Am I welcome too???........... (page 3)

reagan_oconnor

Larc: What part of "Ohiah" are you from?

--Reagan

waiting

hey talleyman,

we were driving by a Krispy Kreme, and he asked: "What's that?" ... and the "Fresh Donuts" neon sign JUST sparked on...

Ain't that the truth! We have a new&improved Krispy Kreme "restaurant" now with a huge "Fresh Donuts" sign. My husband is faithful to that sign and knows when to expect it. A lot of other people do too apparently.

My nephew's parents are real "healthy" people. The boy worked with my husband one day, and on the way home, my husband suggested stopping by Krispy Kreme for some hot donut holes. The kid knew they would have to drive 5 extra miles to "stop by" there and couldn't see why the bother. Unbelievably, he'd never had a warm Krisy Kreme!

They went anyway. My husband bought him a dozen, and the kid got real quiet. Finally he asked the kid what he thought about warm donuts - all he got was a drousy "mmmmmmmmm."

Another confirmed Krisy Kreme lover converted.

waiting

Hey Ginny

My husband's an old Harley rider. Been reformed to conform for a long time however. He still looks like an old Harley rider. Guess I'll keep my old coot, after 20 years - rather used to the honey (when we're talking.)

He used to drive a big rig also. He's an odd sort of fellow - guess that's why we get along.

Hey Had Enough

That's the freedom I enjoy now....to be able to think on my own and express those opinions

I'm a woman (guess you could tell from me talking about my husband?) and "the freedom to think on my own and express those opinions" was delicious from the moment I clicked into a forum with brothers. Equality.......what a novel idea!

And then further - men and women being able to question, debate, joke, read, discuss anything they wanted! And not be censured!
Will wonders ever cease! It is a freedom all of us had given away to the WTBTS - myself, for 30 years.

Ain't life grand?

waiting

GinnyTosken

Waiting,

Now that these guys know what a versatile woman you are--both a diesel darlin' and a motorcycle mama--they are sorely disappointed. They are drowning their woes in Krispy Kremes and coffee.

The Harley rider just looked up from his empty coffee cup with a faint glimmer of hope in his eyes--maybe you have some equally talented sisters? Shall I tell him about the red house over yonder?

Ginny de Bergerac

Had Enough

Hi Waiting!!

Freedom to express my opinions...I guess I can actually thank my husband for that...(present husband,that is...1st husband was a by-the-WT book elder who expected wives to do as they were told and never question a WT statement)

My husband never has been a JW, but from day-1, we've talked and debated, sometimes loudly, but at least my mind started to get some stimulation after so many years of "yes dear" or "what does the WT say?" when it was my turn to express a thought.

That stimulation started my questioning process and the rest is history....I'm here. Now with all that 'stimulation' and discovery that the "truth" ain't the truth, there's a vacuum that needs to be filled. Hence, my excessive amount of time spent here and on other sites searching out info.

BTW sure wish I knew what you guys are talking about...Krispy Kreme donuts? I thought we Canucks were famous for donut dunking...sounds like you guys got us beat.

Had Enough (but not of learning)

goo

thanks guys for the krispy kreme commercial - now back on subject:

hello and welcome jw72, i hope you don't mind being welcomed by an unwelcome one. how do i know i'm unwelcome? well if you search for a recent post called "to simon" you'll find a couple of posts there where logical and janh asked simon that i be deleted from the site. when that happens to you then you know you are unwelcome. now why logical wanted me deleted i dont know because logical seems like a fairly good guy to me even though i honestly haven't spoken to him that much. as for janh well i have to admit that me expressing ideas that were at odds with "his" idea - (singular), would give him the right to overrule Article 19. (Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
and have me deleted from this site.
i dont know for sure, you would have to ask essie but maybe it was posts like those, certain posters requesting that other posters be deleted because they held differing viewpoints and expressed them, that got her thinking that people were not welcome here.

well i hope you have a nice time here jw72 and i hope u dont mind this welcome from an unwelcome one - right now i'm just a dead man walking on this site.

goo.

waiting

hmmmmm, notice that the "subject" of this thread has changed?

Ginny

maybe you have some equally talented sisters?

Perhaps he'd like to meet my real sister, our poster, Patio? She's smarter and cuter than me - but not by much if I say so myself. She's also a tad older, but got less grey hair. She's not married, so that may explain the less grey hair. I think she could rough up a Harley guy quite nicely. She's raised 4 kids by herself - and they say "yes, ma'm" (sometimes.)

Nice to jaw with you, btw.

Had Enough

Isn't it a special freedom to not have to quote the WTBTS? Even if they were right, and they were on occasion, we can quote other people too - why, even give our own opinion!

I learned the hard way that in order to correct any brother who made a wrong statement in a meeting, a sister had to quote the WT, and not use her own words. Well, I did this for a long time, and was not looked kindly for it by the elders.

But the freedom to say, "No, I know the correct answer is this." instead of saying "The Watchtower article says in par. 2, line 3 "......". Who would have ever thought the word "I" could be uttered by a woman with equal authority with a man!

I'm gonna get slammed here in a minute if I keep this up - but it was a freedom for me. My husband, bless his heart, never had much use for this kind of bs, so it was only dealing with brothers that I ran up against the theocratic wall. He was always known as a "stiff neck" by the elders.

waiting

GinnyTosken

Waiting,

Mr. Harley is quite excited at the prospect of your sister Patio, especially that "rough up" part. He ran outside to polish the chrome on his machine. He hopes to take Patio for a ride later.

Who knows? Maybe soon in the coffee shop it will be a nice day for a white wedding.

Ginny

larc

HI ALL,

Reagan, I was raised in Akron where people speak proper English. I now live in Dayton where language is in transittion from dictionary pronounciation to something else.

Waiting, I have a sad Krispy Kream story to tell you. Our nearyby convenience store has 'em. One night, my wife and I went down there at eleven at night to buy some. Not more than five minutes later, the Krispy Kream guy came in to throw the three dozen day olds in the trash. I asked if I could have them. He said no. I then asked if I could buy them at half price. He said no. Waiting, I almost cryed seeing a natural resource like that being destroyed. I hope you can understand my moment of sorrow.

waiting

Dear sweet larc,

You and my husband are birds of a feather. That drives him nuts to see "good food go to waste." He'll keep his donuts in a paper bag for a week at a time, flip a little water on them and zap 'em in the microwave - and then claim "why, they're almost as good as fresh ones." Yeah, right.

hey Ginny

white wedding.

Man, there could be all kinds of tasteless jokes about the above, now couldn't there? Of course, my sister is quite proper (considering four kids) so I'll refrain from my usual crudeness.

Btw, I'm going to have to e-mail her to check out this thread since we're planning on marrying her off to a Harley guy. Considerate of me, don'tcha think?

waiting

larc

Hey Waiting,

I am not talking about doughnuts so old that you could use them as a hammer. I am talking about one day! The ones I bought 5 minutes before they were going to see the dumpster were wonderful. If they are a day or two old, a good nuke job in the microwave does make them taste fresh baked, believe me on this one.

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