Posts by dropoffyourkeylee

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More Brooklyn properties sold

by recovering in

and the money keeps rolling in.

http://nypost.com/2017/08/16/jehovahs-witnesses-sale-of-brooklyn-buildings-nets-millions/.

dropoffyourkeylee

The 117 Building was where the Gilead classes were, wasn't it?

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Juarez MX Assembly Kingdom Hall to be sold.

by ironsnake656 in

there are several confirmed announcements in some congregations around the city regarding the sale of the assembly kingdom hall.

one of the reasons why it will be sold is that expenses are not covered by donations.

the hall was dedicated in 2009. actually, in some congregations the elders have not given the announcement for the publisher's reaction... .

Since Assembly halls are generally used only 2 days a week, and sit mostly vacant 5 days a week, I have always wondered how they have found it economically efficient. Surely it would cost less, all things considered, just to rent a stadium or other facilities for the assemblies.

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Beautiful new kingdom song

by slimboyfat in

has anyone noticed this new song?

i think it's absolutely beautiful.

it's got a film score quality about it, with depth and feeling.

dropoffyourkeylee

OK, I'm confused, TWoY gives the song number as 143; I am seeing it as #77 in the jw org app. Which is it?

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Beautiful new kingdom song

by slimboyfat in

has anyone noticed this new song?

i think it's absolutely beautiful.

it's got a film score quality about it, with depth and feeling.

dropoffyourkeylee

It's not bad, with that performance. But at the local hall here, they make it sound awful!

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Chapter 13 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

by new boy in

jw
friends

chapter 13. they get my heart, soul and my body.

saturday morning i was up at 6:30. it was fun trying to share small bathroom with seven other guys, all trying to get ready in 20 minutes.

i threw some cloths on and headed to first “morning worship.” gilbert said i could sit on his table since there was an extra space there.

dropoffyourkeylee

I visited my brother who was at Bethel in the 70's, and I recall the same table scene that Keith describes. The visitors (like me) and the new boys stood out like a sore thumb because they didn't have the table methods down right. Passing the food the wrong direction, etc, got a swift correction.

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Simon O. Blunden, Watch Tower Director

by vienne in

i've uploaded two new-to-me newspaper articles about blunden to our history blog.. https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/.

we urgently need a photo for our next book.

can you help me locate a photo of blunden?.

dropoffyourkeylee

I had never heard of Blunden before now, but if he died at 75 in 1915, he would have been one of the older of the Bible Students. I wonder about his role, what years he was a director, etc.

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So how did JF Rutherford function...?

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.

so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?

was he gay too?

dropoffyourkeylee

There is a video out there of Rutherford sitting at a table and drinking, but there is no bottle and while it is likely it is alcohol, it is uncertain. I detest Rutherford personally, but I think his drinking is overblown. His general mean- spiritedness did more to hurt the JWs than any alcohol usage.

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Glen Campbell

by glenster in

rip april 22, 1936 – aug.8, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rucysj4ibwi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etkzk9pxmio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxojkdqdnbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/glen_campbell.

dropoffyourkeylee

Here is a link for Campbell and Hartford together in 'Gentle on my mind'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bon3WIhDq4

OMG what has happened to American TV, where such great performances are simply not performed anymore?

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Glen Campbell

by glenster in

rip april 22, 1936 – aug.8, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rucysj4ibwi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etkzk9pxmio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxojkdqdnbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/glen_campbell.

dropoffyourkeylee

I love that era and genre of music. His performance of Gentle on my mind is very moving to me. The tune was written by John Hartford, of course, but Campbell made it a hit.

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Terrorist Attack in Paris

by cofty in

a car has struck a group of soldiers in paris, injuring six, two seriously, police say.. a large and urgent police operation is now under way to find the vehicle and driver involved in the incident in the north-western suburb of levallois-perret.. the local mayor, patrick balkany, said he had "no doubt" that it was a deliberate act.....

dropoffyourkeylee

I was in Paris in June and was also surprised by the police presence. We were unable to get close the Eiffel tower that day because the area was closed off. Supposedly there was to be a motorcade coming through, but we were around there about an hour and nothing came. The police are everywhere, with full gear, vests and rifles.

But then, we went to a train station to take a train to the south of France, and we boarded the train with our luggage, and no one asked for our tickets or even looked our way the whole time. We just got on and rode for 4 hours. Go figure.