Topics Started by TMS
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Pedophiles
by TMS innot having access to a scanner, i will describe the black and white photograph of two ragamuffins, my sister and i. she appears about three, which would have made me about five.
she is wearing a short dress with faded prints, while i have on a corduroy jumpsuit.
her little face is squinting up at the camera, while i glance down and to the side.
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Whatever Happened to Ignacio Estrada?
by TMS indont let that comedy act fool you.
brother estrada is a deep thinker.
those words of kenneth dull, circuit overseer, tumbled around in my mind as i came up to the housing project.
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1957 in Bible Prophecy
by TMS inan internet site published a couple of years ago a portion of chapter 10 of coc detailing a schroeder, klein, suiter proposal that the phrase this generation of matt.23:34 began in 1957. the idea was that the power of heaven was shaken with the onset of the space age, notably the launching of the first sputnik.. the fact sheet given each governing body member to study was reproduced in the franz book.
evidently, the gb considered the merits of this proposal, deciding to stick with the view of this generation that was current at the time.. this little tidbit affected me greatly, moving me to order coc.
that such a whimsical, ludicrous concept would be entertained by grown men, let alone spirit-directed men astonished me.. as an elder, if a brother had approached me with this idea, my inclination would have leaned toward his having serious mental health issues.. .
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A Simple Life
by TMS inlarc mentioned our heritage as jws recently.
i used that same word in a response to a thread started by jt.
mrs. gene brandt, wife of the famous district overseer, spoke our her witness heritage in her life story, published in the watchtower.
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Human Nature
by TMS ini always thought i could sell.. when i learned that a brother owned the state distributorship for wynns automotive additives and needed a salesman, i called.. g.t.
met me on my lunch hour, driving the new 1970 buick he had just won in a national sales contest and explained the program: 25% straight commission as a self-employed sales operative.. the following monday, i met g.t.
at the warehouse.
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Finally Got My Masters
by TMS inafter all the silly anecdotal tales, less-than-clever retorts, finally got my masters in jwd.. when witnet sunk into the sea, i went into a mild funk.
i missed the "sensitive issues" forum.. looking for alternatives, i found jw-pagans.
too big a jump for me!.
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The Great '75 Fiasco: Pantsuits
by TMS inbeing the host congregation for the district assembly, we were privileged to hear several talks from the convention administrative staff wetting our appetite for the 1975 convention held at barton coliseum, little rock, arkansas.. one short-statured brother from the southern part of the state kept exhorting the sisters: "now, pay attention!
there's going to be a dramatic announcement at the assembly that will just thrill you sisters!
" as much hype as this was getting, the only speculation that i could conjure up was that sisters might be allowed to speak directly to the audience in the tms.. after the meeting, the vertically-challenged speaker could not restrain himself in conversation with brother p. and myself.
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Jim Colbourne, the Little Rascal
by TMS inthere is no kroger store now on east broadway in north little rock, arkansas.
it was demolished to make way for the new alltell arena.
the fifty-yard line, that black night club, is also gone and the pawn shop that was next to it.
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Seattle Rain Part 1
by TMS inmulan mentioned the rain in seattle in the thread entitled rain, rain, rain.
nathan natas, the dead ringer for brother knorr, explained that new york gets more inches of precipitation.
billy goat alluded to light deprivation as a contributor to depression.