Posts by ssrriotsquad

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The Beatles - Your Favorite Songs or Albums from Them ?

by flipper in

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folks !

thought i'd start another music thread up to see what your favorite picks are !

one of my all time favorite groups .

ssrriotsquad

Favorite Album

Abbey Road

Why? The absolute top notch polished finishing album (while Let It Be was the last to be released in 1970, Abbey Road was the last album to be finished by the band themselves - Phil Specter had Let It Be in his project shelves) to a wonderful journey that they brought music from its teeny bopper years to those who truly love love music for what it truly is.

Favourite Song

Think For Yourself - Rubber Soul

Why? The lyrics (below) and the fuzz bass.

I've got a word or two
To say about the things that you do
You're telling all those lies
About the good things that we can have
If we close our eyes

Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you

I left you far behind
The ruins of the life that you have in mind
And though you still can't see
I know your mind's made up
You're gonna cause more misery

Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you

Although your mind's opaque
Try thinking more if just for your own sake
The future still looks good
And you've got time to rectify
All the things that you should

Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you

Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you

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JW's are an honest people

by freedomfighter in

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hi anyone been "ripped-off" by witnesses?.

here is my experience:.

was married with my wife 4 mths pregnant, when my father-inlaw ( who was dying of asbestosis ) offered for us to join with them in building a new house.

ssrriotsquad

You should lodge an objection to the will of your FIL, as you have been paying off part of the house in your case 16.67%.

The Family Law courts not only look at the will from your FIL, but will also rule against it as the interest that you had in the share is much more that 1%. Those days ruling form the grave are dead and buried.

It is about fairness and equality. Seek advise from a solicitor to see whether they wish to pursue it. They may advise that it may not be worth there time and effort, but they will know more aboiut the law courts then I do.

While the MIL gets the Lion's share, but since you and your spouse are dependants and inter-dependants with the MIL and FIL, it opens up a new ball game to the equation of who is actually entitled to what.

But your trouble may also come from your wife if she seeks a divorce, as she will get most of your share anyway.

I do not where the answer may lie for you, but I would be seeking professional advice.

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Dead body found behind Assembly Hall

by RR in

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Well, if there is any link between the Assembly Hall and Abbey Road, it has to be Beatles album "Abbey Road".

All songs from the album are used to show the chronological order of events.

The story goes as the following:

The said person was invited to a meeting at the assembly hall where all witnesses Come Together. He then felt Something hit him over his head. It was Brother Maxwell's Silver Hammer. "Oh Darling!" cried out his wife who saw the incident "You killed him!". Maxwell the said "Let's hide him in the Octopus's Garden!" "IWant You over here now brother!" Maxwell called over to the attendant standing near by. "Here Comes The Sun" said the attendant "We better throw him into the river before we are seen to disposing the body. Because they were in a hurry, the attendant said "Due to You Never Give Me Your Money, I'm going to get Brother Sun King and Mean Mr Mustard". Overseeing this was Sister Polythene Pam where She Came In Through The Bathroom Window whom she caught a brother Sun King having a Golden Slumbers ordered him to Carry That Weight of the of the body to the river. "That's The End to that problem" said Her Majesty.

The "said person" may have been named Paul. See the except below from Wikipedia.

From Wikipedia

"Paul is dead" clues

The cover also supposedly contains clues adding to the "Paul is dead" phenomenon: Paul is barefoot, with eyes closed, out of step with the others, and holds a cigarette in his right hand, though he is left handed, and the car number plate "LMW 281F" (when read as '28 if') supposedly referred to the fact that McCartney would be 28 years old if he were still alive. (McCartney was actually 27 when the picture was taken). "LMW" is said to stand for "Linda, My Wife," "Linda McCartney, Widow," or "Linda McCartney Weeps".

The four Beatles on the album cover, according to the "Paul is Dead" myth, represent the priest (John, dressed in white), the undertaker (Ringo in a black suit), the corpse (Paul, in a suit but barefoot—like a body in a casket), and the gravedigger (George, in jeans and a denim work shirt).

On the back of the LP cover, there is a series of dots before the word "Beatles", which resemble a "3" when connected. This is a hint at the fact that there are only three Beatles left.

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Favorite Quotes

by Abandoned in

i love inspirational quotes.

i read through them from time to time and i always feel better after sharing the thoughts of yesterday and today's greatest minds.

"if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.

ssrriotsquad

A friend told me of a proverb that he found ( there were alot of false stories going through the congregation about him) and I also found to be very true.

"A person who slings mud is losing ground."

But my friend later added to this proverb some years later (after the truth was found out),

"Once the person has dug a hole with the mud that he has thrown at you, you then bury him with with his own mud!"

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Weirdest People you've met while Witnessing!!! {Nut cases}

by Witness 007 in

i once called on a guy who invited us straight in...then told us he was "lazarus son of god.

" he had a cazy look in his eye, and would repeat this line every few minutes.

the brother with me was trying to "reason from the scriptures" that he in fact could not be lazarus...i just wanted to leave.

ssrriotsquad

While a few of us teens were out fishing after sunday afternoon FS during summer, one of my mates said "You are not going to believe what I saw."

"What did you see?" One of us said.

"You know that house that had all the cool cars parked in the driveway?" He continued.

"Yeah"

"When Brother So&so was doing the door, the woman at the door only opened the door slightly to pop her head through to talk to him. I happened to be on the side of the door that allowed me to look inside the house. I can see that she was wearing a short silk dressing gown. Man she was hot!. Anyway I happened to see even further inside and there were some people naked in the lounge room having an sex."

"Man, your lucky. Was the much noise? You know, with what they are doing?"

"They had the stereo up loud enough. Brother So&so had trouble hearing her and asked if she was busy entertaining. She said "yes". She then saw me looking inside and smiled at me and she opened the door even more to see inside. Man I couldn't believe what I seen with my own eyes. There were people everywhere in the house naked having sex."

I'll think I'll leave it at that. Man we were jealous of him, he was about the only guy that got to see half naked women at the doors. When we did the territory, I think that most of use guys were trying arrange the doors for us to do the doors that he encountered those glorious visions.

As Robert Palmer said, "Some guys get all the luck."

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Things to NEVER say to or Do with a jw...........

by nomoreguilt in

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friends

i'll start with "never do business with a jw".

they will take advantage of you, "but brother".

they will use your good credit, your good name, and then beg off on any deal you might have had, legal or on their word........................whose next?.

ssrriotsquad

Hello

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Your Cong = Which Songs or Band were "Demonic?" Did you toss albums?

by Witness 007 in

let me start = "kiss" stood for knights in satans service, "ac/dc" was anti-christ devils children.

"hotel california" was demonic who knew!

"yummy yummy yummy i've got love in my tummy.

ssrriotsquad

I loved Rythmn and Blues. There were alot of us young ones that like it too, even an elderly elder's wife. She could quote them of by heart too, especially to really old stuff. There was one brother that was also really into it like myself and but he especially liked the "heavier stuff". When we use to have busy bees at our KH, he'll have the car stereo going full blast while we worked outside, or even inside the hall (especially when no elder's were around he’ll play the raunchier stuff). One time during a working bee an elder came up and said for us to turn it off. The brother turned around and said "What's wrong with John Lee Hooker?" The elder said "This is not the time and place for it. Turn it off." The brother replied "What about if I put on Beethoven or Tchaikovsky for you?" "Anything other than that rubbish!" replied the elder. So the brother puts on another tape which was classical of some sort (I don't know who) which blasted out something that of a marching tune. "You like this?" "That's much better" The brother just turned to him and said "You are a hypocrite. You like listening to a orchestra piece that’s playing out a battle between the Russians and the French. And you are complaining our music not being appropriate?" He then returns to the car and changes back the tape to JLH. He was a wiz when it came to things like that.

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The real story: Is your congregation stagnant, dwindling or thriving?

by truthseeker in

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with the 2007 service year stats out one could be forgiven for thinking that wt's problems are over, the child abuse settlement an itch in their bethel backside and the blood issue a minor annoyance.. if the truth were known, it is probably that more often than not, congregations are in decline, attendance is poor and few new recruits are not already jw family members.. so, if you know how your congregation is doing, if you have the pulse of your hall, let us know.. .

my congregation (which shall remain nameless).

dwindling attendance at all meetings (around 80%).

ssrriotsquad

The congregation that I am in is ever-changing, as people usually come and go very regulary. So there was no means or standards to judge by (other than the ratio of meeting attendance with publishers which usually stays the same 95% for most meetings). You had your stayers (usually the old folk), but alot of families come and go. Some came from the outside, and others went to the outside. One year we would have 100+ and another year was 80+ and the following year vice-versa.

However, a friend (which I happened to bump into a DC a year ago after not seeing him for about 10 years) had reported that the congregation that he is in, they were originally 70+ for a rural town with 5 elders and 5 MS's went in a short space of time down to 35 publishers and 3 elders and 1 MS, and then went down to 20+ publishers with only 1 elder and 1 MS. They ended up having to use elders/MS's from nearby rural congregations (about 45mins drive in any direction) to help with their meeting parts. I don't know if they are still doing it though.

This was due to one family that I happen to know of (and he knew of them too as we had run-ins with them at CA's in our youth) moved into his congregation and absolutely ripped the heart out of it. I never been to his congregation, but my friend said it was one of the best congregations around (and he has been to quite a few), very relaxed and they had heaps of fun - even more relaxed then the one that we grew up in. They moved in, it just went straight to hell. People just couldn't put up with them and their antics and just moved out to nearby congregations while most of them still work in the area. The only increase they had were from DF's ones being re-instated. It ended up that the CO had to recommmended that this elder stand down for the benefit of the congregation. Which he did and then they started getting the other congregations to help them out. (But as long he and his family stays there, that congregation will never get back up on its feet).

The ironic thing is, the congregation that this family left, virtually doubled in one week. My second-cousin lived in a neighboring congregation that used the same hall and they had the biggest BBQ party ever between all the congs that shared that hall. (I think the entire circuit did too). The other congregations that used the same hall attendance fell by the same amount of congregation that rose. Mainly because there were many of those that lived in that congregations area but went to the others meetings.

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The longest prayer ever ...

by Vivamus in

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the memory of this just popped back into my mind.. i was at a 3 day congress, and the ending prayer was said by this really old brother.

he was one of the survivors of wo ii concentration camps were he was put for being a jw.. anyway, the poor man started his prayer with thanking jah, and then he recalled every piece and play of the three day congress.

i bet the man had written his prayer on paper and rehersed it each day adding a new 15 minutes to it ... he even mentioned a part where a witness lady replayed an incident on the street - she gave witness to by-standers - and one of the people she talked to had a stuffed dog.

ssrriotsquad

While most concluding prayers are majority the longest, but at one DC at Warwick Farm Racecourse late 80's - early 90's, the brother doing the OPENING PRAYER went for 17 minutes and 38 seconds and this was for a Friday morning. One of my mates timed it - he was notorious for his very long prayers. The saddest bit was the lunch session was cut 30 mins shorter because most of the morning talks went overtime. Then the afternoon went overtime again by 35 minutes due to some stupid experiences. I hated that day. I thought skipping would have been great. I should've went to school.

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WOULD WOMEN MAKE GOOD ELDERS?

by Dansk in

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friends

i've come to love and cherish much of the wisdom that emanates from the dear ladies of this forum and believe watchtower boobed in making all women subservient to the men.

so, do you think women would make good elders?.

ian.

ssrriotsquad

I always thought that elders wives were the "Elders". What does the scriptures say? God is the head of Christ, Christ is the head of Man, Man is the head of Woman. But the Woman is the neck of the body amd she turms the Head where-ever she wants.