yes, just a few days ago we turned 9 years old!
this is how it all began: welcome !.
so much has happened since, so many people have shared part of their lives with us.
Still here but was Kismet back then. Amazing the transition of so many over the years and the growth and the realization of some who had to be fake in order to cope with reality.
Thanks Simon for this outlet and Happy Birthday
Uzzah formerly known as Kismet
jehovah has truly blessed them.
you spend your hole life working in the wt and devoting your life to jahovah.
one day they decide to down size and they kick you out in the street.
I agree. I only was in the big house for 11 years but it was tough as a 32 year old with no real "work experience" to try and get a decent job! I eventually created an alternate resume showing IBSA (International Bible Students Association) or W. Glen How & Associates as employers rather than stating Watchtower Bible & Tract Society. ...
Eventually built a resume of real work experience to be where I am now at 44 but it has been a helluva ride and a damn tough time of it to build from scratch being about 10 years behind others my age in career development.
Forget Scripture but morally and out of a sense of fair play the BORG really should offer some kind of severance program for people who have given 10+ years to them. But then again the WTBS doesn't have a moral/fair bone in their entire body....
i don't know the talk # but the most boring talk title ever had to be "who are qualified as ministers of god?".
next came "parents - are you building with fire-resistant materials".
I thankfully forget the title but it "explained" the seven times prophecy... absolutely no way to make that interesting!!!
ever feel like you just wanna give up?
i'm losing my job at the end of this month.
because of the financial situation in the world, there's a hiring freeze on both internally and externally and hardly any positions are coming up.
Just checking in with you Mary. How was the day today? Any progress or at least no more bad news?
Let us know how you are doing, k?
the L'il Abner cartnoon was based on the folks from this part of Massachusetts. <cue Banjo music>
Thus this story doesn't really surprise me.
but I got better..... < per Monty Python>
lets say i told them something scandalious about an adherent of another demination(sp?
), would they spread it around?.
Shortly after I left Bethel I was attending the District Convention and was helping s single mon with two of her kids while she was busy with the other two. I haad only been out of Bethel for just under two years. The kids were 8 and 3.
Bumped into one sister who gushed ovr the kids. By the end of the Assembly I was th father of two kids which explains why I left Bethel.
Nope no rumour mill amongst the Witnesses
lets say i told them something scandalious about an adherent of another demination(sp?
), would they spread it around?.
Finally Free:
If it is who I am thinking about ..they were an interesting couple.
I was afraid to sleep over there .. was always thinking they were into swinging.
Half hippy, half drunks they never ceased to surprise me with their wackiness. Always seemd to have $$ to spend randomly without ever having a solid business model other than window washing.
Uzzah
and the board is dead.
interestingly, there will be 3 friday the 13th's this year..
Today marks my father's death. Friday the 13th of February, 2004. I hate this date now though not for supersticious reasons. I just miss my dad.
for years, the watchtower drilled into us that we are just specs of unimportant dust.
personal pride was touted as being something wrong and a trait of the devil.
that mentality stifles creativity and initiative, which i suppose is what they want.
I stumbled across this thread from a few years ago while looking for something else.
I thought the message is still pretty good and I'd love to hear more stories about your personal accomplishments. Brag away!!
