Posts by OrphanCrow

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Crisis of Conscience where to find?

by Jules Saturn in

does anyone know where i can get a pdf version of this book?

i’ve always wanted a physical copy but those seem really hard to come by, and if you look online they’re super expensive.

thank you.. -jules.

OrphanCrow

nicolaou: but can I suggest donating your book to a library where many individuals can access it, discreetly if need be.

That's a good idea. However, these books have a way of disappearing once they are part of library systems.

I have encountered this problem a few times with local libraries - one day a book is there and the next time I go to take it out...it has vanished. From what I have heard (!!!), local JWs make it a point to make sure that certain books can't be accessed through public libraries by discreetly making them disappear

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Watch Tower's eBay account

by neat blue dog in

the last post about the violin for sale got me to looking at their ebay account which says it's based in wallkill.

they've got over 200 items for sale, most obsolete electronics that are grossly overpriced.

among them are used hard drives, like this one:.

OrphanCrow

StGeorge: How do we know this is from Watchtower?

How do we know?

Well, I dunno about anyone else, and I can only speak for myself, and I don't know about you either...but...

I looked at the bottom of the page, noticed that it was from "Hudson Tool and Equipment". That is the first BIG clue. Because you can simply search that name and find this:

http://used-tools-equipment.com/

Hudson Valley Used Tools and Equipment is Kingdom Support Services, Inc

Now "we" know

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The International Space Station passing Overhead At 10:22 pm ESDST Lakes entrance Victoria Australia.

by smiddy3 in

it`s always a buzz to see this with the naked eye and know that their are human beings orbiting the earth a couple of hundred miles up every 90 minutes or so .. the wife and i were just sitting out on our porch/patio waiting for the cool change to arrive when i noticed this "star" moving across the sky in a se/nw (?

) direction { i hope that`s right }.

anyhow i thought some others on here may be interested in tracking the iss from time to time.. by the way the cool change hasn`t arrived here yet it`s still quite warm though not as hot as it was today at 41 deg c.

OrphanCrow

The temperature has dropped today and I hope to be in for a good ISS sighting tonight!

The sky has been overcast (actually, a clipper tore through the past couple days and it warmed up to -7 and now we hit the usual again - it was -29 when I woke up this morning) but now the sky is clear and crisp. Perfect for an ISS flyover.

I have tracked the ISS for years through the NASA tracker but missed a few when I was in the city. I have recently moved to a rural area which allows me to be a sky watcher again. I have already had a double sighting one night around Christmas when the temp was hovering down in the -30s. I love really cold winter nights because the sky is so clear.

I missed the eclipse due to cloud cover (damn warm winter weather!) but when I woke this morning at 5 am and stepped outside, that fat old moon was hanging over the spruce trees.

On a related note...an amateur astronomer out in British Columbia, Canada, found a satellite signal from a "lost" satellite:

Long "dead" NASA satellite discovered alive by amateur astronomer

https://newatlas.com/dead-satellite-alive-image/53150/

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Wait one minute here!!! Did the GB PURPOSEFULLY launch a D.O.S. attack on Russia? (aka the letter writting campaign)

by GTSfromSY in

i know this sounds very outlandish by the title but hear this one out:.

a few months back i spoke to an old friend of mine raised "around the truth", but never baptized and wanting nothing to do with the wt.

he is very hip to what is going on in the wt however.

OrphanCrow

MrRoboto: Im sure Russia could find a reason to legally ignore all the letters instead of responding to each.

Of course they can.

All correspondence to State departments must be done in Russian. They will not respond to any communication in a foreign language. (I know this because I had to find a Russian person proficient in written Russian language in order to access files at the State Military Archives. My emails were just ignored when they were written in English)

GTS: I will spend some time looking for that info. Just got home to my laptop...

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Kingdom Support Services Used Equipment - violin for sale

by OrphanCrow in

jw
friends

found on this site here: http://used-tools-equipment.com/.

for the low price of $3500, you can own this lovely instrument:.

orren v. heath 1937 american violin no.

OrphanCrow

Haha!

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Kingdom Support Services Used Equipment - violin for sale

by OrphanCrow in

jw
friends

found on this site here: http://used-tools-equipment.com/.

for the low price of $3500, you can own this lovely instrument:.

orren v. heath 1937 american violin no.

OrphanCrow

Found on this site here: http://used-tools-equipment.com/

For the low price of $3500, you can own this lovely instrument:

ORREN V. HEATH 1937 AMERICAN VIOLIN NO. 68 FORT WAYNE: Lifton leather case, 2 bows (Used)

This Orren, V. Heath is an American made violin dating from 1937. The maker was based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana and made only 79 pieces total in his violinmaking career. This piece bearing the makers label is numbered 68. It has a two-piece maple back of narrow curl, the ribs and scroll of medium curl, the spruce top of fine to medium grain, the varnish of red color. This is a characteristic example of the maker’s work. Heath was self-taught, which makes the work even more interesting for its high degree of professional concept, execution and finish. The oil varnish was also his own, and has met with the same fate as many from the era of experimentation in oil varnish formulas by American makers, which is the surface checking, most pronounced in the upper back. Pattern is after Stradivari, modified somewhat with wider dimensions in the upper bouts.
The violin is in good condition overall
In the summer of 2016 this violin was professionally appraised for value as well as some restoration - new strings, new bridge, adjustment of sound post and the like.

I am a bit curious about this instrument.

Is it something that was left in an estate for the org? Who is this Heath person who built the violin? Any relation to "The" Heaths from back in the day when Rutherford was schmoozing with the Coca-Cola Heaths?

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Reminder: super blue moon tonight

by _Morpheus in

just a reminder :) i already snapped a few pics and will try to get a few of the blood moon in the morning.

post pics if you got them!.

OrphanCrow

Awesome photo Scenic!

It was overcast here. No sighting possible

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The Carts question

by blownaway in

so the carts i see all over the place, where do they get them?

do they give them out to the rank and file or do they have to pay?.

OrphanCrow

Prices for posters etc:

http://www.jwcartposters.com/

Just one site of many

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Shouldn't the literature carts be covered by insurance?

by Isambard Crater in

i mean, they're in a public place and may get blown into someone by the wind, perhaps hurting a child.

surely because of their position, some kind of public liability insurance or similar should cover the literature carts/trolleys?

other charities like oxfam require insurance, i'm pretty sure, or a licence..

OrphanCrow

Islam, do an online search to see what your locality requires for public vendors. The same rules and requirements should apply

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Shouldn't the literature carts be covered by insurance?

by Isambard Crater in

i mean, they're in a public place and may get blown into someone by the wind, perhaps hurting a child.

surely because of their position, some kind of public liability insurance or similar should cover the literature carts/trolleys?

other charities like oxfam require insurance, i'm pretty sure, or a licence..

OrphanCrow

Yes. They do require liability insurance to be in a public place

At least, in my city, I believe they have to provide 3 mil liability insurance in order to set up. And an annual license of around 300 dollars. Which would explain why I have yet to see one