I joined in 1982 And here in Alaska I found it to be pretty legalistic back then--Of course that could be because, I firmly believe looking back, that Alaska Was where they sent all the Leadership that was so Sociopathic that they were pretty much unpreedictable even by TWI standards
Of course, contributing to my twi experience, was the fact that I was in an "outlying" area. Closest twig was 30 miles away. It wasn't until I went wow and then corps that I realized how much control was really being exerted on us.
The hippies of twi in the early 70's became the mean-spirited, legalistic, waybrains of the waycorps in the late 70's and early 80's. Half of em were trying to emulate veepee and the other half lcm...the end result was a homogenous blend of brainwashed storm troopers.
The worst of my experience was in the 10th corps at Emporia in 1979. I believe that's when my mind really went "bye bye" for awhile. I can only imagine how bad it got after I left. There really wasn't much difference between twi and old Jim Jones with his kool-aid.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"
How right you are Wordwolf...veepee was power hungry...nobody could challenge his central authority. He was probably the most insecure man that I've ever known. Which is part of the reason that he hid his viciousness better than lcm. He needed to maintain his "benevolent father in the word" image to the masses while he bullied, intimidated and ripped apart his "leadership" in the back room. He was ruthless.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"
I remember the little "VPs" and little "LMCs" running around. When LCM grew a mustache, all the little LCMs grew one too. Too funny if it weren't so sad.
Oh wait, better one! My 26 year old TC calling people in his twig "kids." Half were older than him! LOL!
What made it not so funny was when you pointed out how ridiculous they were behaving. THEN the other side came out...
just thinking said:Oh wait, better one! My 26 year old TC calling people in his twig "kids." Half were older than him! LOL!
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HEE HEE I had a Branch Leader dink boy that used to pat me on the head and say "it'll be ok honey". Oh, how that burned me. He was 12 or something and granted, I'm short but for cryin out loud! :D--> Wish I'd had the balls to say 'get thee behind me dink boy'
Groucho -- you were in (and out) the same time frame I was. What you said ---
"The hippies of twi in the early 70's became the mean-spirited, legalistic, waybrains of the waycorps in the late 70's and early 80's. Half of em were trying to emulate veepee and the other half lcm...the end result was a homogenous blend of brainwashed storm troopers." ------ is too true :(--> :(-->
vpw started it, and lcm "carried the banner". It got more leglistic as time went on, and suddenly it just wasn't fun anymore. Kind of like a dead end job -->
Dink was one of the euphemisms for penis when I was a boy. It seems to combine the words dick and sink...not very powerful. The word became archaic by the time I was 18. She said the guy was 12 or something.
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I joined in 1982 And here in Alaska I found it to be pretty legalistic back then--Of course that could be because, I firmly believe looking back, that Alaska Was where they sent all the Leadership that was so Sociopathic that they were pretty much unpreedictable even by TWI standards
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Actually,
vpw was better at concealing stuff than lcm.
It's been shown on other threads that vpw was into centralizing
things to consolidate them under his authority.
That's why Heefner and Doop got the bum's rush right while they were
so successful. Their existences were a threat to his ego, as they
were seen (correctly) as leaders on both coasts, mainly because they
led so well. On the one hand, vpw liked things informal, since it
went along with the promiscuous, "free-love" mileu, and the
"distrust normal churches" thing. On the other hand, at the same
time, anything that didn't meet with his approval was savaged
pretty viciously.
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Hi Maure...I was away for awhile.
Of course, contributing to my twi experience, was the fact that I was in an "outlying" area. Closest twig was 30 miles away. It wasn't until I went wow and then corps that I realized how much control was really being exerted on us.
The hippies of twi in the early 70's became the mean-spirited, legalistic, waybrains of the waycorps in the late 70's and early 80's. Half of em were trying to emulate veepee and the other half lcm...the end result was a homogenous blend of brainwashed storm troopers.
The worst of my experience was in the 10th corps at Emporia in 1979. I believe that's when my mind really went "bye bye" for awhile. I can only imagine how bad it got after I left. There really wasn't much difference between twi and old Jim Jones with his kool-aid.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"
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How right you are Wordwolf...veepee was power hungry...nobody could challenge his central authority. He was probably the most insecure man that I've ever known. Which is part of the reason that he hid his viciousness better than lcm. He needed to maintain his "benevolent father in the word" image to the masses while he bullied, intimidated and ripped apart his "leadership" in the back room. He was ruthless.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"
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I remember the little "VPs" and little "LMCs" running around. When LCM grew a mustache, all the little LCMs grew one too. Too funny if it weren't so sad.
Oh wait, better one! My 26 year old TC calling people in his twig "kids." Half were older than him! LOL!
What made it not so funny was when you pointed out how ridiculous they were behaving. THEN the other side came out...
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just thinking said:Oh wait, better one! My 26 year old TC calling people in his twig "kids." Half were older than him! LOL!
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HEE HEE I had a Branch Leader dink boy that used to pat me on the head and say "it'll be ok honey". Oh, how that burned me. He was 12 or something and granted, I'm short but for cryin out loud!
:D--> Wish I'd had the balls to say 'get thee behind me dink boy'
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Shell... what's a "dink" boy?
She's the kind of a girl that makes the "News of the World" Yes you could say she was attractively built.
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lol Tom, no idea. A twi branch coord that was so young as to not belong in a leading position and kept patting me on the head like I was 3.
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Groucho -- you were in (and out) the same time frame I was. What you said ---
"The hippies of twi in the early 70's became the mean-spirited, legalistic, waybrains of the waycorps in the late 70's and early 80's. Half of em were trying to emulate veepee and the other half lcm...the end result was a homogenous blend of brainwashed storm troopers." ------ is too true
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vpw started it, and lcm "carried the banner". It got more leglistic as time went on, and suddenly it just wasn't fun anymore. Kind of like a dead end job
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Y'all REALLY smoked dope at twig?
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We did at our twig, too. Less than a minute after the last amen and out came the monopoly board (easier to roll them with that).
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John --
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:D--> Monopoly board?????? 
Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.00, go straight to jail!
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Can you imagine manifestations in your best Cheech&Chong impersonation? "Wow man...like dig this blah blah blah"
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Doze -- wayyyyyyyyyyy too much!!
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Dink was one of the euphemisms for penis when I was a boy. It seems to combine the words dick and sink...not very powerful. The word became archaic by the time I was 18. She said the guy was 12 or something.
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Trefor Heywood
Heefner and Doop? Never heard of them - guess VP must have been successful!
Trefor Heywood
"Cymru Am Byth!"
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Tref... get the book "the house of acts"... it's the early days in California... you can find it on amazon...
She's the kind of a girl that makes the "News of the World" Yes you could say she was attractively built.
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Here in the UK "dinky" means little
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We have Dinky Toys - metal model cars etc as opposed to dinkies that are used as toys.
So to speak....
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excathedra
speaking of hippies, i mean little dinkies, anyone recall tommy j. ?
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tommy j was a hippy with a little dinkie?
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excathedra
actually he was a big prick
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