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  Open letter to all JW's

  by kelsey007 in

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  i was once part of you.

  my love for you is still great.

  regardless of where you are in your life my thoughts are with you.

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  Kelsey: Are you Familiar with Enterprise??

  If so, E-me.
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  Lott resigns...

  by kelsey007 in

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  my question is "why are'nt the democrats jumping on bush's hipocracy as well?

  they certainly need all the fuel they can get before 2004. it was bush that stood before an open mike and by name called someone a "major league asshole.

  " the demos need to be applying pressure at every leval if they hope to gain in 04. are they scared to speak out?

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  It mattered not to me whether Lott stayed or went. Every one of us had said something we regret. Politicians are,granted, under more scrutiny. He apologized.

  What does bother me, is that again a small group[sensitivity police] has manipulated a situation to their desired outcome.

  Majority "rule" in this country is fiction.
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  Note to SilentLambs

  by Amazing in

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  hi bill: .

  with great interest i read your letter posted by lin.

  i agree wholeheartedly with you that you should and need to own your site and all material.

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  Amazing: if you didn't read the entire thread before making the original post in this thread....Isn't that kinda like firing a gun and not knowing what your target is??? Your last post seemed to ME to go in a circle. I still don't understand why you made the original post on this tread. Maybe I am not intelligent enough to discern your motives or meaning, sorry.
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  should jws use oak /yew wood?

  by badboy in

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  i understand both were regarded as being sacred in druid(indeed some believe the word druid comes from a word meaning oak.. i n view of the pagan connection,should a jw use them

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  Neo; is the oak on yew????
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  Letter From Bill Bowen

  by Lin in

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  this message was originally sent out by bill bowen on the silentlambs mailing list: .

  i wish to explain some of the events of the last couple of months and let everyone know where silentlambs.org is going from here.

  in october of this year i was approached by a webmaster, rev, who offered to provide server space for silentlambs and set up a new website.

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  I too, wondered about the original post. I don't think IW should be faulted for her questions.
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  should jws use oak /yew wood?

  by badboy in

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  i understand both were regarded as being sacred in druid(indeed some believe the word druid comes from a word meaning oak.. i n view of the pagan connection,should a jw use them

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  Wood yew clarify that?
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  Birthday lament

  by mike047 in

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  first, let me say; i am not looking for congrat's, hugs, empathy or sympathy.

  this just my thoughts on my life.

  today, i am 55 years old.

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  MANY THANKS for all the responses. I am without a doubt OK. My birthday was a point of reflection for me. It was as if I was taking an "open book test" and then having to grade my own paper. I just didn't like the "grade" I had to give myself.

  Maybe I need to "study" more.

  edited to work on my smilie

  Edited by - mike047 on 13 December 2002 6:54:25
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  Birthday lament

  by mike047 in

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  first, let me say; i am not looking for congrat's, hugs, empathy or sympathy.

  this just my thoughts on my life.

  today, i am 55 years old.

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  pettygrudger; I don't have the drive or interest to return to school[at any level]. There are thing that occasionally interest me and I take the time to learn more about them.

  I have figured out how to live the rest of my life, I accept what is laid before me and live with it. Adversity is my companion and does not even make me blink my eyes any longer. I just accept that it will be tough and go...every now and then, there is a smooth spot....but, I always know the bottom will fall out next....
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  Birthday lament

  by mike047 in

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  first, let me say; i am not looking for congrat's, hugs, empathy or sympathy.

  this just my thoughts on my life.

  today, i am 55 years old.

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  SHAKITA; Drugs and alcohol is a huge daily struggle for a recovering abuser, and yes it is an accomplishment, of sorts. Not becoming an abuser of such things would be a far greater accomplishment.

  I did buy myself a birthday present......A new Electronic bath scale....I'am loosing weight and my old scale was inaccurate.
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  Birthday lament

  by mike047 in

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  first, let me say; i am not looking for congrat's, hugs, empathy or sympathy.

  this just my thoughts on my life.

  today, i am 55 years old.

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  First, let me say; I am not looking for congrat's, hugs, empathy or sympathy. This just my thoughts on my life.

  Today, I am 55 YEARS old. That in it's self, for me seems to be quite an accomplishment. As I have reflected on past deeds and accomplishments[or lack there of], I can only remember the bad events. The ones that I either wronged someone or made a bad decision[affecting myself or others or both]. I never reflect on a positive event, surely there must have been some.....They just never come up.

  When I analyze my contributions to this world, I find myself lacking. Any memory of my existance[ecept for my immediate family] will vanish upon my demise. I have not "saved" the world with a miracle cure or brokered world peace. I have not contributed to advance knowledge by research. I have not even improved my own knowledge[ I have had ample opportunities] to facilitate my doing any of the afore mentioned things.

  When I left home in 1964 to join the Navy, as I was leaving Montgomery to go to "boot" camp, A Marine Sgt. boarded the bus to try and recruit/hijack recruits for the USMC. I volunteered. Iwas rejected because I was a minority[under 18, parents had to sign for me] enlistee. I have often wondered if, had things been different at that instant, if my life would have had any significant value. I might have been a "HERO"[ which I consider all battle dead] or have changed an event that would have been significant. But, alsa, NO..

  My lfe has been a series of mundane insignificant personal struggles. The only "bright" spot being my beating[at least for the moment] Drugs and Alcohol.

  From MY viewpoint, had my life not continued beyond 15 years old, it would have made no difference. I have wasted the last 40 years in futile struggle. I have used up Air that many good people could have put to better use.

  BUT, EVERY day I wake up, put the FALSE smile on my face and go and take "My Fair Share of Abuse".

  I wonder, How many more wonderful "Golden" year do I have in me???