T&TTTanon Testimony

[Juneaudave]

Ok…this had to be done. So I’ll start the first of what I hope will be many…

Hello, my name is Juneaudave and I have a teardrop addiction.

I never realized how much of an addiction that I had until I spent two weeks over Christmas, pouring over profiles, chassis design, and electrical details. I woke up in February, and found the Christmas tree dead in its stand, and that I had forgotten my daughter’s birthday. I humbly apologize to my daughter and to my spouse to whom I flew in a rage after I found they didn’t carry 5x5 sheets of Baltic birch anywhere in Juneau.

I’ve relied upon the T&TTT website to get me through most any bout of incessant teardrop craving. I have Andrew’s design site marked on my web browser’s favorites, and look forward to getting the mail to see what new tool catalog will come in. At first there wasn’t any real problem.

I was in Talkeetna, Alaska for a week in a half and really didn't think I'd need that teardrop fix and so I left all eight of my 8.5x11 cad profiles at home. There really wasn't a problem until I saw a hippy recluse living out of a stylized 5 by 10 benroy woody. My heart dropped and my lips dried up and tears welled in my eyes. I ran from the bar to my hotel and cried endlessly throughout the night. Some people eat when they are depressed, some people sleep, some people listen to Black Sabbath. I use a Number 9 Dexter axle. At that point when I needed it most, it wasn't there for me..... and when I realized how important it was for me to feel that tingly/stinging sensation I forgot about why I was in Talkeetna and started convulsing and talking to myself. I stayed this way throughout the trip until I got home.

When I got home, I book marked another three more teardrop build sites on my computer. I can't describe the feeling I got when I had that comfort zone back.... Yes, I am addicted, but is that so bad? In the long run when you compare my addiction to going across the States in a 35-foot Class A RV, is a slight addiction to teardrops really all that dangerous? Again, my name is Juneaudave and I have an addiction.


T&TTT Anonymous members adhere to a set of principles which are listed in Twelve Steps.

1. We admitted we were powerless over teardrops and tiny travel trailers -- that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other T&TTT addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

[Gambam]

HEY I'm not an addict, I can shut down my computer anytime I want.(and run off to the garage).

[Ira]

I have the same addicition and a similar set of principles--except that I left God out of them.

So we'll see how well YOU do!

[Rob]

I'm not building, but I am going into camping withdrawls. And the longer we have rain and snow the worse it gets. I may have to just go to the TD for a night to satisfy the craving. Yeah, that's what it is. A craving! No addiction here, just a craving. I just gotta have a camping trip!

[Miriam C.]

Well I believe God sent me here to keep me out of Kansas fishing holes when the tornadoes come through. Honestly my daughter called last night to be sure I was not in Columbus, Weir or those that got buzzed. Got chased out many times last year.

She is grateful for you guys and gals.

Still I will try to abide by the above set of standards.

Miriam

[Ira]

Miriam, I will never understand how God saved a bunch of people from the Tennessee tornadoes yesterday--but killed a bunch of others at the same time.

He liked that first group BETTER?

[Miriam C.]

Ira,
If I ever hear God say he has saved some and left others to die I will probably not be on earth. Until then, I pray for those harmed and give thanks for those not.

My children still worry that I may skip out and go fishing. The tornadoes like to play chase with me.

Peace
Miriam

[Steve_Cox]

Miriam,

Been looking at your avatar since you changed it, you know, your husband kinda looks like a young Jack Nicholson in that picture. Whata ya think?

[mikeschn]

Steve,

That's a better post than I made to Miriam about her photo... but we have come to terms...

Now it's your turn...

Mike...

[Miriam C.]

A young Jack Nicholson huh. Could we inherit do you suppose. He will be proud. I don't remember what Jack looked like. Gotta check.

Mike I'm thinking about getting a new picture taken. Maybe go to glamour shots. Course if I'm older (and I'm sure I am) Might not need them. Just get some cover girl.

Miriam

[Ira]

Religion and politics are two subjects we're not supposed to discuss here.

Right , Jack?

Or am I allowed to continue discussing it?

[Guest]

Dave borrowed the 12 steps from Alcoholics Anonymous and made them to apply to the teardrop addiction, just the same as every other 12 step program has done for their own needs when borrowing the 12 steps from AA.
JFYI- AA isn't a religeous program... It's a spiritual program.
God as you understand Him.
That pretty much ends where this thread is trying to be taken.

[madjack]

Ira. we have only one rule here...NO FIGHTING...in that religion and politics quite often lead to fighting they are discouraged as subjects for debate. That does not mean that religious or political statements are disallowed...just not encouraged...remember all, that it takes at least 2 to have an argument/fight so always be mindful of other members whenever you post anything and respect the others opinion...if you disagree with a posting, sometimes it might be better to read elsewhere, there are plenty of other posts to entertain, inform, enlighten...life is just to short and too frustrating to fight/argue over things that in the end matter very little to the cost of eggs in China...
madjack