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Kit...Why do you ask about Del?

"Happy, happy birthday, from all of us to you..." Well, you know what I mean! Have a great one!

Talk about a blast from the past! I wonder why the seller made such a point of advertising the former Way connection? Did he really think that would make the value increase...like ex-wafers were just waiting to pounce? If it's an innie seller, I'm sure there would have been ways to spread the word through the regions. Er..can't be an innie...he's offering monthly payments. Strike that.

If you were among the TWI walking wounded, then closure was an absolute neccesity. Even if you were able to keep body and soul together as is neccessary to live you need something to close the wound. It may not always heal: time tends to take care of most of that. My first three months reading Greasespot did an amazing job of allowing my to purge a lot of ghosts. Now I continue because of the atmosphere and chance to connect. If any old wounds reappear, they close quickly enough. I lost a dear friend about 14 years ago under horrible circumstances. I found myself involved with her brother and other family members with the process of closing up her house and taking care of the practical matters that were left. The time involved made it impossible to grieve or begin to put things behind. It was physically painful, every day, for at least a year; but slowly it got better. I don't know that the pain will every go away completely, but distance helps. Anyway, that's just MO.

Ok, ok, I'll be more specific with my gift offerings in the future.......now where did I put my horn of plenty?

I'm ready...poker chips, bean bag chairs, scented candles, even Monopoly.. Nah, let's just watch Scarface!

I thought it was hysterical!

Thanks, NOT! This is just for you-my favorite T-Shirt.... "Dear Dorothy: Hate OZ, Took the shoes, Find your own way home! Toto" Maybe he got tired of the Iowa Beef smell.

Your in, Dooj...yeah maybe we need to recruit. Always thought of the 10th as being a close bunch, but the 9th is whipping our butts.

Good one, D!

We got to bring this thread into the light of day. 8 pages vs the 9th Corps? Geez..... Jonny, are you, me and EX10 it?

Ok, for post 5,363 I'd like to observe that there have been several of my 10th Corps brethern who feel the need to camp in the wonderland of the 9th Ward. Since the 10th Corp thread has shriveled to virtual non existence, I, too, may have to request the honor of intruding. Either that, or we need to pump it up (where is my jack?) This is more like lunch time without the announcements: common bowl and all. I have sour cream and peanut butter: can I come in? Tried calling Excie: all I heard was "Glub, Glub".

Maybe the mushroom is Italian.

"You can't handle the truth!" Acttually, Nicholson's entire speech is a one liner-just don't know it all verbatim.

A brain walks into a bar and says, "I'll have a pint of beer please." The barman looks at him and says "Sorry, I can't serve you." "Why not?" askes the brain. "You're already out of your head." Does that help?

Refresh my aging memory...Was it Walter Cummins who was spearheaded the Aramaic Research? I seem to recall an announcement to that effect at Pfiffle 77.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

That's Ms. PacMan to you. I give: I'm getting to close to Goggling, and I know that's against the rules.

Oldies, I don't remember the format coming from HQ as a "commandment". Was there a written law? I ran my fellowships according to the need at the time. Yeah, we had some basics: the tithe and manifestations, but we felt that if the TC was walking in fellowship they could run a meeting in whatever way they saw fit. At least that's how it was in the "good old days". I would imagine that if a guideline (expected to be followed) was issued, it was due to some not knowing how to conduct themselves according to somebody else's idea of "decent and in order".

I try to stay out of doctrinal fights, because I have allowed myself a lot of time to heal, which has allowed a lot of my previous knowledge to fade. I also don't express myself as intelligently as others. Mike, I realize you are fighting battles on several fronts. but I must tell you that you apparently didn't get my point. You patronized me instead of acknowleding the issue. TWI says God doesn't protect you unless you BELIEVE without question. Well, bud, I became much more succesfull after I left TWI. And some of the horrifying situations that I endured while under TWI's thumb have not repeated themselves. I can only attribute this by a simplification of my belief in a loving God. I don't need more "sentences" to do that.

A drunk staggers out of a bar and runs right into two priests. He says, "I'm Jesus Christ." The first priest says, "No, son, you're not." So the drunk says it to the second priest. The second priest says, "No, son, you're not." The drunk says, "Look, I can prove it." He walks back into the bar with the two priests. The bartender takes one look at the drunk and exclaims, "Jesus Christ, you're here again?"

Quote--"Once you start practicing the law of believing – right believing, believing God – you will find that the evil things that have been governing your life will soon fade away. God is always the victor over evil; but it is up to you to believe God and to make His will your will." This is the line that has caused me (and I'm sure others) no end of condemnation. If things went wrong during TWI life, it was because I caused it to happen by my unbelief. I know that having a positive attitude helps in determing the course of our lives-just as having a negative attitude can do the same. But the fact remains that things happen that are at times outside our control (New Orleans comes to mind). In TWI world negative things happened to me as a direct result of decisions made by other people. But when the worst happened, I was told that they happened because of my believing. That utterly destroyed my confidence. I spent the rest of my time in TWI and long after condeming myself for things I believed I brought on myself. Why? Because of those sentences. It was a subtle method of control. If you are a success, it's because TWI taught you right believing. If you are not, you didn't listen. TWI may not be novel in that approach, but they perfected it. That may be an over-simplification, but I had to butt in and say my pieace.

Well, I've never gotten past Ms. Pac Man, so I guess I'm out! Thanks for trying.....

Thanks, Linda. How about Casablanca: can't believe I forgot that one.

80's, 90's, 50's (ha)? For those of us (ok, just me) apparently musically illiterate, a little hint.