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  Ireland and UK friends

  by Berengaria in

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  if one had but three weeks to see the best of these, what are some of the musts in your opinion?.

  besides london.. .

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  freddo

  SCOTLAND - THE FORTH RAILWAY BRIDGE; EDINBURGH CASTLE, ISLE OF SKYE

  CITY OF YORK include the National Railway Museum

  NORTHUMBERLAND: HADRIAN'S WALL (ROMAN - 125 A.D.)

  CHATSWORTH HOUSE - DERBYSHIRE

  LAKE DISTRICT - CUMBRIA

  ELAN VALLEY - MID WALES

  SNOWDONIA - NORTH WALES

  BELFAST NORTHERN IRELAND - Titanic Museum

  MALVERN: Town and Hills

  BATH: The Roman Baths (1st Century A.D.) the only hot spring in Britain; The Royal Crescent and Pulteney Bridge

  BRISTOL: The Clifton Suspension over the Avon Gorge

  HISTORIC DOCKYARD PORTSMOUTH: HMS VICTORY (1800's warship) and THE MARY ROSE (Henry VIIIth's flagship 1500's)
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  Princess Diana's death.

  by quellycatface in

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  what are your thoughts?

  accident or assassination?.

  i still get upset over this.

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  freddo

  It was the Queen Mother riding a Vespa scooter with Prince Philip on the back using a bazooka to blow them away. Prince Andrew flew his helicopter overhead and winched them away before anyone found out.

  True story that. Honest injun. Am I still allowed to say that or is it offensive nowadays?
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  Princess Diana's death.

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
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  what are your thoughts?

  accident or assassination?.

  i still get upset over this.

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  freddo

  What cofty said.
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  JW GB MEMBER CAUGHT ON CAMERA!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

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  gb member and so called "annointed" person geoffry jackson is caught red handed on video doing some worldly dancing and sexual gyrating (they have spoken against such manner of dancing on several occasions) with a woman who is not his wife!!!

  i can only imagine what they do off camera now!!!.

  i would not have even considerd doing such a thing on the dance floor with a woman, especially if it was not my wife, and i'm not even one of the so called "annointed" smh!!!

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  Adjustments - if you think this is something to get het up about you need to take a long look at yourself. Every congregation do or j.w. wedding I ever went to would have that sort of dancing and no-one would bat an eyelid and I'm from stuffy old "stiff upper lip" blighty aka the U.K.
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  Have You Ever Rejected Being Appointed an Elder/MS Before the Announcement?

  by GermanXJW in

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  when i was a jw several brothers (ms) told me in private that the elders had asked them several times if they did not want to become an elder.

  they said they rejected because it was too much responsibility for them.

  were you ever approached that the boe wanted to make you an elder but you refused?

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  Yes defender of truth - I believe you have hit the nail on the head as regards Quendi's non-appointment!
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  Sept 1 service meeting mystery revealed

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  2. beliefs

  the letter has appeared at last - just for uk.

  it is a money grab for the new bethel which has been approved.

  there is a video to be shown - just watched it - brief summary of uk bethels, why current one is too small, why we need money to build a new one.

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  freddo

  So it is about money after all, what a surprise.

  They will get their money and then they will sell the London properties and get their money again and then some. Then they will distribute it back to the congregations to give each of the publishers a nice little handout .... won't they? No?

  A "snare and a racket" indeed!
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  Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

  by konceptual99 in

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  probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

  this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

  given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

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  Thanks Londo - so it was about money after all. Quelle Surprise!
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  Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

  by konceptual99 in

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  probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

  this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

  given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

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  freddo

  I suspect Saltheart might be right - only money concerns would seem to foist a change this big on the sacred service meeting.

  If it's UK only - especially England and Wales - then that would fit. We will see ...
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  List of UK Travelling Overseers in 2013

  by soiledumpling in

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  hi pepeep am attempting to get a current list of uk travelling overseers.

  left 4 years ago and have heard rumours of many new ones.

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  Don Holley a Welshman who came off due to ill health/age in Oct 2013. One of the better ones - I think he was a coal miner on rescue work at the Aberfan disaster in 1966. He was in his seventies anyway and so would have finished this year under the new rules. Nice wife, Celia.
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  Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

  this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

  given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

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  freddo

  Is this just UK only? 15 minutes is a big change for a non-headquarters branch to make.

  Sorry double post for some reason.