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Sleep Walk--Santo and Johnny--1959

Sorry, Raf No idea. I'll bet when the answer is given, though, I'll probably do this:

Can't say I remember any sleepwalking incidents. Of course, if I was sleeping, I probably wouldn't recall them anyhow. My son used to sleepwalk when he was about 10 or so. He used to get up and walk around the house. He would go down the basement and sort through boxes. Scared the cr@p out of me. Not the sorting part, the walking down the steps in his sleep. I had to start locking the door but I think he may have unlocked it and then locked it again when he came up. I would find dishes in the sink and a peanut butter jar on the counter in the morning. He had no recollection of having gotten up. I was also concerned that he might try to fix something that required use of the stove. It all passed as he entered the teenage years and slept so soundly it darn near required a crane to get him out of bed for school in the morning. Sorry. That's probably not the kind of sensational stuff you're looking for.

"Hot poop on a paper plate" That's right up there with ChattyKathy's "Poop on a stick".

Ham Ya see, That's what I'm talkin' about. It's only real in your dream but somehow your mind thinks it is factual. Geeze! I wonder if VPW ever dreamed about snow on the gas pumps! Given the warm weather report for that particular day, I suppose it might have been a wet-snow kind of dream.

I had a dream once that i had committed a crime(undetected). The whole next day, I had a creepy feeling of paranoia as if someone was going to discover this crime I had committed in my dream. I actually had to remind myself that it all happened in a dream, not real life. It seemed so real because it went beyond facts and played on my emotions. Jonny---From one harp player to another. Do you ever do that "flutter tongue" thing at the end of a phrase?Actually more like a "batting" than a "flutter". Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds) does a killer flutter tongue. Hmmm. Or does he? Maybe I just dreamed it.

Polar Bear You might have to change your avatar to a chubby, winged, naked guy with a bow and arrow. Are you sure that's a road you are willing to travel?

Now, Jonny, did that young lady happen to ask if you would like to play with her poodle? I mean, she might have been out there trying to give poor Coco a bit of excercise. Walk your dog often But don't play with your neighbor's poodle.

For Jonny LingoH ere's William Clarke at LaMar's Record Store.

T-Bone I think that might have been Scott Lafaro, not sure.(circa 1964 or 65) Interesting Bill E. story( From a very credible source.) When Bill and his brother Harry were growing up in NYC, they wanted to take piano lessons. Being the depression, there was only enough extra money for one to study. And so, Harry took the lessons and, upon arriving home, would show Bill everything he could remember from the lesson. His(Bill's) unconventional use of the left hand was groundbreaking in jazz. About 20 years ago, I got to meet and converse at length with Debby(The subject of the piece) My personal favorite bass player to have worked with Bill was Eddie Gomez. Check out "Kind Of Blue" which was a collaborative effort of Bill Evans and Miles Davis.

You are correct, Wash. Written by A. Andelin. Might be some useful stuff in it. I don't know. Point is------- What the heebee geebees did this have to do with Biblical Research? I think it was recommended because it possibly echoed some of the personal opinions of VP and "Da Boys". Fist of steel in a velvet glove. That was a line I remember being quoted from the book. Kinda sounds like a good title for an episode of W!ll and Gr@ce. But I'm not going to wholesale "dis" the book because, as I said, I never actually read it.

"Did anyone here ever get one?" Well, Jonny, I can only speak for myself, but no, I never got a statue of myself. The avatar doesn't count. That's just a "figurine".

Bill Evans------------Waltz for Debby

Freelady Go to the main menu and click on contact us. If you don't want to email, you could also send a PM directly to Pawtucket. If you need technical info on how to do more than that, I'm not the best one to give any technical advise 'cause I'm not very "hip" (or "hep" if you prefer) on matters that involve the cyber world. OOPS! I didn't see that Sudo had already posted to you. (edit is a good option also)

Freelady The "talking doll" speaks words of wisdom. If you think you may have posted something you should not have, you can edit if it's early enough or ask Paw for advise on removing undesired sections. For the record. I found this place while searching for a replacement for my PFAL book. I lent out my materials for years to people who seemed to have a desire to know more but things don't always make it back. I don't have any qualms about having done so because I never directed them towards TWI. Without the group pressure, people are more likely to selectively sort through what they choose to accept or reject. I wouldn't mind having a PFAL book for reference purposes only, but, knowing what I know now, I would never lend it out again.(Even if I thought it WOULD come back) There are probably lots of other materials you could use to achieve your purpose because, as you have probably gathered, most of PFAL was "borrowed" material anyhow. Anyway, I hope you feel comfortable enough to stick around awhile.

I remember when the girls in Cleveland( Yep, I said girls. Some of them were still in high school back then) read this book. There was something in the book about purring like a kitten. A group of them managed to find a way to purr with a sarcastic undertone. Pretty funny looking back on it. That was at the height of the "burn the bra" movement. There was a book that the young men were supposed to read also but I can't recall the title. I'm quite sure I never read it. WG--- As I recall that hubby of yours, he was always a level headed, even tempered guy. ( Most of the time) You two must have hit on something that works, 'cause if my math is correct, you two ought to be rapidly approaching the big 30th mark, no? Lots of this stuff that was presented as profound wisdom was simply baggage VP and "da boys" brought with them from their pre-TWI days. Like saps, we hung on every little word as if there was some deep truth in it all. Much of it didn't have anything at all to do with God's Word.

Rick Miss seeing your input in the Guitar Thread. Stop by and help us solve some of the weightier matters of life such as "round wound or flat wound?" You know---- The stuff that REALLY matters!

I had a dream once about something I did as a child, or at least it seemed like I did it as a child. The strange part is that it took place somewhere I have never been but I could describe what I saw in the dream in great detail. For the next week or two, I kept thinking about that and tried to remember if I had really been to that place and just forgotten. In the end, I'm convinced it was nothing more than a dream. Some dreams are really vivid, though, and even though we remember fine details of the content, we somehow completely forget that this information came as part of a dream initially. It seems very real but it is not. Whistle both directions? Yep. Would you expect anything less from someone who plays harmonica? :)

I remember hearing the shpiel on psychic surgery being taught at AC but I don't recall the film clips. Maybe I slept through that part. (Shhh!--- mum's the word!) I guess these spirits were supposed to be real high ranking and that's why they could do intricate proceedures. Along the same lines was the teaching that the only way to become a musical virtuoso was to sell out to the debul. The really intricate passages were supposedly played by the spirit in control. On page 19 of the AC silly-bus, there is a sketch depicting the various lobes of the brain and it shows which sections govern speech, hearing, etc. Yep. Include a sketch from an anatomy 101 book and there you have it, indisputable proof that debuls wrote all the symphonies and controlled the people who played them.

OK-----Here comes something that is only opinion---------- again. I think a lot of these man/woman concepts, that have languished in TWI for so long, came not from the Bible, but from the personal upbringing and experiences of the early leaders. Remember, VPW and associates came of age during the Great Depression and as such reflected the social mores and idiosyncracies of their generation. Somehow it got assigned some sort of Biblical basis and that was acceped as the "OFFICIAL" stance on related issues. You really have to disregard what has been taught or perpetuated in The Way( or any other group, for that matter) and look at what the Bible( or the holy scrit that applies to your particular faith) actually says about the roles that men and women are to fulfil in a marriage. Then, you have to try to understand that within the context of the society in which we live. It's no longer as simple as " Me Tarzan. you Jane".

"Why keep the site active?"---(paraphrased) Simple -------Maintain status quo. As long as they can perpetuate the impression of being an active organization, they can claim the associated benefits. There is plenty of revenue still untapped for those who have remained "faithful" to the organization.

Sorry, JJ, I'm a *Boomer*. I was already "Growed up" when I took the PFAL class in 1972. I got in for all the usual reasons. My exit was more of a fizzle that a bang. I cruised along at twig level for about my last 10 years and finally stopped going in about 1990 when family commitments took priority. I knew almost nothing about what had happened at the upper levels and was amazed at what I found out here at GSC. When I left(faded away) no one bothered to follow up on me despite all the "we sure love ya" stuff I had heard for so long. That was a bit disheartening. That's probably not what you were looking for. I hope some others from your age group post so you can compare notes.

I heard Mr. Wineg@rn3r, Sr. teach on this a couple of times. Mind you, I'm not denouncing nor advocating this as true. I'm simply stating what he taught. He gave no scriptural validation that I recall of. ------------------------------------------------------- Imagine ,if you will, in "3-D", an ice cream cone turned upside down. The cone represents eternity. God sits on top of the cone (which is actually what we think of as the bottom or pointed end.) A line starts at the top and spirals down the side until it reaches the bottom. This line represents what we call time. Man can not comprehend the scope of eternity so he has invented a way to measure out portions of it and he calls those portions "time" Because God is at the apex of the cone, he can see any given point on the spiraling line which represents time. Man, being a traveler on the spiraling line, is responsible for his actions and behaviour as he moves along the line. Not only does God observe, but he can see any point on the line thus he can see the future before it arrives though he allows man to travel freely along his way. ------------------------------------------------------------- This is a fascinating way to view eternity. The problem I always had with it, though, is it makes it difficult to reconcile the value of prayer. Why pray if God can already see the outcome? Is He merely an observer or does He have the ability to alter what happens on that line? Anybody else remember hearing F. & G. Wineg@rn3r teach these things as they moved about as "Roving Ambassadors"? This would have to have been many years ago as I believe both of them have been gone for 20 years or so.

You know you are in a cult when: You hear a commercial about a "sense of urgency" and you listen intently, only to discover it's another advertisement for bladder control.

"I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate(Coco) She can shimmy like jelly on a plate" -----------Fats Waller--------------