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  To Jrk, ( not jw related) general interest.

  by olongapo joe in

  1. jw
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  as you were the only one to ask for the continuation of my story, this is for jrk.

  sorry this took so long.

  while i genuinely love to read others experiences and thoughts on jw matters.

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  olongapo joe

  As you were the only one to ask for the continuation of my story, this is for JRK. Sorry this took so long. While I genuinely love to read others experiences and thoughts on jw matters. I only post when I am 3 sheets to the wind (4 you Aussies and Brits ((on the piss))). So, while an old friend(female of course) was visiting my girl and I, I of course ( while on the piss) suggested a three some. This did not go over well with my current better half, so of course, I departed my domicile in a state of rage. This being around 10:00 pm and after copious amounts of Emperiodor Brandy ( a local cheap ass liquor). I found myself in the local bar (whore district) looking for love, or the approximate local equivalient. So, Seeing as how I was pissed off( missing out on the threesome) I decided to screw with some local Pinoys. So I commence to pull out a rather large lock blade knife and threaten to kill any and all present, after several M16 A2"s( the local pulis) being leveled in my direction, I aquisese (give up). While I don't remember all the details (black out drunk) I do remember being thrown into the local drunk tank. There are 4 locals locked up, of course being the badass Americano that I am, I see the youngest local and yell out, WHAT ARE YOU A TOUGH GUY? So commences the I am the toughest MotherFucker on the cell block contest. I actually did pretty well for a 50 year old 70 lbs over weight alcoholic. They (the pulis) took us both to the hospital, for black eyes ( mine was worse than his) I believe they only took us in case I lost sight in my eye as a foreigner would have looked bad for the locals. Actually the young guy I fought, ended up taking care of me for the week I stayed in local lockup, because in the Philippines, the local Pulis do not feed you, if you are locked up, and no one brings you food, you do not eat. I had my girl bring enough food for myself and the young guy I fought with, when first locked up, he went on to serve about six months in Olongapo city jail, I supported him while in, and today have a friend for life.
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  been their, done that

  by olongapo joe in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ok, i was never baptized, raised jw from one yr old till 15 yr old, never really believed, joined u.s. navy at 20 yr old.

  i used to think(still do) how much the jw organization was like the military!

  to advance, you have to hit certain marks, ( for the military you need high marks in physical fitness) (( could that be field service for jw's?

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  olongapo joe

  Ok, I was never baptized, raised jw from one yr old till 15 yr old, never really believed, joined U.S. Navy at 20 yr old. I used to think(still do) how much the jw organization was like the military! How do you say? To advance, you have to hit certain marks, ( for the military you need high marks in physical fitness) (( could that be field service for jw's?)) For the military you need( Combat action ribbon) / national defense ribbon)(( basically a been there done that ribbon)) For jw's could that be missionary service/ needs greater service? Basically the jw's are the same as any other outfit, the more checks you get in the box, the higher you advance.
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  Are you A comments/like junkie?

  by olongapo joe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i admit that i am, i started a thread on my youthful drinking, that went absolutely nowhere.

  so here i am looking for some love.

  i have spent hours on this site reading others experiences (real or imagined), i question some of john aguilars( i did not comment on johns post, just mentally thought it sounded a little far fetched) and notice when others question how he is always in the right place at the right time, he seems to stop commenting.

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  olongapo joe

  I admit that I am, I started a thread on my youthful drinking, that went absolutely nowhere. So here I am looking for some love. I have spent hours on this site reading others experiences (real or imagined), I question some of John Aguilars( I did not comment on Johns post, just mentally thought it sounded a little far fetched) and notice when others question how he is always in the right place at the right time, he seems to stop commenting. Is he truthful? I don't know. I will try and back up any post I start, and I see most posters here will try and do the same, unless fading and trying to remain incognito. I give Simon or any other moderator permission to verify I am posting from the Philippines. I hope to have some insightful post in a week or two, as I will be traveling to the states and visiting jw family in Ohio. I hope to drop some info I have learned here, and hopefully plant some seeds. Would in the future, posting if jw related or not, help any one out? As this is an x-jw site I would not want to waste anyone's time.
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  Should I stay or should I go?

  by olongapo joe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello all, i love reading all of your experiences, and trials and tribulations ( isn't that very jw'ish)?

  while most of my life experiences have almost nothing to do with jw's, as i was never baptized and never believed( in the bible) past the 5th grade, it makes me feel good to contribute a post or two here, i tend to go off on subjects that are probably not very jermaine to the main subject of this site.

  i do really enjoy all of your comments and the time and effort simon and the other moderators spend to make this a truly inspiring site.

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  olongapo joe

  Hello all, I love reading all of your experiences, and trials and tribulations ( isn't that very jw'ish)? While most of my life experiences have almost nothing to do with jw's, as I was never baptized and never believed( in the bible) past the 5th grade, It makes me feel good to contribute a post or two here, I tend to go off on subjects that are probably not very Jermaine to the main subject of this site. I do really enjoy all of your comments and the time and effort Simon and the other moderators spend to make this a truly inspiring site. Thanks again to the site host and moderators, but, should I stay, or should I go?
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  Got in a bad wreck.....uuugh

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just happy to be alive....can barely move ☺.. a girl who just got her license , and a new suv....thought it might be cool to pass the person in front of her....at a curve......on a two way road!!!!!😠😠😠.

  very mad puppy.

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  olongapo joe

  I laid down a Honda 700cc in 1984, of course totally my fault, drunk and wearing short, t-shirt, and sneakers, and of course sun glasses, but I was a cool dude, my parents were at a circuit assembly, and were called out over the p.a. because my sorry ass was in the hospital. On a side note, I had insurance as I was employed at the time, but my best friend, who was on the back of my bike, and no insurance, I was admitted, he was discharged as treated and released, although almost the same injuries, lots of road rash, no broken brones, laid down the bike after hitting the divider between the on ramp and the hi-way, again totally my fault, drunk and I don't even remember the wreck, just waking up in the hospital. Ahhh good times. Not really just glad to survive. My favorite saying is STILL ALIVE!!!
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  Got in a bad wreck.....uuugh

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
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  just happy to be alive....can barely move ☺.. a girl who just got her license , and a new suv....thought it might be cool to pass the person in front of her....at a curve......on a two way road!!!!!😠😠😠.

  very mad puppy.

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  olongapo joe

  Glad no major damage mad puppy, carry on shipmate!!
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  Do todays Jw's care at all about Russell and the pyramid?

  by olongapo joe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wondering, as i will be visiting active jw family in ohio in a few weeks, do you think it will be worthwhile dropping it into a conversation, about the wtbts pyramid near his grave, or try some other topic to try and wake them up.

  i was never baptized and don't really care if they get upset or not, but it is only a day trip from ohio to pittsburgh, and thought it would be fun if they denied it, and then drove their to see it for ourselves.

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  olongapo joe

  Just wondering, as I will be visiting active jw family in Ohio in a few weeks, do you think it will be worthwhile dropping it into a conversation, about the wtbts pyramid near his grave, or try some other topic to try and wake them up. I was never baptized and don't really care if they get upset or not, but it is only a day trip from ohio to Pittsburgh, and thought it would be fun if they denied it, and then drove their to see it for ourselves.
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  how do most of you now feel about the military?

  by sowhatnow in

  1. social
  2. family

  was not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?

  would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?

  how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?

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  olongapo joe

  I joined the U.S. Navy not out of patriotism, but only for the opportunity to leave my hometown and see the world.

  In 20 yrs as an Aircraft Electrician, I never fired a weapon in anger, in fact I only fired a weapon twice in the Navy, once in bootcamp, and once to qualify to carry pistols. I am glad I joined, and would go back in a heartbeat if they needed me.

  I have a daughter in the Air Force (Pharmacy Technician) she has been in over 7 yrs, if she stays in, she can draw a pension in 13 more yrs at age of 40 for the rest of her life.

  Of course my and my daughters service is much different from frontline trigger pullers, I have the utmost respect for the grunts (diggers for you Aussies). I am ok with women in the military, but not in the front lines. I do not think we should have invaded Iraq, but for the military to work the troops have to follow the LEGAL orders given them.
  
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  Booze boy, the middle years.

  by olongapo joe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in some of my earlier post, i mention how prevalent booze was (and still is in my life).

  now, the only thing this has to do with jw's, is, that, at the time, both my parents were (still are active jw's).

  a quick rehash, at one yr. old, my parents become jw's.

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  olongapo joe

  In some of my earlier post, I mention how prevalent booze was (and still is in my life). Now, the only thing this has to do with JW's, is, that, at the time, both my parents were (still are active JW's). A quick rehash, at one yr. old, my parents become JW's. At 5th grade (1975) I think about getting baptized and pioneering/missionary service, I think that lasted a few days to a few weeks(hey, it was a long time, and many beers ago). By middle school, 7th grade, I am smoking weed, drinking hard liquor, and just generally being a punk.

  I was actually a pretty good student, mostly A's and B's(but sucked at algebra and calculus). I guess the point is, I could have done much better in middle school, if my parents had encouraged doing well in school, and encouraged being competitive in sports. But no such luck (fortune as the JW"s would say). My pops used to say, I only made it to ninth grade, and I turned out ok.Now I never went hungry, or with out shoes and decent clothes, but sports and college was not an option, (doing anything JW would have made them happy beyond belief).

  Anyway, getting to the meat of the story, I was anything but a JW after the 7th grade. I was forced to go to meetings until high school, I would mainly check out the sisters in their dresses, fantasize about (things) and go to the bathroom and um, spend some time there, if you know what I mean.

  So 9th grade, I have procured a bottle of vodka, and being a budding business man, drink about half the bottle with a couple buddies, and sell the rest to some smuck. The gym teacher, actually a pretty cool guy, comes up to me and says, Olongapo Joe, I smell booze on you, you need to go to the office and tell them you are sick and go home. Being the highly intelligent youth that I am, I of course ignore the advice. So later that day I am called to the principles office, seems the smuck, has been caught with the booze, and ratted me out. So the principle ask me where I came by the liquor ( not wanting to rat out my 30 yr old brother in law who bought the booze for me) I say, some older guy who hangs around the school is selling to us kiddies. Of course the principle wants to know who this knucklehead is, I aint saying, cause he is a figment of my imagination. So I am expelled, until I give up who bought me the booze, I am not gonna give up my bil, as luck (fortune haha) would have it my older brother returned that week from a construction job, and went and told the principle that he got the booze for me. That was all the principle wanted to know, so I am back in school ,and still a punk.

  This is going to long, so to speed things up a bit.

  I graduated high school 1983.

  !st DUI 1983.

  2nd DUI 1984

  Hit and run 1984 (should have been a 3rd DUI, as I was drunk).

  Too many to count black out drunken escapades( I do not count these as a badge of honor, I could have many times killed or injured innocents) many with my alcoholic JW father, and an elder also a hardcore alcoholic, I had been to the state liquor store in our town (Piqua Ohio) so many times with my pops and the elder (he did not drive, so asked us to take him to the store weekly) that at 15 yrs old I often bought hard liquor at the state store and was never once asked for I.D..

  So that's a condensed version of the middle years, next, the later years Booze Boy (locked up abroad, Philippines).
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  Anyone from NE Ohio ?

  by Freeandclear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello all, i'm wondering if there are any ex-borg members in here from the north east ohio area?

  specifically warren, youngstown, niles, and surrounding areas.. feel free to private message me if you are still "in" and want to remain anonymous.

  i personally grew up in the warren tod heights congregation and know a lot of people from this general area, it would be nice to reconnect.

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  olongapo joe

  From Piqua ( 30 miles north of Dayton, right on I-75). Now living in the Philippines.