@stillin- “barking up the wrong tree” refers to hunting dogs tracking an animal and, litterally, “barking up the wrong tree”. Some animals climb up a tree and then jump to another, confusing a tracking animal.
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Common phrases which are disappearing during my lifetime
by TerryWalstrom inmany common phrases i've used all my life have been made obsolete by technology advancements.
"roll up the window" (car windows don't roll up any longer with a hand crank.).
"hold your horses.
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Common phrases which are disappearing during my lifetime
by TerryWalstrom inmany common phrases i've used all my life have been made obsolete by technology advancements.
"roll up the window" (car windows don't roll up any longer with a hand crank.).
"hold your horses.
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_Morpheus
Interesting thoughts terry... what is also interesting is that some of those are still in wide usage and not going away. The entomology may be lost on the younger generation but the common usage remains. Examples:
”hang up the phone”- still very very common. Although kids dont really know where it came from its still a very common phrase for ending a call. Kids will even say “you hang up first”
“Drop a dime” still very common, even used in modern songs, to describe snitching. Im in my mid 40’s and pay phones have been gone at least half my life. Even when they were around they cost .25, not a dime, however that common usage is still prevalent.
“Rewind”- still universal as well. Why? Be ause evem though videos are digital devices like tivo and other dvrs (digital vedo recorders) use a “rewind” button to go back on action. That phrase isnt going anywhere either, although again the origin is likely lost on anyone under 30
i think your post speaks a lot to the evolution of language and common usage of words. We offen say things that have an understood or common meaning wothout understanding where it came from. We live in a unique time with technology driving so many innovations that we are, in a very real way, seeing phrases become outmoded from a practical standpoint but stay around because of common usage.
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Its easy to tap dance on their grave and feel justified but seizure of property creates a lot of bad feelings among others who would invest in the country. Its a bad precedent and especially in a country with deep communist roots
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Jehovah's Witnesses Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection
by humblepotato innews room > legal developments > legal resources.
jehovah's witnesses scripturally based position on child protection.
i am having trouble understanding paragraph 5. it says: .
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_Morpheus
Im not sure where that quote came from but i will treat it as legit and truly from the org for the purpose of my reply...
immediately i have a problem with it... they will report if the child is still in danger... really? Cause being raped once isnt worthy of reporting???? Who determins still in danger? If someone says ‘oh i wont do if again’ is that considered danger free?
Its simple. Report all abuse. Dont discourage anyone else from reporting. Anything less than that isnt enough. They are a church and have ZERO legal authority and shouldnt be involved in any way.
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They have a point...
by James Mixon inlast week in the sunday meeting a sister made a comment and collapsed, a massive heart attack.
one of the young brothers is a fireman and he gave her mouth mouth and according to the doctor this saved her life.
so if she had missed the meeting that day she would have surly died because her husband is not in great health.
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_Morpheus
Maybe the stress of being at the hall caused the heart attack...
mind=blown
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Mexican drug lord El Chapo personally killed 4 Witnesses in the 80's
by Richard_I inus prosecutors are reportedly considering charging 'el chapo' guzman with the killings of 6 us citizens and a dea agent.
"the first killings came on december 2, 1984, when four jehovah's witness missionaries, two men and two women, knocked on the door of a drug lord.
godoy, who was then also working as a body guard for ernesto fonseca, another guadalajara kingpin, said the missionaries were tortured and the women raped.
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_Morpheus
Thank you for the clarification. I skimmed the article, i didnt invest much time. In the end the details dont make it less awful. Choppo was (is) a horrific son of a bitch and his crew is legendarily brutal. The jw’s didnt deserve it anymore than the thousands of others ordered killed.
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Continuing congregation mergers
by Are you serious inin the area i live in the pacific northwest, three spanish congregations we're merged into two a couple of years ago and in the next month or so four english congregations will be cut down to three.
both situations happened because of lack of growth.
a few years ago, i would never have imagined spanish congregations disappearing or merging but it's happening.
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_Morpheus
It was a little sideways anger Morph. uggh.
Lol ok, well i can appreciate that. I was just curiouse why that specifically was the tipping point 😂😂
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Continuing congregation mergers
by Are you serious inin the area i live in the pacific northwest, three spanish congregations we're merged into two a couple of years ago and in the next month or so four english congregations will be cut down to three.
both situations happened because of lack of growth.
a few years ago, i would never have imagined spanish congregations disappearing or merging but it's happening.
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_Morpheus
Seriously? Thats why hell is too good for them? The way they choose to count their membership is worthy of eternal damnation...? The idea that a language group, with its own meetings, is counted a congregation angers you that much?
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Informing of judicial decisions - how is it accomplished in 2018?
by gone for good inhow do jws (rank and file) know when to commence shunning the victim of an internal judicial proceeding ?
what direction does the elders manual give to start the congregations participation in shunning?
when did you most recently see this process initiated in a hall you attend?.
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_Morpheus
Could anyone substantiate that is actual written organizational protocol supplied to elders from HQ?
Of course. Below a pic of the relevant page from the ks10 (txt book for elders) published by the org and issued to congregation elders only.
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Mexican drug lord El Chapo personally killed 4 Witnesses in the 80's
by Richard_I inus prosecutors are reportedly considering charging 'el chapo' guzman with the killings of 6 us citizens and a dea agent.
"the first killings came on december 2, 1984, when four jehovah's witness missionaries, two men and two women, knocked on the door of a drug lord.
godoy, who was then also working as a body guard for ernesto fonseca, another guadalajara kingpin, said the missionaries were tortured and the women raped.
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_Morpheus
Terrible terrible story. What the hell were they thinking. In the eary to mid 80’s he was already a kingpin. Nobody should have been stupid enough to knock on his door.