My kids lost all their friends at the hall when we quit going. However, they had a couple of non-dub friends that live near us, and they've made many more friends since then. None of them would go back to the borg willingly.
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We are an Evil Aposta-Family
by Skinnedsheep inin the last 6 months my family and i have stopped attending cold turkey.
it is incredible to me to see how our so called friends have dropped us like we were a snake covered in spiders.
we actually havent really said anything to anybody about why we stopped.
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Would like all of your imput on this. Please
by Still Totally ADD inboth reopened mind and i are now in our early 60's and it seems our conversations lately have been on putting everything up for sale and buying a rv and travel until we can't anymore.
it has been a dream of ours for along time to see all the site's in the u.s. and canada.
we feel we could make money as we go by selling and teaching using herbs and gardening.
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As an owner of an old camper, I recommend *not* buying a motorhome. I suggest that you might be happier with a towed camper or fifth wheel and a pickup truck. Towed campers are a lot cheaper than motorhomes, plus you can get used models without worrying about the engine blowing up. Our camper is nearly 40 years old, hasn't really had a lot of work done on the mechanicals since we bought it 10 years ago. We've got less than $10K in it, and it's plenty big for 2 people to live in.
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Seventeen-and-a-half glorious minutes with the irrepressible Mr Lett
by rory-ks incan't...tear...my...eyes...away.... .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8db7m5mzq.
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what a nut ball!
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Am I a bad person for wishing this??
by quellycatface ini have suffered with menopausal symptoms for a few years now.
hot flushes and facial sweating, the most noticeable to others.. a sister i knew used to laugh and pretty much, mock me.
i used to say "you wait till you get them" , without being nasty.. i seriously hope she suffers.
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I have not yet experienced hot flashes, but I have suffered regularly with cramps that were as bad as labor pains. I am approaching the age where my cycle is not predictable and I do not dare stray far from a bathroom during the worst days. Anyone who can't be sympathetic and acknowledge the misery women like me have endured for decades can kiss my big fat a$$.
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So many dubs
by Nosferatu inlast weekend while i was checking out garage sales, i swear i saw about 10 "pairs" of dubs doing their important work.
they were handing out the pamphlets for the convention.. i've never seen that many in one weekend.
was there some sort of special, motivational request for doing the preaching work last weekend?.
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I don't know if there was a special push last weekend, but I saw some local dubs out preaching two weekends ago. I hadn't seen anyone out and about for a couple of years before that.
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Unnecessarily vulgar eBay auctions
by rebel8 inhmmm.
well at least that one has something to do with the product.
lol.. some people will go to great lengths to get their auctions to stand out.
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I loved Regresty - I'd laugh until I was crying and gasping for air
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Expressions on faces at DC/RC
by BU2B ini have become more observant at the last couple district conventions of jws faces and enthusiasm and it seems to be very somber.
i remember a couple of years ago i was an attendant at one of the upper sections at the blue cross arena in rochester, ny and in afternoon session at least half were curled up with their eyes closed, some with blankets.
the applause seems very forced and mechanical.
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It's been a few years since I went to a convention, but I remember the ridiculous clothing quite clearly. Pre-teen/early teen girls in prom dresses, teen girls in hooker shoes and tight dresses, young married women still trying to look sexy while carting around a baby or toddler, middle age ladies dressed like they were attending a society wedding, old ladies wearing cocktail gowns. The physical misery of the venue made sturdy, washable, no-iron, comfortable clothes much more practical, but there were few women exercising such common sense.
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Dissed by a Sister!
by finally awake ini was running the cash till at the annual boy scout fundraiser yard sale yesterday, wearing my finest boy scout t-shirt and enjoying the blistering heat, when i saw a local family of witnesses browsing the merchandise.
they studiously avoided looking at me, but eventually a bargain nightgown proved irresistable and the wife was forced to approach the cash table and ask about pricing.
we avoid putting prices on each item because there is just too much stuff and we remind everyone that the money sends the kids to summer camp so the guilt kicks in and people pay more.
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LOL Pete
The witnesses in my town were never anti-yard sale or anti-thrift store in general. I know the former PO would openly admit to contributing to the local school fundraisers when kids would knock on his door. I was sitting in full view of everyone driving by on Main Street, and I have nothing to lose if the local elders decide to try to disfellowship me.
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Dissed by a Sister!
by finally awake ini was running the cash till at the annual boy scout fundraiser yard sale yesterday, wearing my finest boy scout t-shirt and enjoying the blistering heat, when i saw a local family of witnesses browsing the merchandise.
they studiously avoided looking at me, but eventually a bargain nightgown proved irresistable and the wife was forced to approach the cash table and ask about pricing.
we avoid putting prices on each item because there is just too much stuff and we remind everyone that the money sends the kids to summer camp so the guilt kicks in and people pay more.
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Gee Bob, I fail to see how Sister Bargain Hunter is being persecuted by a simple reporting of the facts. She had the option of not stopping at a well marked fundraiser for an organization roundly condemned by the Borg. She also had the option of being friendly and acknowledging me as a friend, in which case I'd have had nothing to talk about.
Billy - I plan on counting the entire day, as well as 4 anti-studies and return visits. Where do I submit my slip?
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Dissed by a Sister!
by finally awake ini was running the cash till at the annual boy scout fundraiser yard sale yesterday, wearing my finest boy scout t-shirt and enjoying the blistering heat, when i saw a local family of witnesses browsing the merchandise.
they studiously avoided looking at me, but eventually a bargain nightgown proved irresistable and the wife was forced to approach the cash table and ask about pricing.
we avoid putting prices on each item because there is just too much stuff and we remind everyone that the money sends the kids to summer camp so the guilt kicks in and people pay more.
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I was running the cash till at the annual Boy Scout fundraiser yard sale yesterday, wearing my finest Boy Scout t-shirt and enjoying the blistering heat, when I saw a local family of witnesses browsing the merchandise. They studiously avoided looking at me, but eventually a bargain nightgown proved irresistable and the wife was forced to approach the cash table and ask about pricing. We avoid putting prices on each item because there is just too much stuff and we remind everyone that the money sends the kids to summer camp so the guilt kicks in and people pay more. Anyway, Sister Bargain Hunter asked the price and I advised her that it was $1, which she paid and off she went. After she left, I told the other ladies sitting with me that Sister Bargain Hunter had once been one of my closest friends, but since I stopped attending the meetings, she no longer would associate with me. They were all appropriately puzzled and asked if we had argued - I explained that the simple fact that I don't attend meetings has marked me as a dirty apostate and that's all that's needed to shun me. Lovely little reverse witness given that afternoon I think.