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Meeting attendance
by Farmer Jim1 in
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for those still in the organization what is your meeting attendance like these days?.

when i left in 2017 there were around 80 publishers and the average meeting attendance was 70..
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Kingdom hall cleaning
by Farmer Jim1 in
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what are your memories of hall cleaning?.

i actually enjoyed it on the whole, my dad as the elder always tried to keep it to under one hour but in my later years in a hard-line congregation it was a chore.

the po's wife had a printed list and we had to complete it all before left (or got disapproving looks if we left after an hour).. as well as vacuuming the whole building the lost said you had to dismantle the vacuum and clean and polish all the internal elements.
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So what happens next...
by Farmer Jim1 in
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with what is arguably the biggest change to jw life in recent decades (the scrapping of publishers counting hours) what does this lead to?.

in my mind these are the results;.

1) a massive decrease in 'preaching hours'.
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Jws getting drunk
by Farmer Jim1 in
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has anyone got any good 'jws and alcohol' stories?

i always found it amazing that so many jws got blind drunk at parties and got away with it!

i suppose alcohol was the only fun thing we were allowed to partake in....
Protest at the London Excel 2024 Convention Anyone?
by Farmer Jim1 in
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having taken part in the 2018 protest-fantastically organised with an incredible reaction from pimo jws- i'm keen to be involved in another one.

is anyone interested in taking part in one this summer?

london excel is hosting conventions two weekends in august i think.
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UK kingdom halls closing
by Farmer Jim1 in
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can anyone out there that is pimo give an update on the rate of kingdom halls closing in the uk?.

i was expecting a fire sale a few years back but i haven't heard much.

some congregations that were struggling back in my day still seem to be holding on to their halls..
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The length of a public talk
by Farmer Jim1 in
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does anyone ever wonder the good they could have done instead of giving a public talk for 45 or 30 minutes?

i remember giving my first public talk aged 18 and even then i was thinking ' this is just me making up half truths trying to blind people with jw propaganda'.

fast forward 15 years to when i gave my final public talk and i was so close to seeding the 30 minutes with ideas that could possibly wake people up but i never had the guts.. in that 30 minutes i could have done so much real good for a person instead of spreading this awful religions dogma.
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Manchester, England Meet-up July 30th/31st
by Farmer Jim1 in
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hi folks,.

im just gauging interest in a possible ex jw meet-up in manchester on the weekend of july 30th?.

planning to go to a bar somewhere around the centre, maybe deansgate and possibly a meal somewhere.
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Alex Rance
by Farmer Jim1 in
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anyone in australia know what the latest is on the alex rance story?

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Top Ten List of What Happens Next...
by Farmer Jim1 in
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what does everyone think will happen next on the back of the coronavirus pandemic?.

these are my suggestions;.

1) coronavirus will have a disproportionate effect on jw ‘growth’ countries like in south america and africa.