TerryWalstrom
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Another Hollywood Memory
by TerryWalstrom inbilly hork galleries, circa 1980, beverly hills, ca.the grandfather and his grandson poised outside the gallery window catching my eye-- i recognize paul henreid as the older gentleman in the beret, ascot, and dark glasses.instinctively i smile broadly.the grandson is possibly 10 years old.
he's dignified and moves with a rather impressive, posture--he enters the gallery speaking to me with a sort of etonion diction.
"my grandfather wishes to inquire about the object d'art in your window display.
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The Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Namibia and legal problems
by TerryWalstrom inthe christian congregation of jehovah’s witnesses of namibia has asserted its right to be exempt as an "employer" for purposes of payment to those who work on its behalf, nor are they responsible (they claim) for filing any social security documents as to wages, hours worked, withholding, etc.in 2014, the congregation asked to be de-registered as such.____it didn't go so well.____on the 16 june 2014, authorities replied to the jw's request by confirming that the appellant is considered an employer in terms of the ss act and consequently should be registered with the employees’ compensation fund established by the employees’ compensation act, 1941, as well as having the order register its members with the maternity, sick leave and death benefit established by the ss act___a ping-pong protest and response commenced with multiple requests for clarification by the dubs and protestations and requests for appeal, etc.____authorities decided this matter was best handled by visiting the premises and investigating for themselves what goes on.____after the "visit" by authorities, nothing was offered by the dubs to change any minds.___the jw's continued to whine and protest and appeal, etc.____the authorities examined the congregation's appeal and made the following evaluation:== in the respondent’s listed grounds of opposition, it noted that the appeal filed by the appellant is not proper as it failed to complete the form 11 as contemplated in rule 17(2)(a) of the rules of this court==___jw's protested and appealed the appeal response which didn't appeal to them.___arguments continued until the following finding was released:the labour amendment act stipulates that:18 ‘for the purposes of this act or any other employment law, until the contrary is proved, an individual who works for or renders services to any other person, is presumed to be an employee of that other person, regardless of the form of the contract or the designation of the individual, if any one or more of the following factors is present:(list of factors attached)____blah-blah-blah-blahfinally:the ss act does not provide for de-registration of employers.
accordingly, logic follows that once an employer has been registered under this act, the obligations created in terms of this act ceases to exist only where the employer (who is a natural person) dies or becomes insolvent or is sequestrated or is liquidated or wound up (where an employer is a juristic person).
employees may be ‘de-registered’ under that employer in the event they die or their services have been terminated._______cut to the chase:accordingly, the appellant cannot pick and choose which laws should apply to them and which not.
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The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met
by TerryWalstrom inthe most unforgettable man i ever met(by telly walstrom).
this man was a walking contradiction.
he violated every sensible rule of human interaction which might lead to success--especially as a salesman.unthinkable!preposterous!now here is what you must know.philip moh was ugly to look at.
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So long Mister Monster
by TerryWalstrom in_____________the doctor said i should introduce myself.. "tell them something about yourself you think they might wish to know," he said, "say anything that comes to mind.".
trust me.
i'm a stranger.
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Israel (Is Real?)
by TerryWalstrom inevery nation is a kind of weird intellectual construct.
when we say: china--all of us get some kind of fictional mental snapshot in our head.
sure, there is a country called "china".we just don't really know a soul living there.
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Oh Lord. Have Mercy. "His Fightin' Name was..."
by TerryWalstrom ina huge man to my right leans in close.i catch the scent of stale menthol cigarette smoke.he’s he speaking to....(i look around)...to me?
i snap to attention, listening.“my fightin’ name was spyder.”strangers talk to me.
it’s a thing.
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Mormon Apostate discovers he must now refute his former apologist stance
by TerryWalstrom inhere is an otherwise honest and intelligent fellow (former mormon) who 'woke up' and realized all his previous efforts at providing apologist material needs to be refuted--by himself!the parallel to jw thinking and our old life vs new life approach to debunking former sincerely held beliefs finds quite an amusing mirror, imho.check it out.
i think you'll see your time repaid handsomely.http://mormondiscussions.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45012.
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Thanksgiving Eve--Misadventure at the Airport
by TerryWalstrom inthanksgiving eve episode____it's every man's fantasy getting to lure his ex-wife out into oncoming traffic.i, my friends, am here to tell the story.___outside the airport terminal, where the hurly-burly of the madcap pre-holiday passengers, reunions, luggage, and shoving clash;there, in a frenzied, herculean effort to get into and out of the hell-zone of airport chaos; my former spouse and i (hefting a 90lb chunk of luggage with it's too short "long handle" and "rollers" (probably square wheels) had but one simple task to accomplish.. "what is this task", i hear you asking?.
my ex and i had to cross the kill zone of traffic which loops around the airport (craftily named "terminal") like the river styx, and reach the "garage a" parking lot to fetch the car and go back into the hellish nightmare to retrieve her parents.sounds pretty simple, eh?you fools!
!____my brilliant plan was noble, altruistic, and lunatic.by saving her parents the ridiculous journey to the garage on foot, through trial and travail, we could escape the riot of airport insanity faster than otherwise.
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60's Sexual Revolution to the outing of Powerful Predators
by TerryWalstrom inin the late 1960's a big change happened in sexual culture in the u.s. and england.women asserted their "right" to become more aggressive and obtrusive in their dealings with men.
however, the louts, the jerks, the hyper-aggressive males were only encouraged (in their male fantasies) to lower women even more as a result of this.
bra burning, short skirts, "free sex", was seen as a green light to do as you please and to relegate "respect for women" to discarded and antiquated manners of a bygone generation.i was in a puritanical religious cult during all this.when all the "fun" began, i was either in prison or going door to door peddling end of the world scenarios.the chief reason i got married was to avoid sex!
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Roommates, Zombies and Napoleon Brandy
by TerryWalstrom inthe setting: i live in a big house as a renter of one bedroom.
there are four other bedrooms and roommates.one of the more recent move-ins is robert.
robert drives a very large blue truck with a 50mm machine gun mount on the hood, stenciled lettering: zombie assault vehicle, and --well...i've come to think of him as robert the zombie killer.then, there's a young fellow with wild, long, bizarre hair, and another guy with dozens of tats... fun and roommate games___ i received the text about an hour after i arrived back at the house.