They're setting up a two hundred bed field hospital a few miles from my house.
JeffT ...
Try to look on the bright side, as I try to do.
After this virus thing passes, these will be places for a lot of the homeless to go.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) - Status Update Thread
by Simon inthis topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
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Generally Speaking Do You Trust Your Government?
by minimus inas a us citizen, i am usually a bit skeptical of what comes out of the mouths of government officials.
often they may speak the truth but i’m not convinced of whatever they are saying as being 100% true.
do you believe your government implicitly?
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RubaDub
Baseball caps are so cool - older men look so much better in them.
LV101 ...
Yes, I stand corrected.
A baseball cap is cool compared to an orange painted Christmas wreath glued to your head.
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2020 Memorial - No Need To Actually Have The Emblems
by pale.emperor inover at jw talk they're saying because they're having to hold the upcoming memorial at home, they dont need to actually have the emblems.
apparently, listening to or watching the talk is the thing that counts.. "do this in rememberence of me" apparently means watching tony morris on your phone give a talk.. this begs the question... "what's the point?
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Even in my days as a good little dub, I never really understood the whole Memorial thing once the "partakers" we had died off (we had about six when I was a kid).
In the Bible, everyone who Jesus invited partook. He didn't invite people to watch. And he certainly did not invite "people off the street" to come in and watch.
What they now call the "special talk" before/after the actual Memorial could be the Memorial talk for the majority at the normal Sunday or Saturday meeting.
If there are partakers, an elder (substituting for the role of Jesus) goes to the home of the person on the actual night, reads the verses, prays, and the person(s) partakes.
To me, that would be more biblical and far more respectful for the event than what has now become more of a red carpet event when everyone is watching who is wearing what new dress.
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2020 Memorial - No Need To Actually Have The Emblems
by pale.emperor inover at jw talk they're saying because they're having to hold the upcoming memorial at home, they dont need to actually have the emblems.
apparently, listening to or watching the talk is the thing that counts.. "do this in rememberence of me" apparently means watching tony morris on your phone give a talk.. this begs the question... "what's the point?
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RubaDub
If we can do it at home I will partake.
I'll do the wine part but I wonder if I can substitute tortilla chips instead of the bread?
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Generally Speaking Do You Trust Your Government?
by minimus inas a us citizen, i am usually a bit skeptical of what comes out of the mouths of government officials.
often they may speak the truth but i’m not convinced of whatever they are saying as being 100% true.
do you believe your government implicitly?
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RubaDub
Giordano ...
Look at the bright side.
At least he's not wearing a stupid baseball cap and calling people childish names.
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"We're In The Last Days Of The Last Days!"... So Say's Old Rubberface
by pale.emperor inhave you seen this on jworg?.
https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/coronavirus-report/.
2 minutes in everyone's favourite clow, stephen lett, tells us all that this coronavirus means we're in the last days of the last days.. cool.
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RubaDub
Some here will remember Soupy Sales. I remember him when I was a little kid.
He could contort his face like Lett.
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Generally Speaking Do You Trust Your Government?
by minimus inas a us citizen, i am usually a bit skeptical of what comes out of the mouths of government officials.
often they may speak the truth but i’m not convinced of whatever they are saying as being 100% true.
do you believe your government implicitly?
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RubaDub
How can you tell when a politician is lying? Their mouth moves.
Or they paint some white shit around their eyes and their face and hair orange.
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Meet the greatest heavyweight champ of all time
by LoveUniHateExams inand no, it wasn't muhammad ali.. by most objective measures, the greatest heavyweight champ of all time was a guy called joe louis.. he reigned for nearly twelve consecutive years (june 1937 - march 1949) and made a record 25 successful consecutive title defences.
since 1949, every heavyweight champ has tried to break or even match this record.
all have failed.
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L U H E ...
It would really be interesting to see two "punchers" in their prime, Joe Louis and Mike Tyson, fight each other.
Imagine what they would charge to watch that on pay-per-view!
Note: Imagine in the new system when we will all be in our prime and they can schedule such an event with a suggested donation for the entrance fee.
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Generally Speaking Do You Trust Your Government?
by minimus inas a us citizen, i am usually a bit skeptical of what comes out of the mouths of government officials.
often they may speak the truth but i’m not convinced of whatever they are saying as being 100% true.
do you believe your government implicitly?
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RubaDub
I don't think I would buy a used car from the Orange Man or Chuck Schumer.
If I bought one from Nancy Pelosi, I would feel better but have it fumigated for a couple of days first.
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Meet the greatest heavyweight champ of all time
by LoveUniHateExams inand no, it wasn't muhammad ali.. by most objective measures, the greatest heavyweight champ of all time was a guy called joe louis.. he reigned for nearly twelve consecutive years (june 1937 - march 1949) and made a record 25 successful consecutive title defences.
since 1949, every heavyweight champ has tried to break or even match this record.
all have failed.
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RubaDub
Tyson Fury is a current hw champ. He stands at 6 feet 9 inches, has a reach of 85 inches, and weighs 256-272 lbs. Does that make him a great fighter? IMO, I don't think it does.
L U H E ....
That makes my point. Head to head, would a 200 lb. Joe Lewis have a chance against at 6' 9" with a 85" reach Tyson Fury? There is no comparison.
It would be like comparing any NFL team today to a team when the guys wore leather helmets. It would not be a contest. Imagine today's wide receivers who run 4.5 40's against some chunky cornerback from the past. It would not be a game.
But that does not take away their greatness at the time they competed.
Rub a Dub