Elder, etc., ec., etc. but tired of the s...tuff and gave it up several years ago. Now I lurk around to the dismay of many.
SadElder
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What Was Your Reputation In The Congregation?
by minimus inwere you considered a "troublemaker", a "complainer", a "fine" brother or sister?
were you always being called before the elders for one thing or another?
is your reputation the same here as it was in the congregation??
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" text of the year " of 2004
by ALEX_2003 ina jw asked me it was known which was the " text of the year " of 2004!!
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do long knows?
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SadElder
Year text will be announced this weekend at the annual meeting.
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An Insulting Email I Received
by SYN ini got this email forwarded to me yesterday.
the line below is the one that made the gall rise in my throat like never before:the lotus totus must leave your hands in 6 minutes.
otherwise you will get a very unpleasant surprise.
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SadElder
Why even bother to read mail from people you don't know? If I don;t know the sender it's off to the delete bin. Don't have time for people's foolishness.
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What did you think about the Bible Tapes?
by Perry inwhen i was 19 i worked construction with my dad and he always played the bible tapes during the 45 min drive to and from work.
i didn't think much about it until a few years ago i listened to tapes of the bible from a company called "back to the bible" man, what a difference!.
the wtbs tapes used an extremely authoratative voice.... with almost pissed off over tones.
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SadElder
We have a close friend who used to work in the Bethel recording studios in the beginning of the Bible recording era. Said that they tried to talk the GB into doing some more dramatic reading and perhaps differant voices for the various characters, but the GB wouldn't hear of it.
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Where is everyone from?
by God is Dead ini know some of you are hiding, but i am curious as to how far around the world everyone on here is from.
i am in sask, canada.
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SadElder
Near DC in Potomac, Maryland land of the snoot noses and so called intelligentsia of the royal well healed jerks.
might just be bigger than theirs! Whee what fun.
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What are you doing for Halloween?
by iiz2cool inwhat are you doing for halloween?
since leaving the jw's, has anyone gone out to halloween parties?
do you dress up in a costume?
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SadElder
Here I am dressed in my Ted Jaracz costume. Think I'll go to a hall and see how many lick my boots. Then I'll go back to Bethel and glare at everyone.
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Anybody work in an IT help desk position? How stressful is it?
by DanTheMan inmy boss is encouraging me to apply for a help desk position that has recently opened up at my place of work.
it would involve taking inbound calls from both customers and coworkers regarding our software products (i work for a textbook publisher, many of the books we publish come bundled with various cd-roms).. the job would be a significant pay increase from what i make now, which is the primary incentive.
however, the position is at a different location from where i currently work, and would likely triple my commute time.
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SadElder
Have absolutely no clue about the tech support venue. But your comment on the commute time is of concern. Please give consideration to the extra stress this will add as well as the stress of a new job. Are you stressed already? Can you handle the increased stress? How does your spouse feel about the additional travel time?
Wish you success in whatever you decide.
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% meetings attended by those here still JWS
by stillajwexelder ini am still a jw -- i am down to about 30% meeting attendance -- for those here still jws what % meetings do you attend (approximately)?
sorry if we have had this post before
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SadElder
Haven't been to the book study in 2 years, the conductor, oops, Overseer hasn't asked once where I am. MIss as many other meetings as I can. Missed last three but went today.
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Looong assemblies.
by avishai inwhen i was a kid in the early 1970's, i remember assemblies being longer thatn they are now, but because i was little, i do'nt remember.
also, i've heard in the 50's & 60's they were even longer.
how long were they?
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SadElder
The last 8 day conventions were held in 1969 giving way to the 5 day, then the 4 day, and now the 3 day district convention. Circuit assemblies at one time were three day bginning on Friday evening, Saturday morning was for field service. This gave way to the single two day Circuit Assembly and one day Special Assembly Day.
I hated those 8 day conventions. Too much, too long, too boring listening to people like Knorr, who was no great speaker drone on and on and on. BTW Knorr always went overtime on his closong remarks at the conventions sometimes by more than an hour. Why he thought people would love to hear him dribble was a wonder. Met him backstage at a convention once when I had a part, what a pompous ass he was, acted like the world shoould bow to the earth for him.
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Internet use and the dubs
by William Penwell injust wondering if anyone is aware of a clamp down coming down on internet use with the dubs?
just talking to my parents tonight and there was some mention that "big brother" wt organization will be shutting down any dub web sites.
i guess i wasn't to popular as i said, "god created us with a brain to think amd it would be the most divine thing if we used that brain to think for ourself".
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SadElder
As a matter of practice the Bethel CIA (AKA Service Dept) and it's long arm of the Law (AKA Legal Services) already harass any owner of a dub web site that they feel offers too much info. I know some who have gotten letters from Service/Legal advising them to cease and desist certain postings on their sites.
Some time ago the KM stated that it is not necessary to have personal web sites about the borg as that is already provided for by the FDS.
It's all about control of information in and out. But I don;t think they can ever control it like they really wouold like. In other words no dub would have any site that mentions dubs.