What about the Glen Campbell rumors? Apparently, he did study with the Witnesses for a very short time. But I remember how everyone in my congregation was really excited because a certain family from our congregation had gone to the district assembly in Houston and had watched him being baptized. They even took pictures, and people could hardly wait until they got home. Well ... turns out that not only hadn't they seen GC baptized (he was never baptized), they hadn't even gone to Houston. They were visiting their daughter in another state. They were dumbfounded when people practically attacked them asking for pictures of GC. :D How these rumors get started is beyond me. The Witnesses are the absolute worst at spreading them, too. My brother, who's a CO, was and still is a huge John Denver fan. He went to a couple of concerts and so did his friends. If John Denver ever did something like that, he didn't do it at any of the concerts people I know went to.
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Did John Denver hate Jehovah's Witnesses?
by free2beme inmy mother once told me a story of how john denver supposedly hated jehovah's witnesses more then life itself.
my legend, these are two examples i heard while in the witnesses .... 1. at a john denver concert, he once asked all jehovah's witnesses in the audience to leave.. 2. johnny carson once asked him if he did this, and when he said he did, johnny carson asked him to leave the show in rehearsal and re-booked someone else.. ... awhile back i started looking on the internet for information on this and could not see any proof of this and wondered if anyone ever heard this before or was it just something that was in our area.
i have a feeling it is something others heard of.
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Cannabis vs Alchohol and Other Man Made Pharmacuticals
by OpenFireGlass inwell for starters i do have a prescription for cannabis (insomnia / depression).... why would i want to take pharmacuticals for insomnia/depression?
i mean, what if i get prescribed/addicted to a pill, that one day i might not be able to afford?
(if you/i grow cannabis it's more/less free)... now the moral issue... who is more likely to beat the shit out of their kids?
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jukief
I've suffered from insomnia and depression for many, many years. I've been on several different antidepressants over the years, and I've tried everything for my insomnia--from biofeedback to prescription meds to acupunture. The only thing that really helps me fall asleep is weed. Because I use it right before I go to bed (in bed, actually), I don't have to worry about munchies because it knocks me out in about 20 minutes to half an hour. It hasn't harmed my motivation--just the opposite, in fact, because when I'm more rested I have more energy to devote to work and home projects. I've never been able to smoke (my lungs hate it), so I bought a vaporizer, and it works great. I can use a smaller amount of "product" than otherwise, too, which is good because it is pricey. No aftereffects. No hangover the next morning, and no drowsiness like I get some sleep medications. Yeah, alcohol can put you to sleep, too, but the older I get the worse I feel after I drink too much, not to mention the calories, the effects on blood sugar, chances of harming your liver, etc., etc. I think it's completely hypocritical that cigarettes (a known addictive substance that kills its users) are legal and alcohol is, but pot isn't. It's stupid, and the amount of money spent fighting the "war on drugs" and the number of people in our prisons for this "crime" is insupportable. Legalize pot, and life would be a lot better for everyone concerned. But I bet the big pharmaceutical companies wouldn't like that much, would they?
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Talk about showing your age. Wait until you hear this one. My mom was a teenager in LA back in the 1940s--just converting to the religion. Nelson Eddie, who was a HUGE star back then, started studying and going to meetings at a neighboring congregation. He liked the religion, but he got so disgusted with the way the brothers fawned all over him that he stopped studying. For those of you who have never heard of them, Nelson Eddie and Jeanette McDonald were big matinee idols in the 30s and 40s. My parents loved them, and I grew up listening to their records. :-) http://jukief.blogspot.com/ Alan's parents gave us a cassette tape. On one side it has Fred Franz singing Kingdom Melodies (what a hoot) and on the other side Nelson Eddie singing Kingdom Melodies. Guess who was a better singer? :D
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American Idol ... will Chris win?
by free2beme ini admit, i watch this show regularly and it is a major discussion in the work space.
we all think chris is going win and it is his contest to loss at this point.
although there are a couple of men who like kat.
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jukief
I saw Simon interviewed on TV today, and he said he thought Chris and Taylor would be the final two.
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Any one here "Geocache"?
by upside/down in.
wow...i had no idea...what a cool new hobby.. talk about therapy... this will get you goin and your mind off the wretched wts...!!!.
http://www.geocaching.com/about/.
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jukief
I do geocaching. It's a lot of fun. The best thing is to combine it with motorcycle riding. :D
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jukief
Third-generation native here.
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"H.R. Pufnstuf" Actor Jack Wild dies~
by FlyingHighNow in.
i also loved him in a little known, but cherished by me personally, movie called melody.
he starred in it with mark lester, his co-star from oliver!.
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jukief
Very sad. And a good lesson about the dangers of smoking. :-(
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Any currently active JWs in the Houstin area?
by jukief inif you're an active jw (go to a few meetings now and then, at least) and live in the houstin area, i'd very much like to talk to you about the current co there.
please pm me.
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If you're an active JW (go to a few meetings now and then, at least) and live in the Houstin area, I'd very much like to talk to you about the current CO there. Please PM me. Thank you! Julie
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Mark Furhman/Barbara Anderson Radio Interview on Real Audio
by Dogpatch inthanks to danny haszard you can listen to the 75 minutes of interview with barbara anderson and linda john by the famous mark furhman from his mark furhman radio show (in four parts) from this link:.
http://www.dannyhaszard.com/cultvideos.htm#barb.
just click on one of the four parts to listen to it.
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jukief
If you use Firefox as your browser, it will give you the option of opening the file or saving it to your computer.
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A New Trend for JW Baby Boomers?
by NYCkid ini'm sure this topic has come up before but i'm new here :-) since many of us are offspring of the baby boomer generation or of a generation earlier, i've noticed a trend.
my parents and their siblings who largely grew up as witnesses are now entering or have entered retirement age.
although my parents were generally hard working and responsible people, they have little retirement savings.
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jukief
My father, who's been a dub all his life and on the fringes since 1976, changed jobs 10 years before he retired. He went from labor (no pension) to management (profit sharing). He had $100,000 in profit sharing when he retired 13 years ago. He's managed to double that because he's continued to work at his own business since he retired from his regular job. I can't get my parents to spend their money. They're worried about having a lot to leave to us kids. Yeah, to my loser Circuit Overseer brother who still owes them $30,000 he borrowed 20 years ago, and my loser sister (married to an elder) who's been taking their money for her entire marriage of 35 years (her husband is worthless as a wage earner). I encourage my parents to enjoy their money--travel, buy a new car, etc.--but I think my dad still has that depression mindset. But they have a comfortable life, and I won't have to worry about taking care of them (my JW siblings would never consider doing so). But I hate to think of them going without things they'd enjoy just so my worthless JW siblings can spend their money within an hour after they die on frivolous things. It really pisses me off. I've noticed a trend among the boomer JWs I know. Back in the early 70s, when I was first married, my husband and his best friend, who both worked for the same company, didn't join the pension plan because they didn't think they'd need to worry about retirement money. Now this same friend is comfortably middle class, and not only is in the pension plan, but has been building storage units as investments. He is much more materialistic than any "worldy" person I know. They have the very best of everything. (And, ironaically, y ex-husband, who quit the religion, is poor as a churchmouse.) Another dub couple I know (the wife is my brother's sister-in-law) are wealthy. They've invested a lot of money in real estate. When I knew them, way back then, they were on the lower rungs of the income ladder. This woman's father, a die-hard elder who's my brother's father-in-law, has also made a lot of real estate investments. From what my parents tell me, there's a lot of talk about planning for retirement. I never heard that kind of talk when I was a dub (but then I quit in 1984). I think the boomers are realizing that Armageddon is'nt going to come in their lifetimes and that they'd better start thinking about retirement. They aren't like my parents' generation, many of whom decided to forgo having children and buying homes because the great day was so near at hand. Those oldtimers really believed. People don't any more.