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  Re: New Songs for Memorial

  by pixel in

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  to all congregations.

  re: new songs for memorial.

  dear brothers:.

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  I would just sing the damn songs anyway I like including improvised lyrics, but do it with heartfelt spirit. I'm suprised they haven't created choirs yet... Probably not enough local talent to make it possible though.
  
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  Hello

  by Darryl in

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  just joining this site i'm not going to give you my personal history because you already know it, you lived it.

  anyway been df'd for about 18 years just curious are there any people out there from the richmond va area.

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  Welcome Darryl. Not from Richmond, but spent a lot (too much) of time attending conventions at the Coliseum.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  It was kind of difficult to avoid the wall of hay bales at the end of my property. I told the young elder (into sports generally) what is was for and asked him if he wanted to give it a try. Nobody had done any archery before, but soon they were all outside giving it a go. I didn't hear any negative comments from either elder or the pioneer sister. I guess as long as you balance it out with a few kingdom melodies later, you are ok. They were joking that next time I needed pistols!
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  Update Summary: it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but still they had to sing KM songs.

  Details: Thery were supposed to come over directly after the meeting (around 1 pm) but 'apparently' some of them felt the need to get in an hour of service first. They started wandering in at around 2:30, a car load at a time. Of course my wife had told me 3, so I hadn't put the dogs away first. Some had obviously gone home instead of service and changed into street clothes.

  I invited one young elder to try his hand at archery and off we went. Soon almost everyone was in my backyard launching arrows toward my target (backed by a wall of hay bales). Good I had done my shooting earlier, because after a few demo's I never got another chance. Then we got called in for dinner. It was a beautiful afternoon for this time of the year in Poland. 50F, no wind, sunny.

  Dinner went fine (around 15 total, 2 elders, 1 pioneer). Lots of busy chit-chat. Then when we were done with desert, it was time for some singing! Out came all the iPads, and out I went to the yard. They must have done 10-20 songs, some more than once. I popped in and out (Barking dogs are a great excuse to go check on things), took a brief rest in the bedroom. And finally, they left.

  Everyone was polite and gracious. Nobody tried to pidgeon-hole me for a one-on-one. My wife was happy that I helped out so much getting ready for the event. So, I survived. I think the key was she has already made it clear that I have some type of phobia being around large (more than 3 or 4) groups of people. So far it is working.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @stuckinarut: you may have hit on a weak spot. I am not normally hospitable, happy or positive. And I am certainly not interested in what they are doing. As opposed to living a happy and successful life, I'm just 'happy' to still be above ground.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @Landy: I don't really want to wind anyone up. I just want to be left alone. They are for the most part nice people. I just can't handle them in quantity.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @GrreatTeacher: I have been in a few of those congregations back when I was in the US. They seem to operate on a different wavelength. All in all, I can't say I was ever in a bad congregation - but that doesn't change the fact that it is a cult.
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @blondie: we had some summer bbq's at our house before I went off reservation. Lots of good non-jw activity. Some of the teens/young adults brought their guitars. They did some non-jw songs and a few jw songs around the bonfire. Singing was actually pretty good. I wasn't embarrased anyway that the neighbor's heard it. Thanks for the reminder about the pointsetta, but they are not plant munchers (although they do like to dig up new trees that I plant for some reason).
  
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  Wish me good luck...

  by FadeToBlack in

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  omg.

  i have the entire service group coming over for dinner on sunday.

  i don't mind when my wife has a couple over that are cool, but with more than 2 or 3 extra people in my house i get nervous.

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  @nicolaou: I could set it up to run in a continuous loop. Might scare away nosey folks who wanted to check my browsing history. They would flee from the demonz...
  
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  Drink Driving

  by Simon in

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  with the christmas almost upon us i would like to share a personal experience with you about drinking and driving.. as you may know the local police are having a serious go at drink drivers this year... well, a couple of days ago i was out for an evening with friends and had a small number of drinks before dinner, followed by some rather nice red wine.

  feeling jolly i still had the sense to know that i may be very slightly over the limit.. that's when i did something that i've never done before - i took a taxi home.. sure enough on the way home there was a police road check, but since it was a taxi they waved it past.

  i arrived home safely without incident.. this was a real surprise as i had never driven a taxi before, i don't know where i got it and now that it's in my garage i don't know what to do with it.. any ideas?.

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  I thought everyone got that! I think it was a point nicely made... Marked 'G' for illustrations.