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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.66.23.11
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 - 12:45 pm:   

Anyone want a read?

I switched off my internet router to avoid temptation and 3 hours later I'd knocked out a pretty decent 4000 word story that's been wandering about my skull for a while.

It's still in draft stage at the moment but comments would be appreciated.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 194.32.31.1
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 - 01:17 pm:   

Will do, Marc.
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.232.199.129
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 - 01:49 pm:   

Email a copy to me if you like. It won't be an immediate response you get from me as I'm quite busy at the mo, but I'll probably get the chance to take a look over the long weekend. So you might hear from me next year!
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.150.18.97
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 - 05:11 pm:   

I think I'm going to try it again now. I'm going to pop downstairs and switch off the router and then have a stab at another story that's been bouncing in my brainbox for too long.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 166.216.226.68
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 - 05:33 pm:   

Why don't you shove a fork in the outlet, short the entire power-grid, and pop out a novel?.....

Send me a copy too.
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 92.232.199.129
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 - 07:52 pm:   

You've inspired me now, Weber. There's a story I did a while ago which I've been thinking of sending off somewhere recently. Just did a few tweaks to it again and now it's gone. It'll probably come back with a "no thanks" but you've got to try, haven't you?

(btw got your story you sent me - will take a look at the weekend)
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.145.134.114
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 - 10:10 pm:   

One more done. And two more I want to try and finish this weekend. Then I can spend Monday working through them and ironing the glitches, of which I'm bound to find a few.

Anyway. I'm now going to crash in front of the telly with a bottle of Chivas regal for company.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.180.70.140
Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 - 05:28 pm:   

Just about a decade ago, I had a rather funny rejoinder that deserves remembering!
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Tony (Tony)
Username: Tony

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 2.102.3.229
Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2021 - 02:38 pm:   

What happened to these people, Craig? I sometimes feel people we know online are like pine trees, we know them intensely for a short time, they blossom and take up space in our lives, but something about the world gives us shallow roots and we topple at the slightest change or shift in the land.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.180.70.140
Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2022 - 07:31 pm:   

This seems to be the case - there is so much to constantly distract us as it is, take us away - look how long it took me to get back here and respond to you!

But maybe we are like those peripatetic characters in all those "on the road" stories and novels through the centuries? Meeting up with strangers that become companions for a time along the way; then vanish as we part, and fate takes them, or as they seek their own fortunes elsewhere. FB, etc., just gave us the illusion of lasting, meaningful connections created swiftly, painlessly... but really, it's just one more typical iteration of an "on the road" story, replete with its stock of poignant relationships.
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Tony (Tony)
Username: Tony

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 109.249.184.215
Posted on Monday, January 17, 2022 - 04:04 pm:   

It struck me, looking back on my old friendships, that we were kind of like commodities in the night, like beers, something to ease our way through life. Is that harsh? Is it right? I remember fun times, nice times, laughs... but last night me and my son's friend watched Seinfeld and laughed til we couldn't breath, and I hardly know him. We're not exactly friends but it was a great time. Do "times" matter more than bonds? Does it even matter?
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 99.180.70.140
Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2022 - 07:06 pm:   

Ha! You've nailed it upon the head with this! I love it!!!
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Tony (Tony)
Username: Tony

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 2.102.2.92
Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 08:14 am:   

This is so sad.
I heard in a podcast on time this week (The Quantum Mechanics) that times is "kisses not stones" - ie "things" are just events that just happen more slowly than others. Driving around a flat area of Skye last year we saw a huge round boulder, how it got there so mysterious. Where did it come from? Why that boulder? What stopped it and when? It endured but felt...lonely, I guess. Now I remember it perhaps more than the mountains.

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