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...But not funny! <_<

QUOTE(VeganXTC @ Jun 5 2007, 05:22 PM) ChasUFarley said: I can't answer your question, but I can back up what you said about him being so bad in the 80's and 90's. Someone who was in longer than I was told me she was too embarrassed to share the SNS tapes with new people, because his mouth was so bad. Wonder if this is around the same time his vulgar ideas on Genesis 3 emerged?? It's not just lingo, IMO

OK, I'm back. Been sitting on a jury all last week. What a trip, but that's another topic! Thanks for all the warm welcomes. I met my first best friend at Emporia--we were assigned to be in the same twig, and have been fast friends ever since. Even in the early 80's, we had long, deep discussions about things we saw that didn't add up. When we graduated, she was assigned to the western edge of IL, and I, just outside of Chicago. After that first year, I changed my assignment and moved in with her and another believer. During that year, with great support from Joe Guar!n!, but great disdain from others, we stopped shoveling the ABS to HQ, and used it to support the local Fellowships (self-governing, self-supporting,etc.) The heat we got from the goons was the beginning of our exodus. We still talk several times a week, get together when we can, and even our kids are good friends. The second best friend is my hubby, who I met on my interim year. Lotsa folks had different choices for a wife for him, but he fought for "US". We just celebrated our 20th.

I am a newbie here, and must say that I've not only enjoyed wandering through, but have found much help in sorting through some of the fallout of my involvement with twi. Back to topic: I met my 2 best friends while "in", and we've all been out since 1987. The following quote says it all: Be courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation. ~George Washington, letter, Jan. 15, 1783