Posts by Decided

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Adjusting to illness & old age

by dozy in

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the point is sometimes made in these forums that the societies constant insistence that the end is nigh has meant that so many jws fail to make adequate financial provisions for their retirement.. however , ive noticed an increasing trend amongst jws in middle age to elderly ones that they also havent made adequate emotional provisions , as they have been constantly told that they would never get old in this system.

most non-jws , aware that sooner or later they will experience a deterioration in their health, are mentally better prepared to cope with this.

with many jws it seems to throw them completely.. a good friend , aged around 50 , has just been diagnosed with a fairly serious illness.

Decided

That is so true. Oldage is hard to deal with. Almost everyweek some relative or someone you know dies. Money is scrace and debt is almost impossible to pay. I'm 73 now and I'm feeling my body go weak. I can't lift things that used to be light to me. My joints are going bad but I'm still in good health, at least I think I am. My wife thinks I should be able to fix everything I used to work on but I don't want to do those things. My mind is going bad, I can't remember the names of people or things most of the time like I could a few years ago.

I'm really lucky to be in as good of shape as I am. Most people think I'm 60 or younger. I don't take any medicine and my blood pressure is OK. I've gotten some depression lately and that bugs me. Enjoy your youth while you have it.

Ken P.

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OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

by WuzLovesDubs in

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he couldnt bring the olympics to chicago but he accomplished this coveted award after only a few months in office.

somebody out there sees this man as doing what the planet needs.

perhaps.. but i for one am not as shocked as most.

Decided

Most people forget that Obama is half white. Considering the way African nations can't live in peace, maybe his white side got the award.

Ken P.

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What do you ask

by John Doe in

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when you forget what you were going to ask?.

Decided

I never forget the question, just the answers. I can't remember whether it was a question or a comment I was going to say.

Ken P.

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Anyone notice a comment on Cold Case last night?

by Decided in

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two detectives walked up to a suspect and he said, "i don't want any.

" they showed him their police bages and he said.

"i thought you were a jehovah.

Decided

Two detectives walked up to a suspect and he said, "I don't want any." They showed him their police bages and he said."I thought you were a Jehovah." He didn't include witness.

I have heard JWs mentioned on several TV programs lately.

Ken P.

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Found 9 33rpm watchtower song records

by Decided in

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i was looking in the upstairs junk room and found these kingdom song records from the 60s.

i can't remember why we had them back then.

were they used to play at the kh to sing with when there was no piano player?

Decided

I was looking in the upstairs junk room and found these kingdom song records from the 60s. I can't remember why we had them back then. Were they used to play at the KH to sing with when there was no piano player? I have done a good job of forgetting all the JW expierences from back then.

When I was a little kid my grandma played the pump organ when we met in a second story room of an old sister's home. Later my aunt played a piano in the first KH in this area that my dad laid the cinder blocks when it was built. He wasn't a brick mason but he did a good job. It is still a church for some religion here.

Ken P.

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Odd things the anointed have done

by wouldacouldashoulda in

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around a dozen years ago my congregation organised a "cong" party.

all went well until out 80 year old anointed sister sang "big spender".

i have never seen our cong so scared before.. .

Decided

One died at the memorial here.

Ken P.

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Did anyone here see Family Fued last night?

by Decided in

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the question was something like this,"who would you hide in your house from if they were calling on your door.

" the first one to answer said jws, and that was the first one on the board.

it didn't saw jws but religious callers or something like that.. ken p..

Decided

The question was something like this,"Who would you hide in your house from if they were calling on your door." The first one to answer said JWs, and that was the first one on the board. It didn't saw JWs but religious callers or something like that.

Ken P.

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Did anyone see the most wanted TV show tonight?

by Decided in

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it said one of the sex offenders was living in a jehovah"s witness community that they found on the show.. ken p..

Decided

Blondie, I didn't see that part of the show, I was in the other room and my wife told me that he was living in a JW community. I was a little skeptical, I've never seen a JW community.

Ken P.

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Did anyone see the most wanted TV show tonight?

by Decided in

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it said one of the sex offenders was living in a jehovah"s witness community that they found on the show.. ken p..

Decided

It said one of the sex offenders was living in a Jehovah"s witness community that they found on the show.

Ken P.

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Please nominate your favourite film and say why you rate it so highly.

by lifelong humanist in

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i've just watched all 3 parts of francis ford coppola's epic godfather once again.

it is a superb achievement on many levels.

each viewing reveals something new and fresh.. i recall, as a good jw at the time, not seeing it when released as it was not certified as 'suitable' given the content for jws.

Decided

"Ground Hog Day" and "Big Country" . Can't remember many of the movies I've seen from the 40's. My dad was a projectionist untill I was 18 and I saw all the movies back then free. I remember Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in a lot of old movies. Red Rider and Little Beaver, Roy Rodgers, The Lone Ranger were in the Friday night western movies. So many old memories.

Ken P.