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It depends on where I go. When my daughter and I went to NY, we did visit Wallkill, but we also visited NYC. We went to Central Park and Times Square. While in NYC we went to the Macy's Herald Square. It has sone of the few remaining wooden escalators in the world. If I get to go to Chicago, I want to go to Waukegan to see the house I live in back in the 1950's. I hope to visit some various places and brothers with an extended train trip. The train trip is part of the idea, and I will see an array of various landscapes during the trip. The whole trip may take a month. When I was younger and single, I took a few trips with other single brothers, and we visited some of the places like The Grand Canyon, but we also visited congregations to see KH's in other places. (No helicopter ride at the GC - I can't take heights) Since I don't fly, I either travel by road or train.

Might be a bug on your end. Just checked my app and it looked fine 🤔

We don’t but there are parts of this forum that are visible to the public (encouragement for the brotherhood) eg others are private for members only (Our meetings our ministry…) eg

Here in Warwick there is much to do. In view of the dangers that now exist, my husband and I would rather stay local. In the summer we like to go to the creamery which is icecream done on premises overlooking the valley. Very beautiful scenery. We have a drive-in movie. The only one in New York. We live in a village and we are surrounded by farms, animals etc. We have lots of quaint stores and when we do carts almost always witnesses from other parts of the world stop by to talk to us. They come to see HQs, Patterson and Wallkill. Ah, we have wineries, lots of wineries. Our congregation divided 5x so they made a new congregation and called it Orchard Valley. (wineries) We now attend that congregation and we are once again expanding. So....for us there is no reason to go out of our comfort zone. We visit HQs every now and then and take some bible students that want to know more about us. We also have lakes, so we Kayak. This brother lives on the lake and when we go there we barbecue and go kayaking. There is so much to do so......again.....we don't travel much anywhere. I am hoping maybe fly out to California to visit my youngest daughter. We'll see.

some of us may have the privilege to enjoy to travel in the future! By now, we love to see photos from others and dream about the places. Thanks for share the photos.

I think what I like the most when I'm abroad is just walking in the street and seeing people, shops, buildings... Noticing how different things are from what I'm used to. I like walking tours and museums and cultural activities, but also visiting supermarkets. It's surprising how different products can be when you are in another country or region. I like to go hiking in nature but only for easy treks. My wife loves animals, so when we travel somewhere we try to include some visit to a zoo, a farm, or anywhere we can see animals. We also like trying different foods. Something I personally love (my wife not so much) is going to the movies at the end of the day. At some really special places we have taken helicopter flights. So far we have done that at the Grand Canyon and also at a glacier and at Milford Sound in New Zealand. It's not cheap but it creates life-long memories. When we where younger we would organize long trips where we would drive many hours every day and spend every night at a different location in order to visit as many spots as possible. Then we needed a vacation after the vacation. Now as we get older we appreciate more staying in one or two places, not driving so much and enjoying the things that are close by.

Hi there I just published https://bibleguessr.uk/ It's my first game ever. I use it for my bible reading to quiz myself. But everyone can use it. It's also 100% opensource, so if you feel inspired you can create your own version Do try the Social => Daily and share your result (If it works 😅)

Is there any other changes?

Me too.

My JW Library app updated with one duplicate article. Whenever there's an update in the "Other Topics" series, the new article appears first on the list, at the top. This time, the article that appeared had already appeared before, further down. Is it also duplicated in your app? Could it be an error in my phone's app or an error by the brothers in the department that handles updates?

Today is October 1, and as usual, the Broadcasting is expected to be released on the first Monday of the month. Of course, the Annual Meeting will be the main highlight this month. But it makes you wonder: what can we expect from the October Broadcasting? Could there be some exciting news or perhaps a surprise?

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Yes, you usually need to close it down & reopen for it to appear. It doesn't sync continually, so the last data will stay until it syncs on a fresh start

Nino 3.4 now at +3.2C above average and still tons of heat to come up still (see graph). They had to add again to the Y-axis to +15C, due to the ocean getting hotter at levels we’ve never seen. This heat has to come up to the surface before this is all over. What a rough year its going to be.

Did they use AI on the real Br Cook or the fake one 😄

How do we know the public is reading the threads?

Woah, I can see it, it’s very subtle, could be mistaken as you’re internet cutting off for a split second

When we read Micah 7:7 we tend to focus on the latter part most of the time, "I will show a waiting attitude," or at least I do! From verse 2-6 of Micha, we read of the moral conditions at the time, a few that bring that to light are as follows: "Among men there is no one upright" "Each hunts his own brother" 'The prince is making demands.. The judge asks for a reward" And yet.. Micah went on to say, "But as for me, I will keep on the lookout for Jehovah.. for the God of my salvation." That alone is powerful, because he didn't allow Israel's bad moral conditions to taint his own attitude. Whilst the nation looked at their own selfish desires to guide their morals, Micah said, 'I'll look to Jehovah,' (Psalm 123:2) another prophet that taught by example. So when I receive direction from Jehovah via his organisation, do I see Jehovah behind that- and if I don't, do I look for him? Or do I allow this worlds bad moral conditions to taint my attitude and pursue my imperfect standards of right and wrong? The following question was brought out in the Dig for Treasures - Micah video: Do I do things for people because I'm hoping for "a reward" in return? I instantly remembered something that happened a few weeks ago.. I did something out of my heart, I didn't want anyone else to find out.. but someone did, and they asked me to extend that kindness, understandably, I didn't hesitate (however, it wasn't in my plans, so if I knew, I would have adapted my initial preparations). But the person who asked, said they would reward that kindness.. they didn't, and because I hadn't initially planned for it, it tickled me the wrong way.. I was expecting a reward.. So, I had to reflect on how much the person has done, and continues to do for me, and for others. They give their all to Jehovah and to the friends. I reasoned that it doesn't hurt to overlook it.. and to be honest, I love them so much that I will always be willing to make sacrifices for them. Today's text is just another reminder of how Jehovah's word keeps humbling me, so I will make sure to "keep on the lookout for Jehovah" whether that's via following directions or in my personal daily life.

Agreed, while i understand JP's concerns, the existence of this thread feels redundant to me.

I will let you brothers decide the final call. If the reason isn't sufficient enough, then it can be merge and it will be on everyone's discretion talking about it knowing the public can see all our discussion. I just found it not ideal to have the public whom we don't know seeing our discussion especially on these kinds of topic and I think I am also overprotective nowadays probably because of the upcoming annual meeting too. hahahaha. But regardless, I would respect the brothers' decision.

They are calling it a "godzilla" el nino... wew...

Hi im currently in uni, University of California, Irvine first year wanted to make friends with other brothers and sisters in Uni, maybe we might even be in the same school but I don't know. Feel free to reach out:)

I don't see this as a good enough reason to start a 2nd topic and post off-topic in a member's only forum. This will most likely get merged with the appropriate thread.

Here is the Australian national average weekly prices for diesel, where is averaged AUD$1.85 per litre to AUD$3.19 in mid April, the dropped back down to AUD$1.85 in July and now back up at AUD$2.86 per litre. Whereas for petrol (RON 91 with no ethanol added) it went from AUD$1.80 peaking at AUD$2.53 in April, then slowly climbing back up to AUD$2.37 per litre. Between April and June this year, the Australian governement temporarily reduced the fuel exices by 20.6 cents per litre, which would have increased the above fuel rates for the period between April & June even higher. For those in the US, there is 3.785 litres in the US Gallon, and the exchage rate is roughly AUD$1 to US$0.70, or AUD$1.42 to US$1. So one US Gallon in when fuel is currently at $2.50 per litre AUD$9.46 per US gallon, or US$6.62 per litre.

Well, that was fast.