Sorry to hear it Jim. Make sure and get to the massage therapist, your PIP will cover it, and it will help your recovery. If you're still in the area, I can recommend someone on your end of the valley, PM me.
Posts by Odrade
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48I Was in a Bad Collision
by Amazing inlast night, i was struck nearly head-on by a person attempting a left turn as i passed through the intersection.
i was injured, as well as the other driver.
the police told me that he broke his arm, and was in shock.
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I HAVE TO VENT, A GB MEMBER FLYING TO GET SPECIAL MED TREATMENT
by restrangled ini am so angry right now.
my father worked his butt off for years at his job and for the wbts.. in the 60's he was a painter and use to bathe in benzine to clean him self off.
this was before anyone new this was a cancer causing chemical.. he worked for years at assemblys, and as an elder etc.. he realized the foolishness of 1975 and started saving big time leaving my mother a nice savings account plus a huge retirement fund.. he developed kidney cancer at age 60 due to the benzine and survived.
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Odrade
Hire a lawyer and contest the will on grounds of mental instability. $200K? Unbelievable. Sounds like something my mother would do.
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My mother watched this happen from the first plane coming in. Her desk faced out the window looking out directly over lower Manhattan. She stood up to watch the plane because she thought there might be a movie filming to have a plane fly in so low and so close. She saw the whole thing from that window in the Watchtower's Factory building.
She called me hysterical and said "there are people jumping out of the windows!"
We were almost inactive when the WTC was attacked. We became active again, but it was shortlived. Everything was so shaken up in our lives that the petty squabbles, prejudices and archaic fundamentalist attitudes became increasingly intolerable. It seemed we were no better than the jihadists who wanted to wipe all but themselves from the face of the planet. They just called their god Allah, while we said Jehovah.
I think about my mother's fanaticism, and how she is so eagerly awaiting Armageddon, then I think about her pain and terror for the people falling out of windows while their offices burned behind them. I wonder how this woman who vomited from empathy, for the worldly people working in the World Trade Center, thinks that she will be okay with the death, dismemberment and burning of 6 billion people at the hand of her God.
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Wikipedia being abused by Jehovahs Witnesses
by Simon ini had a look at the wikipedia entry for jehovahs witnesses yesterday and noticed that it wasn't as comprehensive as it once was.. most links to non-pro-jw sites have gone as is anything truly critical or exposing of their beliefs and practices.. last night i added a link to this site to the "other sources" section.
this morning it is gone.. i wonder whether this is some private zealot who has decided to do it or an organised campaign?.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses.
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Odrade
Or stealing the books so others can't use them... oh wait! JWs DO that already!
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Crazy English Pub Names - Buy The Winner A Pint!!!
by lowden init made me laugh when i saw the name of one of the prospective apostacurry pubs, the swan and graveyard was it ?.
so i got to thinking about making up some crazy pub names.
you buy your own personal 'winner' a pint at the 'postacurry'.....or if yer not going send 'em a 'cyber pint'.. the frog and bike spoke.
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Not made up, not a pub, but there's a shop in Lincoln City, Oregon called The Red Cock
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Hangman's Noose
by Outaservice inyou men, now that you're out of the witnesses do you still find yourself wearing neckties?
are you keeping them?
how about suits, do you ever wear them anywhere?.
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Odrade
Mostly denim pants/capris and black t-shirts. Short sleeves in summer, long in winter. I occasionally trade out with yoga pants, and have been known to wear other non-denim jeans on occasion. I last wore a dress for a wedding, but it was probably not very KH appropriate. Other than VERY special occasions, I avoid things that would require wearing dresses or even dress pants and dress shoes. A nice shirt I can handle. It seems to be the biggest visceral reaction I have developed after leaving the Dubs, I HATE jwish dress clothes, actually get a knot in my stomach if I have to put on pantyhose.
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Portland OR?
by Fe2O3Girl inthere was an article in the travel section of the guardian yesterday on portland oregon.
it sounds idyllic.
any jwd posters from there?
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I love Portland. Please don't move here.
Just kidding.
Sorta.
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Up until the 70s there were signs on the highways, real signs that said things like "Enjoy your visit, please don't stay." Bumper stickers said "Don't Californicate Oregon" and even Gov. Tom McCall said once in a speech, "Visit but for heaven's sake don't stay." Mostly it's just a joke, except to some old-timers and natives. Yeah, traffic is getting dense in certain areas, but it's still tolerable, and on most clear days you get nice views of mountains 100 miles away. -
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Season Finale
by Swan ini start my vacation tomorrow, and afterward i will be taking a break from this board.
logging on here day after day in hopes of meeting up with a family member is taking its toll on me.
so after 4 years, i need a break from it.
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Odrade
Enjoy your hiatus Tammy. I know exactly what you mean about checking in everyday looking for certain people who might find their way here... :(
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Can you completely change beliefs almost overnight?
by JH in.
i was talking with a person who was a jw for over 20 years, served in the org, and then quits after finding out it wasn't the truth, becomes athiest almost overnight after reading many books.. gee, thats a quick change....
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Yep, how about in one morning? Friday, July 4th, 2003, we were on our way to the District Convention. I was still a true believer, but very frustrated with PEOPLE, not necessarily doctrine. I started reading Crisis of Conscience when we hit the freeway west of Portland. By the time we reached Seattle, I knew it was all lies and I wouldn't be going back. Two days later we made a token showing at the Sunday program of the D.C. (we were there for about an hour of program, and an hour of lunch break.) We haven't been back since.
So yeah, I think your beliefs can completely change overnight, though as Dave (AA) said, it really is more about dropping beliefs that you have discovered are not true. I don't think a person can change ALL of their beliefs overnight, (or overnight-ish,) since it takes a bit of effort and self-evaluation to sort through them. -
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This happened locally, if your a parent ... learn from it
by free2beme inthis is a small town area.
i actually used to live about three houses down from these people.
when i read of something like this, it makes me all the more careful as a parent and never assume anything when it comes to your young children.
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Odrade
I know someone who this happened in their family. Kid ran behind the dad, and he ran over the boy and killed him. It scares me. I almost hit a kid in our neighborhood who ran behind my car as I was backing out of my driveway. He was about 2 years old, and he ran out from behind a bush and slapped the back of my car then ran away. I caught movement in the corner of my eye and hit the brakes because I thought it was a critter. Good thing I did, or I would have run him over.
His parents were inside, not paying any attention to him as usual.