Posts by OrphanCrow

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I have too much crap!! How to declutter/dehoard.....

by Muddy Waters in

some areas of our home are very nice, tidy, clean.

and other rooms are just junk and clutter and clothes and papers.... omg.

and now that we are getting older, we realize that we face a time of transition -- and this is hard to cope with too, as we believed the lie that we would never get old, etc.

OrphanCrow

Tough calls.

Yes. I support keeping as much archival originals as possible. I still have a few VHS tapes that I made. Binders full of black and white negatives. And photos galore. I did a bit of a cull. But, those old formats are valuable. A photograph still has an "object" status - pretty special. I have started to scan my negs but it is a project. I also have scanned most of my slide collection. But, I keep the originals too.

What my daughter has done is go through all her photos and make books of them through a photo store. Much neater and easier to look at. And then she threw the old ones out. She is a neat freak and a minimalist.

And I agree about the burning versus shredding - if you can do it. I had two weeks of nightime flames in my backyard that one summer. It was great.

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I have too much crap!! How to declutter/dehoard.....

by Muddy Waters in

some areas of our home are very nice, tidy, clean.

and other rooms are just junk and clutter and clothes and papers.... omg.

and now that we are getting older, we realize that we face a time of transition -- and this is hard to cope with too, as we believed the lie that we would never get old, etc.

OrphanCrow

Greatteacher: It's neat and orderly and I have the space for it, so is it excessive? I refer back to it enough that I feel justified in keeping it. And, knowledge is important to me, so it feels important.

No, it isn't excessive. If I had been stationary I would have kept much of my notes and such. Your collection sounds neater than mine was and probably takes up less space.

I just was faced with some tough choices at times. I have lost, through damage, some valuable things - like some of my negatives and prints. One of my weaknesses is photographs. But, I now store them all in a big suitcase - I threw out all my frames the last move.

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Where are they now?

by Sabin in

geoffrey jackson.

terrence o'brien.

vincent toole.

OrphanCrow

It will be whitewashed.

The spin will be along the lines of "the brothers who gave a good witness".

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I have too much crap!! How to declutter/dehoard.....

by Muddy Waters in

some areas of our home are very nice, tidy, clean.

and other rooms are just junk and clutter and clothes and papers.... omg.

and now that we are getting older, we realize that we face a time of transition -- and this is hard to cope with too, as we believed the lie that we would never get old, etc.

OrphanCrow

Greatteacher: Papers are a problem. I have a problem in this area. Teachers collect lots and lots of papers and supplies.

Oh yeah. This was a huge problem for me. I sort of solved it, or at least, got some of it in hand, during one move that I made. I move a lot - it is terrible...I have moved over 45 times in my life. My daughter calls it 'gypsy feet'.

I put a burning barrell out in my back yard and kept it burning for two weeks straight. I burned 99% of my university notes and such. But I still had so much that I packed and carried around. I had enough equipment to set up two darkrooms that I hauled all over the place. That finally went two moves ago - I kept a few pieces but most of it is in a landfill up north. My sentimental souvenir from my darkroom is a sweet vintage German made enlarger that I use for a lamp now.

When I think of the trail of belongings I have left behind me, all across Canada, I wonder where it all is now. I have left some pretty nice stuff behind. Lots of art - paintings and drawings and stuff. I have no idea where it is now.

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How the Internet is Destroying Mormonism

by slimboyfat in

interesting video, shame it wasn't about jws.

http://youtu.be/-1bdbkjbzzy.

what a would be your top 5 shocking things you found out about jws on the internet?.

OrphanCrow

Gawd...my math skills went to sleep...

I had said "the blood ban was put in place right on the heels of the end of WW2 - in 1945, following tactic approval of blood transfusions - a full 2 1/2 years after Rutherford's death."

That should be 3 and a half years...

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I have too much crap!! How to declutter/dehoard.....

by Muddy Waters in

some areas of our home are very nice, tidy, clean.

and other rooms are just junk and clutter and clothes and papers.... omg.

and now that we are getting older, we realize that we face a time of transition -- and this is hard to cope with too, as we believed the lie that we would never get old, etc.

OrphanCrow

MuddyWaters, you need this book:

http://tidyingup.com/books/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up-hc

It will radically change the way you think about your possessions and help you to release the things you do not need.

Japanese organizational consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly declutter your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Whereas most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, the KonMari Method's category-by-category, all-at-once prescription leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo's clients have been repeat customers (and she still has a three-month waiting list of new customers!). With detailed guidance for every type of item in the household, this quirky little manual from Japan's newest lifestyle phenomenon will help readers clear their clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home--and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.

Or, you could move to a smaller place. That is what helped me - I went from a two bedroom townhouse to a bachelor pad. I got rid of 80% of my belongings and what a relief it was. Once a person gets rid of all the stuff they don't need, it also changes the way that you accumulate things. I don't buy crap anymore - I only purchase neccessities. And things that give me joy.

Good luck - the bottom line in deciding what to keep is this: "Does it give me joy?" If it doesn't, get rid of it.

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How the Internet is Destroying Mormonism

by slimboyfat in

interesting video, shame it wasn't about jws.

http://youtu.be/-1bdbkjbzzy.

what a would be your top 5 shocking things you found out about jws on the internet?.

OrphanCrow

jookbeard: OrphanCrow;
was you shocked when the AJWRB group was formed? an anonymous secret group made up of elders who opposed the WTS blood ban policy,

I wasn't shocked that the AJWRB group was formed. Not at all. I was pleased. I just was surprised it hadn't happened sooner. The internet is what facillitated the group forming. It would have been difficult without the internet.

I wonder if you know the real reason the blood ban was implemented? the 2 sexual deviants who were to become the presidents of the WTS made a promise at the deathbed of the alcoholic, ego maniac bully because he had this strange idea?

I do not buy that as the real reason that the blood ban was put in place. Rutherford died in January, 1942 out in California. He spent most of his time out there in his later years - I have read that Knorr and Franz did not get along with him and that they didn't even arrange a proper funeral for him. They couldn't wait for him to croak and get out of the way and they did not attend to his deathbed. Rutherford did not want to pass the reins over to them, he had named Hayden Covington as his successor.

I do not see Knorr and Franz being bound by some promise to drunk Rutherford. If that was the case, then they would implented it before they did - the blood ban was put in place right on the heels of the end of WW2 - in 1945, following tactic approval of blood transfusions - a full 2 1/2 years after Rutherford's death.

Rutherford had nothing to do with the blood ban - that was Knorr's puppy.

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How the Internet is Destroying Mormonism

by slimboyfat in

interesting video, shame it wasn't about jws.

http://youtu.be/-1bdbkjbzzy.

what a would be your top 5 shocking things you found out about jws on the internet?.

OrphanCrow

girlnextdoor: Would like to research those bullet points more. Any direction would be greatly appreciated OC.

Jaydee posted a link to the Australian Blood Managment story that highlights Farmer and Hofmann's involvement.

It took me a while to find this next item. This information is no longer available on the SABM website, but, The Wayback Machine is wonderful. They have a cached copy of the information that confirms that the Watchtower Society was given the President's Award in 2002.

The SABM® President's Award is presented annually at SABM's Annual Meeting to candidates who have made a substantial contribution to the field of blood conservation, contributed to the public good in the area of safety of the blood supply or reduction of unnecessary transfusions, and have had a career that focused on blood safety.

I am working on a list of the JWs that I have discovered who are doctors, nurses, bloodless clinic managers, and textbook writers for the blood management industry. Sorry, it may take a while to put it all together in one spot.

In the meantime, here are some big names in blood management who are JWs:

Shannon Farmer; Richard Melseth; Alex Hofmann; Petra Seeber; Matthias Lucas; Sherri Ozawa; Sharon Vernon; Edward Blakeney...and more.

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How the Internet is Destroying Mormonism

by slimboyfat in

interesting video, shame it wasn't about jws.

http://youtu.be/-1bdbkjbzzy.

what a would be your top 5 shocking things you found out about jws on the internet?.

OrphanCrow

What a would be your top 5 shocking things you found out about JWs on the Internet?

At one time, Slimboy, I didn't think anything could really shock me about the JWs.

But, I was wrong.

I was shocked beyond belief when I discovered that it was JWs who were the founding members of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management, an organization that sets the standard for blood management for everyone all over the world, not just the JWs.

I was shocked to find out that the Watchtower Society had won the President's Award for the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management the year it was established.

I was shocked to find out that Shannon Farmer and Axel Hofman, both JWs, were the bigwigs down in Australia pushing blood management for the whole country. That shocked me. It still does.

I was shocked to find out that the JWs were used for medical testing by the US Army.

I continue to be shocked whenever I turn up yet another JW who is involved in bloodless medicine.

I am no longer surprised...I am just in shock about it all.

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Jehovah's Witnesses' Brooklyn tax exemptions totaled $368 million

by OrphanCrow in

jehovah's witnesses' brooklyn tax exemptions totaled $368 million.

downtown brooklyn partnership ups its pressure on the tax-exempt organization to donate $50 million.

the jehovah’s witnesses have been exempted from paying at least $368 million in taxes on their brooklyn real estate holdings over the last 12 years, according to an analysis by the downtown brooklyn partnership and consulting firm bjh advisers.

OrphanCrow

To put it into perspective just how insignificant $368mill is.

Brooklyn's population is about 2.5 million.

That means that each person footed about $150 of the lost tax revenue from the Watchtower. And that is including all those who are not working.