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  Did you have a Witness approved car?

  by free2beme in

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  when i was a witness, i was told that a responsible witness purchased a car that was able to be used in field service.

  as an example, it would have four doors to allow easy entry for a car group of 4 to 6 people.

  it was something that was not to showy, meaning it was not a lexus or something that would make it seem that witnesses were materialistic, especially when working a poor part of the community.

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  I drove two-door cars all through high school, mostly because they were cheap and I could afford them. Not long after graduation, my cousin and I restored a 1977 Mustang. We did this mostly to resale and make a little bit of cash, however, I wound up drivng it for about a month. The congregation couldn't stand it and took it upon themselves to find me an acceptable service car. They would bring me the auto section of the newspaper with "Good Service Car" adds circled. Some brought me copies of fliers hung up at Wal-Mart. Or, some would just bring me a phone number of a car with a "For Sale" sign on it that they saw in service.

  I did wind up buying a four-door car (with the help of the money I made when we sold the Mustang), but it was one that a) I found on my own b) I could afford and c) one that I LIKED.

  Incidentally, I was out of the organization about a year later...

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  Called JR Brown regarding Cano Pedophile situation

  by LDH in

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  just called their media line:.

  http://www.jw-media.org/contact.htm.

  asked a young man named bryce where is the official press release on the cano pedophile situation.

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  Good job, Lisa!
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  pix - in my cancer mask

  by confusedjw in

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  this mask keeps me from moving as they give radiation to me.

  this machine is the spherical cat scan that they use to plan treatment.

  i get to keep the mask when it's all done!

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  It's amazing what modern medicine can do.... I had no idea you could make a mask out of fish-net stockings!
  Seriously, good luck on the treatments. I wish you nothing but the best.

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  You can spend 6 hours at any point in history, where and when would you go?

  by nicolaou in

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  you are only an invisible observer.

  you cannot interact with people or the surroundings at all and will remain unaffected by the experience.

  history will not notice you.. so, do you choose to be present 3 hours before and after the big bang!?

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  I would allocate my time accordingly, an hour to each:
  
  -I would like to observe Geoffry Chaucer when he finished The Canterbury Tales.
  -I would like to be present at Independence Hall during the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  -I would like to be present at Appomattox to see Lee surrender to Grant.
  -I would like to see my family before they left Ireland.
  -I would like to see the Titanic, before she set sail.
  -I would also like to observe my parents as teenagers.

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  They finally made it to my door

  by Fatfreek in

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  2. experiences

  an suv full of jw's pulled into my country home driveway and a woman and her pre-teen son came to the door.

  i greeted them with a warm smile, wondering to myself if they knew who i was.

  i doubt they did as they presented me with the single sheet invitation to the little rock district assembly to be held july 14-16. .

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  they presented me with the single sheet invitation to the Little Rock district assembly to be held July 14-16.

  Where is the assembly going to be held in LR? They used to be at Barton Colliseum, at the State Fair Grounds. It might be interesting to go and "have some fun." At least print up some of Richie's donation "money" to give to them.
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  Operation Tomorrow

  by Sunspot in

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  just to let you all know why i won't be able to post for some time...i am finally getting in to the hospital for a much-needed operation that kept being postponed.

  i have been back and forth to three different hospitals and various doctor's offices for tests, x-rays, consults and then more pre-op tests and x-rays.

  (i have never heard of "nuclear testing before now...i wondered if they were going to send me to nasa!

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  Good luck, Annie.

  I wish you nothing but the best, and if necessary, some very good painkillers.
  
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  TODAY'S MY BIRTHDAY!!

  by Mary in

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  not my physical birthday, but i just noticed when i logged on this morning, that it was 4 years ago today that i first logged on here.

  i've learned alot on here in the last 4 years i learned about the whole 586/607bce date, i discovered crisis of conscience (which played a major part in my leaving the borg), i've learned about the society's inconsistencies in the blood doctrine, as well as host of other doctrines and issues that i would have never known about in the days before the internet.

  as well, i would have never made contact with those i've become "particularly fond of" on here.

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  Happy JWD Birthday!

  I always enjoy your posts. You always seem to say what I'm thinking, but you do a MUCH better job of getting your point across!

  Cheers!
  CountryGuy
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  ITS A ....... Now with pic

  by Es in

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  healthy baby girl.. .

  had my ultrasound this morning, baby is healthy.

  i have some pics of her but my scanners not working at the moment, so will pass them on once its working.

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  Congratulations Es!

  My nieces are spending the summer with us, and I've come to appreciate just how much fun they can be. The oldest had her birthday here a week ago. For her birthday, we bought her a pink cowboy hat!

  You're gonna have a blast!
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  Do You Recognize Yourself As A Jehovah's Witness Still?

  by minimus in

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  i haven't been to a meeting in 3 years and when i tell people about my past, i tell them i used to be a witness.

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  Do You Recognize Yourself As A Jehovah's Witness Still?

  Not "NO," but "HELL NO!"

  If I trust someone, I will tell them that my parents USED to be jdubs, and that they are a cult, and how you should stay the f*&% away from them, and how they protect pedophiles, and how they re-write their own rules when it is convenient for them to, and .... well, you get the idea.
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  Where or what would you be today, if you would have never became a JW?

  by JH in

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  often i wonder what i would be doing or even where would i be living, if i would have never met the jw's back in the late 80's.. maybe it wouldn't have made any difference, or on the contrary, maybe a huge difference.

  the only way to really know would be to go back in time and change what happened and that's impossible.. .

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  I'm what I like to call a JW Donut... I wasn't raised in the troof, but I was raised around it.

  My folks were baptised right before 1975, I was either two or three. They became inactive around my 8th birthday. Then became active again around the time I turned 13. They were in it up until I was 26 when an elder "stumbled" my mother. (Stumbled... did her a favor.... it's all the same.)

  How would my life be different? Well, my mom always told me that she almost ran off to California with me with out telling my father where she was because they were having problems. The pioneer couple that studied with them helped them work out their problems. (Apparently they actually gave better advice than "wait on Jehobah."

  So, I'm guessing I'd be in California, probably around the Eureka area where my mom had lived before. Maybe I'd have gone to a really good school like UCLA or Pepperdine... or maybe I would have gone to UC-Santa Barbara... You just never really know.

  I don't know that I would have even known my father. My mother (and her whole family) can hold a grudge for YEARS! And, guys, my dad is my hero. I can't imagine my life without him. So, I guess I have to be a little thankful to that pioneer couple for helping my folks stay together. I totally acknowledge that I am soooo lucky to have all my family together free from the grip of the WTS. I know there are many others who aren't. If I didn't have my family in my life still, then I know that I would feel differently.

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