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Hungary

by rakiasp in

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i haven't posted many times, and probably not many of you know me, so let me introduce myself in a few words.. my name is peter, i am 27 years old, and i am an ex-jw from hungary, a small country in east europe.

i was a witness for two years, before i started fading away and stopped going to meeteings about 3 years ago.

i did not get df-ed, nor did i dissasosiate myself.

astro_girl

Hi Peter!

My brother lived in Hungary for about 7 or 8 years. He lived in Szeged teaching at the university and then Budapest heading a small church. He's not a JW...but he is a Moonie! Been one for over 28 years and I always have hope he will snap out of it one day. Anyway, I have been to your country to visit my brother at least 4 times and thought it very beautiful and interesting! We would take walks along the Danube at night and look at the bridges. It was just gorgeous! I picked up a few phrases over there but I can't recall them now. You have a tough language to learn, at least for me! Anyway, I wish you a warm welcome!

Astro_girl

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K I S S

by RAYZORBLADE in

ya know.....when i was becoming a good little dubby back in the mid 1970s, these guys were well on their way to stardom.. honestly, i liked them, even then.

but i seldom listened to them while i was a full fledged brain dead witless.. kiss: knights in satans service - and all sorts of madness related to their acronym.. in 1977, i remember just as i started attending meetings, there was an assembly in moncton, new brunswick, canada.

the night before the assembly, kiss performed there.

astro_girl

Speaking of the New York Dolls, did anyone ever seen Johnny Thunders?! We'd go to see him every chance we got at any dive he played (since there was always a 50/50% chance he'd be too messed up to perform) Sad day when he died but not unexpected.

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K I S S

by RAYZORBLADE in

ya know.....when i was becoming a good little dubby back in the mid 1970s, these guys were well on their way to stardom.. honestly, i liked them, even then.

but i seldom listened to them while i was a full fledged brain dead witless.. kiss: knights in satans service - and all sorts of madness related to their acronym.. in 1977, i remember just as i started attending meetings, there was an assembly in moncton, new brunswick, canada.

the night before the assembly, kiss performed there.

astro_girl

Wait! Here's another for "the greatest movie ever" thread:

KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK

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K I S S

by RAYZORBLADE in

ya know.....when i was becoming a good little dubby back in the mid 1970s, these guys were well on their way to stardom.. honestly, i liked them, even then.

but i seldom listened to them while i was a full fledged brain dead witless.. kiss: knights in satans service - and all sorts of madness related to their acronym.. in 1977, i remember just as i started attending meetings, there was an assembly in moncton, new brunswick, canada.

the night before the assembly, kiss performed there.

astro_girl

Oh yeah! I saw 'em. They were the coolest and if you'd ever say one bad word about them around a Kiss fanatic, they would do you bodily harm! My fav song is LOVE GUN! I'm ashamed to say I sold my Ace Frehley pick on Ebay awhile back (but I got $40 for it!)

Astro_Girl

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Comments You Won't Hear at the 01-18-04 WT Study

by blondie in

"show yourselves thankful".

(psalm 133:1)(c ).

in what practical ways can we demonstrate that we are truly thankful?.

astro_girl

Hi Blondie!

Thanks for the response! You're like a beautiful fountain of knowledge!

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The Biggest Scandal In Your Congregation

by Hunyadi in

i attended a notorious congregation as a child, the infamous winter gardens congregation!

my cousin and his best friend, both named joe, were elders, my cousin was the po and the other joe was a total loser suck up who wanted to be just like my cousin, joe.

what was even funnier, as i get off point a bit, is that "suck up" joe's wife, cathy, did everything she could do to get her pudgy lil self to dress, look, walk, and talk like my cousin joe's wife, clementine.

astro_girl

My husband (who was a JW in his teens) is dictating this to me while strumming on his Gretsch....it's um, a guitar. Apparently there were a lot of partying teen brothers and sisters in his congregation and they would smoke pot, drink and then do the nasty! The biggest scandal he can remember was when his friend "Joe" slept with two sisters (who were really sisters) at the same time. When "Joe" went to their house one day, their mother answered the door in a towel and nothing else! She invited him in and told him that she likes walking around the house nude! He fled. Also there was a story about some demonic talking cat that said to the owner of the house "Don't go in that room!" This story was kept very "hush-hush" as to not scare the children.

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Prices of 8-Tracks on the rise!

by Nosferatu in

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friends

last night, i stopped in at a thrift store called "value village" just to see if they had anything to waste my hard-earned money on.

i came to the 8-track rack and found a copy of fleetwood mac's first album.

of course i grabbed it and walked up to pay for my item.. i nearly shit myself when i was charged $1.06 (including tax)!

astro_girl

Ask seller if they are willing to ship your package Media Mail. Shipping should only be about $2.00 at most (depending on the weight of the box and where it's going) I do not agree with sellers who inflate their shipping prices. The only way I can deal with a "handling" charge is if the item requires special packaging such as glass or over-sized stuff. I think the sellers who start their auctions off at a penny charge are of course betting the auction will go up but if it does not they charge the extra shipping so they can cover the cost of their auction posting, final value fee and if buyer pays with Paypal, they are charged a fee for that.

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What's the greatest movie ever?

by fearnotruth22 in

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friends

i saw the photodrama of creation in bethel in color.

i didnt care for it.

astro_girl

ya can't name just one! It's like trying to eat uno Dorito!

Run Lola Run

Once Were Warriors

An American Werewolf In London

Tenebrae

Suspiria

The Thing (John Carpenter's)

Finding Nemo (tee-hee!)

Jurassic Park ("do you think they'll have THAT on the tour?!"), Jaws ("show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I wanna go to bed...."), Salem's Lot (David Soul's best role ever!) , Gladiator, Highlander (love that awesome editing) Evil Dead, Dead Alive (ewwwwww!) , Central Station, Life Is Beautiful, Billy Elliot....I'll end my list with a feel good one!

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Comments You Won't Hear at the 01-18-04 WT Study

by blondie in

"show yourselves thankful".

(psalm 133:1)(c ).

in what practical ways can we demonstrate that we are truly thankful?.

astro_girl

Ahhhh! Now I understand why my JW mother-in-law felt it was "extremely important" to write out a $500 check to WTS for the newly renovated KH (even though the materials that were used "look cheap and shoddy") when she can't seem to come up with the money to pay the taxes on her house. She was complaining about having to pay for her "magazines" now. I'm not sure if her mag subscriptions were gratis but she sure was kicking up a fuss when she received some sort of bill for them!

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Am I a sad case, or what?

by LittleToe in

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friends

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at one point, this morning (gmt) i had 14 of the "last post"s on the top 20 active thread list (probably 15, when i post this).. i hope it says more for how quiet the board is on a saturday morning, and less about how obsessed i've become with the board, again.. maybe it's time for another wee spell away....

astro_girl

Hi LittleToe!

I'm a newbie! I have never really joined a site like this before and when I realized that I have been the "last poster" (or "thread killer") on most of the threads I commented on, I decided not to let you be the last on your own thread! Sort of like sacrificing myself!

astro_girl

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