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  Start my trial for the new job on Mon...wish me luck

  by Es in

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  hey all.

  a while ago i posted that i may have a job, well i start my trial on monday, neither one of us know how long this will be, he knows my plans for the next year and he and i are a bit up and down on the hiring of me, as i have repeatedely told him im not a long term asset for his company.. but he still wants to give it a go, and if we work well together he is willing to work round me and make it so i can come in for two days a week and do all the admin side rather than the accounting.. the best thing bout it at the moment is his office is upstairs of our unit where he lives so i dont have far to travel.

  anyway im rather scared havnt worked for 3 years pls wish me luck.

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  alw

  Thinking of you Es - enjoy the ride!!!! alw
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  Anyone here from New Zealand?

  by bledback2life in

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  hey everybody!!

  *feins a nick riviera (a la the simpsons) accent* .

  i'm new to these forums.

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  alw

  Welcome - another Aussie - hope you get some healing here!!! alw
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  Chronicles - Streaking at the Convention

  by misspeaches in

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  we had a family with a single mother in the congregation bringing up 4 active and naughty boys.

  (one of the boys was my best friend...).

  single mum suffered from some emotional issues and it was well known in the congregation.

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  alw

  Wow!! What a story - bit embarrassing to live through, eh!!! Poor woman - good read though. Thanks alw
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #151 - from the CannyFest!!

  by ozziepost in

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  well, during the cannyfest we had a spell when sat around a room 'book study style' (we're so used to that, eh?

  ) and we actually came up with this weekend's weekend poll.

  so here we go, brought to you from the cannyfest (canberra, australia):.

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  alw

  It would have to be 2. Why would anyone want to go to heaven when you have life ahead in a paradise earth!!!! Seriously - never saw anyone take the emblems - just mediocre congs!!!

  Great day Saturday ozzie - really enjoyed it - very therapeutic!!! Hope you enjoyed the rest of the weekend!!! alw
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #151 - from the CannyFest!!

  by ozziepost in

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  well, during the cannyfest we had a spell when sat around a room 'book study style' (we're so used to that, eh?

  ) and we actually came up with this weekend's weekend poll.

  so here we go, brought to you from the cannyfest (canberra, australia):.

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  alw

  My answer would be 2 - why would you want to go to heaven when you can live on earth in paradise!!!
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  The story of my life (part 4- Bethel, the setting)

  by onacruse in

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  so, that spring night (i'm pretty sure it was 1971--memory fades a bit) i'm laying on an army cot in temporary housing, staring at the ceiling--my first night at bethel, and the beginning of the rest of my life as a bethelite (or so i had always thought).

  true enough, i'd signed a solemn oath before jehovah, and submitted it to the governing body, that i would stay at bethel for at least 4 years (that was the way they did it then)...but the real expectation (and knorr made no bones about this in his public admonitions to bethelites) was that you were there for life--fine by me.. what more could i ask?

  i was in the "control center" of the organization, surrounded by dozens and dozens and dozens of the anointed, and walking past members of the governing body every day...i could just feel their presence as they approached; it was almost palpable, as the holy spirit oozed from them.

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  alw

  Great read - keep it coming - alw
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  The story of my life (part 3)

  by onacruse in

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  so, at age 12, my folks move from los angeles to portland, oregon (they'd moved from new york to la when i was 1).. now, for most pubescent jw males, such a move would have engendered considerable angst about the meeting of new "worldly" people, how i'd "fit in" with the new congregation.

  naw.

  i was already so deeply involved with my devotion to whatever the wts had to say...man, i literally ran out to the mailbox and grabbed the latest watchtower, to immediately glean every last and latest kernel of truth from the brown-paper-wrapped issue of the magazines.

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  alw

  Part 4 needs to come pretty quickly - really enjoying your life!!! Thanks alw
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  another recovering exjw....

  by knot4me in

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  i was sooooo happy to find this site the other day.

  i have been free and happy for a little over 6 years now.

  i too grew up jw, pioneered, blah,blah blah, until around the time i moved out.

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  alw

  Welcome - enjoy the ride - alw
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  Hi New Here!

  by weinermcgee in

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  hi folks whats up?.

  i grew up as a strict jw until my early 20's when an event happened that made me start thinking for myself, thank goodness.

  what i mean by strict was i think most of you will undertsand that i really believed in what i was doing, baptised at the age of 13, seriously considered bethal, pioneered and was offered to be a ministerial servent.

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  alw

  Welcome - enjoyed your first post - love to hear more - alw
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  Franklin J says hello and thank you

  by franklin J in

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  to all of my forum friends ,.

  thank you all for the kind words of support.

  life does have its ups and downs..... i have not been posting for a while due to family responsiblities and lack of time.

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  alw

  Thinking of you - alw