Posts by SadElder

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Hi from a new member in North Florida!

by BinaryThaumaturgy in

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i've been a lurker on the forum for a while and wanted to finally register and post something.

i'm 23 years old, and was born and raised a jw.

i've been out "officially" now for about a year, although i've really been out since i was 16.

Music for Bad Moods

by metatron in

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i've discovered that, when i am in a bad mood, i don't want to be cheered up as much as agreed with.

in that spirit, i offer the following.

as theme music for various negative states of mind.. hating everybody:.

SadElder

I like my music to sooth me, not agitate, so I tend to things from the likes of George Winston, Jim Brickman, Earl Klugh and others of similar vain.

Don't try "Singing Kingdom Songs" you'll have an all night head banger.

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George Couch Dies - Brooklyn Bethel

by SadElder in

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george couch, a longtime fixture as the big wig of home overseers at brooklyn bethel, died friday.

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we never interacted much with them, he was a strange duck from our brief visits with them over the years..

SadElder

George Couch, a longtime fixture as the big wig of home overseers at Brooklyn Bethel, died Friday.

We never interacted much with them, he was a strange duck from our brief visits with them over the years.

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JW Gets 37 years in prison after violating probation

by kwr in

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbblackledge0824nbaug24,0,7357675,print.story.

when glenn blackledge violated his probation on super bowl sunday, he ran out of second chances.. .

police found him slumped over the wheel of his still-running truck in a coral springs parking lot, reeking of alcohol.. ---snip---.

SadElder

Quite interesting that this young man was not df'd for his complicity in the deaths of four young people.

His father a well known dub in the Ft. Lauderdale area managed to slip that one by despite the notoriety. Daddy looked down on the little people. I heard him comment once that that brother was an insignificant $25,000 a year nobody. Stuffed up to say the least.

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At the hall last night

by Shawn10538 in

i went to the hall last night to get an insight book and a concordance.

i had set it up with an elder ahead of time to get them.

i arrived after the meeting had ended, walked up to the counter anxious to leave as quickly as i came when a big brother came up to me, planted his body in between me and the literature servant and started giving me the third degree about who i am, what is my standing in the congregation, and what did i want the books for.

SadElder

Oh brother! What a dufus.

Such a loving display of kindness and concern for the flock.

Can you perhaps swear out a restraining order against that person? You could correctly state that this preson has attempted bullying tactics against you and that you are in fear of bodily injury from him. Then go back for your books, and if he attemptt to bully you, have him arrested. That ought to look good on the 6 o'clock news.

Where was your el-dub buddy during all this?

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Tampa, Florida

by Glissando in

hi everyone.

just wondering - is anyone in the tampa, florida area?

SadElder

We now live in Ocala.

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Champagne recommendations anyone?

by El Kabong in

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friends

let's just say that one is planning on taking a loved one to a nice suite for the weekend overlooking the ocean at a fairly upscale hotel on the mid-atlantic.

and, let's just say that if one wanted to order a nice bottle of champagne...the good stuff.....i've had pol roget or sparkling wine.

but, any suggestions on a really good french champagne?

SadElder

Taittinger - 1999 or 2002

If you really want to splurge >>Cristal - most years, but a very expensive bubbly

Korbel if you want something domestic

Enjoy

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COHI Towers Associates

by ErEf in

in the story of barbara anderson she mentions cohi towers assiociates and she mentions them as very rich witnesses.. they bought buildings (standish hotel & bossert hotel) which where renovated (by voluntair witnesses presumably) and with goods of the wbts and afterwards sold to the watchtower.. is that the way some people gets even more rich?

is that the purpose of the organization?

is the selling/buying of these big buildings written down in archives?

SadElder

As we understand it, the COHI group was formed to purchase property and avoid issues with the Brooklyn Heights people. Some would have refused to sell to the Dubs. Likely there were other reasons not known to us personally.

One of the princpals in COHI was Dallas (Dick) F. Wallace, a very wealthy Dub. He was the founder of Tech Tire Patch which in turn gave way to the Mighty Distributing franchise empire. Dick died several years ago, he had MS I believe.

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Label the act for returning to JWism for family only (e.g. Gumby)

by UnConfused in

i think it's a deserving act of love to make the sacrifice to rejoin a cult in order to stay connected to your family.

it's putting your love of your family over so so many things.

what could we call it so we could easily understand someone's actions who also does this?

SadElder

Perhaps he is now RE-DUBBED

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Religious Order???

by Pahpa in

i see that the watchtower has formed new corporations.

i never thought i would ever see one of them as "the religious order of jehovah's witnesses.

"bethel vatican" or "gilead college of cardinals?

SadElder

This is another despicable act by them to avoid paying social security taxes on the monthly stipend provided the Bethelites and others in the "full time service" of the Lord. So now they are kicking out members who have been there many years and leaving them with a terrible financial burden for their waining years. Oh yes some are offered special assistance, but with strings attached that some are finding unacceptable. Unfortunately, my last remaining contact at the "House of God" has also been downsized, so I've lost my inside track on the mood of the family to all this.

Sad, Sad, Sad. To give a life of service and be told your too old or sick, now get the hell out of here.