I prayed to Ted Jaracz once. I figured since he's one of the anointed, there was a pretty good chance that he'd hear me. However, praying to him had about the same effect that praying to Jehovah did. Nobody answered.
Does praying to a GB member mean that I've become close with him?
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Have you met Governing Body members?
by BonaFide inbrother jaracz taught one day of my mts class, the very last day.
when i was in bethel i met brother schroeder, brother sydlik, barr, barry.
i said hi to brother franz once as a kid.. the new ones?
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Fall 2008 One Day Assembly....what is the theme?
by insearchoftruth inmy wife is attending the assembly this upcoming weekend, is there a posted agenda and can any of you provide a summary of what is discussed so i know what she will be hyped up about when she gets back?.
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- "1:45 Watchtower Summary"
I always hated those damn Watchtower Summaries. At least there's a little bit of variety at the KH with people commenting (including really stupid comments), but the Summary has about the same effect as actually READING the Watchtower. For me, it was the most boring part of any assembly, and I was almost always on the wrong page due to daydreaming. -
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any electronics geeks here?
by John Doe ini've always wanted to get some breadboards and build some circuits, but have never learned anything past basic house type wiring.
are there any kits that you would recommned, preferablly cheap?
i'd like to learn the principles of capacitors and transistors and fm/am radios and such.
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- "you can do old fashioned point-point or do wirewrap."
Before I quit my last job, I helped them throw out the old wirewrap machine. Well, actually I took some of it home: the paper tape reader. I'll NEVER come across such an antique piece of computer equipment again. The thing is huge, but it's a nice piece of computing history.
For those who don't know what a paper tape reader is, it basically pre-dates the floppy disk. If you don't know what a floppy disk is, it predates the CD-ROM and flash drives.
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People who actually listened to Kingdom Melodies outside the Hall
by JimmyPage indid you know people like this?
you get in their car and the kingdom melodies are playing on prerecorded piano... you go to their house and there they are in an orchestral arrangement... even when i was a complete believer i cringed when i had to hear this banal crap!
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Thank you for posting that, Shamus. I lost my appetite for breakfast...
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Farkel, your posts got me thinking about the overall truthfulness of the bible. I am now happy to say that I'm no longer a lover of God, nor a lover of God's apparent word, the bible.
I enjoy the hell out of your posts and will occasionally search them out when I need a good read.
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any electronics geeks here?
by John Doe ini've always wanted to get some breadboards and build some circuits, but have never learned anything past basic house type wiring.
are there any kits that you would recommned, preferablly cheap?
i'd like to learn the principles of capacitors and transistors and fm/am radios and such.
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I worked at my job in electronics for ten years. Now I've moved on to a job that only requires VERY basic knowledge and soldering skills, but it pays more :)
I've designed some of my own circuits, I've modified existing ones, but I really don't like the whole business of designing my own circuits, basically because it's incredibly time-consuming. I'm also not horribly fond of using breadboards, since I basically have to build the circuit two times: once on a breadboard and once on a piece of veroboard. Veroboard is basically a piece of circuit board with copper 'dots' on one side of it which lets you solder the components to it. I much more prefer using veroboard and socketing all my parts instead of using a breadboard. However, if you're just playing around with the components to see what they do, a breadboard is the way to go.
As for buiding circuits, you can find schematics all over the internet. All you need to do is get yourself familiar with the symbols for the basic parts. Chips (or ICs) have pin numbers, and you need to familiarize yourself with how to count the pins, and where pin one is. Most other components are pretty straight forward on wiring them up.
Do yourself a favor and study the basic symbols. Better yet, just use this list and then build yourself a circuit!
Here's the list: http://www.jentronics.ns.ca/images/electronic_symbols1.gif
You only really need to become familiar with resistors, capacitors, diodes, and transistors. Chips are usually labelled something like U1, U2, U3, etc, etc, on a schematic diagram. When you see a schematic with a chip, you may want to look up the data sheet for the finer specs on the parts. It will also give you an idea on how to count the pins:
http://www.nxp.com/acrobat_download/datasheets/NE_SA_SE555_C_2.pdf
Start off with something simple. 555 timer circuits are pretty simple. People make things like blinking light circuits out of them. Do a google search and you should be able to find tons of simple stuff that focuses on the 555 timer. The sites usually give you a list of the parts you'll need to build the circuit.
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People who actually listened to Kingdom Melodies outside the Hall
by JimmyPage indid you know people like this?
you get in their car and the kingdom melodies are playing on prerecorded piano... you go to their house and there they are in an orchestral arrangement... even when i was a complete believer i cringed when i had to hear this banal crap!
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I remember my mother telling me that I should listen to Kingdom Songs instead of Rap Music while getting ready for the meeting. I never did go along with that.
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waystoboostyourincome.logspot.com
by badboy ini have started a new blog http://waystoboostyourincome.blogspot.com.
its about ways to boost your income like blogging or skills for hire..
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I don't have enough blog readers (yet) to make money with it. Perhaps in a couple years I'll put some ads on it and make a bit of cash, but not at this moment.
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Trojan.Zlob
by WTWizard inthis is a reminder that this trojan is out there, and could be in your computer without your knowing it.
i had it, and norton didn't even detect it.
of course, i had another spyware program from pctools that detected and removed it.. you can get more information at the link www.spywareremove.com/removezlob.html .
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The name "Zlob" alone causes me nightmares. I couldn't get rid of it, no matter how many hours I put into killing it. I did EVERYTHING and it wouldn't leave. The only way I ridded myself with it was re-formatting, re-installing, and using Linux more.
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On a scale of 1 -100 , rate my chance of attending the meeting tomorrow
by stillajwexelder inon a scale of 1 -100 , rate my chance of attending the meeting tomorrow .
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by the way i am drinking real russian vodka diluted with noilly pratt vermouth
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Pray to Jehovah for the strength to carry you through your hangover at the meeting.
