The University of Washington has suspended classes March 9th - 20th. The private K-12 where my two older children teach, and granddaughter is a student is closing for at least a week. The K-12 is setting up to do remote classes over the internet. I expect more closure's will be announced in the next few days.
Posts by JeffT
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656Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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JeffT
I live in a Seattle suburb. Our local school district just announced they're closing for at least 14 days. The small private school where my two older children teach (and our grandaughter is a student) will be closed for a week.
I did some shopping at Costco yesterday. The last of of the toilet paper went off the shelf just before I got to it. I saw people with carts that must have had 100 rolls of toilet paper in them. They other big one was cart loads of bottled water. Do they think the water is going to get shut off?
Crazy. I think some social psychologist will write a great PhD thesis about all this.
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2019 JW Statistics
by Attewc inhere is the updated chart based on jw.org provided statistics found here: link to 2019 statistics.
anything that stands out to you ?.
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JeffT
Almost 7000 hours in field service for each baptism.
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Corona beer sales vs coronavirus ?
by smiddy3 ini`m just curious as to whether the corona beer sales have plummeted since this coronavirus has spread in different parts of the world .. it wouldn`t surprise me if sales had a nose dive since this outbreak and just wondered if anybody has any information concerning this ?.
word association plays a big part in many peoples lives..
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JeffT
Corona virus causes headache, difficulty breathing, and fever.
Corona beer causes loud talking, craving for Taco Bell and waking up in bed with people you don't know.
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JW satire piece in The Babylon Bee
by frozen2018 ini enjoy satire.
from the babylon bee:.
https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-introduces-new-jehovahs-witness-protection-program.
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JeffT
The two guys in the background of the picture look like Mormon missionaries to me.
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May WT study edition: full of king of North and South / Rusia
by Gorbatchov injw.org is on collision course with russia.
the may wt study edition is full of prophesy related to the time of the end and what we have read so much in isaiah and jeremia bookstudy publications.. they found their enemy again.
jw.org needs enemy's to exist.
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JeffT
What does the near future hold for Jehovah's Witnesses, a new slogan for the Watchtower: "Redefining "soon" for over one hundred and thirty years."
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How do you feel about Social Media?
by caves ini personally hate it!
i've tried for years to find a way to enjoy it, but i do not.
i tried.. at the end of the day i feel its just people getting there ego stroked and miss-information.
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JeffT
Okay, so what is this old fart missing in this question? Aren't we ON social media here? We're a bunch of people talking to each other over the internet. I would take that as evidence that we like THIS social media. Or are FB and twitter the only things that count?
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Do You Support Police and Law Enforcement?
by minimus inrecently black lives matter representatives have encouraged people to spit in law enforcement officials foods.
some people are going into police stations and trying to kill innocent officers.
federal officials are marked for death because they try to administer the law.. what is your opinion of this type of lawlessness?.
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JeffT
Rub, I think you're conflating two different shows. Car 54 was a sit com. I was 10 when it came out, and remember watching it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_54,_Where_Are_You%3F
There was a show that was dramitic recreations of actual incidents, I can't find it right now.
One of these days some cops somewhere are going to decide to just stop working for a couple of days so that everybody will appreciate what they do. I wouldn't blame them at all. Restaurant workers who spit in the food should be charged with assault. If the customer is a cop that would be assaulting an officer.
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I want to try something new, any ideas?
by Tameria2001 innormally when jws come to my door, i very quickly tell them i'm not interested in the jws.
and for about a year or so they don't come until that time passes.
well, they came by today, but this time i decided to not tell them to go away but had a nice conversation with the two that were at my door.
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JeffT
I've stumped them a couple of times with a question: How can they be Christians if there offical doctrine teaches that Jesus is not their mediator? Every time their response is "Of course we teach that Jesus is our mediator," to which I say "When did that change?" They will it hasn't and I refer them to the 1979 and 1989 Watchtower articles and invite them to come back after they look that up.
None of them ever come back, I hope that I gave them something to think about.
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They Are Already Talking About Impeaching Trump Again!
by minimus inbecause he voiced his opinion on roger stone’s recommended sentencing as being grossly unfair, the democrats are talking about impeachment.. do they really think that impeaching him will mean that a democrat will get into the white house??.
it is crazy!!
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JeffT
How many times did the Republicans vote to repeal Obama care? Maybe the Democrats are going to try to break that record by impeaching Trump 150 times.