http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnppwq8i2y.
Amazing how I can remember every word of these songs, and not what I did yesterday.
much happiness and joy to have grown up with the Beatles. I'm always interested in the creative process, prob because I was never allowed to explore that part of my brain. Amazing how prolific and how quickly they could write those songs, and how good they were.
i thought i sent a goodbye message on fb to two jdubs that i used to hang out with.
it sounded like goodbye to me, without saying goodbye.
here's what i wrote:.
"Back from where?"
"I'm right here"
For somebody you want to be tender (like a nice mom) with, "maybe soon." "not just yet."
my jw daughter called me this afternoon!!!!!
!i am just over the moon.
her hubby not a jw has cancer & was operated on today!!!!.
That's fantastic! That first step is always the hardest, and she did it. Who knows what the future will bring, but that first step is out of the way, and she did it! xxoxxoxx
the old nwt used the name jehovah 7207 times and the new nwt uses it 7213 times.. has anyone worked out where the extra jehovahs appear in the text?
who wants to play where's wally, i mean where's jehovah?
however there's an even bigger jump in jesuses: 940 up from 918.. satan is exactly the same at 54..
High-larious.
Talk about digging your heels in...changed up the marketing...message exactly the same. Don't be fooled folks...don't be fooled.
my dear granny hasn't been feeling well for some time and has had a problem keeping anything down.
she had lost a lot of weight and gone for many tests.
those tests came back and on friday we were told she has cancer of the pancreas.
So sorry LouBelle. What lovely memories you have. Sending peaceful thoughts to you and your gran.
if you want the short version, scroll down to "short version".. .
so i am at 1200 posts or so (only about 6 were probably of note), and i still havenlt told my story and probably won't for some time.
basically, i was a born in who has served in other countries, as an ms, and given talks etc... my wife and i were in foreign language, have co's we have counted as close family friends, and were basically the golden boy and girl of their respective areas.
Fantastic!
okay, perusing the threads about the special meeting and new bible, i see that the new bible is gray.. gray?
gray?
as in - dull?
I was thinking today that anybody not using the new bible can be now easily identified. I can't help but think that is part of the thinking.
do you think this could have been an experiment to see how smoothly these events can be processed, and what the reaction is from the rank and file?
it would sure save a lot of money if events like this could replace at least the one day circuit assemblies.
there has to be some recognition that the "flock" is becoming weary and they don't have the funds to be travelling to these events.
i see that as a very possible way to simplify the whole DC process. Taped messages from the GB and bethel speakers could be intermixed with local needs. Can be held in local assembly halls and bypass the big DC venue hassle.
as i was leaving the kh where i watched the meeting, i overheard several conversations, all to the effect that"what a great bunch of guys the gb is.
" the sense of humor among them, the naturalness and ease they had while speaking, etc.. for that matter, i too, was impressed at how like able they seem to be and, believe it or not, the 3 1/2 hours went by fairly quickly, thank god!
but as i think about it, i'm concluding that that was the main goal of the wide viewing of this event: to assure the rank and file that the gb, the men who are in charge of god's household, are a great bunch of guys.
I was thinking the same thing ldrnomo. Huge marketing changes. Very slick...and they want to portray themselves as reasonable and good hearted with a sense of humor...perhaps also to stem the flow of the young leaving. The "adjustments," and many JW's are very disheartened, hanging on to the paradise hope, but losing trust. It's a smart move.
My JWgf said she thought the DC was better. She said the GB who represented said for the first time that the WBTS is an "imperfect organization." She said she couldn't believe her ears...first time ever. She said it was a little too late, but they said it.
I wonder who the mastermind is behind this modernization?
today i read at the xjw.com forum that ros died.. since the start of my internet connexion in 1997 i remember the topics of ros.. ros, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
you helped me getting ttatt.
i pray for you and your relatives.. gorbatchov.
Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Thank you everything you have done. RIP Ros.
