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  Pennsylvania Camping....

  by AK - Jeff in

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  anyone have good recommendations?

  i am looking at keystone state park.

  three of four days in a tent with three very high energy grandchildren.. suggestions?.

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  HappyDad

  Jeff,

  Keystone park is only about an hour from me and it is pretty nice. Not too many side attraction except the drag strip nearby.

  I used to camp a lot at Shawnee State Park in Somerset county. The lake is beautiful and you can drive to Bedford in about 20 minutes. You could see the historic Bedford Springs Hotel and Resort if you go there.....

  http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/BedfordSprings.aspx

  Or you could see Old Bedford Village.....

  http://www.oldbedfordvillage.com/

  Whatever you decide, let me know and I'd be happy to take a drive and meet you guys. It would also provide the opportunity to meet Drew Sagan. We've talked about meeting up for a couple of years now, but it hasn't happened yet.

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  Dreaming of retiring in Florida?

  by restrangled in

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  reconsider!

  here is the low down on maintenance and costs.. first of all with a brand new air system by trane (2 years) our bill is still 400 a month for cooling a 1650 square foot house.

  electricity down here is very, very expensive.. mold and mildew during the summer months will take over a pool, deck, or the side of your house with in days.

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  My daughter has been in southwest Florida for 8 years now and would never think about coming back north to Pennsylvania. She absolutely loves it and is always after me to move there now that I'm retired. I've visited enough to know that I could never live there in the summer and be a prisoner of a dwelling just for the sake of air conditioning. Not to mention the traffic!

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  David resumes his walk this morning. Aubrey is recovering

  by coffee_black in

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  here is the story, written better than i could this morning.... http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/changetheworld/.

  coffee .

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  Fantastic!

  You surely are proud of him. I hope you are keeping a scrapbook of this.

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  *** You can call me Ray..but you dezzant has to call me Johnson---Remember this guy? ***

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  i liked his disco song the best.. .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoysfbq3vmc&feature=related.

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  Wow! Bringing back memories FHN,

  Was that about the mid to late 1970's?

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  Older posters check in...just post your name...we need to hear from you!

  by restrangled in

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  i am not the oldest but have 3 years here!

  restrangled.. how about you?.

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  HappyDad

  Been here since 2004. It sure is nice to see some of the old timers from my sign on and before, answering this topic. At least we know they still lurk monitor the forum to see what is going on in the borg. Almost everyone has contributed something positive for the rest of us.

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  What I'm Thinking Tonight

  by HappyDad in

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  my topic said "what i'm thinking tonight" but for some reason, it didn't show.

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  happydad.

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  HappyDad

  My topic said "What I'm Thinking Tonight" but for some reason, it didn't show.

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  Theocratic Lurker spies

  by vikesgirl101 in

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  i have read a few threads that speak of lurking spies for the jw that watch this website.

  is this true?

  i really don't have a problem with that, but to me it appears entirely sacreligious from what they preach.

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  I don't believe it!

  I actually agree with Reniaa.

  There most likely are active JW's perusing this site. Over the years, hundreds have registered and there are probably thousands who are not registered reading what they can.

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  A couple I know were accepted to Gilead

  by BonaFide in

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  2. friends

  128th class.

  starts this fall.

  so the celebratory and going-away gatherings have started.

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  we should serve and it was never meant to be less than a full personal commitment.

  So Renaia........what are you doing? Why aren't you doing anything close to your comment?

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  e-mail news media-expose Michael Jackson's Jehovah's Witness connection

  by koolaid-man in

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  the news media seems to be reluctant in bringing up the fact of michael jackson's involvement with jehovah's witnesses.

  the public deserves to know the adverse influence the witness belief system imposes on people.

  the watchtower organization seemed to instill much fear into michael jackson as you can read in the following e-mail being sent to news agencies.

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  Get over it already! He WAS a JW at one time in his life. Like him......everyone who can should just disconnect from their past and start enjoying life.

  Some can't because of family. I understand that! For those who can.....JUST get a life without thinking you have been chosen to expose everything about the JW's.

  You can't even make a nick in the JW infrastructure. There's more happiness in having a good life without everyday of YOUR life trying to expose what you think might be a tidbit of scandal or discretion.

  Get happy dude!

  HappyDad
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  Ambition in older age - watch out you thirty somethings

  by eyeslice in

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  a couple of topics recently have made me think.

  first, there was snowbird's "i think i am getting old" and the news that farrah fawcett has died at the relatively young age of 62.. also, the economic down turn has started older people wondering if retirement as we used to know it will be a thing of the past.

  i am 56 years old but somehow never see myself retiring in the traditional sense of the word.. i am beginning to think that we are beginning to the time when older people will become more and more ambitious.

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  People ask me if I'm enjoying my retirement. I tell them that I am on pension but not retired. There is always plenty to do and one of these days I just might take on another part time job.

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