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  Tell me what you did on the doors?

  by ballistic in

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  me and my pioneer partner used to play a game while going door to door (we were obviously bored).

  in our rural territory, we had a lot of time between doors to make things up, so various games evolved.

  just about the naughtiest was to give your partner a word which they had to use at all costs in their presentation.. this started out as 'kingdom' and 'jesus' but soon became 'tractor', 'dog' and then even 'honda 250' and so on.

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  I used to play the word game all the time! We did exactly the same, start of with the obvious words then head steadily into the obscure...

  One FS memory always brings a smile to my face. I was about 16 at the time and always used to try and work with my best friend who was the same age. We both hated FS but used to have a laugh to get through the time. We would always argue about whose turn it was to do the door.

  Anyway, this one day I had officially gone on strike and pretty much refused any door where there seemed to be signs of life. I ever so quietly knocked on one door and to my surprise I heard some movement inside and realised someone was coming to the door. So I quickly shoved my WT and Awake into the hands of my friend. She wasn't having any of it so she she tried to shove them back to me. I stepped back and the mags landed on the floor. Next thing, this old lady appeared at the door and both my friend and I stood in total silence, each refusing to speak, with the two crumpled mags at our feet.

  We all just stood there for what seemed like ages until the old lady asked what we wanted. More silence. Then eventually my friend said "er, sorry! I think we've got the wrong house, bye!" and we walked off leaving the mags still on the floor.

  God knows what that woman must have thought!!
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  WEDDING OF DISFELLOWEDSHIPPED FAMILY MEMBER

  by Blueblades in

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  hi to everyone.recently i read an article about whether it is appropriate to attend the wedding of a disfellowedshipped family member.i cannot find it now.can someone please help me to find it.or,if you know the answer to that qrf.in a recent article,could you please discuss it here for me.thanks,blueblades.

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  What ALWAYS annoyed me was that anything considered 'a matter of conscience' was basicallly wrong in JW's eyes. They might as well just say its wrong, but no, they like to lay the guilt trip on everyone and if anyone dared actually do something that was a 'matter of conscience' they would get it in the neck anyway.
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  Ever lie on your service reports?

  by The_Bad_Seed in

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  *laughing just thinking about it*.

  did anybody out there lie on their service reports that they maintained the 'national average' when in reality you got .005 hours of service in any given month?

  i magically always used to always get "10" hours out in service, while nobody ever saw me at the groups, no one ever caught on, or seemed not to -- maybe they just didn't give a shit.. i always lied so i could keep my microphone 'privelidges' -- that being, the privelidge to walk around at the back of the hall giving my deflated ass a break from those awful chairs they had.

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  Oh, I was an expert at that!

  My main problem was that my dad was the secretary so I had to be very clever about it.. I would go out on FS, do the mandatory hour, then clear off round the shops for a few hours to kill time. I would then stroll back home and announce how tired I was for spending 4 hours on FS!!

  it was easier to lie about placements and RV's though..
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  English elder logs in.

  by caspian in

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  hi everyone.. my name is caspian, i am an elder in a congregation in england.. i have been reading this forum for about 12 months, never having the confidence to log in.. however after all the information that has come to light in the recent weeks, i feel that i need to start coming to terms with the crisis that i now feel.. i am a third gen jw, and been an elder for 15 years, my family whom i love dearly are all naive fully committed jw's.. please if any current or ex elders in a similar situation care to make any good advice.

  please help.. sincere regards.

  cas

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  Welcome Caspian

  I too am an elders daughter. This must be a difficult time for you and I wish you all the best. I hope you find the peace of mind you are looking for and I know alot of people here will be only to happy to give you support.

  Best Wishes
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  A good man, George King, has died.

  by dmouse in

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  a great man has left us.

  my father-in-law died last night.

  one of the most intelligent men i have ever met, ironically struck down with a brain tumour that eventually robbed him of all cognitive ability.

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  DMouse,

  Check your email. I am so sorry, I remember George personally.

  My condolences to you and your family.
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  JW's told NOT to watch Panorama.......??

  by Latte in

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  i have just been told of two people who were told yesterday at the meeting, not to watch panaorama.

  latte .

  edited by - latte on 15 july 2002 9:46:52.

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  Yes, I think some congregations 'read between the lines' and decided to 'advise' cong members not to watch it. I dont doubt that most congs probably didnt say anything either way but for those that did, it seems the majority of the cong members did as they were told and didnt watch it.

  One elders wife I spoke to had this reaction when i asked her if she had seen it.

  "That rubbish? ha! Wouldnt give it the time of day. Its all obviously ridiculous lies and Apostates trying to cause trouble.'

  And they reckon they aren't brainwashed eh?
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  U K ELDER JAILED 2 YRS, TODAY

  by BluesBrother in

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  bbc central news have reported that james barrat , an elder in rugby congregation has received a two year sentence for abusing two teenage boys over a ten year period.. the abuse took place at bible studies .. the judge called him an "arch hypocrite".

  the police said he is "extremely dangerous" and one of the victims , now in early 20's,gave an interview and said "do not bother with the elders, go straight to the police

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  I was told by a JW that knew him well that he would regularly visit Bethel and treat the bro's there with his homeopathic stuff. I was told he visited Bethel 'once a week' but i can't see that being likely. I know that alot of JW's from far and wide would go to him for his remedies and the like. Sounds like he had a booming trade with JW's.
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  JW's told NOT to watch Panorama.......??

  by Latte in

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  i have just been told of two people who were told yesterday at the meeting, not to watch panaorama.

  latte .

  edited by - latte on 15 july 2002 9:46:52.

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  I have just been told this evening that my ex-cong were yesterday 'advised' NOT to watch Panorama as it was 'all apostates.' This info came straight from an elder and I actually asked him to repeat what he said in case i misheard. Yes, he said, the society recommended that we don't watch it. And they didn't.
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  Letter read iIn ALL UK Congregations this Sunday

  by Jim Dee in

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  uk re panorama program .

  a letter has been sent to all po's private addresses to be read out to each uk congregation this sunday - the wt is to be 35 mins long and the lette will take 25 mons to read it.. the instructions on it are :-.

  1. read it yourself.

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  If this letter has gone directly to PO's and not even the other elders are gonna get a peek until tomorrow, doesn't it seem like they are going to great lengths to keep this letter from turning up in places like this forum? It wouldn't surprise me either if they have been told to destroy it after it is read out. They will know that their lame excuses and reasoning would be of great interest to those in the media that are investigating them already.

  Anyone fancy placing a bet on when (if ever) this letter sees the light of day?
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  Panorama forum question

  by home_and_dry in

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  from the panorama website:.

  "you can ask our panel about the organisation, its policies and how child abuse should be dealt with in a live forum on monday 15 july at 14:00 bst, to be shown on this page and on digital satellite television.".

  can anyone tell me which digital satellite channel this is on?

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  home_and_dry

  Thanks guys.

  i will email them to try and find out as I have digital cable and not satellite so it may involve a trip round to the in-laws to catch it!

  Hope it all goes well for you, Bill. We are all behind you!