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  Hotels for convention

  by ElderBerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a department in bethel wants to try to make money from regional conventions by asking local hotels if they will give a special rate and a coupon code to give to jws.. .

  they should just keep it simple and not be greedy for dishonest gain.. .

  this year some convention sites the hotels said no thank you i think the jws are going to book with us anyway.

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  This has been a practice for decades - the WTS tells JWs not to book at hotels that have not entered a pricing agreement with the WTS; JWs do whatever they want.

  From what I recall being told is that the hotels will offer additional complimentary rooms which were then booked by people who were in the know - Elders™, HLC members, visiting GB, DOs and COs.

  When I was still in my late teens, one hotel had "lost" our booking and gave the room to someone else, so they gave us a *suite* for the price that we booked and reserved with a deposit. Best hotel *suite* EVER. The following years, my dad reserved the same room for us. We weren't allowed to tell any of the Friends™ about this room.

  It was one of the only things that was a perk for going to the DC.
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  So what happens next...

  by Farmer Jim1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with what is arguably the biggest change to jw life in recent decades (the scrapping of publishers counting hours) what does this lead to?.

  in my mind these are the results;.

  1) a massive decrease in 'preaching hours'.

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  Scully

  Having left over 25 years ago, I can proudly say that so many of us were ahead of the times!

  Cheers to Circling the Drain!
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  A BEARD PREDICTION FOR 2024

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  fyi, i posted this prediction on my facebook page last night and it has received 224 likes and there have been 83 comments made.

  many of the comments are hilarious.. .

  a beard prediction for 2024:.

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  Scully

  Next thing you know, braided hair (but not dreadlocks) for Brothers™ will be a Conscience Matter™.

  Late to the party,
  Scully
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  Hip replacement on Monday. Wish me luck.

  by GrreatTeacher in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  as the title says i'm having a total hip replacement on monday.

  the pain has grown over the years and now i'm using a cane to walk.

  after steroid injections and physical therapy, it was decided that a total hip replacement is appropriate.

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  Grreat Teacher, I think you'll do fine with the surgery and post-op period. Your surgeon will encourage you to get up and walk as soon as possible after the surgery, so please do so! Glad you have the walker and cane at your disposal... just make sure you label them with your name and phone number in case they get misplaced (it happens!)

  If you can have some meals prepared ahead in your freezer and arrange to have someone help you clean your living space just before and a couple of weeks after the surgery, that will keep your workload to a minimum.

  Finally, when you register at the hospital - particularly if you have been a patient of that hospital system while you were a JW, please, please, please have any mention of your being a JW REMOVED from your chart. That is how the HLC tracks down people in the hospital. They are granted privileges as "pastoral care" visitors and can request a list of people of their denomination admitted to the hospital when they arrive to make their Pastoral Care Visits™.

  Best wishes on a speedy recovery!
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  Is English a hybrid language?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the short answer is no, it is not.. i have heard one or two proposals that it is, including from langfocus, a usually excellent youtube channel.. but no, english is actually a germanic language which has borrowed many words from other languages.

  here are several reasons why english is germanic at its core .... 1. verb forms.

  i play - ich spiele.

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  Scully

  @LoveUniHateExams

  As for the present/past continuous (I am/was going), well, French doesn't have that.

  It does… kinda

  while walking = en marchant

  while eating = en mangeant

  En marchant j’ai vu l’accident. = While walking I saw the accident

  
  
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  Is English a hybrid language?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the short answer is no, it is not.. i have heard one or two proposals that it is, including from langfocus, a usually excellent youtube channel.. but no, english is actually a germanic language which has borrowed many words from other languages.

  here are several reasons why english is germanic at its core .... 1. verb forms.

  i play - ich spiele.

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  French also uses inversion of the statement format in formulating questions, est-ce que tu as… can be shortened to as-tu…

  est-ce que is more formal

  and then there’s that famous song

  Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? sounds better than Est-ce que vous voulez coucher avec moi? in this context. 😉
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  Is English a hybrid language?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the short answer is no, it is not.. i have heard one or two proposals that it is, including from langfocus, a usually excellent youtube channel.. but no, english is actually a germanic language which has borrowed many words from other languages.

  here are several reasons why english is germanic at its core .... 1. verb forms.

  i play - ich spiele.

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  Scully

  Years ago I read (and still have on Audiobook) a title called "Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue - the Untold History of English" by John McWhorter. There are lots and lots of sources for words that are used in English. What started as English (see Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales) morphed as the British Empire overtook territories and entered into trade with other nations.

  For example, why does English use the word "do" when other languages don't? More often than not, "do" is not used in other languages, except as a verb: to do (faire in French; machen in German).

  I thought it was a fascinating read, and even better to listen to. Here's a link to the PDF on the PBS website: https://www-tc.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02272009/mcwhorter.pdf
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  No funeral

  by road to nowhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have run across another jw death where the final wishes are for no service.

  3rd or 4th instance.

  another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as i know.

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  Both of my JW parents decided there would be no funeral service, no obituary. Nothing.

  When some of The Friends™ found the idea disturbing, mother said "I'll throw a party when he's Resurrected™."

  With half my siblings in and the other half out, it was rather a relief. I was dreading having to deal with the infomercial and the self-righteous BS from the JWs.
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  ARC Redress Scheme

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  974 results found,this is the number of congregations of jehovah`s witnesses that have signed up to the redress scheme for child abuse victims in australia.. what does that tell us ?.

  and that number may not be all ..

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  Perhaps the total number includes congregations, as well as circuits, districts, zones, and branch so as to patch up any loopholes in the prosecution's targets. WT is nothing but thorough in its attempts to mitigate responsibility.
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  Do you remember GRACE GOUGH?

  by LullingtonRd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello, i am grace gough's granddaughter:.

  i have started a blog that begins at the beginning and this is with grace.

  follow along as i dive into her life - and please do reach out if you have any stories to share with me that i can add to my blog.. you can find the blog here:.

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  Grace was a wonderful lady! She used to call me when she had difficulties with her computer or posting here. She had a wicked sense of humour. Loved her dearly. <3