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  Memorial experiences 2005 thread

  by Jez in

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  lets put all of our memorial stories/thoughts on one thread.

  mine: 45 mins.

  quick and boring.

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  Mamacat

  I didn't go. I took my youngest son to a friend's house to paint Easter eggs. I forgot it was the day of the memorial until I read an email from my mom last night. She sounded stressed. She is doing the 50 hour pioneer thing this month, and my grandma (her mother-in-law) was in the hospital, now in a nursing home. She's been swamped. I wonder if she'll try to pioneer next month too.
  
  
  Quote: I have some things to do before the Memorial tonight. It has been a busy
  
  week and it isn't over with yet. I will do all day tomorrow in the
  
  ministry.
  
  
  She was also out all day Wednesday door-to-door in the pouring rain.
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  social retard

  by MerryMagdalene in

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  i finally figured out why i'm so socially retarded...it just hit me.. here i was sitting and wondering why i have such a hard time meeting new people, making friends, thinking of relevent things to say, and so on.

  it really is painful and scary for me.

  i was told who i could talk to, who i couldn't talk to, what i could say, what i couldn't say.

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  Mamacat

  I have the same problem Merry. It's hard for me to know what to say to people, and it is directly related to my upbringing in org. I was a talkative child, and I used to have no problem thinking of things to say. Unfortunately, some of the stuff I said wasn't the most proper or polite, so I got told to be quiet a lot, and finally I just stopped talking to most people.
  
  Our congregation had get-togethers, but you know what...we weren't invited. My dad was a non-JW, and he had a reputation for being a hard ass because he would play games with my mom about going to the meetings. He eventually relented in his opposition, but I guess everyone didn't know that, and we still weren't invited.
  
  As I got older, there were a few sisters who would invite me to come over and play with their kids. The kids were all younger than me though. After my one friend moved away, there were no other JW's within 2 or 3 years of my age in our congregation. Oh, and I don't have any brothers or sisters, and I didn't learn basic social skills.
  
  I write down things I need to say when I make phone calls. I like being around other moms, because then at least we have being parents in common. It is getting better, but I feel like I have to come up with something to say when the conversation lags, and sometimes, I just can't.
  
  I still have a hard time understanding sarcasm. Also, people that makes jokes with a serious face...I can't explain it exactly, but I have a hard time realizing when people are kidding around with me.
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  Have you experienced a Tornado?

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  2. friends

  today, a small tornado touched down in south san francisco and people went nutz.

  it was very localized and basically blew out a few windows, but looking at the local news you'd think that the sky was falling.

  since some of you live in 'tornado alley', can you please enlighten us californians as to what you consider to be a 'real' tornado?

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  Mamacat

  We lived in Kansas for a few years, and I saw funnel clouds which never touched down. The thought of a tornado really scared me.
  
  When we first moved there, I didn't realize they did a test on the sirens every so often. I woke up, heard a siren and headed for the bathtub. I was shaking. Then, nothing happened. I finally worked up enough courage to leave the bathroom and turn on the TV. It was all just a test.
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  Shunning in the 60's

  by Bryan in

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  2. beliefs

  as you know i just returned from visiting my great-aunt whom i hadn't seen in 40 years (she's still a jw).

  i asked her if she shunned my mother when she was disfellowshipped in 1964. she said they society did not promote shunning at this time.

  is this true?

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  Mamacat

  I have a cousin who was DF'd because he thought he should be an elder (he was a MS). I guess 'causing divisions' would be the official reason. He was later reinstated at that congregation. Then, he moved to another KH, and he was promoted to MS and then Elder rather quickly. That was in the early 80's, and the other KH was in the same area, so I am sure they knew his past.
  
  He has now DA'd himself, and he won't speak to any family members who are JW's.
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  Tracking U.S. Growth through KMs

  by TheListener in

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  to get about 30,000 people baptized during the service year the dubs need to dunk about 2,500 people a month.

  i've been following their dunking numbers with the kms and they are about on, maybe a little low.

  i've also noticed that the overall number of u.s. dubs isn't really increasing too much even with the new dunkees.

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  Mamacat

  There are generally high numbers of baptisms in June and July because of the DC's. So, they could be lower in the winter months and then have a few good months to keep the average up.
  
  The latest year I can do is 2000, from the KM's on the CD-Rom I have.
  
  Jan 1823
  Feb 1387
  Mar 1952
  Apr 2466
  May 2671
  Jun 4214
  Jul 6093
  Aug 1380
  Sep 1560
  Oct 2273
  Nov 2520
  Dec 1895
  
  Total for 2000: 30,234
  Average per month: 2519.2
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  Do you have "Nice Roads" where you live?

  by JH in

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  here, the roads are in terrible shape.

  with 4 distinct seasons, we have many potholes this time of year, and they don't pave streets very often....like maybe once every 40 years for secondary roads, and maybe once every 10 years for major arteries.. all they seem to do around here is patch roads, not pave entire lengths like they used to not so many years ago.. i was just wondering if this was just here...

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  Mamacat

  It seems to vary from county to county here. When we lived in Baltimore, the county roads were okay, but in the city, there were huge potholes. I banged my car into quite a few.
  
  Personally, I think Maryland has some of the best repaired Interstates of most places I've been. When you cross the line from MD to PA, you can definitely tell the difference in the roads.
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  Do your JW clothes still fit you?

  by JH in

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  although i don't go to meetings anymore, i usually go to the memorial.

  but this year, i couldn't go even if i wanted to..... my jw clothes don't fit me anymore.... i certainly won't spend 200$ just to go to one meeting.....

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  Mamacat

  LOL My mom gave away all of my dresses and skirts to others years ago! A few of the skirts, she kept to wear herself. Suddenly, there was tons of room in my closet!
  
  I had one dress I wore to the last memorial I went to...and my friend was getting married at the Justice of the Peace and couldn't find anything to wear.... We were the same size, so I gave her the dress, the matching blazer and the shoes!
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  C.O. visit; They sound desperate.

  by TonyT in

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  2. beliefs

  my mother recently told me that the congregation was scolded by their district sales manager....errr circuit overseer for poor meeting attendance.

  it seems that at times attendance would sink as low as 60%.

  she didn't respond when i said that maybe there was something good on television that night.

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  Mamacat

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  I can remember one brother who could understand why a sister who had a baby on Friday wasn't at the meeting on Sunday...
  
  Oops, they missed two days of preaching to that child. What a crime!
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  which household chore do you HATE to do..?

  by candidlynuts in

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  cleaning the toilet?.

  doing dishes?.

  mopping?.

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  Mamacat

  I hate cleaning the fridge. I try not to let stuff in there too long, because if something is spoiled, the smell gags me.
  
  I used to hate mopping, but I have a swiffer wet jet, and it is awesome. I don't have to mess with buckets, so that makes it a ton better. Our last house didn't have a dishwasher, and I hate doing dishes by hand too.
  
  Oh, my 3-year-old son always gets grubby fingerprints on the door handles and frames. I try to keep up with him, but I find his handprints everywhere, and I hate wiping down the doors all the time.
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 3-20-05 WT Study (complete article)

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  comments you will not hear at the 3-20-05 wt study

  (february 1, 2005 issue date)

  review comments

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  Mamacat

  Yes, but only because his righteous god-fearing daughters got him drunk. Course it must have been some special god-approved wine if he could get it up twice, AND impregnate TWO daughters while so drunk he didn't know what he was doing...
  
  Oh, okay. Thanks Odrade. Been a long time since I thought about it, but it just popped in my head reading about Lot.