what a waste of 25 minutes
ok, make that 29 minutes
and 972
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uhm, ah
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861,000 Left WT since 2000
by Bluegrass Tom inthe following is a summary of peak publishers vs. amount of people baptized since the 6 million mark was hit.. peak publishers.
here is what the average publisher numbers look like.. average publishers.
something happened to 526,989 avg.
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I think its only a matter of time before they start showing a overall decrease in numbers.
Third world countries are slowly catching up to the rest wrt technology, and more and more information is becoming available everywhere, so their growth resources are drying up. I can't wait...
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swing low..sweet chariot.........
by fleaman uk init starts today!six nations rugby is starting this afternoon and yours truly and me best mate are off to the millenium stadium to cheer on the english boys!.
theres no jonny boy and all the centres are out,but im confident we will be ok!.
its always a pleasure to go to the rugger,theres a family atmosphere and plenty of beer!.
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yeah, Ellis Park is in Johannesburg, the Cats play Super12 there and the Golden Lions play Curry cup there.
Super14 from next year and also an expanded tri-nations, which should add up to 6-8 more weeks of top class rugby.. :)
and I hear there are plans for a tournament involving 6 English teams and 4 SA teams to be held in England in November, with the final at Twickenham.. -
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swing low..sweet chariot.........
by fleaman uk init starts today!six nations rugby is starting this afternoon and yours truly and me best mate are off to the millenium stadium to cheer on the english boys!.
theres no jonny boy and all the centres are out,but im confident we will be ok!.
its always a pleasure to go to the rugger,theres a family atmosphere and plenty of beer!.
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Enjoy!
I haven't been to a rugby match for 3 years, some random Super 12 game at Ellis Park. I just watch it on tv now (its nearer the computer).
As for Englands chances, your side is just so well organised you will probably handle anything the Welsh through at you. I haven't seen anything of Mathew Tait, so it would be nice to see what he can produce.
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2004 Worlwide Report
by frogit ini have the scanned 2004 report pm me and i will email them to you.
grand total (235 lands) 6,513,132 2004 av pubs 6,308,341 inc over 2003 % 2.0 2004 no baptised 262,416 av pio pubs 858,461 no of congs 96,894 toal hours 1,282,234,887 av bible studies 6,085,387 memorial attendance 16,760,607 memorial partakers 8,570. note the fine increase!.
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thanks for the stats
btw does anyone know the link for the website that show the current number of witness, and a few other churches using a real time counter thingy?
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What to do in the hell-hole that is Las Vegas?
by SixofNine inso a friend is getting married in vegas on the 22nd, a guy who'e been a good friend for over 10 years now.
he doesn't expect me to come, but i told him i would if i could find a way to reasonably.
well, with a three day sale that has tickets for 79 bucks, i guess i can't argue that i can't find a way, lol.
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may I recommend a large quantity of mescaline, taken simultaneously with acid, perhaps some coke to go with that, and if you're not feeling the effects try some ether....
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What Is The Kindest Thing That Someone Has Ever Done For You?
by codeblue in.
i have been thinking about this a lot lately.........kindness shouldn't go unnoticed or not appreciated.
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There are several, this is one I only recently found out about..
I was in my second year at high school, and the fees had unexpectedly doubled from the previous year. We were barely managing to pay them before the increase, now it was impossible. The result would have meant I wouldn't be allowed to apply for the following year, and I wouldn't get results for the current year, making application at another school almost impossible.
There was one other JW kid at my school who went to a different congregation, he's dad got several brothers from the other congregation to put some money together, and they paid off my fees that year, and made a contribution towards the following year as well.
The downside to this was I had to try be friends with the guy, he being an outdoor good at sports person, back then I was the typical geek, with thick glasses & side parting. We never got along well..
Oh another time I was at a 'worldly' friends house the day after christmas (I was just getting out of the org), naturally the conversation got around to what everyone got for christmas, I said I got nothing. It was no big deal to me, I honestly didn't care and still don't care about christmas.. but they were completely shocked. An hour later my friends mom came and gave me an envelope with some cash in it. I had no idea what to do.. I stammered thanks very much.. it brought tears to my eyes later that day when I got over the shock and really thought about what they had done.
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What do you dream about?
by Glenmore ini suppose i shouldn't admit this, but darn it, i will.
for the past 6 years i have been a daily user of a certain illegal herb, the one that blocks your dreams.
in my defence i have chronic pain and it helps.
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About a week ago I dreamt I was Lenin's bodyguard in Russia somewhere between the world wars, the whole russian government were having a massive feast in a room that was draped in velvet, and furs.. and a couple of old people where trying to get in, some sort of protest because they had no food to eat, and we (the bodyguards) had to kill them!! but this being russia, there where no bullets in our guns, so we locked them up in a cupboard, but they kept escaping somehow, so we kept locking them back in..
When the feast finally ended, after locking the old couple up at least 10 times, I had to escort some African leader to see Lenin, who was in his office at the top of some stairs. We were halfway up when air raid sirens went off, which turned out to be my alarm clock in the background.
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Favorite Long Song
by Nosferatu inwhat is your favorite long song?
here are some of mine:.
kashmir - led zeppelin (over 8:00).
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Metallica - To Live Is To Die
Burzum - Feeble Screams From Forests Unknown
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hangovers
by Lostreality in.
simple.... got any home remidies?.
ive heard that water and a multivitamin help.
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this always works for me... drink half a litre of water before you go sleep, another litre when you wake up, and get some sort of exercise a few hours later, like sprinting down the road and back. it instantly kills any headaches you might have.. and leaves me feeling ready for another round the next night