Joe Grundy

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  Judge Rutherford, a member of the New York City Bar

  by VM44 in

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  hon.

  j. f. rutherford .

  new york city bar

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  Joe Grundy

  I suspect that Rutherford's main interest in any New York City bar was whether it served good liquor!
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  Do You Think ENGLISH Should Be The Official Language In America?

  by minimus in

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  some politicians are saying this would be "racist".

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  Joe Grundy

  I think English should be the official language in the US. When do you plan to introduce it, and do you want to borrow some Brits to teach it?
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  What do you do for living?

  by averyniceguy in

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  i am america sign language teacher and a caretaker of a house near the beach.

  what do you do for living?

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  Joe Grundy

  Nothing - I am shamelessly enjoying living on my pension.
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  Have I changed?

  by I-follow-the-narrow-path in

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  yesterday my ex-boyfriend came into town, several months ago who moved away and we had to break off our relationship.

  the relationship was rocky; however, before he was going to move, so it was easy to let him go.

  we reconciled as he was away and we are good friends.

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  Joe Grundy

  I would think that your illness is definitely not getting any better, perhaps getting worse, and that you seriously need professional help very soon.
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  Lets start our own urban Legend

  by loosie in

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  ok this was suggested on another thread.

  lets start our own jw urban legend.. attention all you story tellers out there.

  lets make this good.. i will email it to all i know.

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  Joe Grundy

  Will the pigeon be resurrected as a reward for its missionary work? And the guide dog?
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  Lets start our own urban Legend

  by loosie in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ok this was suggested on another thread.

  lets start our own jw urban legend.. attention all you story tellers out there.

  lets make this good.. i will email it to all i know.

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  Joe Grundy

  One day the late Pope, John Paul 2, decided to phone George Dubya. He knew that George Dubya had a direct line to God, and he needed the number so he could discuss a few issues that were troubling him.

  Well, believe it or not, having got God's number, John Paul misdialled and got through to JWs Brooklyn. When he said he wanted to speak direct with God, the switchboard put him through to a member of the GB. John Paul was so impressed by what the GB guy told him, he decided to become a JW and bring in the whole Roman Catholic church with him (and all their money).

  But Satan found out about this and killed John Paul before he could finalise things.
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  How many of the 50 states have you seen?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  have you got a favorite place in the states - a special part of them you would like to call home if you could?.

  jeff

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  Joe Grundy

  Three: Illinois (but only to fly into Chicago), Wisconsin (spent a couple of weeks working, mainly based in La Crosse, but also in some rural bits - went to find Garrison Keillor's cabin - and a few days in Madison) and Minnesota (just a drive through the western border - ?Red Wing).

  Really liked La Crosse, and think I could have lived there, or Madison, perhaps. Still have friends in La Crosse, but haven't seen them for a few years.
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  How To Make Espresso--By The Faithful And Discreet Slave

  by under_believer in

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  1. go to http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1997/11/8/diagram_01.htm.

  2. read instructions.

  as they wisely point out at the related page, http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1997/11/8/article_01.htm: "your perseverance, however, will pay off when you delight your friends with espresso drinks that rival those in your local coffee shop.

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  Joe Grundy

  Can anyone provide the scriptural references to back-up the WTBTS advice? Did Paul or Jesus or anyone pronounce on instant/drip/espresso? I think we should be told. And what about the Mormons' view on coffee?
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  The showy display of one's "friendliness" at the Kingdom Hall

  by truthseeker in

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  i recently read the elder's manual, from the rexamine.org website.. there is an interesting article on how elder's train ministerial servants to "greet" people at the doors.

  they are told to be friendly to the those in attendance and to arrive early and stay late to associate with the friends.. in other words, it would seem that the friendliness shown by elders and servants at the halls is more of a duty than a desire to get to know the brothers and sisters.. many times, elders and servants have been enthusiastic to me in their greetings only, but rarely stop to engage in conversation.

  they are not interested in people, only an outward appearance of friendliness, which bolsters the image of the org as having genuine love..

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  Joe Grundy

  This happened to me the first two times i went - although i was a 'guest' of my JW friends.

  Last time I went '(memorial)' wore jeans, an FBI polo shirt, and had a cigarette outside. The difference was noticeable.
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  Bethel Downsizing Spin

  by Cellist in

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  there's an article on e-watchman giving the latest spin.

  i don't know how to cut and paste, but i hope everyone goes and checks it out.

  it is truly nauseating.

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  Joe Grundy

  My impression as an outsider is that they are liquidating assets in NY and reorganising their corporations to redistribute those assets toother jurisdictions.

  If they are sending many people from HQ to their missionary work, it will be interesting to see how many new converts the extra missionaries will produce.