Posts by Odrade

Wow Pam, you should be SUEING the school district for the arrest charge and you losing your job, not just fighting for another placement. I hope it works out.

Odrade

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"I can't find my car..."

by teejay in

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one of my closest friends in all the world is someone i'll call m. m is in her mid-thirties and was raised a jw from infancy but is one no longer.

her parents are still very jw... her dad is a very high profile, respected elder in a large american city.

they are both cool people... i've sat and had long talks with both of them about subjects having nothing to do with 'the truth.

Odrade

TJ, thanks for bringing this up to the top. Gives me hope.

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It's a baby shower!

by Princess in

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most of you know who dim is.

he lives here in the seattle area after moving from philly to escape the borg.

an admirable move.

I'm sick of being mistaken for a prostitute!

by Aztec in

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this has happened far too many times now for it to just be happenstance.

over the last year or so i've had at least 10 guys try to "pick me up" while i am out walking.

if it only happened at night it would be one thing but, it's happened early in the morning as well.

Valis, Jogging clothes won't do it. In fact, she'd be more likely to get pick-up offers if she wears them. Most people have this picture in their minds of the "average" prostitute. Heels, red lipstick, provocative clothing, big hair... While that is probably the case in places like Vegas, and redlight districts in major cities, the majority of working girls (and boys) on the street wear comfortable clothing--joggers, jeans and t-shirt.

One neighborhood I lived in was a block off of one of the major hot-spots for pick-ups. Most of the hookers wore jeans and sweatshirt/tshirt, and carried no purse. They would walk near the bus routes. They looked like any student, except for no backpack, and they would watch over their shoulder for cars to slow down.

The tips I gave Azzy were given to me by a friend who worked vice with the Portland Police. When I started using them, it cut my pickup offers from about one a week to about one every six months.

Glad I could help Az.

Odrade

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JW Teacher Tapes Students to Chairs

by blondie in

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i hope this is not a duplicate:.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6987929.htm.

posted on sat, oct. 11, 2003coral gables.

Odrade

Good point Cathy. I really believe the ONLY reason my parents used to beat on us as kids, was because the WTS trained them to think it was the right thing to do. I never had a single spanking even with a hand until BOTH my parents converted. Then it was anything goes. Belts, sticks, kitchen utensils, books. At least they still retained enough commonsense to not go to beating anything except legs and bottoms.

What really makes me sick is when I would see a child about 6 months getting restless in his carseat. So the parent would pick him up and go the bathroom and beat the daylights out of his little tiny butt. People would be all nodding in agreement, and comment on what a good parent they were for training their child from such a young age like Timothy.

Bleh.

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If you can answer this, you're Einstein!

by Jennie in

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here are some mind boggling questions.

and if you want you can make your own questions.. .

did the people in the bible go to the bathroom?

Odrade

oops.

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If you can answer this, you're Einstein!

by Jennie in

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here are some mind boggling questions.

and if you want you can make your own questions.. .

did the people in the bible go to the bathroom?

Odrade

Trying again,

Jennie, this is a Fury:

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JW Teacher Tapes Students to Chairs

by blondie in

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i hope this is not a duplicate:.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6987929.htm.

posted on sat, oct. 11, 2003coral gables.

Odrade

I thought it was funny that she was a "devout" JW who "never imposed her beliefs on anyone." WTH??? What devout dub doesn't try to proselytize everyone in sight?

As to the kids not making reliable witnesses... this is B.S. She's a first grade teacher, these kids are six years old. Most six y.o. have a pretty good sense of "fair" and a pretty good recall for what happened in school--especially if they think it's not "fair." If there were more to the story, ie. kids taping each other, or some kind of game, it would have been ferreted out by now.

And taping kids to a chair or a wall IS child abuse. I know, preaching to the choir here... but think about for a minute, being bound against your will, so you can't move, by someone much larger than yourself, and you must wait until they decide to let you out. Sound fun? I think it sounds rather traumatic. I wonder how many of those kids will turn out to be claustrophobic because of this incident?

Ugh. Good for the Judge.

Odrade

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I'm sick of being mistaken for a prostitute!

by Aztec in

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friends

this has happened far too many times now for it to just be happenstance.

over the last year or so i've had at least 10 guys try to "pick me up" while i am out walking.

if it only happened at night it would be one thing but, it's happened early in the morning as well.

Odrade

Yup, used to happen all the time to me. If you are walking on main streets,(but not too main), around 8-10 pm, also early morning.

Jeans and pony tail or sweats and pony tail are the usual attire for prostitutes, unless they are working a serious red-light district. Check with the local police if the route you walk is a known pick-up area.

Walk faster, and don't look behind you (over your shoulder) very much. This is a signal. If you carry a small purse, or no purse, get a backpack. Your pick-up offers should back off a little.

HTH,

Odrade