One hot summer Sunday before air conditioning the double doors were thrown open for air circulation. A black and white alley cat walked in the door, sauntered up the right side aisle, walked across the front then back down the left side aisle before walking right back out the door. Amazingly, no one did anything. Air conditioning was put in soon thereafter.
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Funny occurrences
by Freedom rocks inwhat were some funny experiences you had of things that happened during talks at the meetings?.
a few of mine:.
- a brother had dyed his hair before his talk and it was raining heavily when he arrived at the hall and the dye was running down his face during his talk and his skin went more and more grey as the black dye ran down it.
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Blueblades Pacemaker Update.
by Charles Gillette inwell,to all who had wished me good health before i went for my procedure,thank you.
9/14 pacemaker was inserted below my collarbone successfully.check up will be 9/18.. so, since 2012 when i was 67,i had open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve with a bovine tissue valve.
now at 73, i have an implanted pacemaker with two leads,one for the upper chamber, right atrium and one for the lower right chamber,ventricle of the heart.. so, my heart beats should now be steady and not in and out of afib.. both of my brothers died of heart attacks.
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GrreatTeacher
I am so glad to hear that, Charles.
Anybody able to tell me how they first got diagnosed with coronary trouble? Did you have to wait for an event that nearly killed you or is there screening?
My cholesterol is high which my doctors don't like, but I don't want to take cholesterol meds because of the side effects. And, well, I don't want to drop dead, either.
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Anyone else get a message from Hanged Man?
by pale.emperor ini dont know why i'd want to argue over something like this.
i've been aware of this theory for years.
as interesting as it is - it's still bullshit.. for future reference, i believe the bible to be a collection of fantasy, myth, real locations and crazy ramblings of psychedelic bloke stuck on patmos.. my reply:.
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GrreatTeacher
Cofty, you're too damn reasonable.
Stop it, now. Everybody knows that the world needs more fairytales and fuzzy thinking.
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The bridge
by truthwillsetyoufree inso my father, who is an active jehovah’s witness, told me yesterday of an experience currently doing its rounds amongst the witnesses in relation to cart witnessing.
there is a bridge called ‘the bridge’ which is a well known place for people committing suicide.
apparently the jws have been setting up there literature carts there for a while now and ever since they have there has been no more suicide attempts from the bridge.
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GrreatTeacher
Cambridge, Maryland has a literal Suicide Bridge named for its morbid past, and right next to it is the Suicide Bridge Restaurant with a great Friday Seafood Buffet for $32 a person. Oyster shuckers will shuck you fresh oysters for a small tip. They also have crab imperial and baked salmon as well as Maryland crab soup for starters. And the typical roast beef carving station, potato casserole, fresh corn on the cob, green beans, and red beats with a salad bar, too. Plus a dessert table and soft serve ice cream.
As far as I know, no one has ever died eating there, and no JWs with carts have ever been noted in proximity.
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introducing * drum roll* me
by gabcol ini'm a long time lurker, first time writer on this site.
years and years ago, i was on another ex-jw message board though i'm not sure if it's still around or not.
i really enjoy reading all of your stories.
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Also, Giordano, how did you end up in Virginia? That's a long way from the beach! Any kinds of rivers or lakes around? I would have a hard time giving up living so close to the beach. I'd actually love to move to the beach to retire!
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introducing * drum roll* me
by gabcol ini'm a long time lurker, first time writer on this site.
years and years ago, i was on another ex-jw message board though i'm not sure if it's still around or not.
i really enjoy reading all of your stories.
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GrreatTeacher
Welcome, Gabcol. You might be our first Australiamerican on the board.
I wonder what part of America you were from. I didn't know some congregations actually telling people they couldn't date. That's pretty severe.
Glad you've found a place that feels like home to you. And, welcome to the board.
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Numeracy
by jws ini recently saw on a website where a guy i know posted a link to a video by graham hancock.
now this guy is a nutjob kind of like the ancient alien guys.
this pyramid has been a fascination of crackpots for years.
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Waton, numeracy is being "literate" with numbers.
Numerology is some nonsense where numbers have some kind of mystical significance.
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Numeracy
by jws ini recently saw on a website where a guy i know posted a link to a video by graham hancock.
now this guy is a nutjob kind of like the ancient alien guys.
this pyramid has been a fascination of crackpots for years.
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Lee, good point. I think that a lot of people weren't aware that the original "witness" was the great pyramid.
Jws, I used to think that "144,000" was such a random, mystical number as a child.
Then, I learned my multiplication tables, found out that 144 is the square of 12, and was seriously deflated. In fact, that number is so common that it has its own name: a "gross."
I also agree that numeracy is important! Just as important as literacy!
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Come on England...!!!!
by ScottyRex infantastic match...edge of seat stuff.
will be glued to 7pm match to see who we play next...russia or croatia..... enjoy wherever you are 😁😁😁.
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Wait...why are the using their feet?
I thought this was football!
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Jehovah's Witnesses: shame and domination
by john.prestor ini want to suggest something that i've been ruminating on for a while now.
that involves the possibility that when jehovah's witnesses look for "sheep-like ones" what they're actually looking for is this: those who will allow themselves to be dominated (get rid of things that god "hates," accept the movement's beliefs without protest, not check into the movement's history) and those who are willing to be shamed (letting jehovah's witnesses into their homes when doing so is looked down upon in secular society, talking with them on the street when everyone else avoids them).. i say this because from what i observed at the kingdom halls i attended in the course of gathering data for my research i saw:.
-frequent shaming: jehovah's witnesses must do more to be acceptable to god, they are "good for nothing slaves," they are spared through armageddon by jehovah's "undeserved kindness," etc.
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Ah, I think I get it.
So, therefore there could be no grass roots calls for change?
In other words, this ensures that any change must come from the top?