where is the printing and bookbindery done in the USA ? is it Walkill? if printing eventually is phased out worldwide and the very small amount they need is sourced out then Patterson,Walkill and Warwick and WT Farms will be even more surplus to requirments and even more staff will be culled, the next step must be the future of Selters as Europe is all but finished as a growth area for them.
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Why the move to Warwick?
by optimisticskeptic ini've seen a lot of posts around and about warwick and the goings on there but was curious as to people's theories on why the move to warwick?
granted there's the obvious point about all of the money from the sale of properties in brooklyn but for as massive as warwick is, the purchase of an apartment complex there, multiple sites and buildings i would be surprised if they had much left from all of the profits.
so beyond a financial incentive why move?
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JW's Dancing at a Special Convention in Indonesia
by disfellowshipped1 invideo: jw's dance at the jakarta, indonesia special convention.
things have really changed over there in jw land...... holding up phones like lighters now?.
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jookbeard
I cant believe there would be a DC in Indonesia with over 40k in attendance in Jakarta, a Muslim country although somewhat moderate, is this correct, the publisher rate is just over 26k yet this convention drew in almost double the publisher rate, something doesn't add up.
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Do you (or did you) have much of a social life as a Jehovahs Witness.
by UnshackleTheChains ini ask this question out of interest, because as a jehovahs witness for some 26 years, i have always felt that there is an 'all work, no play' culture within the organisation.
the organisation doesn't promote social gatherings.
i could count on one hand each year how many get togethers we have had.
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jookbeard
very active almost too hectic when I was younger in my 20's, house parties at least once or twice a month, meet ups in pubs weekly, ice skating most Sunday nights, it got to the stage when I had to put a block on it, some of the drinking in those parties was getting out of hand though, although even back then a purge had started to curtail these social events, the ice skating rink closed down, the phase of barn dances was banned as well due to one very minor incident with alcohol, when I got married it changed slightly as my ex used to like to have dinner parties with other jw couples, I couldn't stand them and would think of all number of excuses for her to try and cancel them, in the end I just said go ahead and invite who you like around I'll go out, when I faded I made very friends with a neighbour (RIP) and we would go out together a couple of times a week, when I separated and moved away my social life really did change, it became almost non existent , I did have a few girlfriends but life was really quite lonely, I dont mind my own company, I've travelled all over the world on my own, and my standpoint now is quite similar, I dont go out much, separated living on my own again.
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CO Rose UK
by jookbeard indoes anyone know this guy, where he came from?
how he climbed the jw ladder, i have to say i know nothing about him but he seems to be kicking ass with the problems in the north of england..
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jookbeard
BluesBrother, I never knew or met Kendall, I'd faded a couple of years before, needless to say my ex never made any more daft suggestions.
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UK C.O. Ted Wright has died
by pomo6780 inhi, new member here.
i used to be only on reddit some time ago.. i've received sad news that several months ago, a circuit overseer named ted wright died.
he was co for over 20 years, from the 80s to 2000s.
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jookbeard
another ex CO was Ron Bicknell, a very decent man indeed, he came off the circuit work many years ago, he was the chairman of my appeal committee, I'd never met him before but the reason he was appointed to chair it was because he knew the so called apostate I'd been associating with, I won the appeal.
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UK C.O. Ted Wright has died
by pomo6780 inhi, new member here.
i used to be only on reddit some time ago.. i've received sad news that several months ago, a circuit overseer named ted wright died.
he was co for over 20 years, from the 80s to 2000s.
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jookbeard
didn't know him, be interesting to hear of any more that did
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CO Rose UK
by jookbeard indoes anyone know this guy, where he came from?
how he climbed the jw ladder, i have to say i know nothing about him but he seems to be kicking ass with the problems in the north of england..
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you are 100% right Freddo these idiots cause more damage than they are worth, certainly my jw career was based on the behaviour of those two that I mentioned, another nail in the coffin was the request that Anthony Kendall passed on that he wished to meet with me to give some "encouragement" what do you think my answer was? Lets hope Rose is still allowed to carry on his destructiveness, its mad that they dont see the damage they cause, or maybe they are staring to realise.
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CO Rose UK
by jookbeard indoes anyone know this guy, where he came from?
how he climbed the jw ladder, i have to say i know nothing about him but he seems to be kicking ass with the problems in the north of england..
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the two biggest tools I ever met in my time as a jw were Hogdson and Purbrick.
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CO Rose UK
by jookbeard indoes anyone know this guy, where he came from?
how he climbed the jw ladder, i have to say i know nothing about him but he seems to be kicking ass with the problems in the north of england..
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was he that bad Konceptual? who'd ever thought it a CO that wants to make a name for himself, never a good mix.
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HQ must be paying Google to get the top hits
by nonjwspouse ini typed into google jehovahs-witness and the first four hits were borg sites.
this site was not even on the first page .
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jookbeard
that talk I referred to DS was a couple of years back and he was'nt suggesting that they do that, what he suggested was completely contradicted and refuted.