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  Do you have a good job, a crappy job or are you self-employed (happily?)

  by seesthesky in

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  hi - just curious about how you all are making it - you working some shitty job?

  - a pretty nice job?

  - a damn rocking job?

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  pratt1

  I guess I have what most people would consider a "good job". I am in senior management for a Fortune 500 company, with a specialty in sales. The money is good, the politics suck, and after over 20 years in corporate America, I am sick of making money for someone else and not having control of my life.

  This year is the year that I am going to start my own venture and work for myself.

  I am a little nervous about it and of course I want to continue to live the lifestyle I have come accustomed to, but I am confident that with a lot of hard work, I can suceed.

  I should have done this a long time ago, but since I drank the Kool Aid of the "lie", and the "the End Was Near", I didn't want to devote the time needed to make it on my own.
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  How old are you?

  by DigitalFokus in

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  i know it says your age next to your name but alot of people did not put in the info.

  so i am curious .

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  pratt1

  I am an old man - 45.

  I don't feel a day over 21.
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  Winter Olympics

  by pratt1 in

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  have you been watching the winter olympics?.

  the ratings are very low this year, however i am watching most of the events, especially the skiing and the speed skating.. it's unfortunate that chad hedricks and shani davis, seem to be at odds over shani's decision not to race in the team event, in favor of saving himself to compete for an individual medal.. hedricks seem bitter, but davis has handled the situation with class.. also the opening ceremonies were fantastic.

  italy put on a great show.. what's your take on the winter olympics..

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  That was amazing!
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  Winter Olympics

  by pratt1 in

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  have you been watching the winter olympics?.

  the ratings are very low this year, however i am watching most of the events, especially the skiing and the speed skating.. it's unfortunate that chad hedricks and shani davis, seem to be at odds over shani's decision not to race in the team event, in favor of saving himself to compete for an individual medal.. hedricks seem bitter, but davis has handled the situation with class.. also the opening ceremonies were fantastic.

  italy put on a great show.. what's your take on the winter olympics..

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  Have you been watching the Winter Olympics?

  The ratings are very low this year, however I am watching most of the events, especially the skiing and the speed skating.

  It's unfortunate that Chad Hedricks and Shani Davis, seem to be at odds over Shani's decision not to race in the team event, in favor of saving himself to compete for an individual medal.

  Hedricks seem bitter, but Davis has handled the situation with class.

  Also the opening ceremonies were fantastic. Italy put on a great show.

  What's your take on the Winter Olympics.
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  C.O / D.O leaving the `truth`???

  by jambon1 in

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  this is probobly a long shot & i doubt it`s happened but does anyone know if any circuit overseers or district overseers have ever left.

  if so, in what circumstances?

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  There was a black CO that served several congos in Brooklyn NY back in the '80's that I heard left the "truth". I believe he was from Detriot, but I forgot his name.

  Also the insurance scandal that I have mentioned in another thread was an Assisant Circuit Overseer. His name is Dwayne Samuels and he was the president of the company that embezzeled Millions of dollars from the witlesses. He was and still is DFed.
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  It's ball-shattering cold outside!

  by Nosferatu in

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  it's -35 degrees celcius here.

  with the windchill, it's -45 (that's -49 farenheit for those in the us).

  had to let the truck warm up for a good 10 minutes today, and it was solid as a rock (yes, it was plugged in).

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  pratt1

  According to this thread it looks like its your B-Day!

  Congradulations and many, many more!
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  Name that Psycho

  by unique1 in

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  reading a previous thread where people mentioned the crazy people in their hall and what they would do during the meetings, i figured it needed a thread all to itself.

  so what did the mentally ill or generally crazy people do during your meetings?

  i don't have any good ones.

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  This is sad but the sister was psycho.

  This one sister was married to a brother in my hall, in fact I was an usher in their wedding. He was pretty domineering as a huband, but she was flacky even as a young girl.

  One night he came to the meeting and during the service meeting she walked on tage and sat in one of the side chairs and urined on herself.

  For a minute no one knew what to do. She then started to sob loudly asking the elders to please help her.

  All the bastards did was drive her home. They never even spoke to her or her husband about the incident. They just acted like it never happened.

  Later it was revealed that her husband (also a dub) was physically abusing her and she attempted suicide.
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  What was the biggest scandal that went down in your cong?

  by jambon1 in

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  as it says on the tin - thoughts please?..........

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  those of you that live in the NY area may remember this - It happened in my mom's congo.

  A young married couple was robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn and the husband a MS was killed by the robber. The robber was not apprehended and the crime when unsolved for a few years.

  The wife recieved a significant amount of insurance money, I think about $100K and quickly remarried.

  After a few years the new husband confessed to being the robber and turned "state evidence" on the wife, who masterminded the entire crime.

  She was sentence to many years in jail and left the son of the MS without both parents.

  Oh, and the wife was a full time pioneer.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses sell out to cash in

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  2. scandals

  http://www.cultnews.com/

  jehovahs witnesses sell out to cash in

  posted in jehovah's witnesses at 1:56 pm by rick ross | link

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  pratt1

  What's really interesting is that in close proximity ( a10 min walk) to the Societies buildings is are 3 government subsidized housing projects that many dubs who attend the congo at bethel are live.

  Without this public housing many of these people would be homeless.

  They can sell off their property for millions of dollars, but much of their income comes from poor people who benefit from government subsidizes either welfare or through housing.

  The WTBS certainly isn't going to share any of the profits with their poor members nor will they give a dime of their profit to the governement agencies that support their publishers.

  They are just a big greedy corporation and they should just admit it.
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  Strip Clubs

  by pratt1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  would you approve of your significant other going (and enjoying) a strip club?.

  as an aside, do you know of any active dubs who go to strip clubs?.

  i know of and has seen several enjoying the festivities.

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  Frannie, I knew you were a wealth of knowledge but experience as well.

  Wow, now I can't get up from my desk!