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If they do win, or even if TWIT settles, it might cause a response among old followers not unlike when the villagers came after the "poor" old monster en masse..

You can find these new- Spenser's had them last year, and they are probably cheaper than what people ask for collectables.

Well.. if they win a substantial and tidy sum, maybe they could "adopt" a housebroken, somewhat entertaining and amusing, kind to squirrels forty eight year old college student that would like to get a master's degree in chemistry before he turns seventy, heh heh.

Heh heh heh heh heh. Where my kid goes to college, the squirrels are HUGE. Their proportions are closer to that of a basketball, not a squirrel. They are not as obese this time of year, but in the fall, they hang around a certain window at the cafetieria. The students feel sorry for them, and feed them entire ham sandwiches, bagels, and the squirrel's preferred meal, donuts. They are so big in the fall, they are usually the first thing visitors notice.

Or scheming- how can you get far far more out of far far fewer people?

Glad you liked it.. sometimes, these things just hit me, heh heh. I read the statement somewhere again about the face of evil, and I was actually in more of a serious mood. Then I looked over at this squirrel- and that was exactly what it looked like. He was entitled, like, "what are you waiting for?" If they weren't cute, well.. I think that's what happened to TWI, they lost their cuteness factor long ago. Don't see how anybody still throws their hard earned nuts that way, heh heh.

Good idea. I think I may also try peanuts.. lots cheaper. Don't want to upset the "masters" around here too much, heh heh.

I'll probably have to pay somebody to come here and feed the buggers while I am on vacation..

Yep Belle. The things look so pathetic out there that they have convinced me to come in on my days off just to feed THEM. Sunday mornings they get their breakfast too, heh heh.

Trefor, they are old fashioned red squirrels. I have seen a few black ones around here, but no gray ones. Dave, I put out sunflower seeds a few times, then even a couple of almonds. They were heart broken, heh heh. Back to walnuts. Well, it won't be much longer, they should be able to fend for themselves as spring progresses. But the squirrels are pretty rough around here. My exes mom recently refused to feed them, and the squirrel urinated on her through the screen. Maybe it was just looking for an excuse, heh heh.

As costly as the "feed" is, I comfort myself with the thought that it is money TWI will NEVER see, heh heh. The squirrels have far more to offer.

Yep.. I like these guys too- or rather, this "couple". One of them looked pretty scruffy last year, his coat was pretty worn. A steady diet of nutmeats seems to have greatly improved his condition. These are the only ones that come to the window. Either they are very territorial, or very good at keeping a secret.

Ungrateful "rascals", heh heh heh.

Maybe this belongs in the silly column, I will let someone more qualified than me to determine this, but- I came to work this morning, like most other mornings, and found, Squirrels. Not particularily mean, not breathing fire, but at the window, standing practically at attention and waiting. I felt sorry for them because of the bad winter we had last year, and started feeding them walnuts. Shelled walnuts. What started as an amusing diversion for a sometimes boring workday has turned into a potential nightmare. I think they have babies.. Only two of them come for feed now, but they would devour a whole pound of shelled walnuts per day if I could afford it. Now, every morning, I find myself confronted with two angry, egotistical, "you really oughta do something about your 'problem' of not feeding us enough" squirrels. If they weren't cute, they wouldn't stand a chance, heh heh.

Another good topic, Belle. Well, I would add to what you said, Paul worked for a living. Honest, hard labor- and he often supported other believers around him. Then, after that, he shared "the bible" without thinking the world owed him a favor.

Yep.. don't get your reality mixed up with my illusion- or "just renew your mind". One thing you could say though, one day they WILL face it. Someday the poor bast***s are gonna croak- but with the TWI method, they are gonna go it alone. They will leave the world alone, separate from "god's best" and be yet another case history for TWIers to blame on disobedience or some such nonsense. Stick around long enough and its almost guaranteed..

Good point Belle- reminds me of what ole loy said once about da lard being able to "deliver" with many or few. The real translation of that was the few left would have to exhibit the strength of Samson.. "Whadya mean you can't move it? Its just a stinkin little piano.. spiritually weak or something?"

Speaking of the "about fifty" club.. I found Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool aid Acid Test at Barnes and Nobles. Read about halfway through it. I think I'm going through some kind of midlife something- if one of those funny looking busses pulled up out front I'd probably get on it, heh heh. I was a little too young for the first one. My ma would've grabbed me by the ear, "and where do you think YOU are going??" heh heh

Well, if that is the answer, I don't know if I want to know the question, heh heh..

I dunno.. on my "exit" I saw what I had been dealing with- madmen. "We know you are hiding SOMETHING". A year or so before I started establishing some friendships in the community, so I was not exactly on my own. Would have been a lot harder if I didn't.

Makes me feel a little sorry for the few "faithful" left though- they must have the strength of Atlas to keep that stinkhole running. Seems as "membership" dwindles, more and more demand would be placed on those who stay. Can't last very long you'd think.

Maybe if they advertised "free beer", that may improve the attendance.

Belle, I thought that was sex, drugs and rock and roll. Maybe I am thinking about a different era, heh heh.. But you make a pretty good point. Look at their "spiritual head"- and its not Jesus Christ. Good grief- no matter how well they package ole Rosie, nobody with an inkling of a right mind is going to be buying. "Classes, but they only run every so often and when they do they take up all your time. " True. True today, and true twenty some years ago. At least Eve was still a "straight shooter" then.. "Larger meetings where, if you're "special" you "get" to clean up, string chairs and run AV while you "rub elbows" with the almighty leadership." Thankfully, with the current following, this does not happen very often anymore- unless you count the advanced class and specials and stuff. "Big" meetings in our area probably are attended by fifteen or less. But they probably have half of them stringing chairs, doing AV, greeting (who?), coffee detail, etc. Must look ridiculous. "They brag about there being "nothing better out there" That's gotta get old after a while, even with the innies. Are they still that blind? Well, I guess I was once...

But I think that's half right. My "positive" experiences will NEVER negate the negatives some folks got, I wish they could.

Maybe not for everybody, but it did for me. Any dainties I received from the group taste pretty sour now. In a way, I wish I never found out what the ******* was up to. Wouldn't have to sort through all this junk. But I think I am better off knowing.