Mister P-Mosh

That looks a whole lot like Ohio for the past few months. Still, if it happens once every few years that's nice. I just don't like to have half a year of it every year.

It sounds like a good place, and I'll actually end up working with a guy and then replacing him because of how bad of a job he's done (e.g. not showing up for work days at a time with no excuse.) If this guy can get away with that much stuff and still keep his job this long, it sounds like they are fairly laid back. So, I look forward to going there and I hope to knock their socks off with the speed and efficiency of my programming. We'll see how it goes, but there is a chance this could become full time and I'd like to settle somewhat for a while. I hope it's not Hillary, because some comes from a wing of the Democrats that I think are a huge part of the problem. Howard Dean was the best that they had to offer up but they rejected him for the most part, and lost. Also, it's not really "my" party, because I disagree with them on quite a bit as well, I just don't like the people who have taken over the Republicans as of late. I'd rather see people like Colin Powell for example, be an example of a typical Republican a lot more than folks like John Ashcroft. Still, we'll see what happens in the next elections, because both parties may choose to continue to give us a choice between an evil moron and a scatterbrained moron like the last two elections. Thanks, and even though we disagree on a lot of issues politically, I think we have more in common morally than you may realize. In either case, I appreciate the compliment. I think it's mostly a matter of what information you've seen vs. the information I've seen. Thanks. We just have to get rid of everything that doesn't fit in the Corolla (which is basically just some clothes, books, the laptop, and the dog) and drive down there to stay in a hotel for a while until we find an apartment. I am very positive about this job and look forward to it.

It's obvious to me. The Way International was a scam itself. If they were using similar techniques to the scam artists that trick people into believing in the paranormal, what would prevent Joe Believer from using the same sort of knowledge against TWI, which was a scam as well? That's also why they were tricky about their biblical research and knowledge, and instead went from actual research to something more watered down and non-specific. If they just read verses from the bible telling you "Do the Word, be strong in the Lord" and other things like that, but never told you what "the Word" is or how to "be strong in the Lord" then you can never realize that they are a con. They gave us enough information to make us think that they were teaching us the Bible, but they never did go into specific doctrine that we could hold them accountable for. The result is that most TWI people are confused and think that they are missing something in their personal studies, or if they form an opinion based on scripture that TWI later contradicts, they are taught that they are the ones who are wrong and they need to "renew their minds" to TWI.

The thing I have to laugh about is that I would have appreciated it more if I could have moved down there already a month or two ago, when it was snowing a lot here in Ohio. Currently, the weather is just rainy but fairly ok. In two weeks, it will probably be even warmer and when I get to Texas it will be hot and humid. Even then, you can still go out at night to bars/restaurants/clubs/etc so it's all good. When it's winter, you are pretty much stuck inside, especially at night.

All it requires is finding a source of income, then everything else can fall into place. That's how it's working for me, and I've been preparing to find a job like this for a few weeks or so now.

I'll let you in on a secret. I actually prefer the BBQ that you can get in North Carolina over anywhere else. Still, I do own guns so I can fit in fine.

Thanks. I'll actually be working for a large company that is probably close to where I think you live. I left at the end of last summer by my wife and I packing all of our stuff up, me taking a job in Ohio, and us trying to work some with the Kerry campaign here. Unfortunately for me, I forgot what winter was like, and so I've had my resume out there to look to see when I could go somewhere further south again. Texas seemed like the best solution because we're already residents and have all of our stuff in storage there. I will put in my two weeks notice on Monday, and we'll see how the boss takes it. He's a bit strange sometimes so he may take it personal and see me as a traitor. No big deal for me though, because the company I am going to work for may even end up turning my job full time and it's in an industry that seems to be doing well. Plus, Texas makes a lot more sense to me than Ohio. :)--> I can live a lot more comfortably down there.

WOOHOO! I got tired of being in the north, so I took a job in Texas again. I'm looking forward to getting back down there, which will be in a little over two weeks. Things are looking up.

I miss my wolf. They're much better than dogs, especially that POS chihuahua that my wife has now. As far as shooting wolves go, I'll be fine with that as soon as it's legal to shoot idiot ranchers that don't put up fences to keep wildlife off of their property. Yes, I know it would require putting up at least ten foot fences around their property, but if they don't like wolves they shouldn't be there. It would be like living in Oklahoma and demanding to shoot bullets into thunderstorms because you hate tornadoes.

61% Dixie. However, I do think that the test is B.S. since I learned to talk from an Irish woman and from people that lived all over the place. Some of the words it told me were Southern I learned in the North, and some of the words it said were Northern I've heard used in the South a lot as well. The question about the night before Halloween though, I couldn't answer due to being in TWI as a kid.

Doesn't sound like "sarcasm" to me. Quit trying to turn other people against me and trying to stir up trouble. If I have to spell it out clearly so your small mind can comprehend, my point that I've tried to make is that preparing for a fantasy event while ignoring real problems is silly, and that it is easy to shatter the apocalyptic fantasy of preparation when there is an overwhelming set of factors that show that if somehow the U.S. did end, you would be screwed no matter what because there would easily be something that either kills you, takes what you have, or causes a huge problem that screws up your plans. I'd go as far as saying that the apocalyptic preparations are a sign of self-centered thinking and selfishness. It justifies being a packrat, it shows that you distrust everyone else in the world and expect them to do the worst to you personally, which is also a huge persecution complex. If our government were to crumble randomly via either a terrorist attack (highly unlikely to destroy our government) or something else that is unforseen, another system will take it's place. The world does not stay in disorder, because humans are pack animals and have to establish some sort of order one way or another. So, you will get your food, but if it were to happen we'd probably end up in a dictatorship. Of course, given the state of our nation, it would be a religious dictator who establishes a Taliban-like nation, and most people (possibly yourself included) would like it.

Oh please, so you're a Nazi. Now does that make us even or what do we accomplish by name calling? Yeah, and just like a typical conservative, David Duke just wants to make the world a better place for white people like yourself. Obviously, this is an example of why we can't trust you. You can go to hell, and any attempts to "throw me" will be met with a stronger and appropriate force. It's interesting to see how much TWI-brain still exists in the minds of people like you. You'll always be paranoid of communists, muslims, liberals, actors, gays, guys with long hair, non-whites, and everyone else who you think want to take something from you. Guess what? Nobody cares about what you have. If the apocalypse happens, you won't be able to sit around in your house eating canned tuna and be ok. You got yourself out of The Way, but you obviously haven't gotten The Way out of yourself. The world is not going to end anytime soon, and if it does, you will not be prepared for it.

Grow up, troll. It's called sarcasm. Hahahaha, you really need to get a life and get over your delusions.

Ok then, we can form a society. If you give me half of your spam, then I will trade you one small can of beenie weenies.

I guess I'm not normal, because I have trouble maintaining my Government Required State of Paranoia™ about groups like al Qaeda or any scapegoats that have taken their place in more recent times. If I happen to be killed by some ultra religious arab rednecks, then I'm dead. The odds are greater that I get struck by lightning or even better that I die in a car accident or of heart disease or cancer. I don't sit around worrying about those things, so why should I spend the time worrying about the others. Not only that, but I own guns. I can get anything I would hypothetically need at the barrel of a gun if we really did have a Wierwillian apocalypse like the Republicans want us to think we will.

I do read the parts of their site I can get to for free, but by the time they get it on motley fool it's already too late for me. I've been learning to do investing the hard way, which makes me want to take a class on sociology so I can understand it much better.

But are you complaining about that? I knew a friend in St. Louis that lived in an apartment complex that got bought by a weird cult. They basically wanted everyone who wasn't in their cult to join or move out, but they couldn't legally do anything to make the non-cult members move. I don't think it's fair to restrict people based on any of the categories you based above any more than it's legal to make black people ride in the back of the bus. I do think you agree with what I say, but I'm not sure so I wanted to state that. The difference is that the people you listed as sex offenders from a few decades ago didn't hurt other people. The huge difference between a gay person and a child molester is that the gay person does their thing alone or with consenting adults, while the child molester rapes children. Doing things you and I may find disgusting is not rape if both people want to do it. I think it's just within a certain distance of schools, but I'm not sure.

For some reason, the title made me think of something entirely different...like that solid gold toilet in a Japanese jewelry store.

I will be sending you a private message about some of these people that I know about.

I was never pressured to marry TWI girls/women, but I was to at least date them. There were single girls and women in my area, some that were pretty cute but lacking between the ears (sorry if any of you are who I am talking about!) I didn't get yelled at for dating girls outside of TWI until I moved to Georgia and my twig leader basically told us single guys that he would have to shoot us if we got too attached to non-TWI women.

I can't really answer your question, but if I were you, I'd get rid of Realplayer ASAP. It's a horrible piece of crap, and it probably slows your computer down quite a bit. The people who programmed should be ashamed of themselves.

I forget the name of the program I used, but you can download something to convert a MIDI into either an MP3 or WAV file, which can be burned to a CD as a normal track. Google for it or go to download.com and see if you can find something decent.

This is the best thing that I have ever read on greasespotcafe. Thank you for your contribution.

It is illegal, but there is nothing illegal about having a wife and other women living with you who you sleep with and take care of. In groups like this in particular, they even marry family members who are below 18, and can probably find some way to claim them as dependents. They are sick bastards, but they find ways to not be illegal if they can, and even when they do break the law they usually get away with it because the law enforcement in their town participates as well.

I had a car stolen when I lived in Atlanta a number of years ago. Luckily it was an old beater and the insurance company paid more than I paid for it. Other than that, I've not been a victim of crime other than minor identity theft, and even then it was easily taken care of. Im also a gun owner, but I seriously doubt I'd ever need to shoot someone in self defense. I also have alarms on my vehicles. That's no guarantee that it will not be stolen, but it does make the odds go a little more in my favor.