Posts by AK MCGRATH

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Has anyone seen this flick?

by AK - Jeff in

i found it interesting - the twist at the end was unsuspected and thought provoking:.

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AK MCGRATH

Is this the newest DC release? Creepsville...

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Fake I.D.'s

by Snoozy in

good thing or bad?.

my daughter has 2 kids in college but my grandson has had one he got ovre the internet since he was 17. he got it for $10 or $20 .

he has never been called on it and uses it all the time.

AK MCGRATH

Well, I had one when I was 18 saying I was 21. I got it to go to Vegas...with my mom & grandmother. It was a B&M place, but hasn't been around in years..hmmm

Anyway, I had to produce it when I won $50 in a nickle slot machine. I was sweating bullets, but everything was fine....lol

I'm sure I didn't look 21, as I've always been told I look younger than my age. I probably looked 16 at that time, too..lol

That was back in the 80's so I am SURE what they can come up with now looks just like the real deal, especially with tech advances.

It is scary for parents, I am sure. I certainly wouldn't want my kids to have one, and I would think if they were to get caught with the fake ID, the powers that be might take it more serious than in the past? (Like getting someone to buy a 6 pack for you or a pack of cigs...anyone that gets caught buying for minors now and gets caught~you are in serious shit!)

I feel for you, Snoozy.

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Anyone else have (or used to have) their DCs at Hawthorne Race Track in IL?

by outsmartthesystem in

remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?

boy....talk about brotherly love.

when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.

AK MCGRATH

Thanks, Raisin...Sending you a pm ;)

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Some "Publisher" Is A Rat Here! The Elder's Are Inquiring If I Am Apostate Material!

by Sunflower Samurai in

i knew this party was too good to last, some inquiring mind is a troll (yes, here on jwn we have moles!

), i think we have a rat here!

i don't feel like "apostate material" and i am not the only one who is going down for this offense!

AK MCGRATH

If you are so worried, can you try to get your account/info deleted, since you have so few posts? Not sure how that would work, but perhaps you can talk to Simon? Just a thought..

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Did You Get To "Handle The Microphones"???

by minimus in

jw
friends

were you one of those deemed "qualifed for this privilege":??

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AK MCGRATH

LOL usual...funny vid

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Im going to vote!!!

by Dudu in

yes, this month is the presidential election in my country and im going to exercise my right of voting .......... what im not sure about is if i let mom know, she is still a jw and im basically fading so, i dont want to mess it up, but at the same time i feel that i shoul be free for once and all.

i dont live with her anymore but that would break her heart, and she has high blood pressure problems so, why to bother?

i dont know :s.

AK MCGRATH

Good for you, Dudu. I'm voting for the first time ever, too. It feels good, doesn't it?

Regardless if whom I'm voting for wins, at least I took the opportunity afforded me to to cast my ballot. It's nice to have a little voice, isn't it?

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Anyone else have (or used to have) their DCs at Hawthorne Race Track in IL?

by outsmartthesystem in

remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?

boy....talk about brotherly love.

when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.

AK MCGRATH

Now, see? This kinda thing makes me want to know who you peeps are, in case I should know any of you. ok..I'll just put it out there. Anyone go to The Norwood Park or Northwest Congregations? LMAO! I could be opening a can of worms, but right now I don't give a fuck. lol PM me if youd like, if you have attended those halls or around there. I'd love to know more peeps from my old congos have jumped ship, too! Oh the stories I'm sure we could tell...lol "APOSTATES" UNITE!

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Anyone else have (or used to have) their DCs at Hawthorne Race Track in IL?

by outsmartthesystem in

remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?

boy....talk about brotherly love.

when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.

AK MCGRATH

Raisin, you naughty little flirt! You could've stumbled that brother right out of the "truth" you know. lol

And are you speaking of Bloomington, IN?

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Anyone else have (or used to have) their DCs at Hawthorne Race Track in IL?

by outsmartthesystem in

remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?

boy....talk about brotherly love.

when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.

AK MCGRATH

Do tell, Raisin!! lol

And you are right, OTWO. Cellular Field...Holy crap were those stairs steep or what? You'd think the WTBTS would be afraid someone would fall and hurt themselves. BAHAHAHA Sorry. I forgot they don't give a crap!

And speaking of crap, how about when the horse dumped a big pile of shit onto the racetrack? I'm thinking it was really an angel in disguise and letting us all know what they thought of what was being spewed by the WTBTS!

There were times I sat outside @ Hawthorne, too, if necessary. I must say, I actually thought of the Dist. Convent's this weekend. This past Sunday I was selling at a flea market. It was friggin HOT, and I remembered what I used to do to cool off at the outdoor conventions. I grabbed my little icepack and put my feet on it. Ahhhh. See! I did learn something useful while at the DC's!

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Anyone else have (or used to have) their DCs at Hawthorne Race Track in IL?

by outsmartthesystem in

remember the gold cup room and the "barrel seats"?

boy....talk about brotherly love.

when i was a kid, i worked in food prep for our hall.

AK MCGRATH

You bet I remember the Hawthorne Race Track....and what I remember ain't pretty.

I think it was my first time I went to Hawthorne, and I was still studying. I didn't know about these coveted seats. I was just walking and looking for a seat with a good view to the stage. As I was about to place my books in the seat and search for others I knew, this "brother" bum rushes the chair and throws his stuff in it. I was stunned and pissed all at the same time. I let him have the chair, and I said to him, "Wow! THAT'S being Christian!" I ended up sitting in a hard plastic chair elsewhere. ASSHOLE!

Our congo was in "charge of" making the sand's for the afternoon session, and once I started to help making them (after I was deemed worthy enough, of course) I never understood why we stayed into the start of the program. I mean, there we'd be, and all of a sudden everything got silent and around me it looked as if Jehovah sprinkled "freeze dust" upon us. We stopped what we were doing and looked like friggin mannequins with sandwhiches in hand, mid air, or on the table, and bowed our heads in prayer. Crazy ass shit, looking back, but it was total loyalty while you were in it.

The final thing I NEVER understood was HOW in the hell can you rent out a facility whose practices you condemn? Of course now I understand it is because of the greedy bastards aka WTBTS wanting $$ (paid parking, donations, etc.) so they didn't care where they held a convention, as long as they were rolling in some mulah.

Some of the "bros & sis's" (even the "bigwigs") tried to explain to me that it didn't matter this was a gaming house, because, you see, when WE were there, it magically turned into a house of worship. Huh! That's some pretty awesome renovation shit right there, I tell ya. And yea, I bought into it for some time, but that nagging feeling inside me (common fucking sense and the HATRED for hypocrisy) got the better of me, and so when I questioned why "we" couldn't find another place within the realm of possibilities, I was looked at like, how dare YOU, little peon sister! Now be gone from our greatness!

When we were admonished to invite worldly people we knew (and that better NOT be people we were choosing to hang with, but more like family or co-workers), I was embarrassed to do so. I felt like a total hypocrite, especially when they reacted the same way I did. "How can you have a religious program at a racetrack?", my Catholic co-worker inquired. Aren't JW's againt gambling. Oh, Charmaine, you silly worldly good-for-nothing Catholic. Don't you see? Yes, "JW's are against gambling, but when WE are there, it is no longer a racetrack, but it is transformed into a spiritual paradise" with Jehovah God as our landlord for three days. Well, three days times as many DC's there are. Let's just say Jehovah OWNS that racetrack's ass for the Summer, shall we? In fact, Charmaine, DID YOU KNOW we even leave the racktrack in a greater condition than when we arrived?" Oh brother (no pun intended)! As I am typing this, I realize what a big farce that was, too. Hey everyone! Let's get Satan's house of play into even BETTER shape...Jehovah's gonna destroy them anyway, so let them have their fun while they can. Worldly fools! After a while, I didn't even invite anyone. I couldn't justify us having anything to do with the racetrack.

They then started to have the DC's on a college campus, (which again is hypocritical, since they advise against getting a college degree for the most part) and I thought it was pretty far away. As always, we were supposed to invite people, but I would always end up sharing a room with a best friend of mine. So to me, if someone actually wanted to go, I would either have to drive over 1 hour back and forth each day or share my room with this interested person. Um, how the hell do I know this is a stable person and won't stab us in the middle of the night? Just because you have a return visit or bible study with someone, it doesn't make them roommate material! I'm not saying anything WOULD have happened, but I'm not saying it WOULDN'T HAVE, either. Criminy! I definitely wouldn't ask some sisters I knew to share a room for a few days INSIDE the "truth". What makes the WTBTS think I would want a possible stranger sneaking into my bed in the middle of the night spooning me (Unless she was cute of course..lmao) or knifing me to death?

It's incredible how, once you are out of all that bullshit, you can stand back and just look in amazement at what we accepted because of men claiming to be spokespersons for God Almighty. I am so fucking grateful to be where I am today. I don't have to fight anyone for a seat. I also can pray BEFORE I eat my sandwhich and not while I'm making it. Lastly, I have no worries about anyone spooning me in the middle of the night that I don't want to.