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  Remember when out of town convention delegates stayed in private homes?

  by juni in

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  we were asked if we would volunteer for this important work of asking our bible students or good return visit clients if they could rent a room out to out of town delegates attending the da.

  we opened up our home to a nice family and we became friends.

  for many years we would visit each other and they would stay w/us when they went to ny to visit relatives.

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  Nina

  I remember. The call went out in our district to house the "delegates from Australia". There were quite a number of them travelling together and the idea was to house them all under one roof.

  I emptied three of our bedrooms of their inhabitants and offered hospitality. Our home was chosen; the delegates were to arrive the day before the convention. The P.O. and his wife and her family planned an elaborate "gathering" so that others in the congregation might meet our guests.

  The day before the convention they didn't appear. No call. No word.

  The day of the convention, literally as we were walking out the door to the car, the phone rang. It seems the delegates had decided to skip the convention in our area in favor of Disneyland and other tourist attractions. They wouldn't be staying with us. They would catch parts of the convention in other cities as they travelled through the USA.

  Not so much as an apology. We never knew their names. We never saw their faces. It was up to me to share the news with the P.O. and other elders in the congregation. I don't know whether they went ahead and had the gathering or not. I know my family wasn't invited.

  Nina
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  Anyone ever just post their DA letter on this board, then....

  by AK - Jeff in

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  end the url to the elder's and make them come here to copy it for thier files?.

  just a thought.

  since it looks like they might force me into da'ing soon.

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  Nina

  If there are no other considerations, give it a try!

  They may, though, end up DFing you for apostacy instead of accepting your DA.

  Nina
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  For those who have old parents, how do you cope with them getting old?

  by JH in

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  when i speak to my old dad, i have to repeat about 3 times because he is deaf in one ear, but also he likes to make everyone repeat, becuse it's a bad habit he always had.

  he always did that even when he had good hearing.

  it's as if he has to see me to understand me.

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  Nina

  If you have to repeat yourself and ask for feedback

  No, you got this wrong.

  OK, I edited my earlier post! Replaced "and" with "or". My bad!

  It still seems to me that you want them to be interested enough to listen to what you have to say but you are missing the thought that you might not be interested enough to hear what they want to talk about.

  Your mom is busy being "your mom"; she's interested in your well-being. Try giving her a detailed rundown on your life and times, I bet she won't miss a word and won't interrupt to offer to feed you!

  The next time you want to talk to your dad try choosing a moment when he doesn't appear to be occupied and then bring up something that he has been doing; talk about his life and thoughts. So what if you have to first catch his attention! Maybe the guy is Thinking. Maybe he considers what you have to say to be "idle conversation" compared with what's going on in his mind.

  Then again, and absolutely no offense intended, maybe these people are just limited in their outlook. I have cousins like that. Every time a guest walks past one of them the cousin will start with "Hello!" even if the guest just left them long enough to get a cup of coffee. They are lovely people, hospitable as all get-out, but they don't keep up with the modern world.

  Take your relatives as they are. It might not be age. (Think back, how long have they been responding to people in this manner?)

  Nina the serious
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  For those who have old parents, how do you cope with them getting old?

  by JH in

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  when i speak to my old dad, i have to repeat about 3 times because he is deaf in one ear, but also he likes to make everyone repeat, becuse it's a bad habit he always had.

  he always did that even when he had good hearing.

  it's as if he has to see me to understand me.

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  Nina

  It may not be a problem with age. Did it ever occur to you they just don't care that much about what you have to say?

  People's interests differ. If you have to repeat yourself or ask for feedback to make sure they paid attention to what you said my guess is that you would do well to find something else to talk about.

  In all seriousness,

  Nina
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  I'm feeling low - losing a friend

  by Spectrum in

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  i met a girl about a year and a half ago and we became really good platonic friends.

  she was bright, cute and always put a smile on my face with her lovely sense of humour, just a great girl.

  then one day with tears in her eyes she told me she had to leave but wouldn't tell me why.

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  I don't think you have lost this friend. There is something in her private life that she needs to take care of. It seems, though, that she doesn't want to completely sever ties to the life she is leaving behind. (Why else would she even contact you?)

  I think you will hear from her again. You are obviously important to her. I think she is mixed up right now but, given time and the right circumstances, she will be able to include you in her life once again. Try not to close the door from your side.

  Nina
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  Brooklyn on fire.

  by GBSJG in

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  there seems to be some buildings on fire in brooklyn is this near the wts?

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  http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=4137745

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  Nina

  Slide 5 (of 23) on the channel 7 website states that the fire broke out on West and Noble.

  Mapquest puts the intersection of West and Noble 5.83miles from 360 Furman which was the WT building on the waterfront.

  Nina
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  The meme theory

  by osmosis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meme

  the basic idea of the meme theory is that thoughts and information have a life of their own.

  they are born, they evolve, they die.

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  Nina

  Same thought.

  Nina
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  AARP

  by pandora in

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  guess that is because i haven't had to deal with my jw mom in a while.

  but things change and here i am.

  i have a question for all of you.

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  Nina

  This is probably the source of her discomfort: http://www.aarp.org/issues/

  "Legislative advocacy" and "voter education" don't sit well with JW's.

  Nina
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  During the assembly did you ever notice ... ???

  by The_Replacement in

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  2. bible

  growing up as a kid in the 70's (and early 80's), did you ever notice at the assembly that there was always someone who had a tape recorder on stage and was taping the whole assembly.

  are these tapes around today, generally i would love to hear some talks that were given before 1975 and see how many brothers said something big was going to happen, because we all know the watchtower never said that !!!

  (yeah right).. any websites that might have a few of these or other interesting topics ???.

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  Nina

  Back in the '70's and '80's it was standard procedure for the brothers in charge to tape each Circuit Assembly at the Assembly Hall in Woodland Hills, California. The tapes were stored at the Assembly Hall. If someone wanted a copy of the tapes all it took was a $10 payment.

  I don't know how long these tapes are/were kept. It might be worth a call to an Assembly Hall to find out whether this was standard practice at all Assembly Halls or peculiar to Woodland Hills (which, btw, was sold a few years ago).

  Nina
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  Do you think that my college professor is a "racist"?

  by booker-t in

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  i am in a dilema at school that i need some feedback on.

  my geography professor is a young caucasian man in his mid 30's.

  he is very knowlegable about the other countries in the world but he always seem to make negative statements about blacks, hispanics, asians and native americans.

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  Nina

  This is the sort of situation that separates the losers from the survivors in "real life". There are the people who get sidetracked and the people who recognize the jackass for what he is...and keep moving.

  Do you think you are the first or only person to be offended by this guy? But he still has his position, doesn't he? Do you think you *really* know what you're up against?

  Think twice...and make the decision that will benefit YOU. Then go out there and do better with your own life.

  Nina