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[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Happy Sunday Philip. Im going to be in your area soon. I'll be in Nottingham next weekend for NovaCon, and visiting my brother in Derby for a couple of days first.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Happy Sunday Philip. Im going to be in your area soon. I'll be in Nottingham next weekend for NovaCon, and visiting my brother in Der by for a couple of days first."

Enjoy, GL :-) At the risk of showing my ignorance, what's NovaCon?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

http://www.novacon.org.uk/n44/

Its a sci fi convention.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "http://www.novacon.org.uk/n44/

Its a sci fi convention."

Ah, I see. Until I retired at the end of August, I used to work in Nottingham.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

There are worse fates...

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "There are worse fates..."

but none that you can discuss in a public forum

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Not without being sin binned...

[Jim]

But in the sin bin you can discuss ANYTHING!

[Philip]

Here's Part 2 of the Josiah and Archibald story :-)

http://www.wattpad.com/80860715-a-dub...

[Jim]

Am I allowed to confess that I rather like it ;-)

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "Am I allowed to confess that I rather like it ;-)"

Oh, go on then, if you must ;-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Yay! New page!

[Philip]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Yay! New page!"

This is what we want - enthusiasm :-)

[Philip]

Just had this comment on FB 'highly entertaining, superbly written' - doesn't get better than that, does it? :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Excellent!

[Philip]

Yes, I'm quite definitely chuffed!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

You can get ointment for that.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "You can get ointment for that."

I've always thought that it would make a good title for a steam enthusiasts' magazine.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

They are chuff-chuff-chuffed?

[Philip]

The next part of the Josiah and Archibald story. Hope you like it. I've sorted out the constantly changing surname that Kath kindly pointed out, now as well :-)

http://www.wattpad.com/81848241-a-dub...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Waving at you from Nottingham this time.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Waving at you from Nottingham this time."

Hello, Nottingham!

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Will be heading for the train station soon, then to Tamworth and Nuneaton.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Will be heading for the train station soon, then to Tamworth and Nuneaton."

My word, you know how to live, don't you!

Nottingham station is quite impressive. Certainly better than what's left of Burton's.

[Philip]

I'm not sure if it means anything, but 'Last Rights' is currently trending on ReadWave!

http://www.readwave.com/trending/

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Dunno what any of that means...

[Philip]

ReadWave is a bit like You Tube, only for writing :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Oh I see. I thought it was a method of reading while on a surfboard!

[Philip]

That was the original concept, but it was a very specialised audience ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

So they widened it out a bit. Good call!

[Jim]

Now it's available for skateboards as well

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

And snowboards?

[Philip]

They have a humour section with irony boards

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

And with cheese boards?

[Jan]

So, what are you doing now that you have retired - re-organising the house and driving your wife dotty by telling her there's a better way to do things?

[Philip]

Jan wrote: "So, what are you doing now that you have retired - re-organising the house and driving your wife dotty by telling her there's a better way to do things?"

I wouldn't dare try to re-organise the house, but I'm probably driving my wife dotty, to say the least ;-)

I'm trying to do a bit more writing but most of our time is taken up with grandchild-minding, which is great but time-consuming.

[Philip]

See what you think of this:

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/SHORT...

[Jan]

Good one! Really enjoyed the story. Well done to get it published in the Telegraph.

[Philip]

Jan wrote: "Good one! Really enjoyed the story. Well done to get it published in the Telegraph."

Thanks a lot, Jan. I'm afraid it's the Derby Telegraph rather than The Daily Telegraph, but you've got to start somewhere ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

What my brother called The Rag.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "What my brother called The Rag."

How very dare he? Do you know, I realised the other day that I've been writing for them, on and off, for 10 years next month!

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Keeping the standards up single handed!

[Jan]

I've just realised I've been writing our local Neighbourhood Watch newsletter for 26 years!

[Jim]

that's some track record Jan

[Philip]

Certainly is! How time flies.

[Jan]

Philip wrote: "Certainly is! How time flies."

And how crime has changed! (got worse)

[Philip]

Ok, come on, admit it. Who was excited this morning because they could open a window on their Advent Calendar? (tentatively raises one hand slightly and blushes)

I've dragged out one of my Alter-Nativity stories to kick off December - http://www.readwave.com/the-night-wat... and I'm in the process of writing a new one :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Christmas? Whats that then? Its something thats weeks and week away!

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Christmas? Whats that then? Its something thats weeks and week away!"

Not according to the adverts on the T.V., they've been banging on about it since October. I'll be ready to shoot Ant & Dec if they keep on.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Try not to. I hear christmas in prison isn't very merry.

There are advantages to living without a TV.