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Researching History's Mysteries
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western New York State
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Shakes, next time just park the car and go shopping til it clears.
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knows a hawk from a handsaw
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Elsinore
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HistorySleuth there were no car parks. Worse, no shops. I did take a pit stop - memory of it makes me shudder! I did think of taking the coast road - but all the roads leading to it were fouled up. Sigh . . . put it down to experience.
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#953 |
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Making my own sunshine
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gulf coast of FL
Posts: 14,085
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Yikes Shakes! That sounds dreadful.
I am speaking to you on my handy dandy speech to text software, because I have once again blown out my hand. Not sure what happened, but I think most of the tendons are shot. :-( In other news, has anyone seen French lately? French, we are thinking about you! |
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Hopes to one day write for food.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: In the foothills of nowhere...
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I envision HJ keeping attendance with a spreadsheet of our names down one side and the dates across the top.
After one of us doesn't post for a week or two she pulls out the truancy stick and starts lookin'.
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Making my own sunshine
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gulf coast of FL
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That's bad, right?
![]() ![]() I love you guys and worry when you go missing! |
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Hopes to one day write for food.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: In the foothills of nowhere...
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It is only mildly stalkerish.
![]() I guess that qualifies as normal.
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Researching History's Mysteries
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western New York State
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Awww. Jude, I'm so sorry to hear that! Looks like your voice to text software works good though. Rest your digets.
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#958 |
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Going home!
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Prague now, Glasgow in November
Posts: 2,627
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Thanks folks. I've escaped now and am happily sitting in the sun just a few kms from Rome, doing notes for my WIP. Dealing with dad is so much easier from here...
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The blog for work - ghosts, legends and all manner of things in Prague: McGee's Ghost Tours of Prague Latest post - Underground Prague My story "Full Moon" available here. |
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standing on head, typing one-handed...
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ireland
Posts: 3,660
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#960 |
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Making my own sunshine
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gulf coast of FL
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Going home!
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Prague now, Glasgow in November
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Just had to say, it was so lovely. The conference was at a hotel in Fiuggi, little spa town about an hour from Rome. Got a chance to speak to a couple of writers there (who do both script and prose) and somehow it's always a wee confidence boost when people actually take you seriously when you say you're trying to be a writer. Got some really good advice and some book reccs from them, and had the chance to talk to my actor / muse (and not just to drool either, asked him about the school in Canada as he works in the industry there, basically had he heard of it or knew anyone who'd been there, and turns out he has a friend teaches on the acting course and it seems to have a really good reputation).
Also met a girl from Vienna, who it turned out had studied law then gone to work in theatre, and was going to LA next year to go to film school, as opposed to me, who worked in theatre, studied law, and is going to Vancouver next year to film school! So weird, we had almost exactly the same life! So we're going to keep in touch and since I'm doing screenwriting, she's doing production, we're joking about making our own company when we graduate. I'll write 'em, she'll film 'em. Only thing is now I'll have to go back to reality and am working a double shift tonight! But it is a little easier to write when this is the view you're looking at, I must say - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...weavil/245.jpg
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knows a hawk from a handsaw
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Elsinore
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Zelenka your weekend sounds very productive. Go you! That is a lovely view. My view is not so good - an Eucalyptus tree, a bramble and a dead shrub the name of which I have forgotten. Curtain is closed though, as the early morning sun is too bright and blinding.
I am taking today off. Work yesterday was another stupid journey - lorries creeping at 20mph, a tractor that looked lost and then traffic works. Time for second breakfast . . .
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Making my own sunshine
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gulf coast of FL
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Z, that's fabulous!
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standing on head, typing one-handed...
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ireland
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Making my own sunshine
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Join Date: May 2007
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A lot better, thanks.
![]() Unfortunately, I just got home from the vet and we're going downhill significantly with the Old Man. We've tried every trick, including some not yet legal in this country, to stave off the arthritis, and all we can do now is keep him as comfortable as possible.
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Clever title pending.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: In the wilds of Texas. Actually, the liberal oasis of Austin.
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Zelenka, that's awesome. Very jealous.
But how inspirational for you and your writing, very cool.HJ, sorry about the "old man." Starting to move into that phase here with our lab. No fun, my sympathies. |
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Plotting murder..most of the time
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ontario
Posts: 1,688
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Hey everyone, it's been far too long. I see a lot of you have been going through "life" - not always fun.
HJ, sorry to hear about both your wrists and your "Old Man" Dogs rule! (sorry to the cat people)Doc Brown, you're published now! ![]() Zelenka, hi in Rome! And I hear you about parent "issues". Mine don't agree with my writing genre. Anyway, guys I just wanted to "pop" in and say hi to everyone. I'm keeping busy. I just finished writing my eighth novel ;D And now, I'm working on edits for another book, which is set to release this summer.
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Researching History's Mysteries
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western New York State
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Sassy!!!!!
Shakes, I hear ya, it tis tractor season once again---about a month early around here because we had a mild winter and it was warm the last couple weeks. Course it's been chilly the last few days. Apple growers are very worried as some of there trees were budding. I saw on the news they had their heater pots out in the orchards trying to keep the air warmer over night. I have a small baby flowering tree, very small and short still, only two years old that I covered last night. I left it on as it is starting to bud too, and it's dipping down again tonight. Jude, I hope "the old man" is resting comfortably.
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Making my own sunshine
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gulf coast of FL
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)He's doing okay, History. I never count him out. We almost lost him 2 years ago (insulin shock or whatever you call it) and I've been preparing myself ever since, while appreciating every extra second.
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move along, nothing to see here
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Great Plains
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HJ, I'm so glad about your cat. And SASSY, we've missed you. So glad to hear about your books.
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standing on head, typing one-handed...
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ireland
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Making my own sunshine
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gulf coast of FL
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Thank you.
![]() And now to reveal the depths of my craziness: I invited 9 girls (plus mine, of course) to a sleepover to celebrate dd's birthday. How many could actually make it?, I reasoned. 5? 6? Oh yeah. There will be 10 9-year-olds at my house for a sleepover Friday night. Help me. |
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Clever title pending.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: In the wilds of Texas. Actually, the liberal oasis of Austin.
Posts: 2,729
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Masochist.
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Making my own sunshine
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gulf coast of FL
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I resemble that remark.
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Hopes to one day write for food.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: In the foothills of nowhere...
Posts: 1,430
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Fortunately, it's not 10 little boys. We all know boys are made with snips and snails and puppy dog tails making them little slimy Frankenstein monsters, which means...
Which means I need some caffeine don't I?
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