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    Any ex-cult members here?

    OK folks, let's try a different tack... Has anyone here ever belonged to a cult of ANY kind? I would like to hear about your experiences and survival (for lack of better words). I'm talking of Scientology, Moonies, Guru Maharaji, Orange People, Hare Krishna, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh...
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    Anyone here an ex Scientologist?

    Just curious here. I was one once, but quit in '78. Yes it is a cult. Have been in touch with on or two from back then. I am amazed at the swathe of destruction this religion(?) has carved in individual lives. Both personally and financially. I was lucky I quit when I did. Reading through...
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    Is some deafness hereditary?

    I've noticed in AD that a number of families have more than one deaf person to varying degrees and I was wondering if it is to do with genetic circumstances?
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    Facts of the 1500's

    Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today, of carrying a bouquet when getting married. * * *...
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    Life Savers

    A college professor was doing a study testing the senses of first graders, using a bowl of lifesavers. He gave all the children the same kind of lifesavers, one at a time, and asked them to identify them by color and flavor. The children began to say: "Red..........cherry,"...
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    Chinese proverbs (via email)

    Virginity like bubble, one prick, all gone. > > > > Man who run in front of car get tired. > > > > Man who run behind car get exhausted. > > > > Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day. > > > > Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright...
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    And another newbie...

    G'day folks from the other half of the world.:bowdown: Started off in New Zealand, #2 of 6 kids achieved a moderate hearing loss with something, we think maybe mumps, about 3 years old. Wasn't really acted on until I turned 7-8 moved from the South Island to the North Island (to anyone who...
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