.........this is how we say goodbye in a civilized manner to a valued 'staffmember' (Emma) when she leaves post. No accusations or badmouthing. No freeloader bills. No fair gaming and no make wrong..
Groups should last as long as they are of value to their users, and not a moment longer.
The value of ESMB is seen in this thread - plenty of posts deservedly thanking Emma and wishing her successors well. The concept remains valid, a place where ex-members can discuss anything they choose without outsiders constantly wandering in to express simplistic views they have heard before - 'Scientology is rubbish and only stupid people join it' from one side and 'you are all bitter apostates hiding sex crimes' from the other.
When the cult is a footnote in history and there are no ex-members still in their present bodies then ESMB can fade away as well, but I do hope not before.
Thanks to all for the good wishes! And like everyone else on here - a huge big thank you to Emma for all her work - and also wishing her all the very best as she puts the damned cult in the rear view mirror.
If you have any concerns or questions feel free to ask on here or to PM me - our plan is just to keep ESMB here as it is and available for all ex Scientologists to have a safe place to visit, talk, laugh, cry, have fun and meet old friends.
Thanks to all the moderators who are the people who do the real work on the board!!
here's to hoping that we are going to be immensely busy in the next few years as the exodus out of the cult grows!
Hey, Mick, you're carrying a rifle in your photo.
Are you trying to tell us something?
Just wonderin'.
Hey, Mick, you're carrying a rifle in your photo.
Are you trying to tell us something?
Just wonderin'.
if I may correct you - it's a shotgun (12 gauge) about to be supplemented by a new pump action 12 gauge...
There are certain people who get the wobbles seeing a pic of someone with a gun - just cracks me up... nothing more than that. Of course everyone round here carries firearms... it's a very polite neighborhood..
if I may correct you - it's a shotgun (12 gauge) about to be supplemented by a new pump action 12 gauge...
There are certain people who get the wobbles seeing a pic of someone with a gun - just cracks me up... nothing more than that. Of course everyone round here carries firearms... it's a very polite neighborhood..
if I may correct you - it's a shotgun (12 gauge) about to be supplemented by a new pump action 12 gauge...
There are certain people who get the wobbles seeing a pic of someone with a gun - just cracks me up... nothing more than that. Of course everyone round here carries firearms... it's a very polite neighborhood..
Looks like a vintage Winchester Model 1894 30-30 carbine. I have a tricked out Mossberg 500 12guage for home defense and a Beretta 92Series 40S&W for personal carry (w/ concealed weapon permit). My world is a safer place.I had a 12 gauge pump-action shotgun when I lived in LA, about the time this photo was taken (just pre-Y2K):
I LOVED the sound of that cocking action with the shotgun.
Paul
Looks like a vintage Winchester Model 1894 30-30 carbine. I have a tricked out Mossberg 500 12guage for home defense and a Beretta 92Series 40S&W for personal carry w/ permit). My world is a safer place.
The Winchester was new. The shotgun was a bog-standard Mossberg. I decided to get popular standard firearms on the theory that I would be more likely to be able to find ammo for them after TSHTF. Fortunately it was all unnecessary, although I would be happier with a shotgun under the bed still.
Paul
Now that some of us have participated in derailing this thread...
Just outta curiosity, how easy/difficult is it to buy and own firearms (and buy ammo) where you live now as opposed to when you lived in California?