Posts by compound complex

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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK

by Terry in

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friends

i had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.

i posted my sad status on facebook.

guess who saw it?

compound complex

Thanks, Terry, for your reply regarding the old way of doing things.

I was waxing nostalgic for the era that you and I had, at one time, both inhabited. Rarely do I put pen to paper anymore. I inherited a fine hand from Dad, but -- mais alors! -- it has become dextrally painful if pursued at length.

Pecking away at my hand-me-down Dell and Apple laptops suits me fine. I'm happy you have speedy, up-to-the-minute technology now. As a result, you shall become all the more fecund in your output. Not to intimate, however, that you have been a slacker when it comes to flooding the stacks with your MSS.

I had forgotten about animadversions; thanks for the reminder that a two-bit word, however deprecated, is always de rigueur . . .

CoCo

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How much is the Bethel allowance now? It used to be $14!

by Maryo in

i am wondering how much the bethel "allowance" is now?

it used to be $14!

is it true they really sign a vow of proverty now?

compound complex

In the early '70s my confreres and I received $14 a month, in addition to $6 travel allowance.

The majority of that cash went to buy subway tokens for all the meetings we attended, as well as Saturday and Sunday in service. It seems that we were out every night of the week, too. Meetings, service, shepherding, etc.

CC

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My old computer is dead: long live my new CHROMEBOOK

by Terry in

jw
friends

i had my previous toshiba laptop plugged into the wall five days ago when a sudden electric storm drove a jagged bolt of electricity earthward and fried my hard drive.

i posted my sad status on facebook.

guess who saw it?

compound complex

Wonderful, Terry, but what about your drawing deeply from the writer's inkwell, as pen goes to parchment?

CC

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Did any of us ever enjoy meetings?

by stephanie61092 in

this is a legitimate question.

did any of us ever find real joy in being at the meetings?

did any of us ever finish a meeting and think "i feel so enriched"?

compound complex

I have been a note taker since childhood and found that note taking during meetings was especially helpful during my last days in the KH. Kept me busy and non-thinking, for the most part. I liked to write down the speaker's unusual and/or incorrect word choices and phrasing, just because I'm wired to note oddities. I was never rude and laughed (out loud).

Originally, however, I did like meetings. I felt my comments -- hand always up -- would help to strengthen my brothers and sisters for the tough times ahead. When I was deemed an apostate, the WT conductor refused to call on me, even if my hand was the only one up. Later, when I had a beard and long hair, a new WT conductor asked me before meeting to raise my hand high so he could see it and call on me.

Go figure . . .

CoCo

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J R Brown

by Slidin Fast in

i have been reading john bechtel's blog.

someone provided a link recently and it is brilliant.

anyone that enjoys personal experiences including bethel tales will love this.

compound complex

John, Dom and I were together in the French congregation, but earlier than referred to here. I had already left. We were on the ground floor of the "French Work." It was a joy working with the loving and lovable Haitians.

Our weekends (once off work at noon on Saturday) were spent in the field and doing meetings. Our school and service meeting were Saturday night (we shared the Manhattan upstairs room with 3 other congregations), we returned home around midnight, got up early Sunday morning to spend the day in field service, took luncheon with the dear and generous Haitian friends (who stuffed us), then went to Sunday meeting at 4:00 p.m. and tried to stay awake.

After we cleaned up our rented meeting room, we took the subway home and arrived back to Bethel around 7:30 p.m. It was like this every weekend. It was fun but this nonstop routine eventually exhausted even the strongest of us.

I wouldn't have traded the above for anything. It made the NY experience bearable. Sadly, the physical and mental strain of meeting prep (We delivered all parts in French, of course.), travel, and helping the friends with their personal problems took its toll.

God, it was a blast!

CoCo

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A Play On Film Titles......A bit of fun.

by Je.suis.oisif in

thanks to the searcher and diogenesister i've come up with this topic.

far from the madding crowd.

my situation since i've become inactive.

compound complex

Casa-not-so-Blanca

21

A Play On Film Titles......A bit of fun.

by Je.suis.oisif in

thanks to the searcher and diogenesister i've come up with this topic.

far from the madding crowd.

my situation since i've become inactive.

compound complex

Brooklyn Has Fallen

(after Olympus Has Fallen)

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John N. Wischuk

by GermanXJW in

on the german board we recently had a discussion about the people that were involved in the production of the aid-book and that later left the organization.

in coc the following persons are mentioned in connection with the aid-book project: lyman swingle, john wischuk, raymond franz and reinhard lengtat.

franz and lengtat later left the jw.

compound complex

My cohorts and I worked on Aid to Bible Understanding in the pressroom; for its production, I painstakingly prepared make-ready for the rotary presses. I was criticized for being too slow and meticulous. Later, Brother XXXXXXX and I proofread thousands of AtBU references in the 1966/1970 WT Index.

Again, I was too slow and methodical. Always rushed . . .

Regardless, I do love the book. It has always been my fave of all the pubs.

CC

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My Millions book got a bad review. I wonder if the guy is a JW?

by punkofnice in

not deserving of a half star, march 5, 2016bythomas carrthis review is from: millions now living (kindle edition)slander of others religions is worse than trump.

instead of being ignorant read the bible and get the answers.

you are not worshiping people you should weork towards woirshiping god.

compound complex

Good morning, Punk and Steve:

Agreed. Simply commenting on one's observations of another's words and actions is what one does. As to JW commentary on any matter, I see in public media where JWs are prominent that shallowness of intellectual discussion runs deep. What scarce commentary on Scripture or Christian life there might be, it amounts to little more than "Jehovah is good to his people" and "Don't we have the best way of life?"

On these other forums, I have endeavored, on many an occasion, to inject a bit of spiritual profundity from earlier years when our much-touted Theocracy was seriouser and majesticker. Few takers on the JW front.

I still love them, but you just can't talk and debate much below surface level. They get riled . . .

CC

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TALKING NONSENSE by using words attached to nothing

by Terry in

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especially in listening to people who "believe" things (spirituality, faith, etc.

) do i hear words being used which are nonsense.. i'm a person who cherishes words in a weird, almost fetishistic way :)i discovered this quite young.

i was drawn to complicated word patterns and liked to repeat them.

compound complex

"Safeway's the store you should shop. It's where the values are the top. Low, low prices, top quality. Shop at Safeway, you will see!"

"Little Lulu, Little Lulu, with freckles on your chin. Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in. Using Daddy's neckties for the tale of your kite, using Mommy's lipstick for the letters you write. Oh, the clock says seven-thirty, it's really after ten. Looks like Lulu's been playing with it again. She's as wild as any Zulu, but we love her just the same! Little Lulu, I love Lulu just the same."

What I recall from memory, but don't ask me to remember anything important.

Actually, what I have written is important!

CoCo