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  'Great Crowd' of 12 people get baptised at District Convention!!!

  by burnedout in

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  yesterday, out of 4,035 people in attendance at the dc, only 12 people were baptized.

  that is one more than eleventeen and one less than a baker's dozen.. .

  want to take a guess as to the age group of this 'great crowd?

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  This was a DC in Canada, English speaking

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  'Great Crowd' of 12 people get baptised at District Convention!!!

  by burnedout in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday, out of 4,035 people in attendance at the dc, only 12 people were baptized.

  that is one more than eleventeen and one less than a baker's dozen.. .

  want to take a guess as to the age group of this 'great crowd?

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  Yesterday, out of 4,035 people in attendance at the DC, only 12 people were baptized. That is one more than eleventeen and one less than a baker's dozen.

  Want to take a guess as to the age group of this 'Great Crowd?' 11 were young teens and 1 person was middle aged. Looked like 11 born-ins signing up and one lucky person from the territory.

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  Counting time

  by roxanesophia in

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  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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  I am counting time as I type this...

  All kidding aside, yes that time can be counted. To confirm a point Blondie made: as a public speaker for 21 years I made sure to include my speaking assignments on my monthly report. It helped pad the numbers a little.
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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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  Blondie, thanks for the source.
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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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  Taken today at the DC... guess no one cares.
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  Buried my father today

  by littlerockguy in

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  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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  My condolences...

  I lost my father to cancer (melanoma), helped him thoughout his fight and was holding his hand when he died.

  We still had a lot of things to do together...

  Ten years have passed now and I think about him everyday... especially now that I am a father.
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  42% of Canadians can't read (DC Talk)

  by burnedout in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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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  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... 42%!!!!"

  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. If the 4,035 people in attendance today were a fair representation of the Canadian population then almost half of them were not able to read well enough to apply anything in the publications!!!

  No wonder 42% of the customers I see at Tim Horton's can only point at the donuts they want!!!
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  What TV shows were you told not to watch as a JW ???

  by run dont walk in

  1. watchtower
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  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.

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  Miami Vice

  Cable TV (HBO especially bad)
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  Jehovah's witness meetings are NOT BORING......

  by punkofnice in

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  ...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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  As a teenager operating the sound system, I would plug earphones into the tape machine and listen to the Eagles during the meetings. Watchout for the volume control on the mixer or else everyone in the KH would be listening in also!!!

  Other mischief that helped make the meetings not so boring was 'adjusting' the schedules on the information board, you know... crossing out someones name on the TMS schedule or the double-ended arrow to show a switch for an assignment. Sometimes it worked and caused a little confusion... (whaddya mean I have a talk tonight? It got switched with Br. Goofy right?'

  After the meeting, I would change the main microphone cable to another nearby plug so the next congo sound guys would turn up #1 and go crazy trying to figure out what the problem was (no, no, Brother you need to turn up #2)

  Cueing up the wrong song for the next brother to take a turn at the sound console half-way through the meeting (Yeah buddy, everything is ready for you)

  Sorry, I had to have something to keep me busy.
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  The most horrible,Nasty,Mean,Elder,CO,DO, You ever knew???

  by karter in

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  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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  CO Alan C. Hood total jackass onstage, in person, and his attitude escalated in the Elder's meetings.