Posts by LoneWolf

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Does anyone have the letter???????

by Mulan in

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has anyone seen a copy of the letter to the elders, about the upcoming visits on inactive ones?.

does anyone have this letter, and can you post it?

LoneWolf

elderrepents --- crusanheart is correct that "two bits" mean 25 cents. It's a

carryover from the frontier days when there wasn't much money around

and people didn't have the correct change.

If someone owed another person 50 cents but had no 50 cent coins, they'd just

get a big knife and whack the cartwheel (silver dollar) in half. Later, that

individual would have a transaction involving 25 cents, so would cut the half

in half, making each a quarter dollar in the most literal sense. Some even took

it one step further, making each "bit" worth 12 1/2 cents. It was impractical to

take it much further.

Sure enough, someone would end up with more than one "bit" and in spending

them the terms "two bits", "four bits", and "six bits" became well known.

Now you know how old I am.

LoneWolf

Edited by - LoneWolf on 31 December 2002 14:12:42

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Last Post - My Most Painful Public Confession

by Amazing in

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my most painful confession

note to simon: i will use some expletives, but i hope that they will be retained as this is intended to be an otherwise civil and thoughtful post to all my fellow ex-jws.

please read on, as this is most painful.

LoneWolf

Amazing --- Take care, my friend. Hope to see you back here soon.

As for Trauma Hound, I'll keep an eye on him while you're gone.

LoneWolf

(edited to remove inflamatory remark - Simon)

Edited by - Simon on 30 December 2002 14:16:9

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Judge Bans Shunning

by Farkel in

today i spoke with a former jw i've been in touch with for several years and discovered what i think could be a major bombshell for the wts.

as we all know, shunning is the most powerful weapon the wt cult has over its members and for decades the wts has been able to get away with practicing it at their whim.

the us and other courts have permitted them to to use it, even though it destroys families and has ruined countless lives.

LoneWolf

Beautiful. And I agree, there is altogether too much fear of them. When push finally comes to shove, there's not much there. Nail 'em.

LoneWolf

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Thank God no one was watching.....................

by Jesika in

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i was putting clothes in the dryer the other day and went to turn it on and it wouldn't start.

i couldn't figure out what was wrong since i had just taken some clothes out of the same dryer.

i looked down and noticed i hadn't closed the dryer door .

LoneWolf

I kinda hesitate to tell this one. I've been in some wierd situations in my day, but this was one of the craziest.

For many years now I've been supplying stinging insects to pharmaceutical companies so that they can take the venom out of them to make the antiallergy shots. A fellow can make some good money if the contract is big enough and the insects plentiful. Yellowjackets go for $500.00 a lb. and hornets for $740.00. (I'm on the level here.)

One night I was using my standard procedure of slam-dunking a live hornet's nest into a garbage bag so as to take it home and toss it in the freezer. I knew that they won't fly in the dark as they can't see, so I wasn't suited up in a bee suit. However there was a difficulty with this one. It was yellow hornets (Dolichovespula arenaria) and they have a habit of sleeping on the outside of the nest. Plus, this nest was practically touching the ground, it was so low.

When I batted the nest into the bag, 30 or 40 of the hornets remained on the ground, and I didn't want them to go to waste. Again, according to my standard habit, I just put the flashlight on the ground and allowed them to come crawl all over the lens, then picked it up and shook it off in the sack, then put the light back for another load. A fellow can clean up a whole mess of hornets that way.

Unfortunately a mosquito came along about that time. They navigate by heat and don't need light. This varmint flew right into my earlobe, and nothing will drive you up a wall quite as quick as that will. I let out an oath and swung at it with my gloved hand. The glove caught my glasses (I can't drive without them), spun them right off my face and out and down into the garbage bag along with the hornet's nest and hornets. Now what?

I was totally torqued off, yet laughing myself sick at the same time. Never a dull moment.

LoneWolf

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Where do I go for support???

by scaredyetresolved in

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i would love some support since i am scared and confused, but i don't know where to turn.

my husband and i are both having our eyes opened wide after years of doubts.

we have finally read the "apostate literature" over the past few weeks and have checked and rechecked their sources.

LoneWolf

scared --- I've been DFed for about 15 years now over something that I didn't do. That doesn't matter though, as I'd blown the whistle on a few elders and they had to get back at me somehow. (Got them removed too .) It was a great relief from the get go.

I can't add a whole lot to the others, but do wish to send my best wishes and encouragement.

Far North --- What part of the far north? If it's Alaska, we may know each other. My name is Tom Howell and my email is open. [email protected]

Don't put your name here though, even though I did. The Society monitors these sites and would probably catch you right away. I don't care myself, as I've been publically thumbing my nose at them for a long time now.

Take care.

LoneWolf

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Letter From Bill Bowen

by Lin in

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this message was originally sent out by bill bowen on the silentlambs mailing list: .

i wish to explain some of the events of the last couple of months and let everyone know where silentlambs.org is going from here.

in october of this year i was approached by a webmaster, rev, who offered to provide server space for silentlambs and set up a new website.

LoneWolf

RevMalk --- Only you know your strengths and weaknesses well enough to make that decision.

If it was Bill only that would be impacted by your decision, I'd say drop him. I detest people who will say one thing to your face and then change it behind your back. I also have a deep contempt for those who demand to be forgiven for anything and everything but aren't willing to give others the benefit of the doubt.

This does not mean that I hate Bill and/or wouldn't help him should I have some talent that would be useful. However, I certainly will not "tickle his ears" and pretend that all is fine when he gets out of line. Right now his role has grown bigger, and he's involved with things that are far bigger than anything he has handled before. He needs to grow with them, and that growth is never a comfortable thing to experience.

What he desperately needs now (and will vigorously deny it!) is to have some hard-nosed people around him that are ready and willing to boot his butt clear up between his ears whenever he needs it, and can laugh him under the table when he gets mad. He would benefit --- but in the long run, those benefitting the most would be the Lambs themselves.

Also, for the Lambs sake, I would like to see you stick around. I feel that you could prove valuable, even more than you already have.

Sorry I haven't answered your last post to me. Your questions are excellent and deserve an answer, and I think you would like that answer. However, my schedule is hectic and not condusive to haste.

Should either you or Bill desire, my email is open and my telephone is (541) 946-1231. I like to be encouraging where I can, and can usually figure out ways to accomplish things that look impossible to many. My words may be blunt at times (as you know) but they are never malicious.

Take care now and don't be discouraged.

LoneWolf

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The Brits do IT more!

by BadJerry in

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ran across this tidbit of info...that's like three times a week...oh my!.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=573&ncid=573&e=10&u=/nm/20021125/od_nm/life_britain_sex_dc

LoneWolf

You grew some orgasmic tomatoes???? Heck, I married one!

LoneWolf

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So, what's your I.Q?

by nakedmvistar in

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be honest if you know it.

and yes, we are all aware of how insignificant this number can ultimately be.

but i'm still curious so please share.

LoneWolf

larc --- Sorry about the "essays". My brother used to tell me that I didn't write letters, I wrote epistles. I don't mean to, but they just seem to end up that way whether I like it or not.

Did you learn something about chicken?

Your theory sounds interesting --- even if I don't know anything about it yet. The new and unusual is always fascinating to me.

LizardSnot --- LOL. Yeah, I reckon most of us wouldn't amount to much if all we did is live up to other's expectations.

In my case, I've always wondered about something. With all of the education my Momma gave my butt when I was a kid, I wouldn't be at all surprised if my brain and my butt had the same IQ.

joannadandy --- I enjoyed that history. Thank you.

LoneWolf

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Condemned By Your 'Lack' Of Words!

by Outaservice in

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jesus once mentioned that some people would be condemned by their own words.

i think you can also be condemned by your 'lack' of words.. the watchtower in times past would not miss a beat to condemn the catholic church for any unchristian infraction and highlight that in watchtower publications!

to my knowledge nothing at all has been said or printed what-so-ever about the catholic church's priest/pedophile problem to date!

LoneWolf

Yes, one can be condemned for their lack of words. Remember when the 12 spies went into the promised land and only 2 gave a favorable report causing the Nation of Israel to chicken out and not go in? Who paid the price? That's right --- every man 30 years of age and older.

Why? Because they didn't speak up when they should have.

I think we have a similar situation going on right now. We have genuine apostates running the Organization right now and disgracing Jehovah's name every time they turn around. Many know that this is the case, yet they stay in and maintain silence, hoping that someone else will come along and do something about it, while pretending that everything is all right. They are more concerned about their hides than they are about His name.

I think both courses of action will have the same ending.

Yes, Watchtower monitors --- I'm speaking of you and your cronies.

Lonewolf

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So, what's your I.Q?

by nakedmvistar in

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be honest if you know it.

and yes, we are all aware of how insignificant this number can ultimately be.

but i'm still curious so please share.

LoneWolf

larc ---

Question for you: can common sense be taught? Can an apprentice be put with a journeyman or mentor and learn it?

First, I would hesitate to equate either intelligence or common sense with money. One example would be parenthood. It takes a phenominal amount of common sense to be successful at either motherhood or fatherhood. Yet it costs beau coup bucks to be either.

Or let's look at it another way. My third daughter knew from early on that she wanted to be an executive secretary. All through highschool she took all of the classes she could that would prepare her for such a role. In a state wide shorthand contest she came in second, etc.

After graduation she went to Seattle and immediately landed a job with an insurance company's home office. Within two weeks she'd doubled their former record for production for an individual. This got her noticed and within a few more weeks she became secretary to the top executive in that division. About two months after that she had so excelled in her work that one of the owners of the company made her his secretary, much to the anger of the division manager.

A few more months passed and the company decided to open a new branch and she was put in charge of it's development. (And for the dirty old ladies --- No, she wasn't sleeping with the boss.) All this and she was barely 20 years old with only a highschool education. Talk about a meteoric rise!

About six more months after this I got a phone call. "Dad, this is Judy. I wanted to tell you that I quit."

"Why???" I asked in astonishment.

"Because everything that I do is for myself. I want to work with people and make a difference in their lives." She is now teaching kids in a Headstart program and loving it. She's married with two kids, and her eight-year-old daughter is being invited to dance in the "Nutcracker" along with the Eugene professional ballet. I think she's going to be a ladybug or something.

Now, did Judy exercise intelligence? How about common sense? If not, why not?

In answer to your question, yes, I think that it can be taught, but only by allowing them the room to test theory with reality. That takes courage on the part of both the parent and the child, and in this culture where the only answer to danger is to run, allowing that is not politically correct.

LoneWolf