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Belated Happy Birthday Lacey I bet you thought I'd forgot Nope, nada, not me Hope you have a great year!!!

Harry is still a prince and always will be . Prince BHopper2 has a nice ring to it

The monarchy is not a boogey man hiding waiting to take away your rights. The fact that you bring up the streets is not very good to argue against the Queen's rule. When was the last time that the Queen banned assembly on the streets? I think you will find the United States and France and most other non monarchies have far more curfews and wide sweeping restrictions on their citizens by their elected and non-elected (police) than England or Canada. In fact, in Queen's home country, it isn't the Queen restricting large swaths of land from teens from being out past 9PM, it is local governments and councils. This is elected officials. Curfews are always being instituted in the US restricting citizens from assembling on the streets, by police and government. Mostly elected officials are the ones restricting everyone rights, not a sovereign. Here in Canada, 89% of land is crown land (41% federal and 48% provincial). Here is where I say I can't fit into a two party system of the US My conservative side says the monarchy is great and if it isn't broke, why get rid of it. The liberal side of me says I would much much much rather the majority of land in Canada under government control, aka, the Crown. Once again, the Queen isn't going to tell Canada to stop the Oilsands in Northern Alberta which are leased from the Crown, or tell us that we can't do something with a National Parks land (not that we would). The last incident I can think of restrictions of Canadian Citizens on freedom of movement on a general basis, please don't bring up the G8 Conference in Toronto as it was a closed area ahead of time, was the institution of Martial Law under the War Measures Act for the FLQ crisis back when Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister. Once again, an elected official, not the Queen. The Queen and the monarchy isn't hurting Canada, so why the hate for them? It has provided us with 150 years of stable government and sound judgement and checks and balances that all seem to work. Is there reasons to improve our government; senate, election boundaries and rules, etc, yes but why throw out our great system just because some people are afraid of symbolic head of state, which in reality is more safe than any elected official. Remember, look at the last 100 years, not the previous 2000.

Well Dodger, I will wholeheartedly disagree with you Tell you what, if you don't want to pay $1.57 out of your yearly earnings, I will happily contribute $3.14 to cover us both Canada, as a colony, a country is a Commonwealth Country with our official political and constitutional ties to the monarchy. I am proud of being a Canadian and my allegiance to the Queen as the reigning Sovereign of our Constitution. I would challenge a couple of your statements...I would say the majority of Canadians do realize the Queen is the head of state in Canada. It is a mainly symbolic but enshrined part of our Constitution and history. Can you cite an episode where the Monarchy has overridden any legislation/constitutional change/etc from any country of the Commonwealth in Modern history? Maybe this is not known in the younger groups where they either not being taught, or they weren't paying attention to their own history. I was always very disappointed with the amount of Canadian History taught in Canadian schools. I learned more about the War of 1812 from American shows than what I learned in school . I know more about George Washington than Sir John A McDonald. Second, your stat. According to a major poll Last December, 53% of Canadians are in favour of abandoning the Queen as our sovereign. Not anywhere near your quoted 73%. The fact that you quote the highest number as being in Quebec is absolutely no surprise at all, after all we are talking about the only Province/Territory in our Nation that still after 35 years (nearly 2 generations!) has never put pen to paper to sign on to the Constitution. I really wonder, eliminate these people that want all the benefits of Canadian Citizenship, but don't want to live by the rules, were eliminated from the poll, would the number reverse and the majority of people would be in favour of maintaining of the Queen as head of state? Let's face it, Quebec has always hated anything to due with Great Britain since they lost the war. Are we to be surprised? Now, with the Queens ancestry, are you willing to allow someone to dig into the average Canadian's family's history to colonial days? Is it possible that someone in our families helped or profited from the mistreatment of the aboriginals by forcing them on reservations, stealing their children and placing them in indoctrinating Residential Schools? Or, did they stand by and just say 'oh well'. Don't get me wrong Dodger, I'm not saying that your family is part of this, just saying that your and my family have not had every member of our family documented, scrutinized and judged on current societal norms and ethics, and have everything recorded in history books To throw out the Monarchy, would open up the constitution and we still really haven't closed the last chapter since Quebec won't sign on. I believe in our Constitution I believe in our Monarchy I believe in our Charter of Rights I am Canadian Now in appreciation of your opinion, which you are fully entitled to I play my favourite anarchist band from across the pond Still love you Dodger

Great chapter Dodger i could repeat what what everyone has said about Don, Sue and Alex, but I want to talk about Daniel. If anything, this was a very honest moment on Daniel's part. He spoke about his perceptions and to him, they are his reality. I believe even Nathan admitted to Robbie that they grew apart and he hung out with Ginny more. So from Daniel's POV, Nathan dropped him. Nathan hasn't really spoke or shown anything to prove Daniel's assumptions as being untrue. Then, really out of nowhere Nathan starts to want to 'hang out' again and sleep over. Surprisingly after Robbie moves in. Next, Robbie is out and dating Nathan. If if you were in Daniel's shoes, wouldn't you feel like you were just used by you supposeded best friend? I know we all see Nathan as this great guy who is perfect for Robbie, but I think this shows that he is human and has flaws like the rest of us. I just hope he didn't knowingly used Daniel to get to Robbie. If that is the case then maybe Nathan doesn't deserve Robbie or Daniel

This was an extremely quick read for me. I couldn't scroll down fast enough to read more To me a bit more of a sad tale then a horror story, but I really liked it

unless the two meetings the drug dealer slipped him something i kinda hoped that there was a bit more where his woodsman wasn't the Mr.White of the forest.

First story read, an wondering if I will continue Great story! The building up to the sacrifice had me reading faster and faster. Thought it was all a dream too, until the pine needle. Spooky.

Bah!!!! Humbug I think it is a Canadian Team's year to win Just as long as it isn't Toronto *spit*, Edmonton *spit* or Vancouver *spit*

Congratulations Gary!!! Hope you enjoy your new title like I know you did all the others. Much deserved. Take a bow

Once again, what is a great length for the few ( let's be serious, only you ) is not a great length to the rest. A micrometer is exactly that, 0.000039 of an inch.

I'll take a Birfday any day over a barfday Thanks

Happy Birthday MrM hope you you had a great day

Why thank you Sir Daddy I decided to decree the for you today You're a meany when you are spanking . But if you want to send Aaron my way Thank you AJ and welcome back

Ah, you came back on my Birthday LOL, so it was a couple of hours early Glad to hear you you are okay.

Hmmmmm, maybe that is my one accomplishment, being born so long ago. Gives me an idea for a saying on my headstone...He was born long ago. Thank you Gary. I do plan to do exactly that

Ate my cake!!! Probably a good thing, I've ate too much already today Kyleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee How are you? Thank you I will put that piece of cake in the fridge for later Thanks! Thanks Bill, had a great day so far, just finished a very nice Roast Beast Dinner at my sisters Thanks Sir Drew We know who the rightful owner of the is. Thank you Dodger. I had 4 birthday text messages yesterday from my friends So I figured you posted the latest chapter yesterday in mistake too Thanks Tim

That jig He comes out and appears to be dancing to the donkey Are you calling me an a$$? Thanks for the bday wishes Much appreciated Emi, I'm hoping for many more too! Thanks Parker Blasphemy ! Thanks Northie Ah, I love the cake does it come with a Jason? Thanks Cia

I forgot to thank Mr. @Graeme for starting the thread Thanks kind sir Thank you Caz I did have a petty good day! Tak min ven, fra Canada Hi Thank you Dr. P Thanks, had a pretty good day How dare you call me ole? Next year you can call me that

I know a few of you mention that you don't think your stories aren't worth stealing...very untrue. Serial plagiarists will take a look for the less polished story that has a good plot and character development and clean it up a bit and make it their own, well in their own mind. Unfortunately we had one who took published works of a known author and change all the names of the characters. They will try to make it their own with more effort put into not getting caught and trying to mask the original artist than just putting a pen to paper, sit at a keyboard, either a computer or a musical one. We do try to screen a lot of the work posted here in the least invasive way, but stuff does make it past us. Please treat your own work with as much respect as others do and not underestimate your creations . Cia definitely deserves my appreciation for all that she does to try minimize the amount of plagiarism. But also kudos to all the staff that are always looking out for it. Together we can make a difference!

You've never been to Prince George Actually, no, Prince George is not a 3rd world country. It is a nice, small city in the interior of B.C. I"ve stopped twice there and seems okay. As far as the 'gay' culture and acceptance, yes, there may be a stereotype that it is rural rednecks but you got to remember all the towns along the Caribou Trail all have small Pride Parades to encourage gay people to visit year round. I know (and yes, I've experienced it) I was unsure and worried about moving to a smaller bible belt town for 10 years, turned out I loved it and met many great friends, straight and gay! Rain!!! YAY. The fact that you are getting rain is great in that area. With still the phenomenal amount of forest fires in the area, every drop is precious. Hunter, all I can say is yes, you are getting a new start Take every day and every opportunity as that, an opportunity. You will amaze yourself in a year at how you have changed and adapted. If you fall into your self diagnosed bad habits, maybe they aren't as bad as you are labeling them. Hang in there and yes, remember you always have us here

Great chapter!! I am guessing that it was a hard chapter to write. As all of us have 'feelings' for your characters, you as an author must have an even stronger connection to them. To write about all the abuse Bailey has endured was hard to read. The fact that that he revealed it to Declan and let him touch him and then kiss him, paints a good future. Unfortunately there is his Mother, Daniel and the cutting to all deal with. I'm just really encouraged that Declan appears to be there for him in so many ways now

Krista said the same thing about it not being focused on a sexual relationship, only friendship. We both really enjoyed the Headmaster, his way of handling things surely meant he knew much more than he let on

I watched a great movie a week or so ago on Netflix. I was really impressed with the quality of the acting and the supporting cast. Maybe not the most original theme, but hey, there are thousands of stories here along the same theme. It is Irish, so involves rugby. My American counterpart for screening films says it is on American Netflix and liked it but not to the extent that I did

You bring up a great point that I'm pondering too with Ally's line. Really, we have had our impressions shaped by Jackson. There has been dialogue, but really the narrative has been from Jackson's point of view. So is Ally as shallow as we all think, or is she being misinterpreted?