Jay, you have mail.
Any Brooklyn Bethelites from '93 - '98?
by back2dafront 41 Replies latest jw experiences
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Black Man
up.........
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Black Man
Hey Jason & Joe Schmoe,
I probably know you two. I was there the exact same years (93-98). I spent a lot of time at the Factory and at 360 Furman so I knew guys like Ralph Walls, John Larson, Fred Curry, David Wilson who were heavies in the Factory and/or Furman. Also did time in the Bindery, Printing, & Cleaning Departments. Yeah, Bethel was something else wasn't it? Sittin' at morning worship at 7:00a.m. chuggin' down granola and oatmeal (yuk), trying to decipher what the hell Karl Klein was saying, listening to ambitious mufuckas talk about how their big goal in life is to be a table head, working your ass off on the plantation and having it validated by a $90-a-month salary, handing over said $90-a-month salary to pay for our phone bill and subway tokens. I can go on and on.
Bethel does clear away those rose colored glasses that you were sporting when you came in all bright eyed and bushy tailed from your home. I'll try and email you guys sometime this week and reflect on the memories.
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Black Man
Speaking of R-rated movies....do you remember the video rental shop on Montague street? You know the one that would double as a spider's web for brothers trying to rent R-rated movies? The society used to get a monthly check list from them to check on what movies the Bethelites were renting. Many a brother was talked to and sent back home because he rented an R-rated movie. And Bethel was full of lushes..........The figure may be even higher than the 50% that you gave.
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MikeMusto
Hey everyone...you'll were there when I was...How bout posting some modern big pics of yall so i can recognize you.
I "served" in a 360 dept... Hey did you go to keyfood on montague on a friday night to get some ice cream,
and think.."man this life is sweet"...
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Black Man
Mike,
Key Foods.....now those were the days. I would go there if someone slipped me some "greenbacks" on the tour route........
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MikeMusto
I remember the first time I walked into that Joint...I was like "damn..brooklyn is a disgusting
place..i hate it hear.." than I left and discovered i was close to Chelsea
I also remember bethelites who walked around, thinking they were hot stuff when they
would go to work with a starbucks in their hands
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LDH
Hi Black Man, haven't seen ya ina while!
Drop me an email, I've deleted yours and don't have your addy.
Anybody know these names?
Leo Lopez
Gilberto Lopez
Eddie Clark
Mark Nadolny
Lisa
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Black Man
Lisa,
Can't say that I recognize those names although Mark Nadolny sounds vaguely familiar.
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sisteract
hi, does anybody know a jim lutrell? he was in brooklyn bethel about 5 years and left to marry a pioneer sister in 1987 or thereabouts.
he also had a brother who also served. also anyone know mike murphy? last time i saw him he was at patterson in '93.
just curious