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Supposing The WT DOES Monitor This Site..

by Englishman in

how can those doing the monitoring not be affected by what they read here?.

how can anyone not be affected by the paedophilia scandal, the un scandal, the 1975 debacle?.

how do they find someone to read here and still stay a jw?.

Englishman

How can those doing the monitoring not be affected by what they read here?

How can anyone not be affected by the paedophilia scandal, the UN scandal, the 1975 debacle?

How do they find someone to read here and still stay a JW?

Beats me.

Englishman.

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What frightens you?

by ozziepost in

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got asked that question some time ago and have been thinking about it ever since.

any answers?

Greatest Hits Of 1975: Not That Long Ago, Was it?

by Englishman in

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week ending

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What I remember from 1975

by Big Dog in

since i am sort of late to the party this has probably been beaten to death and if it has just kick this thread to the curb.

i was 11 years old in 1975 and i remember being scared silly the whole year.

i mean there was so much hype about it and the tension in the air was so thick it was unreal.

Those of us who were around prior to 1975 saw with our own eyes the fever pitch that was being generated by the society. This took place particularly at District conventions. The convention of 1966 was full of it before anything was put in print and we all headed home thrilled to bits.

I was there until 1972. I saw it. I heard it. They said it.

Englishman.

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Early Doors.

by Englishman in

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i don't know how people do it.

i've always drifted towards last orders meself.. englishman.

Englishman

LOL! No mystery!

I'm talking about people's favourite time to go out for a drink!

The pubs around here normally open at 6pm and close either at 11 or midnight. Some people like to have a few bevvies as soon as the pub doors open at 6pm. They're "early doors". I enjoy a couple of pints around 9.30 or 10, about an hour before the landlord shouts "Last orders".

Englishman.

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Were Stories Told About You When You Left The "Truth"?

by minimus in

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did stories, exaggerations and fables turn up after you left the "faith"?

Englishman

Yes.

Apparently, it was said that I went to see fortune tellers and had sex with under 14's. I spent time in the nick and attended group sex sessions with other apostates.

I must confess that I did have my hair dyed blonde and also bought an aubergine suit.

Oh...platform soles too.

Englishman.

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Early Doors.

by Englishman in

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i don't know how people do it.

i've always drifted towards last orders meself.. englishman.

Englishman

I don't know how people do it. I've always drifted towards Last Orders meself.

Englishman.

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I have other sheep

by IP_SEC in

i have other sheep.

john 10:16 is one of those overused scriptures that seem to prove the dual destiny doctrine.

(john 10:16) 16 ?and i have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also i must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

Englishman

Thanks, IP_Sec!

I didn't know that.

Englishman.

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More Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth

by funkyderek in

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ireland 19 england 13

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Englishman

We wuzz missin da little fella.

Some video highlights here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/default.stm#

Englishman.

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February 28th and My Dad.

by Englishman in

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it'll be 21 years ago since my dad died.. i remember it vividly.

i got into work to find a message to ring my mum urgently.

she told me he'd had a massive cardiac infarction and died at 9.30 that morning.

Englishman

Thanks everyone, I really do appreciate it. I shall ring my Mum in a few minutes as I always do on this day.

I really was one of the luckier ones to come out of the JW's. Both my parents were very kindly people so my upbringing was very stable. The downsides were being encouraged to leave school with little education, the families inherited money being squandered so that Dad could pioneer and have to earn very little and of course the barrier between us once I had decided to quit the JW's.

I'm not complaining. I've been a lucky bugger in my life, all in all.

Englishman.

Week Ending	ACT + Links	TITLE	Weeks	TALLY	COMMENT
18 Jan 1975	Status Quo	Down Down	1	Only No 1	This famous band of head bangers had 22 Top 10s out of 52 hits between 1968 and 1996, but only this No 1.
25 Jan 1975	Tymes	Ms Grace	1	Only No 1	US group that first charted in 1963. They had only two other hits before this No 1.
1 Feb 1975	Pilot	January	3	Only No 1	British group whose two follow-ups failed even make the Top 30.
22 Feb 1975	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)	2	Only No 1	They had two Top 10s before this. Harley went solo in 1976 but never made the big time.
8 Mar 1975	Telly Savalas	If	2	Only No 1	Actor who starred in the tv cop show "Kojak". He spoke his way through this song by David Gates from Bread.
22 Mar 1975	Bay City Rollers	Bye Bye Baby	6	1st No 1	Scottish band that dressed in tartan and built up a fanatical teen following. Best-selling single of 1975.
3 May 1975	Mud	Oh Boy	2	3rd & last No 1	Buddy Holly hit from 1958. They had a further 4 Top 10 hits by the end of 1976.
17 May 1975	Tammy Wynette	Stand By Your Man	3	Only No 1	Legendary US country music singer for whom this song became a trade mark.
7 Jun 1975	Windsor Davies & Don Estelle	Whispering Grass	3	Only No 1	Spin-off from the BBC sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum". This pair were the stars.
28 Jun 1975	10 CC	I'm Not In Love	2	2nd No 1	Classic love song and radio play list favourite. They were major stars of the 1970s.
12 Jul 1975	Johnny Nash	Tears On My Pillow	1	Only No 1	Texan who specialised in soft reggae arrangements, and had much success in the UK.
19 Jul 1975	Bay City Rollers	Give A Little Love	3	2nd & last No 1	"Rollermania" had been coined by this time, but by mid-77, it was all over.
9 Aug 1975	Typically Tropical	Barbados	1	Only No 1	Two recording engineers created this reggae dance hit, but became One-hit Wonders. The song, with new words and title made No 1 again in 1999.
16 Aug 1975	Stylistics	Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)	3	Only No 1	Philadelphian satin soul group who charmed the UK with a succession of smooth ballads.
6 Sep 1975	Rod Stewart	Sailing	4	3rd No 1	One of his classic anthems, which returned to No 3 the following year, after use in a tv documentary series.
4 Oct 1975	David Essex	Hold Me Close	3	2nd & last No 1	He was at the height of his popularity at this time. In the 1980s he concentrated on stage musicals.
25 Oct 1975	Art Garfunkel	I Only Have Eyes For You	2	1st No 1	Having separated from Paul Simon, he recorded mostly MOR standards.
8 Nov 1975	David Bowie	Space Oddity	2	1st No 1	He made No 5 with this in 1969. Rick Wakeman provides synthesiser backing.
22 Nov 1975	Billy Connolly	D.I.V.O.R.C.E.	1	Only No 1	Scottish comedian who made this parody of a Tammy Wynette hit.
29 Nov 1975 Xmas No 1	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	9	1st No 1	All-time classic which was accompanied by a video, and was the first No 1 to benefit from tv exposure. In 1991, the record was back at No 1.