WordWolf

And don't you think that doesn't break what's left of the little hearts of the twi hierarchy. They so miss being able to threaten and intimidate "their" people (God's people whom they stole.). Being unable to threaten or intimidate removes one of their most effective tools. Now they can only spread scary stories about what happens when people leave- and have no ability to make the scary stories actually happen. Anyone with the brains to leave is now free and clear once they're outside twi's direct clutches.

Amazing how many of us were threatened with physical violence when considering either telling someone the truth, or even ASKING UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS. (I was threatened with the latter- which saved me the trouble of asking- that response told me more than I could have found with a lengthy interrogation. Plus, it didn't intimidate me in the least. I was far too quick for him to tag me.)

"Magic Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?"

So far, GreaseSpot After Hours has a ring to it. No matter what name is chosen, I strongly recommend a prominent placement to the name "Greasespot" and possibly "WayDale". That's because "Greasespot" already has built a reputation as being the big center for learning about twi and telling "the other side of the story." As long as that name is up, twi knows their main obstacle to recruiting new young folk is still warning people away from them as fast as twi can try to deceive them. Plus, the people looking for information already have heard of "Greasespot" already. If they see the name appear, they'll know this is the current iteration of the community. No matter what name is chosen, I think those should be serious considerations.

Oh, I think we still serve a valuable purpose by existing as a resource. When twi tries to grab another person in their clutches, those over 40 generally know better already and are lousy targets for twi, and those under 40 go online to read about twi and find-us!

If you haven't seen "THE PRINCESS BRIDE" yet, you should.

Kirk, cow and dishwasher were all 1 moderator? Here I was thinking there were a lot more moderators, alternating moderating....

Chatroom New Year's Eve? I'm sure I can squeeze that in...

I heard about Paw's arrival when meeting a few GS'ers for dinner in Connecticut. It was me, Paw, Steve!, Shazdancer, and some more posters who didn't post a lot. (I don't know who'd still want to be mentioned, and who was there in a case or 2.) Looking back, it sounded hysterical. I pictured myself being there when he gave his name, and mentally reaching behind me to pick up a chair. :)

I like the idea. Let me get back to you. I'm usually pretty good with clever names, if I have time for my muse to work on it.

========================== Is anyone volunteering to set up a temporary meeting-place post-GSC so the regulars and semi-regulars can log in and get contact information for each other? Most people are running around and some won't check in until after the holidays. I'm thinking a temporary messageboard for that, with a prominent thread and link from here, would work, and buy us more time to exchange contacts.

It breaks my heart a little to see it go, but I can't blame you at all. You deserve to be able to get on with your life, the same as any one else. Will the material that's up remain up in a "read only" format? I imagine all that's been written will still be of use to people, and there's still people who come here to read about twi.

That's it, "The Adventures of Robin Hood", starring Errol Flynn as Robin, Alan Hale Sr as Little John, Olivia de Haviland as Maid Marion, and Basil Rathbone as Guy of Gisbourne. (With Claude Rains as Prince John and Patric Knowles as Will Scarlett.) It's full of inaccuracies, and a lot of fun. And Howard Hill, Hollywood's Archer of Archers, actually fired the split-the-arrow shot in one take, splitting it in 3 fair and square. (Of course, in the movie, it's ROBIN who fires it, but still.)

Sorry, George, you can't make 9 guesses at once.

"It's all right-he's one of us." "One of us? He looks like three of us." "Have you finished?" "I'm only just beginning! From this night forward I'll use every means in my power to fight you!" "You're a strange man." "Strange? Because I can feel for beaten, helpless people?" "No. You're strange because you want to do something about it." "What's your reward for all this?" "Reward? You just don't understand, do you?" "I'm sorry. I do begin to see... a little... now." "You do? Then that's reward enough." "Do you know any prayers, my friend?" "I'll say one for you!" "Overtaxed, overworked and paid off with a knife, a club or a rope." "Why, you speak treason!" "Fluently." "You'll sweat the lard out of that fat carcass of yours before this day is over, my pudgy friend." "Let him approach...By my faith, but you're a bold rascal." "You've all suffered from their cruelty - the ear loppings, the beatings, the blindings with hot irons, the burning of our farms and homes, the mistreatment of our women. It's time to put an end to this! Now, this forest is wide. It can shelter and clothe and feed a band of good, determined men - good swordsmen, good archers, good fighters. Men, if you're willing to fight for our people, I want you! Are you with me?" "You'll be sorry you interfered." "Sorry? I'd do it again if you killed me for it." "A prophetic speech, my lady, for that is exactly what is going to happen to you." "You wouldn't DARE." "Take me as your servant. Why in all the forest, there isn't a hunter as good as me. I ask no pay, just to follow you." "I'd advise you to curb that wagging tongue of yours!" BTW, not that any of you thought he was, but "the Skipper" (Alan Hale Junior) was definitely not in this movie.

No. No captains in this movie that I recall. (If they were, they certainly weren't memorable or significant in the story or title.)

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

I was referring to the 2 statements in quotation marks as things vpw recited back at us without understanding them: "God is Spirit, and God can only communicate with what He is" and "God is Spirit, and God can only give what He is". IMHO, socks understands them now better than vpw did when he taped pfal.

Awwwww. I love a happy ending.

"It's all right-he's one of us." "One of us? He looks like three of us." "Have you finished?" "I'm only just beginning! From this night forward I'll use every means in my power to fight you!" "You're a strange man." "Strange? Because I can feel for beaten, helpless people?" "No. You're strange because you want to do something about it." "What's your reward for all this?" "Reward? You just don't understand, do you?" "I'm sorry. I do begin to see... a little... now." "You do? Then that's reward enough." "Do you know any prayers, my friend?" "I'll say one for you!" "Overtaxed, overworked and paid off with a knife, a club or a rope." "Why, you speak treason!" "Fluently." "You'll sweat the lard out of that fat carcass of yours before this day is over, my pudgy friend." "Let him approach...By my faith, but you're a bold rascal." "You've all suffered from their cruelty - the ear loppings, the beatings, the blindings with hot irons, the burning of our farms and homes, the mistreatment of our women. It's time to put an end to this!" "You'll be sorry you interfered." "Sorry? I'd do it again if you killed me for it." "A prophetic speech, my lady, for that is exactly what is going to happen to you." "You wouldn't DARE." BTW, not that any of you thought he was, but "the Skipper" (Alan Hale Junior) was definitely not in this movie.

You didn't need to post the names of the speakers... The names Rick and Captain Renault were more than enough..... This is "Casablanca."

No. (And no.) I agree. And you've probably seen this one at some point.

You are correct on the episode- it is "Relics." Which means it is your turn. However, the quotes were all from different scenes, few of them with Geordi. "The Enterprise... I shoulda known. And I'll bet it was Jim Kirk himself who hauled the old girl out of mothballs to come looking for me." Scotty's first conversation with the Away Team that rescued him. "A good Engineer is always a wee bit conservative, at least on paper." Actually, this line WAS said to Geordi. "I remember a time when we had to transport the Dohlman of Elaas. You never heard anyone whine and complain about quarters like that..." ""You canna change the laws of physics" I said... but of course he wouldn't listen so we had to come up with a new engine start-up routine..." Scotty was getting chatty with an anonymous Ensign. Go, BrokenArrow!

My objection would be if you were saying-as it sounded- like you were trying to excuse vpw for making the gaffe about God-and spirit-being unable to communicate with anything BUT spirit. The idea of God Almighty, the Creator of the Universe, untold galaxies, and so on, who calculated the times so precisely that the constellations tell the times, and the tiny vibrations of the atoms are our DEFINITION of time, would be UNABLE to do something by virtue of lacking the ability (communicating with anything that is not spirit), well, I find that, to say the least, wildly improbable. A MUCH better case would have to be made than vpw's bald assertions. Which is more likely- that vpw made a mistake, or that the Almighty is hardly "all mighty" and lacks the ability to do useful things that he later gave us the ability to do? No qualifier was made when vpw made his bald assertions like "God is Spirit, and God can only communicate with what He is" and "God is Spirit, and God can only give what He is". Given how silly these statements are when someone isn't blindly memorizing them, but is just examining them, you'd think an immediate explanation and correction would follow. However, I think he was skipping over helping OUR understanding because HE didn't really understand either statement like whoever he plagiarized it from- Leonard, Stiles, Bullinger... I agree with you that God CAN put thoughts in the mind of one who isn't born again, or speak in an audible voice. (We can both comfortably agree with the Bible there.) This also allows us to skip over elaborate explanations forced on the Old Testament to make it conform to pfal, like adding the imposition of spirit on Balaam's donkey instead of God just making a miracle, or adding spirit to a pagan king-against his will- for an undefined short period so that vpw could claim to understand how the writing on the wall worked. Congratulations. Did I say otherwise?

"The Enterprise... I shoulda known. And I'll bet it was Jim Kirk himself who hauled the old girl out of mothballs to come looking for me." "A good Engineer is always a wee bit conservative, at least on paper." "I remember a time when we had to transport the Dohlman of Elaas. You never heard anyone whine and complain about quarters like that..." ""You canna change the laws of physics" I said... but of course he wouldn't listen so we had to come up with a new engine start-up routine..."