RumRunner

Thanks Eagle!

Maybe a new beginning????????

Laffing now Lifted - I got my new beginng in 1987 when I walked...

My aren't we a quiet bunch here.

Funny - that is also pretty close to a definition of Hegellian philosophy, thesis + antithesis = synthesis - one of the foundations of early communist thinking - and to think that the BOT always d@mned communism... I find that ironic even though I hate communicsm for other reasons... like it reminds me too much of TWI.

Another fun phrase for TWI is "cognitive distortion" a somewhat buzzy phrase out here in CA where therapists tell their patients "every thing is relative" using professional sounding phrases. Nothing is either good or bad. It is all in your mind. LOLOLOL

Nothing bad happened in TWI - it was all in our minds - snickers rather loudly.....

"Cognitive dissonance is the perception of incompatibility between two in laymen's terms, it is the uncomfortable tension that comes from holding two conflicting thoughts at the same time. The theory of cognitive dissonance states that contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to reduce the amount of dissonance (conflict) between cognitions. Experiments have attempted to quantify this hypothetical drive."

Maybe that explains why people will talk themselves into something. People don't like experiencing internal dissonance. And perhaps also explains why leaders that are self-deceived come across as so sincere - and therefore good at convincing others. Because they're NOT acting – but really believe the stuff! That would make it tricky for people who are use to spotting a phony by looking for some giveaway clue from body language, voice inflection, etc. If the salesman is truly convinced of his own snake oil – only an independent lab may give you a better idea of what's in the snake oil.

SV?!?!?! You on too many of those organic drugs again?

Well it IS Texas after all DM... I think that Dooj can make a big enough cheesecake.... it'll still lose but it will be big enough to feed 'em all

Dooj you surely keep trying

But everyone knows you are lying

About your cheeecake

The win I will take

And you will just walk away frying....

Just came back from the surgeon - cleared to fly - see y'all in TX.

8th corps - 8 pages of posts - it must mean something special - snickers

What did the BOT do? They abused, hurt and debased on any whim.

VPW - smart, charismatic, liar, drunk, woman abuser, self styled Paul on a stick

DW - smart, dull follower

HA - arrogant stupid cornfield f(ck - listened to him say to a branch meeting on the southside of Chitown, "some of my best friends are black" Nice H0w@rd really nice

LCM - not smart at all, quick witted, a dolt if you had a REAL conversation with him, woman abuser, self syled Moses on a stick

Geer - arrogant from day one - I met him in 1974 - he was arrogant then and never changed his tune. POP was all about Geer not about some mythical patriarch, woman abuser, self styled Jesus on a stick

Platig - Soft spoken arrgant jerk who should have been the dancer in AOS - told some friends of mine not to get married - I married 'em and that was 22 years ago - they have two fine kids and are still hopelessly in love - so much for revelation from Platig

Dunno any of the new BOT but well listening to the posts on GSC it only went down hill from there

Groucho you were remarkably mellow in you post...NRPS still gets played here

i think new knoxville was named incorrectly

maybe they should have called it fort knox!?

They would have had to change the name to Fort Apache when LCM became the number one buffoon.

Swiss cheese and some Limberger too

Will go into Doojable's goo

Dooj calls it a cheesecake

Its really cheap fake

Don't let Doojie feed that to YOU!

Rum's fusion has never been cold

Unlike Dooj's recpies so old

Cheesecake Italian?

Dooj makes it with scallion

On that note she might as well fold

Guess you're right Lifted Up

Never believed in that verse Lifted - I raised as much he(( as I could

Old Groucho has things pegged just right

That Dooj is so wrong and not bright

She tries hard to bake

All end up with aches

And end up P(ssed at her all night

No way Johnny gets immunity! Moose steak is just fine if it's marinated right. I'm coming in from Santiago Chile so I will bring some red wine and fruit (if I can get the fruit through customs and immigration).

The homo Eve thing? LOL I've been gone too long it seems please entertain me with what this new doctrine is... Dona is Eve and Rosalie is Satan perhaps???

Thanks for the list Dooj

Dooj don't know concrete from flour

Her cheesecake will always be sour

When tasting a bit

Folks feeling the pit

In stomachs they all will a'cower

BTW Dooj.....fantastic limerick!!!

Don't let it go to her head pipes - she is still gonna loose with the whole cheesecake thing.....

Pipes I sold that Capri with 265K miles on it and it still ran fine - that was a fine fine car

There as a bad cook named young Dooj

Who cooked much worse than old Scrooge

Her cake had bad taste

All called it a waste

And agreed it was nothing but kludge

LOLOLOL - OK Oakie - here was what we did back in the late 70's when I was a WOW BC... Pipes feel free to correct me here where my memory fails me...and oh yeah - please remember that this response reflects when I was when I was still IN TWI not condoning anything even close to TWI now now - as if it isn't clear on my posts... smirks - and when ya read below you'll figure out why I was never a favorite with the rest of the clergy

[*]Wake up at 6:30am - "study the Word" and speak in tongues for a 1/2 hour

Never bothered to check on 'em - didn't matter - figured they were cool and knew how to worhip God in their own right

[*]7:00 - 7:30: shower & eat a quick breakfast

Ditto

[*]8:00am - 12 noon: work (assuming a 20-hour workweek, five days per week

Horsecr@p - I told 'em to get jobs that they could make money at - lots of them were wait staff working lunches 10:30-4:00 or even evenings - even had one WOW get a job as a school bus driver - so she worked two shifts - guess that blows THAT schedule

[*]Noon - 1:00pm: Go home, eat lunch

Ignored it

[*]1:00 - 5:00pm: witness

Ignored it based on work schedule

[*]5:00 - 6:30pm: cook dinner, eat and wash dishes

Ignored it based on work schedule

[*]6:30 - 10:30pm: witness (4 hours in the afternoon, 4 hours at night)

We witnessed at bars and clubs - so Belle ya never had to worry about the 9:00 PM knock on the door. And we got to party at the clubs - sheesh - got quite a few folks in the evil class that way - but we partied at the same time and had a gas

[*]10:30 - 11:00pm: family meeting

Never checked on 'em but I know that the WFC's cared about their families. We had our best "family" hours when we got back from a bar or club as MORE THAN ONE FAMILY and just hung out.

[*]You now have a whole hour to yourself before being in bed by midnight.

My one and ONLY requirement was that everyone covered everyone's butt... and they did with a completely amazing fierce sense of loyalty to each other and to God - but not to TWI. Pipes was one of those who you didn't want to cross if you messed with her family or anyone else in the "branch". Dammm the whole branch was like that as I recall.... Pipes? You there? Or am I hallucinating again? Ever here from Billy pipes?

freedom from from the corn field!!

I can't resist CF - look up the old horror movie "Children of the Corn" on Wikipedia - and follow the link to "Chritian Cults" - LOLOL No direct refs to TWI but it was kinda of funny...

Wonder if ole drunk Vic and Uncle Fairy had a hard time sleeping ever. OK I know off topic but I had to toss that in.

"wonderful" like simple words like holy and the Lord Jesus can become like xhit when spoken through a mouthful of that stuff, which imho, the twi mouth was like.

Kit Sober's evil nemesis - Vic NotSober... Sorry Kit I couldn't resist

What's all this talk of being humble?!?! We'll have no admissions of humility by any of the 8th. We simply make no mistakes.