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  WERE YOU CONSIDERED A GOOD EXAMPLE?

  by minimus in

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  have you ever had to deal with the thought that you really weren't that good of an example?

  perhaps, the congregation was encouraged to pioneer or reach out for bethel service or go to seldom worked territory, etc.

  and when you applied, you were told that you didn't qualify.

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  Will: Can I ever relate!!! The only difference I can see between me and you is that at 15 I took the plunge.... Boy was I in for a let down...
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  boomboom car stereos...

  by DanTheMan in

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  i live in klumbus ohio, in a neighborhood that ain't da hood but it ain't the 'burbs either.. it seems that if you are a male under 25 in my area and you don't have a 10,000 watt car stereo that shakes the whole neighborhood, well, you're nothing.. i don't get hip-hop culture.

  i think that it is a screaming commentary on the cultural rot in the usa.. could someone comfort me or help explain the appeal of this pervasive sub-culture?

  the depravity of it all makes me feel so hopeless sometimes.. maybe i'm a little too narrowly caucasian in my outlook.

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  Just a few points from what I read here.....

  1. It is illegal.. but for it to be enforced, the cops need to carry a dB meter so they can have proof of it, so most cops don't even bother. BUT in some towns/cities they have by-laws that say something along the lines of "sound that can be heard from more than X blocks" and usually in those cities the cops are much more active.

  2. Wattage is highly overrated.. you might think that they're pumping out tens of thousands of watts but in reality, it's really not that much. For ex.: one of my friend has a 1000W amp with a 15" sub..... pushing out 145dB (please note that a Jet engine at 3m is pushing out only 140dB and that the threshold of pain is somewhere between 120-130dB). Most cars that have more than 5000W of power will actually need reinforced plexi-glass instead of the glass window just because of the sound pressure, they'd blow out... and NO ONE can stay in a car at that volume.. unless you like bleeding from your ears and throwing up all over yourself...

  3. Hearing loss is mostly caused by higher frequencies... The frequencies used for 'boom boom' will just make you sick.

  I just wanted to say a little something about it.. figured I should try to get my post count up

  As a sound tech on 'permanent vacation' now, I've had my share of loud concerts and I know I lost some of my hearing.. considering I'm only 23, it kinda sucks. The thing I hate the most is when you get that "sound of silence" thing going... arrggh It drives me crazy!
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  The Privilege of Handling the Microphones

  by minimus in

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  one of the most unbelievable privileges that a brother could have was being a microphone handler.

  elders would discuss brothers for hours and see whether or not we would allow them to mow the lawn or handle a mike.

  i always felt that these brothers were doing us a favor but if they didn't get a minimum of 10 hours in per month, they were dog crap and couldn't have any privileges.

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  Never had to deal with them... they gave me some cheapass 'privilege' after they DF'd half the late-teens in the cong... they needed someone to fill in.
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  C Q ***HOW MANY HERE ARE....***

  by zev in

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  hams?

  i mean the amatuer radio type, not the oink oink piggly wiggly type.

  don't give yourself away with your callsigns here....maybe we can communicate by email?

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  QSL

  My QRA is to the left...

  73 to the guys and 88 to the ladies!!

  PS: Am I guessing right in assuming that I sparked this?
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  There Are Gay JW's?

  by stormrider in

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  there is a question at the end of all this i promise!!

  please bear with me.. hi all, this is the first time i've been to any site like this.

  so, quickly... i'm ethan, from ky, but currently in michigan.

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  Hi Ethan,

  I'm not gay but all I can say is: it's good that you figured it out and are not hiding anymore. You didn't do like my 'dad'. He adopted me (married my mom) when I was 3. He had 2 girls One is now 18 the other 16. 5 years ago he decided to 'come out of the closet', left my mom and told her that he married her to hide the fact that he was gay and was picturing guys while having sex with her. Talk about a f'ed up family.

  I'm just glad that you won't go destroying someone else's life and that you're making yourself happy!

  Props to you!
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  The sound of one Dub clapping

  by OUTLAW in

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  as i was growing up,i noticed the dubs at assemblys would clap at the slightest provocation.it looked like a beach full of seals.as soon as a few started,the rest would join in.for some it looked like they just woke up and figured they should start clapping so no one would know they fell asleep.most just looked like seals clapping for a fish.kids notice funny things.did any of you notice dub mass behaviour you found funny...outlaw .

  edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:51:40edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:59:1.

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  My mom asked me to relay this 'story' on over.

  A while back, elders in our congregation heard that in other circonscriptions, at the end of assemblies, the audience would all applaude so they figured they'd be good dubs and show that our circ could do the same. So they asked this 'brother' to start clapping after the prayer. Well this dub was too shy to do it, so he asked my dad to do it for him. My dad, being the good dub that he was accepted... thing is... he didn't understand properly. Come the end of the assembly... "brother prayer guy" comes on the podium... gets ready... and "clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap"... my father starts and don't stop... Gets the whole circ going!! Well let me tell you that the elders weren't too happy with the first dub, gave him a good earful thinking it was him that did it. Then he comes back to my dad and relayed all the sh*t on to him. My dad responded: "Next time, do your own clapping".
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  Story: Sound Dept. (at Assembly)

  by Jim_TX in

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  when i was a jw - many moons ago, i hung around the 'sound department' at assemblies.. they finally put me to work - and let me do things like string wire for speakers, install speakers, etc.. i eventually learned how to adjust the amplifiers for proper volume, too.. good experience and training, that i don't use to this day.. anyway - i also was allowed to adjust the microphones for the 'speaker' who would be giving the next talk.. this usually involved following the feller out to the podium, and raising, or lowering the microphone to the proper height fer picking up the words from the fellers' mouth.. some required very little adjustment, whilst others required major raising - or lowering.. this one time, i recall going out there, and they had used a new microphone stand - one that had a ring, or collar arrangement that you just squeezed, or rotated and lifted, to move the microphone up or down, as opposed to the older type that required one to unscrew a locking collar, and then raise or lower the microphone.. i had not tested this previously - and only seen others work it, but it looked easy enough.. so, i follow this 'big-wig' out there, stand there, grab the upper section of the microphone stand with one hand, and then with the other i am attempting to <grunt> <grunt> get it... to ... release.. it wouldn't budge!!!

  i was there, for what seemed like an eternity, trying to work this thing, then finally reached up and adjusted the horizontal arm - in a vain attempt to adjust the mic (it also refused to cooperate, and i think i only adjusted the microphone a total of 1/8").. the 'big-wig' speaker musta noticed my total and complete embarrassment (i usually turned beet-red in the face), and nodded that it was adjusted properly - so he could git on with his part.. i skeedadled off that stage - and made a mental note to figure out how to adjust that new type of microphone stand - later..

  sheesh!!!

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  LOL I can so see it in my mind!!!

  Yea I wasn't allowed to do that stuff because I wasn't "good enough". Yet when the system blew up, who did they come begging to try to figure out what was wrong with it?? Dang fools can't even splice an XLR properly!

  Also funny thing that I own a full sound tech equipment but wasn't allowed to adjust the volume (aka: push the play button at song time).
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  Where are you ?

  by sunshineToo in

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  in which part of the planet are you?

  i'm in the sf bay area, ca, u.s.a. i have been there for 17 years.. how about you?

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  New Brunswick, Canada... the great land of the bore...

  Am I really the only one from NB on here???
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  The sound of one Dub clapping

  by OUTLAW in

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  as i was growing up,i noticed the dubs at assemblys would clap at the slightest provocation.it looked like a beach full of seals.as soon as a few started,the rest would join in.for some it looked like they just woke up and figured they should start clapping so no one would know they fell asleep.most just looked like seals clapping for a fish.kids notice funny things.did any of you notice dub mass behaviour you found funny...outlaw .

  edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:51:40edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:59:1.

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  Plum: it works...
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  The sound of one Dub clapping

  by OUTLAW in

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  as i was growing up,i noticed the dubs at assemblys would clap at the slightest provocation.it looked like a beach full of seals.as soon as a few started,the rest would join in.for some it looked like they just woke up and figured they should start clapping so no one would know they fell asleep.most just looked like seals clapping for a fish.kids notice funny things.did any of you notice dub mass behaviour you found funny...outlaw .

  edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:51:40edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:59:1.

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  OUTLAW: Clappers..... that's where the Old Light and the New Light must be coming from!! With all the clapping that the Dubs are doing, no wonder they keep wish-washing about everything!!!!

  Plum: Sorry... big red X...

  Xander: I remember doing that too!!! Dang fools we were! Thing is, instead of sitting with our parents, all the cong boys would sit together (just a few rows above all the girls of the cong) so we'd be even more than 6...

  Do you remember racing to beat your friend at finding a verse in the Bible! LOL