Posts by iiz2cool

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Hello Everyone

by exjwgirl25 in

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hello everyone, just thought i would let everybody know that i am new to this site.

hope i can contribute to this forum anyway i can.

:)

in classic star trek there was an episode entitled "the return of the archons" where the crew of the enterprise beamed down to a planet where the starship "archon" had last been reported, some time previously.

they found themselves in a stagnated victorian era society of people going mindlessly about their business, rattling off platitudes like "peace be with you, friend" to passers by.

the society turned out to be controlled by a supercomputer which had taken on the name (and projected image) of landrew (or landru), its creator some millennia previously.

iiz2cool

I remember the episode well, and I have to agree. Unfortunately, I must have been invited to the wrong JW weddings. They never came close to the "festival" in the episode.

Walter

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Who was your best friend at the Kingdom Hall, where are they now ???

by run dont walk in

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did you have a best friend at the kingdom hall, what happened to them, do you know where they are today ?

iiz2cool

There was a MS I would go drinking with, but I wouldn't exactly say we were friends.

Walter

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How Long Will You Stay Here?

by Stacy Smith in

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when will you be done with this forum?

a year?

will leaving be a sign of moving on?.

iiz2cool

Not sure. Probably not too long, but you never know.

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How much have you had to drink.

by JeffT in

i hit ozzy osbourne.

frightening.

http://www.iondesign.net/drinkometer/

iiz2cool

Homer Simpson

Walter

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What was the first computer you ever owned?

by Nosferatu in

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what was the first computer you ever owned?

for me it was the trs-80 model 1. i bought it for $10 at a second hand store when i was 10 years old.

took me forever to find info on the thing, an manual, and a patchcord to hook up a cassette deck.

iiz2cool

Wow! Looks like I started late. My first mistress was an AST 486/50 with 24 MB RAM. I still have it, and it works well as an answering/fax machine.

I have 7 others besides it.

Walter

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Dealing my own sexual abuse

by Valis in

i've mentioned it a few times, but between the ages of 5-7 i had my two female cousins living with me.

my parents were doing them a favor by letting them live there, but what they didn't know was the prior sexual abuse and molestation by members of their/our family...well, it is in my opinion the trickle down theory of abuse and i also know and remember doing some of the same things with my own siblings even a couple years after they weren't there any more.. i often ask myself.

am i responsible for that?

iiz2cool

Valis, It's never the victims fault. Being a victim of sexual abuse by 2 women when I was a pre-schooler, I can relate to what you're saying. And it DOES NOT mean that the victim will have the same tendencies later in life. In fact, there's nothing I hate worse than a pedophile.

PM me if you wish,

Walter

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Online judgementalism

by logansrun in

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friends

in my year and a half as a member of a couple ex-jw forums i have seen what i perceive to be a massive error on both my part and the part of others.

the mistake is this: judgeing someone simply from their on-line personality and statements.

i see it time and time again.

iiz2cool

Bradley, you're absolutely right that you can't REALLY get to know a person well online. We shouldn't judge people solely by what we see online, whether for good or for bad. I met someone on a discussion board, which led to many emails, chats, and phone calls. When we finally met in person, the reality was FAR different from the online persona, but in a very negative way.

I'm sure that's not the case with most people though.

Walter

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