BettyHumpter

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  Watchtower Basketball Guidelines!

  by Atlantis in

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  watchtower basketball guidelines.

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  https://postimg.cc/btgxcgcb.

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  BettyHumpter

  "Give a donation! Out of what? Their next to nothing allowance??"
  
  I had 2 cousins who went to bethel and my parent's would send them the odd $50 or $100 so they could have some spending money. I'm sure their parents and my other JW relatives did the same. I guess the leadership assumes that's the case with all bethelites and expect donations from that.....
  
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  Watchtower Basketball Guidelines!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtower basketball guidelines.

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  https://postimg.cc/btgxcgcb.

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  BettyHumpter

  Maximum game time is 20 minutes? No arrangement for winning team to hold the court? How boring.
  
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  10 years on and I’m still indoctrinated

  by joe134cd in

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  this experience highlights the level of my indoctrination, after 10 years of been a pomo.

  a few months back my gf was hinting to me about what we could do for my birthday.

  to be honest i just had no idea, that i even had a birthday.

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  BettyHumpter

  "Although I never stated this to her, I really can’t be bothered with birthdays and Christmas. I actually see this as an advantage of been a former JW. I kind of feel embarrassed having a Birthday."
  
  I understand this. About birthdays at least. Even though i've been out for 25+ years,birthdays feel embarrassing. My friends and non JW side of the family make a sort of big deal over it and it just makes me uncomfortable being the center of attention. I go along and appreciate the fact that people care enough to make it a special day, but the uncomfortable feeling has never left. I sometimes wonder if that's just more me as a person than JW leftovers.
  
  Christmas and Thanksgiving however, I really like that one. Old friends back in town that maybe you only see that time of year, that sort of thing. I'm sure it also helps that some of my family were not witnesses so I had ready made traditions I was welcome into. I know that for some who leave it's just...nothing.
  
  
  
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  Sinthetic human life. No parents needed except the stem cell donor.

  by Fisherman in

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  2. medical

  with this process, there is no spe&m, no egg, no conception but a developing life.

  what is the world coming to?.

  https://abcn.ws/3qozsjj.

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  BettyHumpter

  "Don’t know if what this guy says it’s true.
  Anybody know?"
  
  About as true as any other middle aged drunk with a popped collar rambling about nonsense at the local bar......
  
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  BettyHumpter

  "Persons like myself, with 40+ years of industry experience, repeatedly get sidelined by some whippersnapper straight out of university"
  
  I've never been in the military but have often wondered how a similar scenario plays out in the minds of enlisted men vs junior officers. You know, some sergeant who's been in for 20 years, perhaps even in combat, is technically subordinate to a 22 year old second lieutenant fresh out of college.
  
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  BettyHumpter

  Doubtless someone far above my pay grade ended the Millennial generation birth year in 1996, and not at the start of the ne Millennium.
  
  I suppose 15 years seems about right if the idea of generations having any sort of common cultural identity via shared experiences growing up is gonna make sense. Someone born in 1981 had completely different experiences growing up than someone born in 2000. The 1981 person's childhood/adolescence would have been pretty much indistinguishable from mine. (born in '73)
  
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  BettyHumpter

  "Here is a group of Millennial "
  
  So i'm guessing 'Millennial' is just gonna remain a blanket term going forward when referring to young adults? Because the oldest members of that generational cohort are over 40 now...
  
  I was under the impression that Gen-Z had graduated to the role of whipping boy when old people want to complain about the young. :)
  
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  BettyHumpter

  Yeah. Googling, the numbers are kinda all over the place. I got this which seems more realistic:
  
  University of Texas at Austin
  

  Average annual in-state costBefore aid$28,928After aid$18,350Aid includes grants and scholarships from the institution, state, and federal government Source: US Dept of Education (IPEDS)
  
  Your link was this:
  

  For Academic Year 2022-23:

  Texas Residents: $78,232. Nonresidents: $90,742.
  
  I'm guessing the University assigns a value for the years tuition, which almost no one actually ends paying the full cost for. (Except for maybe the super rich who can buy a way in thus funding the schools endowment). First one that comes to mind would be George W. Bush. He had a 2.35 GPA in High School yet attended Harvard. Without the family money, he would have been attending the local community college with those grades.
  
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  BettyHumpter

  "Looks like it is a little over 300K (In-State tuition) for a Bachelors degree at this university."
  
  Uhhhhh....what the heck school is this? Harvard doesn't even cost that much.
  
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  Knocking on schoolmates doors

  by BettyHumpter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left the jw's shortly after i graduated high school.

  but when i was still at home i'd get dragged into door to door every saturday morning without fail unless it was pissing rain.

  i can remember always being anxious to know what territory my group was assigned.

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  BettyHumpter

  Another thing I remember...in my days in school, the Pledge of Allegiance wasn't done, so it was never an issue like in the 1950's or whenever they used to do that. Well, it wasn't done until the fall of 1990, that is. My junior year in High School. Iraq invaded Kuwait, we sent 500,000 soldiers over and suddenly the pledge was back every morning in homeroom. Thanks alot Saddam.
  
  I think I sorta put a hand near my heart and half heartedly said the words. I didn't believe the religion at that point, I was just biding my time in that respect, I just thought the whole pledge thing was dumb. But I also didn't want to make a spectacle of myself.