Posts by hemp lover

You just brought back a great memory for me. When my daughter was two, I bought her the same puzzle. As she would put it together, I would tell her the name of each state. We did that almost every day for I can't remember how long, because she loved it so much. She got to where she'd ask for the pieces by name and she would bite her crackers and sandwiches into the shapes of states.

I can still see her lying on her belly on the living room floor with that puzzle, singing a song she made up, "I'll be brokenhearted cuz all the people are starv-ed." Guess she had a twisted sense of humor even then.

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Fluff a dub: Brushes with Fame?

by Crumpet in

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so who have you met who is famous or slightly famous and under what circumstances?

(for the benefit of cross atlantic variations in celebrity - attach a pic and/or explanation of who that celeb is) .

or have you never met anyone even slightly famous but have aspirations to do so!

hemp lover

I forgot about this one. I was at the U.S. Open with my Bethelite uncle and play was interrupted with a lengthy rain delay. My uncle curled up on the covered bleachers and went to sleep, so I went under the stands and hung out with the umpires outside the players' locker room. Vitas Gerulaitis asked me if I wanted to go muff diving with him and I said, "I don't know what that means, but okay!" He just laughed at me...now he's all dead. *insert sad face emoticon here*

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A Testimony of Filth?

by Perry in

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at age 23 i became a witness after being raised in it from infancy.

that made me a 4th genreation witness.

the first hall i went to was the airport congregation in houston.

hemp lover

"For any that don't know, Six and I were roomates back then. "
And, as I recall, you were the roommate from hell. Remember when you got locked out and so you broke Six's bedroom window (not your own) to get in and then you told the apartment manager that it was a burglar?

I was just thinking though, that if I hadn't been hanging around with you, Six and I might not have ended up all married to each other and our daughter might not exist. Hmmm....THANKS, Perry. And congrats on number two kid!

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled topic.

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Fluff a dub: Brushes with Fame?

by Crumpet in

jw
friends

so who have you met who is famous or slightly famous and under what circumstances?

(for the benefit of cross atlantic variations in celebrity - attach a pic and/or explanation of who that celeb is) .

or have you never met anyone even slightly famous but have aspirations to do so!

hemp lover

I've been debating about whether to respond to this or not, but what the hell... I was a bit of a musician/baseball groupie when I led a double life as a teenager. It would probably be easier to name teams and bands than individuals. ;-)

Actually, I don't think I'll name any at all - I just want to say I love the 1986 or '87 Minnesota Twins (can't remember exactly now), especially Mickey Hatcher. Still haven't figured out how I managed to stay a virgin until I got married.

Celebrity sightings: Janeane Garofalo walking down 6th Ave. in NYC
Jacquelyn Bissett wearing a long, flowing white dress and riding a Moped through Soho in the '80s.
Ian McKellen with his superfine boy-toy in a restaurant in New Orleans on St. Patrick's Day.
And another great St. Patrick's Day way back when: I got hit on by Randy White from the Dallas Cowboys in a Bennigans. (LOL)

Oh, and I gave a ride to Larry Mullins' (sp?) (drummer for U2) brother once, also in the '80s. He was stranded at the Dallas airport because the limo didn't pick him up, so my girlfriend and I gave him a ride to his hotel. He invited us up to meet the band (yes, THE band), but we were in full-on JW guilt mode and said no. I can't believe we said no. So damn close...

Fun thread, Miss C. You've brought back some fond memories today.

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Dallas Sweatfest

by Quandry in

i was not able to attend.

it would have been the first fest for me and i would have enjoyed meeting ya'll.

what types of things did you do?

hemp lover

Recaps and pictures start around page 16, I believe. We had a blast! You have to come to the next one.

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Uninvited--A Wonderful "Witness"

by Merry Magdalene in

i attended my mother's memorial at the kingdom hall saturday afternoon.

even with the jw sermon tagged on, my cousin did a lovely service for her.

there were many jws and non-jws in attendence.

hemp lover

Some people suck.

That's ok. I got over it....or did I? Maybe I wouldn't still be talking about it if I was truly over it. I don't know.

That's what we're here for - you need to talk about it and we want to hear it. (((Merry)))

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IT'S OVER - I'M INCONSOLABLE

by tijkmo in

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the west wing...may have finished in the u.s. before this but it has just finished in the u.k.... in the history of television there has never been a better programme

hemp lover

"in the history of television there has never been a better programme"

Have you ever seen "The Sopranos"?

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anybody out there know me

by witnessscorn in

i am from the dallas area, wnet to oakcliff, beverly hills, waxahachie, ennis, plano, richardson.

was raised aroud it.

have known allot of people for a long time from oakcliff and beerly hills, and cedar hills.

hemp lover

No, I don't know you, but I live in Oak Cliff now. Do you still live in Dallas?