Posts by TheListener

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

TheListener

I hated the elevator rule!! I had to ride past my stop many times because heavies were on the elevator with me. Then I would have to stay on and go back to my floor. What a crock!

What about family night. That was cult fun at its best.

Man did we drink a lot. Especially after we reached 21.

I remember Couch claiming we could become gay if we used the door handles at CBGB. What a dummy.

How about great travel weekends with our buddies visiting congregations and having the girls all want to meet us and hang out with us. I was never so popular. I even remember moms and dads trying to get us to meet and "date" their spiritual daughters, the further from NY you went the more the dubs we're in awe of bethelites. What morons. We were mostly all young horny idiots,

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New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

by suavojr in

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friends

let the merging begin!!!.

to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

TheListener

So older congregations that sit on valuable land may be sold and the dubs directed to some further away KH that was under utilized, which will now be over utilized. I bet the neighbors of the over utilized KHs will love the extra traffic every day of the week...not!

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

TheListener

I had a candy dish filled with Hershey kisses and m&m's for the housekeeper. She ate my food and still got me in trouble. Not serious trouble. I even got in trouble for messy power cords once.

Some of the housekeepers were so unattractive and others were so hot. It was tough being a virginal super horny young person with no outlet for all that frustration. I loved it when sisters would visit and we could flirt. It was like a swarm of flies all competing to see who could get their attention. Man, we must have looked pathetic.

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

TheListener

Nosey housekeepers were the worst. I was called to the homeoverseer several times as well. It was valuable time off work.

Remember how serious we took interdepartmental sports? For those not there just know that sports was a huge part of bethel and the games between various departments could heat up fast.

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Family Reuinion and Being Disfellowshipped (sorry...but it's long)

by babygirl30 in

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friends

it has been a long looong time since i posted on here, but never ceased reading all the posts and keeping up on the changes that have been going on!

but it just seems that now i have a need to get something off my chest, and this is the one place that will most definitely understand the topic at hand.

i have been disfellowshipped for about 8yrs now, and have dealt with the 'consequences' of that decision: all my so-called friends in the org left and i was also abandoned by my own family.

TheListener

Thank you for posting that. It is so encouraging. You were really brave and so was your boyfriend.

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

TheListener

Do you guys remember the prayers by Gangas (sp?)? Or how COUCH would get so angry and draw out the word "hoooooomoooooosexxxxxuallllllll". He was a nut.

I'm pretty sure it was Gangas who would go on and on in his prayers with all kinds of adjectives for jehovah. Like, great and powerful, loving, strong, kind, kingly and all knowing jehovah. We should have made a drinking game out of it.

Remember the special Gilead graduation meals? And half work days so we could attend graduation?

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

TheListener

I kept all my bethel paperwork. Entrants school stuff, phone bills, dish duty sheets, even copies of several versions of the Dwelling manual.

I still have clothes with my tagged number on them.

I kept the phone book too.

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News from Warwick

by Sour Grapes in

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warwick update .

safety

safety is a 'culture'!

TheListener

What is the actual status of the construction? When will Warwick be open?

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Demoted from elder to MS, anybody ever heard of this?

by Naoscillator in

so a friend in a nearby hall told me their co came through, and in a hellish week of long meetings and inquisition overhauled the boe.

only one remains as elder, three were re-appointed as ms, and one, the cobe was deleted entirely.. two new elders were brought in as new secretary and cobe / watchtower conductor, respectively, and introduced to the congregation from the platform on sunday immediately following his second talk.

he reminded everybody of the authority he has and then named the new appointees.

TheListener

Although now that COs have the appointing power perhaps the rules have changed on demotion.

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Just two weeks in our new home and the knock at the door happens!!

by truthseekeriam in

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friends

just relaxing with my morning coffee enjoying looking at the pictures fipper shared of the camping trip when the dreaded knock came.

of course the dogs beat me to the door followed by my daughter trying to catch them, she looks through the giant peep hole and waves me away saying "its them.

" i almost just walked away from the door when i saw the sweet face of a 5/6 year old little boy with his mom and dad and couldn't resist talking to them.. i opened the door and smiled and said jehovah's witnesses?

TheListener

great job.