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  Wedding Anniversary Today

  by Searchin50 in

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  my husband and i are celebrating our 42nd anniversary today!

  there never not once has been a dull moment!!!!!!!

  he is a very sincere person very honest, very warm.

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  Well I definately enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing

  Congratulations

  Brummie
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  for Pleasuredome

  by Brummie in

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  howdy pleasuresome, only just got your post on another thread saying who you were!

  i was away for 2 days and am away again tomorrow for 2 more days....anyway great to see you here, i just started posting here a month ago (and 100 posts already lol, c'mon you need to get a move on and catch up).

  btw concerning your "wt police" post, i also went to wolverhampton conventions but used to volunteer most of the time which meant i had to go to other conventions, mostly cardiff but sometimes cpalace.

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  Hey Blues thats wierd cus it was 1988 that they checked me out at CP, that was the year they had a sypnosis and wired up with Ireland for the talk by a GB member

  I guess I must have looked wierd, I had a big superwooefer tape recorder carrying around ready to tape the talks

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  for Pleasuredome

  by Brummie in

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  howdy pleasuresome, only just got your post on another thread saying who you were!

  i was away for 2 days and am away again tomorrow for 2 more days....anyway great to see you here, i just started posting here a month ago (and 100 posts already lol, c'mon you need to get a move on and catch up).

  btw concerning your "wt police" post, i also went to wolverhampton conventions but used to volunteer most of the time which meant i had to go to other conventions, mostly cardiff but sometimes cpalace.

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  Howdy Pleasuresome, only just got your post on another thread saying who you were! I was away for 2 days and am away again tomorrow for 2 more days....anyway Great to see you here, I just started posting here a month ago (and 100 posts already lol, C'mon you need to get a move on and catch up). Be seeing you again soon hopefully.

  BTW concerning your "WT Police" post, I also went to Wolverhampton conventions but used to volunteer most of the time which meant I had to go to other conventions, mostly Cardiff but sometimes CPalace. I also got followed around at Crystal Palace and was approached about 3 times by this guy who thought I was a sniper or sumpthin, I was just a JW looking for someone, within an hour I was aware I was being watched by at least 4 brothers checking up on me, it wasnt until I sat down for the exciting talk that they left me alone.

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  For Brummie!!!!

  by mouthy in

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  brummie!!!!!

  had a wonderful time at pa. j.e just e-mailed me to ask for your address-i sent it to him if it is still #4 but i dont have your postal code- he has your tapes to send off- they are sure worth getting..... a real lovely gift ......it was great to see him again.

  also darlene & i had great times together.

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  Mouthy, 4 of the remnant- and they claim only "fringe" members leave!. But what a hard time they must be having, poor souls....now you got me hardly being able to wait for these tapes, I'll put shirly on first.

  I'm now away from home and consequently the PC for a few days! gee I'm missing this board already.

  See ya when I get back

  Pete (of the Brummie class)
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  For Brummie!!!!

  by mouthy in

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  brummie!!!!!

  had a wonderful time at pa. j.e just e-mailed me to ask for your address-i sent it to him if it is still #4 but i dont have your postal code- he has your tapes to send off- they are sure worth getting..... a real lovely gift ......it was great to see him again.

  also darlene & i had great times together.

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  Mouthy have been enjoying the photo's posted here....I always think of you all enjoying that fantastic convention without me...sniff

  I'll be ringing Darlene soon, she took us 2000 miles around the USA and into Ontario, You guys are the kindest!

  JE sends those tapes every year, the highlight of the year for me. Wonder if he will come to England with you?

  I will email JE asap...like now for instance.

  Pleasure...Yep thats me? Hmm thinking I may know you

  Brummie
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  They are all meaningless

  by Brummie in

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  i inherited the ability to talk a lot from the jws...look -->in just a month i have posted over one hundred posts!

  oh for crying!...will i ever shut up?.

  brummie (who will probably be supreme one in a couple of weeks time)

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  Brummie

  I inherited the ability to talk a lot from the JWs...look -->in just a month I have posted over one hundred posts! oh for crying!...will I ever shut up?

  Brummie (who will probably be supreme one in a couple of weeks time)
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  Life in a not so different world

  by Brummie in

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  you want to take away my window.

  but, i ask, wouldn't it destroy my value if i became one with these other voices?

  you want to take away my window.

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  Petty, what a special little guy you have there, the way you describe him is a wonderful reflection of the special mother he has and needs.

  Hope you are getting a lot of support from friends and schools

  I work with the NAS and teach adults with autism to be prepared for life in the world, but the role is reversed, I have learned a lot more from these angels than they will ever learn from me

  It has truly been a lession in humility & acceptance of others who we don't necessarily understand or who seem "different".

  Amen to that!

  Brummie
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  Life in a not so different world

  by Brummie in

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  you want to take away my window.

  but, i ask, wouldn't it destroy my value if i became one with these other voices?

  you want to take away my window.

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  Brummie

  This is why I work with Autistic adults, perhaps we can relate to a lot in their world?:

  You Want to Take Away My Window
  I am autistic. I've always been autistic, and I always will be autistic. Autism is part of who I am, just as my sense of humor or my emotions are part of me. I like who I am, even my autistic part.
  
  You see, autism isn't an awful condition. I'm not condemned to an "un-natural life." Yet, I have lived a life with pain, fear, and confusion. Pain because of your cold heart. Fear because of my past, and because of my future in a your world, which can't tolerate uniqueness. Confusion because of my ways of interpreting your world and because of the deceit, lies, and apathy in it.
  
  But, I don't just feel pain. I know great joy and peace. I wish I had words for what it is like inside these walls, where the noise of the outside world can't destroy my peace. You can't understand the joy I have in my quiet place, alone and far from the voices that would destroy, nor can I understand your world of noise and crowds. You probably can't understand that I enjoy watching, not participating, in your world, nor can you understand why I laugh in response to an inner joy. But, that's all-right with me.
  
  I'm an observer, trying to understand your world. You may not know this, since you don't even think I see you most of the time. But, I do see you. I might not be "looking" at you, but I'm watching you through the window of my house - through the corner of these eyes. I don't want you to know, though. So, I peer through the blinds as you walk by.
  
  As I watch you, I get confused. I've seen you say you hate someone. But, later, when that person approaches you, you tell him that you love him. Did I see something wrong? Did you change your mind? People tell me that I'm defective and broken for not doing the things you do, but I don't understand how you can say things that you don't believe deep inside. Have you forgotten where you store your thoughts? What drives you, since you don't follow your inner beliefs? What gives you your purpose?
  
  As I watch you, I wonder what life must be like for you. How can you tolerate a world without right or wrong, but only shades of gray? How do you know when your actions are wrong, if all actions are at least a little bit wrong and a little bit right? Is it painful for you to live in a world full of subtlety and without boundaries? My walls give me peace and comfort, as I know where my world ends and yours begins. But, you don't have any walls around you. What keeps you grounded? I've been told that my thinking, because of my clear boundaries and rules, is both limited and deficient. Yet, these boundaries and rules are my walls. They hold my soul together. What keeps your soul in one piece?

  I don't see your skin color, beauty, or age. I always thought that everyone deserved to be treated kindly, justly, and lovingly. Yet, when I gaze outside my walls, through my window, I see your world which condemns some to a life of pain because of their race, appearance, or age. You told me as a child that I shouldn't get near to anyone who was different than me - that I should stay with my people, and they should stay with theirs. Didn't you realize that I am different from you, too? Can't you see the inner beauty in someone that's different on the outside?
  
  Your world tells me that I'm wrong to enjoy my times alone, inside this house, with only my thoughts to speak to me. You tell me that I should surround myself with strange voices, to spare me of the "pain" that comes with thinking and quiet contemplation - that I should listen to some sort of noise to block out these pesky thoughts - perhaps the radio, TV, or maybe other voices - that I should tear down the walls of my house and let these thoughts and my thoughts mix. But, I ask, wouldn't it destroy my value if I became one with these other voices?
  
  When I gaze out my window, I wonder why you want to take away my joy. You claim that you want me to come out and play with you, to leave the "confines" of my house and enjoy your world. But, you want to destroy my house when I'm not looking. You want to take away my window. You see my quietness as a disease that needs to be cured; my joyful activities a pain to be eliminated; my innocent eyes a blindness to be treated.
  Of course, you can't know why my house is important. Don't you know that I'd show you what my house is like, if only you would knock on the door?

  Brummie (perhaps I am autistic at heart)
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  Really off Topic Oprah question

  by LovesDubs in

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  im wracking my brain trying to remember the name of a singer who was on oprah and i believe either sang at christmas or around the 9/11 programs she had on.

  he was hispanic...had a gorgeous tenor voice.

  i wanna say like george lopez, or martinez or rodriguez....urrrgh...anybody help me on this?

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  Brummie

  You mean Enrique Iglesias? son of the boooooring Julio?

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  Section for Ozzies

  by Satanus in

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  just sitting here watching the action, noting that a lot of it comes from a certain sector, nudge nudge.

  thinking, why not set up a special area that would encompass the rollicking fun of people from this sector.

  whatcha think, simon.

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  Brummie

  LOL! A great Idea SS!

  Its entertaining just to sit back and watch Prisca win the battle of weak words said against her.

  Brummie