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  Well it is time for me to say GOODBYE!!!

  by mouthy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it has been nice talking with you.but i seem to upset a few because of my faith.. so have a great christmas.... & be good, i wont be here to send you to your rooms .

  i have grown close to many of you.... if i have ever said anything to hurt you sorry!!!!.

  when i kick the bucket i am sure "mary" who ssometimes post will let you know.. mouthy grace gough.

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  Mouthy, please don't go. You bring a lot to this forum. If people don't like what you post, they don't have to read it. Don't punish the majority over the disgruntled few.
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  Have you ever had a hallucination? What was it like?

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i have almost never had a visual hallucination and i was wondering what they're like.

  how "real" do they seem?

  is there any kind of a hint you get that tells you they are not real?

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  I was slipped something at a party once when I was a teenager (maybe LSD) and for years after I would have hallucinations when I slept. I would open my eyes from a deep sleep and see huge spiders on the wall, or think someone was in the room. One time I saw blood dripping down a painting. Freaked me out. Haven't had one in a long time.
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  Planning the xmas party-suggestions needed

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am in charge of planning the resident xmas party (300 apartments that i manage) and about 100 to 150 residents will be there.. i already have a musician lined up but need ideas for food, theme, etc.

  $400 budget for food, etc.

  any ideas?

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  I am in charge of planning the resident xmas party (300 apartments that I manage) and about 100 to 150 residents will be there.

  I already have a musician lined up but need ideas for food, theme, etc. $400 budget for food, etc. Any ideas? I am so not good at this.
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  WOW-crazy day at work. Congrats to me???

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and i can't sleep.. i am an assistant manager at an apartment community.

  the manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least.

  got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week.

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  Jeff, she was receiving a discount on her rent which will go away Dec. 1st. She had a hard time paying it with the discount so i'll probably end up evicting her for non-payment. She's a mess.

  I'm in Florida (the panhandle).

  Things were pretty good today. My head maintenance guy has decided to stay since they let her go. He had asked for a transfer because of her. Our previous maintenance guy (a good friend of mine) quit last year because of her and another maintenance tech quit because of her. We've lost several of our residents because of her in the past and the ones that stuck around are rejoicing at her leaving. Karma's a bitch.
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  WOW-crazy day at work. Congrats to me???

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and i can't sleep.. i am an assistant manager at an apartment community.

  the manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least.

  got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week.

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  Thanks. A little freaked out though cause she lives on site and she's ballsy enough to continue living there. She always said that if she got fired she would cause trouble.
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  A mistake in fading 4 months ago is coming back to haunt me... HELP!!

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so today, two elders from a congregation i was in two years ago came by the house.

  they said they wanted to talk to me about things that they have heard, and that they want to talk to me very quickly, as soon as possible.

  perhaps before this week ends.. i don't know what to do!!

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  A friend of mine avoided the elders when she started dating a "worldly" man and she was not "scripturally free". She didn't care about getting df'd or anything, just didn't want to get dragged through the kangaroo court and was hoping they would just df her in her absence. She even sent one of the elders an email saying that she had done the deed with her new boyfriend and as far as I know, nothing was ever done. That was about 3 years ago.

  So, if you don't meet with them, they probably won't do anything. Just make excuses for not meeting them and maybe they will back off.
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  WOW-crazy day at work. Congrats to me???

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and i can't sleep.. i am an assistant manager at an apartment community.

  the manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least.

  got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week.

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  Sharing my wild day at work today because it is 1am and I can't sleep.

  I am an assistant manager at an apartment community. The manager has been a complete nightmare (bipolar and incompetent) so the last 10 months have been challenging to say the least. Got to work this morning and our regional was already there which was a little strange but half expected due to something that happened last week. I walked back into the kitchen to find the HR person (from out of state) making coffee. I said hi to her and asked her if someone was getting fired. She looked at me strange.

  The manager showed up a little while later (late as usual) so I asked her if she knew they were coming to which she said, "no". Long story short, a few hours later they escorted her out of the building with her personal belongings and promoted me to manager.

  It was a true WTF moment. They brought the rest of the staff in and told us that she was pursuing other opportunities (unemployment compensation would be my guess) and that I am now the boss.

  So here I am wide awake at 1am, rebounding from the 3 glasses of wine that I had when I got home, no doubt, and head spinning out of control trying to figure out my new job. She left me with a drawer full of unfinished projects and 500 emails to sort through.

  Thanks for letting me vent.
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  Faith in God should not be weak because of a wicked organization?!

  by Mr Fool in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i feel it strange that many here is here because of the wt organizations lies, contradictions etc (?!).

  a deep and personal belief in god should not stand or fall because of a wicked organization that manipulate people.

  i have a feeling that other christians in other organizations are more stable in their belief.

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  Doc hit the nail on the head, especially for me as a born-in. I have tried to go to other churches after leaving but they were so demonized to me as a kid, it's very difficult and I've been out for a while.
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  Announcement: Schools for Couples and Single Brothers replaced by School for 'everyone'

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this was noted earlier:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/266186/3/the-big-announcement-this-week#.uoaoe_yo5dg.

  but it was officially announced today that the school for couples and the school for single brothers were being combined with the new twist that single sisters would be allowed also.

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  How long before they allow sisters to have leadership positions in the congregation?
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  Planting Seeds--Plants Do Not Grow Overnight

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see some post here that want family and friends to see ttatt immediately.. i'm a gardener, a serious one.

  we make sure we put in an area that gets sun, check the soil each year, put in compost and other amendments, make sure we plant seeds compatible with the ones next to them, plant far enough apart, proper amount of water.

  everything can be perfect but when i go out the day after planting...nothing has broken through yet.

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  Great post, Blondie (as usual).

  To IloveTTATT-my dad was the first one to awaken in my family and he tried to show me ttatt but I was like your mom. I was actually relieved when he died because I felt like Jehovah would forgive his apostasy and resurrect him. However, after he died, little by little the things he shared with me started to sink in and my own awakening happened. That was 16 years ago.

  My brother is the only other one in my family that listened to my dad (actually he started leaving before my dad). My husbands whole family are still die-hard JWs who are saddened by our leaving. I don't even try to talk to them anymore about ttatt. After a while, you build a life outside of the organization and the freedom that you feel outweighs the sadness. I love my family but I don't have anything in common with them anymore.