Topics Started by Desert Rat

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What does your user name mean????
by karter in
1. jw
2. friends
anything ???.

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karter ...i race go-karts.
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I had my first encounter with JW's at my door! I was called an apostate!
by Desert Rat in
1. jw
2. friends
so, i am getting ready to move across the state.

we bought a home there, and have taken a couple of loads over, with the main move being this next week.

i went over this last week cause i wanted to paint the kitchen and dining room before we moved in (a lot easier to do without grandkids and dogs under foot).. anyway... here i am painting away when there is a knock on the door.
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"Cemetery Witnessing" on Memorial Day
by Morbidzbaby in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been wondering if this is just something that's done in my area, or if people do it all over.. every year on memorial day, a lot of people meet for fs and then when they break into groups, they all discuss which cemeteries they are going to "work".

every major cemetery in the city is divvied up.

the idea is, they take a stack of small tracts (usually the what hope for dead loved ones) and they basically park the car in the cemetery and walk around handing them out to the mourners.
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Special Blue Envelopes
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
special blue envelopes.

watchtower has elders communicate judicial matters in writing to its headquarters (or designated branch office).

elders are instructed to send this written communication in what watchtower terms special blue envelopes.
14
2 elders came to my home!!
by dawntodaylight in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello to all my friends here!!

i want to tell you that i am on this site everyday!

i just don't post very often.
283
Osama bin Laden is Dead
by jamiebowers in
1. social
2. current
on abc special news bulletin now..
41
Elder arrested for stalking
by iceguy in
1. jw
2. friends
i just read in the police blog that an elder that went to my former cong was arrested for stalking.

i knew his family well and he is married to my cousin.

this elder and his wife had recently shunned me at the grocery store.
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What happens in vegas...
by cyberjesus in
1. jw
2. friends
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UK Grandparents will get legal right to see grandchildren after divorce battles
by Black Sheep in
1. social
2. family
grandparents will get legal right to see grandchildren after divorce battlesfor the first time, separating parents will be expected to ensure grandparents continue to have a role in the lives of their children after they split up.. parenting agreements will be drawn up that explicitly set out contact arrangements for grandparents.

these can then be used as evidence in court if a mother or father goes back on the deal.. the recommendation is part of a sweeping review of the family justice regime commissioned by the government and led by david norgrove, a former civil servant.. the government is likely to accept the recommendations after nick clegg, the deputy prime minister, said last year that it was crazy that millions of grandparents lost contact after separation and divorce.

he said that they played a vital role if relationships broke down.. in 2009, 113,949 divorces were registered in england and wales.
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WARNING for active JW's
by Anony Mous in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as you may have heard if you attended recently, social networking is of the devil and many have been 'lead astray' by website supposedly set up for jw.

whatever, you heard it before about rock, hard rock, hip hop, rap, gangsta rap, tv, werewolves .... anyway you may have heard of the recent elder school where basically there were the proverbial tongue lashings about not having social networking sites.

here is the skinny on recent developments:.