Posts by Nina

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Technical info requested on WT printing/binding (any Bethelites out there?)

by cathyk in

i'm a bookseller who's delving into the history of book production.

since i'm a collector of wt publications, i'm especially interested in any information available on the following:printers: prior to 1919, most of the books and magazines published by the wts were printed by commercial printers.

i would like to get information on which printers russell and rutherford contracted with.binding: i am interested in any information on suppliers of the bookbinding materials used by the wt.

Nina

The simple answer is to call WTBTS and ask them directly. Explain what it is you want to know and ask who might have access to the information. Ask for the names of some of the people who worked these jobs years ago; chances are you can either speak to or write to these individuals and learn all you want to know right down to the smallest details.

Some of the information has been published in various yearbooks and WT articles. To get the whole picture I recommend going straight to the source.

Nina

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They took my money!

by whatlite? in

okay, well i'm another newbie but maybe i will find a few people to be appauled with me.

i have been shunned by my entire family..father, 3 sisters and a brother, 4 aunts 5 uncles, and countless cousins.

the best part of it is i'm not even df'd.

Nina

Lemme see.....you chose to send a card and enclose money as a gift, and now you're complaining because they accepted the gift?

You knew they were shunning you. Did you really think money would make them call? You thought you could BUY them?

Sheeeeeeesh.

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How intelligent can a 2 yr old talk (past lives)

by frankiespeakin in

i'm putting this a s a seperate topic because it is taking up too much space in anthoer topic.. inq quoted this experience:one young 2-year old in oklahoma, insisted that his name was jimmy but each time he would be told no, it is jeremy.

jeremy saw a picture of a wagon in a book and told his grandmother, the wagon hit me.

i was dead and i was angry with the man who drove the wagon.

Nina

Go ask a freaking doctor!

And what will a doctor give except his or her opinion?

Get a life.

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How intelligent can a 2 yr old talk (past lives)

by frankiespeakin in

i'm putting this a s a seperate topic because it is taking up too much space in anthoer topic.. inq quoted this experience:one young 2-year old in oklahoma, insisted that his name was jimmy but each time he would be told no, it is jeremy.

jeremy saw a picture of a wagon in a book and told his grandmother, the wagon hit me.

i was dead and i was angry with the man who drove the wagon.

Nina

No opinion on past lives but from firsthand experience 2-year-olds can speak as intelligently as adults:

After a little "mishap" on a freeway exit (mommy's first time driving a stick shift!) the two-year-three-month old in the back seat said "Oh no! Mommy fractured the car and I won't be able to go to nursery school on Monday!"

He did make it to school...

N.

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

by juni in

jw
friends

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.

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

jw
friends

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.

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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friends

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.

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

jw
friends

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.

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

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.

Nina

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

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

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