Just a heads-up: The venue is Applebee's in HIGHLAND HEIGHTS near the Northern Kentucky University main entrance. It's not really IN Newport, that's just the address... The time is 5PM.
Intuit39
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CINCINNATI Meetup Saturday 01/04 is a go!
by Intuit39 incalling all ex's!
looks like tomorrow will be another great meetup.
interest had faltered over the last couple of months, but i think that was mainly due to the venues offered as choices.
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CINCINNATI Meetup Saturday 01/04 is a go!
by Intuit39 incalling all ex's!
looks like tomorrow will be another great meetup.
interest had faltered over the last couple of months, but i think that was mainly due to the venues offered as choices.
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Perfect! Now we'll have Albanian lizard snot...
Who knew? Lizards in Albania!
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JWs Say Good-Bye to Veteran's Stadium!
by Funchback ina letter was read this week at the philadelphia area kingdom halls that this year's district convention will be held in norphilly (north philly) at the liacouras center (temple university's indoor arena).
this is the first time the philadelphia district convention will be held indoors.
here's what people will miss at the vet (feel free to add to the list): .
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Intuit39
The people I know in that area haven't gone to Vets for years; they usually go down to Delaware racetrack or Virginia Beach, wherever there is an indoor convention (or just don't go at all). I have just found out that they WILL NOT be going anywhere near Temple University no matter where they're 'assigned'....
We also just found out that instead of going to the fairgrounds in Louisville, at least some of the folks in Kentucky will be going to Huntington, West Virginie!
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CINCINNATI Meetup Saturday 01/04 is a go!
by Intuit39 incalling all ex's!
looks like tomorrow will be another great meetup.
interest had faltered over the last couple of months, but i think that was mainly due to the venues offered as choices.
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Intuit39
Calling all ex's! Looks like tomorrow will be another great meetup.
Interest had faltered over the last couple of months, but I think that was mainly due to the venues offered as choices.
Word has it that we'll have an out-of-town visitor, and a place to gather afterwards for those who would like to!
I would like to propose a discussion highlighting the positive steps we've taken individually to move beyond the (fear, bitterness, feeling of victimhood, etc)...whatever.
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360 Furman up for sale
by Patriot inhow you guys doing?.
sorry if this was discussed already but i havent been around lately.. my sis and bro in law had some of their witness family fly in and visit them last week.
they decided that they wanted to visit bethel here in nyc.
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Intuit39
The Furman property is at one end of an extensive city plan for multi-use development including parks, much as has been accomplished to some extent in cities like Buffalo and Cincinnati. Also, all around the all-but-empty 'factory' complex, developers have been converting those large buildings into condos with shops, bars, and restaurants at the street level. It's really getting to be a trendy, up-and-coming area.
The Witchtower Babel & Trick Society is finally cashing in her chips!
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London Calling...
by Preston ini know this is a topic that will get very little attention on the board but when i heard that joe strummer died yesterday i said to myself......well, i guess i couldn't really tell you because the profanity would have surpased a david mamet film.
for me, i only had one band that i truly liked, and that band was the clash.
for my money they were the best band to ever walk the earth.
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Intuit39
I dunno about 'the best,' but yeah, The Clash was great!
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Differences in countries
by Dawn init's been a while since i've posted - have had an awful lot going on here.
but i have had a very interesting experience and was wondering if any of you that have dealt with jw's in different countries have noticed this.
i'll make it as short as possible.. my father passed away last year.
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Intuit39
There are HUGE differences in how successful the borg is at dividing families in different countries!
At my father's funeral in Puerto Rico, the elders came into the service to convince my immediate family that we could have no part in the service bc my Pentecostal uncle and the family's childhood Baptist preacher would both be speaking. In our confusion, we complied...to the disgust of our extended family. My father was never a Witness.
One of my best friends now is a former bethelite from Brazil. He and his sister are both DA'd and yet Witnesses visit in their home, often staying up into the wee hours of the morning enjoying each others company. Included in the group is their pioneer mother. She has even visited me here in the states, and she graciously entertained my partner and me during our visit to Brazil this year.
It's very interesting to me that in Brazil, the Witnesses continue to experience growth, whereas in Puerto Rico where the cult mentality overrides family values, their supposed 'growth' has stymied in the low 20K's for years....
Thank goodness my own mother lovingly accepts all her children equally, half Witnesses, half whatever-makes-us-happy!
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The Psychosis of an Organization
by metatron inrecently, some naive (loyal witness) friends of ours did a. tour of bethel.
they were told about the society's movement.
of printing and binding functions to other places, including.
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Intuit39
Many of the buildings surrounding the factory in Brooklyn are being developed into shops and condos....the Society is just getting ready to cash in. $ $ $ cha-ching! $ $ $
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SHOULD THE HAITIANS BE ALLOWED TO STAY?
by Mary inas most of you probably know, there were 200 refugees from haiti that made it to us soil earlier today.
however, it seems that these people will most likely be forced to go back to haiti.
i was stunned.
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Intuit39
I don't often get in on these discussions..maybe if I ever actually introduce myself, you'll understand better why....
But I have to comment on the general ignorance displayed in this thread.
Firstly, though, my answer to the question: NO, send them back. Yes, there are legal ways to seek your fortune in the US.
Next, the shallow understanding of history and world events displayed on this board is (pathetic) just like that displayed by the average person on the street or my place of business. Welcome to America. US/British/French meddling in everyone else's business is a major factor in the pitiful state of affairs found in most Third World nations. To fully understand how our nearest international neighbors: Haiti and Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, etc, could continue to be Third World countries as we continue to enjoy relative luxury, you would have to understand (deeply, thoroughly) why areas like Trenton, Cincinnati, Detroit, DC, Compton, etc (ad nauseum) continue to muck their way through all the problems caused by the economics of greed.
Back to the question of legal immigration, the US government holds a lottery every year for 50,000 immigrant visas. Compared to the millions who apply for entry every year, this is a small number. What is interesting, though, is that we do this to deliberately attract skilled labor from all regions of the earth. Yep, the US still needs people who will work. Check it out: http://travel.state.gov/DV2004.html
To anyone ignorant enough to believe that immigrants take anybody else's job or sit around on welfare, ok well I don't have much to say to you...
Later.
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All bookstudies at the KH???
by Intuit39 ini know of a congregation on the east coast that is having all bookstudies meet at the kingdom hall!
that's right--no bookstudies in private homes, at least for now.... has anyone else heard of this?
and what could be the reason?
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Intuit39
Well, sorry to be so vague. I was trying to protect the 'innocents' by not mentioning exactly where in the NE...nowhere near the sniper's range.
This is a congregation that was split in two in approx 1972 due to the growth pre-1975. All of us kids at the time would sit or stand in the back.
Then in the mid-80's a smaller congo nearby was disbanded and the servants and publishers redistributed to three or four surrounding congos; this was due to the seasonal nature of the local population and by extension attendance at the hall (ok...beach community). In 1987, the new (rather wasteful, gaudy) hall was built to accommodate the two 'sister' congos.
The congregation in question has very few left. When I last visited, there might have been 15-18 people in attendance out of a peak of about 120 pub's and lots of kids. I know that many moved away (some faded away?) due to the fierce browbeating of a couple of the elders.
Now, they can't get any one in service, and they tend to blame it all on 'materialism'... So they have all the book studies meet at the hall. The only other suggestion that came up so far on the thread that may have a real bearing on this situation, is that they really want to keep an eye on the 'waverers' --bc along with good jobs and 'materialism' usually comes a good home pc and the internet!
"All along the Watchtower...told a pack of lies!"