ClayJay

Sugar Sugar by The Archies! I just love that song! And, I think Betty was cuter than Veronica I think Veronica was a spoiled BRAT!

To have a girl friend or even a wife. Oh but I haven't realized that dream though.

What a cool thread!

Okay. I gotta say that I do like RRs choice of Steve Buscemi. That would crack me up for sure. He killed me in The Wedding Singer when he proposed that toast. Okay. Here's my list:

Steve Buscemi

Kurt Russel

Elizabeth Hurley (Miss Kensington!)

Eddie Murphy (I got some ice cream an you did dint! And yer on welfare.....!)

John Wayne-were he alive

Dan Akroyd

My favorite beer in this whole world is: Iron City Beer!

http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres...AvG0YOw9RbD0pfQ

So, where's my place on the mountain?

And by the way, how do ya post a picture? I was going to post a can of Iron City but I couldn't figure it out.

there were alot of problems in our wow family with him.

Maybe the dog in the photo is a freak and is like, really into piercing?

Yes! It truly is an awesome poem! My big brother (God rest his soul) used to love that one and it was him who first read it to me. Thanks Groucho!

One of my very favorites!

Gunga Din

by Rudyard Kipling

YOU may talk o' gin an' beer

When you're quartered safe out 'ere,

An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it;

But if it comes to slaughter

You will do your work on water,

An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it.

Now in Injia's sunny clime,

Where I used to spend my time

A-servin' of 'Er Majesty the Queen,

Of all them black-faced crew

The finest man I knew

Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din.

It was "Din! Din! Din!

You limping lump o' brick-dust, Gunga Din!

Hi! slippy hitherao!

Water, get it! Panee lao!

You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din!"

The uniform 'e wore

Was nothin' much before,

An' rather less than 'arf o' that be'ind,

For a twisty piece o' rag

An' a goatskin water-bag

Was all the field-equipment 'e could find.

When the sweatin' troop-train lay

In a sidin' through the day,

Where the 'eat would make your bloomin' eyebrows crawl,

We shouted "Harry By!"

Till our throats were bricky-dry,

Then we wopped 'im 'cause 'e couldn't serve us all.

It was "Din! Din! Din!

You 'eathen, where the mischief 'ave you been?

You put some juldee in it,

Or I'll marrow you this minute,

If you don't fill up my helmet, Gunga Din!"

'E would dot an' carry one

Till the longest day was done,

An' 'e didn't seem to know the use o' fear.

If we charged or broke or cut,

You could bet your bloomin' nut,

'E'd be waitin' fifty paces right flank rear.

With 'is mussick on 'is back,

'E would skip with our attack,

An' watch us till the bugles made "Retire."

An' for all 'is dirty 'ide,

'E was white, clear white, inside

When 'e went to tend the wounded under fire!

It was "Din! Din! Din!"

With the bullets kickin' dust-spots on the green.

When the cartridges ran out,

You could 'ear the front-files shout:

"Hi! ammunition-mules an' Gunga Din!"

I sha'n't forgit the night

When I dropped be'ind the fight

With a bullet where my belt-plate should 'a' been.

I was chokin' mad with thirst,

An' the man that spied me first

Was our good old grinnin', gruntin' Gunga Din.

'E lifted up my 'ead,

An' 'e plugged me where I bled,

An' 'e guv me 'arf-a-pint o' water—green;

It was crawlin' an' it stunk,

But of all the drinks I've drunk,

I'm gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.

It was "Din! Din! Din!

'Ere's a beggar with a bullet through 'is spleen;

'E's chawin' up the ground an' 'e's kickin' all around:

For Gawd's sake, git the water, Gunga Din!"

'E carried me away

To where a dooli lay,

An' a bullet come an' drilled the beggar clean.

'E put me safe inside,

An' just before 'e died:

"I 'ope you liked your drink," sez Gunga Din.

So I'll meet 'im later on

In the place where 'e is gone—

Where it's always double drill and no canteen;

'E'll be squattin' on the coals

Givin' drink to pore damned souls,

An' I'll get a swig in Hell from Gunga Din!

Din! Din! Din!

You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din!

Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you,

By the livin' Gawd that made you,

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!

And a Happy New Year to you all also! :)

Well, I for one see some very good dialogue going on here, and I think that the discussed delineation between those who come here for "social gathering" with old ex Way-Pals as opposed to those who come here with needs for enlightenment concerning their times in TWI is a very good course to chart indeed. My two cents as a fng. Hope that made sense.

he was my wow brother that year,

I don't know where he is now, but I sure remember him when. We were wow's at the same time in California, though in separate parts of the big city.

Have some eggnog. biglaugh.gif I promise it is free, no charge, no payment, no donation.

Yeah, and no real eggnog! But at least I wouldn't be getting what I wasn't paying for! Haha!

And thanks for the welcomes! :)

I think that paying for the class materials was okay, though the price was too high in relation to the materials. But what I could never get was the thing about "your not PAYING for the class because it is a DONATION and not a payment". WTF was up with that? I paid it/donated it-whatever-because I wanted to take it and be grads like the people that introduced me to it, but I always had a real hard time trying to tell new people that it was not a PAYMENT but instead a DONATION. One guy told me that since it was a donation, that he would only donate fifty bucks. But then I had to tell him no, it costs more than that. Then he said that that meant that it was a payment and not a donation. That one always confused me. I just wished that they (the leaders) would just change the wording and say that the class cost $100.00 and that that was what it COST.

How much do you think Jesus made doing the Sermon On The Mount teaching series? That was a pretty popular one you know! It even got a fancy name, that is, The Beatitudes, or however its spelled. What does that mean anyway?

Has anybody heard of Doyle Deguire from Abilene Texas? Do you know where he is? Oh, and, he was a wow in LA California back around 1976.

Hah hah! I remember Rev. Dubofsky! He was funny and he did some great teaching about the Temple that I heard on some tapes. That's a funy picture too. I'd bet he got over being bitter because he seemed to know about a merry heart doing good like a medicine and a broken spirit drying the bones. Wasn't he our trunk leader or something big like that?

Thanks you two. Thanks for ther welcome. Seems like everybody esle must be at all of the other threads. Does the chat thing work well?

I am new here and thought I would say hello. I used to be involved with The Way International (I notice people here simply call it TWI which works), but I have not been involved for many years. I was in for a few years before it got really strange in like 1987, so I left. But I liked the message from the PFAL class and still have my stuff from then. But I just go to church now (only sometimes-lol), and believe some of the things I used to believe when in TWI, and somethings I don't. Anyway, this is an interesting place. I have some more reading to do here to learn more. I think I am glad I checked out when I did!