greetings, friends:.
my trusty and very old dell died a few days ago; a friend's gift of a toshiba has gotten me here.
fortunately, it uses windows 7 like my old pc.
Windows 7 and it runs perfectly?
My old laptop can still be used, but it's ten years old and has Vista, if it stops running I don't think I could get it repaired, these new computers don't use VIsta anymore or W7. When I turn it on now I have to set the date, it always goes back to 2005 or 6 for some reason.
many years ago, in the congregation i attended at the time, there was a brother who had endured bad health over many years.
as result he underwent a number of operations - a couple being life saving operations.
at one or two circuit assemblies he was interviewed on the platform where he related how he endured ill health.. for me, i felt very uncomfortable listening to his experience and, i actually felt embarrassed for him because i have never been one to speak of any health issues i had, let alone publicise it from the platform.
Jookbeard, your two posts here have me dying laughing, especially the one about the old sister getting baptized in her wheelchair all wrapped in plastic. She was probably senile and out of her mind, which is da troof seemed so attractive to her.
The other "old bag" as you say that had blocks put under chair, what were they for?
with much amusement i read the thread on women parking lot attendants and it got me to thinking about life at home for the average jw.. i believe i am correct in thinking that anything to do with jw-ism requires a penis, except all the leg work (fs & pioneers).
meaning the mic's, talks, etc... but yet the same guy who thinks his wife (or any other woman) is not bright enough to run the sound system for example doesn't mind his wife hauling hay, digging in the yard, managing the checkbook and other various physical jobs as well as jobs that do in fact require a brain larger than that of a gnat?.
let's say a guy is a bit technologically challenged but he can manage the sound system at the kh ok. i imagine he feels proud that he is getting to do this great privilege?
I'm well aware of how the Sister are treated in the congregation, but in the early 1960's we had a sister conduct the "area study" as it was called back then, or the book study, the mtg in certain ones homes usually on a Tuesday night to study one of the publications.
i know of three situations i saw myself.
the first one was when i lived in arcadia.
all the people i use names on are dead and gone so no probs.
We had an elder brother who was on the DL (you couldn't really tell he was gay) but back during the days when AIDS was really rampant, his wife got pregnant with twins, ever since the day they were born they were sickly, they both made to the one year mark, but they died about six months apart. About two years later the wife died. Since some of the wife's family wasn't a JW and new the real deal,we found out they all died of AIDS, and her husband was the one who was the last to die.
So, so many brothers I remember that you could definitely tell they were gay Some of them eventually married, I just wonder what their status is now regarding the JWs and their marriage.
i know of three situations i saw myself.
the first one was when i lived in arcadia.
all the people i use names on are dead and gone so no probs.
I've mentioned the story several times here explaining why I use the name ShirleyW, here, because of so much hypocrisy in da troof. That's the name of one of the sisters in the KH I grew up with who had a "roommate" practically all of their adult lives. They started attending the KH I was in when I was around 9 or 10 years old, they were together until SW's roommate passed away about four or five years ago They were both pioneers when they first moved in together, but then they moved to NY from FL and opened a piano teaching business. I don't know why they were never DF'd. All you had to do was look at the two of them and tell they were a couple, whether their relationship was consummated or not, (there are married folks out there that have never consummated their relationship for whatever reason.)
There were also discussions about them and someone of course always said "well Jehovah will clean up his organization in due time."
how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.
here is an example i was told as a kid:.
the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.
A sister from our hall back in the late 60's went to help where the need was great. Don't know how many other roommates she had but, one mtg night they only had a little bit of money left, so should they buy gas to go to the meeting or by some food, needless to say, they went to the mtg. But when they got back home there was a basket of food and groceries waiting for them!! Oh what a lovely story of how Jah provides for his people !!
My mother used to love to tell that story, but I remember either on this site or another one I read the same story a while back, could've been pertaining to the same group of sisters, but somehow knowing how these crazy stories get around I doubt it.
did you have mentors as a kid?or did you have heroes?did you model yourself after an admired ideal?.
who were they?mine will probably make you giggle.. physically: i wanted to be steve reeves.personality: steve allen was the man.as a writer: ray bradbury was ideal.as a ladies man: rock hudson, cary grant and (don't giggle) sean connery ( james bond.
) intellectually: isaac asimov.
You say don't giggle because I guess you know that two of your mentors as ladies men were known to be men's men at times, although they both married women during their lifetime.
Btw, there is a picture of Cary Grant and I think the other guy is from the Hearst family from back in the 1930's,(I believe the two of them were roommates for a while) on the beach where one is lighting the others cigarette, the photographer must've known what was going on between the two because of the lighting, they are facing profile in a dark light, like you would expect to see a romantic picture of Great Garbo back in the day with her leading man, not to sure but I think the picture was featured in Life Magazine.
hey everyone.... i'm new to this but i would like to run my experience with medical marijuana past you.
i'm 48 years of age and have been in the truth for my whole life.. i suffer from ankylosing spondilitis and have for many many years.
it's a debilitating form of spinal arthritis and the symptoms of this auto-immune disorder affect more than my spine.
When you have a cold or a headache, do you inform the elders that you have taken Advil or Tylenol to relieve the pain? Why did you even tell them something that should be just between you and your Dr.? You sound like a dyed in the wool, uber witness like mother, however, she did not inform the elders of her medications for high blood pressure and arthritis, they were probably on the same meds anyway.
i see that stars are protesting something and to make a point, they go on a hunger strike.
prisoners sometimes are angry over their treatment and decide to stop eating.
some feel laws should be changed and make their point by refusing to eat.. do hunger strikes give you pause?
One person decides not to eat anymore until one of the issues on the planet he doesn't agree with or changed? Who cares.
i think he is.
if you don’t want to put reasons for your yes or no, it’s ok. .
your vote,please?
The reason many Americans like Trump is that they can relate. He’s real.
seriously? SMH
