Posts by pobthespazz

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Death Count at the District Convention

by The wanderer in

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death count at the district conventionevery year it seemed as if someone died because of the extreme heat at the four and five day .

district conventions.

the reality of the matter was that it probably was more than one.. .

pobthespazz

growing up as a dub in the 70's there were so many old farts in the org and I grew to dislike all of them , in and around the circuit, many were plain nasty, alot stank as well but my old man loved em, but during the years of the summer D/C at Twickenham over the years many seemed to pass out and I'm sure some died (hee hee)

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CO/DO's in the UK?

by pobthespazz in

can anyone compile a list of as many as possible past and present co/do's from the uk?

pobthespazz

Ken Richmond was in the Woking cong Surrey as either a M/S or elder as we visited them in circa late 80's early 90's

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John Denver v Jay Leno

by pobthespazz in

i 've heard snippets of this absurd urban myth about jay leno asking j denver to leave his show because he hated jw's.

but why on earth on a prime time slot would j leno start asking j denver about jw's?

and i don't think j leno is a particularly spiritual guy or wt supporter is he?

pobthespazz

I 've heard snippets of this absurd urban myth about Jay Leno asking J Denver to leave his show because he hated JW's. But why on earth on a prime time slot would J Leno start asking J Denver about jw's? and I don't think J Leno is a particularly spiritual guy or WT supporter is he?

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1973 District Convention

by frozen one in

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i spent the weekend with some relatives.

they have an fairly extensive library of jw material going back 50 years in their spare bedroom.

i was looking at a few items when i found a program for the divine victory convention held in winnipeg, manitoba in 1973. the convention lasted 5 days.

pobthespazz

Yeah remember that one and all the shite summer conventions as well , I was 7 then, and they were all held at the Twickenham rugby stadium, a real shit hole then but now a state of the art arena.I always used to remember the smell of the bacon baps being made and the stench of the awful stewed coffee which was historically bad, and the huge catering set up with all those containers that were hooked up to those huge generators. Yes it either pissed down or you got cherry red sun burn, but sometimes looking back there were some good memories believe it or not

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CO/DO's in the UK?

by pobthespazz in

can anyone compile a list of as many as possible past and present co/do's from the uk?

pobthespazz

I think David Sidbury was the last C/O prior to my leaving circa 1993+ although I never saw him my wife used to swoon on about how great a speaker he was,

I think the biggest little shite of them all was M Purbrick who questioned whether I was good enough to marry my so called spiritually strong wife, had the classic small man syndrome, and difficult with the body of elders so my old man used to say,

M Hogdson appeared very keen to get inactive ones off the cong records

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CO/DO's in the UK?

by pobthespazz in

can anyone compile a list of as many as possible past and present co/do's from the uk?

pobthespazz

yes I remember the Presslands who were a big JW family and P Pressland thought his shit did not stink, also Peter Ellis (probably dead now ) used to give a lot of talks at the Twickenham D/A fine speaker..

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CO/DO's in the UK?

by pobthespazz in

can anyone compile a list of as many as possible past and present co/do's from the uk?

pobthespazz

Thanks for that all, Psinger no real reason, just a bit of personnel research I want to do

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CO/DO's in the UK?

by pobthespazz in

can anyone compile a list of as many as possible past and present co/do's from the uk?

pobthespazz

Can anyone compile a list of as many as possible past and present CO/DO's from the Uk?

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Green Urban Legend

by james_woods in

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the thread on the wt going into the red, and the remark on "cheap paperback bibles" made me think of the old green nwt.. there was a lot of buzz back then about why it was green.

i heard these from various cos -.

a) it was green to prove that it was not from christendom.

pobthespazz

mmm.. interesting , not urban myths though just the wts being slightly different, not harmful to have green bibles , although they were crap quality if I remember.

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How Dysfunctional A Witness Were You?

by minimus in

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reading posters' comments help me to see that since leaving "the organization", many have gotten emotionally better.

of course, you don't have to be a witness to have dysfunction but feeling the pressure of always being told that we are inferior, that we're not doing enough, can get to the best of us!

looking back, how dysfunctional were you??

pobthespazz

I like to think my sister and I were ok , but our parents definitely were not , mum secret drinker , dad very physically abusive