that carrot dangling! Gotta admit, the GB has lots of carrots and knows how to use them. The 'shonkeys' (sheep donkeys) just follow in pioneer pace...