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I agree about the wife telling Jimmy. She did him in. Maybe it was to show the contrast between a totally loyal-to-a-fault wife (Jimmy's wife) and a wife who would betray her husband and endanger his life.

Why do I have the feeling that if you go over there and ask too many questions you'll get M&A'd?

oh wow that list made me really tired. Gotta take a nap now. Bye

"The Way of Abundance and Power Prevails" No wonder no one wants that on their car. No mention of God's Word, God, Jesus Christ, only THE WAY. My reaction if I knew nothing of TWI would be "So What?"

What the?? You mean they couldn't BELIEVE for their sign to PREVAIL against this onslaught from the Adversary?

Hey excathedra, that's some house!

11. I've been on the news twice (local). Once I was interviewed about the price of lettuce. (no kidding really) The other time was about how checks will be clearing faster and what did I think about it. I was also interviewed about George Harrison dying but that one didn't make it. 12. I saw Janis Joplin shopping in a Cost Plus in San Francisco. 13. Once time a guy stole a tank from an armory and drove it around our neighborhood, crushing cars and motor homes, knocked down a poll, broke a fire hydrant, got on the freeway and got stuck on an abutmant and then shot by the cops. I saw the cops go by, saw the helicopter telling us to get inside, and saw the tank go by. Aerial view tapes of this are often shown on those "Big Chases" shows. 14. One of my favorite ways to relax and escape is cross-stich while I watch some dumb Lifetime For Women movie. (although unfortunately I got stuck on the last project and won't start a new one until I finish this one.) It's of a Christmas tree with like five shades of green and I keep getting lost. 15. I took piano lessons at 40.

Maybe that Way sticker in the "Blues Brothers" was some urban TWI myth.

Oh yeah, forgot about that one. I call that my #3! And you can hardly enjoy what they're showing you on the ultrasound because you have to PEE so much!

I still have one of those round TWI stickers on my old TWI bible. It covers a big ink stain and that's why it's still there. About 8 to 10 years ago I used to see a pristine green TWI sticker on a car parked in the lot of the neighborhood grocery store.

Thanks for the post, HCW. You write really well. A lot of us are "bitter" about the bad things that happened in the ministry and how we were let down and betrayed. Yet there were some good times and yes, I do believe that you could feel God's presence at HQ at one time. It was very interesting to read your recounting of your experience. I hope you continue to share with us.

WOW, cool. And they say Charles is too easy on the boys.

Linda Z's incident about the navy ship reminded me of the two times in my life I had to pee the most. 1. In first grade. For some reason I didn't want to ask to go to the bathroom and I had to GO. Then we did jumping jacks! I held it and held it and got home and made a bee line for the bathroom. 2. In residence. Like a good little Corps-bot I drank a load of water. Then we had some meeting in that room over the cafeteria and George Jess (or some adulated original founding person of TWI) was there. I think it was Goerge Jess. Anyway, I was sitting on the floor in the MIDDLE of EVERYONE and it got worse and worse and worse. I kept thinking of getting up and leaving to go but of course I hesitated because OHMYGOD get up and LEAVE and have to walk through everybody with George Jess sitting up front. And he went on and on and on and on. FINALLY it was over and I RAN down the back stairs to a little toilet room I somehow knew about and was I ever happy to be there!!! The two times I had to go the MOST.

Congrats!!!!

hmmm a new class... the original sin: Eve was a masturbating lesbian?

1.I have 1543 songs on Real One Player at my computer at work because I'm in a basement and can't pick up on the raido. 2.I sleep on my side, with two down pillows piled up under my head. 3.While I was growing up, we had a REAL Norman Rockwell on the wall in the living room. (My grandfather knew him) 4.I'm related to President Garfield because my grandmother's sister married his son. ("Uncle Abe") 5.I lived in England for a year when I was 11. 6.The most I ever loved some one was in 10th grade, and I still think of him. 7.I'm always on a diet, except when I'm not. 8.I don't have a favorite color because I can't decide. 9.I hate sea food although I ate a bite of sushi that I liked. 10.I like red wine, not white.

Maybe he feels like he wants to do outrageous things because he feels outranked by his brother. After all, he is the "spare" to the "heir."

I got a gift certificate to Suncoast at our "Secret Santa" thing at work. I spent it on "An Affair to Remember" with Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant. A great classic romance.

EEEW Don't get closer to this. Funny, because reviews are either A+ or F. I'm on the F side. These characters are way too psuedo-sophisticated, meaning shallow.

Yeah, sack suppers. That should have been a clue. How about no dinner without your nametag???

Vee Pee crashed the twig hopper????? ha ha that's a new one!! Of course they didn't tell us...after all how could the man of God of the world for our day and time actually get into an accident? ha ha ha ha ha He crashed the twig hopper! ha ha ha ha ha

I heard Vee Pee say several times we should give out of the gross. "Why let the government get it first?" So I would look at the gross and give 15 to 20% out of that. I didn't make much money as it was and thus I was even poorer. Oh but God was supposed to bless me. Hmmm must have been because I wasn't a "cheerful" enough giver. But when you're poor from giving so much it's hard to be "cheerful." So not only were we giving out of our hides, we had a guilt trip laid on us if our ABS didn't bring us "blessings." Had to be our fault...don't get me started.

Wow to the above regarding all the reports, paperwork, time analysis. : Is this what Jesus was talking about when he said "My burden is light"? 30 minute increments? 6am to 11pm? Did they have to schedule how long it took to perform bodily eliminations? I never cease to be astounded at it all, even after being gone for over 15 years. What does all that have to do with the Bible?

"Lets go sit right up front at the feet of the corps coordinators so that they'll know we're meek and humble." ha ha ha ha ha ha :D--> ewwwwww :(-->

OK, so PFAL's gone, LCM's stuff is anathema...ok so now what? Yeah, I think I'll go back. yeah right.