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  Would You Change The Way You....

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  would you change the way you made your exit from the org and if so, how?

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  Frannie Banannie

  Honestly I wouldn't change a thing. I went through very rocky times, but that was fully expected when a person tries to leave a cult. By the way I am in a very similiar position as Tink, A mystery, 'where is he? Is he dead? Maybe he goes to meetings somewhere else?'

  Those rocky times are to be expected, Michael...tho I'm sure none of us realized just HOW rocky some of it could get, eh? btw, what position is Tink in that you have one similar to hers...I'm baffled here....

  By the way Frannie I love the way you follow up on other people's post. That so awesome!!

  Frannie B
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  Would You Change The Way You....

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  I would do it a little differently. I wish I sent my disassociation letter to everyone in all my former congregations instead of just the PO of my last hall. Maybe it would have made someone think about what the org is really all about.

  Yeah, Walter...our hindsight comes with much more clarity than our foresight, dudnit? lol

  nope. i left cold turkey without a word of explanation. rumor has it i'm still shrouded in mystery as far as the local dub crowd is concerned. maybe i'll be a KH legend one day :P

  Tink, sometimes I wish I'd done that, too...at least it'd give me a chance to talk some sense to other local dubs....

  Frannie B
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  Effects of no time, overcrowding, urban living?

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  in a very quirky web site: www.johntitor.com a "supposed time traveler" from the year 2036 appeared in a newsgroup and on various web sites.

  as the weeks went by, various people began questioning him about his physics, time travel, future world events, and thoughts about our time.

  one of his more interesting posts that i found absolutely fascinating because it mirrored very closely my own thoughts, was this:.

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  YUP! And because of it....I'd rather live in a less populated environment....too many peeps with strange attitudes in my face here....

  Frannie B
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  Would You Change The Way You....

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  Frannie Banannie

  I am one happy clam and I haven't and never will look back again.

  Good for YOU, OFC!!! I think a lot of xdubs have gone that route on purpose...

  Sometimes I wish I would have gave them more hell than I did.........not made it so easy for them by d/a myself over the phone. But all in all it was all for the best , because like Orangefatcat said,,,,,,,, I am free now,,,,,,,,over all of that drama as well.

  Me, too, Lyineyes...Nice ta meetcha, btw....wish I had thought about the semantics of my baptism oath and taken 'em to court after I blasted the GB with my reprooval of their actions and they df'd me...

  Frannie B
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  What is THE Most Martyr-like Effort You Ever....

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  what is the most martyr-like effort you ever made as a jw to preach door-to-door...?.

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  Conducting a bible study with a guy in Toronto in a really dumpy apartment building. While studying with this guy what do I see a RAT walking on the floor along the side of the wall. What else do I see many COCKROACHES one of which was on the chair I was sitting on. Oh yeah I almost forgot. It also wreaked like urine in this guy's apartment!! But then again anything for a potential "sheep".

  EWWWWWW, Michael!! You are a true mensch, dude!

  i spent three summers in nebraska working unassigned territory.....we drove all the way from california....uuuuugh

  TINKS!!! And you did this for THREE summers in a row?????

  Frannie B
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  Have You Had Interesting....

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  have you had any interesting travel experiences?

  traveling to exotic lands, etc.

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  I took a ton of pictures, which have since gone missing! GRRRRR!!!

  I HATE when that happens, Walter!

  Detroit was VERY COOL, especially because of the people I met! I didn't notice many food vendors on the street, but that's probably because I was too busy getting to know some very excellent XJW's! We Canadians came home spoiled rotten! Coming home was one of the hardest things I had to do in years!

  What wonderful memories you must have from Detroit xdubs, Walter...<smiles>

  I went to Kmart quite a few times in my life. The styles of clothing there were kinda strange. They also had some really low-grade technology. What the hell would anyone do with a triple cassette deck? And the food there was really crappy. Lots of those wafer bars.

  LOL, Nos!!! You have such an understated wit, chico! Love it!

  Frannie B
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  What is THE Most Martyr-like Effort You Ever....

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  a couple years back at a D.C. there was a couple there who had a 3 day old (4 days when we met her) baby with her. And they weren't local, so they travelled with, and were staying in a HOTEL with a 3 day old baby. can we all say "idiots!?"

  I can, Odrade!!! IDIOTS!!

  even our elders thought that warmth and comfort should come before freezing our asses off. and most of the sisters dressed up the same. None wore dresses in the winter that I can remember. If they did, the temps were probably over 30 and sunny.

  Jourles, your congregation was one of the ones that the rest of us envied deeply as we froze our tushies off in inclemently freezin'-nasty weather...

  Frannie B
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  What is THE Most Martyr-like Effort You Ever....

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  Frannie Banannie

  I will have to work to get out of the negative brownie points for the rest of my life.

  Ravyn, you're no worse than the rest of us who robot-ed thru the borglife...and most didn't have NEAR the obstacles to overcome that you did, chica...and didn't do nearly as well as a good lil witless either.....you get "A" for effort....and "A-PLUS" for waking up, g/friend....

  The wind was SO cold that my nose was dripping and I had a lovely snot-sicle forming on the end of my nose. We'd finally got someone to answer the door (they must have wondered if their house was burning down because nobody in their right mind would be outdoors in this weather... oh yeah... keyword: in their right mind) and the CO's wife made her presentation.

  Scully, that's....gruesome....Just shows how clueless they really are....

  All of a sudden, I felt dizzy and started to black out. I managed to lean on one of the columns long enough for the CO's wife to finish up... and then everything went black. I came to in the car, with the heat blasting on my legs and feet. When we got home (after coffee break and Return Visits™) I got in trouble for ruining our morning in service. Like, how dare I pass out from being outside in the INSANE cold, didn't I know what a bad witness I gave doing that?? I guess it must have been that I "deliberately" passed out, so I'd get attention from my dad and the CO and his wife that should have been going to Almighty God, Jehovah. How dare I, indeed!

  OUTRAGEOUS Scully!!! What a totally anal retentive knee-jerk reaction from your Dad!!!

  Frannie B
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  When JWs Knock on Your Door....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  what are your most successful methods for dealing with their visit?

  do you prefer to "blow 'em off"?

  or do you attempt to dissuade them from their inanity?.

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  Then I guess I'll have to make sure they get plenty of persecution, because they are so self-righteous

  LOL!@Obi!
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  When JWs Knock on Your Door....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  what are your most successful methods for dealing with their visit?

  do you prefer to "blow 'em off"?

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  They don't come to my door. God bless gated communities!!

  YAAAAYYYY! Califirl, you lucky duck!

  My German Sheperd half way out the door!

  Obi !! It prolly just enhances their "persecution complex" and feelings of self-righteousness....

  i kind of wish they would dare knock on my door, but i can't remember the last time they did. it's been years and years...i was probably actually a witness at the time, in fact! :P

  Tink, I haven't seen 'em at my door more than a few times since I deborganized....I don't think the locals even recognized me....but that's cause I didn't open my big yap...lol...if I had, they woulda known it was me and stalked off indignantly....heheheheh