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Financial Help.

by Yizuman in

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hit my posting limit and am using my second account..... i don't know if anyone can help or not.. but i am in a desprate situation whereas i have to swallow my pride and seek out some help.. i am behind rent as well as my morgage ( i own a moble home on a lot rent).. need food as well.. phone needs to stay in service since i am deaf and need it as part my text communication for hopes of landing a better job.

sister can email me to let me know if a employer calls, so i can drive over and find out what's up from there.. i work at wal-mart and alot of us have our hours cut to 20+ hrs a week, so this is hurting me fianacially.. job hunts is hard since i am deaf since most employers seems to prefer hiring a hearing person.. i know of a deaf friend who is unemployed and he went thru 20 job interviews in a month.

none of them ever called or emailed him to say he got a job.. family can't help since they all have their own problems to deal with.. i can post all the info you need if anyone needs it, such as my landlord's address and my morgage address if anyone wants to mail a check directly to them.

Yizuman

You say you are deaf. How would you know what it sounded like?

I wore hearing-aids at that time. I can hear certain sounds when I am wearing them. I cannot understand speech at all. There's a church that I attend that is right across from the KH. Called Whitetown Christian Church. I was parked next to the road at the end of the parking lot and the KH is about 50 yards or so from where I parked. I was getting ready to open my car door when the sound occured, it sounded what I thought it was and at first I thought, "Who in the world could be using a hammer in this early sunday morning?" so I looked around and there it was.

Loud sounds I can hear and what the father was making indicated to me that he was spanking the child extremely hard, just loud enough for me to even hear it.

That was back in 1988, my hearing aids wore out 2 years ago. I cannot afford new ones. So I have my name on the waiting list at the Lion's club which takes donated hearing-aids and if with luck, they may have one that matches what my old one was. I wear the most expensive hearing-aids on the market based on the frequency and volume. It's the loudest hearing aid on the market based on my hearing-loss. The only hearing aid was a Zenithtron brand.

A new hearing aid would cost me well over a grand a piece. The pastic parts is factory made. But the parts inside are all handmade, including the cyrstal parts. They can't be factory made due to the delicacy(s?) of the parts and the machines would crush them too easy. Hence the reason why the hearing-aids are expensive. It's 90% handmade and 10% factory made.

A used one would prolly cost half that much, but still out my budget range.

So I am hoping that a used hearing aid gets donated to the Lions Club and draws my name so I can come and see if it meets my needs.

I can't use the Miracle Ear brand because they're not that powerful enough for me. I am also leery about wearing them because if an accident occured, it can puncher deep inside past my ear drum and may do some serious damage. I always advise people not to go with the Miracle Ear brand for that reason.

So a molded ear piece which is way softer and the hearing-aid part rests behind my earlobe is by far the safest hearing-aid to wear, IMHO.

There is a vocational rehab here in Indianapolis that can purchase me new hearing aids, but there's one catch. I have to be unemployed for at least 6 months to a year before they can consider my application. But, recently someone said they changed the rules. Last I hear about that was 2 years ago after my last hearing aid wore out. If they have had gotten they rules changed, I need to get my ass out there and find out. LOL.

But I need to work on my morgage payment first and hope to land a better job. That's a first priority.

Edited by - Yizuman on 8 December 2002 6:46:50

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Who do you say Jesus is?

by Blueblades in

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"all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built,and all the parliments that ever sat,all the kings that ever reigned,put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerlly.

" "the historical result of jesus' activities was more momentous,even from a strictly secular standpoint, than the deeds of any other character of history.

a new era, recognised by the chief civilisations of the world, dates from his birth.

Yizuman

I still think that he is the son of God. That he is inferior to Jehovah, and created by Jehovah. That part of the teachings we received from the watchtower, I do agree with. But I don't know if Jesus and Michael the archangel are the same person. I have a hard time with that belief.

Neither did Charles Taze Russell, none of his writings ever supported that Jesus was Michael the Archangel. He never believed it. Until after his death, Judge Rutherford began to teach Jesus was Michael.

Background: Both of them were members of the Seventh Day Aventist. Betty White, the founder of the SDA taught that Jesus was Michael. However, CT Russell didn't believe it, but Rutherford did.

To support that, here's a quote directly from CT Russell himself,

'Jesus, means Savior, and we are carried forward from the mere word to the exalted official position, on account of which he can "save to the uttermost all who come unto God by him." His position is contrasted with that of men and angels, as he is Lord of both, having "all power in heaven and earth." Hence it is said, "Let all the angels of God worship him"; [that must include Michael, the chief angel, hence Michael is not the Son of God] and the reason is, because he has "by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name than they." Michael or Gabriel are perhaps grander names than Jesus, though Jesus is grand in it's very simplicity, but the official character of the Son of God as Savior and King is the inheritance from his Father, which is far superior to theirs, for it pleased the Father that in him all fullness should dwell.'[The Watchtower Reprints, November 11, 1879, p.48]

There you have it.

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Does this happen often here?

by Lin in

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i just finished reading and replying to yizuman's post requesting financial help!

join a forum like this and within days start asking for money?!

does this happen often here?

Yizuman

what was really the kicker was that he dumped all his info about his banker, residence, etc on the net...now i hope the guy doesn't get identity stolen or something...that's a big indication of desperate circumstances in my (warped it seems) mind....

Well, if you want me to delete that information now, please let me know and I will. I am desperate and despite of all that, I am sorry I offended everyone on this board.

As I was pointed out earlier from Jesika, she said, "Well, like it has been stated before, there have been scams in the past on the board, and since you are new you have to expect people won't believe you. Asking for money isn't the best thing to do. I understand why they are not pleased with that."

I panicked and I was wrong to post requesting for some kind of help. I'm sorry.

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Elders Spying on JWs

by Yizuman in

i hear crazy stories about elders spying on the congregational members.

i even hear of stake outs on member's homes.. anybody have any stories about elders doing crazy stuff that you have seen them do or even heard about from others?

meaning elders trying to catch members being in the wrong?.

Yizuman

I remember reading an article on the Bethal Ministries (Now called Free Minds) about a testimony of a woman who was df'ed for having sex with someone outside of the member of the congregation who was not a jdub.

Anyway, she sat with 3 Elders and they made her tell them every single detail exactly what he and she did in the bedroom. They made her repeat not once, but 3 times about what they did in bed. It dawned on her that these Elders was getting off on every bit of the juicy details.

Made me sick to see what kind of perverts those Elders where.

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Financial Help.

by Yizuman in

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hit my posting limit and am using my second account..... i don't know if anyone can help or not.. but i am in a desprate situation whereas i have to swallow my pride and seek out some help.. i am behind rent as well as my morgage ( i own a moble home on a lot rent).. need food as well.. phone needs to stay in service since i am deaf and need it as part my text communication for hopes of landing a better job.

sister can email me to let me know if a employer calls, so i can drive over and find out what's up from there.. i work at wal-mart and alot of us have our hours cut to 20+ hrs a week, so this is hurting me fianacially.. job hunts is hard since i am deaf since most employers seems to prefer hiring a hearing person.. i know of a deaf friend who is unemployed and he went thru 20 job interviews in a month.

none of them ever called or emailed him to say he got a job.. family can't help since they all have their own problems to deal with.. i can post all the info you need if anyone needs it, such as my landlord's address and my morgage address if anyone wants to mail a check directly to them.

Yizuman

It's not like we haven't helped others who we "know" here financially and otherwise...like the Calgary teen's dad whose daughter died from an illness involving the blood issue...and then we never rushed to judgement as to their legitimate need...thank God for the 'net that it is an even greater tool in the hands of the deaf ones...just think of that next time you give advice to "sell their 'puter...." like tell the fisherman to go sell his net and boat!?!

Exactly! You said it and explained it better than I could. That's exactly what I was trying to convey my thoughts on.

Thank you so much for your understanding.

The same idea applies to those deaf individuals who still uses their TDDs to communicate over the phone. How can a deaf guy be able to communicate with the world if you tell a guy to sell his TDD? Much less talk to a relay service without the TDD?

I don't have my TDD anymore and it's becoming obsolete these days. Computers are replacing the TDDs and the vast majority of the deaf peopulation are using computers to communicate with just about anyone. Especially those in the HS and College age.

A real good friend of mine who used to be a co-worker at Meijer. He's older than I am and he got a *snickers* (Sorry my friend) WebTV and uses it to surf the net as well as using emails. After hearing me about my owning a PC and how great it is, I think he regrets getting a WebTV, so he did mention about getting a PC and eBay off the WebTV. Heheh, good move if he does it.

There is one thing I heard about and is probably a rumor, but I heard of a software that emulates the sounds of a TDD. I've hunted up down, left and right for it on the 'net, used every seatch engine I could find and never have found it. Be great if I could find it and use through my modem (as I understand how it works, dunno. I'm not that good at understanding the mechanics of software and hardware) to communicate to those who still uses the TDD while they do not have a computer. *shrugs* I suppose it doesn't exist.

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Financial Help.

by Yizuman in

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friends

hit my posting limit and am using my second account..... i don't know if anyone can help or not.. but i am in a desprate situation whereas i have to swallow my pride and seek out some help.. i am behind rent as well as my morgage ( i own a moble home on a lot rent).. need food as well.. phone needs to stay in service since i am deaf and need it as part my text communication for hopes of landing a better job.

sister can email me to let me know if a employer calls, so i can drive over and find out what's up from there.. i work at wal-mart and alot of us have our hours cut to 20+ hrs a week, so this is hurting me fianacially.. job hunts is hard since i am deaf since most employers seems to prefer hiring a hearing person.. i know of a deaf friend who is unemployed and he went thru 20 job interviews in a month.

none of them ever called or emailed him to say he got a job.. family can't help since they all have their own problems to deal with.. i can post all the info you need if anyone needs it, such as my landlord's address and my morgage address if anyone wants to mail a check directly to them.

Yizuman

Half of the people I have spoken to outside of the internet have told me 2 things, banks have the power to have me thrown out in 3 days and the law backs them up. They can have the court and the police come and remove me.

Have those people prove it, they can't throw you out without a court order period, you really think they can get a court order in 3 days? Hello! I don't know about you, but I think anyone can attest, the wheels of the court system, simply do not work that fast. Why don't you contact one of the local tenant unions. And look up the laws yourself, it took me two seconds to search for info about indiana on the net. http://www.google.com "Indiana Tenant Laws", you don't seem to be helping yourself very well.

Let me ask you this question, what's the difference between a landlord and a loan manager at a bank?

I mean I can understand about the tenant laws because I am paying rent on a lot where my moble home sits on. At the same time tho, I am paying my morgage on my moble home to Metro Bank that gave me the loan to purchase the moble home.

So my question is does the tenant laws apply to BOTH the landlord and the loan manager?

"you don't seem to be helping yourself very well." - Forgive me that I am not very knowledgable and wise as you are. I know nothing about these kinds laws in regards to my rights as a tenant.

All I know is that my niece got locked out of her apartment one day. The Sheriff came one day and placed some kind of knob lock over the door knob and she wasn't able to use the key to let herself in. The eviction notice was posted on her door. She went home to my sister's house crying and she had to call the Sheriff to ask permission to let her in to get some of her things. Later the landlord got inside the apartment and left all the remainder of her stuff on the sidewalk. My sis and her husband rented a U-Haul and retrieved them. This is all I know.

So I will read the link as you suggested and learn what is there for me to read.

Thank you.

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Financial Help.

by Yizuman in

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friends

hit my posting limit and am using my second account..... i don't know if anyone can help or not.. but i am in a desprate situation whereas i have to swallow my pride and seek out some help.. i am behind rent as well as my morgage ( i own a moble home on a lot rent).. need food as well.. phone needs to stay in service since i am deaf and need it as part my text communication for hopes of landing a better job.

sister can email me to let me know if a employer calls, so i can drive over and find out what's up from there.. i work at wal-mart and alot of us have our hours cut to 20+ hrs a week, so this is hurting me fianacially.. job hunts is hard since i am deaf since most employers seems to prefer hiring a hearing person.. i know of a deaf friend who is unemployed and he went thru 20 job interviews in a month.

none of them ever called or emailed him to say he got a job.. family can't help since they all have their own problems to deal with.. i can post all the info you need if anyone needs it, such as my landlord's address and my morgage address if anyone wants to mail a check directly to them.

Yizuman

Boy, your sentence structure is better than any deaf person's I've ever seen.

Thank my mom. She fought tooth and nail to make sure I got a good education contary to my Father's wishes. My deaf teachers said that I did far better than most deaf students they've ever worked with, but still below the standards of the hearing students. So I am not exactly VERY smart. I did flunk math and science, I am horrible at them. I'm not all that good with spelling either. I'll make mistakes with words from time to time.

I am very good at history since it's my favorite subject. Biblical history is my top number one favorite as well as bible geology. I may not be a brainic in God's word nor know every single biblical geological locations, but I still keep learning.

If it hadn't been for the support from my mom even though my dad thinks I am a worthless crap of a human being like he said to me when I was 8 years old. He didn't want to spend a dime on me since he equates deafness the same as retardation (Did I spell that right?) and isn't worth the time and money to educate. He preferred me in a mental insitution(s?) instead.

Anyway, I'm not retarded, but I did make a STUPID mistake for requesting for money on the forum and I learned my lesson.

Edited by - Yizuman on 7 December 2002 22:19:40

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Financial Help.

by Yizuman in

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friends

hit my posting limit and am using my second account..... i don't know if anyone can help or not.. but i am in a desprate situation whereas i have to swallow my pride and seek out some help.. i am behind rent as well as my morgage ( i own a moble home on a lot rent).. need food as well.. phone needs to stay in service since i am deaf and need it as part my text communication for hopes of landing a better job.

sister can email me to let me know if a employer calls, so i can drive over and find out what's up from there.. i work at wal-mart and alot of us have our hours cut to 20+ hrs a week, so this is hurting me fianacially.. job hunts is hard since i am deaf since most employers seems to prefer hiring a hearing person.. i know of a deaf friend who is unemployed and he went thru 20 job interviews in a month.

none of them ever called or emailed him to say he got a job.. family can't help since they all have their own problems to deal with.. i can post all the info you need if anyone needs it, such as my landlord's address and my morgage address if anyone wants to mail a check directly to them.

Yizuman

Ok folks, this is my retraction statement.

I am retracting my request for money... I apologize to everyone for offending everyone who have read my post. I did not mean to piss off everyone. However, I do thank everyone for posting advices and suggestions on where to look for help and I will take these advices and run them from here.

I panicked and became desperate to seek help and it ticked off everyone. I am told that scams have happened in the past and since I am new to this board I have to expect people not to believe me. So I do understand why you are not pleased with that. I apologize I went overboard from my panicking and I hope everyone understands that.

I emailed and posted here apologizing to Simon for the things I have said. Lenthy explainations wasn't warrent, since an apology is sufficant enough.

I ask for forgiveness from everyone and let this thread die. Like I said before, the suggestions I have received for seeking help is what I will take and will make good use of it.

Please, for anyone that still believes in prayer, I make a request of prayer that I can find the solutions to my problems and have them resolved.

Thank you.

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Financial Help.

by Yizuman in

jw
friends

hit my posting limit and am using my second account..... i don't know if anyone can help or not.. but i am in a desprate situation whereas i have to swallow my pride and seek out some help.. i am behind rent as well as my morgage ( i own a moble home on a lot rent).. need food as well.. phone needs to stay in service since i am deaf and need it as part my text communication for hopes of landing a better job.

sister can email me to let me know if a employer calls, so i can drive over and find out what's up from there.. i work at wal-mart and alot of us have our hours cut to 20+ hrs a week, so this is hurting me fianacially.. job hunts is hard since i am deaf since most employers seems to prefer hiring a hearing person.. i know of a deaf friend who is unemployed and he went thru 20 job interviews in a month.

none of them ever called or emailed him to say he got a job.. family can't help since they all have their own problems to deal with.. i can post all the info you need if anyone needs it, such as my landlord's address and my morgage address if anyone wants to mail a check directly to them.

Yizuman

Before I make my retraction, I want to get to Lin first and I won't make a long post on this matter...

Some of you posted what was running through my mind while reading through all of this. Someone joins the forum and a very short time later starts requesting financial help? Sounds extremely fishy to me. Yizuman, you mentioned my niece Jesika, as far as "knowing" you. How well do you really think any of us can really *know* someone through a web site? Anyone, including me, could work up a real sad story that could bring the reader to tears and cause people to *hear* violins playing in the background. It's impossible to really *know* someone through a web site, so do be careful when you bring up my niece. You may have told her what you'd like her to know or believe, but it doesn't make it true. I find this sort of thing to be pathetic. What your true circumstances are I don't know, but I wouldn't dream of coming on a forum and within days start hitting people up for money. Actually, I'd NEVER do that, regardless of how bad my situation was. I certainly wouldn't be sitting at a computer making chit-chat with virtual strangers, I'd be pounding the pavement, making phone calls to find out where help is available. Asking people on this site for money? Disgusting!

Jesika said the same thing to me, but not in stronger words as yours. In fact she understands my situation and why I panicked like the way I have. As far as knowing Jesika, well, ask Jesika. I think she understands what I meant better than you do.

Like I said before, I am open to everyone for inspection as much as you want and dig as deep as you want. If you want to get to know me better in order to understand me better, I am open for it.

Ok, next post is my retraction....

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Financial Help.

by Yizuman in

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hit my posting limit and am using my second account..... i don't know if anyone can help or not.. but i am in a desprate situation whereas i have to swallow my pride and seek out some help.. i am behind rent as well as my morgage ( i own a moble home on a lot rent).. need food as well.. phone needs to stay in service since i am deaf and need it as part my text communication for hopes of landing a better job.

sister can email me to let me know if a employer calls, so i can drive over and find out what's up from there.. i work at wal-mart and alot of us have our hours cut to 20+ hrs a week, so this is hurting me fianacially.. job hunts is hard since i am deaf since most employers seems to prefer hiring a hearing person.. i know of a deaf friend who is unemployed and he went thru 20 job interviews in a month.

none of them ever called or emailed him to say he got a job.. family can't help since they all have their own problems to deal with.. i can post all the info you need if anyone needs it, such as my landlord's address and my morgage address if anyone wants to mail a check directly to them.

Yizuman

It is not up to me to decide if you are a liar or not I guess, but I have a hard time swallowing your story.

May I ask what I can do for you to help you better understand my situation then? Please tell me how and I will do my best.

There have been times throughout the year where I have been so freakin' broke my friends were forcing me to take food. Also along with Simon's comments, WalMart cutting your hours around Christmas sounds bogus also. Get a second job. I did, and have been workign 2 jobs the majority of the year. The ADA act prevents employers from not hiring you on the basis of being deaf.

That's where the problem lies, you see, they don't have to hire me. Nobody is forcing them to hire me because I am deaf and there is no law that states they MUST hire me regardless of my disability. There is a way around ADA. It's real simple, just ignore my application and don't bother call me. It's that simple. If they don't wanna hire me, they won't.

My hours got cut BEFORE Christmas time and it has been that way for almost 3 months. My fault for not being clear on that. I apologize that I was not being clear at all. My invitation to take a good look at my situation still stands and anyone and everyone is welcome to take a good look at my situation. Anyone is welcome to dig as deep as anyone wants.

Also, they can't evict you in 3 days, by law you have 30 days minimum. If you are deaf, you qualify for Social Security Disablity, among other benefits. There are many programs you could go to that would provide you with assistance in your housing needs. There is no way a REAL disabled American would go homeless if they were clean, sober and off drugs. Salvation Army is a fien example of a shelter.

Half of the people I have spoken to outside of the internet have told me 2 things, banks have the power to have me thrown out in 3 days and the law backs them up. They can have the court and the police come and remove me.

The other half is what you said. So with 2 pieces of information, I don't know what is really true and I don't know anything about the Indiana law in regards to this kind of situation. So I am illiterate in that area. So forgive me if I am confused, but my feelings of panic in this situation regardless of which side is accurate is the same.

I have zero pity for beggars - ZERO. I don't care if you are disabled or not. Poor folk are poor folk, so do something about it. Do you think I like working 6 if not 7 days a week? No, but I do. So go get a second job. You got yourself into this bind, get yourself out of it or ask not-for-profit agencies or Welfare to help you, but stop resorting to begging tactics over the internet.

I do respect your feelings on this matter. To say getting a second job is easier said than done. In fact I've been looking for a better full time job than Wal-Mart since January of this year. So I am looking for any kind of position, full or part time or both.

My next post is going to be a retraction of this post. Jesika has advised me via email to make a retraction and I am going to take her advice.