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  Economy?

  by Outaservice in

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  has the supposely slowed down economy affected you or do you find yourself having all the money you need and your job holding up well?

  do you own or rent?.

  if you needed a new car .

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  wunce_wuz

  Over the last six years my base income has gone up $30k. So far so good. Just took a salaried position where my income will rise another 30%. Yeah, college does pay off...

  Has the supposely slowed down economy affected you or do you find yourself having all the money you need and your job holding up well? >> Living comfortable

  Do you own or rent? >> own

  If you needed a new car , or wanted to take a trip could you do so? Do you still go out to eat at nice places or do you have at home? >>Company car, which makes for less hassles. No insurance, maintainance, gas cost to worry about. I do enough company traveling as is, 90-plus days last year. Thats enough restaurant eating.

  Would you be in worse shape if you stayed a JW, using all your gas up driving around the country, going to assemblies, contributing at the Hall, buying literature etc.? >> You bet, money never did magically appear.

  Outaservice (does anyone want to lend me $100,000) >> My girlfriend has $72,000 of loaned cash from me, so sorry no help here...
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  Drinking (booze) among "Gods" people......More then ever now?

  by new boy in

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  looking back its amazing how many alcoholics i knew in the "borg"...................... there are 3 elders in my old hall alone........ that are full blown alcoholics...................... when, have you ever heard of someone.......anyone.......let alone and elder............ getting "dfed" for drinking too much?.

  when i was at bethel........you wouldn't believe how much drinking was done there!.

  there are stories of the old days ( russell & the judge)..where they would find guys passed out in front of the 124 building on sunday mornings........no big deal, just dust them off.............. and bring in.

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  wunce_wuz

  Having been at Bethel during the 70's I can concur with the drinking. When I traveled with other Bethelites and Bethel Elders we would openly drink beer in the car. I remember once when we stopped for gas and got out of the car, a good number of empty beer bottles fell out of the car. The gas attendent gave "that look". Thankfully he did not call the police...
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  Teen bullied to death

  by Elsewhere in

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  if i had a kid who was being bullied... they better tie me up... there's no telling what i might do to the bullies.

  http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23375378-details/boy%2c+13%2c+hangs+himself+after+bullies+pelt+him+with+food/article.doalthough they found some evidence of bullying, there was nothing that would justify criminal action.. this is the problem.

  bullying is not seen as a crime!

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  wunce_wuz

  When I was in high school a guy (non-JW) in same grade (11th) got verbally picked on all the time, especially by the jocks. He was short, probably weighed all of 90 lbs...soaking wet, and other charatericstics that made him ripe for being picked on.

  One day in gym class the PE instructor announces that today the local karate club will be putting on a demo. The club walks out. The last guy to walk out is the guy who gets picked on constantly. This of course picques everyones interest. Each member is introduced and their belt rating is stated. The picked on guy has a black belt. When this is mentioned one of the jocks who picked on this guy is sitting behind me, upon hearing that he mutters in a whisper, "oh $hit..."

  Demos commence and mr. black belt is impressively breaking boards, which probably sounds like breaking bones to the guy behind me.

  Needless to say never a cruel word was uttered again to this guy. Some of the jocks when they passed him in the hallway actually would address him as Mr. _____.
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  A novel warning sign...

  by wunce_wuz in

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  not sure if this has been posted..... http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006340639,00.html.

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  wunce_wuz

  Not sure if this has been posted....

  http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006340639,00.html
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  What's Your Favorite Brand of Beer?

  by tfsm in

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  i know this is slightly off-topic but i find alot of the discussion here somewhat depressing and most of it is far too cerebral for me.

  i (obviously) live in america and i'm a big fan of beer.

  light, dark, lager, ale, whatever.

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  wunce_wuz

  Difficult to find at times, but worth the search..... Spanish Peaks Honey Raspberry Ale http://www.mylifeisbeer.com/beer/bottles/bottledetail/438/
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  Anyone remember the facial hair and hair length hoopla?

  by restrangled in

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  my now husband went through the questions for babtism but was turned down because his hair was too long and he sported a mustache.

  (lucky for him!).

  tell your story!.

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  When I went to Bethel I had a moustache. First day on the job the floor overseer drags me aside. You read whatever article it was in the magazine (I forget which). I say yes. Then he asks if I noticed the picture. The picture was a white scientist at a blackboard depicting evolution or something similar. In this elders mind, if you were white and had a moustache you believed in evolution. At that moment it occured to me that 1. I may have made a mistake in wanting to work here, and 2. this elder was a complete idiot, which I noticed time and time again with like minded elders like this guy.
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  Dwelling Together in Unity book online?

  by VM44 in

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  does anyone know if a complete version of the bethel book, "dwelling together in unity", is online someplace?

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  a pdf version of it would be nice to find, if there is one.. --vm44

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  wunce_wuz

  That brings back memories... I still remember arriving at the 124 building and telling the guy at the reception desk, "reporting for duty" and getting a blank look along with this manual and told to read it.... right... thanks for posting this...
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  What's the funniest/strangest name you ever gave a pet?

  by JH in

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  i was given a cat whose name was "piti".

  i found it strange, but i kept it.

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  wunce_wuz

  No pets here, but I've told people if I owned a dog and a cat I would name the dog "kittie" and the cat "doggie" to confuse the neighbors and visitors.....
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  Your favorite online stores?

  by daystar in

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  uncrate - the online buyer's guide for men - while not technically a store itself, the guys find all the coolest toys for men of taste.. target - who doesn't like target?.

  amazon - dude, they have, like, everything!.

  outpost - at least to check prices before i head to fry's.. new falcon publications - esoterica.

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  wunce_wuz

  http://divine-interventions.com/
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  Best, worst and weirdest assembly halls...

  by Jamelle in

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  a recent thread about the experience of attending the 1969 convention as a young child really started me thinking.

  i have several fuzzy memories of assemblies i attended as very young child.

  this got me onto the track of the rather odd, uncomfortable or even really cool buildings i have visited over the years as a result of those conventions.. so my questions to everyone are:.

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  wunce_wuz

  The racetrack in Cicero, IL.

  Went there for a DA. After arriving and seeing the facilities and saying, "you gotta be shittin' me" I left. There was no way I was going to agonize myself. Probably the worst facilities in the U.S. for DA use.