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  Emotional speculation behind the high gas prices?

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i ask this because i know how emotion can drive the stock market.

  all a share needs is some small bad/good news or rumour and this can make it rise and fall.

  is something similar happening with the gas prices?

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  LockedChaos

  Kurtbethel
  
  Good points. Oil is traded in dollars.
  Some say oil is the new currency.
  Personally I don't think so.
  
  All indications are that it really is a supply demand issue - primarily.
  
  If you want to trade oil look at the ETF for oil -XLF is
  the symbol.
  
  To scary for me. I prefer to deal in the services.
  Same with gold. Scares me
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  A@G appears in new WT Comments video

  by Awakened at Gilead in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi everyone..... v just posted about this, but since i am interviewed in the video i wanted to start my own thread to get the word out... let me know what you think... my real name and pic are in the video, along with some of my gilead experiences..... lance.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkkm_aa_j4.

  the link to this vid is:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkkm_aa_j4 in case you want to comment there..... .

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  LockedChaos

  Great job.
  Looking forward to part 2.
  
  Just a thought. You mentioned that one of the
  things you learned was how to study and research.
  
  I wonder how many JW's or Ex-JW's out there know
  how to do this. A lot of us never went to college
  and we certainly didn't learn how from the
  "Organization". After all it was frowned upon.
  
  Sorry, didn't mean to misdirect.
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  Confronting distortions with truth: my battle with JW apologist websites

  by coffee_black in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  confronting distortions with the truth: my recent battle with jw apologist websites.

  i have recently become aware of jw apologist websites that have used my dad's name as well as my own to distort the role the societys' teachings played in my dad's refusal of a life saving kidney transplant and inevitably his death.

  my dad's story is told in brief in numerous places on the internet.

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  LockedChaos

  Coffee_Black,
  
  I may not have had the privilege of knowing your
  father or mother but your writing of them has been
  an inspiration.
  
  It was moving. Thank You very much.
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  The Bible Dinosaur

  by Devilsnok in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone remember the picture of the dinosaur that used to be on the inside cover of the green bible?

  has anyone got a scan / picture of it please?.

  matt.

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  LockedChaos

  Pandora
  The next page at the front had a whales head sticking out of the water
  and headed straight for a sail boat. Had fun with that one too
  
  They even marked where the Garden of Eden was, though with a
  question mark.
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  Emotional speculation behind the high gas prices?

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i ask this because i know how emotion can drive the stock market.

  all a share needs is some small bad/good news or rumour and this can make it rise and fall.

  is something similar happening with the gas prices?

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  LockedChaos

  The old rule
  Buy on rumor............sell on news.
  That's the mantra of the "Day Traders".
  A superstitious lot.
  That does not make for for good investment or trading.
  Though money can be made on it. I don't like the odds.
  
  The market is very counter intuitive.
  The truism of "Buy Low and Sell High" seems
  logical and simple enough, yes.
  
  See how you feel when your investment thesis is very
  sound, you bought in in increments to attain your
  desired position, and then WHAM!!!
  For no reason at all there is a sell off and your stock
  takes a big nosedive.
  
  Your first inclination is to sell this dog, I don't want to
  lose any more money.
  
  Or is it a buying opportunity?? Is the thesis still sound?
  Are the companies still good?
  
  It's all about your investment strategy, the homework you've
  done, and your investment discipline.
  
  I keep a little sign on my calculator next to my monitors,
  "Discipline Trumps Conviction".
  
  If you invest remember it.
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  The Bible Dinosaur

  by Devilsnok in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone remember the picture of the dinosaur that used to be on the inside cover of the green bible?

  has anyone got a scan / picture of it please?.

  matt.

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  LockedChaos

  Memories again!!
  
  I drew a little stick figure person clutched in the claws of the
  terrible dino. Then I added smashed little people under his big feet
  and all around him.
  
  Yea, a sick and angry child.
  
  I got into a lot of trouble for that one.
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  The year the end finally came: the YEAR OF THE BIG LIE

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  you have to understand three things to comprehend the significance of 1975.. 1975 was the end of the watchtower society as we who lived in the 50's and 60's once knew it.

  it would forever change because it was exposed for all the world to see as a group of liars and deceived dupes.. it all began with a baptist farmer named william miller who sat down with only his bible and a concordance and a crackpot idea that a .

  a "day for a year" and the gentile times meant something profound which would effect his own day and time.

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  LockedChaos

  Well Done Terry!!!
  
  That brought back some vivid recollections.
  I was 20 years old in 1975.
  I remember trudging my way through high school
  thinking "This is all useless and will come to
  an end before I have a chance at any kind of life."
  
  As a teen it created in me not a sense of joy but
  one of total despair. I knew that I didn't
  "Measure Up" so it would be an end to me along with
  just about everyone else. As a born-in you just knew that
  you could never do enough because that was what you were
  always told by people in whom you put your trust.
  
  All of my teen years, instead of being filled with hope
  and wonderment were instead filled with thoughts of death
  and destruction. We all knew this was going to happen.
  After all it was the mouthpieces of god that were telling
  us these things.
  
  As I look back now on that time in my life it is filled
  with regret and quite a bit of anger at what was done
  to all of us that were in our early teens. Bastards!!
  
  At this time of my life looking back does confirm for me
  what I have known for a very long time now.
  When the "Evil Slave" of spoken of I know of whom it is in
  fact really referring to. May they rot!
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  When did The Watchtower stop printing Convention Reports?

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower used to print "souvenir" booklets to record the happenings at their assemblies and conventions.. then it became a "convention report".. these come up from time to time for auction on ebay.. but convention reports are not published anymore by the watchtower.

  when did they stop?.

  does anyone know the year the last convention report was published?.

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  LockedChaos

  I remember those 8 day "Death by Heat" assemblies.
  
  As a family our only vacations were going to these
  things. To make matters worse, we generally had to camp out.
  Nothing like getting up in the morning after attempted sleep,
  tromping through the mud (Yes, it seem to always rain at night)
  taking a shower (cold water) dressing up in a polyester suit,
  and going off to sit in the sweltering sun. (Yes, the sun came
  out in the morning and humidity struck.) Nothing like heat, humidity,
  and polyester. Oh yea, had to wear a tie too.
  
  Now those were fun vacations!!
  YIPIEE!! Take the fun "roast your bored A** off
  ride". Take copious notes so everyone thinks you paid
  attention and enjoyed yourself. By the way there will
  be a quiz later. Eat crappy food, no soda allowed, get heat
  stroke and go wait in line to sit in a sweltering, smelly
  bathroom because your sick.
  
  AH the memories.
  
  Anyone remember the huge signs that you strap to the tops of your cars?
  We always put ours on a couple of weeks in advance. Ignore the pointing,
  laughing and jeers. You must endure the persecution.
  I remember thinking "How 'bout not putting the sign on the car and We
  can avoid the whole persecution thing.
  
  Yes, the wonderful times we had.
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  Society to start laminating paper backed publications

  by Lady Zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  at the wednesday night ministry school meeting, a letter from the society was read announcing that wtbts paperbacked publications will begin to be laminated.

  according to the letter, this "will save approximately 2 million dollars per year," "lengthen the life of the publications," and "increase the attractiveness" of the publications.. so there's that.. .

  also, will someone please explain to me why 85% of the congregation started smiling and nodding at this.. i sometimes think that headquarters could send the congregations boxes of turds and the jws would act like it was the best thing ever..

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  LockedChaos

  I wonder if they will now be fireproof.
  Just a thought
  LOL
  
  I loved the "Box of turds" comment.
  
  Tell 'em it's chocolates and see how many ask for more.
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  Anyone who joined here in the last 6 months post here

  by WT=watchtrouble in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought it would be interesting to see just how many people have climbed aboard jwd within the last 6 months.

  it will give us an indication on how many people are actually coming away from the borg.. i may not be replying all the time but will pop in every day of so.. lets keep this thread going and use it to welcome new ones.

  may i be the first to say welcome.

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  LockedChaos

  Joined June 6 2008
  
  Lurked for a couple of days then joined.
  
  I liked the diversity of thoughts and opinions.
  
  You don't have to agree with what's written but it is
  VERY important to see what's on everyone's mind.
  
  Besides, some of the stuff is WAY to funny to pass by.