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  JWs in the UK: 27 years of yearbook stats and stagnation

  by 88JM in

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  okay, so i went on a bit of a statistics binge after looking at poland.

  i thought i would have a look at my home country's yearbook stats here in the uk (britain).. so here they are for your consideration.

  had to go into the loft for some of the older yearbooks, and found some other older publications too.. nothing too remarkable as such here, as far as i can see, apart from:.

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  Very interesting - and proof positive again that the door to door activity is NOT about creating new converts to the JW religion.

  It is about keeping the current JWs in line, and of course promoting sales of the literature.
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  Who is Babylon the Great?

  by sabastious in

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  hello jwn, my last thread revealed the identity of the beast out of the earth referenced in revelation chapter 13 veses 11-18. this post will deal with the beast out of the sea who is being ridden by a prostitute called babylon the great.. first, we must identify the beast the prositute is riding.

  this can be found in revelation chapter 17:.

  one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, come, i will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters.2 with her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.. 3 then the angel carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness.

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  Thomas Jefferson created America?
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  I need prayers about Engine Out Service on my Ferrari.

  by james_woods in

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  should i do it this year - which would be the minimum five year interval, or wait until the maximum ten year interval?.

  divine guidance is needed..

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  OK - OK - OK. BTW - did you know that the 2012 Formula One Ferrari racer's official designation was F150 - like the Ford pickup truck?

  We are still researching the lack of an F40 at the museum.

  The most likely comment was that most of the museum cars are not actually owned by Ferrari - they are on loan from outside owners and collecters.

  However, all seem to agree that there is normally an F40 present for display.
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  I need prayers about Engine Out Service on my Ferrari.

  by james_woods in

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  should i do it this year - which would be the minimum five year interval, or wait until the maximum ten year interval?.

  divine guidance is needed..

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  They had no F-40 in the Factory Museum? I am shocked - that was the very last car Ferrari completed under the direction of Enzo Ferrari before he passed away. (Enzo refused to be given last rites by the pope, incidentally. Sort of an independent sort, he was)

  I will ask on my Ferrari website why they did not have one on display - maybe they were doing restoration? I did not think they lent out their museum cars for outside displays.
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  I need prayers about Engine Out Service on my Ferrari.

  by james_woods in

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  should i do it this year - which would be the minimum five year interval, or wait until the maximum ten year interval?.

  divine guidance is needed..

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  Jgnat, the designers were more interested in making the car go fast than they were in how difficult it would be to service.

  For what it is worth, it is exrremely easy to replace the clutch pack - that is done from the rear of the engine and you do not even have to take the engine or transmission apart or out of the car to do it. It still costs about $2,000 though.
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  I need prayers about Engine Out Service on my Ferrari.

  by james_woods in

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  should i do it this year - which would be the minimum five year interval, or wait until the maximum ten year interval?.

  divine guidance is needed..

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  Moshe, it is about a two week job all in all. I always detail the engine compartment, repaint the cylinder heads, and go through the shock absorbers and brakes when I do this.

  Nothing on a Ferrari is particularly easy or inexpensive to service.

  Yes, an F-360 faces similar service issues - it is a mid-engine V8 instead of a flat 12 like mine, but has the synthetic timing belts which require service. I think you have to remove the engine to get at the timing belts.

  Some mid-engine Ferraris like the 328 can be serviced without removing the engine because they are traverse engine cars and have room at the side of the engine block. The later front engine V-12 cars can also be serviced without pulling the engine.

  But all of them are very expensive to service. My car is 27 years old this year, with about 27,000 miles - and next service will be the fourth time on this car.

  Pray for the scuderia.
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  I need prayers about Engine Out Service on my Ferrari.

  by james_woods in

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  should i do it this year - which would be the minimum five year interval, or wait until the maximum ten year interval?.

  divine guidance is needed..

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  Cofty, the Ferrari Testarossa has many components at the front of the engine which cannot be accessed without removing the whole engine, transaxle, and rear wheel subframe. The most important thing is to replace the cam drive belts and tensioners - there are two, one for each bank of six cylinders and their two cams. We also rebuild the waterpump, do the front main seal, replace the cam belt tensioners, and repair the radiator hoses at this time.

  If a cam drive belt breaks, the valves will contact the pistons and ruin the engine.

  You can see why I need divine intervention.

  Should I write the Pope? It did come from Italy...
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Believe It or Not- Weird & Wacky Museum

  by Think About It in

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  you've seen or heard about the ripley's believe it or not museums, where different weird & wacky items are displayed from human culture.

  let's compile a list of the weird & wacky items from the jw religion that would make a great jw believe it or not museum.

  maybe the wts could open one up it's own historical museum in brooklyn to make some big money.

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  One of those hand-windup door to door record players with a Judge Rutherford message record would be very appropriate.
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  I need prayers about Engine Out Service on my Ferrari.

  by james_woods in

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  should i do it this year - which would be the minimum five year interval, or wait until the maximum ten year interval?.

  divine guidance is needed..

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  Thank you. This costs upwards of $10,000 and I will have to raise our debt ceiling unless there is divine intervention.
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  I need prayers about Engine Out Service on my Ferrari.

  by james_woods in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  should i do it this year - which would be the minimum five year interval, or wait until the maximum ten year interval?.

  divine guidance is needed..

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  james_woods

  Should I do it this year - which would be the minimum five year interval, or wait until the maximum ten year interval?

  Divine guidance is needed.