why am i frequently staring into space?.
no i don't smoke pot at work.. i hear but i do not listen.
i look but i do not see.. i laugh but i am only pretending.. i play the game but i am not really taking part.. my job sucks.. please help.
Why am I frequently staring into space?
No I don't smoke pot at work.
I hear but I do not listen
I look but I do not see.
I laugh but I am only pretending.
I play the game but I am not really taking part.
My job sucks.
Please help
Radar
Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams
sadly, their own demise as family members was now only weeks away, and those other young sisters next door on the other side were looking a bit restless too............ .
within the next few weeks, becky was noticeable by her absence.
our house no linger shook to her madonna singles and the whole family at dub-house 1 seemed to become subdued.
Nowfree
Aquaduct is a housing estate within the Telford area.
many estates are given individual names in Telford, such as woodside, Brookside, Suttonhill, Aquaduct etc.
OK
Radar
Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams
sadly, their own demise as family members was now only weeks away, and those other young sisters next door on the other side were looking a bit restless too............ .
within the next few weeks, becky was noticeable by her absence.
our house no linger shook to her madonna singles and the whole family at dub-house 1 seemed to become subdued.
Englishman
You have just triggered another memory.
you said "and that the police were looking for her."
This is correct!
Jackie's parents placed restrictions on her after the pub episode.She was forbidden to see her new friend.
One day she decided to run off
Jackie's parents were so desperate at their daughter not coming home that day, they called the police! When they could not locate her amongst her JW friends, they feared the worst and told the police as much. The police then raised "Helicopters" to search for her. This is how it all came to be in the Shropshire star newspaper.
Sorry I don't recognise the youngsters in the photo. I guess they were in Aquaduct congregation, so we would not know of them much.
Radar
Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams
sadly, their own demise as family members was now only weeks away, and those other young sisters next door on the other side were looking a bit restless too............ .
within the next few weeks, becky was noticeable by her absence.
our house no linger shook to her madonna singles and the whole family at dub-house 1 seemed to become subdued.
Ok Englishman
Here is what happened to the girl next door.
As I said in my earlier post, these two sisters used to play with my two children.
They were both good looking but Jackie grew up to be most attractive.
She arranged to meet another JW sister at a pub, but this sister did not turn up. Jackie was left all alone. But not for long, innevitably some guy came to her, and made himself a friend.They started to go out together.
Her mom and dad, obviously did not approve of this and without doubt applyied a lot of pressure upon her.Jackie eventually left home, went to live with this guy
Soon she was dissfellowshiped.
And eventually had two children.
On one occasion I spoke to Ken, Jackie's dad at the kingdom hall, asking how Jackie was doing. He looked suprised, as if this was not something brothers should ask about the dissfellowshiped.
He nodded his head and just said OK. I guess he did not really know the answer to my question. They had cut her off from association.
I would often see Jackie's mom on the ministry, she spent most of her time doing it, she would plod along mostly with her head looking towards the ground. She was not happy, how could she be? she had cut off her natural tender affection from her child.
I believe Jackie eventually moved to wales.
Her sister faye took after her mom and Pioneered most of her young life away.The last I heard she also got married to an elder's son.
they went to live, by Ironbridge( the first bridge made of Iron in the world).
Radar
Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams
i ask you this because i saw a lot of hypocrisy in the org but i still have sometime this old fear of armageddon with a feeling a culpability.
should i do some research on my own about all the lies of the wbts?
what did you do to find a goal in your life?
Metatron
Don't be fooled.
"What did you do to free your mind from WBTS?? "
The Irony is, that for all the wonderfull advice given here on threads like this.
Is that those of us that keep posting on these boards, can never really free our minds of the Watchtower.
The TRUTH shall set you free...Hmmmmmm it is still with us.
Radar
Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams
....i decided to make a stand.
i went into the kitchen, picked up a large carving knife, and walked out into the front garden...... .
my intention was to cut back the growth from the previous spring's daffodils, but there was a little part of me that was hoping to put the wind up 'em, if only for a fleeting second before they realised that i was just cutting back flower growth.
Just think Englishman, at about that time of your story, I was still an active Jehovah's Witness.
I probably would have shunned you also, if I had known who you were!
The Powells would come to our home for the weekly Book study. I cannot remember them mentioning you in particular.
Their house was in Aquqaduct Congregation territory. So really they should have been attending Aquaduct congregational meetings.
Still, I look forward to your next episode in the life of an ex-dub.
Radar
Like all people who have nothing, I live on dreams
the past couple years of 'drifting away' have been a real revelation.
it has been a difficult adjustment.
so many standards i. once sacrificed for are now without meaning.
metatron
What is love?
Radar
All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream.
-Edgar Allen Poe
sf
Thanks for posting the pics.
Hopefully a few JWs will see them and wonder eh.
Radar
All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream.
-Edgar Allen Poe
i just read tyydyy's post on macho men.
kent had an interesting point:.
i'd say a girl would go for a man - and then i mean someone who isn't scared shitless by a girl with brains!.
Xena
You look like an attractive crayon to me.
Radar
All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream.
-Edgar Allen Poe
"bugger this", i thought, "i'm going to give this lot a piece of my mind!
" i opened the front door and walked towards the 2 sets of witness neighbours... .
part 3. .
Englishman
Your new neighbours were the powell's.Their two daughters used to play with my two children, before they moved next door to you.
They moved from Much Wenlock, an old English village. The father was not a sailor, but a farm worker.The beard was a bone of contention in our congregation, it is what stopped Ken from gaining any privledges. He at one point shaved it off to please the local Gestapo and his wife, so he could gain some position in the congregation, but the elders were having none of it.
They lost their house at Wenlock because the farmer ken worked for finished Ken's employment for some reason. Anyway their house was part of the employment package, so when Ken lost his Job, they could no longer rent the house which belonged to the farmer. This is how they came to move next door to you.
By the way one of their daughters was extrememely attractive, which caused some trouble later on, but I wont say what untill you tell the rest of the story.
Radar
All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream.
-Edgar Allen Poe
