u/GCEstinks

To older ladies out there who stopped roasting themselves in the sun for decades but then switched to self tanning, did your skin improve/UV damage reverse at all?

I DA'ed in 2004 so I was virtually unaware of "the cart" method. I saw it in real time today! It was absolutely ridiculous looking. The local Farmers Market was having their Christmas in July sale and was blasting Christmas music from a pavilion. Temperature was in the mid to upper 80s Fahrenheit. Two men in their 50s indress shirts ties and dress trousers. They were mostly immobile and surveying the crowd. They had that stupid little cart in front of them it pronounced free Bible courses.

The cart looks like a mobility device for older or disabled people!

How far are the JW's have fallen! Of course they had to sit there and listen to Christmas music and watch people walk around in Santa hats. LOL!

Anyone remember the old school Kingdom Melodies pre 2004? Does anybody recall making up their own lyrics?

There was one called "Let's Watch How We Walk" and I always couldn't resist the urge to add the second stanza which is "cuz there's lots of dogs around. "

Some of the lyrics to that song didn't seem to fit the the music. Something about being alert and wise really didn't fit in.

Feel free to add.

65 year old and officially retired from my W-2 when I turned 62. I began collecting survivors benefits from my deceased spouse. No problem until I went back to work as a temp for much less pay at my old office.

I was concerned because I also was offered a permanent position with more pay but that has not been officially offered yet. I made the mistake of calling the Social Security office to which the representative last week told me it's not a concern and that once the threshold of maximum earnings is reached they withhold $1 for every extra $2 made over the threshold.

The representative said there's no need to suspend payments until possibly later in the year when my earnings have accumulated. I told the representative that I do intend on using my own Social Security account when I turn FRA next year which at that time I will no longer be working a W-2 job.

I checked my bank account and sure enough last week the Social Security payment was missing. I did not receive any notification in the mail. The representative that I spoke to last week must have immediately put in to get it suspended despite what she told me on the phone.

As a temp I have only made about 9,000 this year; nowhere near the threshold of $24,480 for the year. And there is no guarantee that I will be hired permanently full time as I have not received an offer letter nor will receive one for probably a good six to eight weeks if it does in fact happen.

I immediately sent in an appeal but am I reading the rules wrong? After our conversation on May 7th I am wondering why the rep immediately suspended my account?

I'm 65 yo F. Been DAed since my early forties. Parent(s) Dad is STB 92 and was an ultraJW, still shunning me, Mom died of depression almost 2 yrs ago age 89. I recently went back to work after a three and a half year retirement although I have my husband's business to manage and investment properties., etc. The new staff is quite interesting!

There is one coworker in particular that used to work at a school district and she celebrates every.holiday.imaginable with different outfits for practically every day, treats, decorations etc. I can only imagine how this would strike a PIMI JW!!! Even the "WORLDLY" ™ workers think she's over the top! 🤣. Personally, as a totally deprived former JW, I love it!