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  If you live in England . . .

  by compound complex in

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  would a jehovah's witness ask you, the householder, "does christ dwell in this home?".

  i have recently viewed the lady in the van, which was filmed principally in north london.

  i am currently reviewing a transcript of alan bennett's play of the same title, looking for the exact quotation (the above may not be verbatim).. also, in the movie's subtitles, the word "curb" is spelled "kerb" in the original transcript.

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  Any comments about subtle and obvious differences between American and British speech and writing would be appreciated. Incidentally, in the film, Diehard, a German thug gave away his true identity to Bruce Willis' character by saying it was "raining dogs and cats" and by referring to the elevator as the "lift."

  I once travelled in an elevator that I shared with A German couple. It had "Schindler" embossed on the metal floor. I pointed to this and exclaimed "Shindler's lift!"

  I thought it was funny...
  
  
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  Helped with fathers funeral, helped with arranging care for my mother - then SHUNNED again!!

  by EssexBoy1 in

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  well i have not been on this site for ages - so long that i had forgotten my username etc and have had to start again!.

  anyway briefly - bought up in 'the truth', baptised at 18, married at 21, had kids, got divorced, remarried, disfellowshipped 15 years ago.. parents and brother shun me.. early last year father very ill, calls me.

  i arrange to visit him in hospital.

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  I said to my brother after he told me that I had heard about the JW's getting strict again re contact with disfellowshipped ones and that I had learnt of a 93 year old lady in America who had been a staunch JW for over 50 years but left due to the child molestation issue - now her grand-daughter will not even speak to her! My brother said that he wants to be loyal to Jehovah.

  I've learned a new technique for dealing with that sort of negative stuff. I always respond: "Good For You!"

  ...and if you look at the 3 initials in that phrase, you'll see how expressing that makes you feel much better - without the other person knowing what you really mean.
  
  
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  arise Sir Andrew ?

  by stan livedeath in

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  LOL..Brexit is obviously working..
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  Disfellowshipped ex-wife Dies - Now What?

  by snugglebunny in

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  it was a shock despite us being divorced for over 40 years.

  my son from that marriage phoned me with the news of sandra's death a couple of days ago, followed by my daughter.. sandra was one of 5 siblings.

  the other 4 are still jw's.

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  Update: I attended the funeral on Friday. A 500 mile round trip in one day on UK motorways is no picnic. I met up with my son and daughter and children and grandchildren from Sandie's subsequent marriages and was treated very kindly. My wife felt that it would be best if I attended without her. I'm glad that I went. It was a conventional semi-religious funeral complete with flowers, hearse and limo. Sandie had stated in hospital that she didn't want any JW's to attend her funeral, so my son duly phoned her 4 siblings and told them to stay away. Reverse disfellowshipping in action!
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  Q. about an old Kingdom Song (needs an old timer to answer)

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
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  back when i was a boy, we were using the old green songbook entitled "songs to jehovah's praise".

  one of the songs contained the lyrics: "happy is the man who stays awake and keeps his outer garments".

  i don't know what the song was called.. i'm pretty sure that the melody to this song was another rip-off from an already existing tune, in this case the maine stein song.

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  The Noah ark song was taken from one of Beethoven sonatas...

  Yes it was!

  Here's the original Kingdum song:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O7DIWu3Ia4

  And now Beethoven's Appasionata opus 57. Go 1 minute 27 seconds in:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfRVqfPeB78
  
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  Q. about an old Kingdom Song (needs an old timer to answer)

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
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  back when i was a boy, we were using the old green songbook entitled "songs to jehovah's praise".

  one of the songs contained the lyrics: "happy is the man who stays awake and keeps his outer garments".

  i don't know what the song was called.. i'm pretty sure that the melody to this song was another rip-off from an already existing tune, in this case the maine stein song.

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  Back when I was a boy, we were using the old green songbook entitled "Songs to Jehovah's Praise". One of the songs contained the lyrics: "happy is the man who stays awake and keeps his outer garments". I don't know what the song was called.

  I'm pretty sure that the melody to this song was another rip-off from an already existing tune, in this case the Maine stein song. I'm just trying to identify the Kingdum melody for no other reason than it amuses me to do so. I'd never heard the original song before it was parodied on The Two Ronnies Show, at which I jumped up thinking OMG, Kingdom songs on the telly!

  Here's the original tune. Anyone got any ideas?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO_aoOZbT9I
  
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  Labels are NOT arguments

  by Coded Logic in

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  i love muslims - which is why i hate mainstream islam.

  history has categorically shown us that people are better off when there's separation of church and state, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and women's equality - all of which mainstream islam is diametrically opposed to.

  and criticizing islam doesn't make me an "islamophobe".

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  There is a tendency for some minor groups to hang an - ist or a - phobe label on someone who is not 100% in agreement with their views. It's all to easy to call someone an - ist or a - phobe if they are not completely convinced that the group is correct. As someone on this forum wisely said, not all minor groups are necessarily noble.
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  This Completely Batshit Week In British Politics, Explained For Americans

  by snugglebunny in

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  https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/the-crisis-explained-maybe?utm_term=.iiaglnrkb#.yxmd5eg2o.

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  https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/the-crisis-explained-maybe?utm_term=.iiaGlNrKB#.yxmD5eG2o
  
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  Musicians Who Died in the Last Year - or Through the Years- Who Do you Miss Most ?

  by flipper in

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  i think for me in the last year the death of david bowie got to me the most.

  not only in the way he handled his demise so classy by even making a song about it and a you tube about dying and sharing it with fans, but just his whole persona i always thought was pretty cool.

  plus i enjoyed a good many of his songs.

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  The missing guys here:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8s9dmuAKvU
  
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  Brexit...

  by The Rebel in

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  the london stock exchange up, every share index up, the pound up against the dollar.

  where is the fire and brimstone?.

  the rebel..

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  Cameron called the referendum. He should have made preparations in case the Leavers won. They did and he didn't.

  All the British power bases, the USA president, our Civil Service, most of our MP's, pretty well "The Establishment", wanted to remain.

  The people voted to leave.

  Now the establishment is reeling around in horror, looking for someone to blame and in total denial, ably assisted by the UK press doing their shock horror routine.

  They should have had their bases covered.

  And some people are hoping for another referendum???

  I don't think so!