MikeL

I still think you are wrong about Grundig.

I didn't grow up around guns. I'm a city boy...no wild pigs to contend with. My dad wasn't a hunter; never owned a gun in his life. I learned how to shoot in the Army. Fired that M-1, but found the M-14 more accurate. My real weapon of choice was an 8 inch howitzer...very accurate and fired from a respectable distance. I was 70 years old before I purchased a personal weapon...Ruger SP101: I moved out of the city. Despite a good security system in our new home, I wanted more protection. I have a carry permit, but generally leave the revolver at home. I don't go to places where I'm likely to need it and I still haven't seen a wild pig. ₪₪₪₪₪₪ The current "gun control" debate has taken the expected turn toward political arguments, which will never provide a solution to the tragic incidents we witness all the time. (Multiple, non-self defense shootings occur about once weekly in the US.) If our politicians take the time to sit down and reason out what will actually work to curtail such shootings, then we may make some progress. But instead they will take the easy way out...pass legislation in haste based on poll results rather than consider the real issues: 1. Assault weapons serve no purpose in self-defense or putting food on the table. 2. Large capacity magazines serve no purpose in self-defense or putting food on the table. 3. It is possible to require registration of all weapons without infringing anyone's Second Amendment rights. 4. It can be made illegal to transfer a weapon without recording the transaction, gun shows and private sales included. 5. Mentally disturbed persons can be denied gun ownership and gun owners can be made responsible for keeping their guns away from the mentally disturbed and made criminally and financially liable for failing to do so. These are among the factors which should be considered, but the debate will lead us elsewhere. There will be lobbying and positioning and threats of un-Constitutional action, but there will be no effective solution. ₪₪₪₪₪₪ That nutcase from Tennessee has had his handgun permit suspended (Article). Responsible Tennessee gun owners like Lacey and me are the norm. And, Lacey, converts make the most devout rednecks.

Who is more resourceful? Bridget or Trevor?

Riga, Latvia

In this New Year, 2013, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address will occur on the same day. This is an ironic juxtaposition of events. One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication. The other involves a groundhog.

Egilsstaðir, Iceland

No Americans were in the running for the BBC award. The winner was Bradley Wiggins. Andy Murray came in third. See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/20748902 Below are the results of the phone voting for the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year main award: Total votes: 1,626,718 1. Bradley Wiggins 492,064 (30.25%) 2. Jessica Ennis 372,765 (22.92%) 3. Andy Murray 230,444 (14.17%) 4. Mo Farah 131,327 (8.07%) 5. David Weir 114,633 (7.05%) 6. Ellie Simmonds 102,894 (6.33%) 7. Sir Chris Hoy 42,961 (2.64%) 8. Nicola Adams 35,560 (2.19%) 9. Ben Ainslie 35,373 (2.17%) 10. Rory McIlroy 29,729 (1.83%) 11. Katherine Grainger 28,626 (1.76%) 12. Sarah Storey 10,342 (0.64%)

Happy Birthday, Matt! Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~ Jean Paul Richter

Sounds like the music industry here in Nashville, Chase. I wonder if that industry isn't the same everywhere. The operative word is "No".

Goats use a calendar so flexible, it's practically limp. 5 minutes? Another example of caprid temporal flexibility.

I've done my part. He has received chapter 146 from me. Don't know how much he has to do on it still.

The Promised Land revisited

A real cutting edge consumer, Yang!

He is OK. I heard from him again. His cold was a bad one plus his internet service has been out, but he is busily working on the next chapter.

The last I heard from C J was on December 24. He said he had just gotten back to the US, but was not yet home. He posted chapter 145 that same day. He said he had a cold, but the ship he was on had a norovirus outbreak. Hopefully, he hasn't gotten sicker after he returned home. He did not post a chapter yesterday and I have not yet received a chapter to proofread beyond chapter 145.

teichopsia (visual blurring and colors associated with migraines)

Yay! My hometown. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

I'm guessing >3<145.

You should keep your resolutions. Write them on a card, seal the card in an envelope, and keep the envelope in a desk drawer until next year.

Dan, it's great to have you and your stories back on GA. I really loved The Bully. It's quite a departure from your other stories and I'm wondering if you wrote it recently or if it's an older one I missed somehow. Please keep up the good work.

The truth is at https://www.gayauthors.org/story/c-james/circumnavigationCJ It's OK, C J. What's a million words or so between friends?

Inner Peace: If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it, If you can be understanding when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, If you can conquer tension without medical help, If you can sleep without the aid of sleep aids, Then you are probably ......... the family dog!

Teamwork

I've come across Cisgender and Cissexual before. They didn't strike me as particularly useful words, and I haven't used them. Chirugion is just one of those spellings that got us from the Latin to Surgeon. English is like that.