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Hi, Folks--

I'm a wandering spirit from a long ago generation, who somehow got lost in translation so to speak. Well, not so much somehow. Actually I know how, and maybe my experiences can be helpful to others. My most valuable possessions are fifty-two years of journals, notebooks and assorted writings few have read--at least in the 21st century. I don't have a smartphone, twitter or facebook account and have composed more snail mail letters than emails. Don't know where such a statistic fits into social networking but here I am. Will Rogers said something like "It's not what we don't know that's the problem, but what we think we know that ain't so." So thanks for welcoming me. I look forward to making friends and being one.

Calder 1898 (Richard)
 

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Hi, Folks--

I'm a wandering spirit from a long ago generation, who somehow got lost in translation so to speak. Well, not so much somehow. Actually I know how, and maybe my experiences can be helpful to others. My most valuable possessions are fifty-two years of journals, notebooks and assorted writings few have read--at least in the 21st century. I don't have a smartphone, twitter or facebook account and have composed more snail mail letters than emails. Don't know where such a statistic fits into social networking but here I am. Will Rogers said something like "It's not what we don't know that's the problem, but what we think we know that ain't so." So thanks for welcoming me. I look forward to making friends and being one.

Calder 1898 (Richard)

Ah, that's me right there. Welcome! You seem to have some interesting material on your hands.
 

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Welcome! You got me on the smartphone... but facebook and twitter are not my thing either... of course I am really old as well.
 

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Hello, and welcome! I'm not that old, but some days I feel like it. And I have a Facebook account, but not Twitter or a smart phone.
 

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Welcome Richard! Hope you like your stay!
 

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Hello and :welcome: to the Water Cooler, Calder1898!
 

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Welcome. You've chosen the right place. Who needs Facebook or Twitter? Well, I'm on Facebook, but I'm not that crazy about it.
 

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Hello Richard, and welcome to the Cooler. I've also been keeping a (written) diary since I was 15 (been ongoing now for 41 years) but I've put it on a pc file and I do have several accounts on social networks.
 

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Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
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Welcome back Richard!

Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide!

Questions about this software can be found in the FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page.

This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations.

Before you ask that Newbie question!!
See if Katiemac has the answer here.

Check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips.

If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule.

Questions about posting writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area
and explained here. This link covers the most common problems found in the Share Your Work *Worth reading no matter how long you have been here!*

AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works.

Welcome to our community! =)

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