Bungi Bill

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  Is this a forum for JW issues or a poorly designed political and celebrity site?

  by Band on the Run in

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  it appears to me that even in the few months that i have been here there is less and less emphasis on jehovah's witnesses and anything remotely related to jws and more very poor posts about politics, foreign affairs and celebrities.

  i can't omit the juvenile sex ones, which i find lacking in erotic nature.

  it seems the 6th grade boys are meeting in the locker room.. the posts that involve jws have a very different tone from the drivel posted on others.

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  Bungi Bill

  I have no doubts whatsoever about the importance of academic qualifications, having acutely felt the lack thereof in my own field - i.e. electrical engineering.

  (Unfortunately, most of my knowledge and expertise has been picked up by experience, in which Murphy's Law No.7 played a major role: "Experience gained is in direct proportion to the amount of equipment destroyed!")

  I am, though, puzzled by those who seem to equate "dumbing down" with humility. It seems to me much like trying to class religion and ethics as the same thing.

  At different times, I have been privileged to work with some very highly qualified persons. Despite their impressive qualifications in electrical engineering, these individuals did not attempt to overawe the rest of us by flaunting their academic achievements at every opportunity. Rather, they commanded great respect by both being the persons that they were, and by the excellent quality of the work that they turned out.

  Conversely, the only engineer that ever tried to bully the rest of us with his (supposed!) status turned out to in actual fact be rather ordinary - both in qualifications and ability. (Not to mention being a right #$%& as a person!).

  Bill.
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  Unemployment Rates For College v. High School

  by skeeter1 in

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  young people with only high school diplomas or less are hardest hit by unemploymentpublished: friday, april 22, 2011, 1:46 pm ap graphiconly about a third of young people with a high school education or less are working full time.

  ie6 hack ie6 hack young people who try to find work straight out of high school aren't faring well in today's tough economy.. .

  four in 10 of those surveyed whose education stopped at high school are unemployed.

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  Bungi Bill

  Don't you reckon they are a bit overdressed?

  Bill.
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  Unemployment Rates For College v. High School

  by skeeter1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  young people with only high school diplomas or less are hardest hit by unemploymentpublished: friday, april 22, 2011, 1:46 pm ap graphiconly about a third of young people with a high school education or less are working full time.

  ie6 hack ie6 hack young people who try to find work straight out of high school aren't faring well in today's tough economy.. .

  four in 10 of those surveyed whose education stopped at high school are unemployed.

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  Bungi Bill

  None of this comes as any surprize to the likes of myself:

  - just try getting a decent job without a degree!

  The best job I could ever find was managing a power station, in the middle of a malarial jungle clearing, in a Third World country (the same position that had sent two previous incumbents mad).

  Bill.
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  Is this a forum for JW issues or a poorly designed political and celebrity site?

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it appears to me that even in the few months that i have been here there is less and less emphasis on jehovah's witnesses and anything remotely related to jws and more very poor posts about politics, foreign affairs and celebrities.

  i can't omit the juvenile sex ones, which i find lacking in erotic nature.

  it seems the 6th grade boys are meeting in the locker room.. the posts that involve jws have a very different tone from the drivel posted on others.

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  Bungi Bill

  Anyone participating on this site needs to realize that a wide variety of opinions are being offered, on an equally wide variety of topics.

  Fair enough, too!

  - we received enough censorship while with the JWs, without wanting it imposed here. (Well, I did, anyway).

  Bill.

  PS: Just because some on this site are not as good at expressing themselves as others should not deny them their chance to say their piece. You don't have to read everything that is printed here - if a topic is of no interest to you, all you have to do is move on to another. I do it regularly!
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  Just had a JW lady at the door and boy can she lie or has no clue!

  by donny in

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  funny how things work.

  i had just posted a sarcastic question on pc's thread about last nights call with the six screens folks when the door bell rang.

  it was a jw lady and she was by herself.

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  Bungi Bill

  A lot of "Monkey see - Monkey do" is observable here.

  i.e. WT leaders regularly lie about such matters, so the Rank and File have no difficulty in doing the same.

  Furthermore, the typical JW is so muddle-headed and ready to swallow anything the WTS says, that many do not even seem to realise that they are lying.

  Talk about a dysfunctional mob - it now scares me to think that I, too, was once caught up in all this!

  Bill.
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  Is this normal witness behavior?

  by confusedstudent in

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  i quit my bible study a couple days ago after taking a month or two to work up the guts.

  have been getting harassing emails/phone calls blah blah blah.

  but i got an email today telling me that an unbelieving spouse can be "sanctified" by his believing mate.

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  Bungi Bill

  They tried this same trick with my father, but he, too, knew a bit about the bible - from having actually read the thing, NOT the Watchtower!.

  He pointed out that one David had committed more than a few gross sins in his time - particularly in regard to a woman named Bathsheeba. Yet David remained, to quote, "The apple of the Lord's eye."

  My father reckoned that if David could get away with that, then God was not going to be too hard on our family if he failed to attend the meetings at the Kingdom Hall!

  Fifteen years later, somebody likewise threatened my sister with the responsibilty of the lives of her children, after she declined the invitation to attend a special talk at the Kingdom Hall.

  My sister, always being one to quickly spot manipulation, promptly told this person what to do!

  Much has been said about how religion (even the so-called "Main Stream" ones) uses fear to control people. In my view, the JWs more often resort to using guilt to manipulate people:

  - Guilt is more insidious than outright, naked fear; and can easily be hidden behind the seemingly innocent concern for other people's welfare.

  - And of what greater concern could there be than the welfare of ones own family?

  So yes, in playing the "responsibilty for the lives of your husband / family" card, this lot are - once again - revealing their true colors.

  Bill.
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  How HIGH did you climb the ranks as a JW? Did you like the STATUS?

  by unshackled in

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  so what were your biggest jw accomplishments as a rank & file?

  curious as to what level you climbed the r&f ladder while in the org, or if you still are in.. did you regular pioneer, or auxiliary pioneer?

  bethel?

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  Bungi Bill

  "I didn't want to have status amongst the loonies."

  - I just wish I had woken up to that one a lot earlier than did happen!

  Bill.
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  Anglo/American language...differences!

  by Pams girl in

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  hi all hope you are enjoying the wonderful weather...... i havent been on the forum long, a few monthes, but it makes me laugh the differences in our language...... the two that really stand out are..... fanny.

  english .

  a ladies name (short for frances) or fanny = popular victorian name.

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  Bungi Bill

  Further to your Greek cousin, Nico;

  - in Australia, he would likely be nicknamed "Nick-off"

  i.e. to remove oneself from the scene.

  On the other side of the Tasman Sea - at least on the West Coast of the South Island - a tree fern is usually referred to as a "bungi" (being a corruption of its the Maori word, "ponga").

  Bill
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  Anglo/American language...differences!

  by Pams girl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all hope you are enjoying the wonderful weather...... i havent been on the forum long, a few monthes, but it makes me laugh the differences in our language...... the two that really stand out are..... fanny.

  english .

  a ladies name (short for frances) or fanny = popular victorian name.

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  Bungi Bill

  Throughout the engineering world, a "servo" is an auxiliary motor - which can be powered by various means, hydraulic, electrical,or pneumatic.

  However, in Australia, this word's much more common meaning is as an abbreviation for a Service Station.

  Or what about a "Nikko"?

  - a felt tipped, permanent marker pen (from a brand name).

  Or a Gerney?

  - also from a brand name, this is a popular term for a high pressure, water jet , industrial cleaner (typically encountered in mechanical workshops where earthmoving plant come in for overhaul)..

  Bill.
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  How HIGH did you climb the ranks as a JW? Did you like the STATUS?

  by unshackled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so what were your biggest jw accomplishments as a rank & file?

  curious as to what level you climbed the r&f ladder while in the org, or if you still are in.. did you regular pioneer, or auxiliary pioneer?

  bethel?

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  Bungi Bill

  I was a Regular Pioneer for a time, also a Ministerial Servant; then I was Ministerial Servant for a second stint.

  That second time was a long while in coming, though:

  - it is significant, even critical, what the content of that column in the Monthly Report marked "Hours" can achieve (or not achieve!).

  Bill.