Posts by Dagney

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New TV gadget

by Dagney in

jw
friends

so today i did it.

i cut my dish network programming to basic....$20 a month ty very much.

instead i have $60 streaming device that gives me everything i need.

Dagney

Oh no oh no oh no tal, I have the last episode left. Yikes. Sabin - hold on to yer knickers! I don't watch the gory parts either. And yes, the grunge is starting to get to me too.

justme- Right! primewire is the main site that I watch, for TV and movies. I'm pretty happy with it. Thank you for those links. They would be good to have when traveling.

Dunedain - it's sort of like Netflix, I like Netflix also, and it's much easier to use. But I'm going to enjoy the slashed bill by 70%. It was so frustrating paying for 250+ channels and only watching 10 or so. They have the packages rigged so that if you wanted the Classic movie channel, you had to buy up. If you wanted National Geographic or Discovery, you had to buy up. It was a waste of money, but I sort of justified it because I work hard, and good TV was relaxing to me for the few hours in the evening.

We'll see how it goes....

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New TV gadget

by Dagney in

jw
friends

so today i did it.

i cut my dish network programming to basic....$20 a month ty very much.

instead i have $60 streaming device that gives me everything i need.

Dagney

Oh Luther is very very very good. And of course, Idris Elba.

Very complex guy. Another BBC show Bri recommended is "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell." I didn't realize it was on the BBC network site all this time. I'm still working on Outlander. 3 more episodes to go.

Trevor Noah is doing pretty well isn't he? I record and watch every night. Just have to adapt to searching for the show on the internet thingy.

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New TV gadget

by Dagney in

jw
friends

so today i did it.

i cut my dish network programming to basic....$20 a month ty very much.

instead i have $60 streaming device that gives me everything i need.

Dagney

Not 100%. Most of the stuff I watch is either current programming or DVD's. The current programming is readily available at the network site, but instead of streaming on my computer it streams to the TV.

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New TV gadget

by Dagney in

jw
friends

so today i did it.

i cut my dish network programming to basic....$20 a month ty very much.

instead i have $60 streaming device that gives me everything i need.

Dagney

So today I did it. I cut my Dish Network programming to basic....$20 a month TY very much. Instead I have $60 streaming device that gives me everything I need. My internet is poor, (I'm working on that), and sometimes the streaming is a bit dodgy, but for the monthly savings I'll put up with it.

I've been wanting to do this forever, but the technology wasn't so readily available from amazon prime. lol.

I want to watch the Star Wars movies in the suggested order. No problem. I want to watch the 1964 series "The Addams Family," no problem. Friend in UK was talking about the 4th season of "Luther" just airing last night. I went home and search for it and the first episode was available for me to watch. I wanted to watch the old movie, "Damn Yankees," a DVD that can't be found anywhere to rent or buy. Done.

It's a new world.

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Morning all! Just here to say hi and join in the discussion

by park ave boy in

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i'm happy to join every ex-jw.borg site i can and support in whatever way i can.

i now regularly donate to these sites when available.

i'm bitter but i don't hate jws because they were brainwashed like we all were.

Dagney

Welcome park ave boy! How lucky you are to have parents that woke up and left!

Okay! Let's get everyone else out!

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Weldon Howze dies in California

by SadElder in

jw
friends

many of us knew or knew of weldon howze.

weldon was a good friend for more than 40 years, even after my fade from the dubs.

this came to my in box today.. to all of weldons friends and family,.

Dagney

Honestly, I was curious about that statement also.

Weldon was removed as an elder in the late eighties because he had an "Independant" spirit, disregarding talk outlines and service meeting agendas laid out in the KMs.

Ah...okay. The social group I met him in was very open minded, like we all were back then. Loyal yes to the organization, but also critical of most of the teaching, and verbal about it in safe company. Probably the ol' illustration, "the ship is turning slowly in the harbor. Remain faithful, it will get better." Nope...it didn't.

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Weldon Howze dies in California

by SadElder in

jw
friends

many of us knew or knew of weldon howze.

weldon was a good friend for more than 40 years, even after my fade from the dubs.

this came to my in box today.. to all of weldons friends and family,.

Dagney

I'm sorry for his passing. I met him a few times, and somehow got on his email list years ago. I remember him as a very kind, and interesting brother. RIP Weldon.

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Reveal News: How Jehovah’s Witness leaders are responding to child abuse scrutiny by Trey Bundy

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-jehovahs-witness-leaders-are-responding-to-child-abuse-scrutiny/.

by trey bundy .

december 14, 2015 .

Dagney

As a legal move, you understand their reaction. It is a corporation. It is obvious to the world they don't even pretend to care about victims...it is all about if their actions were within the law to avoid lawsuits.

As infuriating as their reaction is...overall it's amazing how they can show their true colors with such aplomb.

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Update on everything going on in JW Land - Insider Information

by thedepressedsoul in

i'd like to start off by saying that i will be very vague in everything i say.

i am fairly "high up" in jw land and have to be somewhat careful how i word and say stuff.

sorry in advance if any specific details are left out.

Dagney

We have often heard on here that the GB are now "rock stars". I have witnessed this first hand. I'm talking about a mob circling around them when they are at an event. Pictures, signatures the whole sha-bang. They almost get knocked over at times for how close a large group of people are around them. When they walk in the hallways, and do not want to be bothered, they actually have "body guards" around them. They are most likely just brothers in suits but they still ask the "friends" to move out of the way as they come through. They can't walk down the hall way alone without getting mobbed.

This is just how they planned it. They have repeated ad nauseam how special they are, and how Jah is whispering in their ear all the time. The old regime, they still made that claim, but also would say they could be wrong, and they were real characters. These new guys are so full of themselves...I can't see how anybody can stand to watch them. But they do. I guess they need to.

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YOUR DAILY JOURNAL

by compound complex in

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friends

dear friends,.

much of what we do on a daily basis is routine and of no particular, earth-shaking importance.

however, after reviewing letters of family going back to wwii, it is fascinating to read what dad was doing on board the aircraft carrier in the pacific on any old day, what mom was cooking on her ever-steaming range, how i was dealing with the roller coaster of emotion at bethel [mom saved all my letters], how nana wrote that she would not study with the witnesses [per my request] but 'here are some mittens i knitted for you when you canvass new york with your magazines.

Dagney

Yes, cognac, they are married and are living a wonderful, happy, exotic life. I will tell her. We are FB friends. If you are also there and wish to be as well, message me.