Seeking Agape,
I agree with everything you said. He's nice enough and has a pretty good family. I was not aware of the Watchtower contract until I saw this post. I knew him in our congretation in the 1980s. He always knew how to make a lot of money in business. He often spoke of his success, the things he bought, the cars he had owned, the remodeling he was doing on his house, things like that.
After just a couple of years he moved to Bakersfield. He didn't do nearly as well financially in a small town here, but was quite successful in the bigger towns such as Fresno or Bakersfield.
I last saw him probably about 10-12 years ago at a Convention.
He is a typical deeply rooted JW. I like your remark about armageddon not being around the corner anymore, but "right in front of your face." That's Nick. I would love to see him again and have a nice long conversation about why I no longer support the organization. I wonder how he would react after being confronted with pointed information.