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  Who has or has not been invited to the memorial?

  by misspeaches in

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  well the memorial is tmrw night and time is running out to give out invitations.

  (au time that is...) .

  last night my mother asked me if i've heard from any of my old jw friends.

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  neverin

  I have never been an active witness as my mom is an unbeleiver although Dad and 2 brothers are elders. I have posted in the past about the cover up of my sexual abuse by a witness so when my dad told me that he would be doing the memorial talk and invited me along I replied " sorry but my concience wont allow me to consort with people who shield child molesters". That felt so good after 30 odd years of making allowances for my dad's concience matters.lol
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  Oh, you Brits !!!!

  by JH in

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  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4831180.stm

  nation's knicker secrets revealed .

  one in 10 people wear their underwear for three days in a row, a peep into the nation's smalls has revealed.

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  I thought everyone knew that knickers are good for four days:
  
  day 1 - right way round
  day 2 - back to front
  day 3 - inside out
  day 4 - inside out and back to front
  
  THEN you throw them up the wall to see if they stick ;0)
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  A Pedophile in our local congo--WHAT SHALL I DO PUBLICALLY? mmmmm...

  by wozadummy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  for some months we have known of a pedophile in our congo who molested his daughters years ago and we were told this by the pioneer sister who used to get a lift from him and his wife but won't now go with them .

  we hav'nt been for some time but are having our own seperate issue over this type of problem and spoke to elders who we reqested to see for ages ,and they finally came around and i questioned them about this pedophile and the societies stance on this sought of thing, whether anything has changed in policy and of course it has'nt and i threw it at them that they have not warned the congo of his past conduct and he has been seen at the hall trying to hug kids and of course the brothers and sisters think he is just a jolly grandfather type !!!!!!!

  of course most are ignorant of the real him and i pointed out also that we can't go to the hall to worship along a filthy scum like this.

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  neverin

  It is most probable that many Witnesses have a peadophile in their congregation and don't know about it. From 1978 to 1979 I was molested by my brother's best friend - I was 9- 10 yrs and he was 20-21.
  
  I went public with this five years ago and reported him to the police. His PO knew and covered up for him, the other elders in his cong weren't even told. It was only when he was put on the sex offenders register that he stepped down from being an elder and the official line was that his wife was having health problems and needed his support (she too knew the real truth).
  
  Even to this day it's only because my mom (non beleiver) and Dad (elder) tell others what happened that anyone knows. The abuser is still in good standing and the CO has tried and failed on many times to get my Mom to 'shut up'. There was no JC even though my Dad requested one - the line he was fed was that as the molestation had not involved him messing with my genetalia (although he had put his hands down the back of my knickers many times) then it was a crime but not a sin.
  
  For me the saddest things to come out of this are that:
  
  1. the police were too lenient - he got a caution - they wouldn't prosecute even though he admitted it.
  2. The JW's covered it up - and my Dad is still 'waiting on Jehovah'
  3. My brother no longer talks to me as he thinks I should have let sleeping dogs lie.
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  Who's studying

  by deeskis in

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  2. friends

  no i don't mean with a publisher!.

  i just got back from a weeks block at uni for the year long certificate course i'm doing by distance education.

  i'm feeling overwhelmed by the 12 assignments that i have to do, plus the truck road of reading needed.. so who else is combining, study, work, family (kids, husband, housework) etc etc?

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  Hello Deeskis
  
  I too am a masochist - I manage a team of 60+ people in my job, have a husband, 2 kids and a house to look after and am studying part time for my degree. I am in my 4th year of 6 so have got my study time just about balanced now. The only advice I can give is to make sure you take the time you need to complete your assignments and not to keep putting others first. Other than that a little time out that's neither work, family nor study time is the least you deserve.
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  Who's studying

  by deeskis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  no i don't mean with a publisher!.

  i just got back from a weeks block at uni for the year long certificate course i'm doing by distance education.

  i'm feeling overwhelmed by the 12 assignments that i have to do, plus the truck road of reading needed.. so who else is combining, study, work, family (kids, husband, housework) etc etc?

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  Hello Deeskis
  
  I too am a masochist - I manage a team of 60+ people in my job, have a husband, 2 kids and a house to look after and am studying part time for my degree. I am in my 4th year of 6 so have got my study time just about balanced now. The only advice I can give is to make sure you take the time you need to compelte your assignments and not to keep putting others first. Other than that a little time out that's neither work, family nor study time is the least you deserve.
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  Waking up to a gas hike of?

  by Golf in

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  ok, folks, swallow this.

  yesterday at the gas pumps, a litre of gas went for 94.9. this morning it was $109.9 a litre!

  since 4.5 litres equal a gallon, how would you react to waking up and having to pay (an increase)in the range of 64 cents a gallon for gas?

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  CORRECTION That is around $6-80 at current exchange rates sorry - got my multiplication mixed up with my division :0)
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  Waking up to a gas hike of?

  by Golf in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, folks, swallow this.

  yesterday at the gas pumps, a litre of gas went for 94.9. this morning it was $109.9 a litre!

  since 4.5 litres equal a gallon, how would you react to waking up and having to pay (an increase)in the range of 64 cents a gallon for gas?

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  neverin

  sorry you guys but you don't know you are born - in the uk we pay around 90p(uk) for a litre of petrol around £4 per gallon - that's around $2.35 per gallon of which around 70% is paid to the goverment in tax.
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  What's the very next event the JW's are waiting for?

  by JH in

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  i'm just wondering what next event the jw's are waiting for, or do they know?.

  i mean, god can't keep them in the dark, can he?

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  "Brothers and sisters, the end has started. All those outside these walls are being destroyed." This reminds me of a few years ago - we had quite a sizeable earthquake (by UK standards) a few miles away and one brother from my Dad's cong shouted to his wife "quick get your coat on - Armageddon's started" not sure what use her coat would have been lol
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  convention freaky memories

  by joelbear in

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  sucking on lifesavers to stay awake.

  watching families eat meals during the session.

  the smell.

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  neverin

  sneaked at look of some of my elder dad's paperwork last year. loved the note for brothers to be aware of health and safety as the previous year the brother wearing the sandwich board reminding people to wear sun screen/hats etc had to be treated for heat stroke lol.
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  Ahhhh, summer's here!!

  by ozziepost in

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  ain't life grand!

  idn10064 australian government bureau of meteorology new south wales metropolitan forecast issued at 3:30pm on monday the 19th of december 2005

  for the remainder of monday

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  neverin

  Sorry that should have read "So are we God to the Australians?"