Posts by ShirleyW

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What does it take to qualify for cart/trolley work?

by Londo111 in

if memory serves me, when it was first introduced elders had to fill out a form to grade a jw, and only those who made the grade could do the carts.. i didn’t realize until sir82 said something on another discussion that the process had changed.. what is the process nowadays?

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ShirleyW

Wait a minute, is the same thing required for just knocking on doors or doing street work? I was a born in so since childhood I was always taken out in FS, but for a person studying for a while does the same apply, or you have to be an extra special kind of "uber witness smug" to sit in front of a cart and verbally tear apart the others in the Cong as the people on the street just walk by and don't pay any attention at all?

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The coordinator of cong visited me last night

by Chook in

he ran into me a work and asked could he come , i said only if you're by yourself and don't wear company garb.

3 hours later and i might as well talked to myself.

i used every illustration and persuasive argument.

ShirleyW

Coordinator? Some more new light obviously, I have no idea what a Cong Coordinator is, is that the lowest rung on the ladder for elders or something? Btw, haven't been to a meeting since the mid 80's

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How many remember the 1969 8 day convention?

by seek2find in

anybody remember the 8 day 1969 international convention.

i was at the braves stadium in atlanta all 8 days with a sunburn and then wet clothes after the rain storms.

if you were there (not necessarily in atlanta) do you remember anything about it?

ShirleyW

I remember that CC, the kickoff meeting to find lodging for the visitors

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The saddest song of all time?

by Bad_Wolf in

i would pick this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2w6oxx0kq.

i don't know how so many are happy or fine if thinking this life is it.

haven't lost parents yet, but when with them, sometimes i'll think of this song.

ShirleyW

Oh, as for Bobby Goldsboro and Honey I remember that song too, I think it was about his wife dying?

Btw, in Goldsboro the one that sang one of the most hokey, silly songs of all time, "Watching Scotty Grow"? I wonder how old little Scotty is now? About 48 or 49,I'd guess, and is he still called Scotty.

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The saddest song of all time?

by Bad_Wolf in

i would pick this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2w6oxx0kq.

i don't know how so many are happy or fine if thinking this life is it.

haven't lost parents yet, but when with them, sometimes i'll think of this song.

ShirleyW

I was in Junior High School when Cats in the Cradle came out but really couldn't stand Harry Chapin's music (American Pie, ugh) so really didn't pay attention to the lyrics. On an episode of The Middle Mike recites the lyrics to Axel when he wants to go out instead of staying home with family. Mike (Neil Flynn) you could tell was trying not to cry, had no idea the words to that song were so moving, yet true in so many families

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Can JWs vote?

by NikL in

i finally found the questions from readers i was looking for.. from nov 1, 1999 wt .

it says.... questions from readershow do jehovah’s witnesses view voting?there are clear principles set out in the bible that enable servants of god to take a proper view of this matter.

however, there appears to be no principle against the practice of voting itself.

ShirleyW

I don't know who the poster was but going back 10 years someone posted from the Awake back in either 1961 or 62 the exact page in the Bound Volume where it says witnesses can vote, I even showed it to my mother since she had a library of the Bound Volumes going back to the early 60's. I hope someone here knows where to find it, it says yes they can vote'

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Is 1975 explicitly written in old publications ?

by SlappySlap in

i've been hearing about 1975 for decades but i've never found a publication where this date is explicitly written.. do somebody have references ?.

ShirleyW

SlappySlap . . . . I just like saying SlappySlap

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What woke you up?

by MrRoboto in

for me, i think it was just the right time as i was starting to wake up on other fronts as well (anyone who had went through these will know what i mean).

but it started when i was looking for what info goes on a publisher card, which led to me reading one person's story (ex bethelite) which was pretty crazy to an all-in jw but who trusts those apostates...?.

then i started watching videos on cults, as if my subconscious was trying to tell my concord mind something... when i saw a particular one about a young man in lds getting ready to start their 2 year preaching campaign, including a school, social activities etc, i realized that i couldn't tell the difference between the folks of this mormon cult and the jws (save for some religious differences) .

ShirleyW

I was a born-in, but never bought into it, they way I was treated by my the majority of my peers in the Cong, never being invited to the teenage gatherings, etc.,but the sentence below from NoviceLocs14 makes my blood just boil:

The elders, unsatisfied with me not returning their correspondence, looked up the number to my new job and proceeded to call my job several times a week

I would've cursed them all out and reported them for harassment, how do these assholes think they're so high an mighty !!

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Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...

by _Morpheus in

had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.

ShirleyW

Phoebe - I was looking for the platform and flowers, remember years back people could buy the flowers after the convention

I remember in the 60's and 70's they used to give them away for free !!

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7 day conventions?

by HereIgo in

did any of you attend the old school week long conventions?

i have heard stories and it seems like these were mostly in the 70's and 80's before my time.

i couldn't imagine.

ShirleyW

My mother was baptized at the 1958 Assembly which was held at the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium

I was at the 1969 Yankee Stadium Assembly, wasn't that the last seven or eight day assembly?

Does anybody here remember the Assembly that was held in Washington DC in either 67' or '68, which was just four days, but the kicker is the toilets were not working for all four days. The restroom were open, but they were all flooded to the top and I'm sure I don't have to say anything else. I think today that wouldn't be allowed for any venue to be opened if they didn't have proper bathroom facilities, because remember, back then they still served food at the assemblies. I was just about nine or 10, so didn't bother me much,but just think of the women and small kids.