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Note 11.375 "True Confessions" 375 of 405
YUPPY::DAVIESA "Don't trample my meadow" 10 lines 3-JUN-1991 08:55
-< Bear Blues >-
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I went home and beat up my teddybear because I was in a filthy
temper.
Because the network was down all Friday afternoon.
I am aware that maybe some of you will choose not to speak to me
now that I'm a self-confessed beat-beater, but I had to get that
off my chest.
Feel guilty as hell about it.
'gail
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Note 11.376 "True Confessions" 376 of 405
RAVEN1::AAGESEN 7 lines 3-JUN-1991 09:30
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�now that I'm a self-confessed beat-beater,
that's ok, `gail... as long as you don't beat bears. (-;
~r
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Note 11.377 "True Confessions" 377 of 405
YUPPY::DAVIESA "Don't trample my meadow" 1 line 3-JUN-1991 11:18
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Note 11.378 "True Confessions" 378 of 405
CARTUN::NOONAN "Did someone here call a huggoddess?" 1 line 3-JUN-1991 13:06
-< Awwwww....'gail...*I* still love you >-
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Note 11.379 "True Confessions" 379 of 405
BUBBLY::LEIGH "can't change the wind, just the sails" 1 line 3-JUN-1991 17:39
-< 'gail, your teddy bear still loves you >-
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...teddy bears *never* stop loving you!
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Note 11.380 "True Confessions" 380 of 405
LAGUNA::THOMAS_TA "Be as She" 10 lines 3-JUN-1991 18:47
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'gail,
I still love you too and just think, Christopher Robin
did some terrible things to Pooh and Pooh still loved
him!
bang bang bang down the steps!
with love,
cheyenne
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Note 11.381 "True Confessions" 381 of 405
BUBBLY::LEIGH "can't change the wind, just the sails" 7 lines 3-JUN-1991 21:47
-< Not to minimize 'gail's confession, but... >-
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re .375, .376
I'm worse than 'gail -- I'm a confirmed bear-bearer. :-)
[My old personal_name ("Bear with me.") was almost always accurate,
at home or at work.]
Bob
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Note 11.382 "True Confessions" 382 of 405
YUPPY::DAVIESA "Don't trample my meadow" 11 lines 4-JUN-1991 04:47
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Well, he was still sulking when I go home last night 8-}
I bought him a new bow-tie to try and make ammends.
He didn't want to sleep with me either, but I emotionally
pressurised him into it...;-) ;-) ;-)
And I still love you too, E Grace!
Cheyenne - you have a bear-soul :-*
'gail
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Note 11.383 "True Confessions" 383 of 405
BUBBLY::LEIGH "can't change the wind, just the sails" 1 line 7-JUN-1991 18:19
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'gail, I hope he's back to normal by now...try a hug and see!
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Note 11.384 "True Confessions" 384 of 405
YUPPY::DAVIESA "Herd it thru the bovine" 5 lines 10-JUN-1991 12:53
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He's doing fine now, thanks. :-)
Now all I have to do is talk him out of coming to the Party...
'gail
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Note 11.385 "True Confessions" 385 of 405
BUBBLY::LEIGH "can't change the wind, just the sails" 2 lines 10-JUN-1991 15:06
-< Well, _my_ bears are coming to the party... >-
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...and now they say if they can't meet your bear, they want to see
pictures;-)
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Note 11.386 "True Confessions" 386 of 405
BSS::VANFLEET "Uncommon Woman" 4 lines 10-JUN-1991 16:21
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Yay! I can't wait to meet your bears, Bob! I don't think
mine will fit into my suitcase. :-)
Nanci
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Note 11.387 "True Confessions" 387 of 405
NECSC::BARBER_MINGO 24 lines 10-JUN-1991 18:26
-< Teddy Bear exclusion >-
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Well-
Henri Bientot- My monkey
Selina- My Dog
Russ - Eric Russell Jr.
(They are all the most lovely, almost identical shade of tan,
although "birthed" from the toy stores years apart.)
Will not be able to socilize, even for the brunch. I mean, I think
they were looking forward to it, but ... I will have been too strung
out to go.
They are still brooding about it, missing a teddy bear brunch.
I mean, they still haven't gotten over being replaced by the large
Teddy Bear, Eric Russel Sr, and relegated to the living room.
This is just the final blow.
Now I think they will NEVER talk to me.
and it is a shame...
Henri seemed just on the edge of opening up.
Cindi
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Note 11.388 "True Confessions" 388 of 405
TOOK::LEIGH "can't change the wind, just the sails" 2 lines 11-JUN-1991 01:10
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Oh, Cindi! Does that mean neither you nor they will be coming to _any_
of the weekend's events?
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Note 11.389 "True Confessions" 389 of 405
YUPPY::DAVIESA "Herd it thru the bovine" 8 lines 11-JUN-1991 10:32
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Bob - OK, I'll bring a photo for your bears :-)
It's just that Buchanan (my hero) is quite a large-ish bear and
it would be kind of hard work carrying him and kind of cruel
trying to stuff him into an (already overcrowded) suitcase.
And anyway, he gets air-sick...
'gail
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Note 11.390 "True Confessions" 390 of 405
NECSC::BARBER_MINGO 23 lines 11-JUN-1991 11:34
-< There are some things teddy animals shouldn't see. >-
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That is right... I had thought I might try for the brunch, at the
end of a hectic week...
There are 9 Events scheduled during that interval, but, I
realized that Henri, Selina, Russ and I would be being aproximately
as sociable I figured it was better if I not go. I would be less
than spry.
Henri would look on, very disaprovingly at my failure to network.
Being a monkey, he is quite a swinger.---
I will have to settle for asking for =wn= tee shirt info.
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For the true confession part...
In the light of today's Presbyterian anouncement on pre-marital
relations....
Eric and I got Russ well over a year before we got married. I
wonder if he will have to carry a stigma with him as a bear,
gathered out of wedlock?
What a blow!
Cindi
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Note 11.391 "True Confessions" 391 of 405
LJOHUB::GONZALEZ "limitless possibilities" 12 lines 12-JUN-1991 10:23
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Believe me, you really do NOT want your teddy opening up to you.
Mycroft did some years ago (I was about 32, he precisely a year
younger). He opened up and I awoke, horrified, in a puddle of teddy
bear cotton guts.
I scooped him all back up and re-stuffed him, giving him a bona fide
belly button in the process. But, since he opened up, our relationship
just hasn't been the same.
I can no longer sleep with a bear, no matter how beloved, whom I fear
will spill his guts again one night.
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Note 11.392 "True Confessions" 392 of 405
SMURF::CALIPH::binder "Simplicitas gratia simplicitat" 1 line 12-JUN-1991 10:26
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My pig is rather too taciturn to open up like that, Margaret.
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Note 11.393 "True Confessions" 393 of 405
ASDG::FOSTER "Calico Cat" 11 lines 12-JUN-1991 10:32
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Margaret, its a good thing you weren't planning on marriage. To let a
little thing like gut leakage turn you off...
My best beloved bear began to leave little deposits in my bed when I
was around 14 or so. (He's now 24 years old to my 27.) I've never been
much of a sew-er, so I just tied my favorite green tie-dye scarf around
him.
Our 25 year anniversary is next year. I should plan a celebration. He
and I have gone to some incredibly strange places together.
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Note 11.394 "True Confessions" 394 of 405
SCARGO::CONNELL "We are gay and straight, together." 6 lines 12-JUN-1991 11:48
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A suggestion for restuffing Teddy Bears (The true rulers of creation
BTW) My sister would save up old panty hose use that. That way if the
bear opened up again, the mess wasn,t as bad. She had my mother, my
wife, herself and lots of friends saving their pantyhose for her bears.
PJ
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Note 11.395 "True Confessions" 395 of 405
GLITER::STHILAIRE "just for one day" 8 lines 12-JUN-1991 12:03
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I leave all my teddy bears sitting on a shelf in my room, where they
can't bust open or get hugged (poor things!). That's because my bed is
already too full of live cats (the true rulers of creation BTW...well,
that's my belief anyway). The cats can hug back and, thank goodness
(!), haven't split open during the night either! (which is good
because they would be much harder to restuff)
Lorna
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Note 11.396 "True Confessions" 396 of 405
ASDG::FOSTER "Calico Cat" 19 lines 12-JUN-1991 13:35
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Well, here's the TRUE confession. My five or so bears are scattered all
over the floor, under the bed, and other random places where they got
thrown off the bed, and don't get back on the bed unless I make it
up... i.e. once every 6 months to remind myself how.
But the thing about bears that I love is that they are portable. Very
unlike my cats, who do tend to sleep on the bed. My bears have come
with me when I lived far from home, on vacations, to hospitals when I
had to give blood or have operations, and in general, whenever I know
I'm going to want a hug... so badly that I can stand the ridicule of
being caught hugging my bear.
Last time when I traveled and took my bear with me, the maid found it
while making my bed and tucked it on top of the pillows. Another time
in a hospital, the nurse came around to check my blankets, and saw my
bear underneath them with me. "Oh! Isn't that CUTE!" Having the bear
there was still worth the ridicule.
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Note 11.397 "True Confessions" 397 of 405
WORDY::BELLUSCI "wiggle wiggle wiggle" 2 lines 12-JUN-1991 13:37
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I installed a ceiling fan in my bedroom and now the fur face is too
frightened to come in. I win!
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Note 11.398 "True Confessions" 398 of 405
COBWEB::swalker "Gravity: it's the law" 9 lines 12-JUN-1991 16:30
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'ren, you're hardly alone. When I worked as a hotel chambermaid one
summer, I saw a *lot* of teddy bears - often in the form of a furry leg
or ear sticking out of a suitcase - in the rooms, even of businesspeople
there for a two-day conference. Based on the number of bears I saw
(and assuming that I didn't see all the bears), I would estimate that
perhaps a fifth of all business travelers bring bears on trips.
Sharon
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Note 11.399 "True Confessions" 399 of 405
ASDG::FOSTER "Calico Cat" 2 lines 12-JUN-1991 17:23
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Was there any gender correlation?
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Note 11.400 "True Confessions" 400 of 405
TOOLS::SWALKER "Gravity: it's the law" 25 lines 12-JUN-1991 20:11
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> Was there any gender correlation?
Yes. The men were more likely to attempt to hide their bears, whereas
the women were more likely to display them on the dresser or bed. (One
brave woman even put her bear on her bathroom counter!).
The bulk of the bears appeared to be owned by adults (either older
models, or only minor wear-and-tear), but a few bears appeared to
belong to small children left at home (newer models in bad shape, in a
single room obviously occupied by a business traveler). These bears
were the ones most commonly on display in men's rooms, sometimes with
family pictures.
I thought this was a nice touch. My father traveled a lot when I was
little, and I remember offering him one of my stuffed animals as a
traveling companion a couple of times. He always refused, saying he
didn't have the suitcase space.
I don't think I cleaned enough rooms of female business travelers to
conclude whethermen or women were more likely to bring bears. But
yes, guys had them. A *lot* of guys had them. I was amazed; sure
taught me a couple things about stereotypes!
Sharon
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Note 11.401 "True Confessions" 401 of 405
LRCSNL::WALES "David from Down-under" 11 lines 12-JUN-1991 23:37
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G'Day,
When I was in Canberra for DECworld last year I took my bear with
me (I need something to cuddle when sleeping and my bear was all my
wife was willing to allow). When I returned to the hotel room each
night, the bed was made and Waldo was sitting up between the pillows.
This is where he usually stays at home so he probably wasn't even aware
that he was 250km from home.
David.
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Note 11.403 "True Confessions" 403 of 405
NECSC::BARBER_MINGO 21 lines 17-JUN-1991 13:01
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Well-
I don't know.
As I have said before, I removed Henri and Co. from the bed because
I got an eating breathing teddy bear (I call him Big Fuzzy), and there
are just some things you can't do while your teddy animals are
watching.
We unpacked them after the move last week. We sat them back on the
couch again. Henri looked like he would almost break his vow of
silence... but when I also placed him on the couch with Selina,
and Russ, he just feel over on his face, and wouldn't even look
at me.
I think he is upset.
Being my oldest in Mass., he is the only one to remember the
stigma of having a single mother. I'm not quite sure he has adjusted
to his step-dad (Eric) yet.
Raising teddy animals is never easy.
Cindi
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BUBBLY::LEIGH "can't change the wind, just the sails" 5 lines 17-JUN-1991 17:18
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>I got an eating breathing teddy bear (I call him Big Fuzzy), and there
>are just some things you can't do while your teddy animals are
>watching.
Well, maybe _you_ can't...;-) Our bears had to learn not to act as
commentators, but we've learned to put up with a discreet audience...
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BUBBLY::LEIGH "can't change the wind, just the sails" 3 lines 17-JUN-1991 17:35
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Oh, yes. A `mishkin' is the proper term (in our house) for a member of
the audience -- named after a friend's cat who seemed to find the, um,
`show' absolutely fascinating.
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Henri, Selina, and Russ. I think they all came with Russ tags on them.
Russ enjoys the irony, I imagines he teases the other two for not
having his name and not their OWN names on their tags.
My other's didn't make the trip from my Mom's house with me. They
appeared at a time before my first awareness. I presume a teddy stork
brought them into being. I have them caged in a dresser drawer. They are-
Radio Dog, Donkey, Easter Bunny, and Clown man. They are about 22-23 years
old. I am saving them to give to my children, should I have any, when
they are 1. I don't think Radio Dog will play for them, but she is still
soft and smooth and soothing by her touch and comforting to grow with.
I have had three teddy animals die on me, and one I had to put up for
adoption.
The first deaths were Elephant, and Turtle. It was partially my own
fault. At 5, I should have known that teddy animals could not take
the wear and tear of me riding them (there were 1' standing animals).
I never saw them go, but one day, after their insides had begun to leak
out... they disappeared.
The most traumatic death...
was Mr. Green.
The only gift my father gave me besides genetic makeup was Mr. Green.
A 3 Foot, almost florescent green, longhair dog. I rode him, and
petted him for years. When he sprung a leak, my mom tried to so
him. But he had a breakdown and just fell apart. She could not keep
up with him. On that sad final day... she explained that he had to
die because she could not keep him healthy any more and carried him
away. :~-<
James Snookums was the product of a failed relationship. I had to drag the
3-4 foot Snoopy (James) around Highschool all day long one Valentines
Day, along with the rose he came with. A year after the rose and
relationship
were withered, I gave him to the church hoping that the Pastor might find
a good home for him. It was a little tough, but then teen-aged teddy
parenting is never simple. There are so many issues involved.
Basically, none of the men in my life who have given me Big Dogs have
ever worked out.
Part of the reason that when my SO and I were wishing to the teddy
stork we asked for a little bear. I just hope we raise him right.
Cindi
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