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James 5:3 Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you.........and so on and so forth.

by androb31 in

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any other silver investors here?

i have been investing in silver for 7-8 months now.

started when it was at 32.00 an ounce and it's taken a dive ever since.

androb31

I started buying at $32 (about 7 months ago or so) and I've gotten some around $27 an oz and some as low as $20 recently. I am trying to do the dollar cost averaging and just buy a little bit every time I have some extra cash. I have built up about 90 oz's give or take a few oz's. I certainly plan to sit on it and do believe it will pan out over time.

I listed that James 5:3 scripture based on this ongoing inside thing w/ my brother (we both came out of the witnesses and he's now a pastor of a small church but not a legalistic judgemental type). Every time I buy some silver I tell him I'm building up my silver and gold for the last days and we both get a laugh out of it due to the mindset we grew up w/ as witnesses.

I've actually quite enjoyed collecting some of the old silver U.S. coinage, it has sorta become a side hobby more than just the investment aspect of it. I got a really cool 1783 8 Reales coin from an old shipwreck. I bought some actual .999 bullion just recently but have mostly U.S. Morgan and Peace dollars and junk quarters, dimes and 50 cent pieces.

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Most Awkward, Embarrassing, Comical things you Experienced as a Witness ?

by flipper in

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many of us i'm sure experienced embarrassing or comical moments as a witness.

some things we'd rather just forget , i'm sure, but some things helped us think on our feet, quickly in helping others .

here are a few of mine.

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--There was this older brother in my hall who always had terrible gas. Most people in the hall knew not to sit behind him as he seemed to be unable to keep his farts from escaping (he seemed oblivious) throughout the meeting, especially when standing during the prayer and song. It was loud and very rank . Every now and again an unsuspecting person or family would make the mistake of sitting right behind this guy unknowingly. You could count on it that after a few minutes if you looked in their direction they would have a look of shock and awe on their faces. Priceless.

--One that was not funny but really weird and sad was when this older brother had gotten up to give his first talk after a few years of ill health (really nice guy). He was about 10-15 minutes into it he started slurring his speech and looking confused. He announced that something wasn't right and he needed help. A couple of guys came up and carried him off the stage in a chair as he was stroking out right there. The worst part is they didn't cancel the meeting or put it on hold and let people go home and process what had just happened (he was one of the brothers that everybody in the hall knew and loved). They simply took him to the back, got another elder up there to finish the talk and told everyone to stay in their seats. I guess they didn't want anyone to miss out on the fine spiritual food being served. His daughter was sitting in the next row over from myself and my family crying her eyes out. I didn't understand why she didn't go with the ambulance or to the hospital. Like she was worried about looking bad for skipping out on a meeting or something......go figure. I felt so bad for her.

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James 5:3 Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you.........and so on and so forth.

by androb31 in

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any other silver investors here?

i have been investing in silver for 7-8 months now.

started when it was at 32.00 an ounce and it's taken a dive ever since.

androb31

I've only invested in physical silver. I know I'm jumping the gun, being impatient and all . I jumped in due to all kinds of hype from the hurry up and buy crowd. It's definitely an investment to sit on for awhile and bide my time. I agreee though, it seems like whenever it looks certain it's going to go in one direction or another, it never goes in the direction you would think.

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James 5:3 Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you.........and so on and so forth.

by androb31 in

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any other silver investors here?

i have been investing in silver for 7-8 months now.

started when it was at 32.00 an ounce and it's taken a dive ever since.

androb31

Any other silver investors here? I have been investing in silver for 7-8 months now. Started when it was at 32.00 an ounce and it's taken a dive ever since. Looks like it's on the rise again in the last couple of days. I'm hoping it keeps on it's upward climb. It has so many inherent qualities that seem to make it a great investment but the physical demand hasn't seemed to have much of an effect on the prices.....what gives?

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What JW catch phrase DRIVES YOU NUTS!!!!

by megaflower in

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"we should be mindful".

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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"How happifying", "Spiritual paradise", "the end of this system of theeeengs", "Nu system of theengs", "You know it's the truth", "Where the need is greater" "Noo Lite" etc.......

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What has happened to 4jehovah.org

by Watchtower-Free in

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i got the website address off a youtube video of a sign carrier at a current convention .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbc-4nkv43y.

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but when you go to the site nothing .. could the watchtower somehow be behind this?.

androb31

I haven't posted in awhile but Christy is a friend and I thought I'd respond here. The site has been a target of relentless attacks. Here's an update from the monthly newsletter from Christy the founder. You can also get to the same info on the sister site 4witness.org and 4 mormon.org.

Christy's Report - Website Upgrade Progress Report

Hi Everyone,

We have now completed our 4th month in the website upgrade project and are starting our 5th month. At the same time, we have continued to battle hacking attacks. This month, one of the hackers was able to take down all of our sites completely in all languages. Thankfully, we had good backups of the sites and were able to restore everything within a few hours of the attack which had happened at 7PM the night before. Then, two weeks later, another hacker found one of our most popular sites and messed it up to the point where we had to do a database restore for it to display on the Internet again. So, it seems to be quite a battle keeping our current sites going while we work on the new ones, but I am happy to report that one of our largest sites (4jehovah.org) is nearly done with just a few links to update and a few more language pages to get translated. Since that site links heavily with 4witness.org, we are needing to complete both of those sites before we can go live with either one of them. So r now we are focused on 4witness.org and trying to get that one ready to launch.

I can't over emphasize just how much we appreciate your prayers and financial support. Although we received the initial $4,000 funds needed for the technical work done on our new sites, we have started to run into our reserve account on the manual side of the migration project because there is so much that has to be redone to make the content compatible with the new layout and software. As a result, both myself and my office assistant are cranking out the hours in overtime working on the sites. I am doing a few things to limit how much my time is costing the ministry, but still, funds are tight. In addition to this, our Portuguese translator lost his job this past month due to the financial situation in Europe. So we can give him more translation work if we can raise the funds needed to keep him busy during this time of unemployment. We appreciate your help as you feel led of the Lord.

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Today's Caption Contest

by Mr. Falcon in

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"man, this hibatchi place is pretty intense.

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Ram in the bush: Shhhhhh....don't want to spook em......I've just stumbled upon the two palest humans I've ever seen out here in the middle of the desert. What a find!!!

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