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  Underated Joys

  by PaulJ in

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  what things are absolutely fantastic, but go unrecognised?

  rubbing your eyes.

  having a good scratch.

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  iggy_the_fish

  Cup of tea after a fry-up

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  Apostospeak

  by chris1525 in

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  i'm new here.. think i got 'dubs' and 'borg' right.

  (jw's and organisation (organization to my chums from the u.s. of a.).

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  Someone did a really good one the other day (sorry, can't remember who) - "getting a borg on". i.e. if you confront a dub about a difficult area and they retreat into dubspeak, they are "getting their borg on". Very funny.

  Debil-da-Satan is another one of my favourites. Elderette is another good one. Is that the sort of thing you were looking for, an aposto-glossary?

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  The verdict is in! Michael Jackson is . . . . . . . . NOT GUILTY!

  by nicolaou in

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  the full list of charges faced by michael jackson at his child abuse trial.

  count 1: conspiracy to commit child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion between 1 february and 31 march 2003. not guilty.

  count 2: lewd act upon a child between 20 february and 12 march 2003. not guilty.

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  iggy_the_fish

  Nice one Abaddon. I only followed the trial through news reports on the radio, but in this case it seemed reasonable to doubt. The jurors seemed reasonably sensible too.

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  I want a new avatar - can you suggest one for me please.

  by nicolaou in

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  i'm getting a bit bored of my avatar and i'm open to suggestions.

  please could you post any pics' you feel would suit or 'represent' me, i'll use the one i like best.. hmmmm, i guess the winner should get some sort of prize .

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  iggy_the_fish

  How about Buzz Lightyear? To infinity, and beyond!
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  I want a new avatar - can you suggest one for me please.

  by nicolaou in

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  i'm getting a bit bored of my avatar and i'm open to suggestions.

  please could you post any pics' you feel would suit or 'represent' me, i'll use the one i like best.. hmmmm, i guess the winner should get some sort of prize .

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  iggy_the_fish

  

  I do like Mr Potato head though.
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  I want a new avatar - can you suggest one for me please.

  by nicolaou in

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  i'm getting a bit bored of my avatar and i'm open to suggestions.

  please could you post any pics' you feel would suit or 'represent' me, i'll use the one i like best.. hmmmm, i guess the winner should get some sort of prize .

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  iggy_the_fish

  There's not much logic behind my suggestions I know, Nic.

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  I want a new avatar - can you suggest one for me please.

  by nicolaou in

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  i'm getting a bit bored of my avatar and i'm open to suggestions.

  please could you post any pics' you feel would suit or 'represent' me, i'll use the one i like best.. hmmmm, i guess the winner should get some sort of prize .

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  What was your breaking point?

  by soundbox_guy in

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  okay, i'm new as you all probably know, so my question may have been discussed several times in the past.

  i'm just curious as to when some of you came to the conclusion that enough was enough and that you didn't want to attend the meetings anymore or not be a jw.

  was it in field service, at home, at the hall?

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  I'm thinking you've been away a while, funes

  Have a look at http://quotes.watchtower.ca/generation.htm about halfway down the page for the famous "new light" Watchtower article. To cut a long story short, in 1995 the meaning of the word "generation" changed to accomodate the fact that 80 years had passed from 1914, and whaddayaknow, still no new system. This generation now just stretches on and on and on and on until said new system arrives. Is that what you wanted to know?

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  My Mother

  by funes in

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  i was disfellowshipped when i was 16, it really isn't clear because i stopped going to meetings, left home, etc.

  i was 28 before i truly stopped believing and have grown to love every day of life i've had the privilege to live.

  my mother was a missionary, my brother lives at one of the farms, one of my sisters is a special pioneer overseas and my other sister is a special pioneer in the states.. .

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  iggy_the_fish

  I'm sorry to hear of your situation. Seems to me the truth of the situation is that your siblings are behaving like grade A $h*ts, but you can't choose your family right?

  Your mother sounds like mine in some ways, when you said

  she has truly been simply loving, when she visits, calls us - she is simply a grandmother with her grandson - no witnessing, no interference, nothing

  except that in my case, I was never baptised, so she is spared the pressure and blackmail. I hate to think of the mental anguish she would have gone through, if she had been under pressure not to see me or my son, if I had been baptised and then left. She loves her grandchild (and me too, I think!) dearly and it would break her heart not to see us.

  My only practical suggestion is that she engages in a bit of subterfuge. Maybe it would be possible that she continues to call you and visit you, but that she says nothing about it to your siblings. If she were asked, maybe she could say nothing, or make it clear to them that what she did in her own time was none of their business. If you could convince her that an unfair rule was being imposed on her, maybe she could break it without messing with her mind too much. After all, you're no threat to her "spirituality", if you see what I mean, right? Maybe she could consider spending time with her grandchild "necessary family business". Then she could see you all with a clean conscience, and also tell the rest of the family/congregation to butt out, or not tell them anything at all.

  Good luck with however you decide to work it,

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  UK & IRELAND MAP

  by ballistic in

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  i had an idea that i could build a uk map of everyones location which would show you instantly who is in your area from jwd.. (it might be an idea to do a seperate us one aswell but i'll wait and see if this one takes off first, or if anyone from the us wants to volunteer to do that one).

  (and australia but you are all in the same backyard anyway - literally!!!).

  anyway, all you have to do is post or email me your username and town and i will draw you on the map above which will change gradually to include everyone!.

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  iggy_the_fish

  Ballistic my good man,

  I'm a dweller of Buckinghamshire, so if you could do the honours I'd be most damnably grateful.

  Toodlepip,

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