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  Brits

  by NewChapter in

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  2. friends

  i hear americans called yanks---and it never even made me blink an eye.

  so i'm not sure---and almost used the term brits a minute ago and edited to say british people.

  so tell me----is it offensive?

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  Joe Grundy

  And further re Welsh/English:

  When I married my first wife in an Anglican/Church of England parish church in her home village we had to choose the music that the organist played while my wife and I, marriage witnesses and the vicar, signed the marriage register (just a few minutes).

  My wife and I agreed on a romantic Welsh tune.

  Unfortunately or not the organist misunderstood and played the hymn on the opposite page of her book.

  It was not, however, inappropriate to celebrate the forthcoming wedding night.

  The title in Welsh was 'Ar Hyd Y Nos' - 'All Through The Night'!
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  Brits

  by NewChapter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hear americans called yanks---and it never even made me blink an eye.

  so i'm not sure---and almost used the term brits a minute ago and edited to say british people.

  so tell me----is it offensive?

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  Joe Grundy

  boc: 'good night' is 'nos da' in Welsh. ('Nos' pronounced with a short 'o', 'da' pronounced 'dar'.)
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  Brits

  by NewChapter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hear americans called yanks---and it never even made me blink an eye.

  so i'm not sure---and almost used the term brits a minute ago and edited to say british people.

  so tell me----is it offensive?

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  Joe Grundy

  'Brits' is fine with me (British/Welsh).
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  After twenty four years of loyal service, I am about to commit treason...

  by CaptainSchmideo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of a sort.. i have been with the same company for 24 years, and the last 5 have not been very enjoyable for me.

  i like the owner of the company, but the management team is terrible, and the dept.

  i work in (tech service) is demoralized.

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  Joe Grundy

  When I retired from the police I had a conversation with a colleague retiring at the same time. It covered the points raised in OP - loyalty, etc., (although we'd both 'served our time').

  He said to me 'When all's said and done, we're all just a line of Tippex on a duty rota. Tomorrow someone else's name will be written over ours'.

  He was right.

  Good luck with getting and enjoying the new job.
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  My take on the new Be Jehovah's Friend DVD

  by blond-moment in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrx7ej2b8m.

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  Joe Grundy

  Blond-moment: very thought-provoking, I had never considered this aspect (I was never a dub).

  Extending this a little, it's worrying that children being brought up in an organisation known to have child abuse problems are led/trained/encouraged into being secretive and keeping their true thoughts and feelings to themselves out of fear. That can only promote an environment where abuse is more likely to go unreported and undetected.
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  Watchtower's New "Toy Story" - What Parents Need To Know

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've uploaded a new blog article that addresses the latest dvd release at the current district convention, namely "become jehovah's friend!

  " - the tale of young caleb and his brush with divine wrath over a plastic toy wizard.

  a link to the article, which includes the youtube samples of the production, is below:.

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  Joe Grundy

  Cedars: Following on from my post above, please feel free to PM me if I can assist.
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  Watchtower's New "Toy Story" - What Parents Need To Know

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've uploaded a new blog article that addresses the latest dvd release at the current district convention, namely "become jehovah's friend!

  " - the tale of young caleb and his brush with divine wrath over a plastic toy wizard.

  a link to the article, which includes the youtube samples of the production, is below:.

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  Joe Grundy

  Unusually for me, I drafted a long post regarding this but lost it when my net connection failed - and I don't have any plastic toy wizards (or smurfs) in the house!

  In summary, I agree with the comments above about this horrific propaganda, designed IMHO to control the parents as much as the child. I could envision this household as being the setting for domestic abuse as well.

  Cedars: great job! More power to your elbow.

  A thought strikes me, inspired by Think's comment at the top of this page. From what I observe in the UK at present there seems to be quite a movement in education circles to enlighten teachers as to parental, home, cultural and other influences on children which may affect their learning capabilities. Just an idea, but might it be worth making the relevant authorities aware of this DVD? I'd suggest sending it to Michael Gove (UK Minister for Education). I'm happy to do it if you wish, and I could also forward it to my local MP with whom I have a connection.
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  My GE Water Kettle just died after few years. RIP

  by Iamallcool in

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  2. friends

  my ge water kettle just died after few years.

  rip.

  they do not sell ge water kettle anymore.

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  Joe Grundy

  After many years of being 'conned' by advertising into buying expensive kitchen appliances I came to the conclusion that it was a better choice to buy cheap and replace as necessary.

  My current kettle (1.7 litre, auto, cordless), 4-slice toaster, filter coffee maker and 'healthy contact grill' each cost less than £5 (just!) and are going strong after two years. All came with a 12 month warranty.
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  Report: Texas Executed Innocent Man

  by Bangalore in

  1. social
  2. current

  report: texas executed innocent man.. http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/05/15/carlos_deluna_columbia_law_professor_james_liebman_details_wrongful_execution_.html?wpisrc=obinsite.

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  Joe Grundy

  This is news??

  Only in the same sense that 'dog bites man' is 'news'.
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  Is your 3-day Watchtower Emergency Kit all ready?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  have i missed something by not browsing each and every posting here?.

  up till very recently, my two sons (one a jw and one, a non-jw) lived in the same community.

  the never-baptized son decided to move to a different u.s. state and within a few miles of my home i'm a df'd person as of 33 years ago.

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  Joe Grundy

  No offence is intended here, but am I the only one who notices a correlation between 'Doomsday/Armageddon' cults and a more general propensity amongst US residents to prepare for catastrophic events? I appreciate that the US is more prone to natural disasters than the UK, but I can't help noticing that in general terms there seems to a much greater interest in the US in 'survivalist' issues.

  Maybe it's a throwback to the 'pioneer' mindset (in the worldly not JW sense) enhanced by TV/movies, the existence of isolationist 'militias' ever on the keen look-out for those famous 'black helicopters' sent to enforce the 'new world order', or whatever, but I can't help wondering whether there is a partly-ingrained 'circle the wagons' or 'Remember the Alamo' mentality (real or perceived) that fueled the instigation of 'Doomsday' cults and keeps them going.

  (I post as someone in the UK who wryly observes the queues in 24 hour supermarkets on Christmas Eve. One would think that the end of the world had been announced rather than just the mundane fact that some (not all) shops will be closed the next day!).