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[Headstall]

47 minutes ago, Caz Pedroso said:

 

Thanks Gary Hope you're doing okay. How's the shoulder? 

I think my idea of old fashioned romance might be better kept to my fantasy stories. I've nearly finished these edits enough to send them back. Then I can work on something more interesting. 😁

Don't let anyone or their opinion stifle you, Caz. We are the ones who create something out of nothing. I have had passive aggressive comments dropped occasionally about my work that apparently makes those people feel better. Whatever.  Your fans are the one who matter, of which I am one.  

My shoulder is progressing well. I can remove the sling for a few hours at a time starting on Friday. I can't use the arm... and I have to put my sling back on when I go out, or drive, or sleep, but I am ahead of schedule for it.  

[Headstall]

52 minutes ago, Sweetlion said:

Hi all😁

Hey, Leo!  

[Sweetlion]

Just now, Headstall said:

Hey, Leo!  

How have you been?

[Headstall]

45 minutes ago, Marty said:

Maybe send him a large book of blank drawing paper as well. He needs something to practice his crayoning on. I hear his daddy reckons he's too old to be scribbling on the walls nowadays.

Actually, scratch that idea. Might be wiser get him one of those where there are lots of numbers that he has to join up in order to make the pictures. There'd be a greater chance others might actually recognise what he's trying to draw.

 

Oh, you are so getting nuked.   Hey, Marty.  

[dughlas]

15 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Wow Dughlas hope you ordered me one and over nighted it here

I made the sandwich. I'll get to work on your order ... eventually.

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Sweetlion said:

How have you been?

Hah. Where do I start? I've had my surgery, and am doing great. I hope to be able to produce more writing eventually. I did have an entry in the spring anthology, and I wrote another short story call Our Bar that went over well, but they were written before my surgery, while I was in a lot of pain. I'm seeing clear skies off in the distance.

How are you doing? 

[Sweetlion]

2 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Hah. Where do I start? I've had my surgery, and am doing great. I hope to be able to produce more writing eventually. I did have an entry in the spring anthology, and I wrote another short story call Our Bar that went over well, but they were written before my surgery, while I was in a lot of pain. I'm seeing clear skies off in the distance.

How are you doing? 

Oh I read your anthology story, and I think the other one as well. It was good 😀

Im doing well, waiting at the airport actually, going to my annual conference again. Las year was in Toronto, and this year is in Japan 😁😁

[Marty]

3 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Oh, you are so getting nuked.   Hey, Marty.  

Hey, Gary!

I worry just as much about Pi Boy's empty threats as I do about the temper throwing tantrums of a young child that threatens to hold his breath until he dies.

(Anyway, he can't nuke Ireland. We're a nuclear free country 😛 )

 

[Headstall]

10 minutes ago, Sweetlion said:

Oh I read your anthology story, and I think the other one as well. It was good 😀

Im doing well, waiting at the airport actually, going to my annual conference again. Las year was in Toronto, and this year is in Japan 😁😁

Wow... you really get around, Sweetie.   Have a great time!  

[Headstall]

Another poem...

https://gayauthors.org/story/headstall/headstallsreflections/69 

 

[Sweetlion]

2 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Wow... you really get around, Sweetie.   Have a great time!  

Thanks, best wishes, get better soon

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Caz Pedroso said:

Argh, someone rescue me from Edits (off site and that's why I've been so absent. I signed a new contract that I'm starting to second guess) Warning rant ahead.

It is so confusing when one publisher's editor tells me off for putting details and play by play of conversations in, then another publisher's editor tells me they want all the details in because that is what makes the story and tells me off for glossing over conversations.

Plus, I've got one editor that is telling me my young men are acting more like it's 1950, than 2019 because they brought gifts to their first date and do things like holding chairs/doors for each other. I'm not that far out of touch am i? I'm sure i saw a young man doing that for someone a few days ago. Surely manners haven't changed so completely since i was last dating? 

I do that sort of thing, of course I'm not what one might consider a young man. But then my son was taught manners too and a grandson if I has one be as well. It may not be common practice but there still those youngsters who maintain social skills and graces and on a first date would behave particularly well.

[Marty]

Gotta head out for the evening.

Probably won't be back online for at least 7 hours.

Be good to each other, now.  

[dughlas]

5 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Morning y'all! 😘

As President of the Great State of Texas, I am pleased to announce that a Military Parade will be held March 2, 2020 in honor of Texas Independence Day!

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Y'all are required to attend.

 

Uhm, I'm pretty certain that my heel spurs will be acting up and my doctor says that I need to be excused that day. The good news though is that I heard from reliable sources that both North Korea and Russia have offered to send a couple of their missile launchers to help beef up the military gravitas of the occasion. 

[dughlas]

G'day y'all. Made a bit more progress in the garden this morning. Then it became too hot. Now the pup and I are relaxing in the shade enjoying the breeze.

[clochette]

2 hours ago, Sweetlion said:

Hi all😁

 Roarr!   how you've been?

[Caz Pedroso]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

My shoulder is progressing well. I can remove the sling for a few hours at a time starting on Friday. I can't use the arm... and I have to put my sling back on when I go out, or drive, or sleep, but I am ahead of schedule for it.  

That's great. Don't go pushing too hard though or you could undo all your hard work.  

And thank you for the other comments too. They mean a lot

 

 

[Caz Pedroso]

48 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I do that sort of thing, of course I'm not what one might consider a young man. But then my son was taught manners too and a grandson if I has one be as well. It may not be common practice but there still those youngsters who maintain social skills and graces and on a first date would behave particularly well.

Thanks Dugh it's good to know some ideas aren't being lost.

 

 

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Caz Pedroso said:

Thanks Dugh it's good to know some ideas aren't being lost.

 

 

You're welcome Caz. One other tidbit I heard many years ago. It was advice for young women concerning the men they were dating. It went something like this ... if you want to know how he will treat you if you marry, look at how he treats his mother. The implication being a young man who treats his mother with courtesy, love and respect will treat his wife in the same manner. Of course the opposite would also hold true.

Folks sometimes look at mum and me with surprise as most often we're teasing one another and they're just not sure. By the same token, I hold the door for her, push in her chair, open and close her cardoor and offer an arm in support if the ground is treacherous. I was taught this at a young age. As soon as I was old enough I was expected to be first to the door when we went out as a family. I opened and held the door for everyone, that meant my mother, father, sister, grandmothers and grandfathers, aunts and uncles, cousins too, though the older boys usually beat me to the task. If as sometimes happened there was a second door my father opened and held it until I, the last in line had entered. It was meant as courtesy not sexist as some have suggested. Quite obviously, my father and grandfathers being adult males could manhandle a door far more easily than my scrawny seven-yearold self and on occasion lent a hand opening a particularly irksome one though the holding duty remained mine. I still strive to be first to the door some of mum's friends are still learning. Many are single or widowed and grown accustomed to fending for themselves. Mum will put a hand on their arm and stand quietly by the door, occasionally she'll say "wait" until I get there. I was also taught that the man goes first only if the restaurant or other establishment is busy so he can clear a path in all other instances the woman goes first. I could go on but your eyes are beginning to glaze over ...

[BabyXander1990]

8 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Morning y'all! 😘

As President of the Great State of Texas, I am pleased to announce that a Military Parade will be held March 2, 2020 in honor of Texas Independence Day!

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Y'all are required to attend.

 

May Dennis and I bring a tank to the parade...? Or, may we bring an aircraft carrier?😄

[BabyXander1990]

8 hours ago, Caz Pedroso said:

Argh, someone rescue me from Edits (off site and that's why I've been so absent. I signed a new contract that I'm starting to second guess) Warning rant ahead.

It is so confusing when one publisher's editor tells me off for putting details and play by play of conversations in, then another publisher's editor tells me they want all the details in because that is what makes the story and tells me off for glossing over conversations.

Plus, I've got one editor that is telling me my young men are acting more like it's 1950, than 2019 because they brought gifts to their first date and do things like holding chairs/doors for each other. I'm not that far out of touch am i? I'm sure i saw a young man doing that for someone a few days ago. Surely manners haven't changed so completely since i was last dating?  

@Caz Pedroso I know that when Dennis and I go out, Dennis holds the door for me. Dennis and I got taught that you should hold the door open for females (or feminine male, like me 💓). I know some parents aren't teaching that, but we are! Gifts on the first date and flowers should be bought...

[BabyXander1990]

7 hours ago, Dmrman said:

They must have thought it was a Nude beach...??😄😄

True....😄

[BabyXander1990]

7 hours ago, Dmrman said:

A Rose bud...??😁😁

Yes...Dennis knows that our first date happened on July 3rd. That was on July 3rd 2002 when we were 12. Then last year, we had our first date after a few years apart. I love him and our kids, too. 👶👶👧👧🧒💓💓

Edited July 3, 2019 by BabyXander1990

[BabyXander1990]

6 hours ago, Caz Pedroso said:

Hi Bob  Hope you're doing well today. 

 

I wish your suggestion was an option but they work for different publishers.

Most of the comments this editor is making make sense and I'm grateful to them for helping me improve. But, their comments about how certain things are not how 'young people today' would act really niggle at me. Young people are not all the same. Some of them like the old fashioned romance movies, and like to be romanced themselves. Some don't want to be tied down at a young age and aren't looking for anything more than a one night stand. My point is they are all individuals. 

I didn't like it once when i was watching tv as a teenager and a scientist came on and said something along the lines of "Of course, all teenagers today have tried smoking and drugs at one time or another." My response was (and still is) I haven't. I do not like people who make generalisations about any group, whether it be by age/race/color/sexuality/etc. 

Sorry, i went off on a rant again.

@Caz Pedroso. I agree you can't generalize any group. At the local pride parade, the Log Cabin Republicans had a float. Nobody can't and shouldn't stereotype...

Edited July 3, 2019 by BabyXander1990

[BabyXander1990]

5 hours ago, Headstall said:

I have a hair appointment that day...  but I will send the Baby Drew balloon...     

Bad bad joke...😀