Posts by baysixforme

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My dream last night: an ache in my heart

by Lady Lee in

when i was 9 my mother escaped for her life from my abusive father.

there were 4 children in the family and she took the two youngest to leave with her sister while she went to find a place to live (this is pre-jw).

she left the oldest of the boys (18 months younger than i was) and i with the parents of one of my school friends.

How Many Here Are "Technically" Still JWs???... Who's Not??

by minimus in

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what i mean is according to the society, there are a number of persons that are "technically" "inactive" yet are viewed as jws still.

i'm sure that i'm viewed as a witness still because i am not df'd or disassociated.....what about you??

?

baysixforme

Suppose I am still a JW, (only by the skin of my teeth). If they knew what I got upto then I'd be disfellowshipped good and proper!

Did consider disassociating myself but to be honest, couldn't be arsed!

I've been inactive for about four years, happy out and will never go back.

Bay64me

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My newly discovered hobby - Gardening!!!

by Billygoat in

most of you know that neil and i recently bought our first house.

it's been so much work!

but work that we're having fun with.

I love gardening. When I'm out there I don't want to come back inside! I love pottering about and musing and sitting down looking at different angles of the place and making plans of how to improve or make things look better.

I'm certainly no expert but have enjoyed devouring a good few books on gardening and design. I've got some good ideas from books and reading them has really stimulated my thoughts about what I want to look at when I go into my garden.

I've had a couple of herb harvests and some of my produce was grown from seed. I've pollenated courgettes with cotton buds and grown some beauties.

Must admit though that this last year I have done very little apart from transplant a couple of Hollyhocks, stuck a few seeds in and trimmed and pruned. right now my grass is very overgrown due to very crappy English weather lately.

Bay64me

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Rollercoasters (Fluff)

by little witch in

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my first rollercoaster ride was 25 years ago.

the racer at kings island.

it was alot of fun and for whatever reason, that was the last time.

baysixforme

Eman, Is that Alton Towers?

Bay64me

24

Those silly Kingdom Melodies

by RR in

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ever get one of those jungles in your head and you can't get rid of it.

i was trying to put my son to sleep, there he is leaning on me and i'm humming, and realized it was a kingdom melody.

15 years and they're still in my head!

baysixforme

When I got baptised, I remember that after the break to lunch we sang song 113 (or 133)? ...Ithink.."We are Jehovah's Witnesses"...traahh lah lah la laaaaah la lahhhhhh.............

[Edit]...I felt sooooo proud because eventually, oficiallyabsolutely, no-question-about-it......I was a REAL, proper,sorted,no-going-back member of that insane minority of the population that professes to bear the approval and priveledges of God!

Times change............ but unfortunately some things stick and have a habit of creeping up behind you and slapping you on the back..............like kingdom melodies! I have moments when I may be doing some normal, every day task when a word or expression will trigger something in my mind and I will recite it, find the tune and hate myself for it afterward.

Bay64me

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nuisance calls

by baysixforme in

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anybody with any good ideas?.

i'm getting really peed off here.

i'm having a load of shite from soon-to-be-x who persists in ringing me up and harrassing us whenever he feels like it.

baysixforme

Thanks to all for your input and suggestions.

Simon, I've just rang service provider again and am waiting for call back....that gives me some indication as to how seriously they are taking it.....like NOT...but will persist in trying to make someone hear me anyway.

Mulan, I asked my solicitors advice on obtaining an injunction/ non-molestation order...would cost me at least a grand...don't have that kind of money to throw at him.

As for the whistle.....may consider trying it. Initially I would pick up, hear his voice and place the phone in front of the TV and put on looney tunes. That made us all laugh about it but the joke is wearing thin now, I'm just annoyed at the fact that he can continue to do as he pleases and none of the powers that be are interested in assisting my family in maintaining some kind of normal life.

See if I can get somewhere today,

Bay64me

Nathan, I asked them to block him and although I have call barring to prevent those that withhold their number from getting through, they are not able to block individual numbers...so they say!

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nuisance calls

by baysixforme in

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anybody with any good ideas?.

i'm getting really peed off here.

i'm having a load of shite from soon-to-be-x who persists in ringing me up and harrassing us whenever he feels like it.

baysixforme

Anybody with any good ideas?

I'm getting really peed off here. I'm having a load of shite from soon-to-be-X who persists in ringing me up and harrassing us whenever he feels like it. Apart from changing our number (which would be fairly drastic for lots of reasons), I've taken every measure that I can to reduce the hassle.

Apparently because he does not withhold his number, telephone company will not deal with it as a nuisance!

I have caller id, so don't pick up when he rings but that doesn't stop him from ringing again and again and again.

I reported him to the police and they say that there is not enough evidence to prosecute, however they did phone him the other night to ask him to stop and he did for about eight hours and then ring ring ring bloody ring.

My solicitor is writing to him, again to request that he desists from harrassing us, I can't do much more there as an injunction will cost me roughly £1,000!

I have contacted his service provider to inform them that he is breaking the rules of his contract by constantly annoying us....they say that their hands are tied as they want police involvement first, which seemingly is unlikely at this point in time.

Somebody that I spoke to about it today said that she knows someone that would 'warn' him for me and would do it free of charge as she was owed a favour!!!!

How low must I stoop? How bad does it have to get before somebody takes me seriously? How much more can this bastard to us and get away with it?

I'm pissed off and needed to get that off my chest!

Bay64me

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Tell us about your avitar.

by carefully faded in

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i loved the recent topic asking what each of our screen names means.

great question as i have always wondered about quite a few of our screen names.

as i was reading the responses, i looked at holey cheeses - king of the juice's avitar and thought about how i have been wondering for the past three years, what the hell that is a picture of.

baysixforme

Mine is my daughters feet paddling in the Glastonbury mud...See larger version!

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I may be wrong about JWs!

by baysixforme in

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as i have a court case being prepared with regards to my soon-to-be-ex-husband...i have been considering several options concerning who could be my'witnesses' to the horrific lifestyle that he subjected us to.. one thing for certain is that an elder from my old congregation was very much aware of the despicable acts that my then husband bestowed upon myself and my children.

he would come around on a weekly basis, get the low down on recent events and endeavour to counsel my husband.. that seems to be a long time ago.......but after a solicitors appointment yesterday afternoon, it appears that i may need to recall witnesses from that particular period in our lives to verify my side of the story!.

i started thinking, and although there weren't many that knew of our situation (because we were told not to broadcast it), i knew that certainly, said elder would remember very well.. after some consideration, i rang him, left a message and eventually he contacted me.

baysixforme

Thought that I might add that this was actually the last conversation that I had with this particular Elder and his wife...http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/58007/1.ashx and this happened about a year ago, I have not seen him since. Perhaps there was something in the things that I said to him that made him think he owed me something?

Bay64me

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I may be wrong about JWs!

by baysixforme in

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friends

as i have a court case being prepared with regards to my soon-to-be-ex-husband...i have been considering several options concerning who could be my'witnesses' to the horrific lifestyle that he subjected us to.. one thing for certain is that an elder from my old congregation was very much aware of the despicable acts that my then husband bestowed upon myself and my children.

he would come around on a weekly basis, get the low down on recent events and endeavour to counsel my husband.. that seems to be a long time ago.......but after a solicitors appointment yesterday afternoon, it appears that i may need to recall witnesses from that particular period in our lives to verify my side of the story!.

i started thinking, and although there weren't many that knew of our situation (because we were told not to broadcast it), i knew that certainly, said elder would remember very well.. after some consideration, i rang him, left a message and eventually he contacted me.

baysixforme

As I have a court case being prepared with regards to my soon-to-be-ex-husband...I have been considering several options concerning who could be my'witnesses' to the horrific lifestyle that he subjected us to.

One thing for certain is that an elder from my old congregation was very much aware of the despicable acts that my then husband bestowed upon myself and my children. He would come around on a weekly basis, get the low down on recent events and endeavour to counsel my husband.

That seems to be a long time ago.......but after a solicitors appointment yesterday afternoon, it appears that I may need to recall witnesses from that particular period in our lives to verify my side of the story!

I started thinking, and although there weren't many that knew of our situation (because we were told not to broadcast it), I knew that certainly, said elder would remember very well.

After some consideration, I rang him, left a message and eventually he contacted me. I told him my purpose for ringing and half expected him to back down and give me some excuse like "bringing reproach upon jehovahs name/organisation" etc.

Well, knock me down with a feather! he started to ponder and after a couple of jogs to his memory as to what had gone on before, he agreed to put pen to paper and get something in writing for me to present to the court!

How about that? He will contact me shortly to do so!

I have been totally shocked by his reaction. Has there been some 'new light' shed on domestic violence? Or is my old cong deparate to get people back? I'm confused?!?!?!?!?!