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  1. I was in 8th grade. I don't think I watched the Ed Sullivan show when they appeared, but I have a distinct memory of the boys in my Phys Ed class the next day all wanting to grow their hair long like the Beatles did. R
  2. James ruminates: Well, what he needed to remember, was that he didn’t like Freddie. That’s what he needed to concentrate on. Keep that thought in the front of his mind, a reminder to himself. The kid wasn’t serious, wasn’t dedicated to the horn. Freddie wanted to swim and play badminton—badminton!—more than he wanted to play music! And he was laughing with those girls! That’s what James needed to remember. He needed to push all those other thoughts right out of his head. Sorry, James, but I don't think Cole is going to allow all that to happen for you. R
  3. Looks like it's time for Mrs. Ford to devote her time and shrewdness to solving Problem No. 2: James's parents (especially dad). R
  4. Thought I should bring folks up-to-date on this. I heard back from Driver and we have been corresponding. He has granted permission to keep both this and one other story of his posted at Codey's World. A significant piece of information: He says he rarely checks his mail at the hotmail/outlook.com address that is published with many of his stories. That is why it took a while before I heard back from him. He has given me permission to share that the address he regularly checks nowadays is his Gmail address: driver.nine -at- gmail.com (fill in the @ sign where it belongs). That's the one to use should you wish to get in touch with him. Cheers, R
  5. Has anyone noticed that we have at least three stories entitled "Oliver" ? Oliver by Cole Parker Oliver by Richard Norway Oliver by Alan Dwight There may be others lurking in the listings that I overlooked. These three are all quite different despite the identical titles. Seems like Charles Dickens was on to something . . . R
  6. It seems obvious that fellow student Perry will take on significant importance in this story. I found myself reflecting on whether I had encountered anyone named Perry in the past. The answer is yes: Once. During and after college, when I worked in broadcasting, there was another engineer named Perry. I later discovered that Perry was a nickname for Peregrine, which I could see on his FCC license (we all had to post ours, and there was a wall of them). That must have made his early school days fun, if the other kids found out his real name. But the real kicker was that his last name was White. Perry White. Can you imagine giving your kid that name? R
  7. Surprising that no one has commented yet on this story, which is still in progress. Not 100% where this is going, yet, but several major points of conflict have arisen, not the least of which involves the lead character's bitchy older sister, Rachel. We'll see. R
  8. It was there but the page was blinding to try to read. R
  9. Mike's son David somehow ended up with one of Mike's cats (presumably a domesticated one) and was not completely happy about that. R
  10. I especially liked the part where Freddie was able to "play molto espresso passages with great rutabaga and exhibit his wonderful sound and musicality." Warmed my heart, it did. R
  11. I always assumed Mike wrote that intro. His inspiration was cats, not vegetables, from what I understand. R
  12. Size isn't important . . . it's how you use it. R
  13. I reread my first post and it was not clear: @Alien Son did 100% of the refurbishment work on the page. All I did was fix some broken links a week or so ago. John deserves all the credit. R
  14. Ruh-roh - looks like the invincible Freddie actually got vinced. We'll have to see if he has another trick up his sleeve. R
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