I really do like it; I wish the season lasted longer. The j-dubs are wrong.
Posts by Emma
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48Be honest, Do you really Enjoy Christmas?
by BluesBrother indansk's christmas tree thread got me to thinking .. in this house we do not celebrate since my wife is still a die hard dub.
i have no complaints about that, it was our joint choice for decades and i an the one that changed .but as witnesses we were always given the negative view of the holiday time :-.
"people feel that they just have to do it although they do not really want to".
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Burrfukk!
by bigwilly init's too damn cold for my liking!
all the people that have real winters will laugh, but mid 30's to lower 40's is despicably cold by oregon standards .
to make things that much better, the furnace in the house where i live died on monday.
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Emma
Well, it's dark, rainy, and cool here in south-east Michigan. On the upside, just over four more weeks until the days begin getting longer! Garden planning begins in January! Actually, my most difficult cold months are February and March. They are soooooo looooooong....
Hope your heat gets fixed soon. I'd keep calling her, middle of the cold night, too, until it's fixed.
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Secret Santa Ideas thread
by Angharad inif everyone who is signed up for the sectret santa can post a few ideas of the sort of thing you like in here, when people receive their names they can come in here and look you up so get some ideas .
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Emma
Darkuncle, if I get your name I can send you some terrific G-F baked goods. I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease 3 1/2 years ago and have developed some good recipies.
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Secret Santa Ideas thread
by Angharad inif everyone who is signed up for the sectret santa can post a few ideas of the sort of thing you like in here, when people receive their names they can come in here and look you up so get some ideas .
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Emma
I'd love a work-out CD, burned from your favorite music. I also like tea, coffee, dark chocolate, but I'm also off gluten and can't enjoy most home made goodies.
Heirloom seeds would be terrific (keep my climate in mind, though!) I've just finished my second year in my new organic garden and love being a city farmer.
Or just surprise me. I posted this just in case Nos got my name - I don't want no stinking wts lit!
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How Have You Gone About Making Friends Since Leaving the Witnesses ?
by flipper ini've noticed lately that some on our board, or perhaps for many of us, that's why i'm writing this , have had a challenge making new friends after leaving the jehovah's witnesses religion.
it has been a mixed bag for me.
i have met some through my wife, who is not a witness.
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Emma
As my kids remind me, there's no one I won't talk to. I strike up conversations waiting in line at the grocery store. Though I haven't really made friends that way, I think the one thing that does help me is being non-judgmental. No one is perfect and there won't be many perfect matches for friends. But looking past some foibles helps. Not everyone has to be a best friend, either. I did join a Unitarian Church (bring your own beliefs) and that helped. Some have stuck as friends and others not. I guess I just try to be open and not overly expectant.
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Can anyone tell me why this "test" works...this is SO SPOOKY!
by FreedomFrog inok, can anyone tell me why this works?
this is so freakin' cool.
do the test as it is instructed...don't cheat.
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Emma
Blue shovel.
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DEAD JW MOTHER HUSBAND TO SUE HOSPITAL
by badboy ini understand from news of the world that anthony gough wants to sue the hospital because he feels they were neglient in saving his wife's life.
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Emma
Years ago, when I was still "in," my best friends mom died after hip replacement surgery. She had a severe allergy to the cement used with the replacement hip and also lost a lot of blood. What I also heard was that they gave her too much fluid trying to keep fluid in her veins since she wouldn't take blood, and that was the supposed cause of death. The family sued and Borg attorneys came in from NY to represent them. I left within the next few months so I never heard what happened. This was in Michigan.
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Emma
Nicely done! Right to the point and very reasonable.
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Residual Cognitive Effects of the Watchtower Partylines...? (Christmas)
by Mincan inso down by the falls they have the niagara festival of lights, in queen victoria park they have many thoughtful displays of "lightshows" as well as having all the trees decorated in lights.
oftentimes there is christmas music playing from the niagara park commisions's headquarters or other areas of the park.. how long did it take you before christmas didn't seem "weird" or subconsciously wrong.
like i always found christmas carols annoying, i wonder why this is now.
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Emma
I had no trouble celebrating Christmas; I still love it and wish it lasted longer. This year the budget's a bit tighter but I'm still looking forward to putting up the tree and having friends and family over for meals or just visiting. I'm not a "believer" but embrace its earth based origins. I feel so much more in tune with nature and the earth's cycles now. Once I was shunned by my family for being inactive, I didn't have to worry about being caught. My son stopped trick-or-treating way to early as far as I'm concerned! I'm glad to live in a neighborhood with lots of children so get to hand out goodies.
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Do you ever get nausea when encountering JW stuff
by Sirona ini thought after 7 years out i had done a pretty good job of getting my mind free of the jws.. then yesterday i went on youtube and typed in jehovah's witness.
after watching a few apostate videos, i came across a pro-jw video of a convention.
as i started the video and they started singing "we thank you jehovah" i got a mega wave of nausea and felt like i had to switch the thing off.. has this happened to you?
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Emma
Yes, mingled with revulsion. I came home from work one evening last week and saw the latest rags on the couch. My son had accepted them; he said when he was talking to them he thought they were Christian so accepted their offer. I was angry at first but he doesn't remember ever going to a meeting so isn't as aware. I told him they'd be back for him! perhaps I should put up a no jw's sign.