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  So, I went to the memorial service of a man I have known since childhood...

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  i have been on a fade for years, so this is the first time i have been in a kh for months.the deceased was barely 52 when he died.

  from cancer.

  one year younger than me.the memorial was the standard "read the obituary column word for word, then do the jw commercial for 25 minutes" plus a new twist (to me), they played a video called "around the corner" https://youtu.be/tfccoyp0vsu.

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  Likewise, Captain Schmideo2, I am sorry for your losing a good friend.

  Yesterday, I stopped at the local WT cart and decided to get the latest magazines. Was I ever surprised that the husband was once a little kid I remembered from 40 years ago. He's now around late-forties and remembered me (despite my changed appearance). His parents, my contemporaries, are gone. Mutual friends are ill, some terminally.

  We were discussing the "hope that does not lead to disappointment." I was cheerful and positive in my desire to be upbuilding, yet, inside, was the niggling knowledge of our having been fed that line, "just around the corner . . ."
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  For Smiddy: Cool and Damp

  by compound complex in

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  gosh, smiddy, it's nice to have a request for poetry!.

  "the black oaks" describes where i live in the california sierra foothills; we are, for the most part, above the fog and below the snow.

  nevertheless, we do get both occasionally.

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  Cropped out the lens flare . . .
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  For Smiddy: Cool and Damp

  by compound complex in

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  gosh, smiddy, it's nice to have a request for poetry!.

  "the black oaks" describes where i live in the california sierra foothills; we are, for the most part, above the fog and below the snow.

  nevertheless, we do get both occasionally.

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  Greetings, Diogenesister and smiddy:

  I certainly appreciate your comments and that you like what you read and saw. It would be pretty cool to sort of get inside the hearts and minds of others, but I guess the best we can do is through their individual manners of expression.

  I took that picture that is "from my backyard." Not literally, but at the lake in my small community. I took it after the rains and the fog had set in. But now, we're back to an extended dry period. I'll pm you, Diogenesister, regarding the image. By Orccha do you mean the Indian city with huge buildings?

  Yes, smiddy, the same movies I loved as a kid back in the '50s. Monsters from the mist!!! My first scary movie was The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, about an awakened dinosaur. I was about 6 years old and my aunt, with whom I was staying, called Mom and Dad to get permission for me to go with my older cousin.

  About Australia, my traveling companion had American friends who settled there and now have dual citizenship. I met them and they sounded just like Americans, but I struggled to understand their kids!

  Thanks again for answering my post!
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  For Smiddy: Cool and Damp

  by compound complex in

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  gosh, smiddy, it's nice to have a request for poetry!.

  "the black oaks" describes where i live in the california sierra foothills; we are, for the most part, above the fog and below the snow.

  nevertheless, we do get both occasionally.

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  From my backyard . . .

  
  
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  $5.5 Million to be transferred to World Wide Work from Assembly Hall fund

  by Sour Grapes in

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  a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.

  it was sold a couple of years ago.

  we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.

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  Thanks, OC, for the reality check.

  Come to think of it, when I went to Bethel in '69, the Squibb Building had been recently purchased, but it was Jehovah's hand in the matter! There was a story told about how Squibb spent a fortune shoring up the quicksand base, and . . . Apocryphal tales are not told at World Headquarters!

  I've always been naive and easily swayed, believing and hoping the best. I guess the seamy underbelly developed very early on. It simply did not occur to many of us that Jehovah would permit anything that "broke the rules." Was I ever uninformed!

  It's good there are realists like you who know the truth and state it. I'm still trying to shed my Pollyanna nature and get real.

  Thanks for links.

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  $5.5 Million to be transferred to World Wide Work from Assembly Hall fund

  by Sour Grapes in

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  a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.

  it was sold a couple of years ago.

  we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.

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  I'm sorry, Sour Grapes, for those affected by this move. I can add nothing other than when I became a Witness in the '60s, we rented the civic auditorium in my coastal town for the circuit assembly and the fairgrounds for the district.

  Sure, it was lot of work, but it was good to participate in the set up, the cooking, distributing the anticipated releases -- everything that made our faith seem relevant. And leaving the venue cleaner than when we arrived. Oh yeah, the latest from FWF!

  For the circuit assembly, the Friday evening meal was prepared in portable kitchens, then the program; Saturday morning service, afternoon and evening programs; Sunday, the same. Not to overlook, the three squares during each day of the weekend. It was exciting as we anticipated the countdown to the Big A.

  No denying the craziness of the religion, but money and real estate were by no means the focus.

  What a total letdown, on all counts.
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  One day the Nouns were clustered . . .

  by compound complex in

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  one day the nouns were clustered on the street.. an adjective walked by, with her dark beauty.

  the nouns were struck, moved, changed.

  the next day a verb drove up, and created the sentence.. -- kenneth koch, "permanently".

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  sir82:

  Our senior citizens creative writing class will love this and be forever indebted to you for your magnanimity of spirit.

  Well, until we all die off.

  THANKS!

  Frank Carton
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  The Desolation of One Man

  by compound complex in

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  he has searched long for that love of all loves, but it hastens not, although winter has come and left him desolate of every hope of warmth, comfort, and prospect of his name's immortality.

  nor will this elusive love reveal itself in his tiny dreams, allowing, at the very least, a gossamer of muted visions that would elevate a worn and bitter man to a level of expanded vistas, kindling within the flame of love's illusion..

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  Nancy Drew is a gem, and so, too, her fanciful spin offs on the all-too serious musings of a demented poet.

  
  
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  One day the Nouns were clustered . . .

  by compound complex in

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  one day the nouns were clustered on the street.. an adjective walked by, with her dark beauty.

  the nouns were struck, moved, changed.

  the next day a verb drove up, and created the sentence.. -- kenneth koch, "permanently".

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  Greetings, days of future passed, Nancy Drew, and sir82:

  Choice comments! Many thanks.

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  Somehow I did manage to "structure" a sentence but I don't know how I did it. I'm more of a "punny" person. -- dofp

  Well, you did manage rather brilliantly. When I punish my captive audience with the so-called lowest form of humor, I don't insult them or myself by saying "no pun in ten did" when wishing they'd get at least one of my whoppers and groan appreciatively.

  I just dug that stuff up out of my brain from my childhood didn't even know it was there. -- Nancy Drew

  Amazing what comes back to us! Thanks for the refresher.

  The nouns were clustered, while the nuns were cloistered? -- sir82

  May I quote you? EXCELLENT!
  
  
  
  
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  Did you become more antisocial after waking up?

  by paradiseseeker in

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  i've been shy my whole life, but during my teenage years and early 20s i managed to be more comfortable socializing and made many friends in different parts of my country (jws of course).

  that was before i woke up, because i saw myself being a jw for the rest of my life and thus i made an effort to meet new jw friends.

  however, after i woke up, i lost interest in meeting new people because knowing that when i leave they will be gone... feels like a total waste of time and energy.

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  An old but true saying that people come into your life for a reason, a season, a lifetime.

  It's helped me have a perspective about life's realities. Cherished friends and family are gone, so it seems, forever. Yet, new friends and "family" have entered my life and I feel good, despite loss. With age comes a sense of contentment. It is what it is.

  Regarding an introverted nature and the polar opposite, Mom was outgoing and chatty and Dad much quieter but very passionate about helping people. I feel that mix in me.

  Best Wishes.