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  75 years ago Tomorrow

  by snugglebunny in

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  fantastic!

  but why being shown in 4k for only 1 day?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnda1azf2c.

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  Just saw this a few months back, for the first time (I live in the US, so it's not a yearly broadcast film like it is in the UK).
  Really enjoyed it. Part science and engineering procedural, part war film. Love the score for the film. And rumor has it that some movie in 1977 stole major sequences from it! :)
  
  
  
  
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  The Face of Jesus (in the wood grain of a grandfather clock)

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  a couple of years past retirement, i moved into a "retirement community" (i.e.

  old folks home) which was convenient like a hotel.. once a week there would be a coffee and doughnuts meet and greet get-together so you would know who your neighbors were.. well .

  .. i went to few and missed a few.

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  Also, your story reminded me of "The Emperor's New Clothes". And yes, that is probably how Christianity began, that's probably how RELIGION began.
  My theory about religions is it began because, way back in the primitive times, the tribe had hunters, gatherers, cooks, weavers, builders, tool makers, and then there was some guy who couldn't do jack. Had no useful skills except gab and tall-tales. So, they kept him around to entertain, and he created all these stories about the unexplained phenomena of weather, the stars, death, etc, and eventually became the priest.
  
  
  
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  The Face of Jesus (in the wood grain of a grandfather clock)

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a couple of years past retirement, i moved into a "retirement community" (i.e.

  old folks home) which was convenient like a hotel.. once a week there would be a coffee and doughnuts meet and greet get-together so you would know who your neighbors were.. well .

  .. i went to few and missed a few.

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  Old Henny Youngman joke:
  At a Seniors Home:
  
  Lady: "You're new here! Where were you before you came to live here?"
  New Guy: "I was in prison for 35 years, for murdering my wife."
  Lady: "Oh! So, you're single?"
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  countdown to darkness

  by waton in

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  if you want to experience the impact of an historic event, go and visit the next stark darkening, the eclipse in 2024. to be precise, ~1969 days away.

  the countdown also will take you, like an anti-daily text, through wt history as a retro prophecy a day for a year.

  ha ha.

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  I saw the one last year in 2017, in Columbia, Missouri. It was a truly emotional event, I watched with a 'great crowd' of people gathered in a spirit of peace and shared joy in such an awesome spectacle. I can't wait until the next one!
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  Famous last words spoken by every jdub at one time or another

  by nowwhat? in

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  "oh i'm not going to worry about it, armageddon will be here by then!".

  -including me.

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  "This system CAN'T last much longer, it just can't!" - Now deceased...
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  Movie-goers can be fickle (great movies that should've enjoyed huge box-office success)

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  just thought i'd start a thread about this topic.. john carpenter's the thing (1982) was a great film, one of his best imo.

  for me, it's right up there with alien (1979) as one of the greatest sci-fi horror films ever made.

  and yet one film made anything between $100 - 200 million at the box office whereas the other made only $19 million.

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  LoveUniHateExams-Fright Night- It's still hard to believe that the cute girlfriend (who looked so SMOKIN' ! in that negligee!) is the same actress who would later be Marcy D'Arcy in "Married with Children"!
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  Movie-goers can be fickle (great movies that should've enjoyed huge box-office success)

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  just thought i'd start a thread about this topic.. john carpenter's the thing (1982) was a great film, one of his best imo.

  for me, it's right up there with alien (1979) as one of the greatest sci-fi horror films ever made.

  and yet one film made anything between $100 - 200 million at the box office whereas the other made only $19 million.

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  Agree with you about Near Dark. The cast is almost a who's who of James Cameron's stable of actors (it also features Jeanette Goldstein, who has been in Aliens, Titanic, and T2.) It was directed by Katherine Bigelow (who later married Cameron).
  
  It was originally supposed to be a Western, and I can see how it would have worked as such. I guess Jesse (the leader) had been around since the American Civil War, so he had been cruising the Wild West for many decades.
  
  It was much better than Lost Boys.
  
  
  
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  So, I went to another funeral today (contrast/compare)

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  a couple of months ago, i posted this:https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6294482023612416/went-memorial-service-man-have-known-since-childhoodin one of those weird twists of fate, about three weeks ago, this individuals first wife (who left him in a spectacular fit of drama) met her own end by violent means at the hand of her latest boyfriend.since she was disfellowshipped at the time of her death, of course, they couldn't have a service in the kingdom hall, so it was held instead today at a funeral home.and amazingly, it was a much better service.non witnesses seemed to out number the witnesses that showed up (i was surprised as many showed up as they did, considering tonight is the memorial!).

  the talk was given by her son in law, and a remembrance was also given by her brother, who in turn read a memory from one of her co-workers.

  after that, a prayer.

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  Diogenesister Thanks for the feedback on my analogy.

  I remember years ago, an elder gave an illustration. I found out he stole it from a Jack Finney story (summary below)
  
  "Of Missing Persons"
  What happened to Judge Crater and Ambrose Bierce? Charlie Ewell thinks he found out. What seems fascinating and possible after a couple of beers and late in the evening seems quite different in the bright light of the next day. But, Charlie is curious, so he decides to visit the Acme Travel Bureau anyway. If they decide he's the "right type," they will bring out a folder from beneath the counter, a folder they just made up as a joke. It's about a trip, one-way, to a planet called Verna. Why go to Verna?
  
  Life is simple there, and it's serene. In someways, the good ways, it's like the early pioneering communities here in your country, but without the drudgery that kill people young. There is electricity. There are washing machines, vacuum cleaners, plumbing, modern bathrooms, and modern medicine, very modern. but there are no radios, television, telephones or automobiles. Distances are small. and people live and work in small communities. They raise or make most of the things they use. Every man builds his own house, with all the help he needs from his neighbors. Their recreation is their own, and there is a great deal of it, but there is no recreation for sale, nothing you buy a ticket to. They have dances, card parties, wedding, christenings, birthday celebrations harvest parties. There are swimming and sports of all kinds. There is conversation, a lot of it, plenty of joking and laughter. There is a great deal of visiting and sharing of meals and each day is well filled and well spent. There are no pressures, economic or social, and life holds few threats. Every man, woman,and child is a happy person.
  
  It almost sounds too good to be true, and that's what bothers Charlie.
  
  Of course, Charlie goes to the waiting station, a barn outside of town, where he waits with others for the transporter to take them to Verna. But, after a period of delay, he gets impatient, feels like the whole thing is a big prank, and walks out.
  And of course, 5 seconds later, the rest of the group is beamed away. And he blew his only chance.
  
  And that's the point the brother made, that we must be patient or we will lose our chance.
  
  Or, borrowing my analogy, we could be waiting at the bus stop until we die, and so will our progeny.
  
  
  
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  So, I went to another funeral today (contrast/compare)

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a couple of months ago, i posted this:https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6294482023612416/went-memorial-service-man-have-known-since-childhoodin one of those weird twists of fate, about three weeks ago, this individuals first wife (who left him in a spectacular fit of drama) met her own end by violent means at the hand of her latest boyfriend.since she was disfellowshipped at the time of her death, of course, they couldn't have a service in the kingdom hall, so it was held instead today at a funeral home.and amazingly, it was a much better service.non witnesses seemed to out number the witnesses that showed up (i was surprised as many showed up as they did, considering tonight is the memorial!).

  the talk was given by her son in law, and a remembrance was also given by her brother, who in turn read a memory from one of her co-workers.

  after that, a prayer.

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  I guess the point I was trying to make in all this murky water, was that the funeral you get "outside" is much better than the one you get "inside". Not that it matters much to the dead person, but when family members are in grief and pain, a more personal experience would be welcome (IMHO).
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  So, I went to another funeral today (contrast/compare)

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a couple of months ago, i posted this:https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6294482023612416/went-memorial-service-man-have-known-since-childhoodin one of those weird twists of fate, about three weeks ago, this individuals first wife (who left him in a spectacular fit of drama) met her own end by violent means at the hand of her latest boyfriend.since she was disfellowshipped at the time of her death, of course, they couldn't have a service in the kingdom hall, so it was held instead today at a funeral home.and amazingly, it was a much better service.non witnesses seemed to out number the witnesses that showed up (i was surprised as many showed up as they did, considering tonight is the memorial!).

  the talk was given by her son in law, and a remembrance was also given by her brother, who in turn read a memory from one of her co-workers.

  after that, a prayer.

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  A couple of months ago, I posted this:
  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6294482023612416/went-memorial-service-man-have-known-since-childhood
  
  In one of those weird twists of fate, about three weeks ago, this individuals first wife (who left him in a spectacular fit of drama) met her own end by violent means at the hand of her latest boyfriend.
  
  Since she was disfellowshipped at the time of her death, of course, they couldn't have a service in the Kingdom Hall, so it was held instead today at a funeral home.
  
  And amazingly, it was a much better service.
  Non witnesses seemed to out number the witnesses that showed up (I was surprised as many showed up as they did, considering tonight is the Memorial!). The talk was given by her son in law, and a remembrance was also given by her brother, who in turn read a memory from one of her co-workers. After that, a prayer. Then, there was a photo video, with "worldly music" like Stevie Nicks "Landslide". And the ceremony concluded with the song "Brass Monkey", for everyone to leave the sanctuary by.
  
  There was laughter, and tears, and sobbing, all real emotions! It was a good sendoff.

  And the irony was, by JW standards, she was not a good person. She had been married and divorced three times, was living with another guy, but apparently, was going to try to reconcile with her last husband (they had just met that weekend to discuss that) when the boyfriend, drunk and high, did the whole "If I can't have you, no one else will either!" and shot and killed her before turning the gun on himself.
  On a personal level, my experiences with her were more negative than positive. She was the leader of the Hall clique back in our younger years, and did some very hurtful and mean things to others, including my sister.
  So, reading her obit, I was trying to reconcile this person that I knew with the one presented in the description. Was she really a great human being, and I was just too begrudging to see it? Or was she different in her "worldly persona" than she was in her "Witness persona"? And why was the Worldy one so much better a person?
  In the end, I found myself wishing I had known her "better side", and that made me sad. So many years wasted...
  
  But I found it ironic that her first husband, the saint, the one who did everything right, was a find, upstanding JW elder, father, and all around nice guy, got the same, bland, generic black lettering on white background "memorial" service that most JW's get ("Insert name of deceased here").
  
  Something is really backward about the whole JW culture, that's for sure...