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Happy BD Tonto!!!!

...oh gosh, I'm so happy for you Chas :-)

If you see a 55 year old woman riding down the highway listening to the Allman Brothers, Doobie Brothers, Leonard Skyrnard, Clapton, or various other 70s hard rock musicians, it's probably me--and with the sound not booming but not soft--that's probably me. I just gravitate toward certain things that I used to like. And, I find that it is very calming for me to do things that way. There's been no formula that I can think of and if there had been I'd try to break it. I'm not saying if you were on drugs to go back and start taking them, but just giving yourself a break to like what you like without analyzing why, what, or how. Just let 'er rip and see where you end up sometime... It might not be so bad to cut loose. I always say now if I like it it has to be good whatever it is. I'm a decent, loving, imperfect person who trusts my own instincts to do the right things and amazingly that's working for me a lot better than asking other people's opinions. It feels good. Hope you enjoy learning about yourself as much as I did. Oh, I'm now back in touch with one of my best friends who told me off one day on campus our senior year as I mouthed some wayism to her. Thank goodness she was smart enough to tell me to stick it in so many words and not waste a huge chunk of her life by getting involved. Funny thing, we're having just as much fun talking now as ever even though 33 years have passed. Go figure:-)

oh gawd. not again.

You sound very normal and intelligent to me. I'd like to kick that creep who kicked the dog across the room, too, if I did such things, but I don't, but still....what a jerk. The dog seems to have had it right.

They are all in my prayers as well.

Yeah, Susan Saranden's even talking about him now... Jesus, I mean... ...in the context of supporting O'Bama, though... Something about Jesus was a community organizer and P. Pilate was a governon, LOL

I missed the part about the kid's credentials???????? What qualifies him to do this and to "train" others? Certainly not a BS degree in another subject...

Exactly!

Great walk down memory lane, everyone. Yes, Steveo, love Sam and Dave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcBT4hKLUNg From Jr. High... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuFdreMPBug

Happy BD, Priscilla!

Hummm, acceptance? Good point, ihrleben. Welcome to the cafe, btw. But, you're only accepted in these groups if you conform. Maybe the acceptance piece is why we were willing to conform to at least part of what they wanted to mold us into.

Adults, mature enough, and make their own decisions is debatable. As for the rest--you go girl!!!!!

I agree with Chas. Love your cat! Congrats on the weight loss, too.

What everyone else said, dear Chas.... I'm so happy for you and hubs and kids.

Thanks for all of the superb comments. For those I could follow, and for those I couldn't. LOL! Here's how I came up with my "conclusion:" Vic taught "you die when you stop believing" +Vic chose not to believe to be healed (gave up) because the bot shut him out Vic committed suicide At the time, it seemed like simple math to me...

Thanks for the head up on Avast! I'll try it. Also, I use BitDefender and it seems pretty good. Free.

rascal, I hear what you are saying. For me, my time in twi was so disconnected from JC that I don't associate him in any way shape or form with the way. So, thankfully, that works in my favor and I do feel close to him with no residue, so to speak, or taint from twi or the offshoots.

Thanks for posting the verse, Socks. Yes, prayer for the believers putting a hedge of protection around them so the adversary can't get in to harm them. Perty sure that's JC's job as stated by several astute posters.

(((((wash'nwear))))) I hope you're feeling better.

Linda, he looked pretty bad that day, didn't he? I couldn't remember--did he still have the eye patch on that afternoon? I remember they got us all up in the middle of the night "to pray" after he died in '85. We all gathered in the Ambassador Room. That was different. Don't remember that he did.

(((((Copenhagen))))) I cannot physically sing the songs. Those same ole songs sung over and over were, imo, a brainwashing tool. Reminds me of the parts of PFAL when vp kept repeating the same things over and over. I hated that the first time I sat throught it. Then, found out later, that's a brainwashing technique.

Well, actually I was there when he did ask for prayer. It was summer at HQ. The year was 1983. Setting was the dining room. Time around 2pm. I remember because in rez corps and staff all came. VP was talking to everyone from the back of the dining room. Heavy. Told us about his eye. Then, went into how he was so upset before the operation because in the old testament the high priest couldn't make whatever--an offering or something--for the people for their sins if he had a deformity. Said they could no longer stand in the gap for the people because the priest was then disqualified because of deformity. He said that was why he was worried about having the operation, but then realized in the new testament that JC made an offering once and for all for the believers and he didn't need to be concerned anymore. Talked about how many years he'd stood in the gap for us, the corps and believers, and asked us to then stand in the gap for him--all the while crying and imploring us to do that for him. It was very moving and he seemed pretty depressed.

Thanks, FU. Check your pms.