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Post by wolf on Jul 14, 2019 12:02:37 GMT
......there's a slight disturbance in the force.....
I think Dio just woke up!
Alright dammit! Who said Beetlejuice 3 times????
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Post by doccreed on Jul 14, 2019 17:57:46 GMT
As I was writing my novel this morning I realized my fictional town was more than a suggestion of the town where I used to work shelving books at the library. I further ruminated on what an auspicious time it was in my life and how I was present for the small town's last hurrah- what made it quaint faded, crumbled, and caught the wind like dying roses. My thirties reflected the best and worst of bachelorhood but I was blessed to witness an old town, two stop lights on main street and a train depot built around 1900, blossom into something new and hopeful. The low slung brick library adjoined the two story white stucco drug store and our flaking entrance of wood and glass supported by white Doric columns faced a side street where a deserted boarding house from the forties used to house mill workers. The day I joined the library staff I donated a miniature scare crow which I stabbed into a bale of hay on the front portico and the crisp October air kept pinging pecans onto my truck parked under the shade trees. That empty house called to me. The Kiwanis held meetings above the drug store and businesses in town bought bags of candy there to hand out to kids as they trekked down main on Hallowe'en night. I filled our break room with candy corn and mini Snickers. There was an elderly black gentleman who vacuumed and mopped; tall and sunken craggy grin. Name of Elzie. He called me Mr. Shane, which made me uncomfortable but I couldn't get him to stop. He walked miles to work and home and I offered him rides several times...once in a snowstorm. These faces and places changed when we got our new two million dollar library. CVS came to town and only the faithful shopped at the corner drug store. A new Exxon by the interstate stole business from the dusty gas station by the high school. I continued to stop there for donuts and cold fountain drinks. Or maybe it was to hear the chatter around the cashier about last night's football game or the latest rumors. Like the voices from the abandoned house, these accompanying voices call to me as I work on my novel. Funny how the lines blur.
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Post by wolf on Jul 14, 2019 19:43:21 GMT
Damn Doc.....now dats a Sunday treat you just done FINELY blessed all o' us with. Thankee wordslinger. c029 WUITIIQGUyMrvFxIgkNw
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Post by doccreed on Jul 14, 2019 19:52:22 GMT
Damn Doc.....now dats a Sunday treat you just done FINELY blessed all o' us with. Thankee wordslinger. Thanks, Wolf. You get a scratch behind the ears for that, hehheh. I appreciate it. c017
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Post by wolf on Jul 14, 2019 20:15:53 GMT
Doc! Wolf in me always appreciates a pet & scratch, but the gnslngr says MORE friends will come & applaud .
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Post by wolf on Jul 20, 2019 20:53:45 GMT
Alrighty then, let's see......
Roadtrip to the Beach Check list of necessities:
Low mein for morgan and Doc (veg. and NOT veg.) Cookies for Gentle Lemon meringue pie for Dio Candy for kidd (till he demands sumthin' better) MORE gummi bear stashes for Miss Dana Delightful Jean More Lonestar and Shiner for Sunshine, DoYa and Frank (cause "KLAUS" has drunk all the Shinerbock, and is steadily plowin' through the Lonestar! ...bad oscar!) {DON'T forget the "git stick" Sunshine, we got DIO and KIDD in the backseat! XD!} More ice! (...dang Oscar, we gonna need another cooler bae!) DEFINITELY more Tequila for ME. LOTS of Tea and Iced tea ...mmmmm......got m&m's......got plenty towels, soap and REAL FOOD, lol. We'll get other incidentals on the way to Padre too. Notaro? still got plenty shotgun shells?.... Or has somebody done sumthin' I don't know about yet???
Com'on! add to the list people, before I go back to the store again!
.....lol, I know we'll be makin' 10 more trips even after that one. (rofl)
Havin' a CrazyGood Time. .....alright, alright, alright.....XD!!!
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Post by Sundrop on Jul 20, 2019 21:48:15 GMT
Alrighty then, let's see......
Roadtrip to the Beach Check list of necessities:
Low mein for morgan and Doc (veg. and NOT veg.) Cookies for Gentle Lemon meringue pie for Dio Candy for kidd (till he demands sumthin' better) MORE gummi bear stashes for Miss Dana Delightful Jean More Lonestar and Shiner for Sunshine, DoYa and Frank (cause "KLAUS" has drunk all the Shinerbock, and is steadily plowin' through the Lonestar! ...bad oscar!) {DON'T forget the "git stick" Sunshine, we got DIO and KIDD in the backseat! XD!} More ice! (...dang Oscar, we gonna need another cooler bae!) DEFINITELY more Tequila for ME. LOTS of Tea and Iced tea ...mmmmm......got m&m's......got plenty towels, soap and REAL FOOD, lol. We'll get other incidentals on the way to Padre too. Notaro? still got plenty shotgun shells?.... Or has somebody done sumthin' I don't know about yet???
Com'on! add to the list people, before I go back to the store again!
.....lol, I know we'll be makin' 10 more trips even after that one.
Havin' a CrazyGood Time. .....alright, alright, alright.....XD!!! I'm gonna need some Reece's Cups and some nabs. I'll bring two sticks.......one for each hand! Glad to hear you're having a good time!!!!
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Post by wolf on Jul 20, 2019 22:19:34 GMT
Alrighty then, let's see......
Roadtrip to the Beach Check list of necessities:
Low mein for morgan and Doc (veg. and NOT veg.) Cookies for Gentle Lemon meringue pie for Dio Candy for kidd (till he demands sumthin' better) MORE gummi bear stashes for Miss Dana Delightful Jean More Lonestar and Shiner for Sunshine, DoYa and Frank (cause "KLAUS" has drunk all the Shinerbock, and is steadily plowin' through the Lonestar! ...bad oscar!) {DON'T forget the "git stick" Sunshine, we got DIO and KIDD in the backseat! XD!} More ice! (...dang Oscar, we gonna need another cooler bae!) DEFINITELY more Tequila for ME. LOTS of Tea and Iced tea ...mmmmm......got m&m's......got plenty towels, soap and REAL FOOD, lol. We'll get other incidentals on the way to Padre too. Notaro? still got plenty shotgun shells?.... Or has somebody done sumthin' I don't know about yet???
Com'on! add to the list people, before I go back to the store again!
.....lol, I know we'll be makin' 10 more trips even after that one.
Havin' a CrazyGood Time. .....alright, alright, alright.....XD!!! I'm gonna need some Reece's Cups and some nabs. I'll bring two sticks.......one for each hand! Glad to hear you're having a good time!!!! Coolness! Thanx Sunshine .....can't have too many experienced wranglers on board.
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Post by thekidd12 on Jul 21, 2019 3:05:06 GMT
{DON'T forget the "git stick" Sunshine, we got DIO and KIDD in the backseat! XD!}
I'm gonna need some Reece's Cups and some nabs. I'll bring two sticks.......one for each hand! Glad to hear you're having a good time!!!! Oh great now you probably have to explain nabs to another board...
Two sticks???
Thought we were passed the poking stage???
I don't think I have ever said that to a woman before...
WOW...
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Post by thekidd12 on Jul 21, 2019 3:13:24 GMT
Alrighty then, let's see......
Candy for kidd (till he demands sumthin' better)
{DON'T forget the "git stick" Sunshine, we got DIO and KIDD in the backseat! XD!}
Havin' a CrazyGood Time. .....alright, alright, alright.....XD!!! First glad you are having a good time...
Second why am I in the back seat with a dude (albeit one I do think would be an interesting conversationalist) again???Candy is fine but I can be demanding (when it's called for)…And why are you channeling Matthew McConaughey???wolf you ain't in a strip club are you???
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Post by morgan on Jul 21, 2019 3:49:26 GMT
Crazy good fun wolf !!
May I please get some spiked hard seltzer to add to your cooler of ice?
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Post by Sundrop on Jul 21, 2019 4:55:04 GMT
I'm gonna need some Reece's Cups and some nabs. I'll bring two sticks.......one for each hand! Glad to hear you're having a good time!!!! Oh great now you probably have to explain nabs to another board...
Two sticks???
Thought we were passed the poking stage???
I don't think I have ever said that to a woman before...
WOW... Nah, I'm not explaining nabs again.....it'll be our secret, along with the secret stash of Dr. Pepper.
Who do you think got stuck sitting between the two of you to keep y'all semi straight? I promise, I'll only use the stick if I'm provoked.......or feeling just a wee bit mischievous.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2019 6:06:25 GMT
I'm gonna need some Reece's Cups and some nabs. I'll bring two sticks.......one for each hand! Glad to hear you're having a good time!!!! Coolness! Thanx Sunshine .....can't have too many experienced wranglers on board. Plenty of sparkling water for me please Wolf, best get a few more shells for the shotgun, who knows who we might have to shoot along the way. Why are you in the back Kidd? Cuz shotgun ALWAYS rides in the front!!!
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Post by thekidd12 on Jul 21, 2019 15:21:38 GMT
Nah, I'm not explaining nabs again.....it'll be our secret, along with the secret stash of Dr. Pepper.
Who do you think got stuck sitting between the two of you to keep y'all semi straight? I promise, I'll only use the stick if I'm provoked.......or feeling just a wee bit mischievous.
Nice...
OK I'll sit in the back...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2019 16:07:32 GMT
As I was writing my novel this morning I realized my fictional town was more than a suggestion of the town where I used to work shelving books at the library. I further ruminated on what an auspicious time it was in my life and how I was present for the small town's last hurrah- what made it quaint faded, crumbled, and caught the wind like dying roses. My thirties reflected the best and worst of bachelorhood but I was blessed to witness an old town, two stop lights on main street and a train depot built around 1900, blossom into something new and hopeful. The low slung brick library adjoined the two story white stucco drug store and our flaking entrance of wood and glass supported by white Doric columns faced a side street where a deserted boarding house from the forties used to house mill workers. The day I joined the library staff I donated a miniature scare crow which I stabbed into a bale of hay on the front portico and the crisp October air kept pinging pecans onto my truck parked under the shade trees. That empty house called to me. The Kiwanis held meetings above the drug store and businesses in town bought bags of candy there to hand out to kids as they trekked down main on Hallowe'en night. I filled our break room with candy corn and mini Snickers. There was an elderly black gentleman who vacuumed and mopped; tall and sunken craggy grin. Name of Elzie. He called me Mr. Shane, which made me uncomfortable but I couldn't get him to stop. He walked miles to work and home and I offered him rides several times...once in a snowstorm. These faces and places changed when we got our new two million dollar library. CVS came to town and only the faithful shopped at the corner drug store. A new Exxon by the interstate stole business from the dusty gas station by the high school. I continued to stop there for donuts and cold fountain drinks. Or maybe it was to hear the chatter around the cashier about last night's football game or the latest rumors. Like the voices from the abandoned house, these accompanying voices call to me as I work on my novel. Funny how the lines blur.
Wow Doc, that is truly amazing. You are a VERY talented writer. Always tell when something you read is great when you come to the end of the piece and it leaves you wanting more. Thanks for posting.
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Post by doccreed on Jul 21, 2019 16:12:31 GMT
@alexandra
Thanks a lot, that's sweet of you. a200
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Post by morgan on Jul 21, 2019 19:56:41 GMT
Hey doccreed - Any leftover Coronas? Add 'em to wolf 's cooler!
I think we're gonna need a bigger cooler. One with wheels!
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Post by osnafrank on Jul 21, 2019 20:20:11 GMT
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Post by morgan on Jul 21, 2019 20:24:17 GMT
Thank Gawd you guys showed up! I was beginning to think I might've been "accidentally" left at the last rest stop!
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Post by doccreed on Jul 21, 2019 21:48:08 GMT
Hey doccreed - Any leftover Coronas? Add 'em to wolf 's cooler!
I think we're gonna need a bigger cooler. One with wheels!
I've got four empty bottles.
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