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Tough time for butterflys (photo)

by Black Sheep in

it is a tough time for the monarchs at the moment.

they have hatched too late to migrate and the weather is crap.. .

i brought this one inside to recover while a storm front passes.

BRAG with PHOTOS -->>> your neck of the woods

by Rabbit in

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everybody knows how much texans like their lone star state...someone started trashing our state here recently.

there is good and bad, ugliness and beauty everywhere.... so-o-o...everybody ... i'd like to see some pics of the natural beauty, where you live ?

or places you'd like to live, too.. i took these yesterday.... .

BRAG with PHOTOS -->>> your neck of the woods

by Rabbit in

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everybody knows how much texans like their lone star state...someone started trashing our state here recently.

there is good and bad, ugliness and beauty everywhere.... so-o-o...everybody ... i'd like to see some pics of the natural beauty, where you live ?

or places you'd like to live, too.. i took these yesterday.... .

Rabbit

Beautiful pics everybody...

Gretchen, those are fantastic -- I want to go there someday, I'll have to write for advice !

Shutterbug, that first yellow one -- I don't think is a Buttercup...at least not the ones we've seen. The other name for that is Evening Primrose, it's pink. I have been trying to figure out what the yellow one is, it seems like I remember 'Elkhorn' ? I lost that book we talked about !

That Firewheel with the dew on it is beautiful, I did not know about the Flax and the Silver Nightshade, does it have little wild plum sized yellow fruit? I know it is very poisonous, all members of the nightshades are , except tomatoes.

Keep 'em coming -- the earth is beautiful !

Hey Little Toe...I wanna see Scotland !

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To all those who attended the Dallas Apostafest

by Junction-Guy in

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hey gang, i would just like to say that the 3 of us had the time of our life down there and we enjoyed meeting everyone.

never have i felt so touched by something as i did this apostafest.

it was so hard for us to leave texas on sunday morning.

Rabbit

There were so many great stories and memories from the 'fest...the one below meant a lot to me and I wish everyone on this board gets to experience what we did this last weekend. It really helped to cement my feelings against the WT, which were already very strong.

I'll tell you one story that epitomizes the Festival for me: There was this black guy who was staying at the Bradford with his family, his sister had just given birth. He was in a room that had a similar # to one that had a party going on...so several of our true brothers & sisters showed up to par-tee ! They asked "if this was the JWD party room ?" "Nope, but there is a good one going on down the hall." So they went to 424 -- LyinEyes & Wild Turkey's room, I joined them later. By that time, they had been run out of 2 other rooms, because of complaints of smoke and noise by hotel guests, lol. I got there around mid-night and stayed til 4am, whew ! Anyway...this guy knocks on the door and everyone gets quiet...thinking it's the hotel mgt. (they show up later) it's the young man. People ask him if we are being too loud or anything ... "Nope, I heard the party & just thought I'd come by..." I remember telling Dede (LyinEyes) how neat that was...him hearing a party and unashamedly coming in to have some fun. We were laughing cause it was so "Un-JW like...!" everyone welcomed him in (about 25), he was very neat and clean-cut, so somebody asks him "if he was one of "Flowers" relatives?" "No, don't know a Flower." Then, being a little paranoid, Someone asks him..."You're not a Jehovah's Witness, are ya'?" "No ma'am, I'm a Catholic..." He asks for a drink...somebody else says, "Are you 21?" "OK, we have some wine..." He was officially 'in' with us heathens. He looks at all of us there and asks "what are y'all here for ?" We all start laughing and looking at each other..."Well, Dede says..."we're all X-Jehovah's Witnesses." That confused him -- big time... "What...?" Dede says, ya' know those people who knock on your door and bother you about the bible...well...we used to BE those same people. "So y'all are having a party...cause y'all used to be Witnesses...?" "Uh-huh ! " "Do y'all know each other?" "Well...some of us do, but for most of us, this is the our first time." "Well, how did y'all know to come here?" "We met on the Internet." Someone: "We are from all over...England, California, Minnesota, Louisiana, Texas and even Canada and one guy came from Scotland !" He would have gotten a kick out of Little Toe's ~~'skirt',er~~ kilt. lol "Y'all met on the Internet and came all this way...cause y'all are not Witnesses anymore...why would y'all do that ?" Well, that brought a howl from everyone...someone says, "Damn, that's a real long story !" Then he proceeded to get kinda educated about the whole affair. We had an 'Interested' person (pun very much intended) on our hands! It was a defining moment for me, he had never heard of a thing like he was seeing -- a gathering of happy, exuberent, excited people, who used to belong to a religion. Used to belong ! There is of course, as we all know, no way to really explain ourselves to this young man. He was of course advised what to do the next time a JW's shadow darkens his doorway, lol ! There was a lot more to it of course, but it left me with a sense of 'belonging' to a group of people who are very, very diverse...in race, beliefs, religion and philosophy. Yet -- there we all were...wishing this did not have to end. Anyway, to the best of my bad memory that was it...Dede, Joannadandy, notyetperfect (she needs to loosen up and take a drink once in a while, lol) and a couple of others, please add to this story if ya' want. We had a great time...hope to meet everybody someday !

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Tough time for butterflys (photo)

by Black Sheep in

it is a tough time for the monarchs at the moment.

they have hatched too late to migrate and the weather is crap.. .

i brought this one inside to recover while a storm front passes.

Rabbit

Great Close-up picture !

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Shutterbugs' Dallas Pics

by Shutterbug in

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guess i'm one of those old fashioned folks that uses a camera that requires film.. the aposta-chili-fest banner was a big hit among the faithful.

it was received with thunderous cheering.

flower and i had exchanged pm's and chatted on chat but we had never met.

Rabbit

Great pics - I wish I did not have to hide my face like some others here...we're really not ugly. lol I hate this religion, but, love you guys !

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Marijuana for epilepsy

by avishai in

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as an offshoot of odrades thread:.

anybody know anything about marijuana for epilepsy?

Rabbit

Well...I like THAT news...

It must be true...at the Dallas ApostaChiliFest I did not have even one single partial complex seizure, the whole weekend !

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She

by Big Tex in

she came into my life and brought the sun to chase away my darkness.

she held me when i was sad.

and kissed away the tears.

Rabbit

Happy Anniversary

It was great meeting y'all in Dallas !

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To all those who attended the Dallas Apostafest

by Junction-Guy in

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hey gang, i would just like to say that the 3 of us had the time of our life down there and we enjoyed meeting everyone.

never have i felt so touched by something as i did this apostafest.

it was so hard for us to leave texas on sunday morning.

Rabbit

Dave...we enjoyed meeting you and all the rest, too. I feel the same, it was an extraordinary event for me, I had never even met an X-JW, all of the sudden...there were 60 of these fine people. Thanks to all for great memories !

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DNA researchers find that "Chihuahuas Aren't Really Dogs".

by SixofNine in

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http://www.watleyreview.com/2004/052504-3.html

dna study finds chihuahuas aren't dogs

as part of an ambitious effort to identify genes that cause disease in dogs and humans, scientists at the fred hutchinson cancer research center in seattle analyzed dna collected from 414 dogs representing 85 breeds, including some of the most popular.

Rabbit

Bet they taste like chicken...