Posts by waton

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The First Time I Went Over 120mph (193kph) I Was In A ____________ ,

by Sea Breeze in

honda vfr 750.

waton

Which is all to say that I'm becoming an old fogie.

GT: here is the contradiction: when we are young we are willing to throw away 80 years of our lives for a thrill like 120 mph. ( 56m/sec) whizzing by. when we are 80+, we are afraid to lose balance, the next second of life. .

120? at that speed , you are basically out of control, you can not brake and stop before 250 meters 800 feet down the road, unless you use a tree, truck to shorten that distance. and remember, trees hit cars only in self defense.

Jimmy Stewart said: "the safest way to win a race is at the slowest speed possible."

take a lesson from the pioneer's, walk : as slowly as possible between the N@Hs,

youall boasters here are lucky survivors, to live and tell. , nobody has proven the resurrection hope/wish yet.

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The First Time I Went Over 120mph (193kph) I Was In A ____________ ,

by Sea Breeze in

honda vfr 750.

waton

To those whom did this on two wheels, I salute you!

tbn agreed, the resurrection hope helps here. . also: doing on 2 wheels in a turn but in a car.

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The First Time I Went Over 120mph (193kph) I Was In A ____________ ,

by Sea Breeze in

honda vfr 750.

waton

Sea Breeze

seabreeze, the way things are going with foils in the water, the wind and on ice, sooner or later, sailing crafts, as you picture, too, will break the 120 mph barrier.

PS. sorry, the iceboat sailing record is already: ( not me, was only8 at the time. )

"The official iceboat speed record remains the one set on Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, way back in 1938. It was (hold your breath) 143 miles an hour." from Wikipedia.

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the herd of elephants in today's wt study.

by waton in

for friends of "truth" about the wt theme: "what do we learn from jesus' last words?

if you learned anything, even in the greatest distress you do not utter the sacred name.

the article is full of "jehovahs" but not once did jesus himself actually use the term.

waton

for friends of "truth" about the wt theme: "What do we learn from Jesus' last words?" ,

If you learned anything, even in the greatest distress you do not utter the sacred name. The article is full of "Jehovahs" but not once did Jesus himself actually use the term. and

Why did Jesus say: " Eli, Eli, why have you abandoned me? " when he knew perfectly well this would happen?

Jesus died of starvation, his brain starved of Oxygen, and at that stage, the mind plays tricks, aka near death experiences.

so wt writers, follow Jesus' example stop substituting Jesus own choice of words " Father", "God" with the modern day version of the divine name.

because-- of consequences, and

You really depreciate, cheapen it. through overuse.

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Poll: Atheists overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, but most Christians favor it

by Disillusioned JW in

see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .

i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.

i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.

waton

LUHE I think the death penalty should be kept

The problem with any punishment is, that callous criminals will commit murder, worse crimes, to keep hiding their identity, escape punishment.

maybe, that is why Cain was never punished, the not so good samaritan, that knew about the plan never intervened. in the genesis story. --- good samaritan laws now?

btw, people have been executed for being just part of the party that was involved in a killing.

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The First Time I Went Over 120mph (193kph) I Was In A ____________ ,

by Sea Breeze in

honda vfr 750.

waton

In a training aeroplane practicing how to recover from a spin.

Unlike described the previous posts, done at safe altitude.

for bikes and cars being airborne at these speeds often ends in unplanned ground contact. By contrast, for planes, being too slow and low is actually the cause of many wrecks.

solomon Boeing 737.

wise guy, with the harem.

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Poll: Atheists overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, but most Christians favor it

by Disillusioned JW in

see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .

i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.

i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.

waton

I do not understand the high tolerance for crime among atheists. or

the high tolerance for gang rape among feminists,

as a nonagenarian deist I believe everyone has a right to live, to life, -- except when you deny that right to someone else by killing them. then you have given up that right, proven yourself unworthy to live. then,

ask for euthanasia a eu = good --death. a privilege you probable denied your victim[s].

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Poll: Atheists overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, but most Christians favor it

by Disillusioned JW in

see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .

i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.

i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.

waton

the death penalty also shouldn't be so humane,

AM, no, it should be a painless elimination, under full anesthesia. but with the criminology budgets heavily expandet to make prevention, protection, detection prosecution, elimination as flawless as possible.

Reserve prisons, ghettos for groups that are crime prone.

PS perhaps the atheistic frame of mind favours a free for all, a lawless mess of a universe.

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Being partial

by asp59 in

what do jws think about a regular member in congregation can be disfellowshipped, but when governing body makes something wrong, like two witnesses rules on child molestation, it's just considered 'they are not perfect' and can do wrong?

waton

when, with an heavy accent, you read your headline from right to left, it reads: lai trap. so,

before we get trapped in a straw man argument about unsubstantiated wrongdoings, let's ignore this, and concentrated on the themes that should make us really

feel sorry for the GB and the predicaments it finds itself in. .

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Unnoticed 2018 merger in Qubec

by Corney in

three years ago, on september 1 - 4, 2018, watch tower society of quebec (la tour de garde, société de bibles et de traités du québec), finalised its merger ("voluntary amlgamation") with "123 incorporated congregations of jehovah's witnesses in quebec," with kingdom halls owned by these incorporated congregations (total book value - ca$114,390,856, or 92 million usd) becoming assets of the society.

quebec congregations continue to exist as unincorporated associations and registered charities, while wt quebec only "manages, maintains and constructs" khs ("in cooperation with" wt canada and jw congregation support (formerly regional building committee)) and appoints certain elders to officiate marriages in the province.. sources: .

https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/srch/pub/dsplybscsrch .

waton

I don't understand this move.

SL, in this money game, you have to analyze all the moves.

jws having la liberte' to vote on these resolutions in the kh. now on zoom.