Posts by GrreatTeacher

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I was helping a Mature Sister with her tablet for downloading the meeting and then noticed ...

by Quarterback in

this sweet older sister needed help and while trying to download the clm on her tablet, the history showed some porn pictures.

how does someone overlook that and carry on?.

GrreatTeacher

That poor guy is gonna get an earfull tonight...

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Old Relative Not Happy About Push To Use Ipads Etc

by disillusioned 2 in

i was in a close relatives house yesterday and she was having angry and resentful at the push to use electronic devices at the meetings.

she was talking to another relative of mine who has just got an ipad to use.

this relative of mine is very elderly and obviously prefers to use her bible and other books.

GrreatTeacher

It seems like no matter the decision and no matter the internal controversy at the top about that decision, once it's made, they go gung ho.

They could have made a dual system available where the younger ones could use all the technology they like, while they also acknowledge that the older folks may still prefer paper and make that an acceptable decision as well.

They would still reduce costs for printing, but it's like they need a black or white pronouncement: print is bad, electronic is good.

Another measure of a cult.

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A story of two JW families after the resurrection...

by James Mixon in

this is a story of two jw couples, brother jerk and his wife sister pleasant, brother easy going.

the ocean.. sister pleasant: wife!

brother jerk.

GrreatTeacher

True that, true that.

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Start A Butterfly Garden!

by Bonsai in

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friends

time to take a break from debating religion.

take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?

how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?

GrreatTeacher

Well, it finally stopped raining, but then it was unseasonably cold. It finally warmed up this week, and I got my flowers!

I usually buy garden packs of small annuals and plant my own, a different color scheme every year.

This year it was so late that I bought preplanted flowers; 5 window box planters of miniature petunias that I just popped into the window boxes. Each one has fuschia, yellow and red/ orange blooms and they are already spilling over the edges!

Then I bought 3 planters of bright red geraniums that are full grown and I just lined my front deck with them. So, you walk in behind the geraniums but in front of my petunia flowerboxes to get to the front door. I love sitting out on that front deck. I feel totally pampered to have fully grown flowers in May. Unfortunately, I paid a lot more than I normally do. Maybe next year I'll have to go back to the cheap way.

My hydrangeas are in large containers in my back yard, but they are not doing so well. They started to bloom in the early spring, but then it turned cold again and they shriveled up. Now they are leafy green, but are not growing very vigorously. No signs of blooming yet. I may have to plant them in the ground. I wasn't sure where I wanted them, so I planted them in containers last year and they did well. It might be time to make up my mind about where to plant them.

Thanks for the pictures, Xanthippe. I love gardens. I planted them with my grandmother when I was young and I have the best memories surrounding flowers.

Best of luck with your gardening, everyone.

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A story of two JW families after the resurrection...

by James Mixon in

this is a story of two jw couples, brother jerk and his wife sister pleasant, brother easy going.

the ocean.. sister pleasant: wife!

brother jerk.

GrreatTeacher

Jeez, James Mixon, you come up with some crazy stuff.

Every time I think, "This is the craziest stuff yet," you come up with something else!

Whoowee, your mind must be a scary place! 😂

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I'm getting disfellowshipped

by raven in

hi everyone, a bit of an update here on my continuing disaster of a situation.. (refer to my previous posts for the full story) my mom met with me yesterday for dinner, it was nice.. however, she brought up the fact that because i live with my boyfriend and how everything has gone down, i will be disfellowshipped.. i think the elders basically have enough proof of this.. due to the anonymous tipper (still have no clue who it was, i live in another town 100's of miles away from my old congregation territory), and my mom telling them.

i'm not sure when they will announce it, or if they will contact me prior.. at this point i feel so emotionally dead i don't care- on the other hand, i don't want to be disfellowshipped because i do not want to loose a relationship with my mom.

that is the whole reason i tried fading out.. .

GrreatTeacher

My pretty hardcore parents speak to me and my disfellowshipped siblings.

I am pretty shocked. However, even if they shunned me, it wouldn't make me go back.

I am pretty resistant to emotional blackmail now that I understand what it is.

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Died Due To Refusing Blood Transfusion

by rrb2016 in

well, last monday my mother, a jehovah's witness since her baptism in 1968 died last week because she would not accept a blood transfusion.

she was 76 and had lung and skin cancer.

i know that the cancer would have gotten her anyway, but she was bleeding internally, and was told that she needs a blood transfusion, as her blood count went all the way down to 3.2 (should be 12-14.

GrreatTeacher

So rude. They'll turn anything, even the most inappropriate of occasions, into a chance to proselytize.

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May 13, 2016 BOE Re: Safely Maintaining Our Places of Worship

by wifibandit in

may 13, 2016 to all bodies of elders re: safely maintaining our places of worship.

dc-85i-e congregation job hazard analysis instructions.

dc-85-e congregation job hazard analysis.

GrreatTeacher

There definitely are government rules and standards.

And, they could be shut down or even fined for not following them if someone were inclined to report.

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HGTV special . Small Bunker homes for JW's

by Quarterback in

i've been reading so much lately about the pre message of the rc is about downsizing and living in bunkers.. are we getting ahead of ourselves?

living within your means has been a good piece of advice.

i do have a big house, but along with that i have to pay extra to heat it, extra work to clean it, more on residential taxes, worries about the volatile house market.

GrreatTeacher

The problem of downsizing to a condo is the outrageous condo fees.

Even if I sell my larger house and pay cash for a condo, the condo fees are in perpetuity, and are likely to go up over time.

At $300 a month, that's $3600 a year. I could easily pay a neighborhood kid to mow my lawn and shovel snow for less than that.

And then I don't have my neighbors walking over top of me.

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Pretty funny JW story - Daily Mail UK

by Dagney in

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friends

seriously, you have to read the comments.

just a peek into what the general public think about jw's coming to their doors.. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3608286/father-two-accused-opening-door-jehovah-s-witness-wearing-open-superman-dressing-gown-revealing-manly-shape-cleared-exposing-himself.html#ixzz49h8vohm1.

we had a good giggle over this.

GrreatTeacher

It happened to me. I was just a kid, tagging along with 2 sisters.

They gave their presentation to a man lying on a sofa just inside the door.

He agreed to take the magazines and when he got up off the sofa, he dropped his blanket and proceeded towards the door buck nekkid.

One of the sisters put her hand over my eyes!

So funny, looking back on it.

I wonder if they went back for a return visit?