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Of course, they could spend another several million sending some high-falutin lawyers on a nice vacation in the bahamas trying to defend their honor, heh heh. That sure ought to go over real well with the few innies left..

I think I found it! You will find it on page six of this PDF file.. Apparently, the Belizean government does not recognize da class as even being a "publication"- because it is not published in sufficient quantities for the public. In the case here, the copyright holder does not publish it, AT ALL. About the only way TWI is gonna get control of the thing is to offer PFAL to the public once again. Until then, may they cry in their soup. Personally, I don't think TWI even has the resources to market the thing, at least to the level that the Belizean government would even remotely consider calling it a "publication".

Just wondering- "fear is believing", and "doubt, worry, fear issuing in unbelief"- was this one of Vic's original thoughts, or was this plagiarised also? If so, where did he get it?

I sure would hope so. Maybe there's still a little bit of human being behind the mask, after all.

I don't know about that.. to be fair, we could at least say he had the gracefulness of a brick in tights.

Perhaps the Japanese government should consider using more "environmentally friendly" methods, such as reviving Mothra or another one of Godzilla's nemesis- if they choose carefully, a close match may ensure that both monsters are destroyed, hence killing two birds with one stone, so to speak.

Interesting that his successors took it one step further- they did not rule by fear, they ruled by TERROR.

But really.. it would be FAR less embarrassing for them if they chose some representatives that have at least a LITTLE education. RECENT corps graduates need not apply. Could it really be: anybody with any kind of education or reputation would not take the job even if they were starving and living on the street? Maybe that's why they are "letting" people go back to school now.

Well- maybe for a twelve year old. But for a forty-some year old, you'd think it would be a piece of cake!

Would you please elaborate?

Yes?

My opinion- not much. Maybe a lot.. sorry, have to be a little ambiguous here. But maybe we'd figure out that we don't have the universe by the tail after all.

Well, knowing this stuff, I don't know how much it matters either- more of a question, "what good does it do me knowing this?" Still doesn't exactly answer the question "who's fault is it?" If our discussion is true, that WE do not effect the cause, there seems to be a lot less options.

We are most unusual creatures, are we not?

I agree. But the cackle of my ego tells me otherwise.. You may not like "heh heh", but I have to live with it..

Trefor, this is the guy I was talking about, and it wasn't the guy in tremors: This is where its at...

Well, that leaves a lot fewer options.. Maybe WE do not effect the cause that we think we do.`

True, true. But remember what your friend Mr. Floyd had to say! But what I observed: many were obsessed with trying to document how these "keys" worked in their lives. And usually they were the most mundane, trivial, and questionable events. "I must've got it right today, I got my favorite parking spot in front of Wal-Mart..." Questionable at best. NEVER did I hear- "I applied the keys, and my missing leg grew back". Why not? And "God's ability equals His willingness". I don't quite buy that in its entirety, any more. God is not going to knock the moon out of its orbit for me, no matter how special I think I am. Few here would question that he is ABLE to do such a thing. Willing- no.

Could it be possible that "cause and effect" does not ALWAYS apply? From personal experience- some of the very best things in my life occured without planning, obedience, or believing. I can also attest to the same for the worst.

Well, I'm not trying to win a Pulitzer prize here, but OK :o--> But you must admit it does partly make a point. With cause and effect and all, why DO the mindless at times seem to stumble on success? In my opinion, TWI thought did not explain that very satisfactorily, at least as much as why bad things happen to those who are apparently "believing".

Don't know if this is actually the same thing, but I had an older HP printer that developed this habit, and it would do it in the middle of a print job, usually. It printed garbage on the top line of the paper. Usually it worked over half a dozen sheets or so before I could unplug the darn thing. The new printer has never done this. You could have a problem with the printer itself.

What I'm waiting for is to see if they change their tune when Godzilla comes to eat their hometown, Norfolk Va., after he's done with Tokyo.

I think what may have gotten me on this is, the last couple of days, I had several incidents like "Mr. *******, would you like that for here, or to go.." Honestly, I don't feel that old, heh heh.

"Hammie" would work OK too.

But I feel like the crowd here is a group of close friends. Don't need the formalities that "Mr." might imply.