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  Gleaning at Bethel

  by Black Man in

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  want to see bethelites act like greedy scavengers?

  just check out the tail end of bethel family breakfast, lunch or dinners.

  for those not familar with this phenomenon, gleaning was when bethelites could basically bring their tupperware dishes down and store up on the leftover meals once the family was dismissed (usually by prayer, except for the bethel dinner).

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  Michael3000

  **Been to every meal at Bethel, Sorry to put a downer on this but, to be truthfull, I never saw anything like that after a meal. **

  C'mon Qwerty - that's bloody impossible, unless you never stuck around after a meal.

  --Michael
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  More than a cupful is wasted..........

  by ISP in

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  yup, forget fancy scourers, fairy liquid......check out the real way to get mugs clean.

  a fireman is in trouble for surreptitiously putting his penis into the boss's coffee mug.. fire lieutenant mark tomczak admits putting his member in chief william beres' cup.. he pulled the prank while he and other firemen were cleaning the station offices in west allis, milwaukee.. the incident, 10 years ago, came to light after mr beres' son began working as a fireman and heard the story.. mr beres, who has since retired, has demanded lt tomczak be disciplined despite the passage of time.. lt tomczak has been hauled before the police and fire commission to hear evidence, reports the milwaukee journal sentinel.. an investigation showed seven firefighters witnessed the incident.. lt tomczak's lawyer, ray dall'osto, told the panel lt tomczak regrets his actions and confessed when questioned.. mr beres was chief of west allis fire department from 1980-91. the hearings continue in august.. story filed: 20:16 wednesday 20th june 2001. .

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  Michael3000

  So, he stirred it with his "fireman's helmet", eh? How fitting!

  --Michael
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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

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  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  >>Did you know Alan Galina? I did a G-job with him, painting & >>polyurethaning the home of the guy who owned that liquor store in >>Brooklyn Heights (I think it was on Cranberry?).

  ########yep I knew him- did you know Wilford Simmons

  >>Alan was a pisser! I was in a wedding band with him & 3 other Bethelites. We only played JW weddings, of course. I remember how we couldn't tell the "friends" who hired us that there was a set "fee" for us - but we did say, "Others have given this much or that much" - a mere suggestion, see? I was also the dude that got busted playing his sax near Times Square, back in '87. Ahh, the memories of youth...

  I don't remember Wilford Simmons - but one of my overseers at the factory was Rob Simmons. He and Nathan O'Blennes ran a tight floor (or at least they tried). They were the first 2 to tell me that someone had seen me blowin' my horn in Manhattan (I wonder to this day who it was that was spying on me), and that they had to go before the Factory Committee and give a report. This would determine whether or not they'd let me stay. I was about a month away from making my first year, so I knew I was sunk. Funny thing was, I stayed in Brooklyn & Pioneered - then re-applied for Bethel! AND GOT ACCEPTED!! So, I was a Bethelite for almost a year, and a Commuter Bethelite for a year. Man, Commuters really got NO respect from most of the "regular" Bethelites. That pecking order was reinforced by the Society's own set of protocol - for instance, at lunch. Commuters had no assigned seating, so guess how they got a seat for lunch? Unless you were buds with someone who would actually TELL you that someone at their table is out sick or on vacation, you had to wait around almost until the opening prayer started to beg for a spot at a table (and you had to wait for the table head to give the OK). Come to think of it, I think after a while, the Society had a seniority-based deal where they would assign commuters seats).

  I ramble, but those were interesting days...

  --Michael
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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

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  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  JT - this G-job thread is a pisser! Sophie! Her thing was, no matter what you were sick with, she would always make you gargle with warm salt water! That brought back memories. I was convinced that the system of "checking in" on you while you were sick didn't just ensure that you weren't faking it - it kinda made you NOT want to stay home when you're sick.

  Did you know Alan Galina? I did a G-job with him, painting & polyurethaning the home of the guy who owned that liquor store in Brooklyn Heights (I think it was on Cranberry?).

  What memories...

  --Michael
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  Does God Make Mistakes?

  by Undecided in

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  i was thinking about some of the comments in the bible where god had regrets.

  gen. 6:6 does this mean he felt it was a mistake to make humans?.

  when he decreed that nineveh would be destroyed and then changed his mind after they repented, would it have been a mistake if he had destroyed them before they had time to repent?.

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  Of course - we have Fred Hall, don't we?

  --Michael
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  Report on Jacksonville losing WT convention

  by expatbrit in

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  city loses big convention .

  by bill johnson, special to the daily record.

  wash your car, it will rain.

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  Michael3000

  WOW! - again!

  I didn't know there were so many of us here that have enjoyed the environs of the Jacksonville Colesium! Baptized there, as a matter of fact. I grew up in Interlachen, FL (the armpit of Putnam County). Some of my earliest memories are of conventions there - what are those interior walls made of, anyway? Looks like straw sprayed with cement or some kind of epoxy. My little brother David & I used to try and borrow some binoculars for checking out who was asleep, goofing around, or cute girls. I perfected a method of resting my head in my hands and dozing off during those boooooring symposiums. Just TRY to stay awake as 3 burritos and a lemon-lime Shasta are twisting their way through your digestive system!

  --Michael
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  Baptismal Questions

  by LovesDubs in

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  i was baptized june 1, 1985. thats the day they started using the new baptismal questions in their baptismal talk on the baptismal day to all the baptismal candidates.

  did any of you actually hear those questions they made you stand up to hear read?

  would any of us at that moment in time actually have said anything but a resounding "yes!!!

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  Michael3000

  WOW!

  Spooky - my baptism date was June 15, 1985... I think that experiencing the change in the baptismal questions was the first time I can remember feeling serious "cognitive dissonance"!

  --Michael
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  Party like it's 1899, uh - 1914 - I mean, 1975...

  by Michael3000 in

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  the party's really over, folks.

  from the associated press.... .

  --michael .

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  Michael3000

  Seems to have generated quite a buzz on one of his fansites:

  http://www.prince.org/news/search.html?st=Jehovah%27s+Witnesses
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  Party like it's 1899, uh - 1914 - I mean, 1975...

  by Michael3000 in

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  the party's really over, folks.

  from the associated press.... .

  --michael .

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  Michael3000

  Wow! It was both an honor and a pleasure to read your response. And you're quite a cutie (if that photo is really you). :)

  --Michael
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  Fornication......*blushing*

  by d0rkyd00d in

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  as many may know, i'm still a teenager.

  i'm not willing to reveal my age, which is one less than 17 or one more than 15. but i just wanted to get your guys' opinion on sex before marriage.

  a lot of people here have kinda lost their "watchtower" and biblical standards as i have gathered.

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  Michael3000

  Uhhh...I see a lot of you (surprisingly) think it's actually BETTER to wait until you're married to have sex. This is so silly. A big reason why many JWs have BIG problems in their marriages is due to this type of inexperience when entering into marriage. If done responsibly, sex before marriage is a great way to find out about your compatability! Everyone seems to think that waiting is the best way to go, but imagine finding out that your spouse is frigid, or impotent or has any number of potential sexual dysfunctions/disorders - all of this AFTER you're already committed to marriage? Makes no sense at all. For God's sake, take a few test drives!

  --Michael