Tracey, moderators wield a lot more influence than we sometimes believe. I belong to a police group where debate is squashed if it leads off of police topics. It got so bad that a splinter group was formed just FOR off-topic stuff, fun stuff, support stuff, etc. The good thing is that the splinter group allows some graphics and reasonable file downloads. I like that we don't because no viruses get passed...
I don't know about everybody else, but I used to think twice, and sometimes agonize about posting non-skiffy (I learned a new word!) subjects. But as we got to know you, and you us, it became easier. I think we also do a good job of monitoring ourselves so we don't get silly (especially me!) with what we discuss. I was especially impressed with your tete a' tete with Amy. You could have EASILY played the Queen Moderator card and cut off discussion. But you were surely above that, and I enjoyed seeing that side of you! :o) Trayyyyy-CEEEEEEE! Maurice Jennings Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation => http://www.legacyhomesavers.com -----Original Message----- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:56 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Twins separated at birth met and married Thanks guys. I was just thinking scifinoir was no longer a scifi list, but a life sharing list. I can not take credit for nurturing it, but I am glad it happened. I think you should be applauding yourselves. Martin wrote: > Three cheers for Tracey! > > Hip-hip HOORAY! > > Hip-hip HOORAY! > > Hip-hip HOORAY! > > Reece Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: God bless you, Martin. I think we do that for each other. You know, I > played football on a > team in Newark, NJ after I got out of the Air Force. I was primarily > a defensive safety, and we were one tough team! And you know where > our strength came from? Each other. > > See, when we huddled before each play, we held hands. So much > strength and support flowed between us... > > That's what I feel here, with all of us. > > I think it's pretty cool that we started with a shared passion, and > that has grown into what we have, with the passion still our glue, > of course. > > And kudos to Mama Tracey for nurturing our deviations from the main > subject, and allowing us to become so close... > > Maurice Jennings > Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? > KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! > Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation => > http://www.legacyhomesavers.com <http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/> > > > > > _____ > > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Martin > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:55 PM > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Twins separated at birth met and married > > Reece, your words give me joy every day, and I'm in sore need of it > these days. I'm beginning to look at you as a role model. > > Reece Jennings <mcjennings124@ <mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com> > yahoo.com> > wrote: Sigh...I know. I tend to attempt to lighten up potentially > painful/heavy subjects with sick humor...a gift I developed during > my cop days...LOL! > > And Martin, I know I don't have to say this to you, but I'm sure you > know my twisted humor is in NO way meant to take anything away from > the very human and touching parts of your life. In fact, they hit home for me... > > I have a son who was born April 15, 1968. I was preparing to head to > the Philippines. > > He was born David William Jennings. At 8 months, he was adopted, and > his name was changed. I won't put it here. You never know...well, > until 1998, I had no idea what his adopted name was, or anything > about him. Then I stumbled across his mother. > We had a brief connection in 1967 (what a choice of word!) that lead > to her pregnancy. > > I did a search of his name on the fledgling internet, and 2 names popped up. > A VERY unique > first and last name helped, so I called the Junior name. My son > answered, and I gently probed until I found out he had no idea that > I existed. So...I dropped the 'F'-bomb (FATHER) on him. > > "I am your biological father." I gave him information about me. He, > of course, was blown out. > He said he couldn't talk right then. About 5 hours later I received a > phone call from a very blunt, intense woman. She grilled me about > his mother, our meeting, where the mom was from...during the > conversation...I mean interrogation...I figured that she was his wife. > It wasn't like she didn't give me clues... > "What are you to my husband?" was a big one! After about 30 minutes, > I guess she saw that I wasn't the least bit defensive, I answered > every painful question she had. So she handed the phone to my son. > > We talked, shared information, laughed, and marveled at how parallel > our lives were. That is the ONLY conversation we have ever had. It > was summer 1998. I have sent him letters and pictures, and he has > responded with the same. It turns out that the lady was his wife, and > she is from Spain. He sent me a wonderful picture of him in his 1st > Calvary army officer dress blues with her. I also saw his helicopter > on the internet when he was flying in Iraq. An unmanned drone was > above his chopper when he flew in to take a bead on a truck carrying > a mortar crew that had just shelled their headquarters. I heard him > say on the radio, "Do you want me to Whack this guy?". I was freaked > for a second. Then I realized he was doing and saying exactly the > same things I would have said and done! > > Well, we've been in touch by email over the past 9 years. I didn't > find out that his adoptive dad had died of cancer until a year after > it happened...about 3 years ago now. I used to call his dad to find > out about him. > > I was grateful to find that he had fine adoptive parents, because all > sons want their mothers, but NEED their fathers to become complete > men. And my son, with all of the hurt he must be holding inside, is > indeed a good, complete man. He's an instructor helicopter pilot, 17 > years in the army. > He has 2 adopted daughters and a wife he says he could not have made > it without. > > If I could change things, I would have raised him. Long story > again...I'm glad for email, and that we have what we have. > > Maurice Jennings > Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? > KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! > Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation => http://www.legacyho > <http://www.legacyhomesavers.com> mesavers.com <http://www.legacyho > <http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/> mesavers.com/> > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com] On Behalf Of > Astromancer > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Twins separated at birth met and married > > LMAO...You, sir, are a sick individual... > > Reece Jennings <mcjennings124@ <mailto:mcjennings124%40yahoo.com> > yahoo.com> > wrote: 80!!! Man, talk about a Blues subject...!!! > > 'I married Linda Sue from Toledo > We was happy until our son was born with two heads. > > Now he's a singer, too...Alto and bass!' > > I got the two-headed blues... > > Maurice Jennings > Have you or someone you know been threatened with foreclosure? > KEEP your home and Stop Foreclosure in its Tracks! > Get a Free, No Obligation Evaluation => http://www.legacyho > <http://www.legacyho <http://www.legacyhomesavers.com> mesavers.com> > mesavers.com <http://www.legacyho <http://www.legacyho > <http://www.legacyhomesavers.com/> > mesavers.com/> mesavers.com/> > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com] On Behalf Of Martin > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Twins separated at birth met and married > > When I first saw this story, my thoughts immediately went to Howling > Wolf, the legendary blues singer. Years after his death, two people > in- Toledo, I believe it was- met, fell in love and planned to marry. > They got the necessary blood tests well ahead of time, which told > them that they were half-sister and -brother, through Wolf. Seems > that he, like many old-time musicians, liked to spread the love > around, and he had nine children by nine different women in Toledo > alone. Those kids began a search for more siblings, and came up with, at present, 80 total siblings. > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com> aladvantage.com> wrote: > Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:50pm EST > > LONDON (Reuters) - A couple discovered after they had married that > they were twins who had been split up at birth and adopted by > separate families, according to a member of Britain's House of Lords. > > British peer David Alton recounted the story to parliament last month > to support his argument that artificially conceived children should > be told who their biological parents are. > > Alton said he had heard the story of the separated twins from a High > Court judge who had dealt with the case. > > "This did not involve in vitro fertilization: It involved the normal > birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate > parents," said Alton, an independent member of the Lords. "They were > never told that they were twins." > > "They met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction, and the > judge had to deal with the consequences of the marriage that they > entered into and all the issues of their separation," he said. > > "I suspect that it will be a matter of litigation in the future if we > do not make information of this kind available to children who have > been donor-conceived," he said. > > Alton could not immediately be reached for comment and no further > information was available about the twins or where they were from. > > "I think it's a very tragic story for the people involved," said Pam > Hodgkins, head of a group that helps adults affected by adoption. > > "It is a lesson that we need to learn and apply to the situation of > donor-conceived children," she told Sky News. > > "Whilst ... nowadays it would be most unusual for siblings to be > separated ... the risk of secrecy affecting the lives of people born > as a result of egg and sperm donation is exactly the same as the > risks that have affected adopted people in the past," she said. > > (Reporting by Adrian Croft; Editing by Stephen Addison) > http://www.reuters. > <http://www.reuters. > <http://www.reuters. > <http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEIC17037920080111> > com/article/newsOne/idUSEIC17037920080111> > com/article/newsOne/idUSEIC17037920080111> > com/article/newsOne/idUSEIC17037920080111 > > Yahoo! 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