Posts by brutusmaximus

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Guys ONLY... Hear me out, but did you notice...

by upside/down in

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that most guys in the borg were .

i mean, i don't know about you, but i remember countless times that situations would develop involving young to old men alike, where me and other non-dub-raised "dudes", would comment that.... what that guy (bro) needs is a good ass-kicking!

i mean a good old fashioned beat your ass whoopin... i mean learn some real "humility" at the hands of your "friends".

brutusmaximus

Football (soccer for our American cousins) in Scotland was always good fun especially watching the local elder trying to calm it down. It got sooo bad they banned football between local congs because of fights.

I only set about a guy once in the hall and that was due to him grassing me up for smoking!! As I explained to him (while giving him 7 with no returns) the advice is to approach the person first not go runnin to the elders, you twat.

Good post by the way and nice to see the ladies putting their 5p in as well.

BM

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Why did I leave after 50 yrs a JW

by londoner in

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i am not posting this to justify my actions, i am doing so for the benifit of any witnesses who are unsure about there feelings toward the "truth".

i was a reguler pioneer for about 8 yrs, back when it was 100 hours a month, befor thet i did a couple of yrs as a vacation pioneer, they later changed the name to auxilery pioneer, and during the following 20 yrs i had a few intermitant spells as an auxilery when i had time to.

during my pioneer years i have given talks at circuit assemblies and had assignments at district assemblies .

brutusmaximus

Welcome Londoner,

I don't get the chance to post as often as I would like (don't always know what to say) but like you spent too many years in the borg (30) but stable now and having a ball!!!

Take care and look to these guys to help you they are the bees knees.

All the best

BM

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Your favorite holiday movie(s)?

by gaiagirl in

television listings and movie theatres are filled with lots of seasonal films now, and many dvds are also available for films from earlier years.

i confess to having a difficult time selecting just one.

among my favorites would have to be christmas vacation, with chevy chase.

brutusmaximus

A wonderful Life is the business and makes me shed a tear every time even though I know what happens.

Loved the Elf and still watch the DVD from time to time with the kids. "I'M IN A STORE AND I'M SINGING!!!" loved that bit.

Now the real Grinch is something I haven't seen, is that a tv show you get over in the States??

Take care and happy movie watching over the hollybags

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Poll-----Did The Internet Help You Get Out Of The Organization??

by minimus in

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i read many "apostate" books before i left the "truth".

mentally, i was drifting away for years.

but i do think that the internet really made it easy to see all the evidence that overwhelmingly showed jws do not have the "truth".....was the 'net instrumental in getting you out?

brutusmaximus

I read Crisis of conscience by Mr. Franz then looked at the web, Freeminds and Watchtower Observer which really just confirmed my suspicions of the WT society.

Stiil out and all the better for it.

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AVATAR UPDATE!

by Valis in

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time for an avatar change i tell you!

sincerely, .

district overbeer of the "evil jebus" class

brutusmaximus

Forget the last post, I put my brain in gear and worked it out, I am not the guy in the picture by the way although that is not to say I haven't been in the past.

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AVATAR UPDATE!

by Valis in

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time for an avatar change i tell you!

sincerely, .

district overbeer of the "evil jebus" class

brutusmaximus

I want an Avatar how do I go about it??

Sorry for being a numb nuts.

Cheers

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Very Depressed today... Please Help.

by Confucious in

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hey guys, .

last night, my ex-girlfriend whom i wrote about before emailed me and goaded me into a confrontation.

where to start???

brutusmaximus

I'm sorry but maybe I am missing the point here.

You say your new girl friend allows you to sit and watch dancers whilst smoking a dirty big ceegar and you have friends who are dancers and you are depressed!!??

Listen my good man would your ex who is still out there a chapping the doors let this take place? I don't think so.

Confucious say: be grateful for small mercies

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Distractions at the Convention

by Nosferatu in

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i read the post where some kid let go of a helium balloon at a convention, and everyone was watching it.

when i used to attend the conventions, i loved distractions.

i always heard multiple "pssst" sounds from people opening cans of cott cola.

brutusmaximus

I'm with Hillbilly when it comes to the jelly on a plate picture, fantastic we would whisper

Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate

wibble wobble, wibble wobble

Jelly on a plate ( I know very imature but fun at 14)

At one out door convention there was something up with the sound or something and we started doing a Mexican wave (an unheard of thing in Scotland) I think it went round twice and then we got told to stop it.

Great fun while it lasted though.

Sneaking out to the pool halls at lunch time was also good but may not count.

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Quick Build hard hats

by fleaman uk in

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in england about 5/6 years ago a directive kicked in that you were not allowed to put anything on your hard hat at the qb...apparently bro,s were putting all kinds of details down to ,er,attract the opposite sex....ms,rp etc!there were some desperate people out there...... any other crazy "hilarious"antics you remember at qb,s?

brutusmaximus

I remember we were doing a refurb in the hall and we had to re-varnish the floors so me and my wee mate volunteered to do it. Sadly we had no need for hard hats but they might have came in useful as we were out of our heads from the fumes of the varnish. We had AC/DC blasting out the PA system and then had our own sing along on the platform, a quality job all round I would say

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Whats the circulation of the Watchtower and Awake these days ???

by run dont walk in

how many magazines get printed in 2004. watchtower =.

awake =.

and can someone tell me the circulation in 1988-1995 for both as well, .

brutusmaximus

I know this is off the thread a wee bit but didn't special pioneers get their mags free so that it was a little bit of income for them? I to worked on the lit desk and I can remember the specials in my hall talking huge bundles of mags to place and thinking "they must make a few bucks selling those bad boys".