i just thought, mmm, no-one invited me to the memorial nor even told me when it is.
so, i could ring br.
or sis.
I just thought, mmm, no-one invited me to the memorial nor even told me when it is. So, I could ring Br. or Sis. Guiltcomplex while they are out and leave a message on their answerphone,'' Hello there, I was wondering when is the memorial this year?, I've called a few numbers but no answer!''
No, I won't really do it, but it would be a very naughty trick to play wouldn't it?
Meat Pie/Shirley.
..right now i have a craving for jellied eels!.
yum!.
these are lovely.
Hello there, we have just had toad in the hole for dinner. Of course my favourite grub is meat pies or steak and kidney pudding, home made.
But, if we are talking grossly disgusting sounding food.... I have a copy of the very famous American cook book, The Joy of Cooking, and it has a recipe for squirrel which involves beating said (dead) sqirrel in order to mash the bones up, AND my favourite heavesome thing, frogs' legs in mushroom sauce. Now that's YUKKY!
Scottish food... stovies is very good.
Welsh. ages ago I lived in Swansea and used to get fresh laverbread, ate with bacon and eggs.
Mushy peas mmmmm now that's ambrosia.
There was a fab cafe in Hexham called the Tin Hut, next to the farmers' cattle mart, did s&k pie, proper chips ,mushy peas and gravy. Big mugs of tea. Gorgeous!
Meat Pie.
mike sends his regards and apoligies for his absence for a few days.
he is in hospital having a few tests done and doesn't have access to computer facilities at the moment.. his 'ticker' is misbehaving - i think it must be short of beer!
everything else about him is working perfectly normal - so he has all the nurses running around and is thoroughly enjoying all the attention!
I hope Mike is feeling better very soon. Love to you both, Shirley.
tips for visitors to the south .
if you are going to live, or visit in the south, you .
we stop when it's red.
That's really funny, there are so many similarities. Here in the North of Scotland and in the far North of England, in country places anyway, almost everyone waves at nearly everyone else as they drive past.Even just the flicked up index finger.If they don't- they are either about to crash or they're not local.It's illegal to carry a gun off-farm usually, but its surprising how many people shoot.I know a man who eats road-kill, but he's Danish and excentric (I don't think the two things go together)In North of England I knew a farmer sold a house on his farm and then paid more than the house-price for a new tractor.
In the South West of England, my Dad still eats pig's trotters, chitterlings, brawn, pig's cheek (Bath chap) bloaters (Little fish) and he and I used to eat tripe, I think its illegal now! No African connection.He's 84 next week.Can't be bad.
Meat pie.
how many of you went out in the field because you had to or because you wanted to?
if because you had to, how did you feel while doing it?
just curious.
At first I felt like Kagloo does. I really wanted to tell anyone and everyone what I thought was something great. I had naievely expected people to want to listen. The first call I made - someone was home, an elderly lady who said she went to the Kirk every Sunday and she wasn't interested in the Bible.Little did I know that it was to be one of the most productive calls I ever made. I still felt enthusiastic, week after week, month after month. Slowly realising that I'd go weeks, no- months without getting anyone at home. Even if I did, they only took the mags in a -yeah ok now go away- kind of way.Once I even came back with more mags than I went out with, as someone returned a heap! Thanks! Once in a while someone seemed like they wanted to talk, on the return there was no-one home, time and time again. When we were out far away from home, we were actively discouraged from trying to get a return visit. we were going somewhere different next time and we wouldn't be back here till next year, if then! After what I thought looked like a hopeful call, an elder actually said to me, "Do you really want to come all the way back here again?"
I gradually realised that nearly all the others were just finding ways to fill their time, walking v-e-r-y slowly.Long coffee breaks, time to go back now! I was angry that they could answer up at the meetings about 'the privelidge' of the ministry etc when it was a big lie.Almost no-one wants to hear and almost no-one wants to teach. The zillions of hours in the yearbooks, WHAT? I often said we should have stopwatches, we'd be lucky(Irony intended) to really speak to people who wanted to listen for more than an hour or so a year.
Towards the end we had the start of the Foot and Mouth in UK. I said I did not want to go out while that was on," Oh but we should wait till we're told,"- viruses don't know about Brooklyn was my attitude.About the same time there was a paedophile JW report on the radio and TV every bulletin. I said it was crass insensitivety to go on the min with all this going on. I got a lot of sideways looks! The ministry was just an excuse for a lot of back-biting bitching too! I honestly never met such a bunch of back-stabbing hypocrites.
Things stared to crumble. The hypocrisy, the lies. And what FOR anyway.I had better things to do at home.
So, sorry to go on, but in short, I started out thinking it would be great and soon realised it was a bunch of rubbish., and stopped - just like that!
Shirley.
my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1 .
my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 2 .
my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 3
Dear Simon and Angharad, Thankyou, thankyou, from the bottom of my heart, thankyou.
Shirley.
is it some sort of charitable status requirement?
ours was only used when the co visited and there was a coffee break at the hall part way through field service.. any one know?.
shirley.
Is it some sort of charitable status requirement? Ours was only used when the CO visited and there was a coffee break at the hall part way through field service.
Any one know?
Shirley.
i'm curious (was reading the other thread about book studies and got to pondering) who had a book study group in your home and what was it like.
and did you go to any homes where they made you take your shoes and socks off and put on slippers or anything like that?.
we had one in our home....got counciled about having the demonic disney movies out, but for the most part it was a pretty good experience.
I never had the book study at my home, but, as Eyeslice says there was great reluctance to hold the group at their home, so when the regular home was not available for a couple of weeks the question was raised at the group and everyone was looking at their shoes digging in bags etc,... so I shouted up. 'You can all come up to my place if you like'. Most ignored me, a couple laughed outloud! Now my place has plenty of parking and at least 1/3 of the group lived in my lane.The conductor ignored me when he saw the reaction. Snobs!!! Our place is scruffy none of the furniture matches and I can never get all the dog hairs vacuumed up. But they really would have been welcome, and my non-JW husband would have made them welcome too. Their loss.
S.
hello, first, sorry this is only for uk'ers, but its heavy.
i have 'the battle of armageddon' 1913 edition.
studies in the scriptures series 4. a helping hand for bible students.
Hey Nic', I've only got the one book, I'd be happy to post it.Its not worth coming to collect as I'm in N.E.Scotland.
PM me if you wish. Shirley.
hello, first, sorry this is only for uk'ers, but its heavy.
i have 'the battle of armageddon' 1913 edition.
studies in the scriptures series 4. a helping hand for bible students.
Hello, first, sorry this is only for UK'ers, but its heavy. I have 'The Battle of Armageddon' 1913 edition. Studies in The scriptures series 4. A Helping Hand for Bible Students.
I got it ages ago in a charity shop. Its no use to me but if you are in UK and want it please PM me.Please don't ask if you are wanting to sell it on. Maybe no-one will want it- its just a curiosity but I know some people like to see these old books.
It weighs over 1lb so I don't want to post abroad.
Shirley.
