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Hey Spike! You can say hello to Albert, Clo and Drew, but not me????

Good Morning Drew! How about a day of peace in celebration of the new agreement?

Hi Clo! Hope you are having a great day!

Sorry to hear that Steve lost his sister. Glad you are both back safely!

I read that and was envious of your snacks!

Naw! It was quiet because Drew was sleeping. He's up, about and lurking I bet. If there's a smell, it's probably from YKW's feet. How are you today Albert? I can't believe the crazy weather that's happening there. When is it going to settle down? Say Hi to Steve for me. 😄

Hi Page! Aod and I are doing fine. He wanted to go out last night, but I was tired. So, I told him to go out with friends instead. He came home earlier than we normally would, so he just got up now. I've been up and catching up on news and GA for about 2 hours now. I am trying to do some new things in cooking. Yesterday, I found a source for beef bones and am making beef stock from them. The bones will make about 2 liters of stock, so I only spent about $3 for it. If you can find beef stock in the stores (highly doubtful, but does appear on rare occasions) two liters would cost about $22. Plus, I got about 1 kg of stew meat. Happiness is mine!

Hey All! Looks like a quiet day here. Drew and I have finished negotiations, and a tentative agreement was sent to Spike for approval. Keeping my fingers crossed. Hope you had a great day.

This group of poems are a great example of the ingenuity, humor and caring poems created by Aditus. They are as diverse in form as they are in content and message. Each will uniquely affect your emotions with their wonderful images and messages. These are ten poems reflecting many facets of Spring. I recommend you read these gems.

All of these are delightful in different ways. Number 6 pleased me with its ironic humor. Seven was a great way of describing the interactions of humans with nature. Eight, though beautifully written was so sad, especially the last two lines. I felt like crying. Nine immediately turn my feeling to rage. It provoked the teacher in me to realize how stupid some folks are to ban books. I read that in many areas recently, school plays are now suffering from the same bans. The last poem was again very ironic and humorous. Thanks for writing and sharing these, Adi!

Glad to have you back @CLJobe! The update was a very nice gift to us. I am wishing you the best results from your hospital stay, and continued good health when you get home. Take care.

This is a fun chapter with a totally different twist on history. The two grandpas did a great job of building the family fortune.

Caden is still so childish it amazes me. Throwing the lighter into the ocean was stupid. What's even more stupid is that he hasn't learned the skills he needs to survive without the lighter, which won't last long anyway. That Ludwig needs blood doesn't surprise me. He's at least a whole lot smarter that Caden is when it comes to survival, so I doubt it will be no more blood than necessary. I do wonder how they will reconcile this time.

I was delighted that they went to Lava Beds National Park. I was there way before them, but enjoyed some of the places they explored. I loved camping there in a tent and visiting the caves on a vacation trip stop. I and my companion traveled from Portland to Tahoe with several stops like this on the way. This chapter brought back some awesome memories. I love that the guys go away from the crowds. It was great when they got back and decided to call Seth. I suspect Seth may be like Randy and want to turn (if he finds out).

Ranger Rick will make a fortune on Fire Obsidian, but he'll have to collect it a few hundred miles north of where he is currently. At least he will be able to collect it legally on Glass Butte which has a huge variety of different colored obsidian, if he stays within the boundaries on BLM land.

Good Morning Everyone!!

oh! oh! oh! I know this one Mr Headstall! It's the content, serene peace we all feel when Drew is sleeping!

The Drewth strikes again!!!!

Tolkien characterized hobbits' characteristic weaknesses as complacency, provincialism, small-mindedness, and a bit of laziness and excessive love of being comfortable. Found this on the net. It does sound a lot like Drew!

Are you implying I should only deal with Spike in the future? That would work for me.

You were very selective in your choice of quotes from our exchange. I thought a few more needed to be posted. If you want me to recluse, I will just after I recall all SE Asians back here. 😠 I won't have any more reason to interfere in your squabbles, and the guys will be safe back here. You will be free to go back on your word about no tax on herds then. OK?

Anything that threatens the financial stability of Spike to provide health care and the needs of his herd. You don't see me threatening either of you with taxes on the guys I gave permission to go to your herds. Besides, we still have not come to an agreement from last week. I told you we needed to come to a meeting of minds first. Obviously that hasn't happened yet! BTW I can't speak anything using my ass. It has no tongue. If it did however, it would definitely speak more logically than what you just typed. Now I need to go read the poems you have finally posted!

Since it is show and tell day for how we all got here, here is my tale. Like Spike, the internet and I go way back. I first started using a computer in 1985, the internet in 1995 and reading gay stories in 2003. I also roamed from gay story site to site. Places like Nifty, Cracker's Den, Jeff's Fort and the Padded Room. I soon found GA and joined in March, 2009, but only visited occassionally and never commented. In fact, I forgot I had joined. I started reading Michael Arram's and Geron Kee's stories stories on IOMFATS. I started corresponding with Geron by email several years ago, and he made a suggestion to try GA. I did and started to follow him. I also checked out author's he followed and discovered Gary's stories. Now I read about 90% of the time on GA. At first I didn't comment much, but Gary was great about responding, and he made a comment that reader's comments were a way to show appreciation for the writing. So, like Albert, I now comment and review about 97% of what I read. The missing percent is when I feel something was so badly written, I couldn't say anything good. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! ❤️

Very impressive Gary! Congratulations! As a reader I am more impressed with the word count.

Like I told Drew. He has to play nice when it comes to your BL boys and that includes not herd taxes. Although it does sound like he has already changed his mind about that.