I believe Man377 is referring to Russell Mock. After over 43 years away from the 'hub' of the Watchtower organization my memory is not what it used to be. Russell had a son named Joel who was also at Watchtower Farms the same time that Mann and I were there. I have heard it 2 different ways about Russell Mock's wife. I have heard that she was Knorr's wife's sister and I have heard that she was Max Larsen's sister. I believe that Mann is correct. Either way, there was lot's of nepotism in 'God's House'. Also, Joel Mock and I shared a 'few' drinks together a time or two.
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Chapter 21 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 21.
“black thursday” the day the music died.
knorr gathered all the bethel overseers and governing body to the kingdom hall in the 119 building.
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Yes, dubstepped, the original ACCUTRON was the tuning fork movement. Those are the ones that I collect. In the last few years, I have been collecting a few ACCUTRON automatics that have been new to the market. The automatics I wear on a daily basis and find them to be an excellent and durable timepiece.
I remember the story about the pocket watch from your podcast. What ever made our parents so unbalanced as to do such things? My maternal grandfather loved me like a son since he had no sons of his own. When he died, I was to inherit the flag from his military funeral and his officers sword. My mother told my grandmother that in no uncertain terms would I accept these items. The American flag I can see but the sword should have been a 'grey' area for me to accept. I loved my grandfather deeply.
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Watch geek here, too! At one point, my collection was worth over $50,000.00. I am an Accutron and Hamilton Electric collector. I specialize in watches from the 50's and 60's.
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Response from the Governing Body: 'Hey look, dubstepped thinks we're Number 1! He's even saluted us twice for emphasis.'
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Chapter 21 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 21.
“black thursday” the day the music died.
knorr gathered all the bethel overseers and governing body to the kingdom hall in the 119 building.
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Poor Fred Hilmo was banished to Watchtower Farms. He was relegated to cleaning typewriters and small pieces of equipment. I was on speaking terms with him and found him to be a very humble and kind man. He was a man of small stature and had a quiet demeanor about him.It must have taken a lot of courage on his part to stand up against Knorr and the Bethel 'power brokers'.
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Chapter 19 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower Slave
by new boy inchapter 19.
“look ma no hands”.
by the time the summer rolled around they decided to put me on the dryers.
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Absolutely, Hecce. Fighting was grounds for immediate dismissal from Bethel. Because your young friend was on the bottom of the pecking order he was probably considered the guilty one. One punch, and you're out!
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Chapter 18 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower Slave
by new boy inchapter 18. my privilege of service.
it was moved there in the spring of 1969 from the basement of the 124. why is it that people like to put laundries in basements?
the 119 was the newest of all the society’s properties.
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At Bethel it's 'not who you know, but who you nose'!
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Chapter 18 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower Slave
by new boy inchapter 18. my privilege of service.
it was moved there in the spring of 1969 from the basement of the 124. why is it that people like to put laundries in basements?
the 119 was the newest of all the society’s properties.
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The shit soap they used in the Bethel laundries gave me rashes in my armpits, on my neck and in my crotch. I thought my penis and balls were going to rot off from the harshness of the soap! After the first month, I did my own laundry with my own soap and t eventually everything cleared up. To this day, I double rinse my laundry and iron my own clothes. And yes WingCommander, the Bethel 'system' was constructed to 'break your spirit' or any type of 'independent thinking'. It was Papa Knorr's way or the highway...........take your pick!
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in retrospect: RBCs vs LDCs / the hype about a lot of new construction and subsequent abrupt halt to construction
by Magnum inso, now that some time has passed, i’d like some input/thoughts/analysis/etc.
on the jw construction situation in the last few years.. first, why did they discontinue the rbc arrangement and institute the ldc arrangement?
was it for more and/or better control?
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There is a new hall going up in the territory that I live in. The funny thing is that the congregation bought the land in 2008 and are just getting their new hall 9 years later!
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Born Ins, How Did Your Parents Get "The Truth™"?
by pale.emperor inborn ins are in a unique position in that we never knew any other way of life.
no birthdays, christmas and overly superstitious family just seemed normal.
when my parents talked about their pre-jw life it seemed like they were talking about completely different people (actually, that's true, the cult had taken their real selves).. so i'd be interested in hearing how your parents were indoctrinated.. my dad.
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My father was a complete bum. He drank like a fish and was a bigamist. My mother came from a well to do middle class family. She said that when she was a child during the depression, her family had an automobile, all the gas they needed, a large home with a separate bedroom for her and each of her siblings, a woman that came in and cleaned the house and their groceries were delivered to them from the S.S. Pierce store in Boston 18 miles away. However, all was not 'peaches and cream' for her as she was molested repeatedly by two of her uncles until she was a teenager. At any rate, my mother and father met working in a WW2 production factory. They were oil and water from the start. He was a piece of shit and she was a spoiled/troubled individual. Together, they had six children and finally separated for good in the mid 50's. She moved back in with her parents and took her six children along. As luck would have it, a nice Jehovah's Witness lady called at our home and listened to her issues and promised that Jehovah's New World would take care of all her problems. All she needed to hear was that their would be 'paradise' for her and her children and she was hooked. The rest, as they say, 'is history'.