Posts by 88JM

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Do you think that generally there is a fall in interest in the 'memorial'(TM) of late?

by punkofnice in

i remember the days when the mock the christ ritual memorial would have the kingdum hell brimming.. i haven't been for at least 2 years.....and i'll never go again unless i'm offered a substantial amount of money to do so.. the last mock the christ memorial i went to the side rooms were used but the hall still had spare seats.. i know the overall speed of the 'growth(tm)' seems to be slackenning off so i guess the pass the cutlery ritual will be in decline by way of attendance too.. i think some of the peak in attendance was where kingdum hells were merged.. what say you?.

88JM

There were 61 at the memorial here - down 19 I think from last year.

A few JWs here on holiday and maybe 4 or 5 studies.

Normal meetings here are around 40 in attendance.

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$2 Million Property Sold by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia | March 26, 2013

by jwleaks in

no stairs but two-storey darjeeling in bowral sells for $2 million.

by jonathan chancellor .

tuesday, 26 march 2013. .

88JM

Sorry, no - the link was to a different thing - I was just trying to find somewhere comparable in the same area to see how prices are.

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My thoughts and observations re: the Memorial

by 144001 in

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while sitting through my annual visit to a kingdom hall tonight, i had the following thoughts/observations:.

1. the speaker appealed to the kids: "how many here are 15 years of age or younger?

" he then went on to tell us how exciting it would be to "lie down" with lions that eat straw instead of flesh, and further discussed jw kids napping with leopards, bears, and cattle.

88JM

Amen to that!

Oops

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$2 Million Property Sold by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia | March 26, 2013

by jwleaks in

no stairs but two-storey darjeeling in bowral sells for $2 million.

by jonathan chancellor .

tuesday, 26 march 2013. .

88JM

$ 2 million (AUS) for an old house and ~78 football pitches?

I don't know much about property, but it seems a lot?

Compared to i.e.: http://www.realestate.com.au/property-residential+land-nsw-mittagong-200028151

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First mention of "new light" may appear in July 15, 2013 Watchtower

by cedars in

a trusted source informs me that the "new light" about the faithful slave is to make its first printed appearance in the july 15th watchtower, which should be available for download online three weeks from now, on around april 15th.. i'm led to believe that the references to the new understanding are made in such a manner as to suggest the "new light" isn't that new at all, which suggests to me that little or no effort is being made to explain the doctrinal connotations.

my source and i are hoping to get a key paragraph posted at the earliest opportunity.

watch this space!.

88JM

I will be interested to see how they explain who was the FDS between 1917 and 1942. I suspect they won't try.

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11 years of compiled yearbook statistics: spreadsheet downloads

by 88JM in

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(edit: sorry about that - i clicked submit before i finished writing the post.

and its now 11 years, not 10. anyway...).

hi folks.

88JM

The data does seem to fit your theory!

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11 years of compiled yearbook statistics: spreadsheet downloads

by 88JM in

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(edit: sorry about that - i clicked submit before i finished writing the post.

and its now 11 years, not 10. anyway...).

hi folks.

88JM

Paul - if it was me, I would convert spreadsheets to XML (easy with Excel) and code webpages with something like: http://www.flotcharts.org/

With all respect, this might be a bit technical for most though. Just a suggestion - I'm sure there may be better ones.

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11 years of compiled yearbook statistics: spreadsheet downloads

by 88JM in

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(edit: sorry about that - i clicked submit before i finished writing the post.

and its now 11 years, not 10. anyway...).

hi folks.

88JM

By all means Paul - your site was certainly in mind while I was putting this together.

I will also try and keep the raw scans as I go, which might be added to your historical data page:

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics-historical-data.php

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more - I'm working my way back through the yearbooks.

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11 years of compiled yearbook statistics: spreadsheet downloads

by 88JM in

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(edit: sorry about that - i clicked submit before i finished writing the post.

and its now 11 years, not 10. anyway...).

hi folks.

88JM

Thanks TheOldHippie - I forgot the number of "other lands" changes - that might be the answer to many of these.

besty - thanks for the advice - will perhaps look at that when I've added more years and it's been through a few "error checking" cycles.

Cheers also wezz - files in the first post have been corrected and updated:

Yearbook Stats 2002 - 2012:

http://depositfiles.com/files/t4xhx9n5l

MIRROR: http://www.fileflyer.com/view/J2XhWAb

Yearbook Stats by Field 2002 - 2012:

http://depositfiles.com/files/aj02x7lej

MIRROR: http://www.fileflyer.com/view/J2XhWAb

Also, just to clarify, does everyone understand the reasons for this? The main reason as I see it, is that it allows you to very quickly create graphs to compare complex data and multiple fields. For instance, with a few clicks in Excel, you can now create graphs like the one below. (also you start to notice weird things like the peak for Chile in 2012 was lower than the average?!?!)

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I Got Deprogramed While Attending Kindom Hall Meetings Doing Research On My iPad 4

by frankiespeakin in

with the internet becoming availible almost anywhere and ipads become more and more common, do you think this scenerio will be a relatively common experience as well?.

i'm thinking it will..

88JM

I read and post on JWN on my smartphone during the meetings.

I'm usually sat at the back so no-one can see what I'm doing!