ReaderPaul

I've been frog hunting and toad hunting. Differing varieties have different smells.

I like!

Something I missed in reading this story years ago -- A person CAN read in their dreams. I have read several times in my dreams -- stuff I had previously read while awake, and stuff I have NEVER read when awake which I wish I could remember and write down while awake.

I agree, @Ron. Many customers would be like me -- just avoid Wendy's completely.

Wow, glad to see this chapter!

My son makes a great meatloaf. And meatloaf as a safe word does sound unusual.

What @Myr said about chapter views. I often re-read chapters I especially like, or chapters where I might wish to gain more clarity of what the author is saying. On certain stories by @Geron Kees I might, over a period of two or three years, read that chapter or section of a chapter eight or ten times. Same way with other good writers such as @JamesSavik or more. That would drive up the chapter views on that chapter, and the same way on other favorite authors such as @Backwoods Boy, @AC Benus, and others. GA is fortunate to have may wonderful authors.

@chris191070 and @hankster, you make a great writing team. This is one of the best yet.

@JamesSavik -- interesting video.

Not that scenario, but I have seen the same concept in action....

Oops, @Geron Kees -- I forgot something. I meant to comment on the pun of Yurnoz (Yer Nose) as the magic butterfly Frit and Pip created to warn about trespassers and non-scheduled visitors to the guys' property. Good one! Also, in the first chapter of this story, I enjoyed learning more about Oliver, the elf accountant. Thank you!

Amazing. I knew a female version, somewhat, of that man. She is now old and ill, probably not long for this world. Wonderful story.

I am glad I have Premium access to GA. I rarely had problems accessing GA on my desktop computer before becoming Premium, unless I was using a browser other than Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. But on my phone -- ads out the proverbial ying-yang until I became a premium member. If you possibly can I recommend Premium for GA. If you cannot go Premium at this time, I understand -- I was there for a time. I did not realize how many ads I was clicking around on my phones until I went Premium and was no longer dealing with them

@Bdamdifino, when you can, Premium membership is the best way to go. I resisted premium membership for a long time, but finally was frustrated when using my phones instead of my desktop computer to read stories. When your budget finally permits, as mine finally did, it was a real winner to not have to go through ads on my phone. But I understand about tight budgets. Mine was that way for many years, and still some months are seemingly between "ouch" and "boinngg!"

I look forward to more chapters, @R. Eric And it will be interesting too see if, in the future, whether Hank does have a little telekinesis.

Almost all of codeysworld dot com has moved to codeysworld dot org -- But there is a different site called codysworld dot com which was never related to codeysworld. When codeysworld dot org expired -- John (author Alien Son) was able to grab the domain registration, and share the hosting credentials with Rutabaga and then Rutabaga redid the codeysworld dot com links to the new codeysworld dot org address.

Codey's world has its own domain again, and a new starting address. The new address for Codeysworld is -- codeysworld dot org instead of dot com. Do NOT confuse codeysworld dot org with codysworld dot com. They are NOT the same.

There is a small amount of debris orbiting the Earth in the Legrange points L4 and L5 points of the Moon's orbit around the Earth. For an interesting article on what Legrange points are, see the Wikipedia article "Legrange point". Most of the debris is interplanetary dust in the Legrange points. Jupiter has some small asteroids in some of its Legrange points. @Page Scrawler and @Bill W -- I remember seeing articles about the items Page Scrawler mentioned in 1991.

@E K Stokes -- I might have some insight here. If I understand @Myr in some of his previous posts, page views are generated every time someone clicks the link for that chapter. So if someone starts the first chapter, then loses the connection and has to re-click the link, that counts as a new page view for that chapter. If someone clicks the link for chapter 2 and then goes back to chapter 1 to check something, that counts as a new page view for chapter 1. Sometimes is is also possible to click on a chapter by accident, and I am guilty of that. I would be happy if Myr or @wildone or another admin would let us know if I have come close to the answer to your question.

As a reader, I DON'T HAVE TIME to continually look up unfamiliar terminology and/or words. I will do it a few times, and then find a story where I don't have to do that. If explained in the context of the story, great! If not, I will look for a different story. Some of the best UK and Australian and New Zealand authors I have read either include a "definition of words and phrases which may be unfamiliar to readers of another country." They want their audience to be able to understand the story. Most of us may have wide vocabularies, and be somewhat familiar with a bit of terminology or slang not of our language or culture. But so far, I have met no one who knows it all. It is NOT an insult to be aware that not everyone knows what you know.

That is fine if the word or phrase is explained. Mark Twain once complained that, in his time, too many persons thought that most persons should be able to read three or four foreign languages. But he felt that the words should be explained, because most Americans CANNOT read multiple languages. Even from culture to culture within the same languages, there are phrases and/or terminology which might need enlightenment for many persons.

I can see I have more time that I must find to read. Thanks, @Myr.

@JamesSavik, most of your stuff does have crossover appeal. In the Shadow of the Dragon is one of the best stories I have ever read. Operation Hammerhead is very good, but slightly harder to follow. And I wish you would bring the other 16 or 17 Cadet Cruise stories here, as well and write more. Hood's Revenge is a super excellent short story, as all of the "Get Into James Shorts" collection here on GA. The chapter views and story views are interesting, but not the "end-all-and-be-all", as one of my relatives used to say. On authors I like, I look at every new comment brought to my attention. I also read a chapter more than once on authors such as yourself, James, or @Geron Kees, @Myr, @Backwoods Boy, and several others. Reader taste varies. We are fortunate that this site is available for those of us who love to read, and there are great authors here TO be read.

I have seen several writers work terms into their stories seamlessly to explain the differences between countries. At times, this in itself will be a fascinating part of the story. I am aware of one site which is owned from the UK, administered from the UK and Germany, and yet features more than half of the stories there featuring American writers. It can be an enriching experience to read stories set in various countries.

Several really good authors here. Thank you for the lists, @Myr