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Because I made a mistake. I was trying to say that the bookstudy was SUPPOSED to go from 7:30 - 8:30, but that ours lasted from 7:35 - 8:45. Guess I mashed the two thoughts together.
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When Meetings Went Overtime, What Did You Do?
by minimus ini used to start looking at the clock behind me, look at my watch, look at the speaker or person handling the part and give obvious facial expressions expressing my dissatisfaction.
it was a pet peeve of mine!
a few times when i had the last part in a service meeting, i'd say, rather sternly,"this originally was a 15 minute part but because we are running out of time, we will dispense with (whatever).".
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When Meetings Went Overtime, What Did You Do?
by minimus ini used to start looking at the clock behind me, look at my watch, look at the speaker or person handling the part and give obvious facial expressions expressing my dissatisfaction.
it was a pet peeve of mine!
a few times when i had the last part in a service meeting, i'd say, rather sternly,"this originally was a 15 minute part but because we are running out of time, we will dispense with (whatever).".
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This often happened in a bookstudy I was "priviledged" to attend. The bookstudy was supposed to go from 7:30 - 8:45, but Brother Tardy invariably showed up at 7:32 and would leisurely say hello to everyone and pass out the books to his kids. He'd finally get started at about 7:35. He'd spend about a half hour on the first paragraph, then half-heartedly pick up the pace as the time escaped him.
Since I was often the assigned reader, once the meeting began running overtime, I would read as fast as I could and refuse to offer any comments. If he asked me to say the closing prayer, I would say the quickest one I could.
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When Meetings Went Overtime, What Did You Do?
by minimus ini used to start looking at the clock behind me, look at my watch, look at the speaker or person handling the part and give obvious facial expressions expressing my dissatisfaction.
it was a pet peeve of mine!
a few times when i had the last part in a service meeting, i'd say, rather sternly,"this originally was a 15 minute part but because we are running out of time, we will dispense with (whatever).".
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This often happened in a bookstudy I was "priviledged" to attend. The bookstudy was supposed to go from 7:30 - 8:45, but Brother Tardy invariably showed up at 7:32 and would leisurely say hello to everyone and pass out the books to his kids. He'd finally get started at about 7:35. He'd spend about a half hour on the first paragraph, then half-heartedly pick up the pace as the time escaped him.
Since I was often the assigned reader, once the meeting began running overtime, I would read as fast as I could and refuse to offer any comments. If he asked me to say the closing prayer, I would say the quickest one I could.
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More Silly Speech ...
by compound complex inwith thanks to clam for getting the rall bolling:.
1) magnificence: big coins.. 2) cantaloupe: inability to run away with paramour.. 3) familiar: truth-challenged relative.. 4) majority: smallish military officer.. 5) lollygag: candy stick down one's throat.. 6) lohengrin: squat squab smiling.. 7) noachian: absence of pain.. 8) lordship: noble boat.. 9) parapets: man's best friend times two.. 10) adverse: to increase length of poem.. .
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Paradox: Two physicians
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How Many Have Written a Book? Or Are Considering it?
by AK - Jeff ini have the budded starts of maybe 4 of them in my hard drive.
i have been encouraged to finish them, but don't know if i ever will.
some of my writing was cathartic in purpose, and that cathartic crutch seems less needed these days.
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I am writing the story of my life as a Witness. It's not really a book, per se, just a collection of Word files. But it is over 300 pages long, so I suppose if printed out it would be considered a book.
Not sure what to do with it when I am do, or even how to do anything with it. But it is cathartic. I found myself obsessing over many inconsistencies and discouraging experiences that I had to gloss over when I was a Witness ("cognitive dissonance"), so I had to write everything down. A few close friends are reading it as I go, and I enjoy the conversations it affords.
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WERE THERE ANY ZOONOTIC DISEASES ON NOAH'S ARK?
by badboy inreading the latest national geographic magazine, it talks about zoonotic disease.. now if he different animals were slapped close together,wouldn't pathogens have jumped rom species to species?.
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Since Noah was commanded to take 2 of every kind of living thing, he must have brought all the diseases with him. So every animal on board (including the humans) must have been suffering from numerous debilitating ailments.
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What "Unwritten Rules" Did Your Congregation Have?
by minimus ini knew of a hall that allowed only white shirted speakers on the platform for sunday public talks!
when a visiting speaker did not wear the official white shirt he was either told that he couldn't give the talk or he could change shirts,as the hall kept a variety of sizes, just in case of an emergency!!!
i don't make this up.
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A rule I will never forget from the congregation I atteneded for one year only (couldn't take it any logner):
-No just married sign hanging from your car on your wedding day. Even if you're not planning on hiring a 'showy' limo, and even if a couple of young kids in the Hall made the sign for you because they wanted to participate in the excitement of a wedding.
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Millions of years vs. Thousands according to the Society
by Cindi_67 inanother topic gave me the idea to post this one.
i have always asked myself, why does the society not agree with the amount of time archeologists say dinosaurs and other species roamed the earth?
they agree the earth has existed for maybe billions of years.
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The Creation book, and others, don't have an issue with the length of time sicentists say that life has been here on earth - unless I am mistaken. The Watchtower Society claims that Genesis agrees with finding that indicate that plants and animals have existed for millions of years. Their only two issues with origin-of-life scenarios are 1) that life did not evolve but was created as fully formed species and, 2) that humans have only been around since 4026 B.C.
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Expect JW's to actually grow over the next few years
by yaddayadda inthey had, what, an 1.6% worldwide annual publisher growth increase last service year?
contrary to many predictions, i think they will better that this service year (ending 30 september).
and i think there will be ongoing increases for the next few service years.
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The service year ends on August 31, not September 30.
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Letter - Anonymity Required?
by Steady As She Goes ini am baptised and wish to write a letter to the brooklyn branch requesting a response to two belief-related issues regarding which i have recently educated myself.
the reply to this letter will likely play a large part in my determining how the rest of my life is lived.
i have decided that whatever i do or do not believe in times to come, i will not disassociate myself.
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Thanks!
(My wife and I joked that this track record means I was more successful at getting people to leave than the religion than getting them to join it, despite the fact that I pioneered for over five years.)