WordWolf

Well, if it's a toss-up, I'll post: "My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon" (That's the song, not my own personal sentiments, mind...)

""The magnetic plasma guides are heating up." "They must've initiated the impulse prestart sequence." "What does that mean?" "It means this entire conduit is about to be filled with superheated plasma." "When you say superheated..." "Unless I can find another way out of here, we'll be vaporized. Is that clear enough?" "Crystal."

The usual "mail-client" for Firefox users is "Thunderbird." You might try that as well-I believe it's a stand-alone program, independent of Firefox.

Do you want us to start listing out favourite "Add-Ons" yet? One of Firefox's strengths is its customization level. It's easy to add a bunch of widgets that all all sorts of abilities....

May I recommend something? Both of you are normally a lot better than this recent exchange. May I suggest a little time away from the keyboard, maybe a brisk walk, and indulging in another activity before giving this a fresh look? It's done wonders for me when I get frustrated..

Was it "SCORPION"?

We could use another quote, a clue, or whether or not that was the correct answer....

Actually, wasway gave the correct song, and the correct name of an artist that performed it on a broadcast (or whose performance was later broadcast.) I'm not sure about Waysider's special provisos for that round, but it looked like WS agreed the answer was correct, eventually. (Maybe not.) I'd wait for Waysider to clarify. If Waysider wasn't being so specific, it would OBVIOUSLY be wasway's turn. Of course, if it IS wasway's turn, wasway can just cede his/her turn to you, and we move on. Just trying to stick to the few rules we have....

Heaven forbid someone should point out what the board is trying to hide, or that they should ask the hard questions... We're supposed to follow leaders off a cliff, not question their abilities to lead... Hm. The newspapers and news reports must be full of "gossipy chatter". Lots of us think before we hit the "reply" key. I daresay most of those posting news (or "gossipy chatter") want to work toward some real resolution- which is why they're refusing to bury the problems caused by ces/stfi leaders, policies and doctrines.

I'm confident that most, if not all, of these "statistics" were entirely made-up. "90% believe in divine retribution?" That's more than double the polled number of those who believe in HEAVEN! Only 57% have had deja vu? I challenge that....

And if they ask to "borrow a rubber", they're not asking for a wake-up call, they're looking for an eraser. ========== This probably will be of no use to you, but might at least be interesting.... http://www.hp-lexicon.org/help/strictly_british1.html It's a lexicon of specifically British usages in the Harry Potter series.

Correct! I was saving that quote, and "Michael's going to be a lawyer of tomorrow!" "Oh? Well, welcome to the slammer of today!" Too easy, I take it.... Ok, let's see, next television show.... "We'd better hustle our butts!" Some episode involving a social worker. That phrase came up several times. Eventually, JJ got the social worker to say it. "If I do have hypertension, y'all gave it to me wit' all that nickin' and naggin' goin' on. Junior here's the only one who haven't got on my nerves. "That's because, one, I respect you, and two, I fear for my life." " I must give thanks to the good Lord above for giving us such a beautiful Christmas gift: a loving family and warm friends." Florida had her priorities straight. "Damn, Damn, DAMN!" Possibly the best-known quote. When James passed away, Florida had it completely together, until all their guests left. Then she allowed herself to actually respond. Very powerful moment. "Water? She aint drinkin' nothin' but the best from now on... Kool-Aid!" JJ was a big Kool-Aid fan. Go, Raf!

"Never mistake a slogan for a doctrine." -WordWolf. twi had/has plenty of cutesy sayings that have been inflated FAR out of all reasonable proportion...

EP, if you're tensing up, relax those muscles. :) I think all of us who've been here awhile have posted at least a few things they might have regretted later, whether for the content, or for the phraseology, the wording. If you stumbled like the rest of us, you'll manage like the rest of us. You should see what qualifies as "acceptable" in some of the REALLY contentious threads. :)

Ok, let's see, next television show.... "We'd better hustle our butts!" "If I do have hypertension, y'all gave it to me wit' all that nickin' and naggin' goin' on. Junior here's the only one who haven't got on my nerves. "That's because, one, I respect you, and two, I fear for my life." " I must give thanks to the good Lord above for giving us such a beautiful Christmas gift: a loving family and warm friends." "Damn, Damn, DAMN!" "Water? She aint drinkin' nothin' but the best from now on... Kool-Aid!"

The GSC is a general discussion board, primarily for twi and twi survivors. Some of those survivors are currently Christian, some are not. All are welcome to participate in the discussions. Politeness is requested and appreciated, and sometimes is even received! :) There's no doctrinal requirement for participation. Even CURRENT twi members are welcome to read and post here- so long as they follow the few rules and common courtesy expected on the average messageboard. Periodically, someone DOES get surprised that there are non-Christians here. However, many of them are courteous posters, and many posters who are NOT polite are Christians. There's no categorical requirement either way, it appears. I've found this is less of a shock for me, since I communicate with all sorts of people online, and there's no correlation between doctrine and manners. In fact, the most vicious attacks I've gotten online were from fellow Christians, for whom Christ died. Likewise, many of the most special communications I've received are from fellow Christians. We're not to withdraw ourselves entirely from the world-and it seems logical to me that this applies online as well as offline. It is said that travel broadens the mind, and I have found that it is so IMO. I will add that travelling ONLINE will likewise broaden the mind, if not so much and in so many ways as doing so OFFLINE.

CORRECT! At least, that is the song, and one of the artists who did the song. I compared 3 versions of the lyrics when posting the quote. Those of you who ever saw the beginning of "Joe Versus the Volcano" heard this song make it into this section. Go, George!

"If you see me coming, better step aside- A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died. One fist of iron and the other of steel If the right one don't get you, then the left one will."

"Reba"????

"In Your Wildest Dreams,", the Moody Blues. (Off "Sur la Mer".)

potato, I consider the last "real" ROA to be 1988, since the 1989 one was so heavily-monitored, and 80% of the people- including most of the ones that made it worthwhile- were gone. Of the ones that attended the 89 ROA, many of them attended it as their LAST ROA, as they came off the WOW field, hit the bookstore one last time, said their goodbyes, and so on. So, from 1990 on, you had brand-new people, establishment goons, good-hearted Kool-Aid Drinkers, and the stars on the mainstage. The new people and Kool-Aid Drinkers together weren't enough to float it as a worthwhile event any longer- especially with numbers down as much as they collapsed after lcm's "line in the sand." ======== And from what I've heard, 86-88 weren't as good as the ones that came before....

Bingo. And don't insult my intelligence by thinking I can't see that one.

"...One thing that bothered me, I guess in hindsight, was that the Church kept changing rules on me. This Law is Eternal-except for this weekend! SPECIAL DISPENSATION! Like, eating meat on Fridays was a mortal sin- except for the people of Philadelphia-they were number one in our scrap iron drive! They'd give it out as a prize. If you donated the most money to the Bishop's Relief Fund- hamburgers on Friday! I've been out for a while. It's not even a sin any more to eat meat on Friday........ But I bet there's still guys in Hell doing time on a meat rap!!!! 'I thought it was retro-active! I had a boloney sandwich. This guy had a beef jerky.' How'd you like to do Eternity for a beef jerky?" Then he wondered about short-time clubs. (For those interested, I believe Sushi, because mine was also done from memory.) (Oh, Sush, the pictures they sometimes showed of Heaven- you'd sometimes find them in 'Treasure Chest', the comic with Chuck White. Whoever that was and whatever that was.)

Well, since you asked..... [WordWolf in brackets and boldface as usual.]

I am not going to fall for this one.