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  I'm not a camper. I don't see the point in pretending you are homeless

  by wha happened? in

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  i used to camp alot as a kid.

  i was in cub scouts and boy scouts.

  dad and i went to lot's of camping trips.

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  Jim_TX

  I've been camping a few times... before I got married to the first wife, I went camping with some friends. I had my sleepimh bag and slept outdoors, until it started raining.

  I owned a VW beetle back then, and had removed the back seat, and put plywood down. When it started raining, I took my sleeping bag, and crawled into the back of my VW, and went back to sleep.

  I also went to the coast with a couple of guys. We camped out on the beach. That was fun. Sand everywhere.

  Later, after I got married, I went with the wife to Big Bend National park a couple of times. The first time, we went down Santa Elena canyon on a raft, and spent the night about half-way through the canyon. That was fun, but I was young and dumb, and didn't know better. We all could've been killed. (Especially when we crossed over to the Mexican side of the river, where there were definite signs that someone had been there recently.)

  I haven't been camping recently, and am probably too old for camping now, anyway.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  Kingdom Hall got Disassociated

  by Quarterback in

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  well, i thought i've seen everything.. a congregation in our city just sold thier kingdom hall.

  they must have been desparate, because they sold it to an evangelical group for an amount less than what they boasted about.

  but, these are hard financial times.. all i could remember is the 25 yrs ago, dedication talk.

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  Jim_TX

  How we stated that this KH would become the centre of true worship in the community. We dedicated the bldg for that purpose.

  ...and now it will be used for that purpose. It just took 25 years to get there.
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  Does Anyone Know Anything About a New Request for Black Sisters at Bethel?

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cur3jfect5a.

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  it suggests that the gb has asked black sisters to go natural with their hair..

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  Jim_TX

  Wow. What a bunch of hooey! What next?

  If they are so concerned about having to spend money on products... why don't they tell the guys to stop shaving, and 'go natural'? After all... one needs to buy razors and shaving cream.

  Or, perhaps they will tell the women-folk to stop buying hair color. After all... that costs. There won't be hair color in the 'new system'. (If they did that, there might be a massive revolt by both the women... and men.)

  How about no perfumes? (I think that someone else already mentioned no deodorants...)

  Silly people.
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  It turns out this green energy they keep touting isn't so green after all.

  by tootired2care in

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  so much for obama and ilk being good stewards of the environment.

  the irony of it.... http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/04/28/solyndra-not-dealing-with-toxic-waste-at-milpitas-facility/.

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  Jim_TX

  Nothing is 100% green... except for the grass outside in your yard... and then, only if you don't use chemicals to fertilize it.

  I use LED lighting in my home for three to four rooms. All three LED lighting fixtures were built up by me and run on 12-volts. The 12-volts comes from a SLA (Sealed Lead-acid) battery that is charged by a 68-watt solar panel. It all works very harmonious. The sun comes up every day, and the solar panel produces electricity that gets put into the battery. (Using my solar panel, it even charges on overcast or rainy days.)

  At night (and sometimes during the day), we turn on the LED lights. As mentioned by wtwizard above, my preference is for the 5000+ Kelvin LEDs. I do not like those LEDs that are in the 3000 Kelvin range. Ick!

  But. Is it 100% 'green'? No. I know that chemicals were used to manufacture the solar panel. I know that the SLA battery has lead in it. I know that chemicals were used to produce the LEDs that I use for light.

  You have to pick your battles. I figure the impact on the environment for my small-scale solar lighting system is minimal. I am not using the power from the local coal-fired power plant to light my three-to-four rooms. I figure that I have reduced my power bill by about 15 - 20 percent each month. Not a huge amount, but it all adds up.

  Payback for my system would be in 2 or 3 years.

  The 'smile factor'? Priceless.

  As for the OP and Solyndra, you will have that at many plants that manufacture goods. Many (I almost typed 'most') solar panels are manufactured in China where they do not have as many hazardous materials restrictions and laws. One of the reasons that goods from China cost less.

  Locally, we had a plant that manufactured goods and did a lot of ironwork. The company sold their property to the city a few years back, and a stadium was built on the site. Much of the ground was contaminated and had to be treated as hazardous waste, and disposed accordingly. How did that company get away with dumping hazardous materials onto the ground for almost 100 years? It happens.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  What is the worst date you've ever had???

  by the_raisin in

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  hey guys, just wanted to hear your stories about the worst dates you have been in or have heard about.. .

  let's see... worst date... hmm.... .

  okay so this didn't happen to me, but i was there lol.

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  Jim_TX

  I can't top some of these stories, and won't even try. I'll just tell ya one or two that should be told. These go back to a time when I was young and awkward. - and very introverted and shy. I was a young JW who lived on his own and thought that I was really cool.

  1) I met this young lady named Nelda. I asked her out, which was a difficult thing for me to do, half expecting rejection. She said 'ok', and so I took her out to dinner and a movie. In hindsight, taking a gal to a buffet-type restaurant is probably not a good idea, but I didn't know the 'rules' for dating.

  Anyway, I thought that we had had a good time (the movie was 'Rocky'), I took her home, and said goodnight. Didn't do anything inappropriate... didn't even kiss her. (Knowing me, back then I probably shook her hand.)

  The next day, I did the usual 'follow up' phone call, and started talking to her. She told me she was reading one of the revelation books. I started talking about that with her, and she stopped me and said (and I quote), "Look. I don't want you to call me anymore. I just want to be friends."

  I never did call her again, and we're friends to this day. (A bit of sarcasm there... for those sarcasm-inhibited.)

  Funny thing... a few months later, I was dating my first girl-friend, and we were driving to one of those circuit assemblies. I was driving my girlfriends' black Monte Carlo, and we passed this Nelda girl getting off of a city bus. I asked if we could stop and give her a lift, which we did. So, this gal got to see me being successful with another gal, while she still struggled along... pioneering. (I'm sure some young-buck MS picked her up in no time.)

  We dropped her off at the front entrance while we went to park the car, and forget about her.

  2) Around the same time-period, I got asked out by a trio of gals. I knew all of them, and agreed to go to the movies with them. On the way to the movies, they all sat in the front seat, and I sat in the backseat. We all had fun, but it was kinda weird.

  I guess that one may not qualify as a date.

  Regards,

  Jim TX

  P.S. Just thinking about it... Nelda would probably be relating her side of the story as one of those 'bad dates' with me...
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  Do you guys think there will be a time when everyone will leave the JWs?

  by FinchAndWeston in

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  in 50 or so years when jws realize that the fds's promises were lies, would everyone just get up and leave?.

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  Jim_TX

  No, I don't.

  But then again... if the main office owns all of the meeting halls, and decides to have a fire sale, and dumps all of the halls, then where will they have a place to meet? I can see something like that happening... but not any time soon.
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  Need info on Revised JW book that was 'recalled' ... was it ....

  by talesin in

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  the truth that leads to eternal life?

  i am trying to raise some money for school, and my father has given me consent to sell his collection on e-bay, which dates back to the rutherford days.

  my sibling and its progeny have no interest in retaining the library, so he would rather sell the books, than see the collection eventually go in the trash.. .

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  So... do you count them as 'placements', when you sell them?

  (JUST KIDDING!!!!!)
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  I too have been charged with apostasy! Stunned.

  by FinchAndWeston in

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  my wife and i got a letter sent to me stating we are being called before a judical hearing to discuss allegations of apostasy!

  we haven't gone to the meeting in 5 years.

  are the jw's on a witchhunt lately?

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  Jim_TX

  I put up Christmas lights in my backyard (visible from the front of the house) in May of last year.

  Those aren't 'Christmas' lights, they're 'security' lights.

  Yall need to learn how to spin the truth, like them jw's do.

  I've put up a string of white LED lights that are powered by a battery that gets recharged by a solar panel. I use them for on-at-dusk-off-at-dawn lighting. They run all year round. They aren't Christmas lights, and I'll tell anyone who asks me that.

  I, too, like the legal form posted by Black Sheep. I need to remember that one. I don't think I will ever need it, but... you never know.
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  Do JWs even mention the 'generation' teaching to new studies?

  by lisaBObeesa in

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  the other thread got me to wondering if people who are studies ever even learn about the current generation teaching.. is the current generation teaching part of the book that is used with studies now?

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  Jim_TX

  "I did take notes."

  "Well, go and read your notes."

  That is word for word what happened. It was only about 3 months ago. The study conductor is a pioneer, very prominent in the congregation, wife of an elder in a key position.

  You mean that you didn't say, "Well, I would like to see your notes, just to make sure that I got it correct."

  ...and see her squirm a bit.
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  How do you call outside of the hall to complain about an elder or ms ?

  by average joe in

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  what phone number would you call to complain about an ms or elder outside of your hall?

  what is the procedure if the you can not turn to the other elders?.

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  Jim_TX

  If you make a call to the hq, be sure to use *68 (or whatever it is that does not send your phone number through to caller-id), and use a voice-changer device. Don't give your name... or if you do, make sure it isn't yours.

  If you write a letter, make sure that it can't be traced back to you. When you mail it, do so from a different post office or town, so that the postmark cannot be traced back to you.

  Do I sound a bit paranoid?

  Regards,

  Jim TX