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  What's The Worst "Encouragement" That You've Recieved From The Brothers?

  by minimus in

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  after reading nina and sadie's experience, i couldn't help but appreciate hearing how the brothers are always trying to "encourage" ones.

  how did they try to encourage you?

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  These stories are just horrible. I hate those people, HATE THEM. They never care, and never THINK... they're just so selfish.

  Judgmental hypocrites.
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  Will you ever do another "list"?

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  ha!

  i beat min and jh to a question!

  (eat your hearts out, guys!

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  Why thank you all....
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  4 jokes

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  during the war with iraq, a leader assembled all of saddam hussein's doubles.

  addressing them, he said, "i've got some good news and some bad news.

  the good news is that saddam is alive and well!

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  What does Saddam Hussein and Fred Flinstone have in common???

  When they both look outside, all they see is Rubble.
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  one of the funniest sites on the web

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  http://www.theonion.com/

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  Yes, a good site. I found the link on rotten.com some time ago... very good site.
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  Is There Something You Want To Get Off of Your Chest or Vent About???

  by minimus in

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  one of the great things that this board offers is the ability to express yourself.

  sometimes, things we couldn't tell a person to their face, we can express here.

  or we might be able to give of ourselves, our experiences, our joys and frustrations......you name it!.......regarding my vent, it is that i can't understand why some post on these boards and yet are very pro witness.

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  Well, brummie, let's say that they are developmentally challenged people, like FAS, and have horrible behaviors that need to be stopped. We don't want these people going back into institutions.... but, that is where they will be if they don't stop doing what they do! So, here we come in, to help them stop it... to give them the exact opposite of what they seek. If they want you to be shocked... don't be shocked. If they do something that they feel is nothing, make a big deal out of it.... we develop care plans to stop it, and work together as a team to do it. Nothing that is done is done just by myself... social workers, psychologists, day programs all get involved.... we can usually stop the behaviors, and keep it under control to the extent that they can live in society and be much much happier in their lives than living in an old fashioned institution....

  Hey, what the hell is this thread about?

  Anyways, feel free to PM me too! I would love to know what kind of work you do, too. It's pretty hard to talk, though, when dealing with confidential matters (something I like to take very seriously.... for the clients sake...) That last bit, even though I did not mention names, or anything was still not appropriate. I feel sorry for our clients, and try to help them the best that I can, and make them feel good about themselves...

  Hey, what is this thread about????
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  Will you ever do another "list"?

  by onacruse in

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  ha!

  i beat min and jh to a question!

  (eat your hearts out, guys!

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  **(sniff)**

  My only friend.............. why don't people like me? Is it because I only talk in Klingon? My only friend is my blow-up doll? It's 12:30 on a friday night, and I'm on the internet.....

  I just don't know......
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  Is There Something You Want To Get Off of Your Chest or Vent About???

  by minimus in

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  one of the great things that this board offers is the ability to express yourself.

  sometimes, things we couldn't tell a person to their face, we can express here.

  or we might be able to give of ourselves, our experiences, our joys and frustrations......you name it!.......regarding my vent, it is that i can't understand why some post on these boards and yet are very pro witness.

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  Very true, Brummie.

  I shouldn't even have told you that story.... you have no idea what type of challenging behaviors we deal with, and what things they do. It's hard to describe, and hard to even write about. This is done with the blessing of social workers and psychologists, b/c nothing else works...

  I am actually going to delete that bit there... it's not at all appropriate for me to be talking about confidential issues on any forum...

  Stupid me.
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  Will you ever do another "list"?

  by onacruse in

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  ha!

  i beat min and jh to a question!

  (eat your hearts out, guys!

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  Yes,,,, I was off the list,,,, even as I type, I weep......

  OOOh, the humanity.....

  OOOH, you all hate me....

  I need to go now... I need to cry myself to sleep.....
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  Is There Something You Want To Get Off of Your Chest or Vent About???

  by minimus in

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  one of the great things that this board offers is the ability to express yourself.

  sometimes, things we couldn't tell a person to their face, we can express here.

  or we might be able to give of ourselves, our experiences, our joys and frustrations......you name it!.......regarding my vent, it is that i can't understand why some post on these boards and yet are very pro witness.

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  I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH.....

  ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((BIGTEX)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

  I LOOOOVE YOU....

  (deleted it..)

  Why the hell am I telling this story??????? Geez, I'm going to bed...
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  CO visit...

  by shamus in

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  i was riding home tonite (on my mountain bike), and my route takes me by the kingdumb hall... where, at 9:30 on friday night, there were all kinds of witnesses out in the parking lot, yada yada yada.

  you know what that means - the c.o.

  was in town.... i felt kinda bad at first, b/c everyone looked so happy, but immediately snapped out of it and rememberd how badly they treat people... their happiness always seems more evident when the c.o.

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  LOL, big tex!

  They are pretty pathetic.