well, this is one of 2 groups i will post tonight .
i'll post my other favorite current group later as i have to go to dinner.
but u 2 is one of my favorite current active groups performing still.
Favourite Albums:
1) The Joshua Tree 2) Auchtung Baby ; then all the rest about the same
Favourite Songs (first four are very close to each other & were hard to order):
1) With or Without You 2) Where the Streets Have No Name 3) Sunday Bloody Sunday
4) In the Name of Love; then all the rest about the same but all of them are very close
i took freedom frogs personality test yesterday, three times.
my lowest introverted score was 67. i think that borders on recluse.
are you comfortable with that part of yourself?.
I'm definitely an introvert, but I'm not so sure about high IQ being part and parcel with that. Watching "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" has shamed me. Then again I'm Canadian so all those US history and US geography questions are biased game enders.
i finished reading combating cult mind control a few days ago.
i went to the local library to try to get a copy of crisis of conscience.
i had the librarian search for it, and it's not available in any of the municipal library's branches (i live in a fairly large city).
No doubt in my mind that some true believer punked it. Thankfully the library in my municipality has those sensors that sound off if something isn't demagnetized first, so Ray's book is still available there along with Apocalypse Delayed. I've never read Jonson's book and am thinking of buying it then donating it to the library.
my last "pioneer"car was a datsun that was older then iam from 1972, rusty, 1,000000000000 miles on the clock, am radio optional extra wow!
heater that could not heat.the windsceen.
and to top it off someone dinted it at the back.
The only decent thing about the Chrysler Concorde I own is the space and comfortable seats. Alot of good that does since I haven't been able to try it for several months now because the tranny is shot.
Aside from that, the driver's side window can't go up or down because of bad tracks in the door which is bad because there's still a horrible smell coming from the vents (probably mildew) even though I tried adding I can't count how many cans of lysol. The air conditioner doesn't work (which I could care less about) but unfirtunately the bearing in that compressor is on the way out. I was told that when that seized it would then ruin the serpentine belt and cause of loss of power steering while driving. So I'm not sinking any more money into that car.
Here's the sad part folks. Because I have to commute to work I've been dependant on the charity of my JW father who let me use his spare car. He's a great dad, however you all can imagine and now know why I've been guilted into attending more of the blasted dub meetings lately.
recently i asked the question about lawsuits that the society brought against certain websites.
i got a lot of good information.
it seems, of course that the watchtower society, in typical fashion, will by any means suppress an opposing view.
The WTS forced the QUOTES website to shut down claiming it was embarrasing them. They also went after the re-examine.org website to have that shut down. They're taking a page out of the Scientology playbook which eviscerated the cult awareness network by the same legal threats.
I also personally know of two JW elders who actively seek out anti-jw sites investigating what they may make available to try and stop any "illegal" activity (more to accurately try to keep under wraps anything that makes Mommy look bad). These two are suck-ups and kiss-ups, who have well placed contacts in Canadian Bethel, and do this as a service to please them. The WTS may devote some of its staff to monitor things on their own, but I'm pretty sure they get alot of leads from pathetic wannabe spies who couldn't stand to see the organization crumble because it would take away opportunities for power trips.
If I sound a little bitter its not because I have been "sheperded" recently. Honest.
if anyone has this in pdf format it would be greatly appreciated.
The Study Edition of the WT isn't uber cultic either. Heck they're allowing anyone to download it as audio files so I'm really expecting the "Kool-Aid" edition to stay watered down. I don't think this change was so much about control as for just the bottom line.
I've been having to go to more of them than I care for and all for family.
Actually, for the last few years I had a very good run of avoiding almost every meeting (except for the memorial and one of the district convention days). But there were some downturns for me and for one of my parents. Can't say anything else about it. But my parent is doing much better.
http://jalopnik.com/343003/the-2500-tata-nano-unveiled-in-india.
they are so cheap, you could by two, 'cause everybody knows it's best to have two "tatas"!.
sorry, couldn't resist.... changeling.
Too bad Tata isn't planning on selling it outside of India. It would be a fun little car to putter around in the city. And imagine all the fun mods you could come up with for it.
here is the link to the latest study edition of the watchtower:.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/hwp3du.
it is ocr'd and ready for searching,.
Having the pictures and all is nice. From time to time there are some poses you just have to laugh at.
But www.jw.org has had the Jan and Feb study editions available as audio files for download by anyone since the beginning of the year and the March 15th is also now up for downloading...if you all must have it for some peculiar reason.You can even subscribe to the podcast, God forbid.
in this thread i mentioned having a long chat with an elder last summer.
i didn't realize i had never posted the story, so here it is.. last summer (when i went to buy my new camera lens) i ran into one of my favorite jws at the photography shop.
he was buying a camera bag for his new dslr, and i saw him, went up and greeted him, hugged him.
Haven't been able to spend much time on JWD lately but I enjoyed reading the whole post (clock be damned!).
I like how you made the point that you were keeping integrity with what you feel to be true/actual. Dubs aren't the only principled people out there. Reality will bear out which principles actually do more good. I don't think dubs like looking at the track record.
