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I don't think this one has been used yet: She asked him why... George

Absolutely right! Well done. George

It's been longer for Montana, so they must REALLY be due! :lol: I love the counterinductive reasoning people attribute to these things. They even speak of a "law of averages," as if there were such a thing. Hurricanes happen when certain climactic factors are right. You're no more "due" than you were last year, and will be no less "due" next year. George

This is an older movie. (Not older than I, though!) "And maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that, as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves." "You and I have a tendency towards corpulence. Corpulence makes a man reasonable, pleasant and phlegmatic. Have you noticed the nastiest of tyrants are invariably thin?" "The enemies of the state are known, arrests are being made, the prisons begin to fill." George

Somewhat off-topic, but this reminds me of an old joke: A newlywed couple enter their new home together. The husband (much larger than his wife) takes off his pants and tells her to put them on. They're obviously much too big, and she says, "I can't wear these!" "That's right," he replies,"because I wear the pants in this family!" The wife then takes off her panties and tells her husband to put them on. "I can't get into these!" he exclaims. "That's right, and you WON'T be getting into those until you change your attitude!" :lol:

The "russell" hint helped more than the quotes! "Gladiator"? George

1 "Captain! They're now locking lasers on us." 2 "Lasers?" 1 "Yes, sir." 3 "Lasers can't even penetrate our navigation shields, don't they know that?" 2 "Regulations... do call for yellow alert." 3 "Hm... Very old regulation. Well... reduce speed. Drop main shields as well." 2 "May I ask why, sir?" 3 "In case we decide to surrender to them." "You spoiled the joke. You know, it could have been your timing." "My timing is digital." "That's funny." George

Not ringing a bell here. :( George

Of course. George

Waylaid, I think I posted the last time about the same time you were apologizing, so I didn't see it. About the VPW comment: note the "wink" smiley ;) it means I'm kidding. And feel free to disagree with other posters. It's not a matter of "stepping on toes." I don't expect you to "toe the party line" here. That's the same kind of BS that TWI promulgates. A measured response, without insults, will usually get your point across more effectively. George SHAMELESS PLUG: Feel free to check out the "game" threads in the "Reading Room" forum. No TWI_bashing there, just some fun. (Before jumping into one of the games, though, be sure to read the first couple of posts of each one to make sure you know the rules.)

"So let it be written; so let it be done!" George

I ALWAYS called myself a Christian as a Wayfer. It made more sense than "not-Trinitarian." VPW pointed out in PFAL that beleivers were called "that way" before they were called Christians, but I don't ever recall Christian being used as a derogatory term in TWI. George

About the only thing everyone in GS has in common is some association with TWI. Most of us are out (from very recently to decades); some are in; some have family or friends who are in. In general, you will find that most of us had bad experiences. Poking fun at TWI or its leaders is a way to release those experiences. It's also a way to warn innie "lurkers" that life in Wayworld isn't what its salesmen represent it as. At any rate, it should be no concern of yours how long someone has been posting here. If you feel you have nothing to learn or to contribute, you're free to move on. If you feel you DO have something to learn or to contribute, feel free to stay. But tone down the attitude! First impressions, and all. Didn't VP recommend How to Win Friends and Influence People? ;) George

Same here. Interestingly, it always says I am teh only user of Shoutbox. George

I think we need a few more lines. George

"The Natural"? George

When I first moved to the Houston area, the C@gles were branch leaders and were very active in witnessing. They pushed others to go out witnessing, often every night for a couple of weeks, but they were always right there in the thick of it. The P@nnerellos were also active in their part of town. That's probably why Houston went from about fifteen twigs to something like 60 in the early to mid '80's. (Many of the grads had never been involved in an audiotape class, because classes were easily drawing 15 or more new students.) In later years, this dropped off some (probably becuase of so many Corps departures). Still, when Rise and Expansion classes ran, Corps were out there door-to-door with the rest of us. Side note: I still remember Paul Mosq... telling everyone that we were going door-to-door after some session or other and then seeing the response: YEAAAAY! Sh-t! :lol: George

OK, Fine. It's "Silent Enemy." An unknown race (never again seen) not only kicks the Enterprise's butt in a fight, but also boards the ship and leaves surveillance equipment. Archer decides to head home to get the ship's weapons up to speed, but Trip and Malcolm fix them first. Enterprise then kicks the aliens' butts. The secondary plot involves Archer tasking Hoshi with finding out Malcolm's favorite food for a birthday surprise. Dr. Phlox points out that Malcolm takes injections to alleviate an allergy to pineapple. WW, at least you got the series. Go ahead! George

Ever since the new system has been up, I haven't been able to access "Songs Remembered..." or "Flicks Remembered..." using Internet Explorer. I get a nasty sound and an error message. Now I use Mozilla for Greasespot Cafe. The problems don't seem to happen when I use it. George

You really don't want to upload pictures, you want to insert the images using the "picture" icon above the reply box. I wrote a more detailed version of the instructions on p. 22 of the "Movie Pictionary" thread, but here's a condensed version: Open a second window of your browser, so you can find pictures in one and use the other to post here. Search images in your browser to find the one you want. Generally, pictures on a blog site or Flickr don't work well. Size doesn't really matter, but I prefer images about 250-400 on a side. Click the thumbnail of the picture to open the full sized pic. Right-click, and click properties. Copy the URL. Go back to Greasespot, and click the picture icon. Paste the URL into the message box and click Enter. You won't see the picture, but there will be a line between "img" brackets. Click Enter to go to the next line, and go find another pic. Repeat until you have the whole puzzle. Before "adding reply" I suggest "previewing post" just to make sure all teh pics work right. You may have to replace one of your pics, if it doesn't come up for some reason. Let's pretend we're in "Movie Pictionary" doing "The King of Hearts" (a bizarre film that showed continuously at a theater in Boston for over ten years). I plan to do this with a single picture. I would like a picture of that particular card without the heart symbolk (to make it a bit tougher), but I don't see one. So I chose another; the numbers under the thumbnail indicate its size is 300x400, so I click the thumbnail to open the picture, and then open the properties, copying the URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AvfLqN0wLTg/SjqI3-WokwI/AAAAAAAAAJs/nLsK704z_XY/s400/king+of+hearts.jpg. It turns out to be on a blog, so I pick another: http://www.calculateme.com/MySpace/background-images/king-of-hearts.gif I use the picture icon as explained above to insert the picture: Previewing the post shows that it will insert appropriately, so I go ahead and "add reply" George

That's exactly what it means! Give it a shot. (IMP + LANES + HITE = In Plain Sight) George