FatFreek 2005

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  No more hour requirements for pioneers

  by solomon in

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  it was announced at the meeting.

  do what you are able to because of covid.. i think i should sign up as i’m able to meet the hour requirements.

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  FatFreek 2005

  Hmmm .... sign me up. But, remind me again -- what are the benefits?
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  Remember Daisy, the BB Gun? Some early history

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was still a jw at the time and my four boys were always anxious for me to bring home a daisy product.

  i did just that during a weekend for a lab tryout.

  ha!

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  To all: one or all of those links may not have worked. I sent the following PM to the one who reported a problem.

  "Good morning. I'm so glad you got back to me on this matter as I am new to this Google Drive sharing. I changed the setting on all 3 documents to "anyone on the web can view this doc".

  Please let me know if I got them right or wrong. I can't tell from this end cuz I'm the creator of the files and already have permission. Len Miller
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  Remember Daisy, the BB Gun? Some early history

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was still a jw at the time and my four boys were always anxious for me to bring home a daisy product.

  i did just that during a weekend for a lab tryout.

  ha!

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  FatFreek 2005

  I walked to work one day, camera in hand. After a 14 inch snowfall the day before.

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1at_dmluvgekZyDpRarfeuUHdI18CyR_j/view?usp=sharing
  

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EfSMq_shKMyhfsY1VTOBWQkTGKPPhjE7/view?usp=sharing
  
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  Remember Daisy, the BB Gun? Some early history

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was still a jw at the time and my four boys were always anxious for me to bring home a daisy product.

  i did just that during a weekend for a lab tryout.

  ha!

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  FatFreek 2005

  I was still a JW at the time and my four boys were always anxious for me to bring home a Daisy product. I did just that during a weekend for a lab tryout. Ha! It was really for my pleasure although my conscience stung a bit because of Watchtower teaching. The gun was a pistol, a modified early model of the CO2 200. Which brings me to my motive for posting.

  I was a young tool and die designer for Daisy in the late 60s and early 70s. I recently found three early issues of their newsletters, "The Daisy Aim", in my files. They are charming, historically informative -- perhaps more so to present day readers. They were all very well written -- one of them at the pen of Beth Hough (wife of then president of Daisy, Cass Hough). Yes, both have since passed and although I never personally met them, I alway held that dynamic couple in the highest esteem.

  I decided to scan them so others may get the same pleasure I received. You may click on links to those newsletters, peeking into Rogers, Ar (and Daisy) history, from 60 years ago.
  

  The Daisy Aim Newsletter Toy BB Gun Compay Nov 1960.pdf
  

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qc59Yw9EiCqfBdcOqNzM04MK_RXOSUvy/view?usp=sharing

  The Daisy Aim Newsletter Toy BB Gun Compay Dec 1960.pdf
  

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x-uqxYS5JKIwQvfXjEmr_blK3-ncV7WP/view?usp=sharing

  The Daisy Aim Newsletter Toy BB Gun Compay Feb 1964.pdf
  

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NoCvbb2rrC2Wu7CVt8eCGqx1oATKS4Y1/view?usp=sharing

  Len Miller
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  Another Unnecessary Early Death

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a young man in somerset in england, under massive pressure from financial and relationship issues lapsed into mental illness.

  he was unlucky enough to have as his support system the local congregation of jehovah's witnesses.

  one of the symptoms of his illness was the use of tobacco.

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  FatFreek 2005

  I am now 79 and still remember the struggles I had to quit smoking. I was just a kid at 21 and during a long Thanksgiving weekend, away from the influence of my work buddies, and quit the habit -- and don't regret it now. But I truly loved it then.

  It would be another 10 years or so when it became a DF offense and I totally empathized with the then elderly who were struggling with their addiction.

  What haunted my thinking then was Jesus words, Matthew 15:11 11What goes into someone's mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them."
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  AUSTRALIA | 23 July 2020 - Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall bomber found guilty by Supreme Court

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leonard warwick has been found guilty for a number of bombings committed during the 1980’s, including the family court bombing and the jehovah’s witnesses casula congregation kingdom hall bombing on 21 july 1985 which killed the public speaker, graham wykes, and injured 13 others.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/leonard-warwick-family-court-bomber-found-guilty/12483286.

  side note: i have been closely following this story for 35 years now, including the past few years of supreme court hearings, much of which dealt with the jehovah’s witnesses kingdom hall bombing..

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  Horrible cold case. Anything to indicate this perpetrator is or was a JW?
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  False prophets, and proud of it

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the latest wt celebrates the 100th anniversary of 1920 with an article about what happened that year:.

  on march 21, 1920, joseph f. ruther-ford .

  spoke on the subject“millions now living will never die.” the bi-ble students left no stone unturned in theirquest to invite interested ones to this event.they rented one of the largest theaters innew york city and distributed some 320,-000 invitations.the public responded beyond all expecta-tions.

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  FatFreek 2005

  as I recall, the campaign started as Millions now living MAY never die and it started in 1917
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue Owners of FaithLeaks for Posting 74 Convention Movies

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-faithleaks-owners-over-convention-videos .

  https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/05/01/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-owners-of-faithleaks-for-posting-74-convention-movies/.

  the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, which oversees the jehovah’s witnesses, is suing the truth and transparency foundation and its founders ryan c. mcknight and ethan g. dodge alleging copyright infringement..

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  FatFreek 2005

  Great find, Corney.
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  Athlete A..... A powerful moving story

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just watched athlete a on netflix.

  it moved me to tears.

  it was about the cover up by usa gymastics of child sex abuse at the hands of dr nassar.

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  FatFreek 2005

  Athlete A is a great documentary. Wife and I watched it. Yes, the similarities to Watchtower's obsession with protecting the mothership is uncanny.
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  Results of the 2018 Global Survey of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Unstuck in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's long overdue, i know, and i apologise profusely but it's tough working full-time and trying to spend time on all the ex-jw work that i want to do...... that said - here are the 2018 survey results for anyone interested and i am already working on the 2019 results.

  also, i'm tweaking the survey for the 2020 release which will be soon..... hugs to all!.

  sherrie d'souza (aka unstuck!).

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  FatFreek 2005

  Sherrie -- you can't hear me right now but I'm applauding. You are a great activist.