Topics Started by nugget
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55Secret Santa 2010 participation
by nugget inwe have agreed to get the ball rolling so that we can get secret santa up and running this year.. if you wish to participate it is very simple.. if you live in the us please can you pm tec with your name address and site name e.g.
nugget.. if you live in canada and the rest of the world pm nugget with the same information.. the closing date for applications is 30th november 2010. this will allow the draw to take place on 1st december 2010 and secret santas to be notified.
if you do not want to send international post please can you also let me know (nugget) so that i can ensure you receive a recipient based in your country or as close as possible.. gifts should not cost more than $15, 10. if you do have an international parcel it can cost almost as much to post heavy items so bear this in mind when shopping.
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How many meetings did you actually enjoy?
by nugget ini was talking to my husband and we were trying to work out how many meetings we actually came away from feeling enthused or excited by what we had heard.
not including pre and post meeting association how many wow moments can you recall?.
we had to conclude that most of the time in the organisation the meeting was something you endured.
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Our Daughter is 10 Tomorrow
by nugget in.
here's her cake and presents - she couldn't wait so opened one, hence the books.
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How many people who heard Millions now living talk are still alive?
by nugget ini was wondering it's been approximately 90 years since this talk was given so how many people who heard it could relaistically be alive now?.
the country with the greatest life expectation is japan and there the average life expectation is 82. the country with the worst record is mozambique with an average life expectancy of 43.. in developing countries 16% of the population is over 65 whereas only 6% of people in developing countries meet this criteria.
only 7% of the worlds population is over 65.. so if the worlds population is 6.6 billion does it mean 463 million are over 65. however if the best average life expectancy is 82 then the proportion of the 463 million that are 90 and over must be incredbly small.
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Blue ray players am I being taken for an idiot?
by nugget ini bought a blu ray player from sharp and was very impressed with the picture quality.
however a month ago it just stopped working and when i contacted sharp they told me that i had to download new software onto the machine as movie producers had changed the copywrite and i had to update the software.
he said that this is common to all blu ray players accept the playstation and everybody has to do it.
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Just found out I know another poster small world.
by nugget injust found out friend also posting on this site.
very heart warming.
has anyone else made similar happy discoveries?.
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The Bible in Living English 1989 edition is it a credible translation?
by nugget inyears ago i purchased this translation through the org is it considered a robust translation or is this amongst the fataly flawed books i am currently disposing of..
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How accurate is the Worldwide Report
by nugget ini was talking with the cong secretary the other day and he told me that all reports are rounded up before they are sent to the society.
i was just starting to think about how all this rounding up has an impact on the overall totals.. some publishers may round up or guesstimate their figures reporting additional time, congregation secretaries round up the cong report anything from 15 minutes to 45 minutes.
when you start extrapollating that across all the publishers and all congregations the margin of error becomes enormous.. the report becomes less meaningful each month by the end of the year we are potentially millions of hours adrift of the actual number.
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GB and Field Service a Question for Ex Bethel Boys and Others in the Know
by nugget ini have got the impression on here that jaraqz and the gb gang don't actually go door to door in field service.
it has aslo been stated that "judge" rutherford, who instigated it, didn't do it either.. is this true?
can anyone confirm it?.
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Was the Apostle Paul the Rutherford of his day?
by nugget ini was doing reseaerch on early days of the society and remembered a radio programme about the apostle paul from earlier in the year.
the gist of the programme was that paul had remodeled the early christians in his image and that many of the restrictions and edicts from that time had little to do with jesus earlier teaching.
for example the vilification of homosexuals and the denegration of women.. this made me think about how rutherford changed the early bible students and added restrictions to them as well trying to remodel the organisation into something he could control.. jesus spent time teaching about the kingdom, preaching the need for love, forgiveness and acceptance.
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