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[stickygirl]

Quantum theory on the GB?

Was someone trying to explain the large dark areas between their three brain cells?

Possibly - it was difficult to tell. It might have been that they were had positive and negatively charged BS in the same place at the same time.... so no change there

 

[Handley_Page]

Possibly - it was difficult to tell. It might have been that they were had positive and negatively charged BS in the same place at the same time.... so no change there

Oh do please let us have a link.

 

[stickygirl]

Your wish

God puts in an appearance too

 

[Handley_Page]

Your wish

God puts in an appearance too

I noticed.
I understand that there is a postulation that there have been multiple 'Big Bangs'.
When I first heard that, I got to thinking about multiple dimensions and then my Brain Hurt, so I stopped (actually, the lights changed).

 

[NaokoSmith]

Lori arrived back in Paris yesterday afternoon exhausted and emotionally wrung out, but very happy.... We're staying in Paris for a few days to let her recuperate, she's been on the go since Tuesday, then it's back home to Juan les Pins.

Phew, glad all is OK with your folks and Lori is safe home.

Day two seems to have gone just as well as day one. Though, the kid has now twice forgotten the "Concussion form" that I apparently have to sign for gym class , and almost forgot to bring his viola home. Well, he did forget, but I caught him and sent him back inside to fetch it.

In other news, I am participating in a multi-part flash fiction challenge. I'm really looking forward to getting some feedback and the parameters of the next step in a few weeks.

Excellent news on the flash fic! and so glad to hear Kidlet #1 is coping so well. The switch up is so nerve-wracking, great that he's coping so well and your only problem is the forgetting of musical instruments (get used to that! )

curl

I never cease to be amazed by what passes as "fact" on the GB. I just learnt a whole lot more about quantum theory today!

Was someone trying to explain the large dark areas between their three brain cells?

I got to thinking about multiple dimensions and then my Brain Hurt, so I stopped (actually, the lights changed).

HP, that is so perfectly Winne-the-Pooh and the Big Bang! otherwise known as that story when Piglet gets Eeyore a balloon for his birthday but when running along through the hundred acre wood, trips and falls on it ...

 

[NaokoSmith]

Postcard

Hullo dahlinks, as I am home now I am dropping off my postcard for you all. I had a wonderful time, although as I predicted the narrowband was so low that it took ten minutes to download the tide tables. I had a great break from work etc etc.

View from our flat (seriously!)

Monastery I went to visit

Ship's dog on the boat we took to go over to the monastery - with a bit of leg

 

[curl4ever]

Woo-hoo! So glad you had such a nice and relaxing trip!

And by the way, you send the BEST postcards!

 

[MagicaPractica]

Just peeking in . . . lovely postcards!

 

[stickygirl]

Hullo dahlinks, as I am home now I am dropping off my postcard for you all. I had a wonderful time, although as I predicted the narrowband was so low that it took ten minutes to download the tide tables. I had a great break from work etc etc.

View from our flat (seriously!)

hate hate hate it awful dreadful yuck
and SO madly jealous - it looks perfect

Monastery I went to visit

I thought you went to Wales, not Austria?!

Back so soon? I was braced for a longer absence, but so glad you're back X. I ought to make an effort to C the C this year... maybe later this month.

 

[Handley_Page]

I rather thought that the Ice Cream was looking rather nice.

 

[oggbashan]

I rather thought that the Ice Cream was looking rather nice.

Too nice for me. I'd need a twenty mile walk to get rid of those calories, and when did I last walk twenty miles?

Decades ago.

 

[stickygirl]

I rather thought that the Ice Cream was looking rather nice.

Too nice for me. I'd need a twenty mile walk to get rid of those calories, and when did I last walk twenty miles?

Decades ago.

It's for sharing, obviously. Naoko couldn't possibly have eaten that by herself!

 

[oggbashan]

It's for sharing, obviously. Naoko couldn't possibly have eaten that by herself!

I'm sure she that she could, and she would enjoy every bit of it.

 

[Handley_Page]

I'm sure she that she could, and she would enjoy every bit of it.

she sure would

 

[Hypoxia]

I'm back home (for now)

We've been on the road in our little housecar for almost two months, offline most of the time, hanging out in remote (free) campgrounds. I luckily have 3 Android devices so I can load up 33 stories with the LIT app, enough to stay entertained till we reach the next WiFi hotspot or cell service zone.

The laptops were activated exactly twice in that time, for non-LIT reasons. That's where I write, so I got no writing done. I did manage to tap-out notes on my primary tablet so I have maybe a dozen stories plotted and waiting. We'll be home for a few weeks before the next long journey. Y'all might see some new submissions next week. Time travel; a gyroplane; an Evil Queen; fat slobs; some sequels; yada yada. Stay tuned.

 

[sheablue]

Naoko, those photos are lovely and that ice cream looks divine!

Hypoxia -- that trip of yours sounds like a dream. Color me jealous.

 

[Hypoxia]

Hypoxia -- that trip of yours sounds like a dream. Color me jealous.

Long journeys are always dreamy. But sometimes dreams aren't as expected. We rolled from our central Sierra Nevada hamlet to southwest Oregon to see family, then across the Great Basin to the northern Rockies and down to Jellystone which was alas soaked in heat and forest-fire smoke. We sought escape.

3 factors influence summer temperatures in the USA West: altitude, latitude, and the coast. Even high elevations close to the Canadian border were hot and smoky so we spun down the Snake and Columbia valleys to the Olympic peninsula and the Ecotopia coast. Ah, the cool, clear air, the rainforests, the legal cannabis, the Fred Meyer stores...

We saw many wondrous sights. We were cautiously engulfed by a herd of bison in Jellystone, and elks and sea lions blocked highways in places. We saw burning forests, much too close. We avoided large cities. We mostly stayed in National Forest campgrounds, lounged in camp, and read.

What we didn't do: Swim. Sit around making music enough. Sketch and write. Shower every day. (Hey, a 25-foot class-C RV has limited liquid capacity.) Make elaborate meals. (It's got a tiny kitchen, too.) Watch TV. Go to RVer parties. Hang out in bars. Practice Mayan language lessons. Sacrifice pigeons.

No more long trips till mid-October, when we'll head off to Arizona for family visits and Day of the Dead festivities, then across the Panhandles to the Ozarks, and back for Christmas in Santa Fe before returning home. All at a slow pace. Drive a few miles. Stay a few days. Repeat as needed.

 

[Handley_Page]

Long journeys are always dreamy.

All at a slow pace. Drive a few miles. Stay a few days. Repeat as needed.

I used to enjoy that life. But a large number of decent sites a exclusive to this or that 'Club' ("Members only") and you have to book in advance.
But parking right next to the lake and then goin' fishing was real fun.

 

[Hypoxia]

I used to enjoy that life. But a large number of decent sites a exclusive to this or that 'Club' ("Members only") and you have to book in advance.

And many of those are pricey, even state parks, especially in high-demand areas like around San Francisco. Federal camps are better, what with our fossil discount. But we find many an acceptable forest camp, county fairground or park, Indian casino, Elks lodge (we joined for their RV program), quiet public right-of-way, trailer parks desperate for overnighters, etc. Many apps list free and cheap sites. We don't spend a lot.

But parking right next to the lake and then goin' fishing was real fun.

That's the unplugged life and it sure is sweet. Park on a coastal clifftop and feel the waves crashing on rocks below. Park on a desert ridge and walk around naked. Park in a fragrant forest and be smothered by scents. (We were drowning in myrtlewood a few days ago). Park by a river and jump right in.

 

[stickygirl]

Oh that sounds blissful. Did you see Naoko's friends wandering around naked too? Got any photos

Slight disgression but I have been shocked by the 70s and "children's television". I'm referring to Capt Pugwash on UK tv, who was accompanied by Tom the cabin boy ( apparently confused with Roger the cabin boy ), Lt Scratchwood and Master Mate. Were the powers that be completely cloth-eared? Then's there's Noggin the Nog, Dylan the spliff-smoking rabbit in Magic Roundabout. No wonder that generation was so screwed up!
Are there other perverted children's programs I need to know about?

 

[oggbashan]

Oh that sounds blissful. Did you see Naoko's friends wandering around naked too? Got any photos

Slight disgression but I have been shocked by the 70s and "children's television". I'm referring to Capt Pugwash on UK tv, who was accompanied by Tom the cabin boy ( apparently confused with Roger the cabin boy ), Lt Scratchwood and Master Mate. Were the powers that be completely cloth-eared? Then's there's Noggin the Nog, Dylan the spliff-smoking rabbit in Magic Roundabout. No wonder that generation was so screwed up!
Are there other perverted children's programs I need to know about?

The Magic Roundabout was wonderful. It was originally a French series but the people who were asked to do the English voiceover had a ball wrecking the original bland stories. It was such a success in its English version that the French translated the English scripts back into French. It was one of the few made-for-children cartoons that adults enjoyed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Roundabout

 

[Hypoxia]

Oh that sounds blissful. Did you see Naoko's friends wandering around naked too? Got any photos

Just wait till the sex tapes leak, heh heh.

Slight disgression but I have been shocked by the 70s and "children's television". <snip> No wonder that generation was so screwed up!
Are there other perverted children's programs I need to know about?

My childhood TV exposure was USA pre-1963. HOWDY DOODY characters were pretty sick. Soupy Sales was intentionally twisted. All-day runs of THREE STOOGES, violent/racist cartoon factories (Lantz, Warner, Disney, Fleischer, etc), and monster/alien movies imprinted me with absurd and incredible notions. (The best of the cartoons were Jay Ward's ROCKY & BULLWINKLE.) Los Angeles then hosted several marginal TV stations that filled the airwaves with cheap crap any kid could tune into. Why bother with ROMPER ROOM when THE CRAWLING EYE is on?

 

[Handley_Page]

The Magic Roundabout was wonderful. It was originally a French series but the people who were asked to do the English voiceover had a ball wrecking the original bland stories. It was such a success in its English version that the French translated the English scripts back into French. It was one of the few made-for-children cartoons that adults enjoyed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Roundabout

I recall this with considerable pleasure:
Jasper Carrot, Magic Roundabout.

 

[NaokoSmith]

you send the BEST postcards!

Just peeking in . . . lovely postcards!

Thank you!

Too nice for me. I'd need a twenty mile walk to get rid of those calories.

I too thought I would come back beachball shaped after stuffing myself on fish and chips and ice-cream. But I seem to have burnt off more energy than I realised just rambling and scrambling about the beaches. Our flat was on the 3rd floor, which may have helped.

I rather thought that the Ice Cream was looking rather nice.

It sure was!

It's for sharing, obviously. Naoko couldn't possibly have eaten that by herself!

How could you cast doubt on my appetite in that way? I had two of them! (Not on the same day.)

I'm sure she that she could, and she would enjoy every bit of it.

I sure did!

We've been on the road in our little housecar for almost two months.... Y'all might see some new submissions next week. Time travel; a gyroplane; an Evil Queen; fat slobs; some sequels; yada yada. Stay tuned.

*HUG*S!!!
Looking forward to seeing the stories upload.

Naoko, those photos are lovely and that ice cream looks divine!

The ice cream was so-o-o-o!!! good

 

[NaokoSmith]

I am just nipping in, in the midst of finishing off teaching one module, starting another and sewing name labels in a vast array of items of Piglet school uniform. I'm so excited!

I gave the first chunk of my novel to an old schoolfriend to read. I haven't been in touch with her for years, and hooked up recently on Facebook. We got on well, then she suddenly said in a comment: "Do you still write novels?" I rather shyly coughed to the fact that I do, but rather spicier nowadays than my schoolgirl efforts, and she kindly said she would have a look at that beast of a novel I have been wrestling with, re-writing and editing and re-writing for about twenty or thirty years.

I didn't hear from her, so I assumed the story was so bad she didn't have the heart to tell me. However today I got a message to say, she had been slow because her computer was broken. She found the first two chapters she had to work to stick with it, but from there on she really loved the story and she asked to read the rest of it!

She is kind of my target audience so I am extremely very happy now.



I think I know what to do with the first two chapters. I think it's because I started off on one of the story threads, then I dived straight into another one in the second chapter. I think readers go: "What? Where is the story?" If I lay down some hooks for the second thread in the first chapter, then readers will not feel so lost and at sea, they'll be hooked in to what's going on. They won't be saying: "yes, but what about the first lot? was that all just filler, am I not going to find out about what happens to them?"