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  Womens Poem v Mens Poem

  by Mattieu in

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  woman's poem.

  before i lay me down to sleep,.

  i pray for a man, who's not a creep,.

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  See you in Paradise

  by Mattieu in

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  2. friends

  i was looking through a relatives photo album last weekend and saw pictures of their trip to an international convention in asia in the early 1990s.

  on the final day the local bro & sis were all holding placards with phrases such as see you in paradise.. that reminded me of the last international i went to in sydney about 5 years ago, same thing happened on the last day, similar placards with similar phrases.

  there was also a lot of random hugging of bro & sis in international costumes.

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  American Pit Bull attacks American jdub in Oz

  by Mattieu in

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  this jdub was out walking his two dogs when attacked by a pit bull, killing one of his dogs and causing injuries to his hand.

  he was from texas and now lives in melbourne.

  he comes from a very well known us jw family (uncles, grandparents in brooklyn, other uncles c/o & d/o, w/t life story of family...).

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  Another Earthquake in the Pacific

  by Mattieu in

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  the ring of fire is heating up!.

  http://www.theage.com.au/world/tsunami-warning-in-nz-south-pacific-after-huge-quake-20091008-gnrv.html.

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  John Hughes

  by Mattieu in

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  2. friends

  all of our local radio stations are having tributes to john hughes, playing all the soundtracks from his movies.

  http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne.

  enjoy, .

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  Pioneer School - Class Photo

  by Mattieu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all, at the conclusion of my pioneer school we took a group photo with the instructors.

  we had to chip in $$ to hire a professional photographer (who was a brother).

  it is a custom with all pioneer schools in australia to take a class photo with the instructors (much like gilead photo).. do they do that in any other countries?

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  Fiji Bethel Scandal

  by Mattieu in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone remember the scandal that rocked fiji in appx early 1992?

  i have searched this site and found no reference to it.

  so, hoping someone here might remember the finer details and whatever happened to the guilty culprits....... my best mate was in the australian bethel at the time, and on a trip back home to melbourne he caught up with me and told me most of the details.

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  Kangaroo's on the road

  by Mattieu in

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  2. friends

  hi all, driving to work this morning (tuesday), traffic had to stop to let a mob of kangaroos bounce acrooss the road.

  they were the lucky ones, every day on my trip to work i see at least one dead kangaroo that has been hit by a car/truck.. as the suburbs push further out of melbourne, the kanagroo's become more desperate for food/water, hence it's normal to see them in our estate.

  at my local golf course, you have to play around the kanagaroo's as they are so used to humans they do not flinch if you are next to them.

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  What to do with left over memorial emblems

  by Mattieu in

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  we have an italian cong that shares the hall with 2 english congs.

  an elder from the italian cong makes the wine & bread every year for quite a few of the congs in melbourne.. after the last memorial is held in our hall, the wine is taken back to this elders house where certain privileged ones are invited back for some socialising and to drink a very nice drop of red wine!

  as well as the usual assortment of cheese platters and crunchy bread.. we were privileged enough to be invited back a few years ago, but the whole idea didnt seem to sit well with me, so we took a raincheck and never got invited back again.

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  Long time lurker, 1st time poster

  by Mattieu in

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  2. friends

  well where do i start, perhaps will go into more detail later, though briefly - 40 years young, raised in the truth (kingdom baby, which meant i was never going to make it to primary/secondary school/work/get married/have kids....) former ms, regular pioneer, learnt 3 foreign languages, served in foreign language group, married (wife still goes to meetings), beautiful kids, baptised at 15 years of age, regular pioneer at 15, grew up in divided house.. .

  hmmm, will go into my issues with all things organisational later, though firstly want to apologise, for being a self righteous spiritual pratt who did things by the book and sat with other elders/mss and prejudged others for not doing enough and having a wrong attitude about all matters spiritual and organisational.

  i stepped down as an ms over a year ago (they were grooming me to be an elder), havent been to a meeting in 3 months, i knew it wasnt the truth for a number of years and have struggled badly the last few years.

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