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Bob said this about twi's revenue policies (bloodsucking): Hope R. added the following:

Thanks, signals. There's a variety of his nicknames scattered around the "Greasespot-speak" thread in the Greasespot 101 forum.

About 100,000 people have signed up for pfal. If you think back, that's how many people paid their money and gave their names, not how many made it to Session 1. That's also not how many people made it to Session 12, and not how many stuck around AFTER. Just counting my first pfal, 8 people were signed up as new students, including me. 7 of us showed up for Session 1. 3 of us completed Session 12. (Me and 2 people in twi families.) So, saying there were 100,000 people or more IN twi is more than an exaggeration.

What we need are OBJECTIVE standards for geekdom. http://www.innergeek.us/ http://www.armory.com/tests/geek.html http://www.student.ipfw.edu/~simodk01/Geek.htm http://www.coolquiz.com/life/geek/ http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=750711297364726891

I think I have a cheap $2 pair of the ears SOMEWHERE. Never actually planned to USE them, just thought they'd be handy to have. I know there are people who make Klingon batleth "swords", but I can't see buying a prop the price of a used car. ==== The thing I thought about the McFlys-other than the inbred community thing- was that the guys in the family must all seem to like women looking one specific way. (No, I don't think that's very sensible, but that's the best explanation I had.)

Quote 2... "I see Bruce Lee!" Quote 3.... "Tell me you're still wearing your Daddy's boots!"

Quote 2... "I see Bruce Lee!"

Since he didn't post one, here's another..... "Tell him we're Batman!"

Paul Newman the Color of Money Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

In order of importance, as I see it.... A) To provide information so new people don't get caught in twi. "In vain is the snare set in sight of any bird." B) To provide information so people in twi can see there's BETTER life OUTSIDE twi. C) To provide information so people who are out of twi, but twi is not out of THEM, can get past it. (Yes, when people can leave here feeling they've accomplished all they can, it's a sign it's working.) D) To hang out with people who survived the same experiences. E) For interesting conversation. F) To feel young-most of the posters are older than me, and most places I post, it's the other way around! -->

It was FIVE graduates, not 9. That's why they've taken to announcing assignments in PERCENTAGES, so they don't have to give hard numbers and show how few there are. (Which is why some people still can find ways to believe twi isn't hemorrhaging members.) BTW, signals, I'd consider it a personal favour if you didn't speak ill of wolves or werewolves. Alpha wolves GUARD their pack, and don't bloodsuck them like ticks. Alpha wolves are always the FIRST to face danger, and will do so FOR their pack. As for werewolves, most of them would be horrified by vpw's behaviour. Ever see the short-lived tv series Wolf Lake? It has been said of the characters that it was one of the more family-oriented shows on the networks, and the families weren't even human-in fact, they were more protective of their families and communities than humans are. :D--> So, I ask you, please, be a pal. Thanks.

When asked why he chose lcm, vpw said that it was a matter of loyalty-lcm would just do whatever vpw told him to do. Walter, apparently, thought for himself. Plus, Walter was not considered a dynamic speaker. (Too much substance, not enough style.) So, vpw chose lcm because lcm was the most rabid bootlicker to vpw, and had style that suited vpw. Since lcm's SUBSTANCE was nonexistent, this was the beginning of the end. Even vpw didnt see just how low the organization would stoop afterwards- the former Mrs W is now living in a "home" because she's outlived her usefulness to twi and thus is too expensive to support (despite her lending them legitimacy all those years.)

Great job, Outin88! You won't mind being quoted on that later, will you?

Which, of course, might just have been the normal result of normal business. Sad to say, but businesses close all the time, all over the world. The closings there MAY be related, or may NOT. Impossible to say without more information.

The consensus around here, signals, is that the people at the top of twi now most prize money and comfort. Since twi's assets are mostly tied up in the "non-profit" organization, they have to keep the thing intact on paper and at least PRETEND to care about people in order to keep it-and their cash cow-alive. With it alive, they have 5-hour workweeks, cushy salaries, indentured servants doing all their chores and cooking all their meals, full health coverage, and so on. So, they want to keep it intact as long as humanly possible, because otherwise they "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs". They can't just put all the money in a suitcase and flee the country.

It's mostly agreed-upon here that, with vpw at the helm, you pretty much had a free ride at twi if: -you had a title like a PhD -you were famous, like on a sports team -you were a military officer -you had money -you held a public office -you were influential in your local community -you were in the immediate family of one of the above You WERE expected, at some point, to have a visible presence in twi, at the very least, be willing to be "name-dropped" often. Some people still seem unable to imagine that others' lives were destroyed while they and their family were treated quite nicely. Looks like you've figured out something they haven't.

Hello, signals. Fear not-this site goes thru cycles. A lot of sites are quiet now, and this one will get busy again soon enough. Apparently, you missed out on the entire lcm and rfr eras (to date, anyway), so you missed the lawsuits and so many other things. We've discussed them all and they're around here somewhere. :)--> The main site for the GSC has some editorials, and documents and articles. I strongly recommend reading them all over the coming months if you want to really get information. These also include audio clips of things like saying someone died because a family member left twi. You'll notice this is about as egalitarian a place as you can find on the internet. Whereas some things would get you banned or suspended on other places, Pawtucket allows for a free exchange of ideas. As a result, you'll see things you don't normally see in one place. You'll see people who think vpw is STILL the greatest man since the apostle Paul if not greater than Paul. You'll see people who believe all religion is slavery and superstition. You'll see people who think pfal is still the greatest class of all time. You'll see people who've worked behind the scenes on staff. You'll see people who blindly defended twi, and some who still do. You'll see people whose lives were destroyed by vpw, lcm, rfr or others-PERSONALLY. You'll see people who wish vpw was alive today so he could be thrown in prison and sodomized. You'll see people who think that's too lenient. You'll see people who've put it all behind them, people who are still in twi, and people trying to figure out what happened to themselves. You'll even see some never-been-twi, here for their own reasons. Paw welcomes them all, sorta. Good manners are always appreciated, staying on topic is always appreciated, but neither is the rule or even common here. Raf will be along soon to offer you some coffee. :)-->

Steamboat Willie? Gold Rush? Nosferatu?

Lord of the Rings:the Two Towers Viggo Mortensen Young Guns II

Here's the LA Times' story, via the Star-Tribune. Here's the LA Times' own story. Here's the Kansas City Star's account. Hm. The Seattle Times seems to say it all. I was wrong-CNN has the WHOLE story. I trust I've linked enough- Google news kicked up 339 links for this story.

"But the other side also has another side."- Japanese saying. Before you lynch the superintendent about something you read in a newspaper, you might want to get the ENTIRE story.... ------------------ This is from the NY Daily News, Sat 5/7/05, page 7. "School officials tell a different story. According to a statement from Muscogee County School District Superintendent John Phillips, Kevin never said he was talking to his mother and started swearing. It was only when the teacher had taken him to the office that Kevin divulged he'd been on the phone with his mother, who is serving with the 203rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division." ----------- If the student's version is true, then he was holding the phone up to his face (and, thus, his mother could hear everything said) while he said so someone that "This is my mom in Iraq. I'm not about to hang up on my mom." She then heard the connection go dead. She then tried to call him back, and "left a message scolding her son about hanging up and telling him to answer the phone when she calls." So, if the student's account is correct, his mother heard him telling someone he wasnt going to hang up on her. Obviously, this was some sort of authority figure he was addressing. Given that it was school hours, it doesnt take a PhD to figure out he got in trouble with a teacher for using his phone. However, she called him back and chewed him out for hanging up and NOT ANSWERING BACK, despite obviously still working out with a teacher whether or not he could use the phone. So, either the student's account is inaccurate, or the student's mother is an idiot who doesnt know where her son normally is during school hours, or his mother thinks he can make up his own rules in school. Your choice. Me, I think it's simpler to think the student's account has been "enhanced."

In other words, cg's class was better than lcm's, since cg went for a carbon copy, and lcm went out on his own, and demonstrated most of his deficiencies at once.

Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later Jamie Lee Curtis Trading Places

If you mean "SpoofStick", I use it, but it's capable of being fooled-and I've seen it fooled myself.

So, if you wanted to walk in and sign up, and didn't even know Sharon, that would be fine. :D-->