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5 hours ago, Bruin Fisher said:
I must try harder...
No try; do!
Oh, but who the hell am I to talk; I don't even do my own tax forms anymore.
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Many decades ago, when I was just a young teen, at a time when paper boys like myself had to go door to door to collect the month's monies, I was charged at the door by a Siamese. The customer shrieked as the cat launched itself at my face, thinking I would be its next victim, as it had always attacked everyone coming to the door, only to find it immediately in my arms, purring, and doing those wonderfully sensual face rubs. I don't know why, but I've never met a cat I didn't love, and happily, vice versa. 😻
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Just finished reading it, after binge reading all the other stories. I have no idea how I missed finding this treasure trove till now. There are some really great stories there, and All Mine delivers beautifully. 👍👏
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On November 21, 2018 at 11:10 AM, Jason Rimbaud said:
But he wasn't addicted to it, he just wanted to smoke the moment he woke up, no addiction. 🙂
So, let me get this right; if he wanted sex the moment he woke up it wouldn't be an addiction either. Each morning, for three years. Sounds right to me. 👍
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There are cultural usage differences (go to hospital being one that grates to North American ears) but I believe the vast majority of the American usage is pure laziness, or at least a lack of educational insistence on writing correctly, and maybe a bit of defiance on the part of younger speakers and writers.
"Want to go with?" Instead of "Do you want to go with me?" is a personally excruciating example. That, in my view, is pure laziness.
But I'm Canadian, so I politely ignore those things and just churn internally. 😢🤓🙄
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On November 3, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Altimexis said:
From now on I'll make an effort to avoid sentences comprised of incorrect words.
Is any word actually an incorrect word? If it's incorrect, would it not then simply not be a word at all, but rather an attempt at a word?
I believe you meant to say you will make an effort to avoid incorrect usage, however, I am fully convinced that you have always made that effort. ???
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The most asinine thing the Feds (Canada) did in regards to cannabis is make recreational SMOKING legal, whilst keeping oils, foods, and infusions illegal. We've spent decades trying to get people to stop smoking (tobacco), so it's completely illogical to make smoking the only one you can use.
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All I can say to this news is "Thank God he's okay". The last time we chatted I was pretty sure he wouldn't be long for this world. I don't care about the story as much as that he's doing well enough to write at all. ?
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I think the issue is not so much that of 'all at once' or serially, but the time between serial releases. If it's a few days, or a week, it's not really a problem, but if the gap is enough to forget important bits, or lose the tension of the moment, it becomes a serious concern. Some ongoing stories I follow have such a gap between chapters (months, and in one case 6 months) that I need to reread several chapters before reading the latest, and that's frustrating. So much so that I've dropped reading them. Hell, just one momentary lapse of judgement and refreshing my history and they're all lost. As it sits right now I've got 12 open tabs for ongoing stories. One accidental refresh and 12 stories could be gone. ? I can only hope they finish soon.
That said, I much prefer the continuous mood swings, joy, angst, frustration, love, and yes, horniness, of a finished story. In most cases stories are like music, to be experienced in a continuous flow, not one verse or movement each week or month. Or, in movie terms, extended-time chapters is like serializing the classics. Gone With The Wind in 12 weekly releases. Back To The Future in 18 monthly episodes. Intolerable.
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Yes. It's strange to feel sad at a happy ending. ???
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Never tried it, and unlikely to start now. My reactions to drugs, and foods, are often so unusual that I try to avoid anything different, as I never know how I'll react. I'm happy everyone is happy though; it's high time they righted the wrong of its prohibition. Now to get all those criminal records expunged.
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5 hours ago, colinian said:
blame all autocorrect problems on kitty.
A different kind of kitty litter. (Literature) ??
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14 hours ago, JamesSavik said:
Cut me a break! My auto-incorrect spell checker is a real ballbuster.
No kindling, huh. I'm finding the autocollect (ha) is ten tomes words than just two yards aglow. Some of the crepes it comes up with will sample a maize you.
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17 hours ago, Cole Parker said:
Come on, Trab. You're going to let him get away with 'fourty'?
But I love the story. Thanks, James.
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Yes. I was ignoring that as being only a typo, not to mention that it's not nice to be overwhelming, immediately. ?
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44 minutes ago, JamesSavik said:
scourging
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Scrounging?
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Awesome. (groan)
Just binge read it, and it brought back all those little memories of previous reads of previous stories there. Marvellously crafted. Pure reading pleasure. ????
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Brilliant stuff
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On October 6, 2018 at 8:18 PM, Altimexis said:
You should have known better. There is no such thing as "just one chapter" when it comes to Alan Dwight's writing.
Hell, there's no such thing as just one story either. Talk about binge reading this weekend. Sore butt, sore eyes, tears and smiles and even laughs out loud. ????
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6 hours ago, Merkin said:
I love Cole's stories, and I especially love the ones that I can begin and finish reading all on the same day.
I know what you mean, but I've been known to extend my day till 5 a.m. the next morning. Admittedly that's easier now that I'm retired from regular work.
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Very nice to read about this. Hopefully this will encourage many more.
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Loved the latest chapter. ?
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On September 26, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Altimexis said:
My Incredible Summer is another Cole Parker masterpiece that illustrates just how inadequate the rest of us are as authors.
Oh please. No false modesty, please. Cole is great, no doubt about it, but you, and many others here, are hardly inadequate.
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Great story. Gripped me, and good fun. Some laughs, some tears. Well done, as usual Cole. ??
You’re here. That’s present enough for me.”
If that was deliberate, my sincerest congratulations. ?????????
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