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On 6/2/2017 at 7:45 AM, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:
WHY DO MEN HAVE NIPPLES?
uH .. OR IS IT "NIPPELS"?
According to what I've seen, these are often for piercing.
- Melinda Mills and Queen Esther
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3 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:
The first Kingdom Hall I went to I had a tile floor sloped downward like a movie theater to the stage and podium.
I had a large bag of marbles I hid from my mother.
We arrived late and sat on the back row.
I dropped the bag and the marbles spilled out and rolled to the front, each making noise and hitting chair legs and shoes on the way down.
That's when I learned to pray.
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Was that prayer during the meeting or while mom gave you a hiding at home.
While on that subject, Psalm 2 proves true in our day. The nations have cast off most of Jehovah's cords, especially discipline with the rod, as well as far as certain sexual activities which the whole world now condone. How worse can they get? 2 Tim. 3:13
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On 11/18/2016 at 5:00 AM, Queen Esther said:
Hey.... why an idiot ? The elders in the last years allowed beards !! I don't know why.... but many did it. Maybe it does give a reason ?
On 11/19/2016 at 4:29 AM, TrueTomHarley said:I knew Seth Sheepngoats would pull something like this, I knew it!The tip-off should have been when I saw him go into that costume shop.He arrived at the Kingdom Hall just like anyone else yesterday. But halfway through the Watchtower Study, he reached into his bag and tied something behind his neck. When he emerged, he was sporting a huge...He is such an idiot.
Many of us would have been shocked had we been there to witness this. It is hoped that the elders visited him personally at his home. The congregation is "A house of prayer". Matt 28:13
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There is a very old proverb, "Nature hates a vacuum". Look at the Welwitchia plant below. Read more about the plant here: http://www.softschools.com/facts/plants/welwitschia_facts/556/
Our God created plants to fill the entire earth, and each of these have a built in ability to survive under the weather conditions peculiar to that particular environment.
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Until we receive this direct from JW.ORG most would treat it as, "Hoping it will be allowed." I have a dear friend who is also a brother who has been wearing a beard for many years. His beard is so neat and short that it does not immediately attract attention. Our Governing Body is most likely aware that once it is allowed, some may go overboard, wearing anything from the common worldly masculine unshaven look to upturned waxed corners which would not appeal to any sincere Christian. Brothers who have skin problems would surely welcome being able to hide their condition until the skin condition improves.
Short and sweet:
Vice Versa:
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On 7/4/2017 at 4:43 PM, Colin Browne said:
> The other plant I also have in my flat, one Aloe Vera, the real one
Hi Queen E, you seem to be aware that many short aloes are often sold as, Aloe Vera. There are so many varieties even Reynolds had both photos and illustrations in his book. At one time I had both Reynolds books, Aloes of South Africa and Aloes of Tropical Africa. A collector near year gave me two Aloe Buhrii, one with red flowers the other yellow. An aloe common to our area is Aloe saponaria. (Soapy) Nearby ones have red flowers. Those further to the East have yellow flowers. Seemingly, colour changes according to the animal or insect that pollinates them. There are many honey sucking and sugar birds here, and the yellow variety depend on insects.
The Buhrii aloes were new discoveries from South West Africa. (Now Namibia) As for Aloe Vera, These are short plants with thick leaves, of which there are many varieties. Cosmetic manufacturers claim that the products are good for skin problems. I've only heard of one medical use of aloes. The aloe arborescent. It's said to cure radio active burns.The leaves are sliced in layers and bandaged over burns.
Aloe arborescent varietiesWould you believe this. Third aloe in the original picture sent, (rotating leaves) comes from the high Drakensburg mountains in Botswana. (Basutoland) These are covered with ice during the winter.
Brrrrrrrrrother.
Aloe Variegata. Afrikaans name Kannie dood (Can’t die) This may be true if thrown on a very sandy roof. But it will die very quickly if watered too often. We saw this aloe on an inland trip growing in sand at an isolated shack and the owner readily accepted our cash offer. When we returned about a week later along the same route past the same shack, we were surprised to see that owner had planted about twenty of these plants right in front of their house. We never took any more, but warned them that they may have problems should someone report them, and suggested that they rather plant them far from their home.
By contrast to the above, Aloe Thrashkii grows in pure sea sand right above the high tide mark, in the Port Shepstone area, on sand dunes. It thrives despite the salty spray from onshore winds.
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The above covers of Watchtowers with a cross and crown in the top left corner ended during the year of my birth. As a young lad of 16, I stayed at the Dunroamin Private hotel in Pretoria while at my first job. The landlady Mrs Kinsella may have been a Jehovah's Witness, or Witnesses called at the hotel. Bedsides various magazines, her library contained a few Watchtowers. Although schooled at the Catholic Marist Brothers, I only had basic Bible knowledge but was keen to learn more, so I took one of the above magazines to my room. At that stage it was believed that all religions lead to God, so the contents didn't impress me, but the picture at the top left of the corner did, so, like all adventurous young boys I sewed together three needles and tattooed the cross and crown on my left arm.
Mrs Kinsella came into my room just as I had finished and busy cleaning my arm. She was shocked and gave me a hard slap as well as a lecture. The tattoo has remained there ever since.
- Queen Esther and E dub
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On 7/3/2017 at 7:32 AM, Colin Browne said:
Yes I also had some in my gardens. Cultivated varieties are better, such as the giant yellow. The red variety is one I liked the most. We also had green houses with orchids and bromeliads, and a large collections of aloes - over the years and not all at the same time. As our children grew we had to sell up and move nearer to their schools.
Please help me with this problem. Whenever I upload something like the picture above, I get the message: "You have uploaded without formatting" If I leave the picture all is well. Others also upload so I don't understand. No one has yet complained.
> The other plant I also have in my flat, one Aloe Vera, the real one
Hi Queen E, you seem to be aware that many short aloes are often sold as, Aloe Vera. There are so many varieties even Reynolds had both photos and illustrations in his book. At one time I had both Reynolds books, Aloes of South Africa and Aloes of Tropical Africa. A collector near year gave me two Aloe Buhrii, one with red flowers the other yellow. An aloe common to our area is Aloe saponaria. (Soapy) Nearby ones have red flowers. Those further to the East have yellow flowers. Seemingly, colour changes according to the animal or insect that pollinates them. There are many honey sucking and sugar birds here, and the yellow variety depend on insects.
The Buhrii aloes were new discoveries from South West Africa. (Now Namibia) As for Aloe Vera, These are short plants with thick leaves, of which there are many varieties. Cosmetic manufacturers claim that the products are good for skin problems. I've only heard of one medical use of aloes. The aloe arborescent. It's said to cure radio active burns.The leaves are sliced in layers and bandaged over burns.
Aloe arborescent varietiesWould you believe this. Third aloe in the original picture sent, (rotating leaves) comes from the high Drakensburg mountains in Botswana. (Basutoland) These are covered with ice during the winter.
Brrrrrrrrrother.
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31 minutes ago, Queen Esther said:
I see NO problem.... all is ok ! Maybe this website makes sometimes problems with any 'bla bla'.... I know that also from different things
Ignore it !! I was also little angry here by this and that... its of sure the technology !!!!
WOW... you have the FRANGIPANI plant at home ? Be happy, yes ! I know the many kind of sorts.... Yes, the red one is also a fav. ! But in my hand I ONLY had this from my photo. The blossoms were growing on many small, but also on few very big trees ! When we had our meals, we always met one of these trees and many blossoms were on the ground.... I always took a blossom bec. the smell caught me daily, hahaha. I miss it alot !! Maybe I buy a bigger Frangipani with blossoms, but with white - yellows ! I don't know how is the smell of the other colors ?
The other plant I also have in my flat, one Aloe Vera, the real one ! I got it from a sister in South Switzerland ! Its looking like No. 8 on your picture
Now I have another question, a sister told me about your original BLUE AFRIKAANS BYBEL......
Is it true, in Afrikaans Bibles is NOT the name Jehovah inside ?? The sister was also living in S. - Africa ! Sister Arauna wrote :
New living translation it says on the front of the bible. I hope it has Jehovah's name in it.
I came in the Truth in South Africa when most of the Bibles in the tribal languages had the name of Jehovah in it throughout the bibles. I used to use these African language translations to prove that the name had been taken out of the Afrikaans bible, because the company which translated the tribal languages also distributed the Afrikaans one. .. so sneaky. Later, they also took jehovah's name out of the other 11 national languages of south africa.
The name of Jehovah had been removed in the 1933 translation in the Afrikaans. The original translations of Du Toit and Pannevis in the 19th century had the name in the Afrikaans Translation.
Maybe you can tell me something to that ? SEE US LATER AGAIN HERE !
WISH YOU A NICE MONDAY, SO LONG
Thank you for helping with the problem. I think most frangipani smell the same, maybe not the red one, I preferred only the flower. Out roses gave us fragrance.
The Afrikaans Bibles do not include God's name, they use the word, HERE. Please read the Divine Name” brochure 1984. You will hear how the Nederlandse Gehervormde Kerk removed God's name from the cornerstone of their church in Paarl, SA.
However, there was a time when the Afrikaner Bible used God's name. I was given a copy of a note by a loving sister Nienaber, Gonubie congregation, who passed away in 2015. It was very old, dirty and tattered, so I cleaned it up a little using Microsoft Paint.
You may pass it on so that the world can see this shameful act.
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1 hour ago, Queen Esther said:
Dear Brother Colin, thank you so much for your wonderful post here ! Also the nice pictures
Your Afrikaans BYBEL looking SO nice and cool, yes ! And your old Bible.... its also interesting what you all can tell us from the life in South Afrika, from your special & funny thoughts about Jehovah's creations etc. etc. - I need more time to answer, I am sorry.... But we enjoy your nice communication with us, THANK YOU ! Until later, ok ? See us soon again, yes !
These are my beloved flowers calls, FRANGIPANI.... from the Maldives - do you know them too ?
My plant, pretty simple, I got before many years from a waiter by farewell.... has only leaves and never a blossom
thats SO sad.... This year 12 leaves, more than ever ! The smell is unbelievable nice I remember from the past.... maybe its too cold here for prosper / blooming ? Some month's are really cold in North Germany ! But some can be very warm / hot. - Every year its a surprise with our summer !
Yes I also had some in my gardens. Cultivated varieties are better, such as the giant yellow. The red variety is one I liked the most. We also had green houses with orchids and bromeliads, and a large collections of aloes - over the years and not all at the same time. As our children grew we had to sell up and move nearer to their schools.
Please help me with this problem. Whenever I upload something like the picture above, I get the message: "You have uploaded without formatting" If I leave the picture all is well. Others also upload so I don't understand. No one has yet complained.
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34 minutes ago, Melinda Mills said:
I had sent in a request to Interflora for a bouquet to be sent to a family member who was sick in a distant country and they selected a bouquet consisting mainly of that same flower (Bird of Paradise/Strelitzia), so it has sentimental value to me as well. They sent me a picture of the bouquet.
In our country all varieties of Strelitzia's are so common people dig them out when other plants are fancied. Its useless trying to sell them. In fact, the white variety spreads and grows very tall I've seen them take over almost half the garden, leaving the rest in darkness. By then, it's very costly to call in someone to cut them down and carry them away. Even more costly if the roots have to be dug out to stop them sprouting. Not so with the orange/yellow varieties.
The similar Madagascar strelitzia is magnificent.
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3 hours ago, Queen Esther said:
Oh... I believe you, THAT makes them think, YES ! Poor people, thinking alot wrong around the corner.... thereby its SO simple when they think the right way ! I found a nice video about some beautiful BIRDS OF PARADISE
By youtube still other video's with SO stunning, beautiful and funny BEAUTIES there !
ENJOY THIS VIDEO..... ( until later ! )
We cannot have insight to Jehovah’s mind, (Rom. 11:34) but we do have imagination, so, we can think that he was humorous during the creation. (Gen 1:20, 21) This came to mind while watching this interesting video - Thank you.
After making the fish and birds, he may have had his angels guessing when told that he will create flying fish and birds that swim like fish. (Penguins)
When it came to the animals they may have wondered how some could fly like birds and others would live under water permanently. (Bats, dolphins and whales)
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1 hour ago, Queen Esther said:
I also informed me about this beautiful Strelitzia plant / Bird of paradise plant ❤
Look my photos....
I love the first one, bec. red - orange and blue color ! I can buy it here sometimes as fresh flower, for ca. 4 - 5 Euro, but its nice for ca. 2 - 3 weeks
I will soon ask for a new one For plant it, our area is too cold for many months, sorry Strelitzia /strɛˈlɪtsiə/[1] is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae.[2] The genus is named after the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, birthplace of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower / plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower and is featured on the reverse of the 50 cent coin. It is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles; two of the species, Strelitzia nicolai and Strelitzia reginae, are frequently grown as house plants.[3]
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We have beautiful Paradise birdies in our world - I saw many photos and some video's too ! I look for a video....
Whenever opportune in the preaching work and people tell us they are going to heaven, we ask, "Where would you and others go for holidays? Surely few would say that they go to church every day, or do religious work day and night. Most would say they go to national parks, to the mountains, to the seaside or travel around the country, not so." When they agree, so we explain to them that it's because they love this earth. God has put the love of his 'footstool' in their hearts. (Eccl. 3:11) It makes them think.
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12 hours ago, Melinda Mills said:
Here is another link/video:
Thanks for the video. It is a beautiful plant. Even the leaves are pretty. Compare the plant to the Crowned crane in our country. It regularly feeds on open spaces in our suburb and they breed close to the marshes where we have a bird watching stand.
A similar bird, the Hoopoe feeds on insects on lawns in our suburb.
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By a stretch of the imagination Mel. As can be seen in the pictures below, even Google doesn't know what a bird of paradise looks like. They've even included a Lyrebird.
While on birds, in an article on evolution, a scientist admitted that there's no link from animals to birds, He said they could only have been created.
In the new cleansed earth, all flying creatures will be 'Birds of paradise'.
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23 hours ago, Colin Browne said:
The plant you love is the orange variety of the genus. Here is a link to others:
https://www.google.co.za/Strelitzia+plants+pictures=1498798134819
Seems we share a love for plants - Happy viewing.
Had Adam and God’s covering cherub remained perfect, we would have eventually known the proper use of all plants, and also which may not be consumed.
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8 hours ago, Colin Browne said:
The plant you love is the orange variety of the genus. Here is a link to others:
https://www.google.co.za/Strelitzia+plants+pictures=1498798134819
Seems we share a love for plants - Happy viewing.
Hello Queen Esther, have a look at this fantastic spanner set made in Germany. It goes up in fractions of an inch. Has a feeler gauge as well as a small screwdriver. The Bible is 24cm top to bottom and the screwdriver set is 11cm wide. My youngest son's present.
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This is when it will be destroyed, Armageddon.
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The plant you love is the orange variety of the genus. Here is a link to others:
https://www.google.co.za/Strelitzia+plants+pictures=1498798134819
Seems we share a love for plants - Happy viewing.
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1 hour ago, Queen Esther said:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL PICTURES FROM THE NICE *FOR SEASONS HOTEL* Do you know that personal from inside? Of sure very expensive
WOW... 4 seasons in ONE day ? One the same place ? Thats a big challenge for the body or not ? In which town we can have this ? Tell us please... THANK YOU BROTHER COLIN !
The town of East London in South Africa is precisely at the beginning of the sub tropical area up to Mozambique. It's where plants of the Strelitzia family and ferns begin to grow. This explains why we have drastic changes of weather.
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Hallo an euch dort in Deutschland. Dank moderner Technik ist es so einfach, Briefe an Menschen anderer Sprachen zu schreiben. Schauen Sie! Obwohl ich nur Englisch und Afrikaans fließend zu sprechen, sende ich eine Nachricht an Sie in deutscher Sprache.
Und Sie werden tatsächlich saugen die Milch der Nationen und die Brust der Könige, die Sie zu saugen. (Jesaja 60:16)
Dies ist wahrscheinlich, wie Sie auch kommunizieren. Colin Browne
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8 hours ago, Queen Esther said:
Thanks for your new link, dear @ARchiv@L... Lets hope, its good for our members
and Brother Colin too !
Here is something to interest you. In Germany and elsewhere it's either Winter or summer. (Gen. 8:22) But in our part of the Eastern Cape we have a unique weather system because we often experience four seasons in one day! In fact, one holiday resort, "Four Seasons" takes advantage of this. We can wake up to an icy morning, which later becomes warm. A few hours later temperatures may climb above 30 degrees. Which is why most residents say that they will never move away.
There are many hotels which share that name: https://twitter.com/FourSeasons?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
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5 hours ago, Queen Esther said:
Yes, we will see, what is after Armageddon.... But I can't imagine, we using gas and cars in the NW - Maybe we've better things, wait and see, yes
Good to hear, you like one of the links, I not know these books, sorry...
I know, now is winter in south Africa and not so warm - I saw by google, around 25' degrees. Area Durban warm and Kapstadt only 17' degrees tomorrow. South Africa is a wonderful area for living. A friend was gone from Hamburg to Johannesburg before many years. He got a better job and better life than here.
In the NW I want visit south Africa, your home - country
But now I go little posting ! Good Night...
PS. Did you already see our other Forum - areas with interesting themes ? Example : Experiences, Illustrations, Health and Medicine, Religions, Music, Theocratic and more... there is alot about Jehovas Winesses ! When you have little time, perhaps you will find any nice things ? Look a around when you want, Brother Colin
Enjoy !
Temperatures you saw were probably day time, and Cape Town has a different climate to ours. It's 15 degrees this morning and the forecast high is 29 degrees (in mid winter) because we get what is called 'Berg winds'. (winds that get hotter as they blow down the sun warmed earth)
East London S.A. was also home to German immigrants in the early days. There is a memorial for them opposite the aquarium. They set up towns here like Hamburg, Berlin, etc. See this website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutterheim
Many of the descendants of the early settlers still carry German names. Thank you for suggesting other forums. This one is enough for me. Although retired my time is mostly taken up by study and reading. I'm almost finished studying August 28-September 24, 2017. It's better to be ahead because we receive so much spiritual 'food', once are behind it will be hard to catch up. (Psalm 72:16) Reading and meditating on the 'Scriptures Daily' is also very important because it helps us start the day in a spiritual mood.
Brrrrrrrrrother.
This is when it will be destroyed, Armageddon.
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My friend and brother (Psalm 17:17) has a beard for most of his adult life. An overseer approached him late last year and told him that he would not be considered for any privileges due to his beard. My brother kept the beard to allow himself time to check the society's latest views seeing I told him that there was optimism at this website.
Yesterday an overseer approached my friend and asked him to handle the microphone during the Watchtower study. Seems that the congregation overseer had received advice from Bethel allowing beards - perhaps initially for observation purposes.