you from macon, dude? small world, me too!
let's hit the convention together! your beard and my long hair and earrings and rebel flag tattoo.
too bad they don't serve beer or it would be a REAL blast. ok, I'll bring a cooler.
mike.
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3Macon Ga convention dates
by joelbear ini think i just want to go and wander around.
with my beard i'll stick out.
maybe some cute attendant will shadow me into the bathroom.. woofy hugs.
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Demons In Garage Sales or Worse
by Lindy inwell guys, i've done it now!
our whole little town has a sale every june and this one was no exception.
while hubby was watching our sale, my oldest daughter and i walked around the neighborhood to see what we could filch out of our neighbors renderings.
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Thanks so much for posting this subject! It makes me remember all the horror stories I heard as a dublet. My family never believed the 'yard sale' jw urban legend, though; as far as we were concerned yard sales ruled!
I remember all the fuss about proctor and gamble. Some of the old elderettes in our congregation were on a real rampage to make sure no one had that satanic symbol on any household product lest satan himself lead a demonic swat team into your spiritual life. (Imagine about 12 demons in black fatigues and body armor weilding submachine guns kicking in your door and yelling "Christendom! Apostate Ideas! Down on the floor! Hands behind your head!")
I guess everyone has heard the smurf story. How many kingdom halls have had smurf dolls get up and walk out? I think the smurfs had the right idea.
Of course that all ended when about 12 elders in black fatigues and body armor weilding submachine guns raided smurf headquarters. Poppa Smurf was the last to go. He took out four of them before one of the elders got him with a grenade.
But I digress...
I just love the jw urban legends. We really should see if we could put our heads together and come up with one of our own and pass it along various contacts into the empire. What a hoot!
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Demons In Garage Sales or Worse
by Lindy inwell guys, i've done it now!
our whole little town has a sale every june and this one was no exception.
while hubby was watching our sale, my oldest daughter and i walked around the neighborhood to see what we could filch out of our neighbors renderings.
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Thanks so much for posting this subject! It makes me remember all the horror stories I heard as a dublet. My family never believed the 'yard sale' jw urban legend, though; as far as we were concerned yard sales ruled!
I remember all the fuss about proctor and gamble. Some of the old elderettes in our congregation were on a real rampage to make sure no one had that satanic symbol on any household product lest satan himself lead a demonic swat team into your spiritual life. (Imagine about 12 demons in black fatigues and body armor weilding submachine guns kicking in your door and yelling "Christendom! Apostate Ideas! Down on the floor! Hands behind your head!")
I guess everyone has heard the smurf story. How many kingdom halls have had smurf dolls get up and walk out? I think the smurfs had the right idea.
Of course that all ended when about 12 elders in black fatigues and body armor weilding submachine guns raided smurf headquarters. Poppa Smurf was the last to go. He took out four of them before one of the elders got him with a grenade.
But I digress...
I just love the jw urban legends. We really should see if we could put our heads together and come up with one of our own and pass it along various contacts into the empire. What a hoot!
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What makes you happy?
by Celtic inwhat makes you happy and what hobbies and / or interests do you have?
what are your dreams and aspirations and ideally what would you like to do with your life given the chance?
how far along are you in delivering upon your objectives?
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What makes me happy?
Thats an interesting post.
Blasting down the road to work to get in early to a job that pays more money than I ever thought I could make.
Enjoying every minute of it when I get there.
The genuine respect you only get from "worldly" people.
That first time you see a smile on a child's face ( or 3 in the case of my adopted nephew and neices ) on christmas morning. Ok, smile is not it. How about unbridled joy? If I had to explain, you wouldn't understand.
That first real relationship? Even if it ended badly (as in my case) your first night together?
The first night in a bar?
The first hangover? (ha ha)
Motorcycles.
Skinnydipping.
Concerts.
Parties.
Your true friends are the ones who hold your hair up so it won't get wet in the toilet when you are throwing up.
Seeing old friends from school and suddenly the jw wall isn't there anymore and finding out they were real friends all along.
My friend, I've found what I was looking for.
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What makes you happy?
by Celtic inwhat makes you happy and what hobbies and / or interests do you have?
what are your dreams and aspirations and ideally what would you like to do with your life given the chance?
how far along are you in delivering upon your objectives?
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What makes me happy?
Thats an interesting post.
Blasting down the road to work to get in early to a job that pays more money than I ever thought I could make.
Enjoying every minute of it when I get there.
The genuine respect you only get from "worldly" people.
That first time you see a smile on a child's face ( or 3 in the case of my adopted nephew and neices ) on christmas morning. Ok, smile is not it. How about unbridled joy? If I had to explain, you wouldn't understand.
That first real relationship? Even if it ended badly (as in my case) your first night together?
The first night in a bar?
The first hangover? (ha ha)
Motorcycles.
Skinnydipping.
Concerts.
Parties.
Your true friends are the ones who hold your hair up so it won't get wet in the toilet when you are throwing up.
Seeing old friends from school and suddenly the jw wall isn't there anymore and finding out they were real friends all along.
My friend, I've found what I was looking for.
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Not sure I can handle the anger anymore
by professor ini am over 30 and have been out of the "organization" for almost 14 years now.
my father is an elder who's main concern is kissing up to the c.o.
so he can move up the ranks and be important.
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Bendrr
my friend, all you can do is keep trying. jesus did say that some seed lands on rocky soil. but it also finds fertile soil, albeit sometimes only a miniscule patch. could be one parent or the other may have that good "patch of soil" in their heart. not saying they do but you would never know if you stopped trying now would you?
hang in there, it's hard with family that way but being that it's family you have no choice.
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subcultures
by joelbear insociology is fascinating.. here at this board we have a subculture of a subculture, similar to bears (gay hairy men) who are also a subculture of a subculture.. i participate in boards for both groups and they are remarkably similar.
there are the people who post long drawn out posts pontificating about this or that.
there are snipers who do nothing but try to derail threads.
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Bendrr
I hope that was meant as humor, because I laughed my ass off! Good satire, keep it coming.
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subcultures
by joelbear insociology is fascinating.. here at this board we have a subculture of a subculture, similar to bears (gay hairy men) who are also a subculture of a subculture.. i participate in boards for both groups and they are remarkably similar.
there are the people who post long drawn out posts pontificating about this or that.
there are snipers who do nothing but try to derail threads.
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Bendrr
I hope that was meant as humor, because I laughed my ass off! Good satire, keep it coming.
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Favorite/Least Favorite Elders
by Bendrr inready for a round for the elders?
who was your favorite and most loved shepherd of the flock?
who was your most notorious member of the theocratic police?.
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Ok, did the CO's and DO's. Ready for a round for the elders? Who was your favorite and most loved shepherd of the flock? Who was your most notorious member of the Theocratic Police?
I have several favorites. Frank Skwarlo, Fort Valley Georgia, already old when I met him in 74. Special pioneer with his wife Norma. He got a kick out of talking the kids into playing in the mud and sometimes trying to trip his wife in the kingdom hall. She would laugh it off when he did. They lived a very simple life and were genuinely happy. They were of the annointed and I really have no doubt they actually were TRUE CHRISTIANS in spite of a life in the empire. (not a star trek fan so I don't use the borg, star wars fan here, I prefer the empire)
My Uncle Oliver. Otis Oliver Reagan (distant cousin of the great Ronald Reagan) the most cantankerous, ornery, aggravator you'll ever meet. Drove at 40 mph on interstate 75. Everyone in our little town knew him (and his driving!) When a female householder answered the door he'd always call her "lady". Being a lifelong batchelor but still looking at 70-something when a sweet thing of 16 or 17 or so was around he'd get all flustered. Even in his 80's he was holding out for a 16 year old bride (yes in Georgia, 16 is legal to marry)
Sadly now he has alzheimer's but on the bright side he was recently kicked out of a nursing home for "entertaining" female residents in his room. (I love "unk" as we called him!!)
Least favorites:
Dan Mason. THE theocratic policeman. "The Enforcer". Went gunning for prominent elders kids. I was one (duh!) Modus Operandi: make friends, gain confidence, be a pal, find out what they like to do when not in service/at meetings, add lots of innuendo, make stuff up, interrogate their friends, slander you to your friends, and for a finishing touch make semi-subtle comments about you-not in a nice way-any chance you get when giving local needs talks whether the comments are true and have anything to do with the talk or not.
Everyone in the congregation already knew I liked cars, suddenly it became a bad thing to discuss automotive topics in field service (mentioned from the platform of course) or read hot rod magazine (again, mentioned from the platform). As a side note, it was funny to see the look on his face when I mentioned in one of my weekly meetings with the elders that his son had practically begged me for the swimsuit issue of hot rod which of course I had discarded so as not to stumble anyone, which of course caused me to miss a really good article on fuel injection-not to mention the lovely and barely dressed young lady draped across the hood of the fuel injected vehicle in question. But I digress.
Runner-up:
James Kelly, or Kelley. I'd swear he was a fag. Sorry to offend by that word but any gay person will back me up on this. His demeanor, the way he talked and carried himself. Not a flaming faggot, more like homo inferno. If Dan Mason was The Enforcer, James Kelly was-or thought he was-some equivalent of the cigarette smoking man on the X files. Power beyond mortal dubs. He could disfellowship you with out a comittee. Moved to our congregation and rocketed to PO immediately thanks to Antrim Smith (see post about co's)
I'd love to run into him in a private setting someday.
Ok, enough of my rantings.
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Access to files?
by Bendrr inhi everyone, i am new to this board so everyone flame me and send viruses to welcome me (or you can send money to the bendrr goes to the bahamas fund).. i have a question that may have come up before but i have been off the internet for a while and have not been to this site before at all.
my question is regarding one's file with the cong after dissfellowshipping.
is more information gathered after the df and added to the file?
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Hi everyone, I am new to this board so everyone flame me and send viruses to welcome me (or you can send money to the Bendrr goes to the Bahamas fund).
I have a question that may have come up before but I have been off the internet for a while and have not been to this site before at all. My question is regarding one's file with the cong after dissfellowshipping. What is done with it? Is more information gathered after the df and added to the file? Most important, how can I get my hands on my file? Ok, I know this probably sounds petty and insecure to want a few pieces of paper that aren't worth anything. But I would really just LOVE to see the sordid tale that is my life [as told by the theocratic police] after getting fired from the wtbs.Bendrr.