herbiejuan

Hence the dunk n save shell :D-->

OK show us how you do *fun* abject humiliation...

Dovie I am sorry to hear such tragic news, my thoughts are with your son's.

Hmmmm...we'll have to think on that

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I had a ferret once, cute thing that'd come out and play at all hours of the day (or night). She'd entertain twigies with her antics and gentleness. Sometimes when she'd sense a bad mood in the room she'd crawl under the sofa and peek out inquisitively, that seemed to take the edge off the moment and allowed us to happily continue on our discourse on the more than abundant life (or lack thereof).

MCarroll,

I cultivated many aquaintences throughout my years with twi. The main reason was because I had interests outside of twig however very few of them could be called true friends.

I have found that it takes time and mutual interests to develop friendships and as someone involved witha cult, just finding something other than the bible to talk about can be quit challenging.

I would suggest not focusing so much on finding friends as finding yourself, who are you? What are your interests?

Do you skydive?

Do you press flowers? :)-->

Do you like to snipe hunt? -->

I'm involved with sunday school and the sustainable farming/rural preservation stuff out here and have found some folks with common interests from which to find new friends. Acceptance of who a person is, understanding that they are as an incomplete imperfect human as I am helps me overlook their glaring faults and gives me the right amount of humilty to be accepting and not judgmental.

Just my ramblings, I wish you the best,

Mikey

I was still around (the first go round) during the pop/loyalty letter stage but all I can remember was a lot of confusion, my tc, wayne tried to keep everything under wraps and even suggested that if we worked together we could *rise in the ranks* to a most elevated leaderdang position if we *played our cards right* (his words...and boy did that ever put a SERIOUS smudge on his integrity in my eyes).

His next door neighbor (and landlord) was a staunch supporter of Geer and would show up unexpectedly and launch into an almost hysterical tirade on the evils of twi and how God told ol vic to write this letter to geer and that craig had better do this or something bad was going to happen etc..., frankly I thought everyone involved was nuts and began to seriously consider leaving which I did shortly.

Only to return a few years later after being well assured twi had changed...

Yeah it changed alright...

One thing is sure, they love running classes.

We had the pleasure of having two trunk leaders and the head of international outreach as our RC, our LC and sometimes our BC as well (I think a few had the misfortune as having them as their TC's as well, but they can tell that story should they chose).

I saw (and still do) a direct correlation between these *leaders* assholiness and the amount of time spent at hq. It seems the more one had been holed up in lalaland the less interested in reality they became and the more preposterous their doctines became. I'm beginning to wonder if someone isn't spiking the water there...

In anycase poop runs downhill and now it's all settled at the bottom where rosie n crew are standing and they don't have a clue,

Geo that new train sounds like a wonderful idea, imagine flying across the country at 350 mph (my math is a bit rusty...).

In California there was a rail line serving the San Jose to SF commute as well as feeder buses run by various countys. Gawd knows just how bad traffic would be there if this wasn't in place (I remember when most of the east bay was mud flats...).

Europe has a similar system in place but are using more modern means of achieving the same goals (smart arse french...).

Anyways yes I've traveled the rails before and absolutely loved it, there is nothign like setting back in your semiprivate room and watching the Irish countryside pass you by or settling down in the diner while passing antelope somewhere out west...

JF thanks!

I think one of the B sites or a walk-in section would be *best* since there would be more room between *us* and *them*. Neither area can be reserved so a couple of us could get their early n commandeer one of those camping spots (yes it is a bit too early to be thinking of that but I might go up early myself n do a bit of fishing or sumthing).

Food wise, Cathy has done a great job coordinating everything and Shell, Sudo n Hawk provided alot of help (not to mention all the other helping hands). I'd like those who are DEFINETLY coming and bringing food to email me at herbiejuan@hotmail.com with what you are bringing and what else you think might need to be brought. We could stand to have a HUGE coffeepot (60 cups?) and I think breakfast might be more fun if we did it at a cabin at least once as it'd give the campers a chance to wash up in the morning without having to worry about getting breakfast on the table as well.

Boisterous, yup hadn't heard that word in awhile so I threw it in

and Sudo you fergot I got a copy of the tape

JF nevermind...duh I am so dense sometimes

there's a map in there...

Do we want to do a walk-in or one of the B sites?

JF thanks for the heads up on the park having cabins n camping stuff, I fergot they had such things in Tennessee :P-->

We excultmembers tend to be a boisterous bunch often past the 10 pm curfew set by the park rangers (we are an unruly bunch aren't we :D--> ). Soooo I was thinking that there might be a campsite area which would afford us some privacy. ie rather than being in the middle of the campground surrounded by dozens if not hundreds of campers, we could locate a spot off to the side, on the end or some other ammendable solution.

Oh before I do drift off to slumberland...

Someone needs to figure out where the best camping spots for our motley crew might be. Any suggestions?

Well I guess it's time for an executive decision :D-->

The Thrid Annual Southern Comfort Weenie Roast will be held at Falls Creek on Columbus Day Weekend (ok now that that parts overwith can I PLEASE go back to sleep? :P--> ).

Mikey

Paw, I'm thinking we ought to take folks that misbehave out back n shoot em.

Since we can't do that (except in certain parts of alabama) I say move the threads into the most logical place they should be. Heck most of us know how to operate a mouse by now...

I do think that if someone is trolling for converts they ought to have enough gumption to start their own website.

Zix I have it on Beta you can take my word on it :D-->

What would happen if Drs last teaching wasn't really his last?

All I can say is soon...

Ya got it Oen

So sorry to hear of Ellen's passing, Jim my prayers are with you bro, she may be in Gods hands but her heart still lives within you

Happy Happy Joy Joy!!

Hope its wonderful!

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