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  When You Were A JW, Were You A Pain In The Ass?

  by minimus in

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  honestly, when you were a witness, were you a pain in the ass?

  did you always tend to start trouble, whether knowingly or unknowingly?

  were you every elder's worst nightmare?

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  After long association with an elder, i knew all the secrets. I knew they often do not agree. I knew they often had sisters in the cong. who were sort of ther mistresses. I always stayed close to the fringe-i liked those people better. (rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints) they did not approve of my dress, men liked me(dispite all there efforts to discredit my name) i was known to use slang(gee darn gosh( without being sorry.)In my younger years, i generally played with the elders, teasing them,there are a lot of 2 face jerks.but later, i got very bold and would give it right back to them-at the hall, wherever. I would answer questions and expound on my own thoughts. Not enough they could stop me, just enough to make them uncomfortable. My long assocaition with an elder came in handy. If they tried to corner me in the back room, i would just bring him along for my atty.It took me a while to learnr how to play the game, but when i did-i got good at it.

  It is not like i started out this way. At one time i really respected them and all that. But i had just saw too much and knew about too much injustice, me being on the receiving end of it.So i decided to give them a dose of their own medicine.

  Surfice to say, they are not soory i am not attending meeting and i would be so surprised to see them make a call on me (me being inactive and all)
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  Man Attempts Suicide; kills J.W. elder instead

  by Kenneson in

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  the article entitled "bizarre accident thought to be suicide attempt" comes from the springfield news (oregon).. http://www.springfieldnews.com be sure to scroll down.

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  I can't believe they are doing a mental staus exam on this man, and giving him treatment. he'll probably try and kill himself in jail now, and may suceed this time, how sad
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  Whats your favorite music?

  by Stefanie in

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  whats everbodys favorite band, or song?

  i like rock.

  favorite song of all time is jumper from third eye blind.

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  i love the 80's music, bruce, billy joel and bob seager, and all that good stuff. I really love Meat Loaf, and have seen him in concert 2x and got my pic taken with him in st louis.I'm a big fan of Janis joplin, and have always been.Meat Loafs writer, jim Steinman, has written and produced for other people, including andrew lloyd webber(dance of the vampires in germany-just opened in USA) also, bonnie tyler. My music taste is very varied, i also enjoy the old country music, hank williams and hank jr. and whaylon willie and david allen coe. jerry feff walker(texas outlaws form the 70")I have always loved spiritual music,esp as sung by tennesse ernie ford. I can't name any new groups that are current-but i do some music like on VH1 . I hardly ever watch MTV anmore, it has become mostly hip hop and gangster music, and don't like any of that.Of course i am an die hard beatle and stones fan- i love the music form Les Meserebls, and Phantom of the opera, and others.edited to add, yes Blondie, the music form "oh brother were aret thu" is very good, I esp like the rock the baby song. even my kids loved that music.

  I do not like Barry manalow. I think most country music now is very boring, Where is the music that old geroge jones sang? now that has character.

  however, i will make an exception with a group called "confederate railroad" "I like may women a little on the trashy side" next to david allen coe's "if that anint't country" and "u don't ever call me darling" it is a very funny country song.

  Edited by - wednesday on 11 January 2003 17:12:3
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  Not invited

  by dmouse in

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  i am alone at home tonight.

  my wife and children are busy having dinner and 'spiritual association' with an elder and his wife.. i wasn't invited, even though i am not da or df, just inactive.

  and although i've made my position clear in that i'm not interested anymore i've never made any trouble really.. i didn't think it would hurt but it does.

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  actually this happened to me once, my hubby was invited to a gathereing while the Co was in town. It was small, few people, at someones home. I however, was not invited. I was not inactive, just ill and depressed and would have very much enjoyd the association. I am still surprised my hubby went, but that was a while back when we wer still trying to "fit in" and be a part of the cong. Now , even my hubby only goes to meetings at times, and could care less if they invite him anywhere.
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  Beer facts: Female hormones !

  by Simon in

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  ok, i know ... i'm running !

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  Simon,

  I am not ging to send out this very funny PMS joke , b/c the last PMS joke u put up in the board, well it was sooooo funny i sent it to a couple of mailing lists. remember one of them banned me

  So no sir, not sending this one.
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  Help the Elders are after me!!!!!!!!

  by auntiem in

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  okay, an elder just showed up at my doorstep and he was wearing sweat suit and sweat pants and he was alone.

  whats up with that?

  is this a new tactic to get me to talk?

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  I'm glad to hear that just telling them tot "go away" works for some, but it does not always,b/c they just make up the rules as they go. Some have done the same thing, and later found themselfs DA , b/c of refusing to meet with the elders. If u don't care if your DA, then i wouldn't worry at all.
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  Lost My Job

  by Yizuman in

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  new manager named rod came in at wal-mart this week monday.

  today he got a call from marsh's office building asking for business references and apparently that pissed him off.

  i had dropped off a resume at the marsh office building around 1 1/2 weeks ago or so... he called me into his office via one of the customer service manager (csm) who asked me to follow her.

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  oh, u can so collect unemployment on this one.I don't know what state u live i n. but if it is NOT A RIGHT OT WORK STATE, like texas, u may have recourse to get your job back, if u want it.
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  Help the Elders are after me!!!!!!!!

  by auntiem in

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  okay, an elder just showed up at my doorstep and he was wearing sweat suit and sweat pants and he was alone.

  whats up with that?

  is this a new tactic to get me to talk?

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  Auntiem,

  i am going to offer a suggestion.U said, i believe, that i were not ready to DA yourself. Ok. If u say F**k U to the elder, most certainly that will result. If u do not caare, then go ahead,it will feel great.

  But , if you'd rather stay in on your own terms for a while,another approach might be better. First, i see a GOLDEN OPPROTUNIITY here. The elder screwed up right form the start.He showed up in jogging clothes at our home when u were alone. big time NOT OK.then he preceds to make an apt . Call the local cong. or the WTS and tell them that the man, use his name, stopped by your home , alone, in jogging clothes, and wanted to come in.tell them how firghtned u are(no lie u are)CRY, get emotional. u are a woman alone and it really scared u. i GUARNETEE SOMEONE WILL CALL THIS BOZO AND CALL HIM ON THE CARPET.See, he has given u the perfect opprtunity to throw up a smoke cloud. it is sort of like a police officer arresting someone without reading them their rights. He just blew his case. So has this elder. He has so scared u, and when the PO gets through chewing him out, i doubt they will bother u ever. Not with the implication of violation of your rights and scaring u, and the big one all elders are afraid of, , or being accused of being improper with a female. So, u now have carte blanche to stop these guys in their tracks and probably they will be so afraid of the way it could be precieved by outsiders(with all the sexual scandal and all). If u have a husband, say how angry he was someone stopped by alone .

  Frnakly, i would not even meet with them if 2 elders came, not if i was alone.

  If u play this right, his as* is grass and they will be very afraid to call agian.
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  The Unhospitable Elder

  by minimus in

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  we used to have an elder in our congregation that never invited anyone to his house.he was a real moocher, though.

  he was always paying a visit to the "friends" around dinner time.he was single and never had a girlfriend.

  one day a couple of us went to visit him at his apartment, just to see if he would invite us in.

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  just sounds like a jerk with no manners, probably a mommas boy.. and one who figured out how to use his poistion as elder to get free meals

  or as someone truly wise once said"What if he just an A hole with a title"
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  Support groups for xjws?

  by wednesday in

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  i know i remember seeing a site online about a actual support group (one that meets in person) in the dallas metorplex area.

  seems like they meet once a month or something.

  anyone in this area know anything about this?

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  I know i remember seeing a site online about a actual support group (one that meets in person) in the dallas metorplex area. Seems like they meet once a month or something. anyone in this area know anything about this? It may have been the xjws for jesus, not sure.