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  The Evil Masterminds Behind COVID-19: Charmin and Cottonelle

  by keyser soze in

  1. social
  2. current

  of all the things people decided they needed to stockpile for a potential quarantine.

  all of the stores around my area ran completely out of toilet paper this last weekend.

  people were piling it into their carts and vehicles as if they were going to be holed up for a year.

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  3rdgen

  Hi, Smiles, We are in uppermost California, USA. Not a hotbed for sure. Yet.... People are people. Aren't they?
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  The Evil Masterminds Behind COVID-19: Charmin and Cottonelle

  by keyser soze in

  1. social
  2. current

  of all the things people decided they needed to stockpile for a potential quarantine.

  all of the stores around my area ran completely out of toilet paper this last weekend.

  people were piling it into their carts and vehicles as if they were going to be holed up for a year.

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  3rdgen

  I tried to buy toilet paper 3 days ago and found there wasn't even a small package - at ANY price. When I told Hubby he asked, "Do we have any old Watchtowers or Awakes laying around somewhere?" After I finished laughing, I said, "Sorry, No".
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  Did being raised a Jehovah's Witnesses result in psychological damage? An interesting read in the New York Times.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  interesting read in the new york times book review.

  food for thought on a subject 3rd gen and i have discussed between ourselves and with our daughter.

  in our case, the answer is yes.

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  3rdgen

  The attempt by Watchtower is to keep its followers isolated and ignorant. This is accomplished by requiring busywork and indoctrination sessions as well as demonizing secular association, reading, and higher education.

  No wonder that when a person leaves JWs they often have stunted social skills and limited decision-making ability.

  When we left I was a 60-year-old with the "worldly" experience of an 18- year-old. I'm still trying to "grow up" yet I often find myself doing things to nurture the little girl that was physically abused and forced to behave like a mini-adult.
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  What is the longest distance you drove to attend a summer Convention?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a photo of the milwaukee brewers ( american baseball team) county stadium.

  for some reason, we were assigned this outdoor stadium for our 1975 four-day summer convention.

  our congregation was located 90 miles away on the north side of chicago.. some congregation members stayed at milwaukee hotels for the four-day convention.

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  3rdgen

  Hey Blondie, Maybe we stood for what seemed like hours in the same restroom line. LOL Or what about food and ice cream lines? Crazy times Huh?
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  What is the longest distance you drove to attend a summer Convention?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a photo of the milwaukee brewers ( american baseball team) county stadium.

  for some reason, we were assigned this outdoor stadium for our 1975 four-day summer convention.

  our congregation was located 90 miles away on the north side of chicago.. some congregation members stayed at milwaukee hotels for the four-day convention.

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  3rdgen

  Sorry, Postate, it is 3,001 miles one way from Monterey to NYC. But we were ALL LOSERS stuck with parents who were religious fanatics.
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  What is the longest distance you drove to attend a summer Convention?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a photo of the milwaukee brewers ( american baseball team) county stadium.

  for some reason, we were assigned this outdoor stadium for our 1975 four-day summer convention.

  our congregation was located 90 miles away on the north side of chicago.. some congregation members stayed at milwaukee hotels for the four-day convention.

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  3rdgen

  LV101, I was there in 1969. Is that the one you were referring to? At that time I lived in Pleasant Hill Ca. About 5-6 hours.

  Blondie, My family and I went to The Rose Bowl in '63 also. I was a freckle-faced girl of 11. It was so hot, one day my aunt fainted.
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  Today's local watchtower study. On csa! Must read

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife told me that the wt conductor said in in the strongest most emphatic way.

  that all child abusers will now be reported to the authorities whether there are 2 witnesses or not!

  and this is new thinking!

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  3rdgen

  What Fat Freek said. I'll get the Beer
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  What is the longest distance you drove to attend a summer Convention?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a photo of the milwaukee brewers ( american baseball team) county stadium.

  for some reason, we were assigned this outdoor stadium for our 1975 four-day summer convention.

  our congregation was located 90 miles away on the north side of chicago.. some congregation members stayed at milwaukee hotels for the four-day convention.

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  3rdgen

  New Boy, My family drove from Monterey Ca. to NYC in 1958. It was an International convention that lasted a MISERABLE 8 days. The only DC in the USA that year. Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds had almost 254,000 on the last day. I was only 6 but I have vivid memories.
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  If You Could Invite Any 3 people

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to dinner living or dead..... who would the be?.

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  My father, his mother, and my son.

  Why? I never met my grandmother. She died before I was born. I would like to ask her what attracted her to the teachings of Pastor Russel. That would be interesting.

  My father died when I was still a snotty teenager. I understand him so much better now and would like to have a cocktail and an adult conversation with him.

  I would give anything to have just one more day with my son. He would be nearly 37 years old now. I would love to introduce him to my father.

  Four generations that barely overlapped. One gone 70 years ago one gone 50 years ago and one gone 15 years ago. Imagine their reactions to the JW.Borg changes!
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  Hypothetical question

  by Olesatthewheel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so here’s a scenario:-.

  what if a female underwent a sex change .

  she now he met a nice new chap and got married.. both get interested walking past a trolly full of washtowels (hard to believe i know but stick with me).

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  3rdgen

  Carla, What if this "spiritual couple" was invited to Bethel and he got promoted to GB 3.0 and THEN it came out that "she" was a "he" and the husband, of course, knew and concealed it all along. Hahaha