bluesbreaker59
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Post your photos time!!!
by dobbie ini don't think we've had one for a while, i can't find the last one anyway!
so just to satisfy my curiosity it would be great to see some of your photos, of you, your family even your pets (they're family too!
) then i'll know if any of you do look like your avatars cos that's what i'm always wondering!
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My Cong- "Large Witness Gatherings are Banned!! And fancy dress? Why?
by Witness 007 ina year ago in my cong, an elder who must be hitler's love child, gets up and tells us how some brothers are planning a fancy dress party, a large social gathering.
sounds fun i though!
"brothers a sincere christian would not attend such a gathering, we are warning you not to go near it.
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bluesbreaker59
Man, here in Iowa, we had quite a number of larger gatherings, and usually my "witness band", played them. We played like 3 times for larger gatherings. However, many songs I was unable to do, because of "cause for stumbling". So I wasn't allowed to do any ZZ Top, and no blues at all, and of course any hard rock, metal, punk or rap was all outlawed right away.
But we had lots of food gathering with music, and honestly, they were pretty fun. My dad and I cooked for lots of them, and many others were great cooks as well. The "cause for stumbling" was always a killer for me though. I would go outside and drink whiskey with some former elders, and we'd swear and just act like ourselves. Everyone, always wanted me to go nuts on my guitar and bust out some old school AC/DC or ZZ Top stuff, but I told them that I'd get DF'd in a minute if I did it. No counsel was ever given, BUT, of course, grandpa and dad were elders, and the rest of my hall's elders were always a little intimidated by me.
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Post your photos time!!!
by dobbie ini don't think we've had one for a while, i can't find the last one anyway!
so just to satisfy my curiosity it would be great to see some of your photos, of you, your family even your pets (they're family too!
) then i'll know if any of you do look like your avatars cos that's what i'm always wondering!
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bluesbreaker59
Me with a Tiny Beer out at a local watering hole, hmmm... maybe not...
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So i goes to the local bar last night...
by bluesbreaker59 insorry for the thorogood reference, had to.... anyway, last night i went to dinner with a buddy of mine at the local bar and grill, and told him that he probably shouldn't be seen in public with me, for fear of him being df'd.
he said he didn't care, that we've always been friends and always will be.
he has faded for the last year, and hasn't turned in a time slip, or given a talk in over a year, and hasn't been to a meeting in 8 months.
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bluesbreaker59
Sorry for the Thorogood reference, had to...
Anyway, last night I went to dinner with a buddy of mine at the local bar and grill, and told him that he probably shouldn't be seen in public with me, for fear of him being DF'd. He said he didn't care, that we've always been friends and always will be. He has faded for the last year, and hasn't turned in a time slip, or given a talk in over a year, and hasn't been to a meeting in 8 months. His older brothers were some of my closest friends growing up. BUT, last night I KNEW, that my area of town is totally JW country, and lots of them go out to eat.
Sure as shit, we get to the restaurant, sit down, and order our food, and right beside us gets seated a JW mother and her daughter that is "hit and miss", and has slept with LOTS of men, though she's never had a committee on it, and remains a fringe witless. Now her daughter knows me, I totally had the hots for her back in the day, and she kept staring over at me, but I don't know if she recognized me with my full beard. Then this ladies recently reinstated son and daughter in law came in!!! He is the same age as my buddy, and totally was staring at him, like he knew him.
So we finish eating, and get up and walk out of the place, and go back to my place to watch the game. My buddy is freakin out, and he's like, I've been fading for over a year, and have NEVER SEEN ONE DUB, I go out with you and we get seated right next to em. I told him not to worry, his brother and I have dirt on their "hit and miss" daughter. A couple weeks before "princess" got married, she was still sleeping with his older brother!!! Needless to say, her marriage ended in divorce, but for other reasons. Her fling was never found out.
Oh yeah and yesterday I got shunned twice too!!! Great day for being an ex-Dub!!! I'm so used to it now, I just smile really wide at them, make strong eye contact, and then turn my head.
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Going to other churches, religion after being a Dub???
by bluesbreaker59 inso, ever since i was a little kid, i always wondered about other faiths.
because i was born and raised a dub, only went inside of two other churches in my life for weddings.
as many of you know, i was just df'd at the beginning of this year.
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Other thoughts, opinions, suggestions, conjecture???
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(repost in right catagory) Crazy Tactics for Getting Rid of Hounding Elders
by bbdodger ini'm really enjoying my time here.
i hope that i'm not stepping on any toes; .
i love reading other people's back stories, especially their adventures of fading out, disassociation, and being disfellowshiped.
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bluesbreaker59
I told them in my letter pointblank, DO NOT CONTACT ME, nothing crazy, at all, but then again I'm pretty confrontational, and upfront.
Lately, I've been seeing lots of dubs out in public at grocery stores, etc., and they are going out of their way to avoid me. There was one recently that circled his grocery cart around the same aisle like 4 times, while I just stood in the aisle looking at the spices for what I needed. I almost felt bad for him. The other day at the same store, I saw a long time elder, that was "pseudo related" to me at one point (step family, now once removed). He was pulling up his cart behind mine, saw me, looked at my beard, then instead of being in line behind me, drove his cart off pretended to look at bread, and other items for sale, then after a few others got in line behind me, he pulled his cart back in line. Absolutely ridiculous how far they go to avoid me.
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Going to other churches, religion after being a Dub???
by bluesbreaker59 inso, ever since i was a little kid, i always wondered about other faiths.
because i was born and raised a dub, only went inside of two other churches in my life for weddings.
as many of you know, i was just df'd at the beginning of this year.
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bluesbreaker59
Appreciate all the advice. I'm constantly getting asked to go to churches with my good friends, which I have a mix of religions to pick from: Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Catholic and my girlfriend is a "non-attending Christian" who goes to a small town church, sporadically. Then there is one that goes to a very contemporary church, and has the rock band. I agree in a "house of God", that you should wear nice clothing, IF YOU HAVE IT OR CAN AFFORD IT!!! Everyone should have the right to come and worship, if they desire, regardless of their attire. Personally, I don't think I could stand to do a suit and tie, but I'd probably go in business casual attire, khakis and a dress shirt, nice shoes.
I think one of my issues would be dealing with Christmas, honestly, I don't see the harm in people celebrating it, BUT, I know from a historical research standpoint, it is false. I have dug into this one, and just can't wrap my mind around celebrating Jesus' birth on a day that really isn't it, ya know? I don't see the issue with folks giving gifts, being with family, etc., that's all great, but I don't like the "meaning" behind it. And besides where did Jesus say to give gifts to each other in honor of me? Well he didn't, but the Romans sure liked to get drunk, and give gifts and celebrate their pagan gods during the winter solstice. I know, I know, you're all thinking "Dub mentality", but I just can't bring myself to get over that, when their is damning historical evidence to the contrary.
I love family time, having a nice meal and giving gifts is great, I just wished they wouldn't have to bring the two together, ya know?? I don't have a problem with any of the others, and have celebrated them all thus far, since leaving, and have done Thanksgiving for years with mom's side of the family, as well as drinking on New Years and the 4th of July. I always thought that Valentines, Thanksgiving, New Years and Mother's and Father's day were ridiculous that we couldn't celebrate. Christmas though, even my long DF'd mother (only a witness for 5 years, raised Baptist) and my stepdad (never a JW, he's an atheist) have a problem wanting to "celebrate the religious side"
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Going to other churches, religion after being a Dub???
by bluesbreaker59 inso, ever since i was a little kid, i always wondered about other faiths.
because i was born and raised a dub, only went inside of two other churches in my life for weddings.
as many of you know, i was just df'd at the beginning of this year.
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bluesbreaker59
So, ever since I was a little kid, I always wondered about other faiths. Because I was born and raised a Dub, only went inside of two other churches in my life for weddings. As many of you know, I was just DF'd at the beginning of this year. Its been a great relief for me to not have to go anywhere on Tues. and Thurs. evenings, and its nice to just sleep on Sundays.
Here are my problems with joining another church:
1. I play in a band on weekends, and roll in at like 2 am or later usually
2. Its now NFL season, and I love my football, something about being able to lay around and watch the early pre-game shows, all the way through to night time post game is GREAT!!!! And its a good excuse to smoke meat too. This last Sunday I smoked a Boston Butt for 9 hours, it is DELICIOUS!!!
3. All religions have been "tweaked" by men, and most of them all seem to have some darkness in their past, sometimes in the present.
4. I have no verifiable evidence that God, Satan, Heaven, Hell, Angels or Demons are real. To me, religion seems to be a way to control mankind, and make them believe in something greater than themselves, and IMHO, a way for people to make a lot of money tax free. Then there are the church goers that annoy me, the constant "do-gooders", the bible thumpers, the protestors to various things from Abortion clinics to metal concerts, etc.
I've met some one nice pastor a few years back, and he's never asked me anything, or asked me to come to services. He's always just been a very nice, NORMAL man. He smokes cigars, drinks whiskey, shoots pool, and is a wonderful singer and bass player. He's always been very kind, and always lends a listening ear. I finally got up the gull to ask him what time services are, and he said they are at 8:30, 9:30 and 11:00, and its a Methodist church.
I'd like to try a few, and see what its about, but I just don't know what to do, its very hard. At this particular church I know 3 people, the pastor, a buddy that plays guitar in the worship band, and a former JW.
Am I just not meant for religion??? What is holding me back from trying one of these?? I certainly don't subscribe to the JW faith anymore, or their opinions.
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Sweetstuff/Sweetface
by IP_SEC inanyone else have trouble keeping them straight knowing who is who?.
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bluesbreaker59
Well they are both plenty sweet to look at, but my (cyber) heart still belongs to misanthropic... to quote Fat Bastard, "She's a hot little philly..."
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Well its been a while...disfellowshiping, sex, drugs, and I'm diggin it!
by tsunami_rid3r ini checked my last post, that was march 2007.. .
i had plans to go to italy for a dig and i just got fired from my suck ass waiting job, but instead i went to a dig in texas for the summer.
wow was that [edit] cool.
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bluesbreaker59
Man, have fun at school and live up your life. Just some brief advice from one young guy to another.
1. Wrap your wacker before you attack her, and keep pluggin away, sex gets better as you do it more, and find your groove. Listen to old men, they have good advice and tricks usually.
2. Only smoke WHEN YOU AREN'T GOING TO DRIVE (IMHO, don't leave the house)
3. Only drink WHEN YOU AREN'T GOING TO DRIVE (since you're not legal yet, don't drink)
4. Don't screw with the nice girls, if you don't want a relationship, you could scar them for life, and make them turn into evil, vindicative bitches.
Other than that, have fun and enjoy being a young man.