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Geeky Tiki
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Joined: Oct 15, 2002
Posts: 533
From: Las vegas
|  Posted: 2004-07-18 4:20 pm Permalink
That was a kick-ass post, TNT.
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Satan's Sin
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Joined: Jun 13, 2004
Posts: 729
From: Imperial Beach, CA
| Posted: 2004-07-18 4:34 pm Permalink
Thanks, TNT. I think that was the most wonderful post I've ever read.
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TNTiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 464
From: Knoxville, TN
| Posted: 2004-07-18 6:32 pm Permalink
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ikitnrev
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jul 27, 2002
Posts: 1298
From: D.C. / Virginia
| Posted: 2004-07-18 7:08 pm Permalink
Great post, TNT.
Much of the Polynesian tiki scene was created with the need to build a fantasy escape from the real world, and many of the posts on Tiki Central are written with that sense of escape from reality. Thanks for sharing a bit of your real world, in such a well constructed, thoughtful message.
All of us have our own private stories of past hardships, or of paths that for some reason we chose not to or were unable to pursue. Sometimes we are able to choose the direction of our future, and at other times our fate is dependent on the whims of the wind.
All in all, I think it is best not to dwell on what could have been, but instead to treasure what is there for you now. (This even works for us single folks like myself, who don't even have any pets.)
Vern
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Satan's Sin
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Joined: Jun 13, 2004
Posts: 729
From: Imperial Beach, CA
| Posted: 2004-07-18 7:25 pm Permalink
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. "
-- Thomas Jefferson
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TNTiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 464
From: Knoxville, TN
| Posted: 2004-07-18 7:27 pm Permalink
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Tikiwahine
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3288
From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2004-07-19 12:48 am Permalink
Fantastic post TNTiki, thank you.
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TNTiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 464
From: Knoxville, TN
| Posted: 2004-07-19 03:09 am Permalink
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SallyandJay
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Joined: Aug 20, 2003
Posts: 111
From: Boise, ID
| Posted: 2004-07-19 06:56 am Permalink
I really appreciated the post TNTiki. Thanks for making the effort to write your feelings down.
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docwoods
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Joined: Feb 29, 2004
Posts: 595
From: outside the windy city
| Posted: 2004-07-19 07:13 am Permalink
Tntiki-lovely post-well thought out and coming from a perspective that few of can imagine making such decisions.Thanks for being someone who has done a job that must been done,but for the majority would be impossible to do.Hoping you many wonderful things come your way.
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McDougall
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Joined: May 02, 2003
Posts: 489
From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
| Posted: 2004-07-19 10:14 am Permalink
I'm still a kid at 38, best I not try to raise one, here are my "kids"
Samson who turned 17 this year relaxing with his favorite Tiki
Alley raising hell, what she does best
Betsy who recentely passed on, God Bless Her
Better shot of the old man
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Tiki-Toa
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Joined: May 30, 2004
Posts: 1012
From: Somewhere on Planet Tiki
| Posted: 2004-07-19 10:26 am Permalink
Mahalo TNTiki for sharing, and it is good to know that Bosko (a very cute Wisconsin native I might add) is very lucky to have you two caring for him as his parents.
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May the aloha spirit be with you in all that you do.
Toa
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TNTiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 464
From: Knoxville, TN
| Posted: 2004-07-19 1:33 pm Permalink
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TNTiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 464
From: Knoxville, TN
| Posted: 2004-07-19 1:35 pm Permalink
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TNTiki
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 464
From: Knoxville, TN
| Posted: 2004-07-19 1:50 pm Permalink
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