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Spider, one of the biggest he had ever seen.

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It was as big as...

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the last taco he had before the joint burned down!

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"And just as appetizing," thought Rick.

[Good-O]

By now, Jane was jumping up and down on the bed screaming "get it out of here, get it out of here!!! Rick, can't you do something?!!"

[Greenfield]

Then Rick realized what he was looking at and ran so fast to...

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get the shotgun out of the closet.

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--Meeting With the Circuit Overseer--

Meanwhile, once they got home, Adam, Rick, and Jane kicked off their shoes, because their feet were killing them, fell back into their easy chairs and dozed off for barely a minute when the phone rang, Jane says: "Rick dear, it is the curmudgeonly, yet lovable Circuit Overseer John and he would very much like you to meet with him right away at the Kingdom Hall."

"Jane I think we need to get a bug detector, I'll bet John has this place bugged, how else would he know every time I close my eyes," says Rick aka Bro. Problematic. Jane says, "Or he has a web cam hooked up to the KH TV set for ASL. So let's go see what he wants."

Since the CO only wanted Rick, he drove down the dark, unpaved country roads to their Kingdom Hall in Gregory MI on Graves Road just off Highway 36, and Rick wondered what it could be, because really anything could be in store for him after being appointed an elder a few months earlier, but Rick had a feeling it was something good; then as soon as he pulled into the parking lot he saw two firetrucks, four police cars and six policemen struggling with a man covered with soot and still smoldering, screaming obscenities and making a scene. That's when Rick realized he actually pulled into "Hell's Tavern" by accident, for he was tired and it was dark and he didn't drive far enough along the road.

So he turned around and headed into the correct direction still wondering why the CO wanted to see him; hopefully it WAS good news. When Rick finally pulled into the Kingdom Hall he noticed it was empty, so used his key and unlocked the door and got in, and while waiting for the CO and whoever else was coming to show up he began to "belt out" singing the Kingdom Melodies he loved so much and as he was really letting go, he turned around to see the CO, DO and the zone brother enjoying every word out of his mouth! So just for the fun of it, they all joined in singing "We Are Jehovah's Witnesses" when out of the blue they were joined by the RBC for the area as they were there to discuss plans for a brand new Assembly Hall.

--The Project--

But where, in that desolate area, would people sleep and eat; they must decide on the location of this Assembly Hall. It would need to be usable by a large number of Witnesses to be worth building, for example. They didn't want to attract the wrong attention like from protestors who would object

to the hall being built. So as they remembered Nehemiah; e.g. they continued praying and singing then they would make sure to have public relations staff who were well trained to combat erroneous ideas.

Rick started to wonder why he was at this meeting since he was only a new elder in just one congregation of many in the area this Hall would be used in. Rick mused at the idea of an Assembly Hall from Hell, MI, what an attention getter. Then Rick said let's get some T-shirts made up, make sure they don't have a billabong logo, but on the back "time to build any ideas where?"; leave a message and we will get back to your suggestion. The meeting was full of uproarious laughter, and the final decision was final, it's curtains for these windows.

--Rick's Job--

When Rick arrived home Jane was fast asleep so rather than wake her Rick decided to crash on the kitchen table because he loved Jane and was being a kind and considerate hubby so he thought he'd have a few drinks too. He was thinking about going spear fishing off in the great blue with his friend the CO; they were making plans, for 5 am to go get the fish and maybe make some fishers of men at the same time; but, not to be, because he fell fast asleep and did not wake up on time to go.

Therefore, Rick's boss called and said "We are all dressed and waiting on you." Rick's secular job is that of a flight engineer; pretty demanding and needs to be on stand by ready and alert which makes it tough because there is but one flight out of Hell, MI daily. So he thought to himself "What am I going to do?" He asked himself what would MacGyver do; he had some duct tape and a swiss army knife. Ready for something and he kept thinking, "what am I going to do?"; finally the rest of his mind woke up, and he decided to rush to get ready and get to work to fly that one flight, since this job worked great with Rick's pioneering with his wife and his buddy Adam, and he better not lose this job. Thankfully it all worked out.

--Adam Online--

Meanwhile, Adam was busy trying to figure out what had happened. He turned on his computer and tried to post on JWTalk.net, which he had just recently signed up for, but his post didn't show up immediately. He tried to respond to someone named Rick but his response showed up under the name of someone else and he was so deeply embarrased that he decided to go to bed and just cover his head!

He decided to PM one of the moderators named Lynn to ask why his post didn't show up right away and why it eventually showed up under the wrong name. "That's an old Mod trick we like to do when we get bored just to play with peoples minds and to keep things interesting." But in the end Adam was able to get it to work properly, but meanwhile things were not going so well with Rick.

--The Extra Flight--

He had a quarrel with Jane; he has a lot on his mind; was listening to Joe Satriani trying to chill and was wishing he could go to the little taco stand that had burned down. The quarrel was really quite inconsequential, for it was only about Jane buying some perfume once a year, she likes to buy a good perfume, she worked and saved for it; Rick was upset, he was wanting to buy some golf clubs but, Rick, being a good hubby, realized he would have to get the clubs another time.

But then an offer came in to Rick to do another flight that day, and the money would be enough to pay for new clubs and then some. So he kissed Jane good bye and set off to Hawaii with some very happy customers and saw the beautiful view of Hawaii, could see the sets rolling in as he flew in and thanked Jah for his beautiful earth & prayed Jane be ok. Rick was thinking how beautiful his home in Hell was and no matter how beautiful Hawaii was it must be a living hell to live with thousands upon thousands of people in a crowded city.

--The Fragrance Controversy--

YES, it was really nice and quiet where they lived and, he really enjoyed seeing Hawaii, but he was ready to get home to talk to Jane because the expensive perfume she wore to the KH that Sunday made a few people very sick because of their allergies and he had to tell her she could not wear that to the KH; now! oh, how she loved her perfume, how was she going to take that announcement?

Rick suggested to put one tiny spray and maybe this will make the perfume last longer it's not too powerful then and still should be considerate to your friends; she said, "I will do this and not sit near anyone that might upset them." But thinking again she remembered one sister that gets very severe migraine headaches from fragrance, so she decides she should either sit in the back room (2nd school) or not wear it at all.

And, then that very night, there was a local needs about that particular problem and the elder told the congregation that Sunday's speaker's 5 yr old son almost had to go to the hospital because the perfume caused him to have an asthma attack so the brother reminded the congregation that the Kingdom Ministry reminds us, kindly and lovingly, to think about others and refrain from perfumes, aftershaves, hand lotions, body lotions that can cause reactions in some brothers/sisters.

So Jane decided to no longer wear perfume. And we all are so happy about that and now, maybe her husband will wear an aftershave that is less "loud". "Done!" said Rick.

--Adam's Job--

Now, on to a new subject about how Adam spent the day. When Adam arrived at his job he was as lost as the rest of us! For Adam had a job as a fry cook but his job has gone to `Hell in a handbasket', I mean he works at `Hell In a Handbasket' as a fry cook part time and the job has gone to hell in a handbasket, er, downhill really bad.

They are super demanding, and he constantly has to cook up dishes like Hell fried chicken, Hell's flame burger and Dante's Inferno burger with crisp fries. Then he came up with an idea: a competition on who could eat the largest stacked up 12 footer hamburger it was man versus buddy and the boss loved the idea at $45-$50 a burger stacked up at 12 feet first one up was Adam against the BIG BOSS; could they keep up? And to the surprise of everyone, he did keep up and wanted the new dessert, raspberry pie, followed with a smile of satisfaction Adam got a pay rise and work improved. He could select his hours and go back to pioneering and surfing. He started to sing a Jon Bon Jovi, "we're living in a prayer."

--A Trip to Texas--

When Adam arrived home from work that day, he called up one of his buddies, named Dan, and together they were going to do just that - surf - at the old beach off the Galveston Pier. So off Adam and Dan went for a week's vacation to Texas. As they got off the ferry from Gilcrist Beach they began to look for a Kingdom Hall because they also wanted to attend meetings and go in service as well as vacation. He asked, "Is there a beach in Texas? I only knew there were oil rigs and cattle to be herded and taken to Oklahoma." The man said, "Howdy! You know there's a beach, you saw it getting off the ferry; and there is a Kingdom Hall at 59th Street and Avenue T in Galveston where you said you were staying; in fact I am a brother and the meeting is tonight at 7:30 pm." "WOW! This really is a small world, imagine that, meeting a brother just like that out of the blue," Dan mused.

"Well as it is surprising and amazing as I find nearly every other neighbor is a brother or sister or about to become one somewhere and NO matter where you go Jehovah's work is being thoroughly done; the proof is here: the man chartering the ferry is a brother." "What a wonderful world serving in Jah's force, so exciting," said Dan. He started sing to sing the country song "Galveston oh Galveston what a pretty place you must be." So just "like a girl" they had to tiptoe into the water before getting dressed for the TMS and the wonderful video enjoyed by congregation last night on Creation; and they so enjoyed the rainbow colors as it had just rained - made them think about the video!

When Dan and Adam walked into the Kingdom Hall, immediately they were greeted by an old JW friend they had met at a District Convention many, many years ago in in Australia. Oh the excitement was beyond their wildest beliefs; how good it is to see friends you haven't spoken to for ages, so they had some beers and some shrimps that were cooked on the BBQ, down by the beach after the assembly of course. They had such an enjoyable time and especially laughed when they remembered how Johnny caught a great white that nearly sunk them in there little tinny and how they were sitting by the camp fires down in Honeymoon Bay, telling great fish and kangaroo hunting stories just like Crocodile Dundee.

--Rick and Jane's Vacation--

Meanwhile, in Michigan, Rick and Jane after coming home from their meeting "and I was thinking of the bay," said Jane, "let's go and hang out at Honeymoon Bay; we need some time to enjoy the air and do some relaxing, beach, forest, da, di, da." So off they drove on the moonlight night, but on the way Rick wanted to pick up some fresh giant gulf shrimp to make cocktails with, as it is not available in Hell, MI, but he found some prawns and also some crab and calamari and oysters, he and Jane enjoyed a beautiful dinner at Honeymoon Bay, they had a great few days camping. Time to go home and get back to reality and, they voiced concerns regarding whether the "fresh catch" had been okay to eat due to the recent BP oil spill in the Gulf.

Unfortunately before long Rick was doing more than voicing those concerns, his stomach began to rumble and he began to up-chuck but Jane was fine and just kept on driving since she did not realize anything was happening until it was too late. Rick was forced to stop by the side of the road for awhile before he could continue. Finally on Sunday they came into Hell and headed straight for the showers as both of them stunk to high heaven. "Oh! I never thought it would feel so good to be back in Hell, in my own bed," says Jane.

--During the Night--

Nothing beats home sweet home, your own bed and proper shower and so they slept like logs and out snoring each other. Rick had the most unusual dream. He dreamed that he was flying over the earth looking at all the beautiful galaxies then he saw Capt Kirk. of the Voyager and Nimoy saying hello. Then he beamed down to Earth and Adam was there and Jane was there just waking up and heard the loudest, most blood curdling scream.

Suddenly Rick woke up and saw right there in the bedroom Jane staring at a HUGE spider, one of the biggest he had ever seen. It was as big as the last taco he had before the joint burned down! "And just as appetizing," thought Rick. By now, Jane was jumping up and down on the bed screaming "Get it out of here, get it out of here!!! Rick, can't you do something?!!"

Then Rick realized what he was looking at and ran so fast to get the shotgun out of the closet.

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But then he thought better of it and decided to use...

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a frying pan but by then the spider had crawled....

[Greenfield]

and backed Rick into a corner, with Rick still unarmed.

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Jane with one whack smashed the bug and said: "Oh Rick you scaredy-cat."

[Greenfield]

Since the spider was the size of a taco however the messy cleanup was left to...

[rocket]

Rick, because Jane had a mess of her own to clean up. The bug guts squirted onto her legs.

[surfergirl]

OH yuck she frowned, when ever I need a man e's not around.he's of helping some other bloe Joe,,, she was just sad

she asked herself why?

[Good-O]

"didn't we just try to capture it into the mop bucket and take it outside"; of well, it was too late now so...................

[surfergirl]

yEAH the meeting was over she and Rick went home poured a nice bubbly Ricordoni. and made a Nice Italiano dinner.

and played some Patrizo Buanne...

[Good-O]

so I must still be dreaming because my friend Gabe is saying I had another drink, ate Italian and played a game.......I wonder what is going on with me he began to wonder?

[Greenfield]

Then Rick peacefully woke up for real and realized the giant spider was just a dream, and he and Jane were still in bed in Hell (Michigan) sleeping off their trip to Texas, but then the phone rang...

[Good-O]

the in-laws were in town, very hungry, and would be there in 10 minutes.

[Greenfield]

Rick pinched himself but no, this time it was for real, so he begged them...

[Good-O]

to go to the house of his sister-in-law and explained how they had been sick and needed at least a day/night to get over this 'bug' (and the horrible nightmare). The in-laws replied............

[Greenfield]

"Okay, but we will be back sometime!" Rick heaved a deep sigh of relief but then the phone rang again but this time it was...

[Good-O]

something he certainly could not excuse.

[surfergirl]

he had a flight to take. it was his turn. this time a 24 hr to australia..so he left the in-laws to jane... cause he didn't have to deal with them....

[Good-O]

He had such mixed feelings but duty calls!