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  District Assemblies now being held at Circuit Assembly locations?

  by ShirleyW in

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  i haven't been to a kh in decades, so i get the google alerts for jws and i got one featuring a local news channel in brooklyn covering the assembly being held in flatbush, brooklyn.

  i'm sure that venue is where the circuit assemblies are usually held, keeping in mind it's summer and that's when the district assemblies are being held.

  why are they acting like they're so strapped for cash and now holding district assemblies in circuit assemblies locations ?.

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  Lol 69 nearly 70 at least!

  Lol yes i can agree with that...

  i also agree that its indicative of nothing. The problem is we only know
  our own little area. We would need a couple of pieces data to assess this with any degree of certainty. We would need to know

  A) where the DA (now called RA) was held traditionally and for how long

  B) where the RA is being held now and for how long

  In the washington DC area nothing has changed. For the past 25 years they have used the Richmond Coliseum and still do, barring the advent of an international convention, and before that it was it the capital center. That dosent mean it hasnt changed for other areas but thats the point. Nobody has the complete picture.

  There is one way, if someone were so inclined.... go to the web site and find the listing of the RA locations. Google the addresses and see how many are jw owned and how many are rented. We could then go back to an older KM or wt and pull the same information and compare. They used to print the locations, once upon a time.

  That would at least confirm a trend, if one exsists. The problem for slim and the gloom and doom chorus is that it dosent matter one bit WHERE the assemblies are held, what is relevant is the attendance. There more jw’s today in the USA than there were 10 years ago. Its not collapse if your growing.
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  District Assemblies now being held at Circuit Assembly locations?

  by ShirleyW in

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  i haven't been to a kh in decades, so i get the google alerts for jws and i got one featuring a local news channel in brooklyn covering the assembly being held in flatbush, brooklyn.

  i'm sure that venue is where the circuit assemblies are usually held, keeping in mind it's summer and that's when the district assemblies are being held.

  why are they acting like they're so strapped for cash and now holding district assemblies in circuit assemblies locations ?.

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  Wait... 69% is “nearly” 80%? You would have been better off admitting your bad at math 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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  Nature is amazing :)

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i studied biology at uni and specialised in animal biology (wolf behaviour) but i've always liked natural history.. even if i never went to uni, i'd still be amazed by nature and i'd still watch nature programs on tv.. i'd like start a thread where posters can post nature clips that are in some way amazing.. the vid below shows wild wolves in the canadian arctic encountering humans for the first time.. these wolves haven't been exterminated by human hunters and therefore haven't learnt to fear humans.

  result: wild wolves approach human strangers almost like dogs.

  pretty cool.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgavk7fovu .

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  Uni, i dont think thats what vidiot meant by family. I took the statment to mean most species dont engage in cannibalism with the word “family” meaning “their own kind”, not “other carnivores”.

  The reality, however, is that the animal world has examples of cannibalism but i do tend to agree that generally species dont engage in eating their own kind. If a predator like a crocodile imprints on a human then it could be a factor in the phenomenon seen in your video.
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  District Assemblies now being held at Circuit Assembly locations?

  by ShirleyW in

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  2. friends

  i haven't been to a kh in decades, so i get the google alerts for jws and i got one featuring a local news channel in brooklyn covering the assembly being held in flatbush, brooklyn.

  i'm sure that venue is where the circuit assemblies are usually held, keeping in mind it's summer and that's when the district assemblies are being held.

  why are they acting like they're so strapped for cash and now holding district assemblies in circuit assemblies locations ?.

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  Yep. One year we went to a ca three weeks becore a da. Its stupid.

  They are still holding da’s in big venues. I havnt heard of them holding da’s in small venues in the usa yet, but who knows.
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  District Assemblies now being held at Circuit Assembly locations?

  by ShirleyW in

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  i haven't been to a kh in decades, so i get the google alerts for jws and i got one featuring a local news channel in brooklyn covering the assembly being held in flatbush, brooklyn.

  i'm sure that venue is where the circuit assemblies are usually held, keeping in mind it's summer and that's when the district assemblies are being held.

  why are they acting like they're so strapped for cash and now holding district assemblies in circuit assemblies locations ?.

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  Ca are held year round, even in summer. It may have been a ca
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  The Longest Goodbye Of John McCain

  by minimus in

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  can you believe it?

  this funeral arrangement goes on and on and on.

  if the people loved him so much he would have been elected president.

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  He gets credit for his courage in Vietnam

  Im curious, slim one..... in what way did he show courage?
  
  
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  The Longest Goodbye Of John McCain

  by minimus in

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  can you believe it?

  this funeral arrangement goes on and on and on.

  if the people loved him so much he would have been elected president.

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  We dont either. This is a dog and pony show because he hated trump and its his “reward”. Thats the overarching point of this thread, that its a lot of goodbyes for a nobody.
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  The Longest Goodbye Of John McCain

  by minimus in

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  can you believe it?

  this funeral arrangement goes on and on and on.

  if the people loved him so much he would have been elected president.

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  I know he has a daughter, shes about my age. I saw a really sad picture of her crying at his funeral. He died of cancer, my dad was just diagnosed with cancer. From that perspective I’m sad for his family.

  So you do know, literally, SOMETHING about him. See how easy that was? It only took 5 posts and a lot of digging to find out what you really know and think. In short, if i understand correctly, you see a lot of similar circumstances and feel sympathetic.

  It means you see another family in a situation similar to yours and i can understand and respect that. That does not make him a hero, influential or a republican leader, however. Words matter

  I can like, or not like how someone acts without meeting them.

  Thats not the full context. Dont try to move the goal post when you realize how foolish you sounded. You said, and i quote you directly, “I literally know nothing about him.” And then you said you didnt like him. Words matter. You clearly are responding emotionally because of shared circumstances, and thats a normal human reaction, but when you have a minute of quiet mediation try to separate “feel” from facts. Consider letting your rational brain guide your actions instead being guided by pure emotion.

  And pointing out that you are talking out of your ass isnt bullying you. Everyone can see you have no idea what your talking about, im just the guy trying to help you grow past your immaturity.
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  The Longest Goodbye Of John McCain

  by minimus in

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  can you believe it?

  this funeral arrangement goes on and on and on.

  if the people loved him so much he would have been elected president.

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  I don’t like the guy if you must know.

  I never asked. Not once. Nor do i care. Its not relevant.

  But now im compelled to ask...

  why would you not like someone you “litterally know nothing about”? How does that happen, that you dont like someone you dont know and, in your own words, “litterally know nothing about”?

  I also never met him.

  And yet you dislike him. You also “literally know nothing about him”.

  he Was a man with a family.

  Which family? The wealthy woman he married (20 years younger than him) or the wife who was horribly disfigured in a car accident that he left to marry the wealthy heiress? To Which family are referring to?
  
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  The Longest Goodbye Of John McCain

  by minimus in

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  can you believe it?

  this funeral arrangement goes on and on and on.

  if the people loved him so much he would have been elected president.

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  You just said you litterally know nothing about him. In what way could you possibly humanize someone you know nothing about, by your own admission? You called him “influential” but know nothing about him. He could have been a pedophile for all you know, but you claim to humanize him.

  But pointing that out is “bullying” you.

  I see.