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  1. Rigby Taylor
    I agree. I'm pleased you like Hans and Celia I do too.
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    Keep hoping... your wishes may be granted - as far as I know, he isn't writing this from beyond the grave -
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    ‘Peter! What’re you…? What…?’ Hank frowned and looked nervously up the drive. ‘The police have just gone. They…they...’. He shook his head worriedly. ‘You’d better come in.’ We stood in the hallway - awkward. ‘Who is it, Hank?’ Celia’s voice was faint and tremulous. Hank coughed uncertainly and didn't reply. I wanted to shout, It’s me! Peter! But controlled myself and said quietly, ‘We couldn’t let you know we were coming. Things have been a bit dodgy.’ ‘So I believe.’ I
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    Thanks. These guys will meet Bart and Robert in four book's time, when all will be revealed and you will understand all the secrets of the universe - or something like that. I've got to keep readers hooked somehow.
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    My favourite car too. Indeed they have made a grave error - as Peter belatedly realises. But as Jon says, it's more interesting that running to the cops. You clearly know a bit about Australian law and order.
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    That is the question indeed! And what a joy it is to criticise environmental vandals from the security of my word processor. It does no good, though; just as my emails along with thousands of others to politicians have zero effect. They're still determined to give billions of dollars to a billionaire if he will build the largest open-cut coal mine the planet has ever seen. Truly, We have allowed the inmates to run the asylum.
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    Ten minutes tramping through tree filled gullies, lantana clad ridges and scratchy re-growth, brought us to my boundary with the State Forest. The rusty barbed wire fence was unnecessary, but had come with the block. We’d seen no one and heard nothing. The going was now easier because thick undergrowth had been cleared and replaced by struggling grass. The widely spaced trees looked impressive, being thirty to forty years old and ready for milling, but there were only two or three different spec
  8. Rigby Taylor
    Surely Patrick deserves a longer and more painful punishment? Death would be far too easy. Stay tuned.
  9. Rigby Taylor
    Thank you Bushman for your insightful and welcome approval.
  10. Rigby Taylor
    Thank you! Canuk. You are quite a writer yourself - This is the cleverest compliment I've ever received.
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    The euphoria lasted ten seconds, to be followed by muscle cramps, uncontrollable shivering, whimpering and disembowelling fear. Scumble and Glaze are going to kill Jon! The thought hammered incessantly and was probably the only thing stopping me from lying there to expire of cold and exhaustion. Limping from the cut, blind from rain, shaking from cold, I staggered away from the coast. A telephone booth! Punch in 000. Nothing. I tried again. Dead. I had no idea how long I’d been in the drain,
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    As I was closing the roof, Frances fluttered vaguely down the stairs in something brief, pink and diaphanous. She yawned delicately. ‘Where’s ArtWorks going?’ ‘Nowhere.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘Their stuff’s crap and they’re dodgy. An honest company wouldn’t pay bonuses for access, and then let their display be placed out of sight. Jon reckons it’s a front for something illegal and, judging by the reactions from the improbably named Scumble and Glaze, it’s a scam.’ ‘Scam?’ ‘Money-launder
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    You're correct, Art works for some but not all. Depends, I guess on what sort of art and the quality. Usually I have to ask myself - 'But is it art?' and too often the answer is 'No.' The wetlands will take a good few years to become worthy of an artist's gaze, I fear. Better to stick to his country retreat - if he lives long enough ...
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    If Wesley's suspicions are correct, Peter might not have any options about his future. You're correct - we should all only do what we think/feel is right. Not as easy as it sounds.
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    Very clever, Wesley, there's something definitely suspicious about that whole ArtWorks thing.
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    Yes, Peter is human. He's in danger of losing even more than that, I think.
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    Jon doesn't know what he feels himself.
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    Chapter 5 Jon

    Rigby Taylor commented on Rigby Taylor's story chapter in Chapter 5 Jon

    Yes - a 4 years difference is fine, as you get older, the age difference ceases to be important. but I worry about guys with large age differences of more than 10 years. Don't worry - Frances gets what she deserves - as do we all, according to some people. Isn't she just being a good capitalist?
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    Well it sure looks like it. Patrick is one troubled man. Thank goodness for the Alconas indeed. We all need people like that at some stage in our lives.
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    I'm glad you like them. They're my favourites.
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    It was slow travelling back to the coast. Roads were cluttered with removal vans, utes, cars and trailers stacked with household goods, sodden furniture - anything salvageable from homes made uninhabitable by the collapse of the canal system. I suppose it had all seemed like a good idea at the time, drain the swamps, channel the water, and build on the dredged silt. Who could have predicted a rising water table turning everything into a mush of quicksand? Well, actually quite a few people di
  22. Rigby Taylor
    Thanks, Wesley.
  23. Rigby Taylor
    Ah! A sentimental man - wonderful. I also hope they find love but so many obstacles... Oh dear - life isn't easy for so many people.
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    Yes, They are excellent people. But can Jon overcome his upbringing? Mmmm....
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    Chapter 17

    Rigby Taylor commented on Rigby Taylor's story chapter in Chapter 17

    12 hours ago Rndmrunner said: your descriptions of John and Michael, sound a lot like an American/Australian couple I got to know named Gene and John who have been together getting on 60 years' Rigby replied: My partner and I are now Australians, but we started out as a German/New Zealand couple 52 years ago. I read somewhere that an English [I think it was] survey found that gay relationships were statistically more stable and long lasting than heterosexual ones.
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