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  Ever Met A Guy/Girl At A JW Convention?

  by Latin assassin from Manhattan in

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  have you ever met a single guy/girl at a jw convention, and thought so highly of him/her until you really found out what they were like?

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  Bendrr

  Frank................I hate you!

  Yeah, I met a few that way. Hell, that was about the ONLY way I had to meet chicks. It was such a childish "game" though. You couldn't be "solo", you had to be in some group and be in favor with the "in crowd" or you wouldn't meet anyone, much less have any invites to go out after the day's session. But y'all know me, I do things my way.

  My great-great uncle, in his 80's at the time, was always on the prowl himself. He also looked out for me and introduced me to some very pretty and very sweet girls. Unfortunately, the local "in crowd" didn't approve. The first one I met, she and I wrote back and forth and talked on the phone, then come next assembly one of the little bitches in the "in crowd" decided to take action. She made sure A. and I didn't spend any time together at all. Those two were literally joined at the hip for the entire convention. I can remember her pulling A. off to walk somewhere else and A. looking back at me over her shoulder with this helpless look. That didn't end things for me and A. though, we still kept in touch and when "li'l bitch" found out, her nosy elder father called the elders in A.'s cong to put the kibash on the whole thing. I found out from A. later that she was called into an elders' meeting and strongly discouraged from any further contact with me.

  The other one I met not long before I left, right before I got fired from the Empire. Drop-dead gorgeous latina. (thanks, Unk!) He was hitting on her big time when I saw him and walked up and said hi to him (meaning "hook me up, Unk!") he introduced me and walked off with this big grin on his face. We spent most of one day's lunch break talking. The "in crowd" took note and before lunch was over (oh this is so damn funny now looking back) there must have been close to twenty of them standing nearby, maybe 20 feet away, in this one group pretending to talk but all of them constantly looking at us. Even the girl noticed and it made her uncomfortable. I just laughed it off, smiled at them, and told her not to pay any attention to them. We had a couple of letters and a few phone calls after that, but then she broke it off. Seems she'd gotten a phone call.....

  God I hate those assholes!

  Mike.
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  Sex??

  by StinkyPantz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the forum is moving rather slowly so i figured i'd spice it up a little.

  so i'd like you to give any random thoughts you have pertaining to the topic

  here's my contribution: an intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

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  Bendrr

  yes please!

  Mike.
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  My Borganization Story

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  2. friends

  i was 28 when i got borganized....i wish i could remember the names of the sisters that studied with me....one of 'em's name is barbara, the other one was a pig...guess they're not that memorable....but the plano congregation had not been started when i first got baptised or it had *just* been started in 1973....my best sis friend was carolyn nelson, a six feet tall sis with two kids, harris and april....i was really dumb and married the first elder that asked me....it was a total flop of a marriage, his teenaged son caused all sorts of problems for us.....i "ran away" from it and went back to the "world" for a while....i suppose because they hadn't gotten the "worldliness" out of me very well at the time....when i returned, they publicly reproved me and we divorced....his name was bob repp....he was an elder in the white rock congregation....i can remember a few names...the farmers, steve scott and his lovely red-headed wife, but that's all i remember..... .

  then i moved back down here with my older two children, where i was raised and later went back into the borganization....i moved to california in late 1988, got in an auto accident in late 1989, and everything went downhill from there, borganization-wise...i had seen so much cruelty from the platform....even a p.o.

  who graphically and sneeringly described explicitly...the sights, sounds and smells of alleged sexual acts between two pioneers, as he disf'd the pioneer sister, while she sobbed her heart out in front of the congregation and only reproved the pioneer bro.....made me wanna hurl....the elders treated me like a meadow muffin the whole time i was in cal.

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  Bendrr

  Welcome to our home Frannie!!!

  Mike.
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  Another Deception: Are Negroes Still Sold at Auction?

  by metatron in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  once again, i find myself fulminating in a kingdom hall, listening to a brain-dead, intinerant.

  spiritual predator( i.e.

  a circuit overseer) ramble on with society-approved lies about the outside world:.

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  Bendrr

  Yesterday, I sat and watched a friend order an ice cream cone. For some reason, the scene--a young white employee saying "Sir" repeatedly to an older black customer

  Teej, I still have older black customers call me sir. Makes me uncomfortable but I guess around here old ways die hard.

  Met: The Empire can say what they want but things are better now than they used to be back when Russell went nuts. Well except for not being able to buy laudanum at the corner store.

  Mike.
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  Loved & Lost?

  by StinkyPantz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you agree with this quote?

  "'tis better to have loved and lost.

  than never to have loved at all.

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  Bendrr

  Umm.......agree?

  Mike.
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  Gripe Sheet

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. humour

  after every flight, pilots fill out a form called a gripe sheet, which conveys to the mechanics any problems encountered with the aircraft during the flight that need repair or correction.

  the mechanics read and correct the problem, and then respond in writing on the lower half of the form what remedial action was taken, and the pilot reviews the gripe sheets before the next flight.

  never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor.

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  Bendrr

  Oh too funny!!!!

  Remind me to never fly Qantas!

  Mike.
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  Bad neighbors and Cable Theft

  by Bendrr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i took off work early yesterday to try and catch up on some much-needed rest.

  around 4:30 my cable tv and internet went out.

  it was raining at the time so i assumed the usual and called cox to report an outage.

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  Bendrr

  Why should your thieving, punk ass neighbor have a problem with YOU getting your own cable back?

  Teej, when someone asks me a question like that all I can say is "that's exactly why I prefer working with machines!"

  Mike.
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  Just had huge arguement outside hall....

  by Gadget in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a few days ago i sent a message to an elder(one of the ones from my jc) asking him if he could get in contact with my girlfriend because i was very worried about her.

  after the meeting tonight he asked if he could have a chat with me outside the hall.

  he explained that he could not get in contact with her, as she was out of his jurisdiction.

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  Bendrr

  Gadget:

  I don't know exactly what to say or how to say things well sometimes.....

  This is your friend? And you're depending on ELDERS to "check on her"? Fuck jurisdiction or restrictions, this is a HUMAN LIFE and this is the LIFE OF YOUR FRIEND!!!!!!

  Please go do whatever you have to do personally to make sure she is ok and gets the help she needs. Do WHATEVER it takes. Deal with repurcussions from the elders some other time, the most important thing right now is the life of your friend.

  You may want to consider placing a call to your local suicide help-line which can be found in your phone book. Explain the situation and get some PROFESSIONAL advice (as opposed to what you may get here) on what you yourself can do to help your friend.

  I wish the best for your friend. Please keep us advised and if you need to talk, we're here, I'm here, just don't leave it in the hands of the elders please!

  Mike.
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  Therapy?

  by StinkyPantz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, i think i'm crazy; and i think i need therapy.

  well here's a rundown of my life: .

  born; molested by cousin; best friend murdered by her father; eating disorder; abusive boyfriends; betrayed by best friend of 15 years; disfellowshipped; married after 6 months of dating; disowned by family; moved cross-country where i don't know anyone (this is only a partial list of course).

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  Bendrr

  {{{{{Bridget}}}}}

  Love,

  Mike.
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  Bad neighbors and Cable Theft

  by Bendrr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i took off work early yesterday to try and catch up on some much-needed rest.

  around 4:30 my cable tv and internet went out.

  it was raining at the time so i assumed the usual and called cox to report an outage.

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  Bendrr

  I took off work early yesterday to try and catch up on some much-needed rest. Around 4:30 my cable tv and internet went out. It was raining at the time so I assumed the usual and called Cox to report an outage. Sometime later when it was sun-shiny again I called back to ask when it was going to be back on. I was informed that service had been restored and Cox offered to set up an appointment for a tech to come to my apartment and figure out the problem.

  So I said fine I'll take another half day tomorrow, watched a DVD, and went to bed without my nightly "fix" of talking on Yahoo Messenger with my sweetie.

  When I woke up this morning and got a cup of coffee in me, I suddenly got this funny feeling that I should go look at the cable connections on the back of the apartment house. What I found was that my line had been unhooked from the splitter and left hanging so that one of the other residents could hook their cable up. A call to Cox to report it brought a technician VERY quickly. He called his dispatcher and found out that I am the only resident in this apartment house who is paying for cable. Yep, we've got not one but TWO cable thieves in this house!

  So he took care of things. He removed the splitter completely and cut the ends off the lines for the other two apartments.

  I also called the police and reported it, even though Cox declined to take action. And that's suprising considering that they're constantly running these commercials threatening criminal penalties for stealing cable.

  Now I'm kind of worried about things getting ugly. I'm pretty sure I know which neighbor did the deed and he had to know he was disconnecting my cable in order to steal his service. So when he gets home tonight and turns on his tv to find his free cable is gone, I'm expecting a knock at my door. Well sorry buddy, but you could have spent a few bucks at Radio Shack and done it in a way that didn't disconnect my LEGITIMATE AND PAID FOR service.

  So like I said, I'm afraid things might get ugly. I've already had numerous problems with my car being broken into. Now I'm starting to wonder if maybe it could be one of my neighbors.

  If I had the money right now, I'd be moving. My 1-year lease expired this month so now I don't have to renew, I can just pay by the month and live here as long as I want. I love living in the downtown historic district, but some of the neighbors are really making those beautiful 100 and 150 year old homes look pretty unattractive.

  Mike.