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  Elderly and sick: Out of sight, out of mind

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. friends

  someone else posted something a similar experience, this is one i had regarding my mom.my mom died last year.

  she had been in failing health for years, but the last 2 year were pretty rough for her, with lots of visits to the hospital.

  the last 4 months, it was the hospital, a skilled nursing facility/rehab unit, and finally, a nursing home.

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  Beards!!!!! Just knock me over with a feather....

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  they finally dropped that shoe!https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/global/2023-governing-body-update-8/?fbclid=iwar3tijct69fal1hlf_ukqsafejckrhuqwwvpyk_6ieulic82suqdnlyhsvm.

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  Follow Up to follow up

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. child-abuse

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5134166409084928/follow-previous-post-re-my-niece.

  so, with head firmly up his backside, my bil has decided to take his chances with a jury.he could have taken a plea for 18 months anger management classes, but no, he thinks he did nothing wrong, and so now his daughter gets to appear before a jury.. imagine a petite, "clean-cut", soft spoken young lady in front of a jury, as she answers questions about being beaten by her father for daring to have a boyfriend.

  i can't see any scenario where this goes to the benefit of her father.

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  Follow to previous post,re:My niece

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  a few weeks back, i posted this:https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6246845349625856/never-thought-would-see-this-my-family-circle.

  so, in latest developments:there was a court hearing, in which a continuance was granted for two weeks, as my bil has pleaded not guilty.

  which is, in my opinion, very bad legal advice from his lawyer.

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  Never thought I would see this in my family circle

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  so, my 17 year old niece reveals to me that for the past few years, her father (my sister's husband) has been physically and verbally abusive to her.enough so that it finally came to a breaking point, and she reported it to the police.

  she told me that she had wished she had told me sooner, but she was trying to wait til she was 18 so that she could leave.i knew that she and her parents had been locking horns for the past couple of years, but i chalked it up to teen puberty and general growing pains.

  but on their last, most recent visit, i could tell that something was really eating at her.apparently, what set off this latest incident was that he discovered that she had been seeing/involved with a non-witness boy about her age, and got so violent with her that it left marks.ironically, she went and got help from her boyfriend's father, a paramedic, who documented the injuries and encouraged her to report it.so, yeah, he spent a night in jail.she is now staying at the parents of her boyfriend, while still trying to have some aspects of her old life (work, school, etc.

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  Paradise After Death:Mark Twain calls out some of the stupider ideas-

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  "in paradise, i am going to visit [insert favorite bible character here]" - said at least once in their life by every devout jw.now, for some hard, cold practicalities-excerpt from "captain stormfield's visit to heaven"“oh, there are a lot of such things that people expect and don’t get.

  for instance, there’s a brooklyn preacher by the name of talmage, who is laying up a considerable disappointment for himself.

  there’s millions of people down there on earth that are promising themselves the same thing.

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  My son graduated last Friday

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. friends

  i have talked about him before on this forum.

  he is now a graduate from mit!.

  it was a lovely weekend.. i got to meet some of the friends he has made in the past four years, and some of their families.. they were very nice, decent, friendly, and enjoyable people.

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  Scary Effectiveness of Assembly Videos

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. friends

  well, i got to see the final day of this years regional convention.and i saw something that disturbs me.. the final, "summing up review" video.

  it disturbs me because it was so well done.

  (i wish i could remember the title of the song), to the strains of a solo vocalist singing in a fine "irish tenor", we see the actors from the previous videos of the last few days all assembling together in a clearing.

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  So, I went to another funeral today (contrast/compare)

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  a couple of months ago, i posted this:https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6294482023612416/went-memorial-service-man-have-known-since-childhoodin one of those weird twists of fate, about three weeks ago, this individuals first wife (who left him in a spectacular fit of drama) met her own end by violent means at the hand of her latest boyfriend.since she was disfellowshipped at the time of her death, of course, they couldn't have a service in the kingdom hall, so it was held instead today at a funeral home.and amazingly, it was a much better service.non witnesses seemed to out number the witnesses that showed up (i was surprised as many showed up as they did, considering tonight is the memorial!).

  the talk was given by her son in law, and a remembrance was also given by her brother, who in turn read a memory from one of her co-workers.

  after that, a prayer.

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  Terrific movie monologue from "Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri'

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just watched this movie last night.. the premise of the title and film centers around the mother of young girl, who was raped, murdered, and set on fire by an unknown killer.

  convinced that the local police could be doing more, she erects billboards outside of town, calling into question the efforts of the town's beloved chief of police.

  this does not sit well with the other townspeople, and soon, the town priest comes to visit and admonish her.and after hearing him tell her if she came to church more regularly, she would be able to find the peace and resolution she needs over her daughter's death, she delivers this speech to him:.

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