longtimeout

Joined

• started 0 topics
• posted 31 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by longtimeout

• 
  54

  Gasoline Price in your area

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday alone the price of gasoline went up 9 cents a liter here in eastern canada passing from 68 to 77 cents a liter.

  a one day jump of 9 cents a liter is equal to about 40 cents a gallon.

  so now we pay 77 cents a liter or 3.50$ a canadian gallon.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  $1.33/gallon, regular grade, self-serve in the S.E. Massachusetts area.
• 
  80

  Where are you from?

  by Rado Vleugel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my site (

  http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/

  ) has been visited by people from 97 different countries.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  I hail from the glorious "Peoples Republic of Massachusetts"!
• 
  44

  JW's Should Start Their Own Country!

  by nonjwalltheway in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  jehovas' witnesses are an interesting group.

  they enjoy the freedoms and liberties that they receive by living in the united states, but at the same time they refuse to partake in voting, national celebrations and have basically created their own nation within a nation.

  i find it hypocritical for them to act in this manner and believe that they should gather from around the world and all go and live together on some island.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  I remember this suggestion being offered a long time ago. The response then, as now, is they must obey the directive to "preach this good news in ALL the inhabited earth before the end comes". Then they can have the entire planet unto themselves. God, what a horrifying thought!
• 
  9

  Survey

  by YYHWH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how long were you a witness?.

  were you raised in it?.

  did you ever study with and have someone become a witness?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  I enjoyed a happy, fun-filled childhood until I turned 12.
  That's when my mother decided to study & ultimately become a JW. My father followed along as well. My life was never to be the same!
  For the next 22 years I struggled to make sense of it all, until I couldn't take it any more. The '75 debacle did it for me.
  I walked away and never looked back. That was over 20 yrs. ago.
  I never brought anyone into the cult. For that, at least, my conscience is clear.
• 
  118

  Average age of apostates survey.

  by sleepy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought it might be a good idea to find out at what age or after how long we descided to leave the watchtower.. prehaps we my find a patern in it which we could use .. i think what we need to know are ,.

  1.age you left the watchtower.

  (or age you found out it was wrong).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  Baptized at 14. It wasn't my idea, but hey, the big "A" was looming!
  Df'd at 30, after being completely inactive for 10 yrs.
  Converted @ 11, dragged into this cult, kicking and screaming, by my parents.
• 
  15

  Who Have They Sold Redundant KH's Too?

  by Celtic in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the witnesses have obviously sold off lots of stock and fixtures over the years, as they replaced older, redundant technologies with new, including within this, buildings, kingdom halls and such like.. 'bernard' brought up the reminder in a reply post below, quoting his old kingdom hall as being sold to the mormon's.

  frankly, this raised my eyebrows.. what else have they sold that we know of to people on the 'outside' that they would normally disagree with?

  and how have these fresh funds been used, to what ends, if any specifically?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  The Kingdom Hall in Warren, RI is now the local cable TV warehouse and office.
• 
  44

  What do you drive and why?

  by Escargot in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, a post on the good ol days got me thinking about the vehicles people drive and why.

  in the jws, a vehicle had to be appropriate for service, four doors, holding at least five.

  i remember back in 1978 i bought an mgb and the brothers had a fit (hehe), i was selfish, etc.,.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  Porsche 911.
  Fulfilled my "auto"erotic fantasy after all those years pioneering, and driving 4 door clunkers.
  I love it!
• 
  76

  Years in v. Years Out

  by Billygoat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'd like to find out how many years collectively we have acquired in the wts.

  please list how many years you were/have been a jw.

  please also list how many years you have been out.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  In: 22 yrs.
  Out:22 yrs.
  If I had access to all the info available here, and elsewhere on sites like this 22 yrs. ago, my exit would certainly have been quicker. But still, I've never regretted leaving and am fervently hoping this UN thing will finally open some eyes and minds to consider the same.
• 
  200

  How Many States / Countrys Are Represented Here?

  by Big Jim in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am from houston texas myself.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  Seekonk, MA
• 
  71

  When and where baptized

  by drahcir yarrum in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought it might be interesting to see how many here remember where and when they were baptised into the borg.

  for some the memory may be too painful, but i'm curious.. me.

  it was 1966 in vancouver, bc.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  longtimeout

  It was at the District Convention held at the "Eastern States Exposition Grounds" in Springfield, MA. in 1962.
  I was 14.