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  New Jobs Coming? Where Have You Worked at?

  by 1234 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with many people's jobs been put and "on hold" and other people's jobs going away for good, i couldn't help but think about all the different jobs i've had over the years.

  i have been able to adapt and make do.

  maybe this will kick in again....or maybe not.

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  I did filing for a small office

  helped reconcile books with a propane delivery service before bookkeeping software was prevalent in the 1980s

  I ran digitized (paper tape code, no digital memor yet) embroidery machines producing what we now call swag

  retail work in the children's department at a large national chain (worst. job. ever.)

  high school math teacher

  high school foods/nutrition teacher

  law clerk

  lawyer

  real estate agent

  I'm still employed and not needing to look for work and won't need to in the foreseeable future. I am grateful and feel blessed.
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  What star sign is more prone to becoming an apostate ?

  by Chook in

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  i really think time of birth influence behaviour..

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  Duh, it's in the name: Capricorn, the Goat.
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  Now that JWs know there is a pedophile problem...

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ... will they take it upon themselves to warn their bible studies of pedophile activity in the congregations so they can protect their children, or will the cycle of abuse continue with the attitude of letting new ones take their chances along with the rest of us?.

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  This one defies all reason and logic. Is Sister Unevenly Yoked supposed to go with her 12-year-old-son into the men's restroom? Or is that the price she (and her son) pay for her marriage to a non-witness.

  Now let's include all the single (for all the usual reasons) parents of children of the opposite gender who now have to deal with this situation.

  Did they start building "family restrooms" at their facilities?
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  Famous Movie Quotes You Like

  by The Bethelite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the last lines from the movie platoon.

  "i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.

  the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.

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  Among other great lines, from Shawshank Redemption, I have always loved this little monologue by Sean Astin in Goonies:

  Don't you realize?

  The next time you see sky, it'll be over another town.

  The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school.

  Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us.

  But right now, they got to do what's right for them.

  Because it's their time. Their time! Up there!

  Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here.

  That's all over the second we ride up Troy's bucket.
  
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  JWs Changing "Baptism Questions" Effective May 13?

  by Room 215 in

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  Jesus Christ. Check.

  Jehovah. Check.

  No mention of God at all.

  Makes perfect sense to me. Never felt any connection to God with those guys.
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  Disfellowshipped

  by Pinky in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  how long is one disfellowshipped for committing adultery?.

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  Blondie-My mom's friend's elder-husband has been disfellowshipped for adultery, reinstated, and reappointed 3 times, in the last 30 years or so. If the 20 year rule still applied, the math wouldn't work. But maybe if it had applied, transgressions 2 and 3 would not have occurred. 3 times. What a winner.
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  WATCHTOWER has posted a $40,000,000 bond !

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watctower has posted a $40,000,000 bond following montana's upholding of the nunez v watchtower verdict of 2018. punitive damages have been upheld, and wt has purchased the bond from travelers insurance (35m+ interest)-montana sc will rule later this year on the appeal.. .

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  The way a bond in an appeal works is that the appealing defendant (WTBTS) MUST deposit the actual judgment amount with the surety company for the duration of the appeal. Once the appeal is decided, the surety company distributes the funds in the bond to the prevailing parties as decided by the appellate court.

  So they did have that cash. And currently they don't. That's a lot of money to be sitting in someone else's account for who knows how long. OK rank and file how do you feel about that? You gave them that money.
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  What to do when running in to a JW you know...How is this for a suggestion ?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey all,.

  so i have recently seen quite a few jws that were former friends in our community.

  i am always polite and say hello - although most will not acknowledge me.

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  I say this to younger ones that come to the door-that if they ever need to talk about leaving their religion and are afraid to talk to anyone about it, feel free to ring the bell again and ask for me.

  But I never see them out in the neighborhoods anymore, only standing on the sidewalks at the parks and train station. And it's always the ones that are pretty old by now (70s plus).

  I won't waste my time on the older ones. Instead I ask them what they think of cost of [insert whatever court ruling went against JWs in the last year that can easily be found on court websites via their smart phones...] and how they feel about their financial contributions paying for it.
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  Should kids learn cursive handwriting?

  by GrreatTeacher in

  1. social
  2. current

  i am an elementary school teacher of the fourth grade.

  in times past, students would start learning cursive handwriting in third grade and by fourth should be transitioning to writing in cursive at all times.

  as you might be aware, this has all but been taken out of the curriculum.

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  When I was in grades 4-5, our favorite part of the day was our last half hour or so, when the teacher would write a sentence on the board from Dr. Seuss and we would practice our cursive. We always left relaxed, de-stressed, smiling and re-set for the evening (probably at a meeting for me...).

  I am 50 years old. I have been teaching high school for more than 25 years. My students today marvel that penmanship was part of our daily lessons and wish they could have had that instead of the academic pressures they faced even in 4th grade. If they ever forget to put their names on their paper, I write it for them with a classic flourish. They can't believe I could write like that when I was ten-that we all could. Some of them leave their names off their papers on purpose, just so I will write it for them (these are 17 and 18 year olds).

  They don't even need to type into a keyboard any more, they all just take pictures of everything they need to remember, or speak into their phones.

  I wonder what they used to say when people developed written language: the horror-no one will know how to memorize anything anymore.
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  New kingdom hall Washington State

  by Are you serious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yesterday i drove passed a town a couple of hours from my home and saw this kh under construction.

  this is the first new design kh i've seen in washington state even though i would think by now another one or two have been built.

  maybe not with their financial situation being the way it is.

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  This design looks like a bank or credit union to me.

  That seems about right.