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----- Original Message -----
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: a great story of mix ups
> George Forman has five children named George.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vinny Samarco <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: a great story of mix ups
>
>
>> Cathy,
>> I think after all these years of reading your posts, I wouldn't mix you
>> up
>> with anyone. Why, you are the forthright, honest caring Christian with
> the
>> soap opera life story. Maybe, since I do not own a tv, maybe soap opera
> is
>> the wrong word. Anyway, we know it's pure nonfiction.
>> I also have to say you are the only Kathy du bois I have ever met,
>> neither
>> have I ever met a Greg, Matthew, Christopher, or Elizabeth Du bois.
>> I'm glad our father knows more than our names.
>> My wife found one of those name books that the library was giving away,
>> recently..
>> One of the nutty stories in the book was that a psome crazy parents gave
>> their six children the same name. They all were trained to respond to
> their
>> numbers--1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
>> Can you believe that.?
>> Vinny
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:02 PM
>> Subject: a great story of mix ups
>>
>>
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>> > A story of mix ups
>> >
>> > Okay everybody, mix-ups don't just happen in hospitals. While Greg
>> > and I lived in Menominee Michigan, we were involved in some of the
>> > most confusing mix-ups that I ever hope to go through. Here are the
>> > highlights.
>> > In 1984, we moved to Menominee where I had been hired to be a teacher
>> > for the intermediate school district, working with the mentally
>> > impaired. As soon as we arrived in the community, we began church
>> > shopping and settled on a church in the area that we really
>> > liked. We jumped in with both feet, because that's just kind of the
>> > way we are, so we became known pretty quickly by the pastor and the
>> > congregation. Unfortunately, we have never been able to receive the
>> > local paper. We just always felt that other things were more
>> > important to pay for and all we usually do with the paper is go
>> > through the comics and do the crossword puzzle. It just isn't worth
>> > the subscription cost. Anyway, imagine our surprise about a month
>> > after our involvement in the church when the pastor pulled us aside
>> > and asked us if the congregation could expect a lot of trouble from
>> > us. We had no clue what he was talking about, so he showed us the
>> > article in the paper.
>> > Evidently, a man named, Greg Du Bois, (unfortunately for us no
>> > address was given), was in the paper for some funny dealings in the
>> > tree industry. I believe that it was in the court reports and his
>> > brother was involved as well. We assured him that it wasn't us and
>> > hoped that it was the end of the matter, but it was just the beginning.
>> > While I was pregnant with Matthew, another lady began attending the
>> > same church with a five-year-old son. Her name was Kathy Du Bois and
>> > her son's name was Christopher. She joined the choir and we got to
>> > know each other some. Her husband's name was Glen, so we didn't
>> > think much of it as far as being another matter of confusion. By the
>> > way, Glen did not attend church so now; it was just to two Kathy's
>> > who was a confusing matter.
>> > About a year later, I gave birth to a Christopher of my own. I
>> > didn't think anything of giving him that name because we and the
>> > other Kathy didn't associate much. Anyway, We had Chris in Greenbay
>> > and we chose to leave within twelve hours of his birth so they were
>> > not able to administer his PKU test. A baby needs to be more than
>> > three days old for this test to be accurate. We took our Christopher
>> > to our local hospital when he was around five days old to have the
>> > PKU test administered and, instead of beginning a new file on our
>> > Christopher, they pulled up this other Christopher's file and said,
>> > "Oh yes, didn't he fall out of a tree a few days ago and break his
>> > arm?" Unfortunately, Chris had not fallen out of a tree. He had
>> > fallen out of me and nothing was broken, but we learned that we were
>> > both using the same pediatrician.
>> > Well, life went on and after a while, there was news of a break in at
>> > a local drug store by, a Du Bois. We were visited by the
>> > police. They wanted us to tell us about Greg's brother Glen. What a
>> > mess.
>> > Then, the police showed up at our door a few months later. They were
>> > really looking for my Greg this time because a student loan from way
>> > back in his own drug days, before he became a Christian had not been
>> > paid and the government was there to collect. We didn't know
>> > anything about this bill because they had been sending collection
>> > notices to Menominee Mississippi, but that didn't seem to help us
>> > much. Fortunately, the bill was only about $300 and how that got
>> > paid off is another miraculous story that I won't bother to take a
>> > detour to tell here, but it is pretty good, none the less. Anyway,
>> > the police were at my door and Greg was on the beach, about four
>> > blocks away, with Matthew, who was, I think two, at the time, so I
>> > really panicked because I had no idea what they wanted.
>> > Eventually, we got all the mess straightened around and we thought
>> > that life was good until I received a call one day from a financial
>> > planner congratulating me on the birth of my twins. I gasped and
>> > stuttered. Then, the man on the other end said, "Aren't you Kathy Du
>> > Bois?"
>> > I replied that I was. "And isn't your husband Greg?"
>> > I confirmed that he was, but I assured him that I hadn't had twins
>> > lately and I thought that I should know. As we talked, I learned
>> > that, evidently, the person who had been involved in the illegal
>> > dealings at the beginning of this missive had married a girl named
>> > Kathy and they had been blessed with twins. All I could say over and
>> > over was "Thank you Lord It's not me." Unfortunately, now, there
>> > were at least Three Kathy Du Bois in Menominee county and all of us
>> > had kids and some of us were shady characters.
>> > We thought that our problems were over when we finally left Menominee
>> > county and moved to Grand Rapids so that Greg could finish up his
>> > under Graduate work. Imagine our surprise about a month after moving
>> > when we received a letter from a lawyer assuring us that the suit
>> > against Greg's mother would probably succeed and we could look
>> > forward to about $75,000 in profit from the proceedings. I think
>> > that a simple phone call straightened that one up, but I can't
>> > remember for sure right now.
>> > When we moved to Grand Rapids, I was pregnant with Elizabeth who was
>> > born on February 8. We were so happy to have a daughter, but,
>> > unfortunately, attending our church at the same time were two other
>> > ladies who gave birth within the ten days before Liz was born. Both
>> > children were girls, the first girl in their family and each had two
>> > older brothers, just like Elizabeth. To make matters worse, the
>> > first girl was named Elisa and the other girl was Emily. We were
>> > often getting called out of church for the wrong baby so, to really
>> > have fun with the mess, we decided to have all three girls dedicated
>> > on the same day with all the brothers in tow just to create a
>> > scene. The worst part is when the pastor reached to take our sweet
>> > daughter, who was about two months old at the time, into his arms and
>> > she grabbed his mike and decided to begin screaming. She hadn't
>> > wanted to be taken away from her mother, I guess. Anyway, she's the
>> > only child I know of whom had to be removed from her own dedication
>> > because no one else could hear anything!
>> > Nothing more really happened after that until we moved to
>> > Maine. About a year after we moved hear, I received a call from a
>> > lady telling me that her name was Kathy Du Bois and, she was afraid
>> > that our prescriptions had been mixed up because we both use the same
>> > pharmacy. Fortunately, I don't take any drugs, so I was able to put
>> > her mind at ease. We had probably had a prescription filled for
>> > antibiotics for one of the kids or something. Anyway, she felt that
>> > there was a mix up. I believe that her son was a Christopher too,
>> > if I'm not mistaken.
>> > And, if I had been writing this a month ago, I probably would have
>> > thought that that was the end of the story, but thanks to my 9 year
>> > old, Caleb, we've learned of even another Kathy dubois since
>> > then. Caleb wanted to do the shopping. He was given the list and
>> > given very strict instructions to find us after he had collected
>> > things and that he was not to go through the check out line without
>> > us. Imagine our surprise, as Greg and I were just strolling around
>> > and wasting time while Caleb was trying to be a big boy, when we
>> > heard our names announced over the loud speaker and ordered to report
>> > to the front of the store immediately. It sounded like we were in
>> > trouble. I stayed in one place, thinking that Caleb might be
>> > lost. Our thought was that one of us should stay put and visible so
>> > that Caleb could find us easily. It just made sense that I got to be
>> > the lucky one to stay put. Oh goody! Well, Greg whisked passed the
>> > deli section toward the front just in time to over here a
>> > conversation between two ladies. The one was saying, "Well they
>> > said, Kathy Du Bois should report to the front of the store." The
>> > other woman, left the counter, rather confused, and mumbling, 'I
>> > wonder why." Yes folks, another Kathy Du Bois had been flushed out
>> > of hiding!
>> > OH, before I leave this point, I suppose you are wondering why we
>> > were paged? Well, our son did not follow instructions and had
>> > wracked up a bill that had to be paid for. Everyone had to patiently
>> > wait behind this 9-year-old who had no money while is, seemingly
>> > errant parents were out bumming. Have you ever wanted to crawl in a
>> > whole? The whole line of customers was full of praise for how well
>> > Caleb handled the situation and how adult he was. But, they had
>> > nothing but daggers for Greg for making them wait. When I found out
>> > what really happened, I have to admit that I was glad to be the
>> > parent who was elected to stay put. No one ever
>> > knew! Haha! Brother. I guess that we'll never win. Anyway, it all
>> > ended up okay.
>> > Now, are all of you confused? I had thought all along that Jones and
>> > Smith were the most common names. I just find myself praising my
>> > heavenly Father that He knows who I am, no matter what! And that,
>> > while man may be confused, He will never be.
>> > Kathy
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>> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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>> > <font size=3D4>A story of mix ups<br><br>
>> > Okay everybody, mix-ups don=92t just happen in hospitals. While
> Greg
>> > and I lived in Menominee Michigan, we were involved in some of the most
>> > confusing mix-ups that I ever hope to go through. Here are the
>> > highlights.<br>
>> > In 1984, we moved to Menominee where I had been hired to be a teacher
> for
>> > the intermediate school district, working with the mentally
>> > impaired. As soon as we arrived in the community, we began church
>> > shopping and settled on a church in the area that we really
>> > liked.
>> > We jumped in with both feet, because that=92s just kind of the way we
> are,
>> > so we became known pretty quickly by the pastor and the
>> > congregation. Unfortunately, we have never been able to receive
> the
>> > local paper. We just always felt that other things were more
>> > important to pay for and all we usually do with the paper is go through
>> > the comics and do the crossword puzzle. It just isn=92t worth the
>> > subscription cost. Anyway, imagine our surprise about a month
> after
>> > our involvement in the church when the pastor pulled us aside and asked
>> > us if the congregation could expect a lot of trouble from us. We
>> > had no clue what he was talking about, so he showed us the article in
> the
>> > paper.<br>
>> > Evidently, a man named, Greg Du Bois, (unfortunately for us no address
>> > was given), was in the paper for some funny dealings in the tree
>> > industry. I believe that it was in the court reports and his
>> > brother was involved as well. We assured him that it wasn=92t us
> and
>> > hoped that it was the end of the matter, but it was just the
>> > beginning.<br>
>> > While I was pregnant with Matthew, another lady began attending the
>> > same
>> > church with a five-year-old son. Her name was Kathy Du Bois and
> her
>> > son=92s name was Christopher. She joined the choir and we got to
>> > know
>> > each other some. Her husband=92s name was Glen, so we didn=92t
> think
>> > much of it as far as being another matter of confusion. By the
> way,
>> > Glen did not attend church so now; it was just to two Kathy=92s who was
> a
>> > confusing matter. <br>
>> > About a year later, I gave birth to a Christopher of my own. I
>> > didn=92t think anything of giving him that name because we and the
>> > other
>> > Kathy didn=92t associate much. Anyway, We had Chris in Greenbay
> and
>> > we chose to leave within twelve hours of his birth so they were not
>> > able
>> > to administer his PKU test. A baby needs to be more than three
> days
>> > old for this test to be accurate. We took our Christopher to our
>> > local hospital when he was around five days old to have the PKU test
>> > administered and, instead of beginning a new file on our Christopher,
>> > they pulled up this other Christopher=92s file and said, =93Oh yes,
>> > didn=92t=
>> > he
>> > fall out of a tree a few days ago and break his arm?=94
>> > Unfortunately, Chris had not fallen out of a tree. He had fallen
>> > out of me and nothing was broken, but we learned that we were both
>> > using
>> > the same pediatrician. <br>
>> > Well, life went on and after a while, there was news of a break in at a
>> > local drug store by, a Du Bois. We were visited by the
>> > police. They wanted us to tell us about Greg=92s brother
> Glen.
>> > What a mess. <br>
>> > Then, the police showed up at our door a few months later. They
>> > were really looking for my Greg this time because a student loan from
> way
>> > back in his own drug days, before he became a Christian had not been
> paid
>> > and the government was there to collect. We didn=92t know
>> > anything
>> > about this bill because they had been sending collection notices to
>> > Menominee Mississippi, but that didn=92t seem to help us much.
>> > Fortunately, the bill was only about $300 and how that got paid off is
>> > another miraculous story that I won=92t bother to take a detour to tell
>> > here, but it is pretty good, none the less. Anyway, the police
> were
>> > at my door and Greg was on the beach, about four blocks away, with
>> > Matthew, who was, I think two, at the time, so I really panicked
>> > because
>> > I had no idea what they wanted. <br>
>> > Eventually, we got all the mess straightened around and we thought that
>> > life was good until I received a call one day from a financial planner
>> > congratulating me on the birth of my twins. I gasped and
>> > stuttered. Then, the man on the other end said, =93Aren=92t you
>> > Kathy
>> > Du Bois?=94<br>
>> > I replied that I was. =93And isn=92t your husband Greg?=94<br>
>> > I confirmed that he was, but I assured him that I hadn=92t had twins
>> > lately
>> > and I thought that I should know. As we talked, I learned that,
>> > evidently, the person who had been involved in the illegal dealings at
>> > the beginning of this missive had married a girl named Kathy and they
> had
>> > been blessed with twins. All I could say over and over was
> =93Thank
>> > you Lord It=92s not me.=94 Unfortunately, now, there were at
>> > least
>> > Three Kathy Du Bois in Menominee county and all of us had kids and some
>> > of us were shady characters.<br>
>> > We thought that our problems were over when we finally left Menominee
>> > county and moved to Grand Rapids so that Greg could finish up his under
>> > Graduate work. Imagine our surprise about a month after moving
> when
>> > we received a letter from a lawyer assuring us that the suit against
>> > Greg=92s mother would probably succeed and we could look forward to
> about
>> > $75,000 in profit from the proceedings. I think that a simple
> phone
>> > call straightened that one up, but I can=92t remember for sure right
>> > now.<br>
>> > When we moved to Grand Rapids, I was pregnant with Elizabeth who was
> born
>> > on February 8. We were so happy to have a daughter, but,
>> > unfortunately, attending our church at the same time were two other
>> > ladies who gave birth within the ten days before Liz was born.
> Both
>> > children were girls, the first girl in their family and each had two
>> > older brothers, just like Elizabeth. To make matters worse, the
>> > first girl was named Elisa and the other girl was Emily. We were
>> > often getting called out of church for the wrong baby so, to really
>> > have
>> > fun with the mess, we decided to have all three girls dedicated on the
>> > same day with all the brothers in tow just to create a scene. The
>> > worst part is when the pastor reached to take our sweet daughter, who
> was
>> > about two months old at the time, into his arms and she grabbed his
>> > mike
>> > and decided to begin screaming. She hadn=92t wanted to be taken
> away
>> > from her mother, I guess. Anyway, she=92s the only child I know
>> > of
>> > whom had to be removed from her own dedication because no one else
>> > could
>> > hear anything!<br>
>> > Nothing more really happened after that until we moved to Maine.
>> > About a year after we moved hear, I received a call from a lady telling
>> > me that her name was Kathy Du Bois and, she was afraid that our
>> > prescriptions had been mixed up because we both use the same
>> > pharmacy. Fortunately, I don=92t take any drugs, so I was able to
>> > put
>> > her mind at ease. We had probably had a prescription filled for
>> > antibiotics for one of the kids or something. Anyway, she felt
> that
>> > there was a mix up. I believe that her son was a
>> > Christopher too, if I=92m not mistaken.<br>
>> > And, if I had been writing this a month ago, I probably would have
>> > thought that that was the end of the story, but thanks to my 9 year
>> > old,
>> > Caleb, we=92ve learned of even another Kathy dubois since then.
>> > Caleb
>> > wanted to do the shopping. He was given the list and given very
>> > strict instructions to find us after he had collected things and that
>> > he
>> > was not to go through the check out line without us. Imagine our
>> > surprise, as Greg and I were just strolling around and wasting time
> while
>> > Caleb was trying to be a big boy, when we heard our names announced
>> > over
>> > the loud speaker and ordered to report to the front of the store
>> > immediately. It sounded like we were in trouble. I stayed
>> > in
>> > one place, thinking that Caleb might be lost. Our thought was
>> > that
>> > one of us should stay put and visible so that Caleb could find us
> easily.
>> > It just made sense that I got to be the lucky one to stay put. Oh
>> > goody! Well, Greg whisked passed the deli section toward
>> > the
>> > front just in time to over here a conversation between two
>> > ladies.
>> > The one was saying, =93Well they said, Kathy Du Bois should report to
> the
>> > front of the store.=94 The other woman, left the counter, rather
>> > confused, and mumbling, =91I wonder why.=94 Yes
>> > folks,
>> > another Kathy Du Bois had been flushed out of hiding! <br>
>> > OH, before I leave this point, I suppose you are wondering why we were
>> > paged? Well, our son did not follow instructions and had wracked
> up
>> > a bill that had to be paid for. Everyone had to patiently wait
>> > behind this 9-year-old who had no money while is, seemingly errant
>> > parents were out bumming. Have you ever wanted to crawl in a
>> > whole? The whole line of customers was full of praise for
> how
>> > well Caleb handled the situation and how adult he was. But, they
>> > had nothing but daggers for Greg for making them wait. When I found out
>> > what really happened, I have to admit that I was glad to be the parent
>> > who was elected to stay put. No one ever knew!
>> > Haha! Brother. I guess that we=92ll never win.
>> > Anyway,
>> > it
>> > all ended up okay.<br>
>> > Now, are all of you confused? I had thought all along that Jones and
>> > Smith were the most common names. I just find myself praising my
>> > heavenly Father that He knows who I am, no matter what! And that,
>> > while man may be confused, He will never be.<br>
>> > Kathy<br>
>> > </font></body>
>> > </html>
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