Topics Started by Jourles

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"Are you the plumber?"
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've been debating whether or not to post this story simply because the org knows who i am (post history from pre-'05 will tell you all you need to know), and i'm not sure if they would give my parents shit if they knew what transpired earlier this summer.

but you know what, i don't care what they do, because my mom is dying of stage iv cancer and i feel this needs to be heard by anyone struggling with the loss of contact from their relatives.. for those who are not familiar with my background, i became a small thorn in the side of the wts while i was still in.

i'm not big on being deceived, and for me, the org crossed my personal 'red line' when it came to blood and the child abuse issue.
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Still alive and kicking
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. friends
howdy everyone!

just wanted to pop in and say hi to all the old timers and the new.

i can't believe i've been a member of this site for 18 years now.
4
BoE letters
by Jourles in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i'm curious, has anyone continued with the collection and archival of all the boe letters?

i still have all of them from '77 to '01, but would be interested in reading/acquiring the others from '01-current.

i would love to host them again, but this time from a computer that sits on an anonymous vpn.
4
What's new in JW land?
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. friends
it's been a very long time.

i just wanted to pop in to see what sort of changes have occurred in the last few years.

i've been virtually out of the ex-jw mindset for a while and it feels great.
3
Minnie Mouse groper found guilty (prays that Jehovah has mercy on victim)
by Jourles in
1. social
2. current
if he had kept big j's name out of this, i bet no one would have known he was a jdub.. "i am not guilty and i pray to jehovah god that he has mercy on ms. mcgoldrick," moyer said.. .

http://www.wftv.com/orangecounty/20356784/detail.html.
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STL Cardinals fans, close-up pics from Detroit
by Jourles in
1. social
2. physical
a buddy of mine and i went out to the cardinals/tigers game yesterday.

i bought my tickets through ebay and found front row tix right behind the cardinals bullpen.

of course, it was more than ideal for photographs.. .
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Made contact with an old jw(now exjw) boss of mine
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. experiences
i come on tonight to see i had one new pm.

come to find out, it is from evidently who has been signed up on the board for over a year but has never posted.

this guy used to be an old boss of mine from way back when - i'd say around 12 years ago or so.
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HDR photography anyone? (pics inside)
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone employ hdr(high dynamic range) photography in their bag of tricks?

in a nutshell, you take several photos of the same scene but at different exposures - from dark to very light(your aperture needs to remain exactly the same).

you then merge them together.
3
Honda FCX Clarity - hydrogen powered car coming in 2008
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. friends
if you live in the socal area and $600 a month for a lease is chump change to you, honda will be offering a new hydrogen powered car in mid-2008.. just imagine the implications to the entire automotive industry, not to mention the oil industry, once this technology becomes more commonplace.

the car's range is roughly 270 miles.

of course, the hydrogen fuel infrastructure needs to be built out, so this may take an act of god to accomplish if the oil companies have anything to say about it.. http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/.
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$611 Billion - Was it worth it?
by Jourles in
1. jw
2. friends
a list of things which $611 billion could pay for:.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/gallery/251007war_costs/.

obviously, 70,000 years of dicek's salary isn't a good example on how to spend it, but some of the others make you think, where did our priorities go?.