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Skyrider, good insight. Those were absurd. Our loco leaders here (you know who) always had them at his house of course so he didn't have to travel. SHE always insisted on vlounteers for everything. It was so comical. And of course us "volunteers" had to be done an hour early. So here we are a crew of men and women setting up a few chairs in the small living room, sweeping the sidewalk, cleaning the bathroom, vacuuming. When when we finished we had to change into our suits and ties and hang around bored for an hour. The the crew many times composed the majority of the meeting attendees! Ha! So we sat up for ourselves, parked ourselves and made refreshments for ourselves. Once I was even joking around with another disgusted worker and we greeted ourselves at the door and shook our own hands. It was insanity. Control freaks! What a waste of a good Sunday afternoon.

Oh, and I'll contribute a few as well: Shields Up - test how secure your computer is Go to Start / Run and type in MSCONFIG hit enter. Now go to the tab called Startup. Surprise!!! All those things are starting up every time you start your computer. No wonder you have problems!!! Maybe you should uncheck some of thos suckers. Maybe NOT. Wanna know what they are? Where they came from? Go here and in the search window type the name of the file in question: Startup Explanations & descriptions.

Awesome sites. See what I mean? All on the Internet. There are hundreds more. Easy to find. If a person REALLY wants to. But to some this stuff is as interesting to them as Knitting would be to me. They get very glassy eyed over it. I can't blame them. They are probably normal. So they can ask their friends like some of us who love this stuff to help them. We might even do so for free for a nice cup of coffee.

As an "old timer" we used to hear VPW decades ago say something like: "The Only reason for the existence of The Way is because the churches are not doing their jobs.!!" Today I believe that is no longer true. Churches all over America, I believe, ARE doing their job. In my opinion I believe many of them are doing a far better job than The Way. Among other things, the Internet is a tool they are using to help them do a better job in reaching people with the Gospel. For example, look at the site of a local church near here. Notice how easy it is to immediately contact any of the top leaders via EMAIL or PHONE. CONTACT US They minister to thousands...... they are growing...there is life and joy in the lives of the participants. Not deadness and boredom. There is no exclusivity. And they do not have a HUUUUUUGE bloated staff to accomplish the task. In my 25 year experience with The Way, there was always an underlying criticism of all churches. Under LCM's tenure they were even considered devilish and filled with devil spirits from the top down. Today, TWI should perhaps point the finger towards themselves instead of criticizing other works of God. What is your view on this? John Richeson Tampa, FL

Chas, I started a thread here called "Tips and Tricks" or something like that a good while back. It has some gems. You can search for it and find it. I and others shared several things about PC's (not sure about Macs, though). Anyway, as you may be seeing, Google has revolutioned the world in some ways IMHO. These days, if one is determined, you can find out just about anything about anything. Truly information is now at our fingertips. It is a more level palying field I think as it should be. "Tech Support" has never been easier. Forget the dreaded calls to Dell or Microsoft. The world community usually has the answers. For example, you can find out all you would ever need to know about Spyware by research on Google. You might discover that Ad Aware is no longer the leader in the Spyware fighting battle. There are many now. I prefer using several but I do not prefer to have any of them running as a "security guard" in the background. (I want to free every bit of resource I can get.) Another example, recently our little daughter ruined a monitor by running a magnet over the screen. I actually found a technique on Google that fixes the problem. It was written by a guy who, by trial and error, discovered it. He is not even sure why it works. It involved 2 magnets duct taped to drill. It worked like a charm! And if a person wants to find out about a religious group and their history, for example The Way International, they might do a Google search. They will find volumes of information. Not much of it appears to be good. John R. Oh, and I love that Fonts site you mentioned. Thanks for sharing it!

56k...... Wow! It's been since about 1998 since I said goodbye to it. You know what my first piece of advice is going to be. Remove your 56k modem and throw it away. Spend the extra bucks for Broadband. If you are in an area that does not have broadband then move. If you can not afford it, just repeat this phrase over and over until you find a way. "I can't afford NOT to have broadband." I'm just kidding....really Amazing how so much of our lives are becoming dependent on what comes across a pair of twisted copper wires. I am sure you can find a wealth of info on Google about how to optimize your 56k experience. First thing I would try is to replace your modem with a new one. Couldn't hurt and they are so cheap. They can go bad over time.

Another thing to empty is TEMP. No one ever thinks much about this cluttered folder. But it can contain tons of junk. Before you empty it, right click on it and go to properties...to see how big it has gotten. Some people NEVER have emptied this. Here is the path in explorer to find it. You may need to be sure you have access to see hidden files and folders and / or system files. C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME\Local Settings\Temp You can find the Temporary Internet files folder right underneath it which you can also empty. Also go to other users of this computer and do the same thing.

Thanks, Hap. That's great news about David! Last I heard he was very ill. It appears he is doing much better. Tell him and / or Mark I said hi if you see them again.

Is Donna dating or involved with any men since her breakup from LCM? After all, it's been 5 years. I am not aware of any. Has Rosalie been know to have ever dated or had any relationships with ANY men in TWI? I am not aware of any.

That would be awesome! I'll make sure to get some of Ted's pot for us and wean DB off the bottle and into the Magical Mystery mode. It's much easier on the liver and nobody fights or gets arrested it seems. Ted, at your age you will need regular exercise. I think you need to go to start going to nearby Clearwater Beach for daily walks or swims. The only distraction is all those bikinis. No wonder a certain "leader" we knew and you know spent at least one day a week there......alone....because he said he had a "skin condition" which needed a lot of sun. Ha!

Hey Ted. Shame on your marrying that young lady. I was thinking of getting you a bottle of purple pills for a gift. I wouldn't miss it. Unfortunately, Hope will be out of town that weekend...school field trip. Looks like the Englishman will be staying with us since we are so close. Hmmm lets see....Hope out of town Ted's big wedding.... Englishman party animal staying in our house....his birthday is the next day.... I'm getting too old for this!!! ...and I am 20 years younger than Mr. Ferrel. John R.

Of course it takes a devil spirit to murder. Because that is what we were taught in the Way of Abundance & Power Advanced Class.

Becky Fug*t lives near this area of Florida. Her and her boys, Johnny & David are awesome. She's not online much.

I want to smoke pot with the 9th Corps.

Mr. Tuttle, I am glad to see you still do all your shopping at convenience stores. Do you still buy weekly lottery tickets? When are you gonna win by revelation? Dear friends, DB called me and is coming here for Ted's wedding in Largo, FL, near me. He's the best man.

Well, it was 10 YEARS AGO! Maybe the man has changed. Dear Craig....if you by some very slim chance happen to be reading this, maybe you are cringing when you see it too. Having been removed for over 5 years now, maybe you are getting rid of the cult-like mentality too. At least I hope so. You need to do like on that funny show "My name is Earl" and make a list of wrongdoings and go back and try to rectify them. I think your list would be a lot longer than Earl's. Socks, what were you expecting, WOW Burgers??? Be thankful for your Pizza and sit down. It was a privilege to have anything at all. Be blessed! And why weren't you up there singing and playing at that gala event? Were'nt you walking by revelation? (Tom Tuttle for President!)

Google Earth Download the free Google Earth for a very cool program that lets you hop all over the world looking at satellite images and close ups of the whole world. Type in your address and zip code and zoom in to see your house. (Or someone else's) We can even see the color and style of our cars and the trees in our yard and our pool. Some zoomed in views are not clear. Others are amazingly clear. Try it out! Comments appreciated. Google Earth

Awww! That's sick and embarrassing and scary. WAP appears to be a huge expensive failure as we all know. How dare they give him a war bonnett from the Sioux nation because he "deserves it more" for teaching WAP! I cringe inside when I see it. Way world = fantasy world. You should have stood up like VPW says he did in PFAL and said "It was a disgrace....for me....to have been in this fellowship tonight!!!!! Then taken your video camear and walked real fast outta there....ha! Thanks for posting them, Royal. And thanks for the clips you gave me. I think you deserve a "red carpet party" in celebration of your finishing converting your films to DVD. I'll bring a Sioux bonnett to give you. Love to your family.

I feel that anyone going int the Corps these days is simply going to work for TWI as an employee. You are expected to be in compliance and agreement with your employer.....fair enough. But if it were me I would look for gainful employent elsewhere. It appears the benefits suck. I think some people are a bit lazy and want to coast along and be told what to do. I would rather die.

Small numbers is right! It makes me wonder if that's not exactly what the powers that be want. They got all the money. It is much easier to manage a small handfull of staff members to keep the grass mowed and send out a few tapes and "assist" the top leadership with their every little need. All the benefits they have..... no worries about insurance, taxes, medical, electric, food, automobile maintenance, on and on it goes. A nice little cornfield cocoon. All made possible by past ABS. Why grow and have all the headaches associated? Better to stay small and have all the worker bees take care of the rest. Some of our local churches have grown at a faster rate and have more godly results..... especially with the youth. From what I hear from recent folks who have left, THE WAY is boring. Youth can't stand that at all! I'd leave too. PS - Regards to your family, Skyrider. Give them our love.

In that same section be sure to "Clear Forms" and "Clear Passwords". Gets rid of the history.

Ya'll keep me smiling. Someone MUST copy this thread post by post. So we can laugh when we are all seniors, thereby we will live longer. We'll make a little black book out of it and call it "Laugh Lines" Now get busy.

Yeah, it looks like Cute PDF is good for free creation of PDF's I have never used it but from what I can tell it will do the trick. They have a version you pay for as well. Here is the comparison between their free version and the version you pay for. Cute PDF I use the full blown version of Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 which of course is the biggie (but expensive): Adobe Acrobat Pro

Amateurs. What about (spiritual knowledge) 11 Football 11 12 shelf 13 hurting (boxing gloves) 14 courting 15 lifting (barbells) 16 mixing (bowl) 17 leavening (bread) 18 waiting (Doctors office) 19 pining 20 horn of plenty 21 dueling guns

Another is to use Adobe Acrobat, the full blown version, not the free reader.