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Ironic, yes indeed.. Then there was (you really know he wasn't your) uncle harry's claim that he never tipped a waitress beyond ten percent of the bill.. What ever happened to the concept of love your neighbor, fair wages in return for appropriate labor? the whole place there just reeks of cheapness.. and burials of old corpse in the vey woods.. even the funerals were on the cheap. Cremate the person, spread the ashes at the fire ring area or something.. such a "bargain".

This was one of the google ads at the bottom of this page a minute ago. Maybe that would serve as the next "brc". The sowers group could put it up in a few weekends.. uncle howie is retired. maybe be could come and help, dressed out with hammer and nail pouch.. they could partition it off, and house old trucks and tractors in the back..

True.. but still as a learned behavior (if it isn't a disease to begin with) it is fascinating to observe. No, I'm not angry anymore. But isn't it intriguing.. *they* have become what it was that they once fought against.. you know.. they once spouted the doctrine that things are supposed to be used, people loved. That sure made a difference when they USED people to supply labor to save twenty or so bucks by not having to rent the larger of the two trucks.. it's more than that. I really think they regard anyone lower than themselves in a VOLUNTEER organization as scum.. especially so if they left the organization for what would be for legitimate reasons. You are "scum".. you owe them everything.. they will settle on 15 percent of your income and twenty-five percent of your time, they owe you nothing. I don't think it is human behavior and thought at it's worst, but it's getting close. I think in the old days, they'd have "believers" constructing their houses, after making the bricks without straw.. might be something to reincarnation, who knows..

maybe they caught it from *uncle howard*..

Cheapness. Not just frugality- it's beyond that. It's an austere stinginess. So cheap.. so cheap, the guy's idea of an anniversary present for his wife is a new bucket and mop.. but really.. from related threads, we've seen the extreme CHEAPNESS that defines "what is da way".. a "biblical research center" that would hardly survive a heavier hail storm.. wood blocks nailed together in some places, and used as wall studs. Wasn't howie the *carpenter* the one who donated so much of his "talent" on weekends to erect the brc? Cheap, lazy (how long did it take him to put up a PREFABRICATED BUILDING?? I know why you found blocks of wood nailed together and used as studs. At least I'm pretty sure of it.. This wood was absolutely, positively otherwise UNUSABLE. Junk. Would better serve as fuel to heat the office in a pot belly stove.. Some may commend this kind of frugality. That is ok.. but you would think that they would want the finest quality of material to go into the House where "da word like it hath not been known since the earth cooled" would be presented to da world. The extreme cheapness here had a "trickle down effect". Soon, it reared its ugly head in the form of borrowing funeral home chairs for classes, "bumming" "used flowers" off of the same establishments, re-using styrofoam coffee cups, "stretching" coffee.. along with. Renting (if we HAD TO) CHEAP public buildings for branch and area meetings. Still stretching coffee.. assigning people to bring cookies or snacks, made with THEIR OWN MONEY, Running branch meetings and such in a medium sized house. This was in violation of zoning ordinance. They complained about having to SPEND MONEY to secure more adequate facilities. They were relying on the church across the street to supply parking for thirty cars or so. Then made it out as an attack of da debil, when the church objected to this.. and the city then sent them a letter citing violation of said ordinance. They SCREAMED.. cheap, cheap, cheap.. Cheap. When they moved out of the area, local "believers" were expected to buy their JUNK that was left over, that they could not sell in a rummage sale. cheap.. cheaper, yet. when they moved.. they enlisted help of the locals to load up the truck. But they had to rent the CHEAPEST. They picked the smaller one, and could only get everything to fit, only after packing the truck not once, but TWICE. cheap. When the branch guy moved in, he used my service on moving in day to trace one twisted wire pair from the outside of the house to the office, not for "the work of the ministry" but for his BUSINESS PHONE. No, I didn't see (or ask for) a dime. I figured I probably saved him about $150 or so by not having the phone company do it. But the wife was concerned that I wasn't finishing the job fast enough, so as to schlep appliances and stuff in like everyone else, for free. I guess I was too accustomed with dealing with that level of arrogance. Cheap, cheap cheap bastards.. I don't know if it is really some trickle down effect.. maybe more like its a disease they caught somewhere..

http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/chrono.html?company=national_homes_corporation From another site.. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1948.html The cost of the National Home was approximately 25 percent less than the cost of the average house.. and figuring in they didn't include a lot of the walls for partitioning off into bedrooms, kitchen, living room.. this one was probably even cheaper. HQ on the cheap.. or was it HQ was BUILT on the cheap?

I think EVERYTHING about da way was HQ on the cheap. The brc itself was what- a National Home? These were the "miracle" solution to post WWII housing shortage. Pre-fabricated, easy and quick to assemble, and CHEAP. Compared to something that would more likely survive a heavier wind storm.. This was the way's first *real* church building? Cheap. "housing" for summer school was the famous Wienerville Hilton (the barn) cheap, and more cheap. The students PAID to come to the classes, didn't they? The cold, hard metal fold up seats they sat on probably had "property of (insert name of closest funeral home)"

We were instructed to do the same thing. Funeral homes were just ripe for the picking.. not only flowers, but chairs. They had plenty of cold, hard metal chairs. We ran several classes with "Property of Wilson Funeral Home" stenciled on the bottom of each seat..

Christ.. she was at the most thirty years old here.. very, very, very, interesting.. just a few thoughts. funny, isn't it. maybe I shouldn't say more..

Gawd.. the lady is a lady.. well, what else do you do or think.. I wish she would come here.. we need the lady element.. I'm really sorry that I'm just another disappointment..

Sunday will never be the same.. too many Tuesday Afternoons I guess..

How did Baez end up figuring in all of this.. weird would be the easy explanation.. I am one of the audience.. the na na nas are fine with me..

She was (is) a good looking woman.. christ. I wonder where she ever went to.. :)

there is too much here, including old prejudice. It makes me cry.. sorry.. it scares the hell out of me.. too much. my ancestors died to try to straighten this crap out.. well.. it's music, isn't it..

Jesus.. she was born in 1942.. what gives with that.. scary.. almost old enough to be my mom.. well.. pretty young.

Naw. Will they let the Followers have (or hold) such a glorious mug.. nay.. sowy. It all has to be pre-owned, pre-used, pre.. what.. s*it. the ignoramuses have decreed it..

with the right kind of drugs, could'nt they just LOOK like the same cups?

Sowy. I had a few of the said cups a few years ago.. what about a little Mescaline. I personally would accept that kind of settlement here..

Dr. John is (hopefully still?) cool.. why can't you just be at the wrong time, at the right place?

by the opinion of the ex, I was supposed to be there. *they* need somebody like you.. sowy. I reveal too much here.. probably far more than you want to know.. oh well.. that was the individual who "stood in the gap" and kept my old way materials from being sold on EBay. sowy. In the big scheme of things, all of this makes really no difference..

one big purchase.. hmm. calling all offshoots.. calling all offshoots.. styrofoam is here, on the cheap (until the landfills finally close).. You know.. eventually, they will settle on one little ceramic mug.. some already have.. I started bringing my own drinking vessel to classes and such. Germs? had to have been at at least a level of 10 percent of Very Porous Styrofoam. It really is a rather nasty substance. OHHHH.. yes. The sowers actually sent me one of their fancy porcelain mugs.. it was broken into about 300 pieces.. I figured the ups guy picked up the package, and threw it to the ground at least a dozen times, from the fragmentation I observed..

Hey! Dear Friend, nice to see you here.. Hope all is well with you and yours..

I don't know about you.. despite the insanity of the organization. Every decade I have renewed myself, in one way or another.. In the eighties I became an electronics expert. the nineties I became a ham radio operator.. in the 2000's I became a mathematician.. now I'm supposed to become what.. a teacher, professor.. I still remember where all of those Styrofoam cups are buried.

Karma? They don't believe in all of that. What the heck.. maybe that would be a fitting fate.. flowers from my memorial, gracing the podium at da latest class of classes.. well, sorry. I can't exactly promise what has not been delivered, of sorts.. who knows.. maybe nobody will be half inclined to send me flowers or something.. not that I really care or such. Just wonder whose *memorial* they got the other flower displays from.. Yeh.. I can't sell them the flowers if I'm dead now, can I.. Let's just concentrate on the cups. Sowy. Maybe it does not look like it, but from my perspective, this has been the greatest month, year, decade, of my life..

Hey.. maybe this could be a profitable adventure. If they will go for the cups, how about flowers on the cheap? I could find some fabulous floral displays for real cheap..