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  Manchester Assembly

  by Gadget in

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  i've been talking to a few witnesses who were at the assembly this weekend, and apparently there were loads of apostates there!

  any body from here go?

  i was told about silent lambs, and some others who were giving out leaflets.

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  Bendrr

  Hey Simon, if they mentioned this site by name.......Oh boy! Depending on what was said, you could have a possible lawsuit! Go for it bro!

  Mike.
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  Jehovah Launches Solo Career

  by czarofmischief in

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  2 months after breakup with group, deity starts anew.. two months after bitterly breaking up with the group jehovah's witnesses, jehovah god has announced the launch of his new solo effort.

  at a press conference in pittsburgh, the historical launching pad for his previous religious affiliation, jehovah seemed relaxed and happy as he puffed on an illegaly imported cuban cigar and discussed his marketing strategy.. wearing a snowy white t-shirt and a modest crown of eternal fire, radiating holiness, purity, and joie de vivre, jehovah wowed reporters with his wit and sincerity.

  the back of crazy mocha coffee shop in the bloomfield section of town rang loud with laughter and the occasional salvation of a weary sinner.. "that's strictly for effect, you know," said the supreme being, watching a newly converted member of his solo effort roll on the floor.

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  Bendrr

  Just a thought......

  Why does Jehovah have to stick with current "artists" when he could easily bring some old names back? Maybe Jerry Garcia? Jimi Hendrix? Elvis? Randy Rhoades?

  Hmmmm.....I smell another world tour in the works!

  Mike.
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  Jehovah Launches Solo Career

  by czarofmischief in

  1. jw
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  2 months after breakup with group, deity starts anew.. two months after bitterly breaking up with the group jehovah's witnesses, jehovah god has announced the launch of his new solo effort.

  at a press conference in pittsburgh, the historical launching pad for his previous religious affiliation, jehovah seemed relaxed and happy as he puffed on an illegaly imported cuban cigar and discussed his marketing strategy.. wearing a snowy white t-shirt and a modest crown of eternal fire, radiating holiness, purity, and joie de vivre, jehovah wowed reporters with his wit and sincerity.

  the back of crazy mocha coffee shop in the bloomfield section of town rang loud with laughter and the occasional salvation of a weary sinner.. "that's strictly for effect, you know," said the supreme being, watching a newly converted member of his solo effort roll on the floor.

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  Bendrr

  Damn good job Czar! I'm printing this one out!

  Mike.

  p.s. I see potential for some pretty awesome followups. Maybe a "Behind the Music" or "Where are they Now?".
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  Does Your JW Family Act Like This?

  by Banshee in

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  well, it is district convention time again.

  my mother is an active jw and faithfully attends these long, brainwashing sessions.

  she and i have fairly close contact and, over the past few years, i have noticed a definite pattern in her behavior after she attends the district conventions.

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  Bendrr

  Oh tell me about it!!!

  I didn't mind going to the conventions themselves, but I hated when they were over and we got home. Every single damn time without fail, my [step]dad would come home with a megadose of "super-spirituality" and look out! here come the rules!

  More family study, more personal study, PLUS he'd decide it was time for an additional one-on-one study with both me and my brother. We're gonna go in service more. We're gonna do this, we're gonna do that. Oh yeah and my favorite was always the way he'd say "and we're all as a family going to cut down on watching TV". Yeah right. The whole family was supposed to be restricted to just one hour a day. Including weekends. By the second day that went right out the window for him and my mom. He'd come home from work and fire up the TV in their room and leave it on till after 11 or so. And of course on weekends he had his football games to watch. And my brother being *his* son always slid under the radar. But for me it would last a good couple of weeks, and the weekends were the worst. Couldn't have any friends, nothing to do, no music, and for those couple of weeks no TV either.

  And they wonder why I tell them now that I hated growing up a Witness!

  Mike.
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  JWD Cookbook - Info wanted - SIMON and others

  by Lady Lee in

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  i now have enough recipes to start putting this cookbook together.

  129 recipes.

  since we will be putting this on the internet with the hopes that other people besides us will buy it what do we want to say.

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  Bendrr

  Recipes? Would y'all PLEASE post them for ALL to see?!

  Here's one for you:

  Bratkraut

  One pack of bratwurst sausages (5 or 6)

  One can saurkraut, shredded.

  Drain the saurkraut and pour into a glass baking dish, spreading evenly about 1/2 - 1" deep.

  Place the bratwurst over the saurkraut, spacing evenly.

  Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350-400 degrees for 30-45 minutes or until the sausages are cooked.

  You can also substitute pork chops for the bratwurst.
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  Any Radio/Former Radio People on the Forum?

  by Robdar in

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  i did radio broadcast for about 20 years.

  whereas i am thinking of doing it again, i hope that it doesn't come down to it.

  unless i can do morning drive again.

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  Bendrr

  I was *almost* on the radio back in the late 80's. I think I was like 19 at the time and had a night-shift job in a local factory that made comforters and stuff like that. I'd adjusted to the night-shift work but had plenty of free time on my hands due to my different schedule.

  So I went and applied at the local rock & roll station (Q106, WQBZ). I made a couple of demo tapes on the stereo at home and gave them to the program director (Nathan Hale, I'm sure he's still around somewhere in the FM world). He liked my voice and helped me talk without my southern accent. Back then, a southern accent was STRONGLY discouraged on that station. I got my license and got my voice and accent to his satisfaction so he told me to start coming in and hanging out at night. The nighttime guy (Keith Moon, nice deep voice and a face for radio) taught me to run the board and even let me talk on air a little.

  I even got to meet the morning show guy at the time. Bear O'Brian. Obnoxious jerk both on the air and in person. Had been fired from almost every station in Georgia.

  Sadly, my stepdad made me stop. The elders knew about what I was doing and one of them told me to my face that he liked the station and thought I'd do great. He was actually in favor of me taking the job, since I'd go under a pseudonym and likely be on at night. But apparently he and the rest of the elders had something totally different to say behind my back to my stepdad so the whole radio gig got nixed.

  I've thought about going and trying to do it again, maybe even develop my own show. Something like Lex & Terry meet Neil Boortz. But the way the stations are run now.....forget it....there is no local station anymore, they're all owned by huge national companies that don't give a damn about anything local anymore.

  Mike.
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  I wonder which posters here were the ones...

  by berylblue in

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  ...always selected for those nauseating parts in the service meeting.

  you know, the theocratic family's encouraging service experiences?

  the theocratic family's example of a well-conducted family study?

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  Bendrr

  what's 1914 got to do with masturbation? must've made for one hell of a talk!

  Mike.
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  So, what REALLY happened on September 11, a.k.a. the unknowns...???

  by reporter in

  1. social
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  it's getting on to almost two years since the events of september 11, and it is striking how little we know about what happened: .

  we don't know the real names of any of the hijackers.. we don't know what countries they came from.. we don't know who planned and organized the terrorism.. we don't know who financed it.. we have no idea what actually happened at the pentagon (but i know a boeing 757 didn't go through this hole).

  normal video tapes of and from the pentagon building, which should have shown what happened, have never been released (except for one, which poses more questions than it answers).

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  Bendrr

  Hey you know what Hamas? How about this? If the arabs hate Israel and the U.S. so much, how about we just pull our asses out of there and take our money with us? I have no problem with that whatsoever and neither do a whole lot of other Americans. We've got our own problems to take care of and enough oil to last us another 50 years, so the Middle East can shove their oil well you know where. In that 50 years, this country can become independent of oil. The question is, can the Middle East become independent of us?

  Far as I'm concerned they can all blow each other up, die, go to hell (not that there is one), and kiss my ass.

  Mike.
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  Information For Flashers.

  by Englishman in

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  i've just read in todays paper an article on driving in different countries.

  apart from the obvious statement that europe drives on the right, uk on the left and italy in the shade, i was intrigued that the flashing of headlights had different meanings too.. if you're driving in the uk and you flash your headlights at another driver you are actually saying "go ahead and make your move, i am giving way to you".

  it's a sort of gentlemanly gesture.

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  Bendrr

  lol

  I thought myself that E-man was going to impart some useful advice gained from personal experience on the subject of ..... flashing. Not that there's anything wrong with that! I guess. I mean if you do it legally, that is. That's what I thought anyways, that there might be legal ways to do so and hence the title "Information for Flashers". Maybe just exposing -- uh -- sharing some personal experience and advice. Baring it all -- No! -- uh, sharing something. Hey, it's none of my business! You do whatever blows your skirt up -- damn! wrong way to put it -- just do whatever makes you happy, Englishman!

  I'm going to stop now and get naked and put on an overcoat and go out on the sidewalk cook some dinner.

  Mike.
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  What do you do for a living ??? Would the elders make you quit your job ???

  by run dont walk in

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  this one is my biggest pet peeves.. growing up in the borg, i had a hard time finding any job, let alone a decent paying one.. i had to quit many jobs because my parents said "i was missing out to many meetings and field service.".

  but how come the elders who worked at ford, chysler, gm, or any big factories, that worked shift work, and missed meetings every three weeks consistently for decades, and that was okay.

  the response i would get was, "well they have a family to raise and look after.

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  Bendrr

  I'm just an automobile technician but I've busted my ass for a long time and now am well above the national average income for other tech's.

  Elders can make as much money as they want, and then turn around and preach to the congregation about not being materialistic and how you should only earn just enough to survive on. If the elders who df'd me knew what I earn now, which is I garantee you more than they make, they'd tell me to find something else right quick!

  Unless of course I was dropping wads of cash into the contribution box.

  Well, we all know how it works.

  Mike.