Long ago during my brief stay at Brooklyn Bethel I never really had much money for booze but I will say that two California Bethelites from my congregation introduced me to the joys of a stiff drink. They were delighted to share their bottles as they taught me to down boilermakers ( straight liquor chased with a beer) . Being a naive southern boy I had never heard of such. They had a big laugh watching the boilermakers go straight to my head. Like someone else said what other fun could we have.
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Happy Alcoholic Jehovah's Witnesses
by The Bethelite infor many years since the witness organization, after i have told people that i'm no longer a jehovah's witness, people would say "oh the religion were people are not allowed to drink!".
"no they drink alright.....they can't do much of anything else but they do drink!".
in fact the first place i ever got drunk was bethel.
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Friends! (A pain in the ...?)
by Terry infriends?
some friends are like a holiday a favorite pair of shoes the scratching post for kitten fingers to caress some friends can really wear you out with their whinging and their blues yet more or less - not worse than all the rest.
some friends are chatty cherubim and others?
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wasone
Yea what good are friends? They just want to borrow stuff.
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Beautiful New "Kingdom Hall"
by Sea Breeze inthese images were posted on one of my fb news feeds.
they are legit.
looks like an upscale commercial bldg.
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I Ain't Got No Religion No More ... (But I Like to Get Myself Some Gospel Music)
by Simon ini love gospel music.
i don't feel like i need to believe in "jebus" to appreciate the music.
i can't go into a gospel church because i might just get religion again - that or i'll be grabbing the mic on be on the stage waving my hands and praising the lord.. i particularly like dylan's gospel period.
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My favorite is K.D. Lang's version of Hallelujah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE
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Ex-jw Fifth interviews Bethelite from 1975. Well worth watching!
by Diogenesister inanother great interview by fifth here.
this lady was at bethel in 1975 and reminisces that many women at bethel expressed enormous regret at not having a family.
it seems that many witnesses back then were aware that watchtower really didn't know what they were talking about when it came to making predictions.. https://youtu.be/7dyooih3fji.
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Gayle, you could possibly reach her by the texting provided here. I think her more recent posting name is joyzabel.
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Ex-jw Fifth interviews Bethelite from 1975. Well worth watching!
by Diogenesister inanother great interview by fifth here.
this lady was at bethel in 1975 and reminisces that many women at bethel expressed enormous regret at not having a family.
it seems that many witnesses back then were aware that watchtower really didn't know what they were talking about when it came to making predictions.. https://youtu.be/7dyooih3fji.
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I believe she use to post here as joy2bfree and her husband, now deceased, was just2laws.
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Kingdom Hall ... BURGER KING?
by sparky1 ini live in a very rural part of the northeastern united states.
after 9 years of waiting, the local witnesses are getting their new kingdom hall.
it is being built on a back road next to a sandpit.
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wasone
Here is a Burger King Kingdom Hall proposed to be built near where I live.
[URL=http://s58.photobucket.com/user/ernie939/media/Burger%20King%20KH_zpsei5mja32.jpg.html]
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COLD today
by wasone init's a cold 13 degrees fahrenheit in tennessee this morning where i live.
glad i'm retired and don't have to work outside today.
what about where you live.
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wasone
It's a cold 13 degrees Fahrenheit in Tennessee this morning where I live. Glad I'm retired and don't have to work outside today. What about where you live. How cold is it?
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Chapter 16 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower Slave
by new boy inchapter 16. the tour .
my three days of housekeeping duty were over and i reported to the bethel office the next morning.
it was customary then get a tour of both the factory and the bethel home.
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I'm enjoying your story also. Sounds like I could have been there about the same time as you. I was there 74-76. I worked in the home also as a plumber in the Home Repair Shop. I gladly left when they told us in 76 we could leave if not happy there. We possibly crossed paths as I did some plumbing work in the Laundry. Ernie Watts
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(A Childhood Memory) THE MYSTERY OF THE LOCKED CABINET
by TerryWalstrom inthe mystery of the locked cabinet.
when i was about 10 years old, there was a tall, white handmade cabinet back in one of our storage sheds (a converted chicken house from back in the 30's, when my grandparents raised chickens in the great depression).
affixed to its door, there was a big padlock on the cabinet.
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When I was probably younger than your 10 years I found a photo of my grandad and a much younger dad both
dressed in white hooded robes. When I asked about it, they hurried to remove it from my view. They said that it
was supposed to be secret and that they were no longer involved with that. Recently I mentioned this experience
to my younger sister and she seemed surprised and had no idea. Makes one wonder what other things we never
knew about.
Looks a lot like a small Burger King to me.