JustThinking

Really?!!! How creepy is that? How does a teenager invite a friend to sit in the middle of the woods and listen to a dead guy tell corny jokes? Talk about social suicide. Sad, truly sad. Disclaimer: I never met Chris Geer and do not owe him any money. Also, I am not a MOG (in TWI's view) nor do I play one on TV. JT

Any idea what the cost is now? For that size, they could probably just rent out a holiday inn and get that awesome continental breakfast. :) JT

#1. I'm laughing #2. I just found my posting partner JT

Jeffsjo, Thank you but Krys gave the link and I'm too clueless to do quoting correctly. JT

Here you go. Thanks Krys! JT

Wow. Thanks for the update. That is sad. If nothing else, they always had good landscaping. Did you happen to see the auditorium? JT <Bump> Does anyone have info on the AC '98? JT

Doesn't that guy in the middle look like Donald Trumps son? He was on The Apprentice at some point. JT

Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Thank you. This is, of course, much easier than actually thinking. JT

You have no future in TWI leadership. ;-)

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." Baron Acton I imagine we could throw women in there as well. JT

Oh, good. JT

For me, I stopped posting for a long time or even coming here. It is very tiring when it happens. There is a lot of emotion, etc. here based on people's experiences and fairly so. Folks who come here to tell others what they should do, say or think cause me to just log out and do something else. However, I come back because of folks like Belle, Lindy, Shellon and others who I really like. (Belle, you're awesome, IMHO!) Like anything else, I suppose, it's the good people that make things worthwhile. JT

As the author of the topic (and your hated "Home Depot" too! 2 for 2), I guess I can best answer the question. The point came up in a previous thread and it was a curiosity FOR ME. Sometimes it helps me (and others) to get some context to their TWI experience. As communication was tightly managed by TWI, many here spent years thinking the problem was them. It wasn't until after leaving that so many things came to light (at least for me) that I just didn't know. For those of us who spent a good portion of their life in TWI, there is a LOT to think about. My impression (after 6 years) is that I'm not alone. Talking through topics like this has actually helped me get my life back. (Getting a life, in your words I guess?) If it doens't work for you, no problem. And do some people look to complain? Uh, yeah. If you live around real people, they do that from time to time. But for many of us, we weren't allowed to complain, question, etc. during our time in TWI. Now is our chance to do that. Please allow us to do that without feeling like we've got another "overseer" who wants to dictate how our life should run. For myself, I don't need it. JT

Twinky, my dear, you have no future in the corps whatsoever. Are you saying it would be better to be known as the nice neighbors instead of those weirdos? Talk like normal people instead of saying your kids "prevail" in school? And you're suggesting we actually do something productive instead of sitting around pretending like anyone cares about what Rosie thinks? Oh missy, you better renew your mind if you hope to get anywhere in TWI leadership! Now go read the Blue Book until you're blue in the face. Oh, and send TWI some money. Make it a lot. In fact, skip the stupid book and just send us cash. We'll mail you a 10 (or 20 or 30) year certificate and special "super spiritual lady" pin of your very own. No need to thank me... But I would like a mint cut in four pieces please and make it snappy! ;) JT

But imagine the growth in his swiss bank account!!!! Oh, his wife would be CFO and fire him on day 2. Then she'd promote her "special assistant." Day 3, she would explain that the business hadn't shrunk, Home Depot had just become "more exclusive." JT

Now I remember why my friends and I went in the first place...

If they are an old grad and still there, do you think they do a lot of critical thinking? I mean, really? At this point, they've learned how to justify any BS thrown their way. They change beliefs like their underwear. And yet never say anything has changed. Oh, they may admit that they've gotten "deeper understanding" but will never admit they were wrong. This class will be more of the same. Completely obedient servants running off the next cliff. Nothing new under the sun. If it's only a three hour class, do they need to do all of this work? I remember when our LC would just have the twig coordinators to his/her house and just spend an hour or three with a Bible open. JT

Shellon, Either way, I'm sorry you have to even think about the whole thing. JT

Makes sense. I'm sure more than a few people listened to someone on stage and felt icky afterwards. Showers would be nice before making that 250 mile drive home on a Sunday night. ;) JT

Someone has a future in Way Communications!!! "We're not dwindling, we're more exclusive." Maybe you can work your magic on explaining LCM, the lawsuits, etc. It's not like they won't spend money on protecting themselves. ;) JT

That must have gotten difficult when a limb was down to 20 or less people. Hard to wave to an adoring crowd of 5. I wonder if there are more corpse now than corpse jobs or the other way around? Kind of like musical chairs for tyrants. Before I left, we made three twigs out of two just so a new corpse grad could have a field slot. It turned two iffy twigs into three weak ones but who cares, right? JT