Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

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Residence fire damages building at Bethel in Congo (Africa)

by dropoffyourkeylee in

word is there was a fire yesterday at a residence building at congo bethel in africa.

lots of damage, a hundred or so out of a place to stay.

no one injured.

dropoffyourkeylee

The WT is usually self-insured, at least in the US, so there would be no insurance to make a claim.

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Residence fire damages building at Bethel in Congo (Africa)

by dropoffyourkeylee in

word is there was a fire yesterday at a residence building at congo bethel in africa.

lots of damage, a hundred or so out of a place to stay.

no one injured.

dropoffyourkeylee

Word is there was a fire yesterday at a residence building at Congo Bethel in Africa. Lots of damage, a hundred or so out of a place to stay. No one injured.

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Gordon Lightfoot

by RAYZORBLADE in

ok, if you're a canuck, chances you know that gordon lightfoot is about right up there with ol' jehover!.

but if not, nevermind, but i have to admit, i have been a lifelong fan of: gordon lightfoot.. this evening, i took his 'greatest hits' and gave it a listen, and as expected, i was still enthralled with his lyrical genius, and playing abilities.. anyone a gordon lightfoot fan?.

just curious.. all your folks living along north america's "great lakes" keep in mind, next month is the 28th anniversary of the sinking of the "edmund fitzgerald".. that song, by gordon lightfoot is haunting from beginning to end (over 6 minutes).. i personally love: go-go girl in love, bitter green, canadian railway trilogy, sundown, race among the ruins, wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, and well i like just about every damn thing he ever did.. your contributions?

dropoffyourkeylee

The Edmund Fitzgerald has a lot of words and is difficult to remember. Few singers would know all the words to be able to perform it on request.

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WT is shorting literature orders by congregation with a problem contributing enough for literature $3500 just for mags

by oppostate in

at our meeting last night there was a talk about having run out of magazines for the last three months.

it's expected this will continue to happen.

the "branch" has not sent the requested number of magazines.

dropoffyourkeylee

One comment about the number of magazine placements exceeding the congregation order.

I think they are allowed to count a placement if the send an electronic version to someone by request, so it is possible to have more placements counted, it's meaningless anyway.

the young elder in the OP needs to go back to grade school and Learn his times tables.

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"do not go beyond the things written"

by stuckinarut2 in

thanks to bu2b and splash who mentioned this quote in another thread!.

but i thought it deserved a thread all of its own, such is the impact of this:.

the very best example of going beyond the things written comes from a 2008 watchtower.

dropoffyourkeylee

For them to call 'do not go beyond what is written' a Rule is in itself going beyond what is written since the Greek doesn't contain 'rule' or any Greek equivalent. The old NWT, while not alone in translating it that way, differs from a lot of the modern translations. I don't know if the revised NW says 'rule' but I expect it does.

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Demon Stories

by humblepotato in

jw
friends

so we all know that "crazy" brother or sister.

every kingdom hall has one.

they give the best comments (from a hilarious perspective), have experiences with the "demons", but most importantly, they are on about 10 deifferent kinds of medications.

dropoffyourkeylee

If you ever get a chance to talk to a JW from Africa, you'll hear a lot about demons. Maybe it's the background but it is very much a main topic.

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Passive aggressive circuit overseer talk

by hoser in

jw
friends

i went and listened to the circuit overseer talk last night.

he started off by saying how many jws are in prisons in other countries and how we need to be prepared for when we are persecuted by the governments because it will happen "soon".

near the end of the talk he got into how our own minds often imagine the very worst case scenario and that this isn't good.

dropoffyourkeylee

Can you give any indication where this may be? Just generally, without compromising yourself. Region of country, etc

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Spiritual Chess - A Short Story

by DT in

i wrote a short story about what might happen if a jehovah's witness and an apostate decided to play a game of chess.. you can read it here http://blog.sparlockofthemultiverse.com/spiritual-chess-a-short-story/.

dropoffyourkeylee

Brazen rowdiness, too funny!

We play chess by the 'one foot' rule. You have to keep one foot on the floor at all times.

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