Posts by SnakesInTheTower

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JWs and 9-11. What was your reaction when it happened?

by kairos in

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it was shocking.. all these years later, i found myself crying for the dead for the first time..

SnakesInTheTower

If I recall correctly, I was getting ready to go out in field service (ugh). It would have been shortly before 8 am central time US. I had the news on in the background when something caught my attention. At that point the first plane had hit but not the second and no one on the news knew exactly what was going on. By then cameras were trained on the towers live, so I watched as the second plane hit a few minutes later.

At that point I knew I was not going anywhere except watch tv. It looked like a little model airplane because the scale did not make sense. The horror that it was a full size airliner was scary.

I also remember all of those people trapped above where the planes hit, they could go nowhere. But up or out...and some did...and that was surreal. People holding hands as they jumped to their deaths. I have heard they likely died of shock or heart attack on the way down....but who knows.

I also remember 10 years earlier running a tour to bethel. One of the places we went was WTC. I still have a series of pictures taken from the observation deck of the NYC skyline, pieced together manually. A never again to be gotten picture. And as I watched as the towers collapsed, I thought I could have been there and trapped. And this in a day when cell phones were not as ubiquitous as they are now.

I cannot imagine how much video would be out there now, people live streaming on FB before they died... but this was just a few years before that even started.

As for my JW mindset ....I did not think this was the start of the Big A... or anything like that.... I did not know what to think. I never did really believe deep down it was the truth, but that I was supposed to believe it was the truth. I left JW 6 years later..... and glad my mind is free of that.

May the families of those gone and those still suffering health effects have peace in their lives. They will never be the same.

Snakes (Rich)

PS... thank goodness JW dot borg and its broadcasting BS were not around...can you imagine Rubber Face Lett having a fu&king orgasm over that?

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60 MB Broadband (cable) Internet...do we really need it that fast?

by SnakesInTheTower in

through work, i received a copy of a news release from the local cable company.

that cable company is headed to bankruptcy but until then business as usual.

(kinda like the illinois governor...just keeps going even though doomed).. my question is...do residential customers really need internet to be that fast?

SnakesInTheTower

Oh my....how times have changed. I resurrected this old thread, found it looking for something else. I now have 60 mg, wish I had more. I am jealous of those who have gigabit fiber service.

Snakes

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First time

by Deke in

good evening all, this is my first time posting.. been reading and following for two years.

my story will come soon.... but i want to say to all, thanks for all the meaningful, intellectual, honest, and insightful words!!

it’s been an interesting 48 years of service to an organization!

SnakesInTheTower

Deke.. congrats. Your story gives me hope. My mom is still a JW after....yep....

48 years. .... 1970 must have been a banner year for baptisms. She was baptised in Alaska.

Snakes (Rich)

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This is a Masterpiece of writing as an example of properly breaking bad news

by TerryWalstrom in

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friends

what follows is a masterpiece of writing.

this is how to present bad news and make it palatable.____from a college coed to her parents___.

dear mother and dad:.

SnakesInTheTower

But an A in Creative Writing

Snakes

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Go Bags, Safe houses and cartoon of two kids.

by scruffmcbuff in

i have been out a good 10+ years and until recently didnt pay much attention to what the jehovahs are up to.. why have they taken this turn with the bunker videos and making all the brainwashed people like my parents pack a go bag.

now let me just clarify.

im a military man i believe everyone should have an element of preparedness canned goods,bottled water and a bug out bag is a great addition ( ill stop waffling on about that now).. but what concerns me is the fact they are advising elderly people to bug out.

SnakesInTheTower

Elder's phone numbers? Hell try calling them NOW for a Shepherding Call (tm), see how quickly they respond.

Most of my fellow elders couldn't be bothered to help those in need, the elderly, sick, single moms....unless they could reciprocate. There were good men that were exceptions, but they burned out and quit.

Another reason I am glad I am not part of that madness now.

Snakes

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No new releases? How are the r&f taking this?

by purrpurr in

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is it true that there's been no new releases at this summer's convention?

if so it will be the first convention in decades perhaps ever to not produce at least a new tract.. how are the r&f explaining this to eachother?

surely they must have noticed the absence?

SnakesInTheTower

I went to the international in 06 in Hamburg Germany. Instead of reinvigorating me, it had the opposite effect.

I was emotionally and physically drained. Took a year to pay off that credit card.

I left the Borg in 07.

I see 12 years later Jehoober's Chariot lumbers on.

Snakes

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Jehovah's Witness woman killed on the way to convention

by StoneWall in

just saw this news story that was shared by one of my family on facebook.sad that she lost her life to an attempted car jacking.https://abc7chicago.com/3773297/.

SnakesInTheTower

Maybe have a spare handbag with a few bucks and other odds and ends to toss at a hijacker. All they want is money. Hide the real deal.

This always concerns me. I am a medical courier and sometimes am in bad areas...East St. Louis, IL, parts of north St. Louis Mo, city and county. But even in so called better areas I drive, there have been carjackings.

Reminds me I shouldn't just jump out and leave the car open.

Snakes

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Revised NWT in French released yesterday

by careful in

https://www.jw.org/en/whats-new/revised-nwt-released-french/ .

it looks like it may only be available electronically, that is, no printed version(?)..

is the german next?.

SnakesInTheTower

Gorbatchov12 hours agoIn Holland only active publishers got a hardcopy of the silver sword.
We didn't. No problem.
G.

Just go to a convention and palm one off a seat when no one is looking. lol

Jk... why go to a convention.

Snakes

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Accounts report at Circuit Assemblies to go away

by LevelThePlayingField in

i was at the regional convention and asked an elder why is that at the assemblies their is an accounts report but not at the conventions?

he said, well actually they got a letter and in it said that in a little while they will do away with the accounts report stating how much the assembly costs for the weekend and just go to donation basis like at the conventions.. my first thought was, "they will donate even less now.".

anybody else hear about such a thing?.

SnakesInTheTower

Washtowel...

LMAO. oh how I have missed reading your rants WTWizard I guess I just miss them

Snakes

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LEAK: Convention Overseer Guidlines (63 pages)

by Fay Dehr in

https://1drv.ms/b/s!amcrvjcxi6m6gqs1dzkwdgsi41qx.

SnakesInTheTower

It was like watching a car wreck, which I seen today. You know you shouldn't, but you keep on watching.

Yes, I speed read the whole thing. I had read an older version while attending (the now defunct) MTS in 2002. I had forgotten how nitpicky it was. Some of the newer things on videos, etc. was interesting. I see they are desperate to get younger talent involved as the old timers age out.

I do not miss it one bit.

Snakes