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Sahweeeet!( Does that thing got a Hemi?)-------------Not the dog!!

T-Bone-------No need for embarressment. Playing bass is all about patterns. When you look at a "fake" sheet, what is missing? The left hand(bass part). Why? Because it is assumed the bass line will follow a standard pattern. Just for shirts and girdles play all four strings on each fret while looking at the circle of fifths. BTW.--------- there is a handy dandy way to learn key signatures using the circle of fifths. Again, a google search will lead you there.

Doesn't it just make you want to shout"HALLELUJAH!! I'm free"?

What a great time . so many memories to cherish. The memories will live on long after the photos have vanished. The mind is the greatest camera ever invented because it captures emotions along with the images.

T-Bone----------- The string thing------ You've spent your whole life looking at clocks. There are 12 hours. Coincidentally there are 12 tones in a scale, 12 major keys, 12 minor keys, etc. ------Now picture a clock that has tones/keys/chords in place of the numbers. Google "circle of fifths" for a visual image. I also play bass so this is helpful in moving around the fretboard. Starting with you open strings, you will find that moving from low to high pitch corresponds with moving counterclockwise on the clock/circle of fifths. You will actually be moving in fourths. Your sequence will be 4 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 1 o'clock. Now if you are playing a six string, this is the point at which you go back to 5 o'clock and then 4 o'clock. It makes a whole lot more sense if you are actually looking at the "clock". I also use the circle of fifths when I play harmonica. Most blues, rock, country etc. is played in what is called 2nd position by harp players. If the band is in the key of "c" (12 o'clock) I simply move counterclockwise one hour (11 o'clock) and that is the key of the harmonica I need to play in "c". ( that would be an "f" since "f" lives at the 11 o'clock position.) Sounds a lot more complicated than it is. Once you can picture that clock with tones/keys/chords like you did with hours as a youngster some of it will fall into place.

WG----Howdy neighbor!------I'll send you a PM when I can. I'm glad the Wayside wasn't a Marathon back then or I'd have to call myself The Marathoner and old age is setting in do'ntcha know. Maybe we can drag some other FL out of the shadows. Ditto on the familia( I saw how it was made).

Medic's Wife --------"You're going to hate me for this-------" I can only speak for myself but I for one certainly don't hate you for having an opinion on such a controversial issue or for speaking what's on your mind. Discussing important issues is one of the functions Greasespot serves.( OK, that and talking about old TV shows and cool guitars) I think most people here welcome a lively discussion as long as it is within the bounderies of the forum rules. Open discussion and disagreement was something that was frowned on( No, make that snarled at) in TWI. It's refreshing to see things from the perspective of someone who comes from a non-TWI background.

Rhino----------I dunno. Looks more like a Cape Codder to me!

MEDIC'S WIFE--------Sounds like you've hit the "mother lode". Without the love of GOD it's all just a bunch of empty words.

RE: Great guitar solos ------What! No T-Bone walker? How about anything by THE ICEMAN Albert Collins? And just so I don't slight any shredder fan, what about "The Messiah Will Come" by Roy Buchanan? Jimmy Thachery's cover of it got the mechanics down pat but lacked the raw emotion of the original. As for Jeff Healy, I've heard it said he plays, of all things, a SQUIRE. I don't know if it's true but if it is it can only bolster the cred. of his prowess.

Pond----------Thank you for responding to my post. As I stated, I neither condemn nor condone this line of thinking . I merely present it as an expository discourse. I might further add that we were sworn to an oath to never expose what I just exposed. This oath taking was done in what appeared to be a lighthearted spoof of pagan ritual, but one has to wonder how serious the expectations of secrecy may have been. Early on in the growth of TWI we were taught that revelation regarding the present could never ( and I emphasize never) contradict what had already been established in the scriptures. This , of course, was revised by the concept that revelation could change even though the scriptural evidence was weak and selective at best. I'm sure this seems like it is off topic from the discussion on mental illness but hopefully it may be found to be enlightening on what was taught on the subject.

Pond--------sorry. I left out some vital pieces of info. You asked how someone would know of the presenceof such spirits. This would be by operation of the manifestation of "discerning of spirits" wherein GOD tells you directly that a person has a spirit or spirits. Word of knowledge and word of wisdom would then come into play as GOD's way of instructing the "discerner" what if any thing should be done to correct the situation.(ie. casting out the spirits in the name of Jesus Christ). Compare this with VPW's own walk and demise and perhaps it will become apparent why some of these issues seem to be such a really huge subject of controversy.

Pond---------- please forgive me if I seem to oversimplify my explanation of devil spirits. TWI used a progresive, building block approach to teaching this subject. Furthermore I am not suggesting you accept what I am presenting or that I personally subscribe to these beliefs. -------In the very beginning, Lucifer sat at GOD's right hand as his second in command. He plotted to overthrow GOD with the help of a group of angels he had won over to his cause. GOD was wise to the plan and cast him out of heaven along with his co-conspirators( 1/3 of the angels in heaven ) . They now roam the earth and seek physical entities to inhabit so they can act in a manner that will usurp GOD's glory and seek to take credit for good works(angels of light). These spirits are organized in a military fashion.(5 star general down to pfc. sort of thing.) TWI taught ,at least when I was involved that these spirit "possesions" or infestations if you prefer explained such things as cancer, suicide, alcoholism, sexual deviation,etc. They also taught these spirits explained such things as virtuousity in the art fields such as child piano prodigies. This is a tremendously oversimplified explanation but will hopefully begin to give some insight into the subject. Mental illness was one example of what they considered to be devil spirit possesion or infestation if you prefer. It puts a tremendous amount of guilt on someone who wants to serve GOD to think they may somehow be glorifying the devil.

Just to clarify. -----------Depression is not necssarily about " feeling sad". Depression manifests itself very differently in adults than it does in children. There are even more differences when discussing boys as opposed to girls. Two recommended books on understanding depression in children are : REAL BOYS by Wm. Pollack, Ph.D.(re: boys) and REVIVING OPHELIA by Mary Pipher,Ph.D.(re: girls) These not only show why a boy may display anger or a girl may lack self esteem, they offer insight into how to be a part of the solution.

I've heard peole say GIGO means " garbage in/garbage out", but now I'm starting to think it might mean"glad I got out".

Pond--------I agree with you that there are those who would benifit most from counselling. These people include those whose conditions are caused by a tangible problem with their situation such as poverty, loss of a loved one, etc. Counselling can often show these people methods to cope or even to actually change their situations. There are also those who are over medicated or incorrectly medicated. Medicine, despite popular belief, is really not as precise a science as we would like to believe. As to your statement that medications only treat the symptoms and not the cause I must disagree in part. Some problems that manifest themselves in the mental arena are caused by organic irregularities. These simply can not entirely be dealt with by virtue of counselling anymore than a diabetic could be counseled into producing the correct amount of insulin. As to the issue of testing, no doc. worth his/her salt would blindly prescribe such meds without proper medical testing. True, there is no test that definatively shows which chemical is lacking or abundant in the brain. There is likewise no test that will show exactly what went " haywire" in the brain for it to mis interpret how much insulin the body needs. If there were it would make treatment much more effective and less unpleasant. There is room for both approaches but knowing how to administer them is sometimes as much an art as it is a science.

Let the day take the shape it wants to take and drink it all in. It's the first step of a very exciting journey.

I was just a "twiggy" by the time this happened. I remember answering the phone and hearing the voice explain an announcement was about to be read. The voice then said " When I finish reading I will hang up".In all the years since I never could get an answer to what happened or how he died. It was a subject that was off limits at the grassroots level. I had my suspicions but never really knew until I read it on Greasespot. This wasn't just another tragic cancer death, nor was it just the death of a respected leader. It was a death that completely unraveled what we had been taught about spirtuality. By his own teaching we were taught cancer was possesion. So then I begin to wonder; were we taught by someone who was possesed?Or even worse, if he was wrong about the posession what else was he wrong about? What did this all mean about the credability of beliefs that were now a part of who I had become? Well, many of those types of questions have since been answered for me. Maybe I should use this as fodder for a"3x5" but I wouldn't want to leave anyone out.

"KEEP ON TRUCKIN'!!"

Maybe if we started refering to them as "briefings" and "de-briefings" it would all make more sense. Not justify them,mind you, just add a touch of reality.

Many years ago a childhood friend was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He did not have two personalities or display violent behaviour as so often depicted on TV and in the movies. He simply lost touch with what was real and valid in his life. He was a gentle, caring, and artistic person. He had a flare for turning a phrase that was to be envied. He was an outpatient and was given very heavy meds that included melaril and thorazine. I took him to twig afew times but he said it wasn't his cup of tea. One night I found him slumped over the wheel of his parked car. Beside him was a note that said he had learned something about himself he could not live with. I never finished reading the entire note because at that moment a patrol car was passing by and I flagged it down. His father asked me to be a pall bearer and of course I obliged. When I left the cemetary I got into my car and drove for nearly 3 hours to be a student in DWA ( wayspeak for Dealing With The Adversary). The class did nothing to address the emotions I was feeling other than to teach me to cast them off and replace them with scriptures. I never felt guilty for his death. I had been a good friend as best I knew. The only guilt I ever felt was when I wondered if GOD hadn't led me to his car to raise him back up. It may sound like a bizzare thought in retrospect but at that time we thought we could do virtually anything if GOD just gave us the "go ahead". What's my point? It's great if you can somehow understand what is going through that persons mind but even better if you can love them for who they are. That's what GOD does for all of us . He loves us for who we are,warts and all.

Anyone remember that joke about playing a country song backwards? Something about your wife coming BACK to you,etc?

Rachel----- My apologies for such a poorly worded post. When I said "for you to be so ----etc., I should have said "for ONE to be so------etc. This is truly some interesting subject matter and I hope your observation stirs some enlightening responses. OK. all out of time. The bell just rang for English class.--------

Sky King had a plane?----------I was too busy crushin' on Penny to notice. ( Please don't tell Annette Funny Cello)

Rachel--------- Sounds like some really interesting stuff to look into . Kinda demonstates human nature for you to be so wrapped up in one's own words and voice that we ignore what the other person is saying. Looking forward to seeing where this all leads.