Bungi Bill

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  The Witneses reckon that they are the only ones going door-to-door!

  by Bungi Bill in

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  i just had a visit from two guys who are engaged in a door-to-door campaign in the area, preaching "the gospel", and offering, to quote "the best news you are ever going to hear".

  this was at 3:30 pm local time, an hour at by which all jws would have long called it a day.

  while these two didn't identify themselves with any particular church group, it was quite obvious that they were neither jws or lds.

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  Reached a milestone today!

  by Bungi Bill in

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  today represents for me something of a milestone.

  after breaking both bones in my lower left leg nearly four months ago, i am now able to walk without the aid of crutches.

  also, the orthopedic specialist has cleared me to once more drive a motor vehicle.

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  A State of Emergency has been declared

  by Bungi Bill in

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  everybody here right now is busy "battening down the hatches" as they wait for the approach of a tropical cyclone.

  a state of emergency has been declared in the district - the second one in as many weeks.

  (the floodwaters from the tropical cyclone that hit just last week have still not drained away).. so far, the biggest hazard looks like it will be the storm surges from the ocean, and people living in some exposed coastal areas have already been evacuated.

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  A major misadventure!

  by Bungi Bill in

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  hi, everyone.. i haven't posted here much in quite a while, but having just been laid low by injury, i'll likely be a frequent visitor for some time to come!.

  two weeks ago, i was involved in a workplace accident that left me with my lower l.h.

  leg fractured in three places (the tibia and fibular both broken clean through, plus another crack in the "neck" of the fibular for good measure!

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  To any of you in New Zealand

  by Bungi Bill in

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  hi, everybody - i am just briefly calling by.. to those of you in new zealand, i have recently "crossed the ditch", as local vernacular has it!.

  this move has been entirely employment driven, and i am working for a power distribution company in the eastern bay of plenty region.. bill.

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  Finally time to move on

  by Bungi Bill in

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  i have finally reached the point where i can forget that i was ever involved with such a $!%* cult as jehovahs witnesses.

  (a situation that has taken over 20 years to achieve).. this discussion board certainly helped in this process, and i want to thank everybody for their support over the time that i have been a member both of this site and the old www.jehovahs-witness.com website (where i used the acronym reefton jack).

  it is now, though, time to move on with my life, so i will say my farewells to everybody.. bill .

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  Happy Australia Day

  by Bungi Bill in

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  2. friends

  happy australia day to all here who reside in australia:.

  - and for those who have actually got the day off, halve your luck!.

  (yet again, i have drawn the short straw and am working today - oh, the joys of remote site fifo work!

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  1973 "Divine Victory" International Assemblies

  by Bungi Bill in

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  how many here attended the "divine victory" international assembly that was held 12- 16 december in christchurch, new zealand?.

  the venue was lancaster park.

  if the truth be known, that stadium was probably a casualty of the february 2011 earthquake?.

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  40 years on - and still in Damage Control mode!

  by Bungi Bill in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  earlier this morning, i posted off to the the institute of engineers an application for membership as an "engineering associate":.

  - today being just over 40 years since the congregation's retards elders made me abandon my apprenticeship.. (in this part of the world, the pre-1975 hype was taken to that level.

  not being content to prevent young persons attending university, they went one step further and treated with hostility any youngster who would "tie up five years of their lives" by entering into an apprenticeship.

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  Babylon's fall - 455 BC versus 539 BC

  by Bungi Bill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that 539 bc is the overwhelmingly accepted date for this occurrence is without doubt.. - practically every reference work you consult will cite this date for the taking of babylon by the medo-persian armies under cyrus the great.

  however, even the most widely held theories are open to challenge:.

  - this is, after all, part of the scientific process.. for a challenge to succeed, though - particularly if it were to overturn such a widely held view as this one - it would have to come up with some very convincing evidence.

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