Rutabaga Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Found here: Chapter 1 Quotable quote: "Boys are okay, I guess. They have their uses when the time and mood are right." R Link to comment
Camy Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 It's been so long since Cole posted a new story I'd almost forgotten how addictively well he writes.... then there's the problem of waiting for chapter 2, 3, etc. Poot. Anyway, I have a question. As a bod who lives in the UK I'd like to ask what 'A narrow twin bed' is. Here, we have single beds, double beds and king size ones. I've never heard of a 'narrow twin.' And this is what you get with a double: Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted May 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Over here in the colonies, the standard bed sizes are twin, full, queen, and king. (There is also a "California King" just to confuse things.) The common size for twin is 38" wide x 75" long. However there is another size called "narrow twin" which is indeed narrower: 30" wide by 75" long. R Link to comment
Camy Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Huh. Your twin bed is the same as our single. 'Twin' insinuates it's big enough for two... really? Unless Americans have got a lot smaller since I was last there, I can't see it. You'd end up with concussion from your bedfellow's elbow. Link to comment
Merkin Posted May 27, 2021 Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 …or a toe in the eye. Conventions vary, but in my youth it was customary in my region of the country to tuck two non-connubial house guests into the same bed by having them sleep head to foot. This could not have guaranteed sweet dreams for either. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted May 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 I can only assume they were called "twin" because you were supposed to set them up in pairs, for two different people to sleep in. Classic TV comedies always showed married couples sleeping in individual twin beds. Never mind that they had children. R Link to comment
Camy Posted May 27, 2021 Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 16 hours ago, Merkin said: …or a toe in the eye. Conventions vary, but in my youth it was customary in my region of the country to tuck two non-connubial house guests into the same bed by having them sleep head to foot. This could not have guaranteed sweet dreams for either. ...especially if one, or both, had whiffy feet. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 R's totally right. I also believe that twin beds were named that because they were usually bought in twos and intended for the purpose R suggested, but also for a single child. I forget what the first TV show was that showed a married couple in a double or queen bed. But I'll bet it wasn't till the '70s, or maybe even '80s. We're such a stuffy country when it comes to anything dealing with sex. C Link to comment
Camy Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 On 5/27/2021 at 2:07 AM, Merkin said: Conventions vary, but in my youth it was customary in my region of the country to tuck two non-connubial house guests into the same bed by having them sleep head to foot. This could not have guaranteed sweet dreams for either. Maybe that's how sucking toes became a thing? Not my bag, but each to their own. I'd like to apologise to Cole for hijacking this thread to talk about bed sizes. Chapter 2 should be here soon! Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted May 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 So, do we think this is meant to be Jordan, or David, or ?? R Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 David. Read the description! Or perhaps that comes in another chapter. Can't remember! C Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted May 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 Well, while the picture did not seem like a good match to the handful of details about Jordan (i.e., no hair over the ears), it was unclear to me whether it would match David. Hence the question. R Link to comment
Gee Whillickers Posted June 1, 2021 Report Share Posted June 1, 2021 Interesting guy, is David. I like how you've written him so far, Cole. A bit hot headed maybe, but really wants to do what's right. And, perhaps, Nicki might know a bit more about David than David does. I guess we'll see! I'm hoping Nicki comes into the story more later. I like her. As for Jordan, not quite enough to go on yet. Shy, okay. Good at soccer, clearly. Probably a bit shell-shocked with the family situation. I'm looking forward to more, thanks for this one so far, Cole. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted June 1, 2021 Report Share Posted June 1, 2021 Gee, it's great to see you hear again, Gee. Never though I'd use Gee twice in a sentence. Wish you'd write more. You're one of my favorite writers here. Such inventive stuff! Thanks for the good words. This one is just getting started. C Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted June 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2021 This seems to be the main bit of information about David's appearance: Jeffy really was a neat kid. He had brown hair with quite a bit of red in it, almost like strawberry blond, kind of like mine but a little brighter. I didn’t wear mine messy and realized he didn’t, either, possibly copying me. I had glasses, though, and he didn’t. To tell the truth, I thought I looked sort of dorky and was hoping I grew into my looks as I got older. I wore contacts when playing soccer and at school; I only wore glasses, and then only sometimes, when I was at home. Okay, I admit it, I’m a little vain as well as dorky. Strange mix, but I think most kids my age are ambivalent about how they look. My problem is, I don’t have much to be vain about. I look like my age: an unfinished, gawky, half-child, half-growing teenager with a huge dose of uncertainty underlining it all. Not really much to go on in regards to the picture. R Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted June 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 Poor David. Seems like it doesn't take much to put him in overload. R Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 It's difficult to be a teenager. Only the super-confident seem to withstand the age without lasting, sour memories. And I always wondered about those. C Link to comment
Camy Posted June 3, 2021 Report Share Posted June 3, 2021 I have cogitated, and, by using all my little grey cells, have concluded the picture is of Jordan: 'He’d combed his hair after washing it in the shower, so it was neater now. Still long, of course, but brushed and a little shiny. It’s rich brown color and matched his eyes.' Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 David comments, "I wished I’d stop overthinking everything." That pretty much sums up the whole situation. R Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Cole writes about Jordan: He had thick brown hair that looked like maybe he combed or brushed it once every couple of weeks and left it unattended the rest of the time. I picture this: R Link to comment
Camy Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Jordan™ - Rumpled Suit edition (pre-plugged into the mains). Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted June 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Maybe this could be Jordan, perhaps in a slightly younger version: R Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted June 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” -- William Congreve. R Link to comment
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