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Oh yes. And there was nothing like obsolesence three times in a row. Correct me if I am wrong, Steve!, but as I remember it, there was BetaII then BetaIII. If you bought a Beta II, it would not play Beta III format. Finally, Beta III was a gonner, largely due to great improvements in VHS. Some people ended up buying THREE machines, if I remember correctly. Actually, four, when they finally got a VHS unit.. But like Frankenstein's monster, that refused to die, and return, sequel after sequel.. Beta lives on! 8 MM beta, anyway.. at least until a couple of years ago. I think that may be gone now, haven't gone shopping recently to know.. edited for darn spelling errors..

Well Catcup, they could always rely on paper and pencil. At least until someone gets a paper cut from one of these dark, devilish devices..

But David, they sure can try! You may not have noticed, but derails are welcome in my threads.. I don't rule with a iron fist or anything. :P--> But all the talk about minor/major chords really does exhibit just another one of the more ludicrous things some of us have heard.

Microwave ovens, computers, and other such "mysterious" office appliances are plummeting from Bally's windows as we speak.

Thanks, Ala, heh heh. Well, you mentioned this on another thread, and it obviously seemed to belong here..

Ala, we had a Guinea Pig, we named it "Mr. Big".. (nothing to do with the size of its organs or anything- it was more of like "the Godfather") Anyway, this rascal would mate with ANYTHING. Even his own daughter.. Guinea Pigs are not supposed to be able to jump. This one not only jumped, but he jumped out of a twenty four inch tank, and into a twenty four inch tank that the female(s) resided. The Guinea Pig population soon reached epidemic proportions here..

Unbelievable Catcup, almost.. the list just seems to go on and on.

Just when you thought you heard them all.. Loy regarding Tiger Woods: "He'll never amount to much.."

If you are not scientifically inclined, the short story is "non-ionizing radiation does not make nasty stuff in your body."

Ah yes, number ten.. 10. All sling along der vey songs shall be played in a minor chord..

Thankfully, I missed this one.. Good grief, either he knew or he didn't. "I don't know, but I DO know after all.." What a frigging idiot. Unlike nuclear stuff, cosmic rays, xrays, and UV, microwaves emit a non-ionizing radiation- which in terms even Loy should have understood, "all it does is heat the food." Oh yes- your common run of the mill oven also emits non-ionizing radiation. I am almost suprised he did not lambast the ordinary kitchen stove- if he did not know how a microwave worked, he would not know how an ordinary oven works either. Ludicrous.

So much for a kinder, gentler, "better" joint..

Sounds the same as it has always been. God forbid that someone would figure out that having the mating habits of Guinea Pigs could be technically wrong..

Can't sing, perhaps. Don't sing may be a different animal altogether.

I think they fired anybody in that joint that could..

Def, that is the only one that I personally would vote "true".. Yep. I could almost hear microwaves the world over, tossed out of windows and falling to their impending doom.. "If you don't understand it, throw it out" Ludicrous. Typical of Loy. Even extended that principle to people.

Well.... yes and no, and maybe something in between. First of all, I think it is NOT the same ministry that we adamantly defended years ago. Or at least what we perceived it to be, or were led to believe. Personally, I saw a lot of good that I attributed to "the ministry" that did not belong to said ministry to begin with. It was the good works of well meaning people, and I doubt it had anything to do with the ministry to begin with. Especially any doctrine worth a crap. It was connived out of, stolen from, plagiarized, or "borrowed" if you will, from intelligent, and at times not so intelligent, well meaning people. Somehow, it mostly ended up with a brand on it: American Christian Press. Personally, I don't know anybody who wouldn't be rather upset about somebody selling them stolen property.. The thief performs TWO thefts: 1. From the original owner 2. From the buyer. I wouldn't exactly call that being extreme. My opinion, they did it to themselves. I think a lot of it is what they evolved to, from what they were perceived as. I think they went from covered-up evil to unbridled evil. "They" are the ones that have gone from one extreme to another, not me.

Good grief Ala. Was this really said? But the Beta thing, I heard that. They had to say something about us poor folks wasting a FORTUNE on Beta machines- and they were rather expensive back in the good old days. So much for being "protected" by some mysterious hedge of believing emanating from that hole.. Yep. That one just about tops them all Belle. "We had OUR people there, and they just plain ignored them.." Ha.

At the question and answer period, someone could ask what the true meaning is of "to be a rock and not to roll".

Well.. but for a meeting, it would be priceless..

Internal memo: What to do/not to do when the MOG comes to your area. 1. When he arrives at the airport, resoundly slap him on the right cheek with your LEFT hand. 2. If it is morning, make sure you have TWO quarts of hot beer, for his breakfast. 3. On the way to his lodging at Motel 6, make sure the windows in your 1972 Lincoln are firmly and irrevokably rolled up. Smoke one of the biggest, cheapest cigars that you can possibly find, only after he consumes the two quarts of hot beer (see number 2). 4. Make sure you choose the proper spiritual setting for his presentation. A shared facility with a psychic fair, and Rainbow Coalition convention in ajoining rooms would be preferable. 5. In the podium, make sure that there are EXACTLY five rabbit turds for his greatness, cut PRECISELY in half, in a small, crystal bowl, along with a glass of salt water with which to choke them down. 6. The MOG delights in music. A good selection would be Stairway to Heaven or maybe even some good Jazz. 7. When he is praying, do not neglect to have at least a half a dozen or so of the followers, whispering, in a low tone. 8. When introducing said MOG, avoid using terms such as "Doctor", "Reverand", "His Eminence", or even "Mr." Remember that this protocol is the highest form of preparation, and preparation is the highest form of believing, and it MUST be observed!

Yep.. the Y2K thingy.. I left that one out because I was not involved with da group at that time. While the rest of the world were enjoying some of the best parties of the century, poor ole TWIers were cowering in a corner somewhere, zealously guarding their antibiotics, spam, and five gallons of distilled water.. whew, they barely made it through THAT one. Funny- even one of my old pre 1990 computers didn't get Y2K spurts..

Very likely hasn't changed, to this day. Friggin tyrants. Don't have the wherewithal to run a country down a hole, just have to settle with a second-rate cult somewhere.

Yep.. scam after scam after scam.. One averted disaster after another. The disturbing part is, I at one time believed all this stuff. Despite my upbringing and better judgement. Perhaps conditioned to believe it? Yep. Somebody somewhere probably tried to catch a falling electronic piano or something.. good ole Howie issued a warning to the household about the hazards of electronic music or something.. People still believe this. Even IF it was true, how can you claim the victory that the prayer of da faithful somehow moved the stone cold hearts of those who wished to exercise such tyranny over them.. good grief. There are probably over a dozen other groups claiming the same victory, that their preparedness somehow averted sure disaster.. just another good reason to keep said organizations in your financial planner I guess. I think maybe the MOST ludicrous thing I heard- "All life is spirit. Cancer has life in itself, therefore, cancer is a debil spurt". How easy is it to toss aside everything you know about biology, real science and more, to believe this one? Ludicrous doesn't even come close to describing this horrid assessment of a bad enough situation to begin with.

Steve, I wonder if somebody has it on tape somewhere, heh heh. I don't have a particular attraction to Wendy burgers, but give me a break.. Well, he must've "reached into daddy's cookie jar" for that one.. Most likely the real deal, they did this to other restaurants too