Posts by bluesbreaker59

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Not At Home.

by Blueblades in

jw
friends

remember when we listed all the not at home doors when we were out in service?

what did you do with your list?

we use to give it to the one taking the lead on that day.

bluesbreaker59

I never, ever, once in my life, kept a "call book", ridiculous...

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Did you use to believe that all the annoited ones contributed information

by troubled mind in

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friends

when i was little there were several elderly ones in our hall that were of the annointed class .

i was lead to believe that they sent in surveys of a sort to the society regularly.

about their opinoins on theocratic matters .i was told that they ,all the annointed, contributed material to the magazines .

No I was born in the early 80's, raised a Dub, and realized by the time I was maybe 8, that the whole thing was run by a group of men in New York. I always just thought the annointed was a sham, I never believed it, especially after meeting a few of them.

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Did you ever 'Turn Someone In' to the elders? Do you regret it now?

by AK - Jeff in

jw
friends

i am not proud of that, for i know the pain i caused someone as i look back.. i turned in 4 people for 'gross sins' over my tenure as a jw.

i wish i could take it back now.

were these people guilty of 'sin' as defined by the wts?

bluesbreaker59

I did only once, because I was going to go down, because one of my friends stabbed me in the back, and blackmailed me into stabbing two others, so I did. It humbled that kid, and I never admitted to sleeping with my girlfriend to anyone, though her parents and mine both knew, which is why we were forced into a marriage. Now 7 years and one shitty marriage and a divorce later, I have no regrets. All the friends in this story are still good friends of mine, and we are all out of the borg.

I tried like hell to get my ex DF'd for cheating on me, but she lied her way out of that.

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What sort of a witness were you?

by brinjen in

i'm talking door to door service work here.

were you the kind who would insist on getting a conversation at ever door?

or where you (like me) the kind who would take a "not interested" as an excuse to get the hell out of the householders face?

bluesbreaker59

I was the type that never went out, or if I RARELY did, I would ask to do RV's with family, I would read to my drummer's kids or my little cousins out of the Bible story book, or if it was "door to door street pounding", then I would employ the three step system:

1. Work by yourself

2. Quiet, inaudible knock

3. Walk very slowly to the next door, perhaps fake an injury to foot, knee or leg, or complain of the heat or cold.

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Whiskey and bourbon preferences?

by bluesbreaker59 in

jw
friends

looks like a few of you on here might enjoy brown liquor as much as i, so i thought i'd ask.

neat, on the rocks, with water, with soda?.

my top 5 faves:.

bluesbreaker59

Any cigars you guys suggest for the "beginner"??? I've always felt that a nice cigar would really complete things, but I'm totally uneducated on those.

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Whiskey and bourbon preferences?

by bluesbreaker59 in

jw
friends

looks like a few of you on here might enjoy brown liquor as much as i, so i thought i'd ask.

neat, on the rocks, with water, with soda?.

my top 5 faves:.

bluesbreaker59

Is Makers really higher in your area? Here Makers is 23.99 for a fifth and Jack is usually at least 19.99, but usually 21.99.

HOWEVER, for the BIG GUY, its 49.99 for Makers and 41.99 for Jack, so then its a little worse.

I really don't enjoy straight Old No. 7, at least not when I'm totally sober, i'll do it on the rocks, but I still prefer some soda with mine. When I've already had 3 or 4 really strong whiskey drinks, then I'll usually just start drinking from the bottle. I've finished fifths of Jack many times in one sitting, and I finished a liter on a couple occasions!!! Makers Mark on the rocks though, now THAT is a drink!!!

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Whiskey and bourbon preferences?

by bluesbreaker59 in

jw
friends

looks like a few of you on here might enjoy brown liquor as much as i, so i thought i'd ask.

neat, on the rocks, with water, with soda?.

my top 5 faves:.

bluesbreaker59

Looks like a few of you on here might enjoy brown liquor as much as I, so I thought I'd ask. Also how do you like it? Neat, on the rocks, with water, with soda?

My top 5 faves:

1. Jack Daniels 1954 - neat always, this is GREAT whiskey

2. Makers Mark - rocks, or with soda (I drink this the most anymore)

3. Jack Single Barrell - rocks

4. Woodford's Reserve - rocks or with 7 up

5. Jack Daniels - with coke, or with 7 up (this was my favorite,"everyday" whiskey, but Makers moved ahead of it)

I really dislike Jim Beam, and their "family" Knob Creek, etc. I do still want to try Booker's, to see if I can handle it.

I have a special place in my heart for Crown, and Crown Reserve, and I do also enjoy Southern Comfort and 7 UP, even though Southern is considered a liquer, being that its whiskey blended with spices and apricot flavorings.

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ADVICE PLEASE. No lit for ex-JW - I have to put an ultimatum to my wife.

by jambon1 in

jw
friends

if it is true that it has been announced that ex-jw`s are not to get the study watchtowers, then i must put an ultimatum to my wife.

i look through the wt's at the moment to gauge any radical teachings that i may need to counter with my 2 kids.

if my wife rewfuses to give me the 'secret' wt's then im afraid that it is the end of her taking them to the meetings.

bluesbreaker59

Yes absolutely, find out what they are teaching your children. I remember many times having people trying to seperate me from my worldly family and my mother.

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Is it weird that I don't miss it?

by bluesbreaker59 in

ok, other than my father, i don't miss anything about being a dub at all.

seriously, i love my life right now, its great, thinking for myself, doing what i want, etc., etc.. i've only been out 3 months, officially, and i find no "void" or anything.

i've got a bunch of great friends on the outside, that i had for years while being jw, and then i have my mother and all her family supporting me.

bluesbreaker59

But I also agree that there are a ton of truly great wonderful people trapped, because "they don't know where to go" or "what do without their family".

I know I don't want to worship a god that destroys families, that is ridiculous. I mean did they just "gloss over" the prodigal son?

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Is it weird that I don't miss it?

by bluesbreaker59 in

ok, other than my father, i don't miss anything about being a dub at all.

seriously, i love my life right now, its great, thinking for myself, doing what i want, etc., etc.. i've only been out 3 months, officially, and i find no "void" or anything.

i've got a bunch of great friends on the outside, that i had for years while being jw, and then i have my mother and all her family supporting me.

bluesbreaker59

Vernon is not "in" the borg, I don't believe, I think he's just religious, as a 'Christian', and was offended by my comments that is for weak minded people that can't think for themselves. I stand by that.

I feel that the Bible is full of wonderful life lessons, and many of these you can learn from and apply in your life, to be a good decent person. I think the idea that you need to go to a church and associate, and have someone try to "scare you into believing" is a joke. I always hated this tactic, and its used by every religion I know of. There is always good, always evil, and always some man made rules to every organized religion that I've encountered.