OK I just took a look at conference spaces in the Seattle area. I can get one in Shoreline (suburb a little north of Seattle) that will hold 600 people. It costs around $150-200 a day (weekends are at the top of that range) for a non-profit. There's a bigger venue in Bellevue, that can comfortably handle 3000 people. I can't find rates for that area, but I doubt it runs more than $2000 - 3000 a day.
Posts by JeffT
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51One Day assembly in Arizona- $17,000 !!
by AndDontCallMeShirley ini heard from a reliable source that a one-day assembly in arizona last weekend had a "cost" to the publishers of $17,000.. predictably, the elders were nice enough to obligate the attendees to a $6,000 donation to wt before the assembly "costs" (i.e.
"rent/extortion) were even met.
$11,000 rent plus $6000 in extra "donations".
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Hilarious Rumor: Halloween falls on Friday the 13th for first time in 666 years.
by OnTheWayOut inthe date passed by already, so i will mention the silly rumor that was going around.
this is freaking hilarious.
the rumor is a gullibility joke where it is hoped that the reader fails to remember that this holiday observance is on the fixed date of october 31st.
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JeffT
A friend posted that on facebook. My response was "this year, even Friday the 13th doesn't fall on Friday the 13th."
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What is this phenomenon?
by exWTslave inthough my colleague had requested for one week extension of her leave as her typhoid was becoming more stubborn, she came to work after two days.
when asked what miracle took place, she had this to say: your wording seems to be correct.
you would rememberi contracted typhoid same time last year.
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JeffT
She took leave when her diagnosis (after going to the hospital) confirmed she has typhoid. She asked for extension when it got worse. But this is not the subject!
Yes it is. This story is not believable from the start.
Yet you too know that things like this are also happening. Whether you accept it or not is entirely different matter.
I accept that BS stories are circulated everyday. I also accept that people die from reading this crap and thinking it works.
A few questions:
When and where did this happen?
Who was the doctor that made the diagnosis? Where are his lab notes?
Who was the doctor that confirmed the disease was gone? Where are his notes on the case?
Was she taking antiobiotics at the same time? How do we know that was not what cured her?
And lastly, why in God's name did this woman come down with Thyphoid TWICE? What is the health department doing?
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What is this phenomenon?
by exWTslave inthough my colleague had requested for one week extension of her leave as her typhoid was becoming more stubborn, she came to work after two days.
when asked what miracle took place, she had this to say: your wording seems to be correct.
you would rememberi contracted typhoid same time last year.
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JeffT
Put simply, I don't believe it.
For starters, an actual diagnosis of thypoid means a trip to the hospital, and probably a phone call to the health department. No responsible employer will make you request an extension on your sick leave if you have it. They won't let you back in the building until you have a note from your doctor saying you're healthy. And its not something that goes around once a year like the flu. And its cause, a bacteria, is well known and documented. "Negative energy" whatever that is, has nothing to do with it.
The details of this story don't add up.
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Let's All Volunteer for the Warwick Project!!!
by pronomono inok, not really.. but the rbc is spamming my email trying to get my volunteer information.
it all seems kind of hokey.
it comes from some unofficial gmail account that i've never seen and telling me to go to a generic form website to enter in my personal information.
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JeffT
pronomono:
I hope you didn't just out yourself. This communication could be unique to you.
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Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .
by Terry inas a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.
on the same day and didn't have any money!
(not thinking it through, you see :).
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JeffT
Logcon, a 1/700 scale 16 inch cannon is less than an inch long. If operational, they would be about as dangerous as the Indians shooting arrows at Ben Stiller in "Night at the Museum." They're all in my bedroom, so far I haven't been wounded in action after the sun goes down.
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Are YOU a person who "collects" things? Let's chat a moment . . .
by Terry inas a kid i only collected comic books until around 1962.. my collection was very important to me and i had emotional excitement at the release of a new comic--but--i made a date with 2 girls.
on the same day and didn't have any money!
(not thinking it through, you see :).
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JeffT
I had a comic collection as a kid, it all got tossed in a move in 1963. Some of them would now be worth some money, except they weren't in very good condition. About the time we moved I went nuts building plastic model kits. Those all disappeared a few years later. I still have most of the science fiction collection that really got going in the late '60's.
In the last five years I've started collecting models again. Unlike the earlier collection they are all ships and all the same scale: 1/700. Today's models are vastly more detailed than what I used to do. I currently have two battleships, two aircraft carriers, a submarine, a destroyer and the Titanic. I'm putting the finishing touches on one of he aircraft carriers and eyeing my next project, probably another battleship.
Am I nuts? Probably, but I like doing it, I stay within a budget and it doesn't hurt anybody.
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Doctors and surgeons say no to blood transfusions
by Mr Negative inmy mum recently told me that even surgeons won't have blood transfusions, but the common people don't get told this.
i have also seen or heard others say that a bunch of doctors/health officials/surgeons were asked, at some point, if they would accept a blood transfusion and they all said no.
is this true?
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JeffT
My father (a hemotologist) had several blood transfusions when he was in and out of the hospital the last couple of years of his life. I know he did because I was there.
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City of Houston Demands Pastors Turn Over Gay-Bashing Sermons
by cultBgone inhas anyone else seen this, or did i just miss the posting?.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/14/city-houston-demands-pastors-turn-over-sermons/.
here's the opening paragraph:.
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JeffT
Blatant violation of free speech rights. Put the shoe on the other foot and ask yourself how this would go over: "Republican city council issues subpeona demanding copies of gay pastor's sermons."
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Question for those converted to JW as adults
by DaleRivers inwhy did you become a jw, what particular teachings attracted you to 'the truth' ?.
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in my case (baptized at 20/21) it was the only religion i knew; my mom, her mom, and favorite sister were jw; and the teachings of no hellfire or immortal soul made sense to me.. .
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JeffT
I was baptized in 1973, a few months after I graduated from college. My first college roommate's mother was a JW. Later he became one and studied with me informally before I started a formal study. There were a number of factors in my conversion. I was in a bad place in my life and the JW's provided some structure and friendship. The fact that they did not believe in hell or the trinity interested me, along with the no war position. The 1975 hype tied in nicely with my world view - the world was going to hell in a handbasket, Richard Nixon proved all politicians were crooks, we were destroying the environment etc.
Shortly before baptism I met my wife, and the sealed the deal. She was also a convert, pulled in by family. We left together in 1989.