Posts by WingCommander

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Once Upon A Time In ... Hollywood (My review)

by Terry in

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once upon a time in... hollywood my review.

i rode my bike through 3-digit temperature and watched quentin tarentino’s new film.the title harkens back to sergio leone’s trilogy titles.. i wanted to see it for personal reasons.

the time span covered is the background to much of my life.

WingCommander

Saw it this past weekend, completely agree with your assessment. (and I'm a young 40) I thoroughly enjoyed this time capsule flashback fantasy. I knew Rick Dalton's character was based loosely on a mixture of Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, etc. And Brad Pitt? Looking more and more like Robert Redford as the years go by!!!!! Seeing Kurt Russell in there was a nice touch as well. There were some nice Easter Eggs to be seen, if you knew what you were looking at. For instance, one of the first shots of the studio parking lot when Rick and his stunt double were leaving, was shown panning out from the top. In the lot, you can see plain as day a red Ferrari 250GT California. It was an incredible car back then, and one of the world's most desirable and valuable cars today. ($25 million at auction). Younger people would know this car as the Ferrari in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

I LOVED the ending. Loved how QT pulled us in, expecting the absolute worst, but gave us the absolute BEST. A real "what if" or "what could have been" experience.

Brilliant.

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If You Could Pick Just One Title Of A Song That Would Describe Your Life

by The Bethelite in

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what would it be?.

mine would be "rocket man" by elton john.

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WingCommander

Journey - "Only the Young"

Audio of song linked here on Youtube

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The "Good Old Days" - what made em' good?

by Terry in

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have you ever heard the phrase:.

well, since i can't sleep tonight - you're gonna hear my version of what it means.. .

so, just suck it up and deal.. .

WingCommander

FYI: Amos 'N Andy was voiced by WHITE PEOPLE doing imitations of "southern Negroes."

Ahhhhhh yesssss! The "Good ol' Days!"

My late grandmother was born in 1918. She lived thru the Great Depression, WWII, Korea, Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK, RFK, Vietnam, Cold War, JW's, both Gulf Wars, 9/11.

I can assure you she had some fond memories of her time growing up in the Great Depression, but going barefoot and eating potato-rock soup wasn't one of them.

Perspective.

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Last minute change of venue for 2019 JW regional convention

by sir82 in

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jw regional conventions scheduled to be held in rochester ny in august 2019, will instead be held in wilkes-barre, pa.. here is the story:.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/07/09/jehovahs-witnesses-pull-conventions-unable-reach-deal-pegula-sports/1685174001/.

looks like the new management of the rochester arena didn't like playing "hardball" with the jw negotiation team, and just decided to close their doors.. the group is looking at returning to rochester next summer, miller said, adding this is "not a cold, hard break.

WingCommander

WTF?? So you're telling me that people who'd normally go to Rochester, NY, now will have to drive the whole way to Wilkes-Barre?

That's 237 miles, or 3.5 hours of driving!!!!!!!!! WatchTower has lost their fuggin' minds!!!!!!

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Disfellowshipped

by lriddle80 in

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my judicial committee was set for monday.

the message says to call back asap and that he loves me, but he said it like "i love ya, girl" he never has said that to me like that.

so, i call back and he says i have been a hard person to get a hold of and that confused me because i had not received any calls from him.

WingCommander

What a dick move by your "sperm donour." I say that, because this gelatinous sack of human flesh doesn't deserve to be called a "Father."

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50 Cent on Ja Rule Being a JW

by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

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i know a lot of you don't even know who 50 cent and ja rule are, but anyway, these guys have been sworn enemies since the late 90s.

they are rappers, and ja rule's mother was a jw.

she is now disfellowshipped, and ja rule said that he stopped attending the hall around age 11. he was never baptized, and has stated that he hates the religion.

WingCommander

50 Cent is very underrated. He's a great lyricist and rapper, much better than that asshole Kanye.

Ja Rule I had heard was a JW as a child. He had some good hits, was in a few movies (original Fast & Furious), but he just kinda fizzled out.

Rap and Hip/Hop really aren't my thing much anymore. A lot of these "rap battles" are just choreographed between the two artists in order to drum up fake drama and interest in their records. East Coast VS West Coast is classic example. They all win. $$$$.

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In Sydney, and ex jw gathering, with an apperance by Angus Stewart!

by nonjwspouse in

this happened yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pfyty9bs3i.

WingCommander

Good to hear it wasn't just a cleverly disguised Cedars LoveFest.

Also, gotta say, WMUBYJ, got me like:

https://i.redd.it/9glzj5i52bd11.gif

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Would You Be Afraid To Visit The Dominican Republic?

by minimus in

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a lot of bad things are happening there lately.

people on vacation are mysteriously dying or getting violently ill. i’ve been there three times in the past.

the first time it was great!

WingCommander

Yeah Minimus, you do that! Cause Haiti is soooooo much better, and completely different than the OTHER side of the island! LOL!!

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Who was a member here back in the late 1990s?

by MebyonKernow in

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i often wondered over the years what happened to a lot of the old posters from this group.

going back to the late 1990s a few of the names i recall...blacksheep, gypsywildcactus (i know she's ok as we're friends on facebook still), onacruise, minimus, veniceit, flower, prisca, bendrr, refinersfire, kent, englishman, shit...dare i say it evilforce lol, snittlesnacks (what a twat), scully, mouthy, talesin from nova scotia, xenawarrior.

littletom (from glasgow in scotland), outlaw, goaty, bisous, uncle brucey (australian character who loved his wildkife photography) - struggling now to remember more names.i know there are many more.

WingCommander

I've been here 17 years now, which means I've been as long here as I was "in." Yippee!!!

I miss Farkel. RIP.

Crumpet (Nina) - met another ex-JW fellow at the Texas Apostafest, married him, and they moved to the Canary Islands.

RichieRich - There was a fellow!!

AGuest - There was a fuggin' nutcase shit-stirrer!

I'm on the Reddit Ex-JW forum nearly every day, and there's a lot of activity there, but I still check on this site too.

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The Hell of the POMI!

by The Bethelite in

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i called a jehovah's witness friend of mine a couple weeks ago, yes i still consider him a friend though he would not say the same of me.

i've known him for almost 40 years.

our families went on many vacations together including my only trip back to bethel in 1996. this trip was made with 40 other "brothers and sisters.

WingCommander

FYI: JW's DO in fact DF for drunkeness. Back in the early 80's, we had a fellow in our Congregation that was truly a functioning alcoholic. He was a family friend, and a really nice guy. That is, until he drank to much. Then he'd beat his sweet wife of many years. He'd sober up, see what he'd done (couldn't remember a thing), feel absolutely horrible, apologize to his wife, and then confess to the Elduh's. Did they help this poor many by getting him to AA, therapy, etc? Nope! They'd DF his ass, over and over again. It was really a sad sight to see. I ran into him a few years ago working as a greeter for BJ's Wholesale Club. He had been sober for many, many years. Unfortunately, his dear wife passed of cancer. Still, I was happy that he was finally clean. I didn't have the heart at the time to tell him he was stuck in a cult. I should have, I regret that.