Posts by gwyneth

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Email responses from "Ed"

by LennyinBluemont in

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some time back we shared some replies we had received from jw friends to our "farewell" letter.. (see http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/121203/1.ashx ).

one among them, "ed" seems to want to continue the dialogue.

however, i fear the dialogue is not really legitimate.

gwyneth

As usual, a pleasure to read your responses!

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Do Your Medical Records Still Say That You Are A Jehovah's Witness?

by BluesBrother in

i raise the question because mine did - until thursday that is.

a routine follow up review appointment was my opportunity to place a 'living will" in my records .

the doctor said "you are a jehovahs witness aren't you" .

gwyneth

Last year I went to the hospital for some outpatient surgery. I had been to this hospital before for the birth of my daughter.

They printed out my admission forms, and asked me to make sure everything was correct.

I had them change two things: I had them take "Jehovah's Witness" off the "Religious Affiliation" line, and I had them take my EX-husband of 12 years name off of the "Contact in Case of Emergency" line!

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When a Loved One Leaves the Watchtower Society - Parody

by Scully in

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when a loved one leaves the watchtower society .

(a rational re-write of the september 1, 2006 watchtower article "when a loved one leaves jehovah", by scully).

(scans of the original article can be found here: re: wt desparate: aug 15 wt- in our next issue: when a loved one leaves jehovah) .

gwyneth

Loved it! Thank you!

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Just got back from Walt Disney World...

by rwagoner in

we just got back from our first trip ever to walt disney world.. wife, son 8yo, daughter 2yo and i took the amtrak train from boston to orlando and spent 6 days at disney.. wonderful time of year to go...warm temps, very light crowds, epcot food & wine festival and we attended a special halloween party at night at the park and the kids trick or treated at disney !!.

here is a link to our pictures - you have to register to view them but its free.. http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/albumid=140023088/a=77324514/t_=77324514.

anyone else make the trip to see the mouse ?

gwyneth

What great pictures! I was impressed that your little girl was not scared to interact with the characters, and hugged and had her picture taken with so many. Mine would hide behind my leg!

Since I live here and my (ex) husband works for the Mouse, I have been there PLENTY of times. (Tickets were part of my divorce agreement!) The schools use the theme parks for educational field trips, so the children are always going to Sea World or Epcot. I love Epcot. Once I got into Epcot just to hear Rosemary Clooney sing. I was only there two hours, but it was worth "wasting" a ticket to see her.

I've gone and had good times, and bad. It depends on health and weather and time of year (crowds). One year, I had an abcessed wisdom tooth. Not good. One year, we stayed until the park closed and most of the people were gone, so we rode Thunder Mountain six times in a row. That was good. It was also fun when (I was married) to use his pass, which gets in 6 people at a time. If there were just two of us, we would find four more people who were in line buying tickets to come in with us for free. My sister and I would sit on the benches like queens and scout out who we though was "worthy." We tried to pick people who didn't look like they were rich. (I don't have access to THAT pass anymore, unfortunately!)

I've also done annual passes at Sea World and Universal Studios, when they run a special where you buy a ticket, and it's good for unlimited park access for the rest of the year. Disney doesn't do that. My daughter has an annual pass from Busch Gardens right now, same deal.

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What do you call a...? (corn warning!)

by AuldSoul in

on ian's thread, chiddy inspired me to start this up.. what do you call a man with no arms and no legs at the city dump?

phil.. what do you call a woman with no arms and one leg standing on a street corner?

eileen.. what do you call a chinese woman with no arms and one leg standing on a street corner?

gwyneth

I love the funny "Old Chinese Proverbs..." I'll change them a little to fit this format.

These two are my favorites:

What do you call a man who runs in front of a car? Tired.

What do you call a man who runs behind a car? Exhausted.

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Are You 'Dreaming of a White Christmas' yet?

by AK - Jeff in

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oh, come on - somebody had to do this thread!

my stereo is rending xmas music as i type this - a wonderful celtic version of "the christmas song".

snow is flying outside my window - and i am getting in the xmas mood already.

gwyneth

I am dreaming of being in Chicago for Christmas this year...I hope it's white! I haven't seen snow in accumulation since November '91 in Calgary.

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Orlando Florida Trip planned for November

by Uzzah in

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i am going to be in florida on business november 13-18. should anyone from here be in close proximity to orlando i would love to meet up.

i am not certain which part of florida i'd find safe4kids and think 4oneself but if anyone knows how to contact them please let them know that i will be at least in the same state.. uzzah.