Dogpatch....................I enjoyed you sequel about the tobacco incident and its effects. We need to keep reminding ourselves.........ITS JUST A PUBLISHING COMPANY.............and nothing more.
mann377
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Old Tobacco Barns
by Undecided inwhere i live in nc near va there are so many old barns left from the days of tobacco growing.
when i was a child almost all the country people raised tobacco to make a living and would cure the tobacco in these barns.
out on the old country roads there are barns everywhere.
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Who supplies the paper for the watchtower?
by sonny60 ini would like to know who they get there paper supply from can anyone tell me?
also how do they ship out of there truck loads or ups, ect?
does the watchtower own there own trucks and paper mills?
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mann377
DOMTAR out of Canada and sometimes ATIBI
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Any architects, designers, or contractors here?
by frozen one ini'm sick of my bathroom and want to remodel it.
does it pay to have a professional architect design a rehab or should i just go to home depot with the dimensions and use their computer to lay it out?
the space is pretty small for a bathroom and i'd like to maximize the use of space so i'm thinking a professional consultation would be in order.
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mann377
I've been a contractor for 26 years and done a lot of bathrooms.
1. The first thine I would do is to extablish a budget, as how much you want to spend.
2. The next thing is to make alist of whats important to you with a bathroom, such as larger vainty or type of bath tub.
3. Then find out if you have room for the items that you want to install. This is both square footage and electrical service. You can go to Home Depot etc. and look and measure some of their items.
4. What type of finishes are you expecting? Tile can cost $1/sqft and up. (My last client went to China and bought tiles for her "special" bath. This went with the $15,000 tub and the $1300 sinks and $800 shower head. She ended up spending $145,000 for the bath) Not that this is normal but she got carried away once the project was underway. She only planed to spend $45,000 originally.
5. There are a lot of good guides on bath design that can be accessed. A good design will have basic dim. requirements for different fixtures, such as a toilet should be 18" from the center line to wall and have a minimum of 22" in front. If a handicap person will use the toilet then the handle should be located away from the wall. It might sound funny BUT toilet manufacturers have a test with solid matter such as putting sausages and ping pong balls in and seeing if it will flush. Go to TOTO toilet fixtureweb site for a full explantion of this (Americam Standard also has this) Although this sounds funny I have alot of clients that do a lot entertianing and can not be bothered with a pluged up toilet! So they demand the best.
6. Shower valves should be equiped with anti scald valves.
7. I like levers in lieu of knobs on all valves.
8. Floor: tile needs to be stiff. The tile manufacturers require L/600 for floor stiffness. This is hard if you have an old house with wood framing. If you insist then get small tiles (4 1/4) and install with a latex modified grout. Also floor tile is not wall tile, floor tile should have a rough texture!
9. Lighting: Have the light switch also turn on a vent fan. Task lighting above vainty should be such that it will reflect the type of lighting you will be seen in (color spectrem)
10. If you have an old person living in the house and they will be using the bath then by all means have the door open out from the bath, so that if they should pass out they will not block the door.
I hope I have not bored you to much as I could go on, but after all these years............................yikes
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A Must Read
by mann377 inhas anyone read the book: how to read the bible, by james kugel.
this is a must read for all apostates!
it gives you veiw points that would be new and interesting to those exposed to the wtbs bs..
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mann377
Has anyone read the book: HOW TO READ THE BIBLE, by James Kugel
This is a must read for all apostates! It gives you veiw points that would be new and interesting to those exposed to the WTBS bs.
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1000 asked to leave bethel complexes
by atpeace ini just heard this - anyone else?
i was curious as to the reason people were given for this.
and i can't help but think of those that will be trying to get a job in this economy, with few skills and probably no college education.
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mann377
I think working in NY or the farm is the best apostate training one can get
You can say that again!!!! That was the begining of my deprograming, back in ''76
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Baptism Into the Organization
by AlanF intoday's remarks about the wts's 1985 baptismal vows reminded me of.
an incident an elder recently told me about.
seems a man was still.
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mann377
After all when a person is disfellowshiped the anouncement is that so-and-so is no longer a JW. I once asked an elder if the person disfellowshiped is still a Christian. He said he didn't know. So therefore the Society is instructing christians to not speak to other christians? And this is the spritual paradise? (give me a break!!!)
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Why do you sign your dead body over when you go to Bethel?
by new boy inthis is in response to the thread about the supposed suicide of a bethelite in 1995.. in 1970 when i went to bethel we signed a form stating that "if we died while at bethel the wathtower bible and tract society had the rights to our body.
yes, we thought it strange at the time but as a twenty year old you didn't think much about it.. i know of two brothers who killed themselfs while at bethel and two others who tried end their lives.
my guess is people have been killing themselfs at bethel long before i ever got there.
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mann377
New Boy: If I remember there was a box to check if you had gold teeth on the same form.
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The elders want a JW to be my Mother in law's POA instead of her own son
by Younglove1999 init's been a while since i posted here- i frequently lurk, but have been busy with work, life, and not letting the fact that i was a jw for so long linger over my life and become overcome with "what if's?
yesterday we got a phone call from my mother in law who is a jw.
she was distraught because she still has my husband (her son) who is no longer a jw as her medical and legal poa.
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mann377
A caution to all who have parents in the org.: I have a mother who is up in years (90's) and has money. I go and get the mail for her and was shocked to find letters from the WTBS thanking her for money and in a round about way asking for more. I had a talk with her and informed her that she should inform me of any gifts of more than $500. I once caught the Circuit Overseer telling her that the money she leaves to her childern will only be taxed away and therefore suggested leaving it to the WTBS and having the local elders with POA!
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Why do you sign your dead body over when you go to Bethel?
by new boy inthis is in response to the thread about the supposed suicide of a bethelite in 1995.. in 1970 when i went to bethel we signed a form stating that "if we died while at bethel the wathtower bible and tract society had the rights to our body.
yes, we thought it strange at the time but as a twenty year old you didn't think much about it.. i know of two brothers who killed themselfs while at bethel and two others who tried end their lives.
my guess is people have been killing themselfs at bethel long before i ever got there.
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mann377
Jimmy Olsen's family elected for the WTBS to take care of thnigs. Think of cases like Wheelock when he killed himself. The WTBS had a mess on their hands since he had no family outside. Whats wrong with being buried at WT farms? It has a good view.
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Why do you sign your dead body over when you go to Bethel?
by new boy inthis is in response to the thread about the supposed suicide of a bethelite in 1995.. in 1970 when i went to bethel we signed a form stating that "if we died while at bethel the wathtower bible and tract society had the rights to our body.
yes, we thought it strange at the time but as a twenty year old you didn't think much about it.. i know of two brothers who killed themselfs while at bethel and two others who tried end their lives.
my guess is people have been killing themselfs at bethel long before i ever got there.
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mann377
I think it is a legal thing. Some of the Bethelites have no family to take the body and dispose of it. I remember when a bethelite fell down the elevator shaft at Squibb (1973) on watchman duty his parents came to collect his body but if he had no family then the Society has to do something. Do you remember the question as to the disposing of the body? Cremation or cemetary plot? I believe the plots refered to the ones at the Farm in Walkill.