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  Drink and Zoom, No Smell No Tell

  by 2+2=5 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i’ve been at work with some jws over the last week.. i was conversing with one jw elder who mentioned having a couple of drinks after work, on the evening of a zoom meeting.

  he said he never drinks before a meeting, but did this occasion.

  this jw is not a heavy drinker, he’s very moderate compared to most.. this got me thinking about the other jws i use to associate with, who were actually drinkers, blokes that would drink 8+ beers, when it’s gone out comes the scotch or vodka.. i think they’ll be counting the sober bro’s on one hand at these meetings.

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  Well done that sister! .... so what if she lightens a meeting by having a snifter in her own home. They could only have seen us drinking coffee. NB my Missus made sure that the camera on our tablet was covered up
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  Keeping everyone on the hook

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’ve always noticed that the local jw leaders like to give as little notice as possible for local meetings and expect you to drop everything and rearrange your life to fit their agenda in.

  i’ve noticed this more during the pandemic.

  we are not given the codes and time of memorial until a couple hours before meeting.

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  Jw stream is password protected and elders guard it like hawks . We had legitimate reason to ask for it for a circuit assembly .. The co ordinator would onlh give us a stream of that one...no more

  The d/f'd have only the stuff on public website. Still it is a great reason for not coming to the Hall, if they want to reinstate. That was always a big factor
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  Do You Feel Your Rights Are Being Trampled On By Government Regarding Coronavirus?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i support local and state and federal government’s power to safeguard the public.

  i wonder is it getting to a point where we will be told we can’t go out anymore, can’t use your phone or computer anymore because of the viruses that we can get, etc.

  are we prolonging this virus at all ?

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  It is not about rights, it is about duties.

  We all have a duty to our neighbours not to catch or spread this potentially killing disease. Yes our civil rights are curtailed , but it is a price we have to pay for staying healthy , even staying alive.

  How would you react if nothing was said, and you or your loved one caught it? We ard all teed off with staying in , all Summer events cancelled, not being able to go out and enjoy the sunshine, get a coffee or a pint.... but thats just the way it is.I
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  Anybody have news of Blondie?

  by BluesBrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have all enjoyed reading the proliferation of posts by blondie.

  however, the latest one seems to be four months ago.

  i do hope that she is o k. .

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  We have all enjoyed reading the proliferation of posts by Blondie. However, the latest one seems to be four months ago.

  I do hope that she is O K.

  In these troublesome times I would like to know that she is faring well. If something has been posted , I will be sorry I missed it.

  Does anyone have any news?
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  Just got a letter from a local JW

  by wozza in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a local brother has called on me 3 times in the last few months and has just sent me a letter ,.

  in the previous calls we kept it simple : i have'nt been to meetings for years ,don't believe in god now ,etc.

  touched on how i was appalled at how the org handles child molestation and they were quick to say that there have been problems but the governing body has it handled now blah blah.

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  The keen ones will look for ways to do “ the ministry ‘ if they cannot call or use a trolley ant telephone is expensive. I bet he counted his time writing and posting it.
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  The virus and how it's affected life

  by days of future passed in

  1. social
  2. current

  since i've never lived in time with dire events, this virus and it's effects, has taken me by surprise.

  not that i should be surprised by how people responded, but until you experience it first hand, you just don't get the scope of it all.. all the hoarding.

  i've always taken things in a more rational way.

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  Around here , U K, everything except essentials are shut down. People are told firmly to stay at home. Therefore traffic is light, busses are empty. You must queue outside a supermarket 2 metres apart , some items are still short.

  For me, there is not a lot of change, I was at home anyway. I just miss the freedom to go downtown for a coffee.
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  3 Letters Arrived--English and Spanish! (As of 2020-04-08)

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  english--2020-04-08--addendum to the march 24, letter.. https://docdro.id/v8savbuspanish--2020-04-08--addendum to the march 24, letterhttps://docdro.id/hxrhew6spanish--zoom instructionshttps://docdro.id/mmmurmdpetra!https://docdro.id/ebxf7nz

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  BluesBrother

  As Petra pointed out the first , and last , destination for your donation is to be the JW website...... however , the last point of call for material help is to be themselves!

  They would have the old sisters calling on food banks for the needy before helping their own......
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  2020--04--07 Inbox Disaster relief Committee--Zone 3!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020-04-07 inbox disaster relief committee zone 3.. https://docdro.id/k2wq1zj.

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  petra!.

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  Thanks Petra
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  Covid 19, is this the WT new push to bring back ex JW's before the end of the system?

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if this was covered as i could not find anything on it but talking to my son he tells me one of the gb had a talk telling them this is a sign of the last days.

  have the jw's being pressured into talking to relatives and friends to bring them back into the fold before the end of the system blah blah blah?

  the reason why i ask is my son was saying his mother has being on his case the last few weeks and then two days ago i got a telephone message from my sister, that hasn't spoke to me in 4 years, asking how i am doing.

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  How are they supposed to seek us out? Government rules are that we shouldn't not visit or receive visitors.

  Nobody has reached out to me in all the years I have lived here, they know where I am.
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  How Do You Get Most Of Your News?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i read a lot on online.

  i regularly read fox news, the drudge report the new york post and local newspapers and local newscasts.

  where do you get most of your news from?.

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  Over here I turn to ghe BBC first, sometimes Sky and I like to see some of the foreign news available on t v .

  Such as Al Jazeera, France 24 or Euronews. On the net I check google news and Apple News, but I am careful as to their sources. An article is only ss good as the paper that printed it.

  No one news source can be relied on to give a totally unbiased, even coverage of everything you need to know , so I keep an eye on multimedia news sources