I agree. I did the Purif twice. The first time, my body was flushed – a very deep red – in a pattern conforming to a 2 piece bathing suit (not a bikini, one of those modest 2 pieces we wore back in the day) I wore the summer when I was fifteen. In that electric blue 2 piece I got what would turn out to be the absolute worst sunburn of my life. Agony. I’m very pale and should never have baked in the sun like that, but back then who knew? I loved the beach and swimming but the sun did not love me. Nineteen years later this deep red sunburn showed up in the precise pattern on my body in the Purif of that old fashioned 2 piece. Amazing! The sun damage was still there!

This is hilarious! Great idea. Well done, Chuck!

Ok to the funnies:
Clyde Batton looks like a kind, decent, well meaning, older man.
His smile is sincere.
He looks to me like he doesn’t have much money and has a purpose to help people.
Look, I don’t KNOW him and I could be TOTALLY wrong about his character but this is what he projects – to ME, so I’m sharing it.

Like I said, his smile is sincere, but whatbothers me is he has a tooth missing, right in front.
And I am QUITE sure – I mean, if I had a lot of money, which I don’t, but if I DID, I’d bet a LOT of it on his having foregone necessary dental work, and instead donated the money to the IAS , or to Ideal Morgues or some other disgusting Scientology Grift.

Yo Clyde:
Next time you save up some money, DON’T give to the cult.
Give it to the dentist.
Get your teeth fixed.
You’re a nice man.
You deserve teeth.
Get an implant or a bridge in front.
And whatever molars you may be missing in the back.
Which I suspect are at least 4.
Dental health is important, Clyde.
The cult has billions.
They don’t need your money.

Sincerely,
Aqua

Austin is no different from many other small failing orgs that have opened as Ideal. Nashville, Dallas, Columbus, Miami, SLC, etc. These were all small failing orgs, and they still are, but they did “go ideal”. Austin will open when Scientology (DM) decides it’s time for it to open. This admin training adds a new twist but I don’t think it changes anything.

20 years is a bit worse than anything an OOT went through. But these OOTs are also Class V staff, they aren’t SO members who have dedicated their whole life. I’m sure many of them had jobs, family, etc. waiting for them back home.

I’m not sure what Scientology’s aberration is regarding time, but they can never get things done fast or on schedule.

The classic joke at the Int Base was “How long did they tell you you would be here?” Usually it would get a rueful grin and an answer like “Two weeks” or “One month”. This from a grizzled old vet who was stuck on the Base for decades. Just about everyone had a similar story.

I was supposed to be there for 6 weeks, turned out to be twenty years. I’d still be there if I hadn’t escaped.

“Once you get started you can’t slow down”, ALL NIGHT LONG by Lionel Ritchie, theme song of the Int Base.