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I incorrectly/inadvertently placed a post in the "Connecting/ By State" that shows up as "Doug and Ellen Pickering." I meant to post this in the "Vermont" category under "By State." If someone would let me know how to move the post, or move it for me, that would be great. Thanks!

Meant to post in “Vermont” … but it landed here, sorry. They lived in Alburg, Vermont back in about 1978 or '79. I know they divorced some time after and moved out of state. Doug remarried and passed away in an accident sometime later. I don't know what became of Ellen . . . i believe she remarried and moved to Hawaii - but i don't remember Ellen's married name. Just wondering what became of her.

Recall every year i went ('75-94) the entrance ticket was $25.

Reading this, and seeing calzone, I'm thinking I'd like Guido Sarducci's take on the matter. Might be a 'novello' idea! I can just see him explaining while waving his hands around ...

I remember Angela and Perry from a few years ago; good people. i also seem to recall Angela's PhD was related to child psychology. Anyway, i think to get anywhere in the field, a PhD is pretty much a necessity. I do remember a Lonnel Johnson from years ago, a pharmacist, if i remember correctly, as well as an author. thats my $0.02.

i forget if I've answered already -- 1975-1994.

i eat the seeds with the watermelon, dont remember when i didn't. . .

A preacher. I think in another post on this site, Penworks mentions him. Noted quote "may your tribe increase."

Bob, you may have found by now, but i also found her on FB, last name beginning with J. It works.

Knew the Priesters when they were in northern VA back in the early 1990s; good people.

yep, just us chickens . . .pluck,pluck, pluck . . . . . .

Some thoughts: Callousness - can remember different situations over the years (~77-94) where the prevailing attitude toward was believe "the word" regardless of the situation. If people were having hard times, they needed to "believe," but that was never really well defined - particularly in my own mind. Reading posts along this topic got me thinking how we'd tell people to believe the word, and usually it meant whatever the "collaterals" said, reading the collaterals was a 'convenient' way of 'researching the scriptures' to find out if those things were so. In retrospect, i can recall how insensitive i'd began to get. Left (actually booted) in the early 1990s. That seemed to allow empathy and kindness to resurface in my life. Anyway, that was many years ago.

Dang, that brings back memories. I probably have a VCR tape somewhere. Funny thing, while i've had the tape for many years, i never watched it. Can someone help confirm my memory on this . . was there a live production of AOS in early 1985 at HQ - maybe February or March? Might have been the first live production? I recall traveling to HQ in early '85 with my wow family for some big doo - maybe was AOS. -per.

there 'may be' a 'bob h' on FB . . . - from rye ny, now in NJ

I generally remember VPW's reply when asked what he thought of the current President (at the time it was Carter) talking about being a Christian. He smiled and said, and i don't remember verbatim, but it was along the lines that the President talked about being a Christian merely to get votes. I think that statement colored my views for the next election when Reagan came in. This was at an 'ambassador one' weekend fly-in in 1978. One of the 'guests' had asked the question while we were visiting in the Wierwille home. I wasn't yet of voting age, but I kind of logged it into my thinking.