He never told me he had imaginary friends, this explains a lot. _____ From: adaptive re-use is from the department of repetitive redundancy division [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adrienne Endres Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [BP] The Sustainability of the Native ways....NOT >That was also back, I am told, at a > time in my life when I had an imaginary friend that I talked to all day > long. Yes, at this time in Ken's life he only has occasional sidebar conversations with the imaginary friend... -AD > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:46:32 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [BP] The Sustainability of the Native ways....NOT > To: [log in to unmask] > > >> True family story. Natives on the Allegheny Reservation in Western NY > >> were relocated for the Kinzua Dam. New houses were built for them > >> with electric power, and heat, that I understand was to be free of > >> charge. > > We have friends at that rez. > Rudy, > > I know we have spoken of this before but I will add to it. My stepfather > (Jim & Pam's father) was born at Salamanca. Up until he was about 12 or > so as he had blue eyes he was groomed as a Shaman. Our great > grandmother, as far as I can garnish from a family history that seems to > want to bury itself, was Seneca. Somewhere along in there our > Grandfather went from pool shark to spokesman for Jesus. His father was > a fireman on the railroad... when it was steam. Salamanca was an > important juncture for the railroads and the cradle of the oil industry. > Home of Standard Oil until the refinery burned down... talk about black > smoke. Reason enough for the locals to think it was White Man's air. > Thus towns like Wellsville. There is also in there a connection on > Grandmother's side of Scottish stonemasons, brothers who worked on the > Erie Canal and then as they got to Western, NY, and the end of the > project, went into the local furniture business and somehow one branch > ended up in ship hardware in Cleveland. As I related in-family recently > I remember going to a family reunion in Wellsville more than 50 years > ago that was held in a large park. There was the mysterious family from > Cleveland that showed up in a large black car. Never saw them again. > Then again, I also mentioned that I hope they were not Family in Black > and that I need regressive hypnosis to uncover my true memories of a > Shirley McLaine kinda past life. That was also back, I am told, at a > time in my life when I had an imaginary friend that I talked to all day > long. > > Not sure if it was the last treaty broken... my way of looking at it is > they are broken anew every day. > > ][< > > -- > To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: > <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html> > -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>