Posts by Theonlyoneleft

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cart witnesses

by stan livedeath in

i drove through a nearby seaside town today.

it was starting to rain.

it was cold.

Theonlyoneleft

I saw some too.

Today on my local town, standing next to the cart two young man. Not normally on a Friday and not normally young men, many times I see two “sisters” there.

Well dressed, smiling and talking to each other while keeping an eye out, but not approaching anyone.

Firstly I thought, gosh it’s so cold out... why are you even here?! And if you’re not talking to anyone... how can you be preaching? I don’t get it.... you’re not saving anyone from the blooming-gedon.

Then I looked at the cart and at them, and I just thought... I hope you have day jobs to save you one day.

could not but just feel some pity to see them just there counting hours for nothing. So silly.

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Creepy display

by neat blue dog in

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i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..

Theonlyoneleft

There’s 8 people there... how many new sheep are they expecting?!

all looks so robotic, feels like a sale of religion instead of god’s teachings.

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New member

by saorean in

jw
friends

this is the first of many posts from me.

i'm pimo, an overseer, somewhere in africa.

i'll hold of giving further details until i've executed my plan to leave the organization.

Theonlyoneleft

Saorean

welcome to this site, as a almost newbie myself can be daunting talking to others and finding friendships of a similar age.

I was never baptised but I have family that are witnesses, hence my name... theonlyoneleft.

I came here to learn more, find explanations to my past while listening to others accounts... I’m sure that you will find soon some similarities here, so don’t give up, stick around.

There are so many experienced members here that I’m sure you won’t see an age difference.

(It’s just a number after all.)

You will end up having fantastic conversations of past days and present stories.

I’m not young but not old....but if you ask me... my heart feels like 25... and I’m sticking to that 🙂.

so welcome and enjoy the journey.

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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.

one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?

Theonlyoneleft

Also agree... if people had to pay let’s say £10/£15 to see a doctor in the emergency room they would think twice before clogging the space with vain trips.

They would have to be more responsible, assess their situation and make a decision.

Also... we wouldn’t have so many Fridays Saturdays and Sundays evenings spaces filled with the younger generation that seems to drink until oblivion.

The services that are needed to deal with those that are in real need are normally taken by silly people that put themselves at risk because they are drinking.

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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.

one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?

Theonlyoneleft

My ex sister in law works in a nhs hospital near a very busy airport. She has mentioned that they see many patients that come straight from the airport into the hospital to see a doctor.

My brother has worked in Heathrow airport and has spoken of the same similar cases.

i definitely agree that the NHS does a brilliant job as it is, but just imagine how better job could be if we had the needed numbers of staff.

A family member was working in a certain hospital’s ITU a few years ago but left the uk to “serve where the need is great”. She was trained in her country but came to work here.

The people that I know from Europe (many) don’t trust the national health service as they see it as “free”. They fly home, pay to see a doctor and do whatever they need there, that also includes dental services, It’s not that expensive for them and they are seen to their problem faster than visiting the nhs in the uk. Some don’t have that option, but the ones that do prefer to go, see a doctor there and buy the similar medication that they would probably get prescribed here.

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Creepy display

by neat blue dog in

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i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..

Theonlyoneleft

That translates to “Bible study online”.

Propaganda... 😖.

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Creepy display

by neat blue dog in

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i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..

Theonlyoneleft

That’s portuguese.

Is either Portugal, Angola, Brazil or Mozambique.

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I attended my JWs Grandfathers funeral

by joe134cd in

i attended my grandfathers jw funeral the other day.

firstly i am a rabid apostate, and certainly not wt greatest fan.

that been said however, i will certainly stick up for them when they do the right thing.

Theonlyoneleft

Is nice to hear( under the circumstances) that your grandfathers funeral was all about him and not the heavy watchtower lectures.

im sorry for your loss. Jws funerals are usually so clinical that most just “cruise” through it.

i know of a sister that died, but had planned her whole service, to detail of the songs she wanted, the orator etc.

i was told such a lovely service, so personal and so different.

i just thought... most normal funerals are like that...jws don’t know the difference because they are used to only it one way only, and they don’t attend others funerals either.

Where I live on the uk, it’s normal to have a wake after burial. But in my country of birth no. (Unless that has changed recently).

When I explained once what was it like to my jws family, some were shocked, how terrible to go eat and drink after burying your loved one. But that’s not what’s like, it’s a chance to commemorate the life of the person that has passed, it’s a loving way to show support to the family too.

conclusion: witnesses need to learn more from the worldly people and better their way of performing funerals.

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Creepy display

by neat blue dog in

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i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..

Theonlyoneleft

What??? Where is this, do you know?

scary stuff. If you told me on the 90’s that this would be happening.... no one would believe it!

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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.

one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?

Theonlyoneleft

I agree with all the uk citizens comments about. NHS is a fantastic service when goes wright... when hoes wrong... goes REALLY wrong. There’s fantastic staff that are working under very difficult situations and conditions at the moment.

Nhs is only free to those that haven’t paid taxes on the United Kingdom, all taxpayers are paying for health tourism and that is wrong. We need a better system here.

If I need to go to the hospital or GP I tend to see my local pharmacy first, they have a wide knowledge of health care that can help.

I get very annoyed when friends take their kids to A&E with a minor problem, I just feel that there’s no need to clog up emergency services if there’s another way of dealing with it, of course if it’s serious then by all means, must go and see a doctor.

another thing that gets up my goat is how youngsters get so drunk these days... then end up at the hospital with sometimes huge problems due to Atheir own stupidity.

where I come from we pay on delivery of service, such as GP appointments etc, but if you need a certain test you can always have it done but pay for it. Some stuff it’s not that expensive, depending on what’s needed, and if you can’t wait you can see s private doctor. In the uk the same service would cost hundreds.

i think we should introduce a pay fee in the emergency room, as I can almost guarantee that the attendance of stupid people that waste the doctors time would soon diminish. They would soon learn to make smart decisions.

i have been treated well when I have attended the uk healthcare services. They are a dedicated bunch but I really feel for them as they need to work really hard and under pressure due to the lack of funding, too many people attending it, not enough staff and long hours.