Posts by Emma

there will be no need to use code - my friend, my roommate - at the office, with neighbors, or with family when speaking about the person with whom you live your life.

Emma

Congratulations! I hope someday soon this will be the case nation wide.

No honeymoon?

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i was a full time preacher who else did ?

by mattbetrayed in

i did the full time min from school even though i could have gone to drama school.what a wast of my time and life!!!!!!!!!!!!

!iam happy to say that i came to my senses and went back to school and became a nurse,very happy i did my wife is still a jw but she stopped the pioing and she to became a nurse.. i will make sure my kids dont get temped to be encouraged to do that wast of time.as the wife still goes,and my mom and dad and sisters still go.. anyway would love to know what others who were pioneers felt of it and what doing now,please tell..

Emma

I pio'd for four years, three of them "where the need was greater." Really struggled with trying to live on minimum wage of 20 hours work a week and burned out after a couple of years. Kept going a couple more after that. Aux'd a few times. What a pointless waste of time.

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I Still Like JWD. Do You???

by minimus in

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i really enjoy the posters here.

it's a bit calmer but it still works for me!

Emma

Yup. I'll be here until, well, forever or until its closed. I've been to other sites but don't like them like JWD.

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JWD found my best friend... after 25 years.

by POs Son in

about two years ago, i read a post on jwd asking if there was anyone from the xyz congregation.

recognizing this as the congregation in which i was raised, i made contact with the poster.

it turned out to be my next door neighbor when i was a child, she was my babysitter, and best friend..

Emma

I've met old friends here, too. This site has been a real gift. Thank you Simon.

Emma

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8/19/2008 DEAR ABBY

by Sobeit in

don't miss today's dear abby column.

Emma

When they start their spiel, I politely say "no, thank you" and begin closing the door. They sputter, try their hand at overcoming objections, but there's not much to overcome with a simple "no." It gives them no choice, nothing to say, they weren't persecuted or treated rudely. But they're gone!

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BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?

by Black Man in

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i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.

while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).

a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.

Emma

I had the name wrong; I think it was Gearing.

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BETHELITES - Whatever Became of?

by Black Man in

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i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.

while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).

a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.

Emma

Bob Gearhart

I can't remember the first name, but I believe there was someone, ex Bethelite, in the Ann Arbor Mi area.

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Japanese Beatles - I've had enough of them!

by Quirky1 in

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from what i've heard there's more of them because of the warm weather.. http://gazettextra.com/news/2008/jul/21/scoring-victory-over-japanese-beetles/.

Emma

Oh, I hate them too!