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  Old JW memories.

  by nicolaou in

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  with all the talk about the book study recently i couldn't help recalling the old 'group' we used to go to from about 1970. i remember the smell of those books, the drone of the study conductor and the struggle - often in vain - to keep my eyes open.. i remember my old ministry briefcase and the kitchen of the sister where we used to meet for field service.

  she was my best friends mum.

  i can still feel the biting wind at twickenham conventions and the overheated, dehydrating stuffiness of bowes rd assembly hall.. i remember shuffling the snow with my shoes at the doors of homes i didn't want to be at.

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  Mr. Majestic

  Hope:

  Did any of those "just in case" scenarios ever happen……??

  There would have been a time when I would have coveted your ministry bag. There goes one of the ten commandments. Oops…..
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  Old JW memories.

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  with all the talk about the book study recently i couldn't help recalling the old 'group' we used to go to from about 1970. i remember the smell of those books, the drone of the study conductor and the struggle - often in vain - to keep my eyes open.. i remember my old ministry briefcase and the kitchen of the sister where we used to meet for field service.

  she was my best friends mum.

  i can still feel the biting wind at twickenham conventions and the overheated, dehydrating stuffiness of bowes rd assembly hall.. i remember shuffling the snow with my shoes at the doors of homes i didn't want to be at.

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  Mr. Majestic

  my contribution was limited to tea making in the cafeteria for the workers.

  That was you was it.....?? Your tea sucked....!!!
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  Old JW memories.

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  with all the talk about the book study recently i couldn't help recalling the old 'group' we used to go to from about 1970. i remember the smell of those books, the drone of the study conductor and the struggle - often in vain - to keep my eyes open.. i remember my old ministry briefcase and the kitchen of the sister where we used to meet for field service.

  she was my best friends mum.

  i can still feel the biting wind at twickenham conventions and the overheated, dehydrating stuffiness of bowes rd assembly hall.. i remember shuffling the snow with my shoes at the doors of homes i didn't want to be at.

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  Mr. Majestic

  I remember Twickenham before they did the stadiums and the old dust track that used to be around the stadium, and when the wind blew it used to blow dust right in your face.

  And the seats right by the edge of the playing field that were just a big aluminium bench, where, when it rain, as it seem to nearly every year, with a torrential downpour, and the fact that there was no roof for that part of the stadium, and there was always the die hard family that thought that it would be cleaver and brought a gigantic sheet of clear plastic which they would throw over the top of themselves, while everyone else had had the sense to move back into the stadium. I just used to think " you idiots!". Bet they bricked it when the thunder used to crack…..

  Bowes road, yes that place used to make your eyes dry. Funny you say about the ceiling Eyes Open; when I was bored, I used to look up there as well (after I had stopped fighting with my brother over the armrest that was between the two of us) and I used to imagine what it would be like to be hanging onto that little vent thing in the middle, and wondered how long I could hold up there till I fell. Sounds a bit suicidal, but that is what goes through your mind when you are half way through the second part of the afternoon symposium. Two days of that and then back to school on Monday. What a waist of life…..
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  Response in the UK to announcement?

  by sweet pea in

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  come on guys - we're over in the us and bluesbrother seems to be the only one who has commented on the reaction to the announcement in the uk.

  any other reactions from the friends?

  surely you've all had your meetings by now?.

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  Mr. Majestic

  Hi Sweet pea,

  Apparently there was not much reaction at all from the hall that I used to go to. Bet there was just some light relief, one less meeting.

  Happy anniversary BTW. One whole year out of the organisation. How far you have come/gone, whatever.

  Hope things are ok with your family (mum and dad).

  Best wishes

  SAB:

  I can’t believe you were one of those mag servants. Ughh….

  Hope that you have come a long way from those days as well………tisk.
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  So I was thinking about the earthquake we had last week...

  by TheSilence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  and i was thinking about my reaction to it.

  i woke up at 4:40 in the morning because the bed was shaking and the thought process in my head went along these lines, "the bed is shaking.

  mike is out of town.

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  Mr. Majestic

  here pus pus (click of the gun hammer)
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  So I was thinking about the earthquake we had last week...

  by TheSilence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  and i was thinking about my reaction to it.

  i woke up at 4:40 in the morning because the bed was shaking and the thought process in my head went along these lines, "the bed is shaking.

  mike is out of town.

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  Mr. Majestic

  Now logically she knew it was the cats who had done it. However, she was in a state of panic thinking it was Jehovah warning her that she needed to stop participating in pagan practices

  See...!! Killing the cat would have saved her that stress.....
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  So I was thinking about the earthquake we had last week...

  by TheSilence in

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  2. experiences

  and i was thinking about my reaction to it.

  i woke up at 4:40 in the morning because the bed was shaking and the thought process in my head went along these lines, "the bed is shaking.

  mike is out of town.

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  Mr. Majestic

  That was really funny to read. Would have been funnier if you would have killed the cat…….

  We had one here a month or so ago. I didn’t quite go through the same mind process but I did wonder why my leg was twitching for an unusually long time. (Our earthquakes are never anything to write home about). Then I noticed that the water beside my bed had a twitch as well. About as much as I thought was "Hummmm..that’s odd".

  Thanks for sharing that experience….
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  If a JW girl falls pregnant to a 'worldly person'...before marriage??

  by Lantana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've had many encounters with jw's throughout the years and i've found them to be decent, caring people.

  i've attending meetings, read a number of awake!

  and watchtower publications and so on and so forth.. the book 'crisis of conscious' by ray franz was really eye-opening for me and served as a strong warning for those about to enter the organisation...its easy to fill in the blanks from there -- i never became a jw.

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  Mr. Majestic

  Oh dear…., Jim..!! What have you been up to….

  If it was something like a one night stand then she may not get D’fd. There was a case like that in the hall that I used to go to. She did go onto marry the person she got involved with and they are still together. He never became a JW but she was a talking point for a long time, severely frowned upon. But if it was an ongoing thing, and she got in the club that way then she would be put out for sure.

  But if she is 16 then she might not be baptised, and therefore would not come under those rules as such, although it might damage the fathers position, if he is in any standing.

  Big hello to you BTW. You did well not to become a JW. Well done.
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  I Feel Lost

  by insearchof in

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  i'm a jw in good standing.i was born a jw.my dad was an elder for about 15 years but he stoped going to the hall about 3 years ago.but i have doubts about the org.basically i don't think that we are living in the end,i don't think the earth will ever be a paradise.it really don't seem logical to me.anyway i feel like i'm having an inner fight between what i was raised to be and what i now believe.the only reason why i still go to the meeting is because of my mom and husband.i came here because i think that everyone here can help me.

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  Mr. Majestic

  Heart goes out to you. Difficult situation to be in. People here are lovely though and will be more than willing to help….

  Hang in there…

  Mr.M

  Welcome...!!
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  Vegas - Blackjack

  by besty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went to vegas last week and ended up $10,000 up on blackjack - was playing at the wynn, the venetian and mgm grand.

  happy days - my fellow gamblers - i salute you.. any questions?.

  paul m.

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  Mr. Majestic

  Mr Majestic - dude - I'm $10k UP....I didn't lose anything.

  Sorry…. It’s late….!!

  It’s just that I’ve heard so many people talk about how much they’ve won gambling, and the (small) detail of how much they lost is rarely deducted from winnings.

  I don’t know Paul…..gambling…….. what ever next…..