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Will Once - somewhere and back again
Will wrote: "Records without a turntable? That sounds like an itch that needs to be scratched!"Whenever I look at them, yes.
I got rid of the records; we hadn't listened to them in years, and an enthusiast took them - enthusiastically.Nothing special - mass productions.
I liked it but I didn't get the ending.Am I being thick?
Oh and I'm pleased there will be more short stories coming to your blog!
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I liked it but I didn't get the ending.Am I being thick?"
They never did find the money.
Cuz she bought the diamond. Okay I get it.
What's a kulcher?You're making me rather stupid today.
Oh.My gawd, I'm thick!
I'm so embarrassed!
And I don't like poetry.
You don't like poetry? We'll have to do something about that.You can read My Last Duchess as a short story or a piece of dialogue.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Oh.My gawd, I'm thick!
I'm so embarrassed!
And I don't like poetry."
If we older folk don't maintain standards for written English, we will have this kind of thing - which is already rampant - make it impossible to understand the younger generations.
Stick to your guns with those kiddies.
Will wrote: "You don't like poetry? We'll have to do something about that.You can read My Last Duchess as a short story or a piece of dialogue."
Then punctuate it properly.
Continuing an internet conversation about "show don't tell" - quite possibly one of the most misunderstood of the writing rules.https://willonce.wordpress.com/2016/0...
A free short story about love, celebrity and the perils of the wine waiter.And take ten bonus points if you can work out who the (UK) celebrity was.
https://willonce.wordpress.com/2016/0...
Not fair. I doubt I'll know the celebrity.I'll have to read it later. Just about to serve dinner.
Here's a free short story about the mother of all arguments.https://willonce.wordpress.com/2016/0...
You bugged my flat, haven't you?
I bet we've all had at least one of those.
Continuing the theme of free short stories, here's a little tale about what Veronica saw when she came home early from shopping.https://willonce.wordpress.com/2016/0...
Will wrote: "Here's a free short story about the mother of all arguments.https://willonce.wordpress.com/2016/0..."
We've never learned to argue properly like that. I can't take it - so I find something that works and we either figure it out, or postpone.
That's full of passive-aggressive behavior and changing the subject and... all kinds of logical fallacies. Ad hominem attacks...
Must be quite wearying.
My practice marriage was full of arguments like that. "And another thing..."The Mem and I have worked out the only way to win a marital argument is to be the first one to back down and apologise. And if both of you know that, the arguments never last very long.
Will wrote: "My practice marriage was full of arguments like that. "And another thing..."The Mem and I have worked out the only way to win a marital argument is to be the first one to back down and apologise...."
I think the basic tenet is to give the other person the benefit of the doubt automatically, and not assume they are trying to bash you over the head.
It doesn't remove the sting of a comment said in haste in the wrong tone of voice, but without at least crediting the person you've chosen to spend your life and your body with good intentions, where can you possibly go?
Let's have another short story. This is the Undead of Upminster.https://willonce.wordpress.com/2016/0...
So good she said it twice!
My internet burped.I wonder how long it'll take Will to see where he is. :D
Then what happened? Anything. Nothing. Something. It's a fragment. A story within a story. A tiny crystallized moment. If a novel is a movie, a story like that is a GIF.Oh, I don't know. I'm making this up as I go along. Another short story in a little while.
Oh, heck. I've been moved to a puddle! Maybe if I give Patti another story she'll move me back into the blogs?
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Dave has never suggested a ski holiday.
Ooh puddle of mild disfavour! Ooh.... *muses*
We've got to keep them in line, my co-mod.
It's the EU blog, which probably tells you all you need to know about whether you want to read it or not.https://willonce.wordpress.com/2016/0...
Oh. I should probably move you back now.Then I shall read your post.
After my divorce I lived on my own for a year in Leagrave - a lifeless suburb of Luton. Mile after mile of 1960s concrete flats and mean little houses, where the only entertainment was the fighting pub, the chippie, the indian takeaway and the video rental shop.After that, anywhere feels like luxury.
Including a puddle
Eww.Thank goodness it was only a year.
We drove through a rather insalubrious area today, on our way somewhere else.
I don't expect that here. I was naively taken aback.
Anywho...
Number five was your best point, I think.
Common ground needs to be found and built upon and that will only happen if everyone actually listens to one another.
And may I just say that I'm thoroughly pissed off I didn't buy our holiday money before the vote. Meant to but put it off.
We pay for our laziness.
The vote is going to make it hard to find that common ground, I'm afraid. Because of the way it was fought, both sides now feel cheated.
The Remain voters are furious at the way that the Leave campaign misrepresented the benefits of leaving. I've just watched the Commons debate and the £350 million figure was raised time after time.
The Leave voters are starting to realise that they've been stitched up because the Leave campaign have no intention of doing much about immigration. But they would be livid if the referendum was rerun.
There seem to be three crunch points:
1. what kind of a deal we can get in our exit negotiations with the EU?
2. what are the Leave campaign actually offering?
3. does the Labour party support Brexit or Remain?
Messy, messy, messy.
Is there even a Labour Party at the moment?
There seem to be two Labour parties. There's one with Jeremy Corbyn, a handful of MPs but a heck of a lot of union and rank and file member support. Several of my friends are passionate Corbyn supporters.Then there's another with Hilary Benn and most of what used to be the shadow cabinet.
Cameron made a good joke in his statement today. He welcomed the new MP replacing Sadiq Khan who was entering the House of Commons for the first time today - what a day to have as your first day! Cameron advised her to keep an eye on her phone as she could be in the shadow cabinet by the evening.
I feel sorry for Corbyn. He's a decent bloke but way way out of his depth.
I had such high hopes for Corbyn.Unfortunately, he's no Trudeau.
I was never as much of fan. I like some elements of his politics but I never thought he was electable. And I certainly don't think he's the right labour leader to entice disaffected Tories to defect.
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'Oh? Here, give me iPad so I can read it when you're done.'
'Yeah, okay.'
'What's that video you're watching? Thought you were going to give me the iPad?'
'Hold on, it's part of the blog.'
'Hmmm, that turntable looks really good. Bet it would fit in the suitcase.'
I hate you, Will.