i just read on facebook terry, aka orangefatcat has passed.. i met her at the blow out apostafest in toronto years ago.
she was a bigger than life character in person with a great sense of humor as well as always with a kind word and positive message on facebook.. rip terry.💔😞.
Dagney
I was just coming out of JW at that Apostafest, where I met OFC, you, and many others.
Terry was a cool character and a genuinely nice human.
I also seen hers son's announcement about his mom on her mom's FB page.
Rest easy Terry.
Snakes (Rich )
time for this month's patreoff!
the fat one's numbers seem to be leveling off a bit, but we all know someone with his gravitational pull can't keep up momentum for long.. i made up another chart and used 356 for april because that's where he was on the 2nd.
also, this time last year was when he put out his "things are bad and i don't just mean what i look like naked" video and got a +187 bump.
333
Bloat Boy is still around? Doing what?
Snakes ( )
https://youtu.be/-yvykw37rzo?si=vwokohrdq2b53fmh.
by now, it should be painfully obvious that we live in a post tonny morris era where the floods of organizational changes have become possible and a new version of the religion, some have called it warchtower 2.0 is emerging with a soft approach to disfellowshipping practices across the board for all those sinners.
nevertheless 3 groups of people will still be targeted for harsh excommunication, we know the first two well :csa perpetrators and apostates.
Two words: CARLYLE, ILLINOIS.
IYKYK.
This type of behavior tore that congregation apart. They Society sent 2 MTS grads in 2002 to assist. A 3rd was there briefly and stirred the pot and was exposing more before leaving for health reasons.
Snakes ( )
for those still interested in lloyd's fall from grace, i made up a chart of my own.
april 2023 is when he put out his "things are bad" tin cup begging video, and he got a small surge to 592 on the 13th of that month.
i'm also using his all-time peak of 897 from november 2022.. for march, we're gonna say a modest -15, putting him at 352. i'm also curious as to when he might hit 300 and then 200. if he keeps up with an average of -20 every month, he'll be at less than 190 before the end of this year.. happy guessing everyone..
333, because it is half of 666.
Snakes
a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .
they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .
this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.
In the mid 90s I ran a bus tour to Brooklyn Bethel, Stanley Theater, WT Farms, quick peek at Paterson, then quick stop at Niagra Falls, Canada, finally Toronto Bethel.
I remember, pre internet I used the recommended WT Tour hotel list. I got 1 free room night for every 15 room nights booked, plus a free room for the bus driver. Seems common to offer this to tour operators.
I used a couple free rooms for my mom and I, plus another friend who worked to organize it. My trip was free. I only charged $200 per person for the trip, hotel and bus (4 to a room), $300 pp for 2 to a room. Breakfast included. Everything else on you.
I spread some savings from the freebies to lower the cost so some who couldn't normally afford it could. I didn't lose money.
I do realize now how little we got to see in Niagra Falls on the tour compared to last year when our family went for 3 days. So glad I'm out of the cult, but I do have some good memories of the tour.
Snakes
i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
BTTT
I found this thread in a Google search for some names from my JW past.
That sister from my reply. Last I heard, still single.
I often wonder about an old friend at Bethel. Todd Nunes. He was from Springfield, IL. Was in Brooklyn in laundry, then tape duplication, then electronics of some sort at Paterson or WTF. I cannot imagine he is still there.
Snakes
put in your bets as to where you think lard i mean lloyd evans will land after december's drop in his patrons.
in september he started at 457 patrons, did his whiny begging fest and peaked at 478, but then dropped down to 439 at the beginning of october.
as of this moment (nov. 6), he's at 427 paid members.. so, where do you think he'll be on december 2nd?
420. Just because.
I think people will be too busy to be bothered to sign up or stop supporting him.
https://youtu.be/xcgyp-h60xk?si=tvojbxouldf9jxwp.
governing body member samuel herd gives a symposium talk: love for jehovah in modern times at the 2023 annual meeting of jehovah's witnesses.
at the 11 minute mark of the symposium, we meet (100 year old) brother david buettell and his ( 98 year old wife) phylis.
That Herd fuc@er is still around?
Him and Lett can kiss my pale white ass, they caused me alot of trouble personally.
Snakes
so everyone knows the “big news” of this past weekend, no more reporting of hours, placements, return visits, etc.
beginning november 1, jws just tick a box indicating whether they “shared in any form of the ministry during the month”.. so there was a brief comment by a redditor that seems like a brief joke “throwaway comment” but after thinking about it….why not?.
the idea is, what is “any form of the ministry”?
As FFGhost said, "It is now has always been an utterly meaningless designation."
There, fixed it.
Snakes (of the "Never Turning in Time Again" Sheep Class)
come join the fun and place your bets for how many patrons lloyd evans will lose for september 2023. .
this month, we start the count at today's tally, 487. we'll check his stats on september 4th (to allot for the weekend after the 1st) and see who gets the closest.
your prize is bragging rights for a full month!.
Put me down for 9. I hope it's 486.
Snakes
