just for fun....... the first thing you do in the morning is log on.... you view your job as just another distraction to keep you away from it.
you start looking for career options that might allow you internet access.
you look at all the feet in flip flops on the bus in the morning and think "crumpet would enjoy this".
brin
thanks for breaking the spell .....i'm logging off now... got to go to work (yes on a Saturday morning....much better than door knocking for the Lord Borg)
SnakesInTheTower (of the "bothering people on a Saturday but not for WT" Sheep Class)
district convention they announce n.10 kingdom melodies cd ?
nvr:
This is a must-have!
I've got goosebumps.
I love me some Kingdom Melodies.
So original.
So inspired.
my one word reply: 
SnakesInTheTower (of the "about to vomit" Sheep Class)
we might have the opportunity to move away to a different continent soon.
seems to me a good idea to try and get our record cards out of our local cong.
and make them disappear.
as the thread referenced by jgnat said, dont bother...esp since you are going to another continent (thus another branch).
As for the suggestion on that thread about faking an address of a secretary, dont bother. If you are moving within a circuit, or nearby circuit, someone knows someone...
When I was secretary and someone moved out of state (and many moved out of the hell hole of a congo I was in), they would give me the new secretary name/address. Being the thorough sort, I always called the Society - Service Desk - and verified the secretary information. No one ever tried to pull a fast one like that, but I was the rare one that followed procedure.....
Here is what you could do. Call the Society at Patterson, ask for Service Desk. When you get the service desk, ask for the <state> Desk....choose a state far from either your old congo or your new home. Tell them you are moving to a new congo there and want the nearest KH and would like the name/address/phone number of the secretary so you can get in touch with them before you move there. They will be glad to give it to you, no questions asked. Have the secretary of your old congo send your cards/letters to that KH. Make sure you include an address of where you are moving (just go online and find a house for sale and use that address). Letter goes to congo, they go to address, no YOU, maybe just an empty house, maybe they call old congo, maybe not....might figure you havent moved in yet.... meanwhile, you settle into your new location....ahhhhh... (this only works if no one in your old congo knows where you really went....because:
I cant find the quote from the KM just now, but if you dont request the cards be moved, the secretary could take the initiative and not wait for the request from the new secretary send the cards and a letter ahead of you without you requesting them. If he knows where you are moving to, he can send them to a congo in that city...it would be forwarded if it was the wrong congo....
SnakesInTheTower (of the devious Sheep Class)
oh, when I changed congos, and later became an elder, I removed the letter of introduction with its lies about me from the file....wish I had done that with my last congo...
district convention they announce n.10 kingdom melodies cd ?
i thought that was available last year - sept 06 (although I still havent bothered to get it)
SnakesInTheTower (of the "dont care" Sheep Class)
every now and then i'll drop by e-watchman to see what's up.
the administrator/moderator is throwing people off his board like crazy.
all of the think-tank old timers have moved on.
I never really much cared for e-watchman board
I appreciate the board that Simon and his wife runs here.... I dont bother much with the other boards.... things seem balanced here and the mods are quick to help (thanks Scully, lady lee, ozzie, and jgnat for your recent help on a couple things).
I have wondered on occasion what would happen if Simon just gave this JWD up? I think we'd cry? "Where would we go Lord Simon?"
(any plans on retiring Simon?..please say no )
Long Live JWD
SnakesInTheTower (of the "grateful for this soft landing spot" Sheep Class)
i just bought a bottle of wine for an exjw's 30th that i am about to run off to.
on it there was a great quote by mark twain:.
"twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... explore.
blondie:
No point in poisoning my present
excellent excellent comment as always! as for me.... NO REGRETS since I am moving forward and OUT!...this takes time...but forward...
Before my fade (even while serving as an elder), I went to a 2-yr college and just graduated with a career associates (not using it for now, but I DID IT)...something never encouraged while a super-dub. I probably will continue a couple classes a semester to get a regular transfer associates and then finish a bachelors degree at a 4 yr school..slowly...got student loan to pay off...so this will take time....
maybe take more classes doing what I am interested in... html/web design maybe (tip of the hat to Wanderer on that)...possibly digital photog classes....
Reading more non Borg literature...not dwelling on the past but never forgetting, so as not to slip backwards in my fade out..
SnakesInTheTower (of the "Getting a REAL Education" Sheep Class)
our son is married to a jw girl, and is slowing being sucked into the cult himself.
he knows we appose this organization and have tried to show him the falsehoods of the wts.
my question is: if he has told the elders at his kh about us (that we're against the wts)......do the elders tell him to limit his association with us??
dawg:
Damn right her kindness was an act
I have to disagree dawg (not that I ever disagree with you ). Lavendar's DIL is probably genuine in her efforts to help her MIL to see the Truth. To presume it is an act is really a slap in all of our collective faces as JW's/ex JWs. Did I believe I was being disingenuous when I tried to encourage non-JW relatives/friends? Of course not... I believed I had the "Truth" and was eager to share it (but not force feed) with them...I wanted them to be in Paradise with me...it was not an act.
And if Lavendar's DIL does not see the results that she wants, then the cult-mentality of the Borg will take over and she will indeed start to shorten/suspend her visits to her MIL.
Lavendar:
"sweetness" was just an act, I guess
again, I dont think so.. your DIL (and I technically) are in a mind control cult.. just be there for her and when the shit hits the fan waste matter hits the ventilators you will come out smelling like a rose. Believe me, those of us still in but with doubt will be glad for people like you who are there for us. I have an uncle who is very kind despite the fact I have not had contact hardly at all in my life because of the "association" rule.... give her a chance....dont presume its an act. I just hope your non-JW son sees the light...have a heart to heart with him, alone..but no "either/or" ultimatums..just assure him of your love...
SnakesInTheTower (of the "never an act" Sheep Class)
happy birthday hobo!!
enjoy your special day!
this doesn't have one single calorie...... juni .
(((((hobo)))))
hugs to hobo....by the way...got your PM..... thanks for that...
as to what you said on your public profile... I for one am glad you are here...and am sure others are too.
Anyone who has been a JW (whether they still are or not) belongs here among real friends. yes, there are a few idiots, trolls mostly, but they dont last long...
Hope you stay around and enjoy the comraderie..... oh...and happy B-DAY (oops......a barely active dub said that?!!!... yup...freedom is beautiful)
SnakesInTheTower (of the Pagan Sheep Class)
july 3rd.
are you excited?
if you understood the title, you know what i'm talking about.
I googled that thread title...it comes up about some movie called.....Transformers:The Movie
SnakesInTheTower (of the "whatever" Sheep Class)
i'm new to this forum.
i was raised a jw by 3rd generation witnesses.
most of my relatives are witnesses.
welcome to the board amfree and shell69
amfree: fade if you can...who cares if you are "playing their game" or not? If you want to write a D/A letter, do it. Dont bother with a JC with the BorgElders. They will do whatever is already in their minds...nothing you say will change it....so why bother...
If you have people in you care about, I agree with AK-Jeff on this one:
But there is a body of pretty fine people called Jehovah's Witnesses, the rank and file, that are also trapped in the same cult I was. It was for their sake that I established my exit legally based on my choice, and based on reasons I circulated among them.
well said Jeff... amfree..write a letter to your close friends and family...or do as one brother who was D/F for apostasy in my old congo (i was on his JC sadly)...write a letter to everyone in the congo...and he posted on his blog too...he sent a nice annual update letter to all of us... I appreciated it...
but whatever you do...do it on your terms and who cares what the BorgElders think?
sincerely... SnakesInTheTower (of the "not writin' any letters" Sheep Class)
