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  Watchtower Vertical Phonograph

  by Big Tex in

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  i remember hearing stories about how the witnesses would use phonographs in service (was this in the 1930's or 1940s?

  ) rather than actually talking to the person, but i had never seen a picture of one until now.

  i didn't know the mechanics of how it worked until i read this description:

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  Matty

  I still have one with a few Rutherford records. They really are marvels of compactness.

  Imagine putting a record on a doorstep for the householder to hear an old fart talk about the resurrection! Strange times!
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  Just stopping in to wave hello atcha...

  by flower in

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  i miss ya'll and just wanted to say hello to everyone who knows me and all the newbies as well.

  i've been busy as heck lately.

  hope everyone is ok and happy.

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  Matty

  Where the %$%^*# have you been?

  Great to hear from ya!

  ((((((Flower))))))
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  God I Hate Panda's.

  by Englishman in

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  no way that i could live forever if i had to be near those smelly sugary creatures all day.. what part of new world living gives you the creeps?.

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  The trouble with you never-been's is that you have no idea of the importance of Pandas in the Jehovah's Witness cult. In the new world, we will be over-run with them; everyone will have to learn the rudiments of panda care.
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  Important announcement about Englishman

  by TruckerGB in

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  he's going to be a grandad!, .

  congratulations eman.

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  Matty

  Too late! Hee Hee!
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  Important announcement about Englishman

  by TruckerGB in

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  he's going to be a grandad!, .

  congratulations eman.

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  Matty

  Hey! fantastic news!!!!

  Mega-Hugs to e'man & her ladyship
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  God I Hate Panda's.

  by Englishman in

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  no way that i could live forever if i had to be near those smelly sugary creatures all day.. what part of new world living gives you the creeps?.

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  Yes, you may say "No! Nay! Never!", but unfortunately it's true. Some of them were so ravaged and butchered by the Brooklyn writing department, that they bore little resemblance to the originals though.
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  God I Hate Panda's.

  by Englishman in

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  no way that i could live forever if i had to be near those smelly sugary creatures all day.. what part of new world living gives you the creeps?.

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  How could I possibly not contribute to this thread!!!!

  I personally hate the guy playing the guitar. He's always there, in every "new system" picture! And what is he playing? Kingdom bloody melodies, that's that! The idea that the only music that we can listen to is the songs in "Sing Praises to Jehovah" feels me with disgust. I would happily die at an early age if I never heard that shit again. This from someone whose relatives wrote some of them. Honestly!
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  Why No Beards?

  by undercover in

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  2. beliefs

  as i have recently started to question everything i was taught, i started wondering about the grooming "laws".

  one that never really made sense to me was that the brothers could not have beards.

  where is that written?

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  Matty

  I remember that one as well minimus. There are lots of views about this, as it has never been written down as an official ruling it's difficult to give a definitive reason. I was always told that beards were associated with hippies back in the 60's, and were incompatible with the conservative views of Jehovah's Witnesses and their potential converts. So in that way, it's more to do with how they are perceived by others.

  Like a lot of rulings, we're still stuck with it more than 30 years later.
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  So Is It Jst2 Cool Britannia?

  by Englishman in

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  no no, not "cool" as in "kewl", but cool as in chilly and cold, unfriendly almost, like we brits are rumoured to be throughout the world.

  this is just an observation about how we perceive different groups of people.

  a few weeks back, i was enjoying an uproarious evening in the pub.

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  I know the French stereotype of the British, that we all wear a suit and bowler hat and are the height of respectability during the day at our workplace, but when we get home we get all the whips and chains and S & M gear out!
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  Over 7000 Served!!

  by Scully in

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  congratulations simon & angharad!.

  when i joined this forum almost a year ago, membership was just cresting the 3000 mark.

  i've found this place welcoming, helpful and informative, comforting, humourous, challenging and downright lovable.

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  Yes, very well done! Thank goodness the 7,000 don't all post, topics whiz down too quickly as it is!