Posts by maninthemiddle

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How many did NOT get invited to the Memorial?

by Ding in

i didn't.. i must really be wicked....

maninthemiddle

We didn't, they know where we live and have been skipping our house for a few years.

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the ancestors used to refer to this type weather as the easter snap.. it's cold and rainy.. my teenage granddaughter is sullen and hostile.. my little jw daughter is cool and aloof.. i am so happy for this forum.. thanks, people.. sylvia.

maninthemiddle

Hello! I'm at lake Martin today looking at the boat getting rained on. This is supposed to be our spring break, but it sure doesn't feel like spring.

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Possibly the creepiest thing I have ever seen.

by DATA-DOG in

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/7bhfbsjycap9gurjx8e4.jpg.

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/q2ez9si8kwcze4h7pft.jpg.

http://www.freeimgshost.com/fullsize/0a2s84sh0thc27bo11tr.jpg.

maninthemiddle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

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Need some advice...For my kids

by Jon Preston in

jw
friends

since being out mentally and missing meetings my children mention people from the hall and i cant help but feel bad that they are missing the association.

my daughters are 4 and 2 and we live in a small town with not a whole lot to do.

what activities did you do with your kids?

maninthemiddle

For us it was getting to know the other parents form school. Getting the kids together for playtime outside of school.

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It is legally an "assault" to point a gun. The Watch Tower assault: the SHUN GUN

by Terry in

the insidious bind the watchtower religion places on their members is unconscionable.. holding family and friends "hostage" as an extortion strategy may be their most potent weapon of enforced conformity.. .

in effect, like an armed criminal who points a gun at you and threatens "your money or your life", the watchtower leadership.

holds the power to separate dissenting members from those whom they most cherish.. the "gun" is the shun.. pointing the shun at you and threatening to cut you off from your loved ones is a psychological brutality.. absolute obedience is required.. .

maninthemiddle

I remember when you posted this a couple of years ago, it made an impression on me. I even saved it.

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Atlanta International Convention Hotels Not Being Filled Up!

by James Jackson in

this week our kh devoted the whole service meeting to the upcoming international convention in atlanta.

they read a 5 page letter from the branch which stated basically that we should feel priviledged to be invited to this convention.. however, many are not using the "recomended lodging list", "many hotels still have plenty of rooms available", "we must be loyal to this arrangement", (or the organization will not get their comp rooms)..

maninthemiddle

Bump, anyone else form geogia that can tell me more about the parking situation at the dome?

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The first step toward apostasy

by Socrateswannabe in

"the first step toward apostasy is a drop in field service activity.

i have read that statement in wts publications and heard it many times from the platform.

i haven't studied philosphy so i'm not sure what type of logical fallacy this is an example of, but it is one for sure.

maninthemiddle

I remember that statement from a poster here recently telling about their SAD.

I've not sure I read that, the usual printed schtick is something like "they don't feel they have go door to door"

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Atlanta International Convention Hotels Not Being Filled Up!

by James Jackson in

this week our kh devoted the whole service meeting to the upcoming international convention in atlanta.

they read a 5 page letter from the branch which stated basically that we should feel priviledged to be invited to this convention.. however, many are not using the "recomended lodging list", "many hotels still have plenty of rooms available", "we must be loyal to this arrangement", (or the organization will not get their comp rooms)..

maninthemiddle

James, they can't park in the Turner decks, isnt't that the usuall parking deck for the Dome? I know that's where I've parked before.

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Atlanta International Convention Hotels Not Being Filled Up!

by James Jackson in

this week our kh devoted the whole service meeting to the upcoming international convention in atlanta.

they read a 5 page letter from the branch which stated basically that we should feel priviledged to be invited to this convention.. however, many are not using the "recomended lodging list", "many hotels still have plenty of rooms available", "we must be loyal to this arrangement", (or the organization will not get their comp rooms)..

maninthemiddle

We are so used to driving in this city that I bet people from easily 70 miles around will drive instead of using a hotel. That makes up a huge amount of people all all the suburbs around the city.

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Atlanta International Convention Hotels Not Being Filled Up!

by James Jackson in

this week our kh devoted the whole service meeting to the upcoming international convention in atlanta.

they read a 5 page letter from the branch which stated basically that we should feel priviledged to be invited to this convention.. however, many are not using the "recomended lodging list", "many hotels still have plenty of rooms available", "we must be loyal to this arrangement", (or the organization will not get their comp rooms)..

maninthemiddle

The GA dome has two big hotels attached to the adjoing world congress center. Were thoes on the official list?

My In-laws from Winder have decided they are too old to drive downtown and are going to Knoxville with family instead, I wonder how many are opting out from driving downtown and parking.

Also Atlanta has many nice hotels that people will stay at for a mini vacation, maybe a lot of folks are chhosing other hotels for that reason. I'd sure stay at the Westin even if it wasn't on the list. (not that I'm going).

I'd love to know where you are from IE what areas appear to not want to go downtown. PM me if you like.