Posts by NewYork44M

to all you young and old alike what would you have as a farewell party from this earth , would you party with friends months before or would you go out quietly and rather have input into the wake.

i have heard of these duck hunters who put their ashes in shotgun shells.

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NewYork44M

Here is an interesting article and podcast about planning the perfect death.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/podcasts/the-daily/the-daily-planning-the-perfect-death.html?pgtype=Homepage®ion=top-news&module=second-column-region&clickSource=story-heading&WT.nav=top-news&action=click

If you knew you were going to die, how much control over this last phase of your live do you want to control?

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Convention audio clips mentioning 1975

by Splash in

this is very topical so i thought i'd share a compilation document of 10 audio clips.. these are mostly from before 1975, taken from convention recordings at the time, stressing the importance of 1975 and getting the crowd excited in anticipation.. entire talks are embedded but it's been typed out what was said and the time point it occurs.. this document is 220mb, so be warned.. i hope you're not triggered by the drawn out assembly speech style because this is full of it.. if anyone ever tries to tell you that there was no mention of 1975, hopefully this will give you some evidence.. if anyone with the ability could turn this into a short, shareable video, that would be much more useable and shareable than this (no disrespect to the creator).. click here for the recordings.

it will be gone in one month..

NewYork44M

You notice when he states that some went so far to "sell their homes and quit their jobs." He did not finish the sentence as to why they did these things: "...to pioneer."

He discounted the decisions of these brothers when in reality the people who sold their homes and quit their jobs were the true believers. There were considered super spiritual.

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What was the craziest sight you brothers seen running mikes ?

by Chook in

eg ,babies jump where they shouldn't, those hairy old sisters.....

NewYork44M

As a hormone induced lad, I enjoyed passing the mike because of the many occasions to view the blouses of the young sisters.

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Window Cleaners?

by nicolaou in

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friends

like a lot of others here, i gave higher education a miss when i left school (1980).

under the encouragement of the society i pioneered for three years instead!.

now i clean windows for a living.

NewYork44M

My wife has a colleague that is 86 years old and working on his PhD. You are never too old to learn.

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Humourous reactions to beards worn at the kingdom Hall

by UnshackleTheChains in

is this the reaction you get when you walk into a kingdom hall sporting your new beard 🙄.

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NewYork44M

I had a 3rd cousin that wore a beard - back in the early 90s. He may still have the beard, but I have lost touch with him.

The beard was a topic of conversation within the congregation and elders, But he did not have a position and didn't want one, so the elders had no control over him. I think they were just happy to see him attend an occasional meeting.

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last convention before global attack on witnesses

by Phoebe in

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so it's not enough that i'm dealing with post traumatic stress/anxiety and panic attacks all related to my life as a jw (50 years baptized -- i stopped going a couple of months ago) at 3 a.m. i get an email from the other side of the world.

'you have to go to the convention.

bro sanderson says we must watch the news, things are happening.

NewYork44M

It is hard to admit that people, who you thought loved you, actually lied to you your whole life.

The world is a scary place, Some things are not going well. However, none of this has anything to do with the interpretation of the Watchtower.

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2017 Convention Video To Be Shown Regarding The 1975 Failure

by pale.emperor in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.

no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.

instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .

NewYork44M

I was seated in that stadium, overflowing all the way to the floor. All seats filled. I was seated with an old style cassette recorder on my lap. I was wearing tacky polyester pants. I like to tape talks. I wish I knew where I had saved them (They would fetch a small fortune today.).

I was living in a small town in Indiana and I heard about this talk. This tape would be you be your retirement fund.