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  Calling all Australians

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'd like to know who you all are on the board.. you dont have to identify yourself personaly as i understand some need to be ingocnito.

  i am also curious to see if any of my old childhood and adult life friends have made it onto here.. me: lived in ballarat 70s, naracoorte in the 80s, adelaide in the 90s.

  traveled to york w.a as a teen and to alice springs and brisbane early twenties.. of course, if you need to be silent, thats fine too!

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  Hopscotch

  Hi Oz

  My time as a JW 1965 - 2006 was spent around the northside of Brisbane

  Hopscotch
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  Is Britain on the brink of financial armageddon?

  by Hopscotch in

  1. social
  2. current

  saw this article on line in yesterday's daily mail.

  it's a bit of a worry to say the least.. .

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1231563/is-britain-brink-financial-armageddon.html.

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  This may be a good time to get that veggie patch in the backyard started.

  As metatron mentioned this situation looks like being very serious for all of us.

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  Is Britain on the brink of financial armageddon?

  by Hopscotch in

  1. social
  2. current

  saw this article on line in yesterday's daily mail.

  it's a bit of a worry to say the least.. .

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1231563/is-britain-brink-financial-armageddon.html.

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  Saw this article on line in yesterday's daily mail. It's a bit of a worry to say the least.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1231563/Is-Britain-brink-financial-armageddon.html

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  Another Sunday Afternoon

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm sitting here in a comfy chair surfing the net, dog at my feet.

  the kids playing upstairs and the mrs doing some craftwork.

  the sun is shining outside and life couldn't be more relaxed.. if i wasn't here what would i be doing?

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  It's so true - Sunday is now the best day of the week instead of the worst.

  As a JW - Get up early even though you're still tired from a busy week with never a day to sleep a bit longer (Saturday is field service and when hubby is an elder and takes the group it's hard for us to get out of). Get ready and drag ourselves to a boring meeting dressed in uncomfortable clothes. Glance outside at the beautiful blue sky and think to yourself "I wish I was at the beach instead". Wait around for ages after as hubby has to go to one of those spur of the moment elders meetings. Get home tired and hungry. But wait there's more - another field service group to be taken, so it's back out the door, again dressed in uncomfortable clothes, trudge around in the hot afternoon sun, knocking on empty doors (they're probably at the beach), get home tired, hot, and most of all depressed as the weekend is nearly over and there's still more 'theocratic activities' to be done and tomorrow it's Monday and back to the grind. Sunday night - hubby has to do the field service reports (he was the cong secretary) or start preparing one of his few meeting parts for that week. The day ends and you feel stressed, resentful and think what a waste of a weekend.

  As an exJW - Sleep in if we feel like it. Take time over breakfast. What do we feel like doing today? A drive to the beach, or the mountains, maybe visit some markets? Or maybe just stay home and lazily sit around the pool sipping a cool drink and watch the parrots noisly feeding in the garden. Or maybe jump in for a refreshing swim? Or just chill out with a good movie or two (watched V for Vendetta yesterday). The day ends and you feel relaxed, happy and think that was an enjoyable weekend.

  Hopscotch (who secretly wishes every day was Sunday)
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  Toilet tissue a-streaming -- honest!

  by Fatfreek in

  1. social
  2. humour

  several weeks ago i was behind a lady and her husband in line at a mcdonalds in arkadelphia, ar.

  this was a saturday morning and they were, in turn, behind a jw group who was getting its energy snacks in order to endure the strenuous activity ahead.. i was tempted to tap the lady on the shoulder and quietly tell her -- or do the same with her husband at risk of getting a black eye.

  i remained silent and quietly giggled.. .

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  The 'Do I Tell or Don't I' can be a bit of a dilema at times like this. Same when you see a zipper undone.

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  My websites against the Watchtower

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone!.

  did you see my sites against the watchtower?.

  www.watchtowerlies.com.

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  Well done! All the best with your sites yalbmert.

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  Introducing myself

  by Aeiouy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  and a third continuation........meh.

  however, breaking up with her had a very good affect on me.

  an unexpected one.

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  Welcome Aeiouy and thank you so much for sharing your journey so far with us.

  How exciting for you to be finding your freedom to live your life your way while you are still so young. And what you said about loving your mother was so very true - what she does is up to her.

  Wishing you all the best with the rest of your journey

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  I want to be a Super Villain like in the movies

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how does one go about buying an isolated island, a super weapon and paying about 10,000 guys in jump suits who know how to use a super weapon?.

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  I have come to kill your topic you you super villain.

  Well it appears you did!

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  Do you ever actually tell your family you're not coming back? What do I do?

  by stillAwitness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been "inactive"for four years now.

  i am quite proud of myself for making it this far since i moved out on my own at 22 for the first time.

  i've remained in school, try to live a balanced and productive life and still drive home to visit my parents at least once a month (they live 45 minutes outside of the city) luckily, my parents and i still remain close (as much as a baptized inactive child and still fanatic jw parents are able to be) and besides my mom's constant pestering about me attending meetings again and coming back to the troof, i haven't had to much stress from them or the elders.

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  stillawitness - my husband and I had been away from meetings for around 3 years when my father and sister and their families started pushing for us to go back. We raised a few issues that we had about JW teachings and the UN thing etc and they didn't like that.

  When we told them we were not going back after my dad gave us an ultimatum (can you believe it I was 49 and my husband 56 and my father is giving us ultimatums) my family immediately cut us off. We have not heard from them or seen them since January this year after telling them we're finished being JWs.

  By the way we are not df'd or da'd just faded.

  So if you do outright say you are never going back you risk losing your family.

  All the best

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  The Future of the Economy

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've started this subject a few times and dumped out of it an equal number of times, hoping for better guidance.

  at this point, i think it is better for everyone to face highly likely outcomes and get realistic.. first, let's say it plainly: this is a depression.

  i define "depression" as a multiyear period of economic weakness, decline, and depressed economic opportunity.

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  Hopscotch

  Thanks for this excellent post Metatron.

  Hopscotch