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Upon reflexion,I guess if I started a thread to make a general announcement,and a bunch of interlopers seemingly made mockery of it,although I don't think that was the intent,I would probably be ....ed also(Bullinger)...Peace btu and have a fun reunion....

Well,she obviously read it enough to call us "idiot thread killers" on another thread... So be it... I figured since the 7th corps graduated in 1979,it was planned as some sort of 25th year reunion...The 9th corps would have two more years to wait... I'm ok with the 9th corps not being invited...I just think we should have been called idiot thread killers on this thread... Alright,I'll go back to my 9th corps thread...

Linda,thank you for your invitation... I should remind you,though,that as an interloper on the 9th corps thread,we have only extended invitations to posts on this thread to 9th corpse,Spouse9,soused9,7th corps,College division '78-79;'80-81,same years staff,5th corps back in res.,first or second cousins of 9th corpse,Clarence Gadfelter,Rev. Byunga Nioko Simbi,Ted Patrick,Sen.Hays Gehagin,Rev.Harve Platig,11th corpse,family corps,junior corpse,mini corpse,sunset corpse,peace corps,senior corps,Rev.Ernest Aingley,Chief Manyfeathers,Rajhneesh Baghwan and any other free-for-all types... Ok,sarcasm or humor was intended.... Well,it's our thread,we can say what we want... I guess we're the Deadheads... Think I'll sit down,patch my weary bones and get back truckin'....

Tuttle,mean what do you words order of perfect are yours the?

Coolwaters,if you're still reading,I apologize for my part in sending this thread off-kilter... I do think it would be difficult for men to tell stories on this subject,especially twi stories...I can't imagine,for instance,men being drugged by a wog for sexual purposes...For some reason,there doesn't seem to be the same sleaziness attached,at least from a guy's point of view,when as a young man he's hit on by a more "mature" female reverand,as when the sexes are reversed...I think female seductions were more along the lines of "practicing the freedom you have in Christ" rather than some sort of an invite into spiritual healing or holy ground...

Well,if we're not invited to that damned thing,I say we stand outside and heckle and picket like that Rev. Jed Smock did at PALF '77.. "PFAL is the way to hell... The 7th corps will let you in the door"

And,Fellowsheepdoer,what is it you don't love about our ways?....Why do I even ask,it'll probably take you two months to answer.... Yes Tom,I hide my name when I'm lurking around here....Zingers and snowballs? What about the ho-hos? What's with the 7th corpse people keeping us in the dark about their reunion?...That's the thanks we get for giving them someone to boss around their last year...

Please turn to I Peter...Which belonged to Adam (or maybe it was Eve)...

krysilis, I'm certainly no Webster,but sometimes I think words or phrases can be used in such a broad manner so as to dilute their true meaning...IMO, "abuse" is one of them...It seems like in the last decade or so,the term has been tossed around freely in phrases such as "substance abuse","spousal abuse","child abuse","sexual abuse",etal...I've even seen the term used here to describe one poster's behavior towards another...Usually the term is broadened by the recipient of the "abuse"... I guess one way to define whether or not somebody was a victim of sexual abuse is the degree to which they were taken advantage of or violated,and the intimidating circumstances that prevented the victim from escaping the situation... Without spilling my guts all over the place,I'll say that I was in situations where I was: 1)12 years old,all of 100 pounds and alone in a car with a man who wanted to perform lewd sexual acts on me...He had no weapons,yet,I felt that I was quite possibly in danger if I did not comply... 2)Situations similar to Johnny L.'s while in the way... 3)Circumstances as you described regarding spouses... Only in the first situation do I consider myself a victim of abuse....Maybe I'm just nitpicking here,but I think the intimidating,or captivating factors of a circumstance should be considered in defining whether or not one was a victim of sexual abuse...

Happy for you big-time,Tom...I'm sure it's the best birthday present you ever got...

I read Johnny Lingo's story...Suffice it to say I can empathize...I wouldn't call it being a victim of sexual abuse...Perhaps a target of sexual misconduct...

dmiller, I think we all wanted to... I've wondered how many people who were presented PALF,or WAP, didn't take the class,compared to those who did...

dmiller, I've thought that way myself...Although I don't look at the profiles much,I realize that no matter how much of a moron another poster is,I have empathy for them,knowing that at one time we shared the same dysfunction,deficiency,disease,syndrome or just plain curiosity that spurred us on to pay money to take the way's foundational class....

Happy birthday T-man...Enjoy a cervaisa... (please drink responsibly)....

So if I private topic'd you Rocky would I be a sweet brother and a wonderful dad?

Sorry about your Sooners Nika.....

Gee,thanks,Nika...I'll think of you whenever I put my hand over my heart,which will be right on top of my pocket pencil protector,or when I adjust my glasses held together by masking tape.... Well,how about those Packers???

Jardinero.....Becoming???

Hey,everybody,I just figgered out how to do the quote thingie..Who knows what new horizons lie ahead?

Uhhhh....did I miss something?

I never could stay my mind on speaking in tongues,and whatever it was I was speaking in tongues for at the same time,unless I was speaking in tongues audibly,which I wouldn't do in public because it wasn't decent and in order and it might've made me look foolish....

Happy birthday Alfakat-and-a-third.....

Happy birthday,you Zonie...I thought the title of this thread was happy birthday z-shot-and-a-half.....

What is this,the Jackie DeShannon Vesper Chimes Lend-a-Hand Caravan? Tommy,wouldn't it be sumpthin' if we got a dollar for every loshanta?....

I ain't believin' for nothin' this year....I'm goin' back to wishin',and hopin' and keepin' my fingers crossed....