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  Tortoise Reaches a Milestone - 1000 posts

  by Thirdson in

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  i finally reached the 1000 post milestone today.

  at an average of 1.07 posts per day i am not a heavy contributor to this board but i am a regular reader.

  for a jedi the "force" is pretty weak in me and i rarely rattle my light sabre.. you may notice (or, since i rarely comment, not notice me at all) that i avoid commenting on inflammatory posts, i don't care for loonies or the prophets and don't waste my time reading let alone challenging the obviously wacky.

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  Duncan

  Hi Thirdson

  Speaking as someone who posts even LESS than you (I'm only on 200), I thought I'd just say hi, and that I always enjoy reading your posts.

  On to the next 1,000!

  Kindest regards

  Duncan.
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  Propaganda and the WTS

  by hillary_step in

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  propaganda and blatant liar can often be seen sharing a beer together in the local pub.

  the observer can differentiate them quite easily as at the end of the evening propaganda stabs blatant liar in the back and steals his underwear.

  the common element that bonds these two characters in this uneasy friendship is an agenda that recognizes that matters cannot be presented to a person or group without needing to adjust or manipulate the facts to serve their own ambitions.

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  Propaganda and the WTS

  by hillary_step in

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  propaganda and blatant liar can often be seen sharing a beer together in the local pub.

  the observer can differentiate them quite easily as at the end of the evening propaganda stabs blatant liar in the back and steals his underwear.

  the common element that bonds these two characters in this uneasy friendship is an agenda that recognizes that matters cannot be presented to a person or group without needing to adjust or manipulate the facts to serve their own ambitions.

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  Duncan

  A "religion that sells you a dud destiny" Brilliant, HS.

  Excellent post.

  Duncan
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  Ok we're top - stop the football season now ! (and predictions)

  by Simon in

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  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3156171.stm

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/table/default.stm table

  barclaycard premiership table .

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  Duncan

  Didn't you lose to the mighty Sunderland last night

  er, yes. ...and prior to that we managed to lose to mighty West Brom and, a week earlier, Palace.

  3 games, 3 defeats. Well, maybe it's not the kind of 100% record you might ordinarily celebrate, but I'm trying to be positive.

  Watford hasn't even managed to score a single goal yet.
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  Ok we're top - stop the football season now ! (and predictions)

  by Simon in

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  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3156171.stm

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/table/default.stm table

  barclaycard premiership table .

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  Duncan

  ...and in Division 1, what about Watford's fabulous 100% record so far?
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  Stupidest thing a JW ever told you

  by Nosferatu in

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  what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

  we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

  for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.

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  This would be the early seventies - I know - all my stories are, pretty much. We had this elder’s wife in our congregation. Her husband didn’t really amount to much – a pretty much non-descript kind of non-entity, a perfectly forgettable guy. But her! A real piece of work She was Sister Hester K and, truthfully, she must have been one of the stupidest women I have ever met in my entire life.
  

  As it happens, her immense stupidity was matched perfectly by her utterly rock-like and completely unshakeable conviction that she was RIGHT about each and every subject she would choose to pronounce upon. And she would pronounce upon anything at the drop of a hat. Opinions? How many d’ya want? She had them to spare! If EVER there had been a world-shortage of opinions, they would only have needed to put a call in to Hester to avert the crisis.

  One day, a group of us pioneer brothers were sat around in Len K (the elder)’s back garden discussing with Hester about going away on holiday (that’s “vacation” brother! Nothing Holy about it! Yes, sorry, Hester) The talk got around to how important it was to cancel the daily milk delivery - bottles and bottles of unused milk on the doorstep being a dead giveaway to any would-be burglar that the occupants were away for the duration. Also, for the same reason, about how you should notify the local paper-shop so that they didn’t keep leaving a build-up of newspapers at your door.

  “You’re all forgetting something, something important!” declared Hester.

  Lock all windows? Secure garden gates? Ask a friendly neighbour (hah! WORLDLIES!) to keep an eye on the property?

  We were flummoxed, no one knew. We awaited enlightenment from the smugly-grinning possessor of superior wisdom.

  “What then?”

  “You must always, without fail, turn your water supply off at the main!”

  We were more perplexed than ever. Maybe this might make some sense in the height of winter, when, in those days before insulated pipes, there was a risk of freezing water bursting mains pipes and causing a flood – but in the summer? What was the point?

  “Why would you want to do that, Hester?” asked Jon.

  “The world today!” began Hester “Full of criminals! - you see them driving by with their guns!”

  (I lived in that town for the first 35 years of my life, and I have never in my life – outside of a sporting event - seen a gun, never mind on the streets, in the hands of drive-by criminals. But it didn’t do to interrupt Hester in full flow)

  “Guns?” Jon

  “Yes, GUNS! And they won’t hesitate to shoot your pipes!”

  As she said this, Hester gestured towards the pipework of her own house – specifically, in fact, pointing at the rain guttering.

  No one said anything for a while, and we let Hester enjoy her triumph. I think we were all overcome at the thought of the sheer demonic wickedness which would induce one of the town’s career criminals to call around when Hester was taking her two weeks by the seaside and fire bullets at her guttering.

  (And, of course, how their Satanic plot would be foiled because Hester had the theocratic foresight to turn her mains water off!)

  Away from the house, later on, we simply laughed our heads off. “Shooting the Pipes” became pioneer-speak for any idiotic opinion expressed by an Elder or his wife.
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  As we move from side to side...

  by Duncan in

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  ...we hear the total mass retain.. .

  recently, i went to a yes concert with some old jw buddies who got in contact with me.

  we were all yes fanatics when we were 17, and pioneers.

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  Duncan

  Hi Termite,

  met 2 at a house warming just after I left and got very drunk- bad idea- do you think they were jelous?!

  not quite clear here who got drunk(!) but anyway, yes, I'm sure they were jealous at seeing a successful escapee.

  Maybe these three chaps I met are wannabee escapees, too.

  Anyway, it was an enjoyable evening, and I even went ahead and bought my tickets for next years Yes concert (dates just announced), this week.

  take care

  Duncan
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  As we move from side to side...

  by Duncan in

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  ...we hear the total mass retain.. .

  recently, i went to a yes concert with some old jw buddies who got in contact with me.

  we were all yes fanatics when we were 17, and pioneers.

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  Willy

  The desire to be "normal" is a powerful draw and used to be offset by the urgency of the times: "Hey, just a few more months/years and we can be ourselves!" Now that many JWs have put dreamland waaaaay off into the future, they're looking for ways to express natural feelings and instincts

  that's absolutely it, I'm sure.

  Sorry, everyone about the duff posts above - can't edit 'em out, it seems.

  Duncan.
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  As we move from side to side...

  by Duncan in

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  ...we hear the total mass retain.. .

  recently, i went to a yes concert with some old jw buddies who got in contact with me.

  we were all yes fanatics when we were 17, and pioneers.

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  Duncan
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  As we move from side to side...

  by Duncan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ...we hear the total mass retain.. .

  recently, i went to a yes concert with some old jw buddies who got in contact with me.

  we were all yes fanatics when we were 17, and pioneers.

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  Duncan