At times, pinky rings have been worn with the intent to convey a message or indicate affiliation. During the Victorian era, both single men and women uninterested in pursuing marriage could wear a ring on the little finger of their left hand.[5] Especially in the United States, pinky rings also developed an association with criminal activity.[6] Grifters were thought to wear such rings, sometimes to provide their associates with a source of funding for their funeral expenses in case of their death,[7] as were made men in the American Mafia.[8] Movies such as Little Caesar and The Godfather contributed to the association of this style of jewellery with organized crime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_ring
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Help: Anyone identify Gary Breaux's ring?
by Fay Dehr in.
can anyone identify this ring?
(ideally, a link to a page on the internet with photo and description).
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Eye-brow Wigs ... are a thing?
by Simon in... and apparently justin trudeau wears them.
also, they can come off or slip down while you are doing a press-conference to a global audience.
what a god awful embarrassment this fool is, he should stick to his indian costume dress-up and dancing routine.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g46km4da3yw.
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GermanXJW
May I introduce you to former German finance minister Theo Waigel? Some claim, he always fought the idea of a tax on eyebrows.
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Serana Williams coginative dissonance.
by blownaway ini just heard her on the news saying how much time it takes for her to play tennis.
lmfao she thanks "jehovah" and seems to think in her pea mind that she is a "good jw" i bet the gb does not mess with her because they want the positive attention.
but she is about as far from a "good jw" as one could get.
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Just like MJ and Prince, they want to make JW life seem 'normal' both internal and external.
I am not sure if MJ and Prince were the best examples of a 'normal' life.
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Extract from Separate Identity - Vol 2
by vienne insome of you know that b. w. schulz and i have written two histories considering the watchtower's earliest years.
we have posted an extract from a chapter that will appear in volume 2 of separate identity.
because of copyright issues, the post must be temporary.
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I have some fascination of that time and love that deep research which regularly brings up details I had never heard of before.
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Why Are Schools Targets Of So Much Gun Violence?
by Brokeback Watchtower inwhy are so many youth flipping out and gunning down fellow students?
is there something seriously wrong with society?
does the public education/indoctrination system need some serious tweaking?
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Adolescence/puberty is a difficult time when the young brain gets rewired somehow. Some get very emotional or even despressive. Combine this with an easy access to weapons.
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EU commission discusses "this generation"
by GermanXJW intoday, federica mogherini, high representative of the european union for foreign affairs and security policy, made an expression that somehow sounded familiar to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ax8rgokis#t=6m56.
sorry, just had to share this.;-).
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Today, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, made an expression that somehow sounded familiar to me
6Minutes and 56seconds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6aX8RgoKis#t=6m56
Sorry, just had to share this.;-)
PS: Please do not get me wrong. I am a big supporter of the European idea, But it would be interesting to discuss how she defines "generation" and if any overlapping is included. ;-)
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Jolene Chu and James Pelechia?
by Gorbatchov in20 years ago there was some change at the jw bastion.
some windows were opened when the internet became availble.
jolene chu and james pelechia did historical research for watchtower and published about it.
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Do you have JW-related dreams (nightmares)?
by compound complex ingreetings, dreamers:.
i guess it's never going away: daytime carryovers of jw-related stuff seeping into my dreams.. the majority of these dreams take place at conventions but with really weird trappings.
last night i dreamed i arrived at the site with no books, no lunch, nothing but my car keys.
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GermanXJW
I now and then still have a dream that plays in the JW world. I usually wake up when it gets known that I have not submitted a field service report in years. (I am almost 20 years out.)
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WTS investment in Ford-Werke - 1943
by OrphanCrow in*thanks to reddit poster ahilexxx for this information*.
the watchtower society was invested in the german branch of ford motor.
in 1943, their investment was worth $597,595 ($8,363,677.95 in today's value - over 8 million!)..
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But still an interesting find.
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WTS investment in Ford-Werke - 1943
by OrphanCrow in*thanks to reddit poster ahilexxx for this information*.
the watchtower society was invested in the german branch of ford motor.
in 1943, their investment was worth $597,595 ($8,363,677.95 in today's value - over 8 million!)..
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This is a list of the TOP 59 US companies in Germany in 1943.
This table just shows that the US Watch Tower had invested $597,595 in their German subsidiary and that is was the 47th biggest US investment in Germany present in that year.
So: no connection between Watchtower and Ford, except they are on the same list