I was a teenager when L & S was on, Happy Days too. I hated both with a passion. I LOVED Penny Marshal's work though. Anyone who was married to Rob Reiner is OK by me. Not for politics but for humor. She and her brother were outstanding.
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Penny Marshall, dead at 75
by Nathan Natas infrom complications of diabetes.. "laverne & shirley" themesong.
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My message to those who have always placed heavy burdens on its members
by RULES & REGULATIONS inin this kingdom hall photo, there will be some members who will probably leave the organization.
some will stay and suffer just to be with family.
i feel sad for those who stay just to please the family.
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...and there it is, the rumor mill. These people eat each other up when backs are turned. "She's spiritually weak, he's going to college, they never have us over for dinner and he never gives pioneers gas money." You know the drill. See the empty chairs in the front row? One of those is my seat.
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Two for One offer. You get one for the price of two!
by Slidin Fast indid anyone else fall for this one?
i did pre-assembly work in my home town, this was obviously voluntary unpaid work.
i continued to do part-time work helping to support my mom who has been recently abandoned by my elder dad,.
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Wait, the let you eat when you were pioneering?
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Coming out of the Woodwork
by Solzhenitsyn inwho was i to think that we would be left alone?
it has been a dream for 2+ months.
a few calls i let go to voicemail but now the wife and i are getting bombarded with text messages.. this isn't going to be easy.. since we're not looking to throw a grenade into decades of relationships, text replies thus far have been..."thank you so much.".
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Solz, 2 months ain't nothing brother. Give it time, till then deflect, deflect, deflect. Don't sweat it. They will give up. Some may come by, most wont and those who do will likely give up soon. Stay the course.
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Do elders still ask inactive members to write a letter to disassociating yourself from the Congregation?
by RULES & REGULATIONS indo today's elders ever meet with inactive members and pressure them to write a letter disassociating themselves from the congregation stating that, ''you no longer wish to a jehovah witness"?.
i was baptized at the young age of 16. after turning 18, i stopped attending meetings, field service, and all jehovah's witness activities.
i wanted to be with my high school friends, go to rock concerts, have a girlfriend, and live like a normal teen.
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When we received a letter of DA we were required to meet with the person to confirm it was their wish and not some emotional or otherwise influenced choice. We had to hunt them down and make an appointment with them. If they refused to meet, we took their word on it and DA'd them..I don't know how it is currently.
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Dysfunctamentalism
by Incognigo Montoya inin reading through many posts over the last few months, i have started to form a viewpoint towards at least some of those witnesses/witness families, who are abusive and overzealous in their thinking.. arguably, many, if not all here, would say all pimi witnesses are overzealous in their thinking, but i sort of disagree with that.
without revealing too much about myself, my parents who are still in (father long time elder, mother regular pioneer), i consider stable and balanced in their views.
while i was shunned to a degree, after being disfellowshipped (they didn't go out to dinner or the movies with me or socialize with me publicly or very often privately, they didn't attend my wedding) they still spoke to me on the phone every few months, as i checked in on them and let them know i was doing alright (i moved out of state in my late teens).
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What is the standard we must use to measure dysfunctional? I'm not being cheeky here. Every family has its quirks, even the most functional. I assume functional goes beyond providing food, clothing and housing for a family. There are emotional needs. In as much as all people have emotional scars, there is always emotional dysfunction on some level. A lack of demonstrable love, an excess of the same, can destroy an ability to function in society. By that measure we don't need WT rules to act as a magnifier of said personal flaws. I agree that WT attracts such instabilities by offering a framework for emotional sterility.
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Jehovah do you witness
by NewYork44M ini was roaming youtube and found this song:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mvbdagacps.
the profile: this song is 100% true as i have been a disfellowshipped jehovah witness for almost 25 years now.
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The rhymes are a bit rough but the point is clear. At times its hard to make out what he says. It could be my hearing. It's crazy to see JW crap become mainstream dissed. Nice.
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Child sexual abuse suspect arrested in T.O.
by Tahoe inhttps://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/12/13/child-sexual-abuse-suspect-arrested-t-o/2305199002/ .
a 69-year-old thousand oaks man facing multiple sexual abuse charges by the ventura county district attorney’s office was arrested last week, authorities said.. steven skyler abbott was arrested dec. 6 after months of investigation into the reported sexual abuse of two thousand oaks girls, according to the ventura county sheriff’s office.
in november, the ventura county district attorney’s office filed multiple felony sexual abuse charges against abbott, including two counts of continuous sexual abuse, one count of lewd acts upon a child and one count of forcible lewd acts upon a child.. he is also facing multiple felony enhancements and special allegations related to his charges.. the investigation began in september, when the sheriff’s agency received a report of suspected child crimes.. a 16-year-old victim alleged that she was sexually abused by abbott when she was between the ages of 5 and 11, sheriff’s officials said.. sexual assault unit detectives subsequently identified a second, 24-year-old victim who reported that abbott had abused her when she was between the ages of 3 and 7, authorities said.. the sheriff’s agency said the victims and their families had come into contact with abbott through the kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses in newbury park.. investigators submitted their findings to prosecutors, who filed felony sexual abuse charges against abbot on nov. 16, officials said.. on nov. 28, an arrest warrant was issued for abbott.. the suspect was eventually arrested at his home on dec. 6 and booked into ventura county jail.
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Ew!
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Successful Moveout
by jdash inso i moved out last friday and it went good.
at first i was nervous and everything, but i feel as i can be myself now.
everything is fine.. i appreciate you guys with the help i have received over the past year.
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Don't panic and don't give up no matter how hard it may get at times. The key is to keep communication open with your landlord so you can keep them appraised of you situation. I'm not saying you won't have the rent, but there may come a time due to sickness or layoff or whatever. Just keep communication open no matter what. Good for you. Keep looking forward.
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When 2 want to visit.
by stillin insome of the local witnesses have been by, periodically, to check on us and say that they miss us.
i consider that a decent thing to do since they figure that we're going to die any day now from the loving god.
some have been elders, who have to always stay distant so that they don't somehow get contaminated by being too nice to us.
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I have one word that will stop them, Ebola.