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News Service Desk at DC Swamped with Reporters asking about leads on the 'TOES'
by burnedout in
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taken today at the dc... guess no one cares..
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Counting time
by roxanesophia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
forgive me if it's a stupid question, but it's on my brain now that i don't trust the motives of witnesses out to recruit a new fruit loop to the bowl.... .

can they count their time driving "interested ones" to meetings?

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42% of Canadians can't read (DC Talk)
by burnedout in
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i heard this statement at the dc today (saturday), the talk about some new brochure to help those who can't read in order to learn the basics of the truth:.

"one study finds that 42% of canadians can not read well enough to function in society... that's right brothers...

of course, no source was given, and then the speaker says how important this new 'tool' will be in the ministry.... i asked the wife what she thought of that and she agreed it sounded fishy.
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Buried my father today
by littlerockguy in
1. jw
2. friends
i mostly post fluff and music posts on this thread more often now but just thought i would let some people here who still know me about what has been goin on with me recently.

my dad about a 7 month battle with lung cancer which metastasized to the bones and he died early wed morning.

my dad was a fascinating man, complex, sometimes open and sometimes a very aloof and detached person.
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Did you ever 'add' something to WT pictures?
by burnedout in
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as a teenager, i had to make the tedious meetings a little more entertaining, i would often add my own touch to the silly photos or pictures in the wt articles or current study book.

examples of anachronistic items in bible times pictures easily added: cigarettes with a small wisp of smoke, a pistol, sunglasses, fishing rod, bloodshot eyes, cracks in structures, small aircraft outline with contrail... you get the idea.

(with the right pen and a steady hand it did not look like obvious graffitti.. sometimes the goofy gestures portrayed in the art was just begging for a touch-up.
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The most horrible,Nasty,Mean,Elder,CO,DO, You ever knew???
by karter in
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2. friends
i had one (elder) who loved to pick on the sisters who had an unbeliveing mate......he had short mans syndrome and got a kick out of it.. co, han hubler...anyone that knew him will know what i mean.. he was so disliked it was hard to get anyone to have him for a meal when he visited..
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Another Elder
by burnedout in
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Most entertaining platform misdeed.
by Slidin Fast in
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2. experiences
many years ago before assembly halls we used to hire large halls for circuit assemblies.

the public talk, always after lunch on the sunday was always the big (though boring) event.

the chairman sat on the stage all the time whilst the speaker for the hour long talk droned on.
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Jehovah's witness meetings are NOT BORING......
by punkofnice in
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2. experiences
...i was told but they usually were as i look back.. as a lad i'd sit and look to see who the lights would fall on.

i'd get an almond and see how long i could suck it before i chewed at it.

i'd imagine playing rock'n'roll on the congregation's piano.. how did you get through the meetings when you were bored?.
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What TV shows were you told not to watch as a JW ???
by run dont walk in
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2. beliefs
victorian sky has a great thread on music.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/57646/1.ashx.

it got me thinking, about tv shows, anything in particular you were told not to watch, being a little kid in the 70's i do remember hearing shows from the platform that we should not watch.