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  A medical question.

  by quellycatface in

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  i have been having pain in my left hip for around 4 years.

  got worse this winter.

  hurts at night, after walking and periods of inactivity.

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  I have sciatica - it's a sharp pain in my hip that shoots down my leg sometimes. Mostly it just stays in my hip though. The chiropractor helps, but it's too expensive to pay for unless I'm in really bad shape. Mostly it comes and goes without intervention.
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  the circuit assembly

  by thedog1 in

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  i am off to the circuit assembly tomorrow.

  not really looking forward to it as it is the first one i will go to after finding out many things on this forum.

  since the last assembly i have read coc, in search of christian freedom, and some of the gentile times reconsidered.

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  Good luck, better take some Pepto Bismal with you
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  MONEY-MAKING EXERCISE?

  by The Searcher in

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  2. beliefs

  does anyone have info on a letter from the org which compels every kh to purchase goods for their maintenance from a specific multi-national company?.

  or have i simply missed a posting on this topic?.

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  the hall I used to go to bought their maintenance supplies from the COBE's company, or Walmart or the Dollar store
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  Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses Wisconsin and Midwest

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  so who's from wisconsin and the midwest usa.

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  Southern Illinois down by Evansville Indiana
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  So how many of us had guilt pangs because our WT was not highlighted?

  by cultBgone in

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  we attended several different congregations in different states, and the one common thread among them all was...if you had your study article highlighted, you were a good jw.. honestly, how often did you cover over your magazine when the attendant walked by handing out copies to visitors?.

  sheesh.

  would anyone believe how weird this organization really is?.

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  I was always a slacker - I rarely marked my magazines. I don't like to mark up books or magazines, it just feels wrong. If I want to make notes, I do it in a notebook.
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  this is how witnessing is being done nowadays

  by losingit in

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  i have a non jw friend that knows about jws only bc i related toher my experience leaving this abusive cult.

  anyhoo, she went to starbucks yesterday and there was an older man on his laptop.

  she sat next to him while she did work on her tablet.

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  Always sit with your back to the wall....
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  When do Auxilliary CO's go out in field service?

  by Quarterback in

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  i moved into this new cong for over two years now.

  we have this younger couple that are part time co's.

  i know that they would be busy serving a cong when they are asked to do so, but that is not too often.

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  It's called "lying on your time report"
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  Local JW man missing on the local news

  by troubled mind in

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  http://wqad.com/2014/03/11/family-of-missing-man-hoping-for-the-best/.

  very scary ...in the passed few months two adult men ,and one woman have all gone missing .

  one of the men was found in the river after several weeks .

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  It's odd that he didn't take his phone. Most people don't go anywhere without their cell phone anymore, even if they don't expect to need it.
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  I'm not trying to brag, but being an EXJW is awesome!!! Status Update-

  by Coffee House Girl in

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  2. friends

  hello jwn!

  i don't get to check in here or comment as often as i would like because i have been working so hard at school...but i just have to share my news in hopes that newbees can see that taking the leap to enroll in higher education is worth it-.

  i am graduating this spring with a bachelor degree in art history, minor anthropology...many people (including nonjw's have given me flack for choosing a "dead end" career path) but since leaving the watchtower organization's group-think mentality and "leaning on my own understanding" instead... i decided to say fuck everyone else's opinion...i am going to pursue my passion to work in a museum as a curator or archivist-.

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  We live not too terribly far from Eastern Illinois University - we could meet up sometime!
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  Amusing line in April 2014 KM

  by respectful_observer in

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  2. beliefs

  under "2014 convention reminders":.

  seat saving: when the doors to the facility are opened each morning, please to not rush to the seating area of your preference as if competing with fellow attenders.

  a self-sacrificing spirit that moves us to seek the good of others identifies us as true christians and moves onlookers to praise god.. ................................................................ i personally don't recall them previously making reference to the jw-version of the "running of the bulls" that takes place every morning when the doors open at 8:00 a.m. have seen it myself many times, it's always good for a laugh.

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  I always hated trying to find decent seats. If we didn't arrive as soon as the doors opened, we were screwed. But then we had an hour and a half wait before the program started, which was hell with small children. Once, when I was very pregnant, we were stuck in the center of a very long row. I'm fat enough as it is, but pregnant I could barely fit down the row. None of the people sitting in the row had the decency to give me room to pass. I spent a lot of time crying in the ladies room.