it was neat to see some of the downtown buildings since i never got to see them myself firsthand even though i spent a year in that town. we were so seldom allowed to leave grounds and if we did.. we never had any money to do anything anyhow!
...They call it a prairie town? Didn't anyone tell them that Emporia, Kansas is the former home for the illustrius waycorps training? The Spiritual elite? My goodness, such a significant spiritual movement...and they totally overlooked it!...
The thing I remember most about Emporia is the smell of the meatpacking plant...Remembering the foul stench that filled the air helps me to forget the REALLY unpleasant memories of that city. ;)-->
While visiting Kansas on business about 7 or 8 years ago, I met a young sales rep who mentioned he'd gone to the university in Emporia. I almost fell over when he told me that Playboy magazine had voted the campus the #1 party campus in America one year. He also told me about the rampant drug problems there and the area of town where you could hear the crack viles crunching under your feet as you walked the streets.
I was stunned at this info. I was there in the early 80's and Emporia was as much of a hick town as one could find - at least in my opinion. I couldn't believe a place could change so much so quickly, but I guess this is the unfortunate trend in many places.
He also mentioned The Way. He said the former campus was turned into high priced housing, a retirement home and office space. He said a lot of the people there were actually sorry when The Way left because they took such good care of the property and it was such a pretty campus.
That's all that cheap Way Corp labor for you! They could "afford" to have the same spot raked 4 times a day so nary a leaf would deface the lawn for longer than a few minutes. They used to make those of us on the grounds crew hand pick worms off the trees. And lets not forget sweeping the sidewalks and the Circle Drive - with brooms!
Really? I remember in my Advanced Class 1986 that I discovered I was supposed to stay on the campus and never leave.
Screw 'em. I violated parole and left to go to town just for the hell of it. Wafers saw me leave and come back. Nobody squealed. But I assume that if Way Corpse had caught me, I would have been kicked out of the Advanced Class. It wasn't until the 1990s that almost anyone began to turn you in for almost anything.
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excathedra
hey thanks for the link, tumbleweed
AND THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VETS!!!!!!!!!
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Kool,
thanks TW...
it was neat to see some of the downtown buildings since i never got to see them myself firsthand even though i spent a year in that town. we were so seldom allowed to leave grounds and if we did.. we never had any money to do anything anyhow!
what a waste!
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Thanks for the link, Tumbleweed.
A different view of Emporia, entirely.
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...They call it a prairie town? Didn't anyone tell them that Emporia, Kansas is the former home for the illustrius waycorps training? The Spiritual elite? My goodness, such a significant spiritual movement...and they totally overlooked it!...
The thing I remember most about Emporia is the smell of the meatpacking plant...Remembering the foul stench that filled the air helps me to forget the REALLY unpleasant memories of that city.
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Kit Sober
Thank you, dear Veterans! ! !
Note to UH: This is a holiday for remembering things they are proud of.
twi days, as for many of us, is a blight and days of ignoble embarrassment.
Kit
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While visiting Kansas on business about 7 or 8 years ago, I met a young sales rep who mentioned he'd gone to the university in Emporia. I almost fell over when he told me that Playboy magazine had voted the campus the #1 party campus in America one year. He also told me about the rampant drug problems there and the area of town where you could hear the crack viles crunching under your feet as you walked the streets.
I was stunned at this info. I was there in the early 80's and Emporia was as much of a hick town as one could find - at least in my opinion. I couldn't believe a place could change so much so quickly, but I guess this is the unfortunate trend in many places.
He also mentioned The Way. He said the former campus was turned into high priced housing, a retirement home and office space. He said a lot of the people there were actually sorry when The Way left because they took such good care of the property and it was such a pretty campus.
That's all that cheap Way Corp labor for you! They could "afford" to have the same spot raked 4 times a day so nary a leaf would deface the lawn for longer than a few minutes. They used to make those of us on the grounds crew hand pick worms off the trees. And lets not forget sweeping the sidewalks and the Circle Drive - with brooms!
Sure, the place looked great.
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That's quite true, in fact I recall scrubbing oil stains off the circle drive.
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Really? I remember in my Advanced Class 1986 that I discovered I was supposed to stay on the campus and never leave.
Screw 'em. I violated parole and left to go to town just for the hell of it. Wafers saw me leave and come back. Nobody squealed. But I assume that if Way Corpse had caught me, I would have been kicked out of the Advanced Class. It wasn't until the 1990s that almost anyone began to turn you in for almost anything.
That's when I left...and did not come back.
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Kit, Thanks for the reminder...I salute all vets and am thankful for their service to our country.
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ljn698
hello hello testing testing
funny how i can post a reply here
but not on that other forum
guess i scared the heck out of someone
or maybe p'd them o
sorry for the inconvenience
now back to your regularly scheduled thread
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