I live just a few miles from this city in question. The property referenced has a value of nearly half a million dollars US, and the city has offered them 1/10th that value at about $60,000. That is simply an insult. While I am not a fan of eminant domain, these folks deserve AT LEAST fair market value plus a stipend or percentage as a bonus for the relocation AT A MINIMUM.
In addition, New London is a coastal town, and from news reports, the property being assumed is "shoreline" property. New London is a very nice historical city known for its boat building and marina industry.... this is purely an abuse of the system. Refer to a recent case in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA where a casino owner wanted to take over a private home by eminent domain to construct a parking gargae. The home owner won this case, if memory serves me.
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Spiral Binding of WT Publications
by POs Son init seems that the daniel book is due to be studied again, so says my jw parents.
my father mentioned that he brought the book, presumably a 192 page soft cover book, to the local print shop to be spiral bound and have the covers laminated.
i almost said, but bit my tongue, "don't you suppose the society could make a great income if they simply found a way to offer spiral binding and cover lamination for a fee?
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It seems that the Daniel book is due to be studied again, so says my JW parents. My father mentioned that he brought the book, presumably a 192 page soft cover book, to the local print shop to be spiral bound and have the covers laminated. I almost said, but bit my tongue, "Don't you suppose the Society could make a great income if they simply found a way to offer spiral binding and cover lamination for a fee?" I stopped short of making the discussion into one of supporting the JDub racket... but found it interesting that Dubs run out to have their "inspired" publications cut up and re-bound for study. Your thoughts?
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How To Enjoy Assemblies By Being Rebellious
by metatron in1. go out to lunch at every session.
bring back bags of fast food that say "burger king".
or "mcdonalds" on them.
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Crumpet: I believe "Spiking the Shasta" has less do do with Onan, and more to do with adding intoxicating liquor to the gawd-awful Shasta brand of soda (pop) that WT used to buy by the truck load to sell at conventions. Any one who was in back in the food days still gags when they taste Lemon-Lime... makes you hear Kingdumb Melodies and announcements like "The afternoon session will begin in just 30 minutes. Please make your way to your seats now."
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Listening to Bible story or drama cassettes
by TheListener indid anyone grow up listening to the bible dramas or bible story book on cassette?.
did anyone else find jehovah and his pronouncements very scary?
it's like letting your kid watch an r rated violent movie right before bed.
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I still have a few of the tapes in the basement in all my kid-junk. I haev no desire to use them now.... hmmm eBay sounds good!
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Read this on another board!..No longer D.A or D.F. ?
by Golden Girl inthey claim that the jw's... as of the new organization book ...no longer announce someone is disfellowshipped or disassociated.. .
but rather they announce " they are no longer a jehovah's witness.
anyone that can shed light on if this is true or not?
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So, having never been baptized, hell never even a publisher.... can I write a letter to my old cong. and ask that an announcement be made this Thursday that I "Never was one of Jehovah's Witnesses"???? How should I expect to be treated? Wouldn't that be a fun twist. Get everyone I know to send such a letter to the cong. and force them to make "never has been" announcements all night. Oh, well.... wishful thinking.
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Birthday Party - Birthday Cake
by POs Son inwell, this weekend, we had a nice little birthday party for our one-year-old daughter.
my folks, both dubs, were not invited despite living only ten minutes away.
i still respect their beliefs, so did not even bother inviting them.
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Can a forum admin move this topic out of private please?
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Birthday Party - Birthday Cake
by POs Son inwell, this weekend, we had a nice little birthday party for our one-year-old daughter.
my folks, both dubs, were not invited despite living only ten minutes away.
i still respect their beliefs, so did not even bother inviting them.
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Well, this weekend, we had a nice little birthday party for our one-year-old daughter. My folks, both Dubs, were not invited despite living only ten minutes away. I still respect their beliefs, so did not even bother inviting them. But here is the odd part: My mother came over the day before the party and helped to make the party food, and came back the day after the party and had leftovers INCLUDING BIRTHDAY CAKE afterwards!
We had half a sheet cake leftover from the party, so I jokingly offered to send the remainder home with my folks to be served after their Tuesday night Book Study, hosted at their home! I can just see the article in the Awake! now:
"Sister X showed her support for Jehovahs direction by ripping an IV line out of her arm when she awoke in a hospital only to find blood being administered to her. She later died, but is assured a long life in the new sytem of things. In another area, seven faithful Witnesses were seen vomiting cake on the front lawn after the evening Book Study after learning that their "Book Study Goodie" cake was actually BIRTHDAY CAKE. How blessed are the faithful when they turn away from such wicked ways!"
So here is my question: Is eating Birthday Cake on another day OK? Is watching patriotic fireworks OK as long as you quietly lament the impending death of the infidel patriots? Is watching a Christmas movie OK as long as you silently "tsk tsk" at every mention of Christ's birth? I watch so-called faithful Dubs do these things regularly, but wonder how they can paint the "faithful face" at the meetings while coming as close as possible to the banned activities.
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What Silly Things Do JWs Woo & Ahhh Over?
by minimus inwitnesses are a special breed.
did you ever see how excited they get when they are driving to a convention and spot a fellow jw?
they get so excited!
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Re-hashed information in a new soft cover book, met with much fanfare and voluntary donating to the World Wide Work of printing more books to raise money for the World Wide Work
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What Silly Things Do JWs Woo & Ahhh Over?
by minimus inwitnesses are a special breed.
did you ever see how excited they get when they are driving to a convention and spot a fellow jw?
they get so excited!
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Printing presses, mediocre cafeteria food, hotel room style dormatories, communal restrooms, tax-avoiding real estate, the view of "Caesar's Statue of Liberty" from Brooklyn. More printing presses. OOOooooo AAAhhhhh. The smell of ink.
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Dubs putting smiley faces and scriptures on notes they send you.
by LongHairGal ini am not necessarily referring to the scriptures they quote in greeting cards.
although this is enough to make you barf because it makes the person sending it out to be so "spiritual" (whether they are or not) and also it makes a false impression that they love you (whether they do or not).
what i am really referring to is when one of them needs a favor from you and they send you a note and put a smiley face at the bottom and quote some scripture.
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I am personally disgusted with their constant use of "agape". It is neat that one definition of this Greek term for brotherly love is: in a funerary context, a love feast shared with the deceased; in Christian rites, often associated with the celebration of the Eucharist