People we met in field service in my area would frequently say Joe-Var as in, "it's 'em Joe-Var Witnesses at the door ag'in." At school we were known as Hovis Witnesses. (Hovis is a popular brand of bread in the UK)
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Jehover - How many of you heard it pronounced that way?
by Elsewhere init seemed like every kh had at least one?
someone who pronounced jehovah as jehover.
did you hear this at your kh.
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Remember the summer of 76? Apparently, it was the best year all round
by Simon inhttp://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2658020
'life's never been as good as in 1976' .
by rachel williams, pa news .
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Twas a good year. I left school, got a job and started college. It was a wonderfully hot summer. Being sponsored through college by an aircraft components company I got to go on some visits. We spent a day at Filton where the last Concordes were being assembled. We didn't get to go on one although they let us walk through a full size mock-up and they let us on the hangar floor to see the aircraft up close. Later on I would work on Concorde fuel valves. As for the fuel pressurization system my company designed it, was deemed too heavy compared to the amount of fuel it was supposed to save so it was abandoned. (I later left the company for "conscience" reasons when I my primary role was designing production methods for a compressor for the Challenger Tank.)
Wasn't Dennis Howell the Labour minister in charge of droughts that year? He became minister for floods when later that winter there was 3 years worth of rain to compensate for the dry summer.
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(I still have my micrometer from that period, along with my 6 inch steel rule and book of engineering tables. I still use the rule)
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Yes or No----Do You Believe That JWs Are A Cult?
by minimus ini believe they are "cultlike" but i don't think they are a "cult"........and you?
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Yes, absolutely.
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A Different Kind Of Troof In England?
by Englishman inmy mum's congregation get's involved in trips to see classical music, she goes dancing sometimes and even enjoys an official congregation organised picnic when the weather is good enough.
the df'ing thing seems to be regarded as an optional choice for the would-be shunner.
everyone there is very sociable and friendly with one another too.
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E-man,
Ironbridge will still be standing long after the Watchtower has tumbled down.
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A Different Kind Of Troof In England?
by Englishman inmy mum's congregation get's involved in trips to see classical music, she goes dancing sometimes and even enjoys an official congregation organised picnic when the weather is good enough.
the df'ing thing seems to be regarded as an optional choice for the would-be shunner.
everyone there is very sociable and friendly with one another too.
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From what I recall about location deleted is the birth place of the industrial revolution) is that there were at least 4 congregations in *****. The amount of JWs locally meant they were covering the territory every week!
Maybe JWs have become such a nuisance group that they have turned inwards. Or maybe after doing field service to death they have discovered a better way to live and minister and that is by doing good needs. Then again, maybe they have lost a lot of members and by improving the conditions they hope to retain the remaining ones. Or maybe the CO hasn't got wind of this and put his foot dwown.
I guess we need some inside information.
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freefall sky diving
by ball. inthinking of taking up sky diving or at least becoming a qualified sky diver in a week, this summer, in about 8 dives.
i was looking to do a bungee jump, and then thought of this instead.
it will cost only about 1200 plus the flights to spain and accomodation.. .
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Ball,
20 years ago I took up sport parachuting for a while. I made 6 static-line jumps and 5 free fall. This was in England over the course of one summer. I had to do 5 static-line jumps with 2 being on the same day in order to qualify to do a free-fall jump. It was a blast. Sheer terror for a few seconds, a minute of gentle descent and finally the sudden rush of the ground approaching. England is the not the best country for a sport that requires clear skies and low wind speeds. It meant a lot of hanging around at the air field waiting for the weather to improve.
In the end a "special needs" talk was given on the subject of dangerous sports so I quit. Instead I went on a winter vacation skiing in the Austrian Alps with a JW family. England is not really the best country to ski in either. That meant travelling to the hillier parts of Europe which of course is expensive. Now I live in a place with real winters I ski occasionally, in fact the family Thirdson spent a day skiing a couple of weeks ago.
I'd say do it. Have you done any parachuting? If you haven't you should try one jump locally before spending a huge amount of money. I know nowadays that you can jump strapped to an instructor and free-fall jump on your very first try -- in relative safety.
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LEAST FAVORITE MEETING
by new light init's so hard to choose, but i would have to say the theocratic ministry school was my most hated meeting.
the first few talks were a rephrasing of mind-numbing society doctrine.
then it was time to listen to a ten-year old read nwt to us........... #3 talks, don't even get me started!
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Definitely the Watchtower Study. The Service Meeting was a close second but the variety of speakers at least added something. The Ministry school was bearable. Some student talks were painful, some exciting as you willed the speaker through it. Public talks were OK as long as it wasn't a local elder giving one of his pet talks for the umpteenth time.
The Watchtower study was terrible. Read the paragraph, ask a question, re-read a section of the paragraph. At the end ask 3 of the same questions again and re-read the same answers from a paragraph somewhere. What was worse, nobody could ever keep on time. 70 minutes of utter drivel.
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Liberal Equals Ex-JW
by patio34 insomething i've noticed on this board is that there seem to be many more liberal-left types than conservative-right types.
what do you think of my following theories?
in the 70s, many converts to jw-dom were influenced by the anti-establishment philosophy and anti-viet nam war.
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Maybe it's penance for being a judgemental JW. I am quite liberal. Religiously, (according to online tests) I should be a liberal Quaker.
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As a JW, did you ever date someone who was not?
by cyberguy ini dated a number of witness girls, but none of those relationships went anyware.
however, as a younger, active jw, i also went out with a few ?worldly?
girls from school and work.
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Sort of. I did the fade and later got divorced. I started dating someone who was not a JW. Well I'm hardly going to date a JW if I'm not attending meetings. It did not go down well with my parents. My request to stay with them on a visit a few years ago with girlfriend was denied because she was not a JW and we were not married. (I didn't ask that we sleep together!) Well, we got married, a smallish event at a Cathedral, reception on a cruise boat with 70 guests. Parents did not accept invitation despite my readiness to furnish airline tickets.
3 1/2 years later, happily married to a wonderful person. We are planning a visit to the UK this summer, (unfortunately, I don't think it will coincide with any apostofests) and we will not be staying with my parents. (But, we will see them.)
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Book Studies in Your Home
by Xena ini'm curious (was reading the other thread about book studies and got to pondering) who had a book study group in your home and what was it like.
and did you go to any homes where they made you take your shoes and socks off and put on slippers or anything like that?.
we had one in our home....got counciled about having the demonic disney movies out, but for the most part it was a pretty good experience.
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We had a book study at our house for many years during the 60's. Since it was in our house we (the young kids) got to go to bed instead. I was 6 years old before I was "allowed" to sit in and even then I wore PJs. We had the BS at our house again later when we lived in Australia. (There's a close connection there to Uncle Bruce).
We had some characters at that time. Two members of the group claimed to be of the annointed. One was the mother of the Cong' Servant (later the PO). We had a hippy couple join us. Les had long hair and a beard. I think he enjoyed studying the Babylon Book and the Finished Mystery book. Years later he and his family ended up in my congregation again. He rarely ever went without a beard and during all that time was never promoted. He had a large unruly family and few, if any, of his kids became JWs. (The Book study was held at his house at some point in time, it always smelled of boiled cabbage!)
For about 4 years I conducted a study group. I used to take my shoes off and conduct the study in "stocking" feet. I wouldn't bother with a jacket either in the summer. I know being shoe and jacketless used to annoy a fellow elder but he never tried to tell me what to do at "my group." He was the same elder who made my Bro-in-law wear his paint stained slippers when BiL forgot to bring his with him and was the only brother in attendance capable of reading the paragraphs.
When I was a teenager we used to dash off after the BS to a local sports center for a game or two, which usually ended with a few pints in the bar. One of my best friends tended to be regular only at that meeting since we usually planned some event immediately afterwards.
The book study was the best meeting of the week. It was a relaxed atmosphere, short, and had time for socializing and treats. It had everything that was missing from the Kingdom Hall.
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