Frannie Banannie

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  WARNING! NEW VIRUS

  by Nathan Natas in

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  2. friends

  virus advisory - w32/sobig.f@mm.

  a new variant of w32/sobig, w32/sobig.f@mm is a high risk .

  mass-mailing worm.

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  Frannie Banannie

  Thanks for the "headsup" Nathan...

  Frannie B
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  Coming out of the closet/Blowing my cover/My story and I'm sticking to it!

  by HadEnuf in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  dear friends:.

  what a pleasure it has been to browse this website over the past couple of years...first as a lurker and then as a member.

  i now intend to "come out of the closet"...blow my cover and tell you my story (and i'm sticking to it!).

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  Frannie Banannie

  Yup, HadEnuf....the borganization is busy every day, huggin' 'em in tha front door an' slappin' 'em out tha back door....that's their M.O......in my book, they're snake oil salesmen.....an' I've had a lot of fun "beltin'" 'em...

  Frannie B
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  If You Ruled Your Own Country......

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  what would life be like for everyone who lives there?.

  frannie b

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  Frannie Banannie

  oooooooooooo...Chocolate! YUMMY!!!

  Frannie B
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  Coming out too!!! Hello my name is

  by puppylove in

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  donna huete - and i'm an ex-jehovah's witness.. .

  woooo-hooooo

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  Frannie Banannie

  Welcome, Pup....I'm a newbie too, cher!

  Frannie B
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  Were you given the tools to survive?

  by Swan in

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  2. medical

  i feel like i was never given the tools to survive.

  i feel short-changed and ill-equipped to handle life.

  in many ways i still feel like a child.

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  Frannie Banannie

  Swan, I've considered this from more than a few angles....I wasn't given the tools to survive in TODAY's world.....and like many others, I've had to learn/make my own....but I believe the reason is the same reason that neither have any of us with grown kids probably given them what they really need to survive in tomorrow's world.....our parents (or those who raised us) weren't equipped with the info/tools needed to survive in today's world, just as we aren't equipped to advise anyone else on how to survive in tomorrow's world....I think there's a reason for this....there's no better teacher than experience.....it's from experience that we gain wisdom.....we only gain knowledge from what is taught.....just like little fledglings pushed from the nest, we fly or fall, think or thwim.....life really is what we make of it....

  Frannie B
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  Do you miss the Kingdom Melodies?

  by Candlestick02 in

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  2. friends

  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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  Frannie Banannie

  No way.

  Frannie B
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  Stupidest thing a JW ever told you

  by Nosferatu in

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  what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

  we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

  for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.

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  Frannie Banannie

  One time, Brother Anal Retentive of the Heinous A** Congregation told me to be careful about having association with a young sister who was grieving over the very recent loss of her hubby in an accident, as she was too emotional and yadda, yadda, yadda.....

  Frannie B
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  What is your favorite Kingdom Melody?

  by Joker10 in

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  do you have any favorites?

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  Frannie Banannie

  I never will forget the first time I walked into a Kingdom Hall and heard the melodies playing......I was a Stripper in Dallas.....the KH music sounded distinctly like soap opera tunes....weird shtuff.....as for Kingdon melodies favs?.....personally, I liked the ones in Sister Act and Sister Act II.....

  Frannie B
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  return of the prodical son (daughter)

  by thebeliever in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i left the jw's when i was 19. it was not easy.

  my father was an elder, i had an older brother who didn't seem that "spiritual" who was just very frightened by my father.

  my father and i were especially close and no one expected me to leave.

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  Frannie Banannie

  Welcome to the forum, Jill (of the Proud-I-girl Son Class) Your story is poignant and profoundly inspiring....I'm so glad you shared with us.....Nice to meetcha!

  Frannie B (of the Gellin' tha Gnu-Whirled Translation Class)
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  People of misery

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in my life i have noticed that there are some people who's lives seem to be filled with nothing but misery.

  constantly loosing low skill low pay jobs, one after another

  frequent run-ins with the law

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  Frannie Banannie

  EW, I've gone thru shlumpy periods in my life when it seemed there was nothing but misery on the horizon for me and mine......finances goin' in tha toilet...car breaking down or getting repo'd.....losing a job.....ill health from all the stress of having to raise a single-parent family during even the bad times......these periods lasted for a few years...and I attribute my inability to cope successfully with overwhelming crises, one after the other....to lack of training in living-life-skills and social-skills....but now my past experiences should bail me out, should some misfortunate circumstances arrive once again to overwhelm me.... :>

  Frannie B