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Watching the Broadcast now. Am I the only one seeing a young Kenneth Branagh in our brother Benjamin? 🤔

I wish I was nearby. Remotes are my jam.. and the Phillips TV is really so easy 😉 May be no need to wait for a brother- plenty of sisters know how to sort those things out, too! You won't need to find two (like you would for a brother's help) but you could still bake 😄

I have an LG smart TV I only need to cast if I'm watching the meeting on Zoom. For other JW visuals, I use the TV's built in browser and look up jw.org like on a computer. There are built-in apps for other things - Netflix, Amazon, etc. I learned recently that Sony TVs don't have a built-in browser!😵‍💫 My son has a beautiful, big, sparkly TV but uses his laptop and HDMI cord to view Broadcasts, etc. So 2010s for him... 🙄😂

Thank you for this.. 🤗

Priorities are key. I heartily approve! ☕️🤌🏼🥰

United States does, too- and it's invited to every location except the those in Seattle and Denver. Not every state is always invited, however.. 🥺

Thank you! We are not invited... y'all have a good time! 🤷🏽‍♀️💐

There was a brother on this board that resembled this comment.. Fine lines to walk these days

If we weren't informed our state is invited last week, does that mean we're not invited?

Quite the same for me - except we were within school bus riding distance (2 hours) to our location in Milwaukee, WI, so our family of Mom and five kids aged 5 - 13 traveled back and forth for the five days with others in our congregation. It was rough.. but happy to do it. We were so excited about the Bible Story Book! I don't remember a whole lot about anything else... but I did get baptized later that year ☺️ My only experience, too..

I live in the Western United States. But men wear jewelry all over the world - wedding rings, school rings, metal ID bracelets, neck wear of different styles. I bought my son a leather and silver bracelet for his wedding with his name on it and an engraved message inside. It looks very handsome and he loves it 🥰 I notice you translate from Portuguese- neither Brazil nor Portugal would come to my mind as particularly conservative cultures in regards to dress and grooming. But maybe I'm wrong.. no offense intended 💐

Seattle was host of IC in 2014. We were tied in with them to share some of the special talks but weren't involved in festivities. They are hosts again in 2027.. In general, United States are not invited to the US conventions. So close, and yet so far 😭

We have just stopped hassling people about their choices regarding beards, ties, sisters in slacks, clinking glasses... *must* we continue to find some sort of personality choice item (other people's choices) to be worried about? 😟 I mean, really... rings? Such a lot of time you've spent on this, @grain of mustard.. 🤷🏽‍♀️😥

That's so lovely. There are four people I'd love to meet in person in Wales - besides you, of course. It's been on my list for some time- what a treat it would be!

I know brothers who wear neck chains and bracelets, too. What of it? 🤷🏽‍♀️

Not likely based on past experience, but at least I know what countries on YouTube to look up and pretend I'm there ☺️

What amazing choices! What a dream... 🥹

The kids born in the New World will never believe how incredibly stupid the end times were. Never. 🙄😒

Dolly *was* playing a character in her get-ups... that was all for the public. Her appearance was not the real her and she confirmed that all the time. My favorite anecdote was in an interview, someone asked her if she took issue with being considered a "dumb blonde". She said, "No, because I know I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde". 😁😎 She was a woman completely at ease with herself and who she was. She let other people think what they wanted to. May we all be so unbothered 😌

I'm being amazed that kindergarten children even have textbooks. I didn't have a proper, hardcover school book 'til third grade! Do they have to read every biography? There are some that are very interesting- John Muir, Albert Einstein, George Washington Carver, Clara Barton, Ruby Bridges.. If you can pick and choose, do that. Re Chaz Bono - how is he a significant bio figure beyond being the child of Sonny and Cher? I mean- what's to know?

I'm not a good dancer but, boy- do I love to watch dancers! I would love to feel as free as one must be to be a fine dancer 🥰 Conversely, if I'm inclined to exercise (haha), I enjoy those based in some dance style. It makes it so much more fun to me. I will dance around at a wedding or something- line dances are safe- but I'm not one anyone would watch. My son, on the other hand... 🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾He's good- the sort people circle around. One thing I've discovered- it's nearly impossible to stay in a bad mood when you're dancing; too many endorphins flying around from the activity! 😄 In general, though I'd rather watch. Below is an artist's rendition of David groovin' along after his victory. The ladies liked it.. 😉

I loved his voice- singing, speaking, voice overs... his acting was fantastic. Such a good villain 😎

Same. It's rare a celebrity has no one to say a bad word about them.. Dolly was one. She seemed to be a genuine soul, generous, humble, funny, SO talented, kind.. someone commented that she was big but never made herself bigger than anyone else. We should all be so fondly remembered. I look forward to her answering Jehovah's call to wake up again 🥰

It probably wasn't much cooler at home, to be fair. Especially in Oregon, it doesn't (didn't) get so hot; many don't have (or really need) air conditioning. Back in the day, congregations were sort of on their own with their Kingdom Halls, weren't they? Much depended upon the individual finances of the congregations. Some had style and luxuries- others did not. The congregation I mentioned above was definitely a low-income area and built by whatever brothers with trades could be recruited. Thankfully now, congregations get ample assistance from the Branch, building standards which include HVAC, and dedicated LDC professionals to sort it out. Likely any new build or remodel will include air con these days..

My first Kingdom Hall in the '70s had no AC, no fans, only small windows. It was miserable in the summer 🥵 Nearly impossible to keep the children still, babies whining, pregnant sisters gasping.. Yay for air con - and my sincere condolences to those without it.. 🙏🏼💐