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Trab

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  1. Did anyone else snicker just a little bit at "Tony stark naked" by thinking "Tony Stark, naked" for just a moment?
  2. So, I understand that Cole's coming tomorrow? Or one of his shorts is? ?
  3. Hey, everyone says "on Friday" not "at Friday" (and the same for other days). It's all English, so all effed up.
  4. It's the international standard, actually.
  5. Desert. ???? I haven't changed; sorry. It's nice being a hero. I thought it took more guts though.
  6. Hey, I didn't say I was doing well, just that I'm happy. Sadly, I've got very bad arthritis in my knees, making it hard to walk very far. It's not stopping me from going out exploring back roads, but I have a satellite phone with me in case my SUV breaks and I cannot walk out. Truth be told, I also have InReach, and Global's Gen3. In other words, three independent satellite based ways to get help. I've only used the sat phone to call for help after coming across a broken down motorcycle and rider. Some 70 miles off the beaten track in Death Valley. He had no water and nobody had come by in 8 hours of waiting for help. Talk about a happy rider when I came along. With no cell service, he expressed scepticism when I told him I'd call for a tow truck to get him. Yeah for technology.
  7. I don't think anybody really knows how FB works. ?
  8. Great story, well written. His other two were damned good too, and gripped me through to their endings.
  9. PS, it's "since", not "sense". ROFLMAO at myself. I can't help it, being an aspie. I tried to not do it, but after a lot of agonizing, I came back to 'fix' it for you.
  10. ROFLMAO. Me? Sage advice? Seriously though, thank you. After all these years, your kind comment has encouraged me to pop back in. At least for a quick drop by. I'm happy you're happy, and just so you know, I'm independently happy as well. Bart
  11. I also think it is important to love yourself, forgive yourself for doing things you now recognize as 'improper', and move forward.
  12. I just reread it again as well, and it really is worth doing that.
  13. Thank you Nigel. I actually feel a bit better with that explanation, despite realizing now the the rabid believers will actually become worse. A number of years ago a very devout Baptist told me that he felt that I was a true Christian in my actions daily, but that because I don't believe in the Lord I would suffer eternal damnation anyway. As for my own belief, there is no eternal, nor damnation, so I'm not worried about it. I will just continue to apologize to any living thing I am knowingly hurting or about to hurt, and feel discomfited whenever I disturb natural things like rocks. If I think too much about our human disgraceful behaviour towards factory farms animals I can near traumatization, so I need to back away from that out of self preservation. That might be pagan or Buddhist or something else, but overwhelmingly, it's me.
  14. It is, from their perspective. Sadly.
  15. Interesting. I've wondered for many decades how many of the roundish, crater-like, lakes and bays scattered around the globe will eventually be recognized as impact craters. I know several already have, like the gigantic one by the Yucatan. Sometimes a volcanic eruption (explosion) can seem similar, but the geology is usually much different. If one uses Google Earth to just scan the planet, one can be amazed by the numbers of nearly circular depressions with nearly centralized upheavals (seen as an island) indicative of an impact. There are small ones, relatively, like Ungava in Quebec, but I suspect some of the large ones as well, like James Bay off Hudsons Bay, and maybe even Hudsons Bay. I've seen similar things on other continents too. It would be nice to know what really happened, but I doubt it will be proven in my lifetime.
  16. Meaning they didn't realize they had a problem until readers pointed it out. "It's never too late", as the saying goes.
  17. I just read this really terrific short story. Having been absent from here for a while, I don't know if it was ever entered in one of the Halloween challenges. If not, it should have been.
  18. We're born that way…it's not a choice.
  19. OMG, TalonRider, did you do that deliberately, to show what it looks like when a paragraph needs editing? If so, masterfully done.
  20. Trab

    Paucity

    That, Chris, is not necessarily a matter of either length or enthusiasm, but simply expert presentation.
  21. Trab

    Paucity

    Des, once again, is correct…Cole mostly so, as it flashed by, barely noticed.
  22. I enjoyed it, and emailed the author to say so.
  23. I find raw editing is much less appealing than polishing. In the first instance it's as if you are the basic landscaper, with backhoe and shovel, trying to make something nice from near chaos, and in the second It's like you are a bonsai specialist, tweaking what is already well formed.
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