Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

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Your feelings for the former travelling overseers

by Hecce in

during our wt life we met a good number of friends involved in the circuit and district work.

i am sure that we share the same experience and that we remember fondly some that we caring, loving and generally interested in the brothers.

at the same time we might remember others that were arrogant, selfish, abusive and oppressive.

dropoffyourkeylee

We had a DO and wife stay with us for a week back in the 70s. Actually I felt sorry for the wife, she was really lonely and unhappy. Unlike the CO, who returned to the same congregations and got to know people, the DOs never got to know anyone , as they kept moving between circuits. Really a lonely life back then

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What TV shows were forbidden in your JW household?

by Funchback in

in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.

it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.

the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..

dropoffyourkeylee

We didn't have a tv when

I was at home (before 1980). Actually now I'm glad. Doesn't sound like I missed much.

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Best of Topics

by Simon in

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best-of

some people had a penchant for posting their topics directly into the "best of topics" area.

it seemed more than a little arrogant to me that some imagined their every utterance was immediately a greatest hit but maybe people weren't clear on what that area was intended for .... from now on you won't be able to start new topics there.

if anyone wants to submit a topic to be added there (perhaps an index to a curated list of other topics by a user or on a certain subject / theme) then just start one in "suggestions" and pm me and, if it is suitable, then i'll move it into there.. existing topics posted there recently have been moved to more appropriate areas..

dropoffyourkeylee

Good move,

I know I have been in a quandry a few times on where to put my post. Sometimes I wish there were a category like 'Something I thought interesting, just wanted to see if anyone else had a comment'

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Daily Manna book - anybody have one?

by dropoffyourkeylee in

in the russell days they had a 'daily manna' book which had a daily text, as well as a page to list all your friends birthdays.

they had the same 365 daily texts every year.

when was is replaced by the current daily text?

dropoffyourkeylee

In the Russell days they had a 'Daily Manna' book which had a daily text, as well as a page to list all your friends birthdays. They had the same 365 daily texts every year. Anybody have one? When was is replaced by the current daily text?

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Do todays Jw's care at all about Russell and the pyramid?

by olongapo joe in

just wondering, as i will be visiting active jw family in ohio in a few weeks, do you think it will be worthwhile dropping it into a conversation, about the wtbts pyramid near his grave, or try some other topic to try and wake them up.

i was never baptized and don't really care if they get upset or not, but it is only a day trip from ohio to pittsburgh, and thought it would be fun if they denied it, and then drove their to see it for ourselves.

dropoffyourkeylee

Russell got kicked to the curb a couple years ago. JWs now don't care about him or his books

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only 90

by pepperheart in

shucks only 90 teaching books trashed last week still there is a new week starting lol

dropoffyourkeylee

Seems like a double waste of time and effort, both the JW and the non-JW

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Does the WT attract needy dysfunctional type of people?

by William Penwell in

in your personal experience, do you think that the wt attracts needy types of people?

over the years, my experience is that they do attract very needy, insecure, dysfunctional, types.

i had an acquaintance that i just basically cut off.

dropoffyourkeylee

Yes, my observation also is that most newly baptised ones who are not born-ins are social misfits and are simply odd. Usually unemployed too.

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A Good Decade

by theliberator in

if you were really into the organization back in the 80's, you have to admit, that it was the peak of the organization.

it was a time of high energy and excitement.

like any nation, it reaches a peak and then it declines.

dropoffyourkeylee

Admittedly, some of the young 20 somethings I know are having a blast right now in the JW religion, traveling all over the world to 'assignments', doing the need greater thing. Maybe they'll look back to this decade as the glory years.

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A Good Decade

by theliberator in

if you were really into the organization back in the 80's, you have to admit, that it was the peak of the organization.

it was a time of high energy and excitement.

like any nation, it reaches a peak and then it declines.

dropoffyourkeylee

The decade of excitement and enthusiasm was 1966 to 1975, in my opinion. But I wasn't around in the pre 1914 days, I expect those were heady times.

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Notable changes of the JWs org, in the last five years or so

by glenster in

i've been updating the links at my web site and i'm working on the gtjbrooklyn pages now.

what would you say are the several biggest changesin the jws organization/rules in the last five years or so?

dropoffyourkeylee

Moving out of Brooklyn is huge, at least for JWs in the US.