https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbpbb5k_mc
I listened to a poor speaker for 2 minutes. Two minutes that I will never get back. He is a 'helper to the GB"? What a joke.
The subject? hahahaha
In WT/JW land, anyone can aspire to be with the 'greats'. But what type of man (man as a guy with real balls) wants to be a brown noser?
my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.
our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.
he hung himself.
Oh Rich, I am so sorry to hear your bad news. I feel so bad that someone, anyone is in so much turmoil and pain they think they should do themselves in.
He was so young. I am so sorry for your loss.
Hugs.
LoisLane
is this a beautiful story, or what?.
act one________.
now in an ordinary romance of the golden hollywood era, the boy goes off to war while the young lady waits nervously for his safe return.in a cary grant, debra kerr movie, the two vow to meet after a certain period of time and tragic circumstances intervene.. in my story, the young man is a conscientious objector who goes to prison instead of off to the vietnam war.
Terry, It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
All the best, you two!
LoisLane
dear all,.
my health took a beating over the years with stress from various sources, not a little from the wt; and dangerous areas of work involving fumes and so on.
the arc also took its toll and i have had recently a heart attack.
If you want to look superior when you are walking the halls at the hospital after your operation, pack a snazzy bathrobe/house coat/happy coat. All the other men will be wearing the usual cotton hospital issue that makes everybody look like they are in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". Also slippers. (The jammies are up to you. If you wear theirs, you won't have to wash yours when you get home).
Sending you virtual home made organic chicken soup, right to your door.
Get well soon! Hugs.
LoisLane
i saw this on ex jw reddit:"this may not be news to you but it was to me.
forgive me if this has already been posted before.
it came from a reliable source working on the warwick project.. wallkill bethel had broken ground and laid the foundation for a new recreation building.
Help me out here if I am wrong but isn't the property they are building on a chemical dump? The same with the property they bought in England. Both properties they bought on the cheap because no one wanted to live on a toxic waste site. Did their JW Law degree graduates tell them buy the land, start building and then oops, file a substantial claim, sue everyone, and say that this property should never have been sold to anyone, thus getting all their money back plus interest? That's what I am waiting to hear. Cha ching.
That is what has been going through my mind, evil though the thought.
@As to the OP and 'burying" a foundation for a rec hall, I cannot figure what these 'enlightened' ones have done in the past, let alone what's the next idiotioc thing they are going to do. Whatever it is, WT/GB is all about making sure no one wises up and takes money AWAY from THEM. lol
LoisLane
i wonder how many of us here hold on to this meeting place out of "loneliness.
could it be that we harbor feelings of "abandonment" and "loneliness" from being left cold and dry by the wt people and our families?
perhaps we do have a need to reach out to people with similar experiences.
As in the sit-com, TV show 'Cheers', this is the place 'where everybody knows your name'. lol After waking up and leaving WT behind, it is relaxing and fun to be part of a forum such as this, where you are sorta 'known'.
Someone talks about the New York asembly in 1958, I was a little kid but I was there. Beth Sarem (I almost wrote harem lol) most of us know what that is.
At Simon's 'house' I always feel welcomed, understood and cared about. Coming here is in a way, coming 'home' a place that only exists now in my memories.
Lonely? Sure. Sometimes. But I enjoy the camaraderie here. We all have been through trauma not really understood by others.
LoisLane
hello first of all to those that remember me.
i'm doing well, 10 years since my missionary trip to cameroon.
i've met a couple of goals.
@AllTimeJeff Hi Hello! It is so nice to hear from you again! Just passing through town or can you stay a while?
LoisLane jumping up and down and waving. So happy to see ATJ again. or
this guy, dale standridge, was the coordinator of the body of elders in the eureka east congregation in humboltd county california.
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2015/11/100000-bail-for-dale-standbridge.html?m=1.
it's not getting a lot of play in the press for some reason.
like this perhaps?
it is pretty cool after all... .
(i took both of these pics and the difference was, well, obvious!).
I saw a head stone recently where on one side of the tall, upright stone it said the usual credentials, on the other side it said, "Over My Dead Body..." and listed the ingredients for her favourite, Christmas cookie recipe which she wouldn't give out to anyone. Thus the heading...
LoisLane
1. watchtower & awake - under review as these is now a 16-page anorexic pamphlets (not magazines) .
2. espn: 42.9 million 3. people: 28 million 4. allrecipes: 24.5 million 5. forbes: 21.6 million 6. time: 18.1 million 7. entertainment weekly: 14.3 million 8. cosmopolitan: 13.7 million 9. bloomberg businessweek: 11.2 million 10. new york: 9.8 million .
The most widely distributed mags destined for trash bins, attics and as fire starters.
LoisLane
