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  The Ride Across Minnesota (TRAM)

  by poppers in

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  hi people.

  http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/ ... g=personal.

  this year's 300 mile 5 day bicycle ride starts in bemidji, minnesota as we make our way from there to our first stop in walker, minnesota on monday, july 23. then it's on to park rapids, minnesota on tuesday.

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  May the wind be at your back and your crotch not ache too bad.

  Spin on Poppers!

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  I'm Sure These Have Been Posted Before, Check 'Em Out Anyway. Hilarious!

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxmjm0muvvs.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keidzmxhliy&feature=fvwrel.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_pqu0bln74&feature=relmfu.

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  We watched these for our "Family Worship/Deprogramming" night a few months ago.

  Thanks for the reminder!

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  I'm Sure These Have Been Posted Before, Check 'Em Out Anyway. Hilarious!

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxmjm0muvvs.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keidzmxhliy&feature=fvwrel.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_pqu0bln74&feature=relmfu.

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  We watched these for our "Family Worship/Deprogramming" night a few months ago.

  Thanks for the reminder!

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  Its been great....

  by stuckinamovement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it is funny how this site works.

  people lurk, they join, they post, and then they fade away because they have healed enough to focus on other positive things.

  that is pretty much where i am at.

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  Open mind

  "YOU CAN'T GO! WE'LL EAT YOU UP WE LOVE YOU SO!"

  Where the Wild Things Are

  All the best to you and yours.

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  Sparlock Links And Artwork

  by DT in

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  2. friends

  we already have at least fifteen threads about sparlock the warrior wizard at last count.

  it's getting difficult to keep track of his exploits.

  i thought it might help if we can consolidate the links and artwork about him in this thread.

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  OK folks, you've had your laughs but I just noticed something truly despicable and truly evil about Sparlock.

  He has a ......... (wait for it)...

  GOATEE!!!!

  Can't get much more evil than that!

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  Instructions on Circuit Assembly Booklet

  by MC RubberMallet in

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  Marking.

  Thnk u MC HAMMER.
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  New DVD "Become Jehovah's Friend"

  by treadnh2o in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hey peeps,.

  it's been a long while since i've posted (i am completely out - wife and kids still in) but thought you might this interesting.. they came home from the district convention yesterday with the new dvd intended for kids.

  they popped it in right away and this is what happens:.

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  Gonna burn in non-existant-Watchtower Hell for that one, I know.
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  Was I the most fanatic Witness or can you beat this??

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  at 18 after the quick build at our hall i gave up on a career {except window/toilet cleaning} and became a rabid pioneer/servant who, get this...made a plastic sleeve necklace so i could put my blood card in it!!!

  i had one in my wallet and one hanging on my neck.. can anyone beat that?

  fast forward to 2001 when fractions became a "conscience matter..." i remember shaking my head during that watchtower study...i destroyed my blood cards and asked my doctor to put me down as "no religion.

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  A JW guy I grew up with refused to attend his High School graduation commencement ceremony because the usual graduation marching in song is "Pomp & Circumstance". He did some research on the song and discovered that it originally was exalting warfare.

  So sad. Most JWs don't even dream of making an issue of this.

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  I'm Happy to be Back

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been in the vale of deep shadows, but am feeling more and more like myself.. i'm grateful to my doctors and modern medicine.. sylvia.

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  Welcome back snowbird!!

  (Nice to see Baba Yaga as well.)

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  24 baptized at Tucson, AZ today - attendance 5,670

  by Gayle in

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  2. friends

  a friend, non-jw, went to convention today.

  she observed about 1/3 baptized were youth.. ***********************************************.

  i read article:.

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  Open mind

  Annual baptisms for a District are probably only about 1/3 represented by the DC baptism count, IMO. The other 2/3 would happen at the CA and SAD. I remember plenty of Bible Studies who specifically held off getting dunked at a DC because they felt uncomfortable getting dunked in a pool in a stadium.

  Having said that, 24 x 3 = 72 baptisms for that District of 6,000 publishers per year. US Death rate in 2011 was 8.38 per 1,000 population, so 8.38 x 6 = 50.28 deaths per year for that District.

  So, if no one went inactive or got DFed, they would have a net gain of 12 publishers for the year. I'll bet they lost around 1% (60 pubs) to inactivity/DFing. So that's a net loss of 48 pubs for the year.

  That what I get on the back of my envelope.

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