Tom Strange

good morning mybeautifulseestorEx!

Laleo, good points... HCW, good points...

socks my brother! you're Amazing!

HCW, I'm not here to debate your "side" or their "side"... but... HCW says: Really? maybe you didn't mean it that way... this written communication leaves a lot of room for misunderstanding... HCW said: No twisting of words and no desire to fight... but... If a person is not responsible for what someone does TO them while they are there, why would you then ask that question of them? See... I don't think people are laying in wait for you, I want to believe that your intentions are above board, I just think that the earlier statement came across as sort of callous... so did others... and they mentioned that they thought an apology was due, not a defense of what or why you said it... and then a simple suggestion of an apology turns into all this crap... Read (or re-read) Rascal's post and maybe you'll understand why it appears to be a callous remark...

HCW, welcome. This is some kind of deja vu all over again... A lot of us had the same early experiences as you did, some more... some less, but we had them... but I think the more you read around here (and you definitely should continue to read more) you're view may change... I know mine did... when it comes down to it... after you put two and two together... it just comes down to that VP was running a scam from the get go... you know the "early history"? ...hmmm... had the same problems way back then... I'm not saying that signs miracles and wonders didn't happen, I know they did, to me and for me... I know where my heart was... and I think so much good did happen because of where OUR hearts were, not where VP's was... your's happened because of where your's was, not VP's... After you put it all together, it does negate VP and what he did, because he did it for himself, preaching God was just a means to an end for him... but it doesn't negate what you or I did... because our hearts were not in the same place as VP's... thank God for that... Oh... and I could care less about VP's and Craig's "relationship"... that was my first clue to "walk"... so I did... ...read some more... stick around...

...what do you call a hillbilly with goats and sheep? ...bisexual!

...for a second there I thought I was going to have to gouge out mine eyes...

man! it's been cold here as well! the high today was only in the 40's!

welcome coolchef... have a snow cone! ...where's Raf with that coffee?

beeyooteeful niKa... you make even those hounds look good! I brought some s'mores and cocoa for refreses after tweeg...

Whispers in her ear: go take a Honda element for a test drive... they're little, but big... and you can hose them out!but I am seriously happy for you!

YIPEE for you!!! ...oh... but now you can't go to the advanced class... :(--> oh well... you can drive by and honk!

a fine looking group there... wish we all could've been there...

awww... poor myseestorEx... here... drink this... it'll make you feel better...

easy one... too many people know he's a farging icehole...

I didn't ever calculate... I never paid attention to ANY of the "mandates" TWI tried to foist upon us... I just gave whatever I wanted "cheerfully" to give... if they didn't like it, too bad...

hegothope... I have some (a very few) somewhere... I'll look around... ever since I acquired a spousal unit things seem to move by themselves... does anyone else have this problem?

that's OK bro... you're probably just finishing recovering from your fellowship with niKa, Rock and karmic... thanks for the thoughts... it's not like that time in the lunchroom at Emporia is it?

I knew... but didn't (and don't) care much... heck, it's not like it's baseball or anything!

Well... I haven't waited a life time, but I've waited since 1972 (we didn't have a team before that you know)... heck! I'm still waiting for them to even win a playoff series! For me... "Time begins on opening day"... (BTW a fantastic book by Thomas Boswell that you guys would really enjoy-Why Time Begins On Opening Day)

Thank you all for your kind thoughts... it's nice to have friends like you!

well... playoff system or not... that was a hide tanning of the highest order... I kind of like the "plus one" idea... the top four teams play and then the winners play each other... either way... I don't think any of us have seen a college team play such a complete game, in sync, in a long time... if ever... ...and that boy's crazy if he goes back to school...

twinkies AND snow cones!!! YUM!

thank you my sweet! has our sister niKa recovered from the Orange bowl yet?

krys... do you really think they'd let me wear that halo if I had pretend birthdays?