Posts by slimboyfat

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Are adjustable rate mortgages the norm in the UK?
by SydBarrett in
1. jw
2. friends
perhaps an odd subject for a presumably religious focused discussion board, but there are a fair number of brits here... i'm an american, but i sometimes listen to the podcast of the james o'brien radio show.

(a brit political radio show where people call in).

the past few months, a common topic has been people calling in discussing how hard they are getting hit financially because of a dramatic rise in interest rates on their mortgage.
slimboyfat

I think it’s about 50/50 and is perceived as a consumer choice whether to go with a fixed or variable rate.
Variable rate has been popular since the 2008 crash because rates became so low and the variable rate has generally been a bit lower than the fixed rate available.
In the past couple of years fixed rates have become more popular again because rates have been rising, and there has been expectation they will rise further so people now wish to lock in a perceived lower fixed rate, if possible.
Fixed rates are generally not available for the whole term and need to renegotiated after 5 years or so.
This is the situation as far as I know.
James O’Brien is insufferable.
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Do you play the LOTTERY?
by Fisherman in
1. social
2. entertainment
jw view gambling as a sin and sadly people get addicted to gambling causing them financial and health problems.

but is playing a couple of bucks a week on some lottery tickets actually gambling?

what do you have to lose?
slimboyfat

When we helped an MS moving, a lottery receipt came to daylight behind the fridge. Was a little embarrassing. But no consequences followed as far as I remember.
Ah the joys of JW life, never knowing when some misstep or thought crime might disclose itself unprompted to expose you to the instant scorn of the brothers.
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Do you play the LOTTERY?
by Fisherman in
1. social
2. entertainment
jw view gambling as a sin and sadly people get addicted to gambling causing them financial and health problems.

but is playing a couple of bucks a week on some lottery tickets actually gambling?

what do you have to lose?
slimboyfat

I like the story of the great grandmother buying a winning lottery ticket to help out her son.
I think the elders’ book specifically says that small scale and occasional gambling is not a disfellowshipping offence.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

Has he paid to inflate his Patreon number?
On the one hand he’s an egomaniac who would do anything to maintain the fiction of success.
On the other hand he is so tight with money it’s hard to imagine him spending anything on his business if he can avoid it.
So who knows? I think it’s possible but not likely.
The working assumption should be that there really are still shockingly high numbers of patrons who haven’t yet jumped ship, or who have joined while somehow remaining oblivious to LE’s behaviour.
His real trouble is that his videos are rubbish and he knows it and he hates doing them. Any reprieve on the patron front is more like extra time added to a chore he desperately wants to escape.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

Oh for crying out loud he’s up to 475. 😂
But the facts don’t change he hates doing the videos and they’re getting worse and worse.
It’s gonna be a long bumpy ride to the bottom.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

It seems he got another mini bounce from a begging banner in the last few days. But the trend is still inexorably downwards. It’s like watching the slowest band aid being ripped off ever. When the whole racket finally disappears it’ll be his local dealers and pimps who feel it the most.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat
- It blows my mind that this thread is still going 🤯
It blows my mind the LE channel is still going and all his patrons haven’t jumped ship yet
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Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool - October 2023
by DerekMoors in
1. social
2. humour
it's not too early to place your bets for how many patrons his royal thighness will lose in october.

as of this writing, his tally stands at 457. so, where do you think he'll be on october 2?

lucky number 420?
slimboyfat

I agree, it would be more intelligible to state the ultimate destination number rather than the drop, which is a moving target.
For me the for October I will guess will be 523
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
slimboyfat

Derek Lambert on MythVision has excellent interviews with Bible scholars because he actually listens to what they have to say and is genuinely interested in the topic. LE seems intent in repeating Derek’s content scholar for scholar, except without any of the intelligence or listening skills of Derek. Who wants to watch LE’s half-hearted, lame repeats - the cast offs from another channel? Vanishingly few people by the looks of it - only 3K watched LE’s interview with Dennis R MacDonald compared with 36K on the comparable video on Mythvision.
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Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool - September 2023
by DerekMoors in
1. social
2. humour
come join the fun and place your bets for how many patrons lloyd evans will lose for september 2023. .

this month, we start the count at today's tally, 487. we'll check his stats on september 4th (to allot for the weekend after the 1st) and see who gets the closest.

your prize is bragging rights for a full month!.
slimboyfat

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