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  A weekend of bitter and unhappy apostasy......

  by expatbrit in

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  this is district convention weekend in my area.

  now, i know that in the good old days, i would get up early, drive to hamilton (an unpleasant place), sit all day on an uncomfortable plastic chair with no legroom and listen to the usual boring tripe regurgitated from last year, with only a short break to eat dull sandwiches.

  then i'd drive all the way home, tired and cranky and hungry, eat something and go to bed, knowing that i would get to repeat the whole sordid process the next day!

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  What did you hope for just to avoid Saturday witnessing?

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

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  last night we had a hell of a storm here.

  there was thunder, lightning, pouring rain and wind.

  personally i love stormy nights, cuddled up to hubby in a warm bed.

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  Did you place publications with people and without reading them ? follow up

  by run dont walk in

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  are right fess up people.

  how many of us went in field service and placed literature without even opening the covers ?, let alone reading the articles.. how about following up on a return visit for a magazine you never read ?.

  i have to admit, i did it many many times.. maybe we should of went into the used car business.

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  Pompous elders

  by YellowLab in

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  ever have one in your congregation?.

  i was at my cousin's wedding this past weekend, and the po from his kingdom hall was present.

  this guy is a real piece of work.

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  Norwegians Are Dirtiest!

  by ISP in

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  norwegians 'are the dirty men and women of europe'

  norway is home to some of europe's dirtiest people, according to a survey.. the study found seven per cent of people in norway changed their underwear only once a week.. the survey, conducted by ac nielsen for norwegian underwear maker dovre, asked 1,000 norwegians between the ages of 20 and 60 how often their changed their underwear.. some people admitted to changing them even less often than once a week.

  more than a third said they wore the same underwear for two days or more, aftenposten reported.. people between 41 and 50 were the least likely to change their underwear regularly, while people with partners were found to change their underwear less often than single people.. the survey showed 11% of norwegians change their underwear two to three times a week, 18% change four to six times a week and 58% change daily

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  famous jehovahs witnesses

  by Rush in

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  this is my first post.. when i was still a witness myself, there were some perennial stories regarding 'famous' jehovahs witnesses or ex's.

  does anyone know any truth or have any proof about the following: hank marvin, cliff richard and more importantly, the man who hit the gong in the 'rank' movies?.

  if you have anyone of note you want to tell me about, i'd most appreciate it too.. cheers, rush.

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  What did you learn as a JW?

  by JH in

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  with 5 meetings a week plus field service, and additional reading of the bible and watchtower literature, what did you learn after all these years in the jw organization?

  did we need all those meetings and time and effort just to know some simple details?

  in all these years i spent there, this is just about all i can say i learned there: .

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  Did anything a householder said ever make an impression on you?

  by Alleymom in

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  coming at this as a householder rather than an ex-jw, i'd love to hear from any of you about comments from householders that made an impression on you, back when you were active in the door-to-door work.

  since the jw's first knocked at my door 13 years ago, i've done my best to give them something to think about every time they knock at my door.

  i always introduce myself by name and try to get their names.

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  The new book for children.

  by dmouse in

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  my wife went to the convention yesterday and brought back the new book for children 'learn from the great teacher'.. it's certainly much better than the old pink book, larger and more colourful, even if the pictures have a 1950's feel to them.

  the introduction mentions that there are questions throughout the book that you should ask children to find out what is on their mind... saying ' true, the child may come out with with answers that are not correct.

  but the printed material that follows each question is designed to help the child to develop wholesome patterns of thinking'.... 'wholesome patterns of thinking' eh?

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  What 5 songs MOST remind you of your time as a teen..?

  by ScoobySnax in

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  ok, being the 80's teen i was.....here goes.... 5. milli vanilli.

  girl you know its true (g g g girl!!).

  4. wham young guns (go for it!).

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