Carol, This was a delightfully clever piece to read, and I think your conclusion is spot on. Well done, Dave ... From: ticket2write@yahoogroups.com...
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rede2rollbaby
Nov 26, 2008 10:17 pm
A MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM A.S.I.O. [Australian Security Intelligence Organisation] DIRECTIVES FOR XMAS IN AUSTRALIA. Due to current governmental security policies...
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wings081
Nov 27, 2008 12:40 pm
Dear Carol Almost a faultless revision. Don't like the use of the 'F' word but you can't please us all. I note also you still use "his boys" but maybe that is...
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David Roth
davidjroth2002
Nov 27, 2008 7:26 pm
Congratulations Rod!! Dave ... From: ticket2write@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ticket2write@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of albiaicehouse Sent: Wednesday, 26...
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wings081
Nov 27, 2008 11:18 pm
Place names pronunciation. Will one of Uncle Sam's nieces or nephews please advise me of the correct way to pronounce the place known as St Louis. I have...
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David Roth
davidjroth2002
Nov 28, 2008 9:07 am
Sir Wings, Saint Lewis and Louie Armstrong - or just plain Satchmo. Dave ... From: ticket2write@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ticket2write@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
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goddessinbluejeans
goddessinblu...
Nov 28, 2008 9:09 am
Dear Bernie: This piece is histrionics, correct? HILLARIOUS! If this is indeed "teat-er" of the absurboobaloobies well you got my ticket...is Chesty Morgan...
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goddessinbluejeans
goddessinblu...
Nov 28, 2008 9:12 am
Dear Wings: Seems like I can channel the Old South at whim. Sort of look like Britney too. Well, ok...here goes. If you are a native to Louisiana...you say...
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goddessinbluejeans
goddessinblu...
Nov 28, 2008 9:13 am
Dear Rod: Superlative! Way to go, Rod! Wish I could write like the masters here - I feel like I am still in a training bra metaphorically speaking in the...
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wings081
Nov 28, 2008 9:46 am
Dear Catie Maybe it's me and this infernal machine but I only have a blank page where your story should be. Re. "et lux in tenebris lucet et tenebrae eam non...
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Catie Airriess
airriess.catie
Nov 28, 2008 3:51 pm
I live there, so here goes. It is pronounced St. Lewis. ... -- Catie Airriess cmairriess@... et lux in tenebris lucet et tenebrae eam non...
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Catie Airriess
airriess.catie
Nov 28, 2008 3:53 pm
Will try again. Blank is not the effect I was after LOL. Catie ... -- Catie Airriess cmairriess@... et lux in tenebris lucet et tenebrae eam non...
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albiaicehouse
Nov 28, 2008 9:23 pm
gibj, You have brought to our attention the term "training bra". What an interesting term. Who or what is being trained? What are they being trained to...
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albiaicehouse
Nov 28, 2008 9:24 pm
Wings (and Catie), I think you and I may be noticing the same thing? Below Catie's message is the following: Attachment(not stored) Yes It's True for CRIT.docx...
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wings081
Nov 28, 2008 10:24 pm
Dear Catie and all other members who have kindly offered me the correct pronunciation of St Louis. I wonder now how I should refer to that great champion of...
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David Roth
davidjroth2002
Nov 28, 2008 11:07 pm
.docx is the default format for Microsoft Office 2007, and nothing reads it except MSO 2007, or the Word 2007 document reader, a free download from ...
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Audrey Shaffer
phoenix743
Nov 28, 2008 11:07 pm
Hi Catie,  I get the posts by email, so I did get your attachment. I got it, but can't open it. It's a .docx document, meaning it was created in Word 2007....
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Nov 28, 2008 11:27 pm
Dear Wings....Most of us pronounce Louisville as "Lua ville" and St. Louis as either "St. Lewis" or "St. Looie" if we are in Chicago when saying it. Now, the...
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wings081
Nov 28, 2008 11:58 pm
Dear Suzi, Re "We in Arkansas" My, you've really settled in to your new home since leaving Illinois, which I have always pronounced in my ignorance,Illin-oyee...
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Catie Airriess
airriess.catie
Nov 29, 2008 4:58 am
Thank you for that, I had no idea. I will change now and repost. ... -- Catie Airriess cmairriess@... et lux in tenebris lucet et tenebrae eam non...
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David Roth
davidjroth2002
Nov 29, 2008 3:26 pm
Catie, This is off to a good start. There are a few places where vernacularism interferes with the story (This morning I didn't do good at keeping the family...
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goddessinbluejeans
goddessinblu...
Nov 29, 2008 8:56 pm
Dear Rod: Knockers in training schools? Similar to wings B52 AF training schools? See how culture effects most everything else. Those were the days! Post-war...
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Manfred
r_u_sirius2
Nov 30, 2008 1:41 pm
Goodonya Rumbo, and a little Festive ditty to add to the pile ... Randolph, the brown nosed reindeer was feeling rather sickly, He could run as fast as...
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Manfred
r_u_sirius2
Nov 30, 2008 1:44 pm
By way of explanation "Ulysses" is a motorcycle club for old farts (50 and over) Reverting (c) 2008 Manfred Vijars I know I'm getting on in years but I've...
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rede2rollbaby
Nov 30, 2008 4:42 pm
G'day Wodka... I'll drink to that...And bloody near anything else! Randolph, the brown nosed reindeer was feeling rather sickly, He could run as fast as...
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rede2rollbaby
Nov 30, 2008 4:44 pm
ON GRAVEYARD SHOAL A demon cruel, is the cold blown spray, from angered waters, it makes its way. Plaintive, like to a lost soul's final cry, moans the bitter...
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Jerry
jerry5849
Nov 30, 2008 4:54 pm
The Long Night Through the treetops cold wind blows From the north the frosty snows Blanket meadow, brook and dell Slumbering in white repose In their dens the...
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wings081
Nov 30, 2008 5:10 pm
Hi Bernie I read your poem with interest and I was transported back many years to my junior school when we were forced to memorise various poems, one of which...
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Carol
carol_emt87
Dec 1, 2008 1:01 am
Dear Rod, I did leave some openings in the story quite intentionally. I believe that a reader's mind needs room to wander and writers should trust the reader...
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Carol
carol_emt87
Dec 1, 2008 1:14 am
Dear Wings, Thank you for your kind words and insight. I've been away from the computer over the last few days--Thanksgiving, kids and grandson, family,...
