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(74 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Speaking of fresh meat, are you talking or writing? :-)

There is a standard booklet available at every license testing station.  It's probably online as well. Get one and read it. This is a big priority for safety so you'll know the rules (four and two-way stop signs) etc. then you'll know what other people are supposed to be doing for right-of-way. Also, most states require you to wear seat belts. How old are your kids? If they are less than a certain height or weight, they need a car seat. If they are a certain height or less than (I think it is 32 kg) they need a booster seat. Some states will give tickets for not having these. If the cop is being a dick, he might refuse to let you drive away and make you call a friend for a ride (who has car seats) It's really for the child's protection, and the officer has probably seen incorrectly restrained kids killed in accidents, so try to understand.

Deep breath, babe. Look up the car seat rules online and see if they apply.

And art :-) don't forget art. As in arteries. Made a pun there.

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(1,528 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

K, I think he's trying to make a story llike Babylon 5.  For what it's worth, so am I. I feel your pain, New Jersey.

1,430

(1,528 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Sorcerer's Stone? Whoopee!

FYI, the next chapter is done and just needs revision. If you bet that Mantle would be my next post, you were right.

Oh god, did Janet just start a conversation about round-abouts with a man who thinks of eight layers of freeway as a form of art? It's that three dimentionality math mind of yours, New Jersey. Don't scare her too much :-)

Sports reference. My eyes crossed.

I thought I mentioned that when I called him my second first-baby.  He's definitely a new experience:-)

Oh, New Jersey,
The title of the latest blurb on my son has changed.  In my version, the new title is, "The Immensity of Choice."  I can't change it on the website.  Is this better?

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(74 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

I assume that this version is the one you are submitting rather than the one that declared you were done?

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(74 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Not at all.  I figure I can't critique because I'm the judge, but that doesn't stop others.  It you post on your own points, then you can make it stronger with reviews and then post the final result on this page.

Heal quickly.  Keep that foot elevated.  Practice kicking your loved ones with the good foot  :-)  It adds fun to the day.

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(8 replies, posted in Short Fiction and Non-Fiction)

I completely missed this.  Bad Amy!  All I can say is that I've been busy at work, but that is just an excuse.  No deadline!  That's the problem! 

OK, I'm back on track.  Give me a bit of time to see what I can come up with to start this off.

A

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(1,528 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Hmmm.  Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney) and The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.

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(74 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Contestant #1 is up!  Any other takers brave enough to challenge the great and powerful NJC? 

Batter up!

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(1,528 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

List the title here for clarification.  Otherwise, I think you're just talking about, "The Sorcerer's Progress'

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(520 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Our Janet is back on line!  Whoopee!  Make sure that you take lots of pictures when you tour around!

A

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(74 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Oh, I  need to read this a couple more times before I comment.  Nice job!

A

Each finishing nail is less than the weight of a penny and costs far more than a cent ,  You pay too much to make resale worthwhile.  Same reason why copper wiring is stripped from abandoned houses.  It only brings the thief thirty dollars or so for resale but replacing the wiring can be hundreds of dollars just for the supplies.

K, get a stinking passport.  Then you can come across the pond and raid hardware stores for resale back home. 

Speaking of passports...

Hey Janet!  Are you on our side of the pond yet?  What do you think of American food?  We're a bunch of eaters over here, aren't we?  Did you go and eat at the Edgewater in Seattle?

Point taken (argh, argh)

A

I tested this copper thing on a tree stump that kept sending up shoots. The hardest thing is finding copper nails. Hardware stores carry them for small finishing touches on woodwork.

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(17 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

I haven't forgotten you.  Work has been hell.  I'll try to check on you soon.

A

Copper nails are used in real-life to dispatch troublesome trees.  Flat-out fact.  Used by airplane afficianados at Oshkosh's airplane convention to kill old oaks that threaten planes on the runway.  However, I can see that this would be a confusing issue and I'll eliminate it (I don't remember why Airen carried the copper nails, but maybe I needed the prop.  Will investigate)

As to the glowing gob of goo? (whistles innocently and looks up to the sky and counts clouds.)

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(74 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Making money yet not wasting work...win win!