i have put in my final day at this year's test of posterior endurance---saturday at the district convention, 2001. i took quite a few notes today, because some had specifically asked about saturday's program.
i hope all will be suitably edified by them.
do not just listen to bits and pieces of the program, but to the whole thing.
LMR:
Thank you again.
It's interesting how they have released a book rehashing the ministry school a full year before it becomes available. Is that desperation, or what?
As for the rest, same old same old. Whips thrashing and flailing as the slaves near collapse. To use a WT phrase: how sad.
Logical: How can the history of Coventry be boring when it includes Lady Godiva?
Expatbrit
today, here in houston, the district convention was closed due in thanks to tropical storm allison.
talk about an act of god.
haha.
It was indeed more than a few drops of rain. Here's a few pics.: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=+tropical+storm+Allison&c=news_photos
vsecret: any news on your sister?
Expatbrit
g'day mates.. i've been walking about the outback of the internet, to see if i can locate the wb&ts of australia's financial statements.. i've located a source, unfortunately i'm now stumped, since the source is only available to people located in australia.. if you are interested in following this up and getting the financial statements, let me know and i'll e-mail you instructions.. two things: you will require a fax machine to receive the goods, and a small payment will be necessary to an "information broker".. expatbrit
Jan:
You have mail.
Expatbrit
elders: comfort the depressed souls not .
sister hurting was going through some difficult times, both physically and emotionally.
she sought professional medical help.
Amazing:
Yet another hideous case. But thank you for putting the happy ending!
Expatbrit
i now realize that the reason i left was because i just couldn't deal with all the important issues: http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/forum22/html/000161.html.
expatbrit
I now realize that the reason I left was because I just couldn't deal with all the important issues: http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/Forum22/HTML/000161.html
Expatbrit
g'day mates.. i've been walking about the outback of the internet, to see if i can locate the wb&ts of australia's financial statements.. i've located a source, unfortunately i'm now stumped, since the source is only available to people located in australia.. if you are interested in following this up and getting the financial statements, let me know and i'll e-mail you instructions.. two things: you will require a fax machine to receive the goods, and a small payment will be necessary to an "information broker".. expatbrit
G'day mates.
I've been walking about the outback of the internet, to see if I can locate the WB&TS of Australia's financial statements.
I've located a source, unfortunately I'm now stumped, since the source is only available to people located in Australia.
If you are interested in following this up and getting the financial statements, let me know and I'll e-mail you instructions.
Two things: you will require a fax machine to receive the goods, and a small payment will be necessary to an "information broker".
Expatbrit
i have a problem with the whole beginning of the bible.. if i was an angel of god, and i was only exposed to really positive ways of life, god was 100% positive.. the last thing i would think about is turning my back on him.. where did lucifer get his negative way of thinking from???.
surely, if you are in god's company, it's gonna rub off on you that being nice is the way of life!!!.
it does not make sense that he should turn into the absolute evil that he is!!!!.
JW72:
Like much of the bible, the first chapters of Genesis are myth.
Once I recognized this, all of the inconsistencies, impossible happenings, contradictions and sheer stupidity of the stories became explainable, and without jumping through hoops and involving the supernatural to do so.
The fundamentals are mythical storytelling. Acknowledging this soothed my throbbing brain.
Expatbrit
found this on one of the jw sites a couple of years back .... just came across it again and just had to share it with you all ... the mind boggles!!!!!.
pioneering and the new system.
we were sitting around, relaxing in the wonderful spring weather.
If it weren't for the angels and Jehovah directing Brother Clarke to speak to me that day, I'd be just another one of those who were spread as fertilizer among the fields by the animals."
he suddered to think that living organisms could have ever been so heartless and cruel.
Says it all really, doesn't it?
Expatbrit
city loses big convention .
by bill johnson, special to the daily record.
wash your car, it will rain.
Here's another follow up article, with some naff hypocritical comments by the WT guy.
From http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/060601/bus_6362187.html
City takes hit by losing two major conventionsBy Moshay Simpson
Times-Union business writerJust when the conventions and tourism community was looking to pick up a full head of steam with the arrival of the Adam's Mark hotel in March, two major conventions are making tracks out of town.
The Watchtower Society of the Jehovah's Witnesses and Cheerleaders of America left the city for Tampa and Orlando, respectively. The departures are a multi-million-dollar hit to the local economy.
The Watchtower Society, which has met in Jacksonville for the past 20 years, could not see eye-to-eye with the Jacksonville Coliseum management over this year's rent. The Cheerleaders of America left for spatial reasons.
The cheerleading organization, which brought 6,000 cheerleaders in March, told the convention bureau that the Prime Osborn Convention Center could no longer suit its needs after 12 years, said Kitty Ratcliffe, director of the Jacksonville & the Beaches, Florida Conventions & Visitors Bureau.
"Both of those are high-impact conventions," Ratcliffe said. "That loss is going to be felt keenly downtown."
Ratcliffe said despite the bureau's best efforts to keep Watchtower in town, the group left because SMG, the Coliseum's management company, raised prices for parking, cleaning and police traffic monitoring by $19,000.
The Jacksonville Tourism Development Council was willing to foot that bill to keep the convention in town, as well as pick up the Coliseum's $18,000 rent, she said.
"We have to be economical," said Gerald Grizzle, who organizes Watchtower's 189 national conventions. "We can't pay a lot for the building."
Bob Downey, general manager of SMG, said the Watchtower group has been paying far below market value, compared to other religious groups, such as Promise Keepers, which is here this weekend, and Word of Jesus Christ, which is coming in August.
Promise Keepers will bring 19,000 conventioneers to the Coliseum over two days, he said.
"It's not our job to subsidize one group over another," Downey said.
According to Watchtower estimates, the organization brought more than 16,000 people to the city and generated about $5 million in revenue for local businesses in 2000.
Ultimately, Grizzle said, they left the city on principle. He said they would consider returning if the prices were reduced. The loss of the Watchtower convention, which spans two weekends in July and draws 16,000 people, is especially painful to hotels downtown.
"July and August are the slowest times of the year." John Remmer, Omni hotel general manager, said. "When you lose a group like [Watchtower], I don't know what you do."
Remmer said the convention was a lock to fill 700 rooms at his hotel.
The conventions bureau estimates the Watchtower convention generated $1 million in direct spending on hotels and restaurants, while the cheerleading event brought $2.7 million in direct expenditures to the city.
Ratcliffe said the bureau is working on getting another cheer group into the vacated March slot to offset Cheerleaders of America's departure but has nothing to fill in July.
The city will not be able to get Watchtower back for at least two years, she said. Cheerleaders of America back will not return until a larger convention center is built.
A call to the cheerleader organization was not returned yesterday.
at work i had this discussion with some of my buds, ..... what is the thing about the british, and irish, with drinking warm beer?
or at least room temperature?.
when i've done that, it dont do anything for me.
I feel qualified to comment here, having imbibed much of the culture of both sides of the Atlantic.
Ice-cold North-American beers are perfect for hot North-American summers. I never drink dark beers during hot weather. And these beers taste like piss if they get even slightly warm.
On the other hand, a nice "warm" British beer hits the spot perfectly on a chilly evening. Chill these beers, and you lose the lovely complex flavours.
Both are good in their own way. So don't fall into the trap of "one is better than the other"! Enjoy both, and lots of 'em!
Just on a supplementary note: Canadian beers beat the tar out of American beers, any day. And don't give me any back-chat, Americans. I wont take it from a people who put ice in a single malt.
Expatbrit, encouraging intercultural appreciation
