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  Bored Teenagers?

  by compound complex in

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  2. entertainment

  we loved connie when we were kids, back in the '50s.

  still do, for that matter!.

  watch the kids in the audience.

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  I saw and met Connie Francis in 1958 or 59 when she appeared at an amusement park in Western Pennsylvania. At the time, the park would bring big name stars to perform at the pavilion at least once a month. After her performance, she stayed to sign autographs for those who wanted one. I stood in line and waited and finally got to her. She shook my hand and asked my name and signed her name and mine. Wish I still had it! I was 12 years old then.
  
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  Gas or Electric Stove

  by just fine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am getting new appliances.

  i have decided on black stainless for the finish.

  the house is stubbed for gas and electric for the range.

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  Gas was all I've ever known in my life in Pennsylvania. But since I moved to Florida 3 and a half years ago,,, all I can have here is electric. To me, gas is the best but you learn to live and cook just as well with whatever you have available. Advantages to both!
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  1975 Research (sorry, even more!)

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here's a document from the time, which exposed 1975 as it was unfolding.. i've also attached a document which is an unstructured collection of 1975 observations, reasoning on the wt teachings and comments, and looking at how they republished certain books with changes to hide their 1975 teachings etc.. if anyone fancies sorting through these they might find a new angle not previously considered.. however the bottom line is that there is a ton of evidence that wt were pedaling 1975 to the masses for years.how they try to turn around today to pretend otherwise is nothing short of hypocritical cowardice..

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  Thanks Perry.
  
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  A POEM (inspired by Bullwinkle Moose)

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. friends

  flowers___________flowers don't have legs, and cannot run about.

  flowers simply never make a fist.. flowers do not whisper, and they seldom ever shout, flowers will not put you on their list.__.

  dahlias don’t pay income tax or drive a maserati.

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  I loved Rocky and Bullwinkle in my younger days. Too bad I've never come across reruns of them.

  Keep writing. It is a pleasure to read!
  
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  Hello

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just want to say hello.. trying to master my new tablet given to me by my grandson.. yeah, i am bragging.. lol.. sylvia.

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  Glad to see you back. I've always enjoyed your posts.
  
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  My awkward elders hearing

  by Andamormonjustbelieves in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was baptized when i was 14 years old.

  i hadn't had any real relationship with a girl up to that point.

  but when i started going to high school i learnt the joys of experimenting with girls, so i did not stay a faithful member of the congregation for long.

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  When I was an elder from 1986 to 1991 I had to sit on a JC with a young brother who I was close to. He had committed sexual immorality and confessed. I could never bring myself to ask those idiotic graphic questions but the one elder I swear got off with the questions he asked. My reasoning is that JC's are as close to getting off for some elders as looking at porn. They don't look at porn (as far as I know) but they just love hearing the dirtiest and most intimate details. I will never forget the questions the elder asked. "Did you ejaculate"? ans. "Yes". "Where did you ejaculate"? ans. 'In her mouth". I almost lost it on that one. It was all I could do to not laugh out loud. So happy that I quit when I did. Such a bullshit religion. Jesus didn't ask the sinners to go into detail about what they did. He just said they were forgiven and to sin no more.
  
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  Another Burnt Out Elder

  by Spoletta in

  1. social
  2. family

  young elder(mid-thirties) in my congregation stepped down last night.

  nicest guy, with two lovely kids, a great supportive wife.. it got to be too much, as the other elders are practically useless, let him do all the hard work, while they did all the "important" stuff.

  literally ran him ragged.. he's still in good standing, gave the final prayer.

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  I was also a burnt out elder serving in the Whitaker/West Mifflin, PA cong. from 1986 to 1991. The other power hungry elders gradually took my "soul" and destroyed it. Best thing I ever did was to step down. Then I gradually learned the TTAT even though it took almost another 10 years.
  
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  Birthday Wishes Welcome!

  by LifesNotOver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many of you don't know me or won't remember me.

  i left the jw's and my husband and my home last september - forging a new life in a new town.

  i haven't posted here for many months, but have been reading most days.

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  Happy Birthday LNO. Just celebrated my 70th a couple of days ago. Glad you are doing well.
  
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  I am a Living Time Machine

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.. the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.. there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.

  everywhere you found telephone booths!

  a call was a nickle.where did all those telephone booths go?i dunno.where did my whole world go?i dunno.. tv sets were huge boxes with tubes and small screens.

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  Terry, that was great! I will turn 70 in 5 days and I identify with this so much.
  
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  What Were Your Elders Real World Jobs?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we all know that education is severely demonized in this religion.

  and that the elders are appointed based on how many meetings they attend, hours they put in on the ministry and general attitude to other elders (as apposed to, you know, actual theological training and counseling) - so my question is, what were your elders occupations outside the kingdom hall?.

  in my old congregation our elders consisted of:.

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  HappyDad

  1970's through the 1990's.

  Retired blacksmith

  Steelworker (4 of them)

  Machinist (myself)

  Wallpaper hanger

  Factory worker

  Hospital kitchen worker

  Chemist

  Electrical engineer (got his education before becoming a JW)

  Salesman

  Heating and air-conditioning business owner

  Personnel manager (educated before becoming a JW)

  Project manager for an engineering company

  Don't remember some of them.