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  Candy Fun...

  by Sassy in

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  how well do you know your candy bars?

  only one guess per person, per half hour .

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  Crooked Lumpy Vessel

  Ok...I think I got this one.

  Almond Joy....Mounds....Butterfingers.....Caramello....Twix.....Rollo....M&Ms....Snickers.....Milky Way...PayDay. The last one might be a Zagnut...but I am not sure. I dont remember PayDay having a white center.
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  Convention Time!! Tis the season for your butt to fall asleep

  by Nosferatu in

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  so, who's going to the convention this year?

  are you going to attend all of it?

  the last year i went to the convention, i only went for one day.

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  I am still debating whether or not I should go this year. I would like to see what kind of new publication they are offering. I might just go for one day or a half a day. Its hard with a baby.

  Since a lot has been going on about the UN and what not...I was hoping to see if they would address that issue. I thought about making copies of the UN letter and just laying them around the colosium. Maybe then they would make an announcement. Sometimes when a problem occurs during the conventions a special annoucement is put together. Maybe put a stack on the literature counter.

  For example, last summer me and about 1000 other witnesses got to the center an hour early so that we could have a good seat. (It's hard with an infant to climb up and down 100 stairs to the nosebleed section). So when the doors opened, guess what...all the good seats were taken up to the nosebleed. They were saved with a magazine by the volunteers of the convention. Plus, people were shoving each other. So each day they had to keep announcing people not to shove or save seats.

  So each day everyone would walk super fast to a seat and hope that you did not accidentally bump someone. Someone had accidentally pushed me which caused me to barely touch another woman. I aplogized that I touched her and she just snuffed at me. I felt like blowing her a raspberry.

  You want to really see how much love they have among themselves...stand at the doors before they open and watch the hoards of people trample over and past all those with canes and walkers.
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  Birthday Boys!!!

  by LittleToe in

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  littletoe, signing in here with an excuse for postponing his dallasfest report (all hours, return visits, and literature shall be duly reported).

  i'd give the whole thing, but we're all kinda busy partying here, and a little distracted.... i'll get back with that later (probably after i finally get home and the subject has died!).

  rather, i'd like to give a shout out for a couple of birthdays:.

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  Crooked Lumpy Vessel

  Happy...Happy Birthday. We here on 'Earth' are happy you were born.

  Dont forget to get your b-day spanking from the misses.
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  "Missed you at the Meeting"

  by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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  how many times did you hear that before you were baptized?

  i got a little tired of it when someone called me and said that.

  this was the first sign of the control thing.

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  Wow....so I wasn't the only one.

  My younger sister got baptized about 2 years ago. She told me that she was going to start being more proactive and make a list of all those she did not see at the meeting and call them to encourage them.

  I advised her against it. I told her that if it was common knowledge that someone was going through a difficult time, dont ask them what they need. Just figure out what they need and give it to them. If someone missed a meeting because they were just plain tired or wanted to go on a picnic, it is none of our business. We dont need to be calling up someone everytime they are not there. There is this thing called LIFE. Unless you have a very close, personal relationship with a sister or brother, you might be inclined to call them.

  Eyedrevil makes and excellent point...

  Especially when you consider that IF they had an honest interest in you as a person, maybe they could frame their interest in you in a different context than "meeting attendance" or "field service."

  I never felt like anyone was interested in me as a person. I was never invited to lunch or to go shopping, picnics, bowling, movies, cards, etc. It was always that we were to make friends in service and the content of our friendship was soley based on service related things. Then we all went our lonely separate ways. Year after year as I lost most of my friends and family to gain my 100 fold I found myself more and more alone.
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  Co-worker Died

  by simplesally in

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  a couple of weeks ago, one of the nicest men in the world passed out at work at one of our other stores.

  his airway was blocked by cartilege (sp?

  ) build-up in his trachea.

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  What a tragedy. Unexpected deaths are the worst. I hope they investigtate the hospital.

  I went into the hospital with placenta previa back in 2001, while I was there I got the worst bronchial infection. I had some of the worst coughing spasms. I wonder if he caught something from the nurses.

  When I took my newborn to the pediatrician, the nurse came in to weigh him. She never washed her hands. I asked her to wash her hands because he was a preemie and we at home washed our hands regulary. The doctor came in and I asked him to wash his hands too, but he wasnt going to. I think they might have been offended but gosh they see dozens upon dozens of sick people/kids, they should wash after each one or wear gloves.

  Take care.
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  "Missed you at the Meeting"

  by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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  how many times did you hear that before you were baptized?

  i got a little tired of it when someone called me and said that.

  this was the first sign of the control thing.

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  How many times did you hear that before you were baptized? After?

  I got a little tired of it when someone called me and said that. This was the first sign of the control thing. "We are watching you". I always found myself making excuses like...I wasn't feeling good or my baby wasn't feeling good. I think some saw this as a sign of encouragement but later learned that this is how they get their gossip. Towards the end I got more bold and said, "yeah...I wasnt there". Dead silence. This sister just did not know what to say.

  This one particular gossipy sister called me once and said, "I missed you at the meeting" I said, "no you didnt--you never talk to me when I am there so how could you miss me?." It was a canned expression as far as I was concerned. She was taken back and apologized and I felt guilty for verbalizing my feelings. But she has nevered called me with the "canned expression".

  I found that once you were baptized everyone stood back and put you under their person spiritual microscope. At least that is how I felt. There was no more encouragement.
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  Witnesses are broke

  by metatron in

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  i realize i risk making an over-generalization here, but i notice that many witnesses are just broke or nearly so.. this was reinforced with a recent incident in which i learned that only a few people in the congregation have any.

  health insurance - including elders.

  the wall street journal carried a front page article with graph that showed the.

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  Crooked Lumpy Vessel

  The last 2 day Assembly we had really hit us hard. There was an unexpected bill that came right afterward. This is a breakdown of costs for the 2 day

  3 hour drive to Assembly Hall = $40 bucks gas

  Hotel 2 nights = $100 - $120

  Breakfast Dinner at restaurant for 2 nights for entire family est. $80 - $120

  Donations to WTS $10 - $20

  One average you could spend $250 - $350 for this. And of course this does not include the point where you may have to get new clothes and shoes for your kids so they dont look stupid in front of the other kids. It was always a fashion show anyway.

  Now with the fact that we are going to have to go to the grocery store each day because we are not suppose to eat out anywhere. Are they going to provide hotels with a fridge? If I dont want my food to spoil I am now put to the burden of going shopping at the end of the day.

  Now multipy this by 3 times a year. I did not go to my one day assembly because I am on a tight budget. Plus I had a bad experience at my last assembly.
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  Birthdays..... Now A Conscience Matter

  by Latte in

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  from our readers (awake!

  july 8 2004)

  pinatas i read with interest the article ?the pinata - an ancient tradition?

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  Crooked Lumpy Vessel

  When I gave birth to my son in 2001 it was the happiest day of my life. When his one year anniversary was approaching me and my husband were really struggling with the "way we were groomed for the truth" to how we really felt.

  I started to do mega research and found nothing in the "BIBLE" that indicated that birthdays were wrong. Everything I was reading from the "Reasoning" book showed that this was the Society's interpretation. That is, 2 birthdays were shown in the bible and unfavorable circumstances occurred on those occasions. But actually on one occasion, one prisoner was executed while the other was released. Does this mean that something favorable happened as well?

  The next argument was that the day of ones death was of more significance than the day of ones birth. -- Well, maybe in God's eyes, but in my eyes the day of ones birth means more to me and the day of ones death is the worst. I am not God.

  The other argument was that the Jews did not celebrate birthdays. But you know what?...we are not bound to Jewish law or tradition either. Plus, most of the common people of that time period could not afford birthday celebrations.

  After my research, me and my hubby both agreed that we would have a celebration for him. We kept it private though for fear of persecution from our brothers and sisters. Which also meant that my little guy had no friends to share in his fun day. The next year we had another very discreet celebration. This year we are going to go all out.
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  Where is the MONEY REALLY GOING? -- Special Assembly Days, etc

  by EyeDrEvil in

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  i have always wondered why it cost so much to "rent" the space used for local special assembly days and circuit assemblies.... in our case, the society built a large assembly hall, on donated farm land (= free), in the middle of some corn fields 20 miles outside of columbus, ohio... the property has a couple of apartments where some of the travelling overseers live, who help with the upkeep of the building.

  cleaning the building was taken care of because of our "privilege" to go out the day before the assembly to get it in good shape (free housekeeping and maintenance work).. so, the society owns the building.

  it was built on free land.

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  Crooked Lumpy Vessel

  The same thing happened at our cornfield assembly hall. Last May they announced a deficit, so as I was leaving I dropped a 10 spot in the box. Then October came around and they announced last assembly money with 5,000 going to Brooklyn. As a result, we were in a deficit again this year and of course were asking for donations again. My hubby and I in private both agreed that a 7,000 operating cost was way too excessive. Is $5,000 the standard donation fee for the WTS?

  Probaly another one of those secrets.

  Plus, has anyone ever talked about the voting? I mean...like who is going to say "NAY" in front of everybody. Now put it in a private voting booth and I betcha the outcome might be different.
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  Time! Where do you find it?

  by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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  my hubby and i were trying to put together a reasonable schedule once.

  we had meeting on sunday, ministry school on tuesday, book study on wednesday and service on saturday.

  ok we have the watchtower before the sunday meeting that needs to be read, all the scriptures looked up and hidden definitions to research, same with the book study, the service meeting and if you had a part on the school, you had to spend time putting that together.

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  Crooked Lumpy Vessel

  My hubby and I were trying to put together a reasonable schedule once. We had meeting on Sunday, Ministry School on Tuesday, Book Study on Wednesday and Service on Saturday.

  Ok we have the Watchtower before the Sunday meeting that needs to be read, all the scriptures looked up and hidden definitions to research, same with the book study, the service meeting and if you had a part on the school, you had to spend time putting that together. We had to take notes at our meeting and review those at a later time. Have a family study, our personal Bible study and separate studies with your children, of varying ages--read the bible daily and of course, dont forget your daily text.

  Next we had to make sure that we kept our houses clean and our cars and our yards immaculate. Hold down a full time job and other tasks like grocery shopping, helping kids with homework, laundry, cooking dinner, teachers, dentist, doctors....I could go on an on.

  What was your experience with all this? Did you ever just feel burnt?

  Then I would do to an assembly and hear about a woman with no arms and no legs, an iron lung, 10 kids and full time job at night was able to put in a 100 hours of service each month. These kinds of talks were never encouraging...only made me feel like I never measured up.