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  S.F. Giants vs. Detroit Tigers in World Series ! Who Do You Pick to Win ?

  by flipper in

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  i'm flyin' high right about now !

  my san francisco giants came back beat cincinnati 3 games to 2 after being down 2-0 and tonight they came back and beat st. louis 4 games to 3 after being down 3-1 !

  and we had tornados in northern california in a powerful storm while this was going down tonight !

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  Uh, jam, "Giants all the way, 4-1."

  You've got 15 minutes to change that to:

  Giants all the way, 4-0.

  Clock's ticking.

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  S.F. Giants vs. Detroit Tigers in World Series ! Who Do You Pick to Win ?

  by flipper in

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  i'm flyin' high right about now !

  my san francisco giants came back beat cincinnati 3 games to 2 after being down 2-0 and tonight they came back and beat st. louis 4 games to 3 after being down 3-1 !

  and we had tornados in northern california in a powerful storm while this was going down tonight !

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  Way to go Gigantes!!!

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  S.F. Giants vs. Detroit Tigers in World Series ! Who Do You Pick to Win ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm flyin' high right about now !

  my san francisco giants came back beat cincinnati 3 games to 2 after being down 2-0 and tonight they came back and beat st. louis 4 games to 3 after being down 3-1 !

  and we had tornados in northern california in a powerful storm while this was going down tonight !

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  one down, three to go!
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  S.F. Giants vs. Detroit Tigers in World Series ! Who Do You Pick to Win ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm flyin' high right about now !

  my san francisco giants came back beat cincinnati 3 games to 2 after being down 2-0 and tonight they came back and beat st. louis 4 games to 3 after being down 3-1 !

  and we had tornados in northern california in a powerful storm while this was going down tonight !

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  @ finallysomepride:

  Couldn't agree more. (With one teeny correction, there is one Canadian MLB team, the Toronto Blue Jays, but your point is still a very good one.)

  Even worse, IMO, is the NFL. The Super Bowl winners call themselves the "World Champions", and there isn't a SINGLE non-USA team.

  OK, back to flipper's thread.

  I'm with the GIANTS!!!!

  I know it was a super-duper long shot that the A's made it as far as they did, but I REALLY wanted to see another Bay Bridge Series this year. (Even if it caused another earthquake.)

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  2013 Special Talk PDF "Does Death End It All?"

  by yknot in

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  http://www.sendspace.com/file/d4heb5.

  http://www.sendspace.com/file/d4heb5.

  huggles y'all!!

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  yknot!!!

  You're my JWN hero!

  om

  p.s. Well, one of several JWN heroes.
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  Do you know of any U.S. JWs who have voted without getting DA'd?

  by Open mind in

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  i recently registered to vote in california and will be going to the polls on election day to experience what many americans do as soon as they turn 18. i could mail in my ballot, but i want to check the whole scene in-person.. .

  i posted this info on another forum recently and have been told that i'm as good as da'd if i'm discovered.

  i'd like to pose this question here since jwn gets much more traffic.

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  Thanks for all the replies so far. Good advice from Blondie, "Don't listen to 2nd hand, 3rd hand stories."

  So far it looks like we've just got one 3rd hand story via MC Rubber Mallet.

  @ leavingwt, you've stated quite clearly on this thread and on the other site that a U.S. JW who votes is a in line for a slam dunk DF. Is this just your own opinion or do you have something in writing or personal experience to substantiate it?

  I'm not saying my opinion is necessarily right. All my current opinion is based on is my read of the 1999 QFR.

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  Do you know of any U.S. JWs who have voted without getting DA'd?

  by Open mind in

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  i recently registered to vote in california and will be going to the polls on election day to experience what many americans do as soon as they turn 18. i could mail in my ballot, but i want to check the whole scene in-person.. .

  i posted this info on another forum recently and have been told that i'm as good as da'd if i'm discovered.

  i'd like to pose this question here since jwn gets much more traffic.

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  I recently registered to vote in California and will be going to the polls on Election Day to experience what many Americans do as soon as they turn 18. I could mail in my ballot, but I want to check the whole scene in-person.
  
  I posted this info on another forum recently and have been told that I'm as good as DA'd if I'm discovered. I'd like to pose this question here since JWN gets much more traffic.
  
  Do you have any knowledge of a U.S. JW registering to vote and going to the polls without getting DA'd?
  
  My read of the 1999 QFR leads me to believe that there are at least a couple of scenarios where a JW could register and go to the polls and not be looked upon as having "violated neutrality".
  
  Anyone have experience with this?
  
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  How often did you entertain the "Traveling Overseers", and did you regret it afterwards?

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

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  i found taking the traveling overseers out for a meal, to be a waste of time.

  our literature regulary spoke of the upbuilding talk the local congregations received by entertaining our brothers.

  now some of the modern cos look at their telecommunication devices, talk of things not related to our ministry or phone it in.

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  Many COs would only want to have lunch Wed, Thurs, Friday. That way they could keep Saturday afternoon to themselves. (Not sure if that was officially OK or not, but many COs did this.)

  Anway, my wife is a fantastic cook who really enjoys great food and wine. We got this one young CO and his wife who had just gotten into the traveling work. We had them over for one mid-week lunch and hit it off really well. For all their remaining visits, we suggested they join us for Saturday lunch so we could enjoy some good wine(s) with our meal. They were happy to take us up on the offer. The PO arranging lunch schedules would always ask us if we wanted to take a mid-week slot, and we'd always discreetly decline saying we had already had the "privilege" on their first visit. I think it really pissed off the PO, who was a real Circuit/District power player, that this CO and his wife enjoyed hanging out with us relative nobodys.

  Other COs over the years were a mixed bag.

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  When You Were A JW Were You Disturbed By "Apostate" Literature or "Apostates" At Conventions?

  by minimus in

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  i was always curious about what they had to say.

  (i guess i was an apostate in the making)..

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  As a kid, I always found it kind of exciting and entertaining if there were sign-waving apostates outside a DC.

  I thought that most of the sign wavers seemed like they were off their meds, but, equally, it was amusing seeing some of the paranoid responses by true-blue JWs.

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  My brother died tonight

  by poppers in

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  just got word that my youngest brother died of pancreatic cancer.

  he was diagnosed in early august.

  this has been really tough for me and my family..

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  Wish I could reach all the way over to Minnesota to give you a hug Poppers.

  Sending you positive thoughts and wishing you strength.

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  p.s. Thanks for the excellent reminder. I'll make sure to tell my family "I love you" when I leave for work tomorrow morning.