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It almost scared me out of my fur here.. What did you do exie, take it to one of those places that does beauty treatments in reverse?

Larry, you might call it "testing the waters".. I only gave them an itty bitty tiny bit.. If they don't like the Squirrel's sense of humor.. like my friend says here, "petunias to them.."

Still no reply.. maybe I forgot to use deodorant this morning.. maybe I should try Scope, or Listerine..

another two days, and still no response.. I wasn't entirely expecting one, to begin with.. I'm just suprised the posts are even still there..

Hmm. The only poster here that would have a legitimate fear of microwaves would probably be Potato..

did he actually name names?

maybe some people are hopelessy addicted to fringe science, fringe history.. I don't know what the attraction is.. maybe the same kind of attraction some people have to the Jerry Springer show.. or saturday night wrestling.. I'm not saying there isn't entertainment value in it for some.. but really.. pound a guy in the face fifteen times, and produce no blood or bruises.. for MOST people, that little fact sets off a few light bulbs..

One of you there is even "wealy wealy happy"..

Nothing definitive yet, but the data would suggest that the further people get from twi physically, and the longer they are gone, the more peaceful they become.. Nero, sorry you have to deal with their crap in the present circumstance. Hope your father gets well..

I dunno.. does anybody remember those root beer barrel thingies? People who gave those out back when I was a young ham were subject to "consequences"

But.. one could pop popcorn in the light of a fission "device" as well as a campfire, could one not? I don't know if anybody here ever saw the original Dr. Who.. they went back and gave fire to the cave men.. the old woman didn't like the idea.. "in the end, fire will destroy us all".. or something like that..

no.. I think it's "only Han's hairdresser knows"..

Well, since this isn't a scientific study, as a colleague, I won't bother you with useless questions like: 1. What kind of chemicals were you consuming when you came to this conclusion? 2. What's the deal with the proclivities with green cheese..

I kinda like Sir Guesses contributions here.. it makes sense in a way.. the way I have started to look at it.. we're all so complex, so many parts of "us".. sometimes, maybe some of "us" go on a holiday or something and run amock.. I don't know how.. but I've seen somebody's core personality.. and it is light. But there are a lot of dark shadows.. "I'm too this. I'm too that. I don't have enough of this.. I don't have enough of that.." and they are all illusions..

I could launch a study, that proves the moon is actually constructed from green cheese.. darn documentation though.. gets in the way. Useless questions from my "colleagues" like: 1. what kind of chemicals were you consuming when you came to this conclusion.. 2. what's the deal with your proclivities with green cheese.. 3. ....

Not that I'm aware of. But my kids used to microwave marshmallow peeps. They'd expand to about ten times their normal size within thirty seconds or so..

That would be a new take to the parable of the prodigal son, wouldn't it? "Pa" would send out moles and stooges to fully document the unfaithful acts and deeds of the dear son..

Another thread got me on this.. thank you Rhino. But actually.. some posters think others here are always seething with rage, out to "get" "them" at all costs, etc. etc.. I thought I'd try a poll.. how do you REALLY feel?

Really, that's not a bad idea. A lot of other boards have a little "how I'm feeling today" could cover a wide range of emotions. 1. Vewy vewy peaceful, I'm having a Prozac (or equivalent) moment.. 2. Just plain peaceful. 3. slightly annoyed 4. greatly disappointed 5. I'm ready to rip loy's *&(#$@'s off..

Hmmm. Procedure, procedure.. it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.. who else in the world demands that you write a letter, take a number.. fill out an inordinate amount of paperwork or make a number of commitments.. just to stand in line, and wait. To get punched in the mouth, again.. yeah, they've "changed".. they don't use brass knuckles anymore. Now they use silver or gold plated brass knuckles..

I think this comment it rather enlightening: Hmm.. I wonder who recommended the "geezer" fellowship.. why does one have to meet with the state "coordinator" to begin with? This was only about a year ago.. why can't one simply "go and see" of their own accord, see if things really have changed? I wonder if she had to write a letter to headquarters to even schedule the meeting..

How is it I can just smell the arrogance of the *man*.. it just sounds like a ploy the vicster would use.. "wah wah, you all don't really believe me.. I'll "unbless" you by removing my presence, and go somewhere else.." I'm suprised anybody else would receive him with open arms.. I think probably about the only reason he can even function.. he flies as low as he can below internet radar. Looks like, not for much longer..

I think if a person has to ask the other guy if he's possessed.. or what the specific problem is- maybe they are on the wrong track. That pretty much defined counselling in der vey, toward the end of the ninties.. "umm, figure out what your problem is (what spurt you got) and get back with us. then we may be able to get somewhere.." Maybe some of you have had experiences otherwise, but other than the general evil nature of man in the world.. I haven't seen any specific empirical evidence that debil spurts, at least as defined by der vey, even exist.. even through my entire "tenure" in the organization. Haven't seen them teleport loot out of a locked bank vault.. haven't seen them teleport ANYTHING anyway.. I think they manner the advanced class presented this whole subject.. was a kingdom of entities with varying levels of authority, but micromanaged. Yeah, loy talked about "organized chaos" and the like, but there in the syllabus you find all of these "specialized" spirits to choose from..

Normally, not with non-ionizing radiation. That's one thing Einstein proved, that the energy involved for the photoelectric effect to occur does not depend on how strong the "radiation" is (i.e. such as the difference between the radiation emitted by a hundred watt light bulb vs. a 40 watt one), but on FREQUENCY. No matter how much the oven "leaks", it will never be sufficient to ionize the ordinary molecules in the human body. Now it can ionize neon.. which is a pretty neat thing to see. You can take an old neon lamp, and move it around the door of the microwave oven, and if there is a sufficient leak, it lights up. I think microwaves MAY ionize gold, maybe silver and a few other metals.. interesting to see if you put them in the oven by themselves. Most of us don't realize what kind of bath we're taking in radiation, day and night. Even if the power is off. There's so much from natural sources that we cannot detect. Seems we can only detect a rather thin sliver of the spectrum- visible light and what produces heat in human tissue. Camp fires are a pretty good source.. probably 90 percent or more can't be seen with the eye.

I'd put this in silly, but it was one of the insane thoughts on the mind of loy.. I only got bits and pieces, but what was the big deal? Why did he really think that the ovens were evil, or possessed.. or whatever? was it because he himself couldn't figure out how to make one work? Couldn't get the clock to do anything exept 00:00 or --:-- ?