Posts by Clam

the farmer said he only had two extra beds so one of them would have to sleep in the barn.. the rabbi volunteered and went to the barn as the others found their beds.

An elder walked into a neighborhood pub. The place was
hopping with music and dancing and the lights were always
turning on and off. Each time after the lights would go out
the place would erupt into cheers. When the revelers saw the
elder with his Watchtower under his arm, the room went dead silent.

He walked up to the bartender, and asked, "May I please use the restroom?"

The bartender replied, "I really don't think you should."

"Why not?" the elder asked. "I really need to use a
restroom!"

"Well, I don't think you should. There is a statue of a naked
woman in there, and she's covered only by a fig leaf."

"Nonsense," said the elder, "I'll look the other way."

So the bartender showed the elder the door at the top of
the stairs, and he proceeded to the restroom.

After a few minutes, he came back out, and the whole place
was hopping with music and dancing again. He went to the
bartender and said, "Sir, I don't understand. When I came in
here, the place was hopping with music and dancing. Then the
room became absolutely quiet. I went to the restroom, and now
the place is hopping again."

"Well, now you're one of us." said the bartender. "Would you
like a drink too?"

"But, I still don't understand," said the puzzled elder.

"You see," laughed the bartender, "every time the fig leaf is
lifted on the statue, the lights go out in the whole place.
Now, how about a drink?"

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eBay

by alfie in

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friends

hi there from the rainy west coast of canada,.

alfie here, as you know i don't get on the board often, but i do read comments occasionally and enjoy all of the things said.

however, i'm needing some advice and have never seen this subject discussed.

Clam

I have a chuckle when I do a Jehovahs Witness google search and on the right hand side of the screen it says

Great deals on Jehovahs Witnesses
Shop on eBay and Save!

Has anyone ever purchased a JW on ebay and have they been happy with it ?????

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Scientology

by caryl in

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looking for a site like this one, but for ex-scientologist.

Clam

Get Busy - thanks for that site link. Fascinating stuff.

Vitty yes Robbie Williams is supposedly interested because he feels as though "there's a spiritual lull" in his life and he's been depressed of late. Not sure what attracts the rich n famous. I know Travolta and Tom Cruise are well into it.

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Are you supposed to enjoy field service????

by lucifer in

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are you supposed to enjoy field service?

find joy in god's work?

i hated service, hated getting up early, hated wearing dresses/skirts,hated bugging people early on the weekend, hated "preparing" for service (all i did was read the little blurb on the inside of the awake lol) hated being grouped with elder ihatecoffeebreaks and sister letsdoonemoredooreventhoughits12.......one day brother ihatecoffeebreaks asked me why my time was dropping in service and i said "because i hate service" ( i mean i was taught to be honest right?

Clam

I am also deathly afraid of dogs and It was always my turn to go to the door when there was a crazy barking dog.

LOL. I have a friend up the road from me who has a farm with 3 American Bulldogs running loose at all times. Says he has never ever had a visit from the JWs.

I didnt like Field Service one bit. I liked talking to people about religion and still do but I hated my props, ie the books and magazines. I felt like the presentation didn't do the concept justice; and knocking on doors? Well how to annoy people!

Trouble is I think most JWs do it for the wrong reason. They don't want to "save" all these poor souls living in the time of judgement, they just want to get brownie points so they themselves will be saved.

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Hi Im new and want to thank you all

by montana96 in

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hi all on this thread.

i am very new here quite excited to finally make the move and register.

i have a very long story but i would like to leave that for another time perhaps.

Clam

G'day Mercedes and welcome to the board.

I'm very pleased for you and your husband, but please get round to telling your story. You may help convince others who lurk and read the posts that it's time they got their life back, and sooner rather than later.

Chris

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Venus Williams Ousted

by Kenneson in

venus didn't do well at all, being knocked out of the australian open in the first round by bulgaria's tszvetana pironhova.

sister serena had her own struggles.

see "venus william ousted in first round" at.

Clam

I'm sure she could still beat any British men players.

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Why do Watchtower Publications not have an ISBN number?

by truthseeker in

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open any wt publication (other than tracts) and you will not find (to my knowledge) an isbn number.. you may see (c) all rights reserved and first printing in english.. does anyone know why they would not apply for isbn numbers?.

for anyone who doesn't know what an isbn number is, here is some information.... .

http://www.isbn-international.org/en/whoneeds.html.

Clam

His beef was that they don't or didn't use recycled paper.

Legolas that's interesting. It's of such crap quality I thought it was recycled. One more black mark against them, to go with the thousands of others.

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eBay

by alfie in

jw
friends

hi there from the rainy west coast of canada,.

alfie here, as you know i don't get on the board often, but i do read comments occasionally and enjoy all of the things said.

however, i'm needing some advice and have never seen this subject discussed.

Clam

Hi Alfie and a welcome from the rainy west coast of England!

It's all been said by the other posters. I've never had any problems either. I would recommend two things though - try and get a Paypal account and be very wary of items that have a lot of bidders.

Often I've found that a bidding frenzy hikes the price of used to goods to that over and above the new retail price. Sometimes it waits to be patient and then you can get a bargain.