Posts by freddo

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How many in your generation are still JW???

by Christian Gutierrez in

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how many in your age group are still jehovahs witnesses?

from where we are at, there aren't many left.

each year it gets smaller and smaller haha .

freddo

Those I grew up with ...

Didn't get baptised and left by age 18 in the late 1970's/early 80's - I can count 3 girls and 5 boys of those I believe 2 of the girls are steady married women, one with grandchildren in their late 50's. 1 girl is a "spinster" who lives with her JW sister.

Of the boys who left.

1 is dead. 1 is a grandfather. 1 is a family man who runs a small successful plumbing business - saw him at a funeral with his family. 1 is DF'd but married with a young daughter. 1 moved to the USA and became a mental health nurse.

THOSE THAT ARE IN.

2 girls - 1 is a widow DF'd and came back. 1 is divorced DF'd and came back. Probably thought of as "weak" in judgmental JW land.

2 more girls - both in and "strong" - one married to an elder, one married to an ex elder.

4 boys. 1 ex-Elder - divorced and remarried "weak". 1 ex-MS (in for family) "weak". 1 MS divorced and remarried but in. 1 drifted into inactivity after divorce.

Me ... ex elder - in for family.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of JW land is it?

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Next weeks Watchtower. ' Who is leading God's people today'

by UnshackleTheChains in

next weeks watchtower.

'who is leading god's people today' is quite incredible.

i am so looking forward to blondie's comments on this one.

freddo

I'm not going to the meeting this coming Sunday. I have a headache coming on on Sunday.

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Rare Video Scenes from Folkestone Kent in 1904 YouTube ^ | 04-21-2017 | Guy Jones

by Hecce in

rare film footage of people and life in folkestone uk from 1904. some of the scenes are too brief but there is some excellent footage of people leaving church and later people promenading on the boardwalk by the sea.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fw7a6jlbe&feature=youtu.be.

freddo

Hecce:

I'm not too familiar with Folkestone except the docks when using it to take a car across to France before the Channel Tunnel was built in the 1990's.

However - all popular seaside towns in England had/have a similar feel to them - piers, attractions, bathing costumes etc. Edwardian England up to WW1 was the heyday.

The poster for Japan/Russia caught my eye and I did a bit of googling on the rest.

Finkelstein:

As you state - on the Youtube version it notes somewhere that the background noise has been added and that the speed made more realistic (otherwise I guess everyone would be walking at 5 mph!)

So the original - as all films back then were - was silent.

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Rare Video Scenes from Folkestone Kent in 1904 YouTube ^ | 04-21-2017 | Guy Jones

by Hecce in

rare film footage of people and life in folkestone uk from 1904. some of the scenes are too brief but there is some excellent footage of people leaving church and later people promenading on the boardwalk by the sea.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fw7a6jlbe&feature=youtu.be.

freddo

It seems 1904 is pretty close. At about 0:35 there is a poster outside the Police Station with the headlines JAPAN and RUSSIA in bold underneath.

There was a major war between Japan and Russia in 1904 and 1905 when the Japanese blockaded and defeated the Russian Navy at Port Arthur Manchuria.

Also the switchback/roller coaster shown at the end was designed by an American called Thompson who patented gravity switchback rides (early roller coaster) famously at Coney Island, New York and throughout Europe.

The one at Folkestone was built/opened in about 1888 - 1891 and closed in 1919/20.

The open topped car/bus/coach (shown with its very early number plate D285 ) - an early form of charabanc - also fits the Edwardian timescale.

The swimwear seems a little less cumbersome than the Victorian era too and fits in with the Edwardian (1901 - 1910) period.

Looks as though 1904 is spot on to me.

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How many of you followed the WTS direction on education years ago and have been screwed by it?

by Julia Orwell in

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i'm really interested in this question because i've heard for years that if you forgo further education and go pioneering, when you have a family down the track you will get a good job because jehovah will provide for you because you pioneered.

as long as i was a kool-aid drinker, even then, i thought, "how does pioneering pay your bills?

surely education should come first.

freddo

Copy and paste from one of my posts. ...

"Hello and welcome!" to Someguywhocares from Freddo in the UK.
1. Fascinating post - welcome to the forum; I for one am glad you care enough to join.
2. For those of us with less of an I.Q. and not having the attention span to benefit from such meticulous attention to detail, please reduce your posts to a more manageable level.
3. I am so sorry to hear of your physical condition, especially at such a young age - please do all you can to ameliorate it and take care of yourself. That sounds trite. Its not meant to be.
4. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts.
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"Higher Education" Follow Up

by XBEHERE in

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this is a follow up to my previous thread.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/268693/1/they-are-definitely-attacking-higher-education.

so we had our co visit and we were quizzed about the "problem" of higher education as well.

freddo

"Hello and welcome!" to Someguywhocares from Freddo in the UK.

1. Fascinating post - welcome to the forum; I for one am glad you care enough to join.

2. For those of us with less of an I.Q. and not having the attention span to benefit from such meticulous attention to detail, please reduce your posts to a more manageable level.

3. I am so sorry to hear of your physical condition, especially at such a young age - please do all you can to ameliorate it and take care of yourself. That sounds trite. Its not meant to be.

4. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts.

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Voting

by confused in

hi guys,.

i have been told that a while ago there was a watchtower article that said that voting, (i'm in uk) is down to individual conscience.

i always thought it was a judicial matter.

freddo

W99 1st Nov pp 28-29 QFR.

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JW news release and deception - The "High-Profile Case" in Russia

by jwleaks in

i found this interesting bit of news release propaganda by the jws on their website dated april 5, 2017.. "russia's supreme court begins high-profile case against jehovah's witnesses".

https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/russia/supreme-court-begins-case-against-jehovahs-witnesses/.

my interest was piqued by the jw claim that the court hearing is a "high-profile case".

freddo

I expect Brother Sanderson will now fly to Australia and meet with Peter McClellan and Angus Stewart at the Australian Royal Commission ...

"Hello Gentlemen, I've been so very busy in Russia defending the ~~property portfolio~~ brothers and sisters and now I want to offer you every assistance in helping protect ~~our financial assets~~ children over here too."

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Never Thought I'd Say This, But I've Found Something to Look Forward to in the Meetings

by Sorry in

my therapist inspired me to start looking on the bright side.

even though i've pretty much given up listening to the bs and usually tune out the meeting by playing on my phone/tablet, i find the local needs talk oddly fascinating.

probably because it's the only part that doesn't seem outlined to death (at least at our hall), and you truly don't know what you get.

freddo

You have a local needs item every week? Wow.

Someone on the BoE has too much time on their hands.

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Sudden General Election in UK to be held June 8th 2017

by freddo in

theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..

freddo

I'm gonna make a prediction. If I'm wrong it's your fault for believing it. It may overlap with other overlapping predictions I haven't made but you believed.

Tories will win with about a 50 seat majority. Better for them than now but not as good as Mrs. May hopes for. But good enough for her plans.

Labour will lose many seats.

Lib Dems will win an extra handful of seats but still be insignificant.

SNP can't really do any better seat wise - is it 54 out of a possible 59 or somesuch? - but might just lose a couple.

Northern Ireland and Wales will stay similar and have little effect. The Green Party and UKIP may still hold a seat or none as will the few independents.

We shall see. Interesting times.