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  She's Gone, But Not On A Jet Plane

  by snowbird in

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  http://news.asiaone.com/news/latest%2bnews/showbiz/story/a1story20090917-168529.html .

  if i had a hammer, 500 miles, leaving on a jet plane were my favorites.. may her spirit rest in peace.. sylvia.

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  I loved Peter, Paul & Mary. I think I've got most of their albums.

  I'm sorry to hear she's exited the building. 72 is looking younger and younger every year.
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  Feeling numb... feeling like I did when I first DAed.

  by Elsewhere in

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  my dad recently told all the kids that he has terminal cancer.

  he is going to die... could be in a month... could be in a year.. all the kids recently visited my parents over last weekend.

  i was allowed to come too due to the "family business" clause in the wts rules.. yesterday i cried... i'm still crying a bit today and am feeling numb.

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  My problem is that I shut down at times like this. It's a struggle to do anything.

  It's called dissociative. It's that out-of-body feeling, going numb you have.

  It's the mind's way of protecting itself when you are experiencing something so big, so awful and so traumatic that it becomes too much to deal with. The feelings are way too big to process in the here and now.

  It's sort of a mental credit card. You are feeling some pretty big things right now, this is a hugely painful experience. I would encourage you that when you feel sad or mad or glad or whatever, then give yourself permission to feel it. Otherwise those feelings stay bottled up and that's unhealthy.

  It's encouraging you cried. That is a healthy, normal and natural reaction to what you're experiencing.

  I would also encourage you to say whatever you need to say to your father before it's too late. I did that with my mother and although it did not come out right (I cringe now when I read the letter I wrote her), I'm glad I said it before she was gone.

  If you need to talk, you know where Nina and I are.

  Be well my friend,

  Chris
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  Look at this snake!!

  by purplesofa in

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  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6187320/snake-with-foot-found-in-china.html.

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  Proof The End is near
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  Picked up REVOLVER remastered.....

  by lepermessiah in

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  just to continue on the beatles thread...... i finally got around to picking up revolver remastered and all i can say is wow......and that is impressive for an album that i have listened to countless times over the years.. i have never tried acid, but the remaster of tomorrow never knows at extremely loud volumes certainly was a "trip".....the horns on got to get you into my life were incredible!!

  i could go down the track list and pick out things that really blew me away.. they did a wonderful job of cleaning up the tape noise and really enhancing the sound of the cd's as well as the packaging and liner notes.

  the first cd releases were disappointing to say the least when it came to the transfer and the liner notes.

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  I've heard that, supposedly, the original cut was 3 or 4 hours long and that there were stronger arguments than the one between George and Paul.

  Too bad, I'd love to see that. Thanks for the wikipedia comment. That sounds about right, McCartney's ego is still running amok it seems
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  Picked up REVOLVER remastered.....

  by lepermessiah in

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  just to continue on the beatles thread...... i finally got around to picking up revolver remastered and all i can say is wow......and that is impressive for an album that i have listened to countless times over the years.. i have never tried acid, but the remaster of tomorrow never knows at extremely loud volumes certainly was a "trip".....the horns on got to get you into my life were incredible!!

  i could go down the track list and pick out things that really blew me away.. they did a wonderful job of cleaning up the tape noise and really enhancing the sound of the cd's as well as the packaging and liner notes.

  the first cd releases were disappointing to say the least when it came to the transfer and the liner notes.

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  Big Tex

  envy envy envy

  Hey this reminds me, does anyone know if the film of "Let it Be" has evern been released to DVD?
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  Burning literature (pics) and police called on Snakes :P

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  so for some time i have been threatening to burn my remaining watchtower literature.

  i had gotten rid of two bookcases worth via a thread or two here, mailing it to various jwders for (hopefully) nefarious purposes.

  i was down to one last 32 gallon rubbermaid container.

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  You probably would have been okay if you'd burned them a little at a time. You know every Saturday morning (you know like field service).

  The marshmellow trick is a good one. So is peanut butter.
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  Gulper eels....why do teachers assign little kids "projects" that they know damn well the parent are going to have to do?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  i gotta vent...i am sitting here at my computer, using my nice, much faster 18 mb internet (vs my old 1mb)....and what am i doing (other than posting about the qualities of toilet paper)?....i am looking up crap about "gulper eels".. you see, my 8-year-old soon to be stepson says to my fiancee and i last thursday.... 8yrold: "i have a project due.

  " hmmmm.... snakesandfiancee, looking at each other suspiciously: "when is it due?

  " 8yo: "an animal, i have to find facts about an animal and pictures and print them on a poster board" as he pulls out of his backpack a large sheet of paper that has been folded more times than an accordion.

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  Good for you! I'm glad you let him do it and I'm glad it looks like a child did it.
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  Gulper eels....why do teachers assign little kids "projects" that they know damn well the parent are going to have to do?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
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  i gotta vent...i am sitting here at my computer, using my nice, much faster 18 mb internet (vs my old 1mb)....and what am i doing (other than posting about the qualities of toilet paper)?....i am looking up crap about "gulper eels".. you see, my 8-year-old soon to be stepson says to my fiancee and i last thursday.... 8yrold: "i have a project due.

  " hmmmm.... snakesandfiancee, looking at each other suspiciously: "when is it due?

  " 8yo: "an animal, i have to find facts about an animal and pictures and print them on a poster board" as he pulls out of his backpack a large sheet of paper that has been folded more times than an accordion.

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  Good for you. Our kids did their own projects, we helped of course but they did the work, and the end project looked like it was done by a child. Not so the majority of other kids. The vast majority looked like they were done by an adult and some looked like they were professionally done. Parents probably spent big bucks to get that A for Junior.

  And yeah the teachers know. But they don't care.
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  Gulper eels....why do teachers assign little kids "projects" that they know damn well the parent are going to have to do?

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i gotta vent...i am sitting here at my computer, using my nice, much faster 18 mb internet (vs my old 1mb)....and what am i doing (other than posting about the qualities of toilet paper)?....i am looking up crap about "gulper eels".. you see, my 8-year-old soon to be stepson says to my fiancee and i last thursday.... 8yrold: "i have a project due.

  " hmmmm.... snakesandfiancee, looking at each other suspiciously: "when is it due?

  " 8yo: "an animal, i have to find facts about an animal and pictures and print them on a poster board" as he pulls out of his backpack a large sheet of paper that has been folded more times than an accordion.

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  Nonsense. It's not about getting parents involved. It's a massive parental ego trip and sense of superiority. What pisses me off are the parents who do all the work and then step back and say their kid did it.

  At a law firm I used to work at, this attorney had a paralegal and another lawyer do massive research for his son's law school papers during the school year. Then he'd give them to me to edit and type up. Ridiculous.
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  I'm at my JW parent's house

  by Elsewhere in

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  i find it quite poetic that i'm posting this using their wifi.

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  Big Tex

  Quick let's talk about smurfs, Harry Potter, post porn and light up!

  They treatin' you okay Else?

  Chris