No JV, hell was at the Kingdom Hall and in the "Truth".....this is only a minor irritation! I don't know how old your kids are, but....school should be starting soon so they won't be around to play at 11:00 a.m., right? Hang in there..at least they're home and not hanging out with a bunch of witness kids!
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53POLL!!!!!! I need your opinion!!!!!
by JV inok, here's my question du jour, is it ok to let your kids practice their instrument outside so the whole god damn neighrbourhood can hear them???
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POLL!!!!!! I need your opinion!!!!!
by JV inok, here's my question du jour, is it ok to let your kids practice their instrument outside so the whole god damn neighrbourhood can hear them???
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Carol
I like undercover's answer. Besides......isn't that where some of our great present day alternative and rock sounds came from? Garage bands!
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It's 98 degrees, put on your suit and go to Yankee Stadium
by IronGland inanyone go to that convention in ny back in the 50's?
remember when they lasted until 8pm?
in the summer?
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Carol
Luna, we had two hour lunch and dinner breaks.....we had large tents set up as kitchens and breakfast, lunch and dinner were served to the brothers and sisters....but volunteers. I can remember seeing the army there to see how we served so many people full "hot" meals in such a short period of time. It was interesting....for many it was their vacation for the year. At yankee stadium (I've also attended in Boston and Philadelphia) we had a full orchestra to play the kingdom songs.....I was baptised at one of the New York - Yankee Stadium Conventions in '64...they took us to a beach outside of the city in busses. If your aunts didn't use the meal breaks for the tea parties, they may have had them during the time set aside for field service/street witnessing. There was always one or two mornings set aside for that. We' be given territory and walk up and down the sidewalks handing out invitations to the Sunday public talk!
I had more fun at Yankee Stadium at the Beetles Concert!
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It's 98 degrees, put on your suit and go to Yankee Stadium
by IronGland inanyone go to that convention in ny back in the 50's?
remember when they lasted until 8pm?
in the summer?
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Carol
I remember in the early 60's the 8 day assemblies that, as you said lasted 'til 8 and 9 p.m. Do you remember a bar across the street from yankee stadium, under the elevated tracks? I can't remember the name of it....but they served the pest Pastrami on Rye sandwiches I have ever tasted in my life and the coldest rootbeer (I was only in my early teens and couldn't drink the real stuff like all the adults did)? The brother and sister that brought my mom and the rest of us into "the truth" used to take us there....come to think of it...we'd often leave a little early...and hold booths for some of the others!
I can remember dressing up....I'm talking stockings, heels and hat....every day of the assembly....often times that is where the young sister presented their summer wardrobe!
You're right those were the days!
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We Have Lift Off
by Carol ini've been sitting here reading the posts and just watched the shuttle return to flight!
as usual an amazing sight!
does anyone else find this as interesting as we do in florida?
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Carol
Big Dog, save your pennies, they add up to dollars and when you reach 10 million of those....you too can travel to the space station!
My daughter finds the ride at EPCOT fills her need for speed!
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We Have Lift Off
by Carol ini've been sitting here reading the posts and just watched the shuttle return to flight!
as usual an amazing sight!
does anyone else find this as interesting as we do in florida?
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Well guys and gals, I live very near the Cape and often watch from the beach not to far from my home....today I watched out the window, across my back yard.
Maybe we should have an apostafest and you all could come down......we could plan it around a lauch and hope for the best! The night lauches are awesome and they usually go up when planned!
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Somethings just not true!
by defd inive been here for sometime now.
long enough to know that some peoples hatred toward th wtbts and some of its members are based on wrong information.
for instance: ive read on hear many times that the wt promotes the idea that everyone whos not a witness are not friend material or will be destroyed at armageddon.
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Carol
When I was 13 years old I went into hospital to have my right leg removed from just above the knee. It was the early 60's and I had a large mass on my knee that the doctors thought was cancer. As it turned out I awoke with my leg still in place, it was a bone spur on my knee that had broken off and caused a great deal of swelling and paralysis, the doctor did some rather creative surgery and saved the leg. However, I was still incapacitated for 6 months. Some of the young witnesses visited me in the hospital, but when I came home, 5 of my "wordly" girlfriends came to visit (keep in mind, we had started kindergarden together and they stood by me against the bullies when my mother converted...), while they were there, two of the committee members came to see me.....to stress how Jehovah had blessed me in not having to have my leg taken off and not having cancer. After I became mobile (crutches and wheelchair) I was called before the committee of three and questioned about how often I saw these "wordly" girls and how often the came to my home. When I explained our friendship and history...I was told I had to stop seeing them and talking to them......I truly think that is when I began to fade.
To the best of my knowledge....JW's have never dropped the "wordly association" restriction.
As for not putting the Watchtower and Awake articles on line in a PDF format.......good JW's are not supposed to spend time on the internet......so it isn't necessary. As far as the "wordly people" having access to this information on line....the time the JW's don't spend on the internet is to be spent in field service, so wordly people don't need this convenience....besides they'd be able to compare the "new light" to the "old light" and see how JW's vascillate back and forth to the convenience of the GB .
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We Have Lift Off
by Carol ini've been sitting here reading the posts and just watched the shuttle return to flight!
as usual an amazing sight!
does anyone else find this as interesting as we do in florida?
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Carol
I've been sitting here reading the posts and just watched the Shuttle return to flight! As usual an amazing sight! Does anyone else find this as interesting as we do in Florida?
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What is YOUR middle name?
by Sunspot injust seeing the "quirkiest quirks" thread, i decided to ask this!
mine is "merriam" somewhere from the "merriam-webster" line so i've been told!.
annie
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Carol
Jean after Aunt......first name after my Uncle (Carl)
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Carol
No tetra Steve's girlfriend is not Belle'....... the 666 beast's girlfriend is a Harlot...remember? Or was the Harlot just a hitchhiker he picked up?