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  Yankee Stadium? Not again!

  by truthsetsonefree in

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  word has it in new york city that the cozy days at nassau colisseum are over.

  (for those of you unfamiliar with new york, the district conventions have been held at an indoor colisseum for for several years now.

  prior to that new yorkers were forced into sitting for 3+ days in a hot, humid, sometimes rainy outdoor stadium.

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  GoingGoingGone

  I went to all my DCs in NYC as a kid, too.

  I remember having it at Aqueduct Racetrack one year, where the highlight of the day was when the water truck came out to sprinkle water on the dirt track.... the dirt that was newly wetted was darker, and by the time the truck made it around the track, it had dried up again and was lighter... and the truck went around...and around.. and around.... and around... and then I'd get smacked in the arm by my loving mother for not paying attention to the program in the 90 degree heat.... good grief.

  We had one year, where the planes flew so low over the stadium that the speaker literally had to stop speaking while the plane flew over because it was so loud. Once when it started pouring rain, the most 'faithful' remained in their seats, simply opening up their umbrellas, while the people who still had brains went in under cover......

  Those were the days.... NOT!

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  Check this out! my first act of "rebellion"...

  by freedomlover in

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  well, not really rebellion but that i've wanted one of these for a long time so i went and did it today, and i love it!

  my little sister came out for a visit this weekend and i told her everything about leaving the jw's.

  she has pretty much left about 6 months ago when she went away to college.

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  How cool freedomlover!!!! My daughter and I are going to go get our belly buttons pierced when she turns 18 at the end of the year I can't wait... like you said, it's sort of a 'rebellion'..... ooooohhhhhh !!

  In the meantime, I'll just continue with my crunches so my belly is worth looking at by then...

  GGG
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  update on New Orleans

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  letter read from rbc - they are looking for elders (ideally with construction experience) to spend 3 months or more down in new orleans - for oversight and construction.

  having children and family is not a barrier.

  main probelm is combatting and eradicating mould.

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  GoingGoingGone

  I live in an area hit by hurricanes this summer. There was quite a bit of damage to homes, and the society is now going to help fix the damage to the JWs houses. They set up an 'Operations Center' at one of the local KHs where materials that are purchaced are being stored.

  My husband told me tonight that he's going to be doing 'guard duty', or whatever they call it, one night this week. They literally have JWs sitting there, 2 at a time, on 8 hour shifts, guarding the place 24 hours a day so that nothing is stolen. I asked him, so what happens if someone comes and wants to steal something?? He says, then we call 911. Oh, right, I said, I'm sure the thieves will stand there patiently while you do that! What happens if you should get hurt? Who's responsible then? I was then informed that I was paranoid and that no one will come and try to steal anything. I asked why he needed to be there to guard the stuff then.

  The whole idea makes me mad.

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  Calling investment whiz's

  by serendipity in

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  i'm looking at rebalancing my portfolio and am reading conflicting advice: .

  1. move out of small caps to large caps, .

  2. large caps will have a dull year, .

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  GoingGoingGone

  Real estate

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  Does your JW baptism still mean anything to you?

  by JH in

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  all i know is that jesus said to get baptized.

  he didn't say in what religion though.. although i don't go to meetings anymore and don't plan on going anymore, i'm still glad that i was baptized.

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  I was baptized Catholic as a baby, and JW as a 14 year old. The Catholic baptism means a lot more to me. At least it was in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Oh, and every Catholic on earth didn't shun me when I was no longer practicing Catholicism.

  GGG
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  Now That The "Hope" Of Paradise Is Gone-----Now What???

  by minimus in

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  are you aimless?

  are you happier?

  more confused?

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  No matter what I did as a JW, I never felt it was enough, and never saw myself living thru Armageddon. When I finally got rid of the fear that Armageddon was coming any day now I felt like I had been given 50 extra years....

  Now I take time to enjoy the people and things around me. I live my life now, instead of waiting and expecting it all to end any day now . So... Am I aimless? No.... Am I happier? Yes..... Am I more confused? Well, sorta..still not quite sure what I believe. But I'm in no hurry to figure it out either... at least I know that I have my whole life ahead of me, it's not like it's all going to end any day now...

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  House Swapping

  by Purza in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since my search function does not work, i cannot determine if this has been discussed here before.

  has anyone swapped houses with another family in order to take a vacation?

  i saw it on the news and it is supposedly the hot thing to do in order to save costs on hotel/car rental, etc.

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  GoingGoingGone

  I have never done this but I know several families who have. They had only good experiences, and they were international swaps. Sounds like fun!!

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  Agendas

  by joelbear in

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  life in general and decisions about your own life become much easier once you realize that 99.9% of the people around you that are trying to influence you to do or think something, have their own private agendas that they are following.

  knowing this allows you to dismiss a large amount of input as irrelevant to you and your life and allows you to concentrate on the things that you yourself have found to be true and beneficial for yourself, your happiness and your well being.

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  GoingGoingGone

  knowing this allows you to dismiss a large amount of input as irrelevant to you and your life and allows you to concentrate on the things that you yourself have found to be true and beneficial for yourself, your happiness and your well being.

  The fact that this is noteworthy news reinforces in my mind what a cult the JWs are. We are so immersed in group-think mentality for so long, that the realization that you can, in fact, have a different view than someone else and that's ok, is a new thought!

  Isn't it a great feeling?

  GGG
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  Email from Stephen Bates regarding Quotes website

  by IT Support in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i received this email from stephen bates, journalist on the guardian (london) newspaper, a few hours ago:

  dear ken,.

  a few months ago you emailed me about the watchtower suing a canadian website.

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  GoingGoingGone

  Oh, I would so love to email that link to about 100 people I know! Hmmmm...... I may have to acquire a new secret email account...

  Great news! Good work!

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  IQ test

  by Ellie in

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  2. friends

  here's a one-question iq test to help you decide how you should spend the rest of your day.... .

  there's a mute who wants to buy a toothbrush.

  by imitating the action of brushing one's teeth, he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.. .

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  GoingGoingGone

  Does this mean that my IQ = zero?

  GGG