The heads of the corp take vows of poverty, but live lives of luxury, thanks to favourable distributions of the wealth they've been building up for generations. The WBTS is nothing more than a giant Family Trust.
Stephanus
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Who owns the Society?
by return visitor ini know that the wt bible & tract society is a corporation with a board of directors, but who actually owns the corp.?
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Unorthodox Ways To Save Money
by metatron inthe following suggestions are things i've witnessed or done - although i may refrain from telling you .
which for various reasons!.
1) if you think that precious metals are going up, then buy the bullion and resell it later privately.. ever see some guy at the bank struggling with a heavy safety deposit box and wonder what he's.
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Stephanus
d) they get drunk on Fosters and make babies
Most Aussies don't drink Fosters - we export that, and keep the good stuff! Made by the same company, Victoria Bitter is Australia's number one seller.
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JW chick just joined my sports team
by sass_my_frass ina guy i work with organises three teams entering a little lunchtime sports competition.
i joined in last season for the first time, and this season mr frass joins my team also.
i just got the team list, and it looks like a last-minute entry on my team is the only jw in the building.
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Stephanus
Just tell her the team's decided to go with Naked Twister instead...
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Any hobby machinists or blacksmiths?
by BrentR ini was curious if there are any hobby blacksmiths or machinists on jwd?
for me it's a hobby and part time business and would like to find out if anyone enjoys it as much as i do.
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Now you've proven your identity as a hobby engineer, Brent: building something powerful and dangerous "just because you can"! LOL
Yes, I've seen various websites about jet engines made from turbochargers. One guy (also from New Zealand - must be something in the water) uses his jet engine to power his beer cooler!
I'm afraid I have to live my engineering hobby vicariously through others for now. I get various hobby engineering magazines (British and Australian - no newsagents here seem to carry the American magazines), surf the hobby engineering websites and watch the How To Channel. Sometimes the craft shows will show people who make stuff from metal. Otherwise it's mainly woodworking type shows.
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Plastic Blood?
by kwr inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6645923.stm.
scientists have developed an artificial plastic blood which could act as a substitute in emergencies.
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Stephanus
Plastic blood for Dubs? Great! It'll go well with their plastic smiles.
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cooking as a hobby
by NewYork44M ini am sitting here eating my chicken scallopini that i cooked.
it is delicious.
if only you were here...... but that brings up a geat question.
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Stephanus
Lemon Fusilli with Arugula.
It's hardly roquette science!
(groans at own joke )
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Any hobby machinists or blacksmiths?
by BrentR ini was curious if there are any hobby blacksmiths or machinists on jwd?
for me it's a hobby and part time business and would like to find out if anyone enjoys it as much as i do.
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Stephanus
Heh, heh! I was thinking this was going to be the perfect "girl free zone" thread, and I was almost right. Good to see that your daughter is not growing up to be a "machine snob", Brent!
I did my apprenticeship as a fitter and turner, and have a hankerin' to get back into the machining side of things as a hobby, now that time hangs heavily on my hands. It's all about money, of course. I was going to try and build a Gingery lathe at one stage, but I can't even afford the basics to make that, unfortunately. Presuming I ever have a windfall, like a lottery win, or some such, I'd like to build a home shop and build live steam engines or working model internal combustion engines. I have an acquaintance in New Zealand who builds pulse jets in his home shop. That would be kind of interesting, too.
There's nothing like the inner fiery glow of hot steel, is there, Brent!!
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JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND JADE JEWELRY
by HappyDad ini had to listen to jw craziness starting in 1960 when my mother started studying.
recently, i was reading paul and pat blizard's website and came across "101 strange beliefs and practices of jehovah's witnesses".
granted.......some of these beliefs have gone by the wayside because of bud light.... i mean new light!
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Stephanus
Gold is almost always associated with the sun-god in polytheistic cultures - why didn't the tower ban gold?
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Have you ever had a really bad haircut? (rant)
by restrangled inwent to a salon today with picture in hand.
i spent 2/1/2 hours suffering in the chair, (foiling and cut).
i wound up with about 6 to 7 inches lopped off and came out looking like a big haired, bubble headed 80's special.
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Stephanus
In my experience, you get what you pay for. But, then again, I get my hair cut at a place named "Larry's Shearing Shed" (seriously!)...
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WBTS does visit apostate websites!!
by crazyblondeb inwatchtower society visits apostate website!february 27th, 2002 | posted in: , jws vs. the world | keywords: jehovah, watchtower society, internet, apostate, articles by rado vleugel | 5 comments.
by rado vleugel.
webmaster watchtower information servicethe ancient chinese tactic sun tzu who lived 2,500 years ago once said: if you know your enemy and yourself, you will win every battle.
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Stephanus
But...But...SlimJimFatBoy assured us that Bethel didn't monitor sites like this one, and that to believe otherwise was to be a delusional egotistical apostate!