The name Wendy is taken, so I added my middle name on my user ID also. OddPOV is now Wendy Jean. I'm still a very odd person, but I have found I was not as different as I once thought I was. It was lonely thinking you were a pervert that had to hide for over 40 years. I now know I am neither a pervert or alone. I am me, and I am how I was made by God.
The only thing I can see that I am a little different is patience. I waited eight months before truly starting HRT, as I wanted to loose my weight before I started in earnest. In this I have basically succeeded, though I would like to loose a bit more.
I have lots of people whom I consider friends here on this site. I have not given up on those friends and family whom have rejected me, maybe they will come around. If not, I will be here. I think I have changed for the better, this calmer attitude being one of them. I still have a temper, but it does not rule like it used to. Removing testosterone has helped in that regard, and estrogen has its own built in attitudes (which I am enjoying enormously).
Now it is a matter of waiting for the surgery. I'm looking forward to being complete.
I went and got my third set of fingerprints, this time it was done electronically. Texas being who/what they are, I still had to have them printed out. And yes, the machine didn't like these prints either, but it is the best I can do. Now if I can convince the bureaucrats of that. Once they figure out they will never be really happy with my fingerprints I can get on with my name and gender marker change. I have to wonder how the heck they will identify my prints at a crime scene if they can't read prints made under ideal circumstances. I hate bureaucracies, no brains, let alone common sense.
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About fingerprints...
You are lucky that you already live in USA. Otherwise you'd had problems getting US visa :-)
glad to meet you, Wendy Jean!
Huggles!
Bureaucrats
You seem to believe that the bureaucrats will finally accept your fingerprints as they are. . . . . . Sorry, had to stop for a minute to get my laughter under control. They don't have to accept anything. They can sit there and turn you down 'till the sun goes nova. They have no incentive/reason to reach a rational compromise and every reason not to. Turning you down for problems in your application is the safe move, the one that is guaranteed not to get them in trouble. "The applicant failed to submit the required documents so the application is denied." I bet they have a form letter on their computer for that.
Not trying to rain on your parade, just saying that's how it normally works. I had to leave the U.S. and become a Norwegian resident to get around the silly-assed state and federal regulations. The embassy in Norway accepted my Norwegian documents and issued me a shiny new passport with the "F" in the proper box. That was the key to getting everything else "corrected".
Best of luck to you!
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - Turkish Proverb
Actually
There are hard limits to how many times they can reject them, and I am approaching both the state and FBI statutes.
It helps having a lawyer in the background.
The whole concept behind fingerprints...
...is pseudoscience anyway. Whilst the overall "theory" behind them may be more-or-less indicative of possibilities, in practice fingerprints are reduced to "points of identification," a non-pictorial abstract subset of the actual print which may or may not be shared with hundreds, or even thousands, of people, and which included group may vary depending upon which particular abstractions are chosen or available.
To put it crudely, it's something like saying that the "difference" between the Mona Lisa and Whistler's Mother is RG-17, FL-3, M-4, K-12, as opposed to RG-13, FL-3, M-4, K-32.
Whilst we can see that the paintings are different when we look at them, whether or not these purely imaginary "points of identification" are truly determinative remains to be seen, much less proven scientifically. Add to that the fact the the "certified examiner" is entitled to pick and choose which "points of identification" fit his or her preconceived theory, either consciously or subconsciously, and you have a system of flim-flam as open to prosecutorial abuse as phrenology or palm-reading.
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
I'll disagree with that on one level,
Even with similar fingerprints there are scars and other markers not classified.
Which brings me to my problem, decades of machining/fabricating custom production and test gear and too many hot plates. I was impressed with the number of micro-scars I could not see with the necked eye I have.
My current job requires excellent micro finger control, it makes watch making look course. And of course, there are still the hot plates. I bond microelectronics using 1/1000" gold wire, I have to move it, remove it occasionally without damaging the wires next to it. I used to repair the machines I run, but when you have kids (I was a single parent) it is amazing how unpicky you get job wise when the munchkins are dependent on you.
I don't think I've revealed this much of myself around here.
There is a current picture of me bottom of page.
Welcome, Wendy Jean!
It's terrific to finally meet you — the you that you want the world to meet, *hugs*
Randalynn
I thought, "Oh no..."
Oh thank goodness. When I saw the title "OddPOV is gone", I felt a lump rising in my throat. I thought we'd lost another to the memoriam list. Whew!
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The girl in me. She's always there, and she's
pleased to meet you, Wendy Jean. Have a wonderful
time getting to know the new you!
Not anytime soon I suspect...
I walk between 3-5 miles on weekdays, I watch what I eat, and I am socially active. Add the future removal of certain body part my life extension goes way up. I am in the best heart health I have ever been. The diabetes and hypertension are both in complete remission. I seem to be stable at 160 pounds, so far.
You guys are going to have to put with me a lot longer, baring stupidity (car wrecks, etc).
Best of all, I am happy.
I'm even starting to read again, slowly.
This is me now, more or less.
This is me now, more or less. Still have some belly fat to go, but I am working on it.
Goodbye, OddPoV
Long live Wendy Jean!
Maren
Odd pov was such a silly name for a girl.
Thank goodness you've come to your senses, Wendy Jean is much prettier. Please to meet you sweetie! (Hugs) Taarpa (Talia)