Graeme

You've misunderstood the rule for using 'our' instead of 'or'. It used when the letters in question are at the end of a word (ignoring those little extras like 's' and 'ful'), and only when the letters form their own phonogram. It is for this reason that Floor and Door do not have the 'u' added, because the double 'o' is a phongram distinct from the 'or' ending. Please note that 'Flour' does have the 'u' added -- and even American spelling recognises (or maybe recognizes) this fact. Similarly for 'Tour' and 'Dour'.

Thanks, guys, but I thought this was a celebration thread, not a congratulation thread! I'm celebrating having good friends who've left lots of kinds words for me

Thanks, Kevin Sometimes I post garbage, but when it's needed I try to post things that people will want to read. My success rate seems to be reasonably good My family does miss me, but a lot of that is because I'm at work I don't do anywhere near as much surfing at home, and those times are usually after everyone has gone to bed. Thanks, Steve. I'll let you into a little secret, but only a long as you promise not to tell CJ -- I'm not really an echidna. This is a disguise.... I don't want CJ to know, because he seems to be terrified of being turned into a pincushion if he gives out any spoilers for his stories Thanks, Benji -- yes, I did see that. It's very much appreciated. Thanks, Krista! Now, when should I scheduled your 3000th post celebration? Thanks, Jack. I knew I could count on you to make sure I kept my feet on the ground

Voting is anonymous, so you don't get to see who I voted for, but I should point out that I only voted after BeaStKid posted several times asking me about voting. That made my choice easy

That's good As has been said by others, you can't expect that other people will always be able to spend time with you. Everyone needs some separate time -- don't make too much of it. Best wishes and definitely come back here if you need some more hugs and support Graeme

Very nice . Yeah, I've had that problem with forum's before. While most of the time there isn't a problem, occassionally you need to use a large number of emoticons in a single post. I've done that a few times -- a couple of years ago I tried writing emoticon stories I've just gone searching for some that I've written, but I can't find them

Benji, the reason is that Steve used the latest encryption techniques and ONLY Kevin can decode it to the correct value. Everyone else gets a wrong number.... As YOU were not supposed to be using his credit card, naturally it didn't work

I prefer my alternative -- that Joe's too busy with his boyfriend to get around to posting the chapter That's the only excuse I'll allow him I don't believe Joe has mentioned the name of his boyfriend, just that he had one, so what are the odds that the boyfriend's name is either Brandon or Chase?

In the story, Helen rejected one of Brandon's songs because it was too pop -- Instinct is a rock band. From chapter 7, where Helen is commenting on the songs that Brandon wrote:

I know, but it's the 19th here Seriously, I'm happy for Joe to be late posting the chapter if his boyfriend is the excuse I'm a romantic at heart and that reason trumps everything Definitely

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day with your little boy -- give yourself a birthday present and spoil him rotten

BeaStKid and AFriendlyFace -- you are now at the top of my envious list (I'm not jealous, just envious). Hmm.... I seem to be missing something. JOE! Where's chapter 15?

If you're really upset, just tell the boyfriend you need something to distract you. If he's any good, he'll come up with something Seriously, don't take things too seriously. In the total scheme of things, a speeding ticket is not that high up on the list of things that matter.

You know -- this looks remarkably like Vivian's blog -- did you copy it from her?

Okay, I'm drunk and even I had trouble understanding it. I pity those who are sober... Thanks for the info on the movie, Viv. We don't go to the movies often, but it's good to know the kids movies to avoid. Graeme

The day after my anniversary, it is appropriate for me to say thank you to my wife. I am blessed with an amazing woman who is able to accept (even if she doesn't understand) that her husband is gay. From what I've learnt since I came out to her, she is a remarkable woman -- over 90% of marriages in my situation fail. Mine didn't (though it wasn't easy). Despite being gay, I love her very much. I can't imagine what life would be like without her.

(disclaimer -- I'm currently drunk, so anything I say can be held against me in a court of ... something or other) Yeah, yeah. That's what they all say. We both know that you were really just trying to make me insanely jealous of your ability to eat such scrumptions garbage without putting on weight....

You're not helping, Kevin!

I've heard of these. They do sound delicious I know people who like tomato sauce (ketchup for the North Americans) with their chips (french fries for the North Americans), but I'm not one of those. Gravy, on the other hand, goes well with chips. I also love melted cheese, so this sounds absolutely divine! The only problem would be that I would just put on more weight, and I'm already heavier than I should be (or want to be)....

Any chance of a recipe or other indication of what a poutine is? Yes, I'm too lazy to look it up for myself Anyway, if I looked it up, I wouldn't have an excuse to make another post in this thread (in trubute to C James, the most prolific self-titled lurker in the history of Gay Authors).

:king: :king: Happy 50th Birthday, Emoe! :king: :king: Congratulations -- you're half way to your first century Seriously, I hope you have a great day and a fantastic year ahead.

Toasted cheese and vegemite sandwiches -- yummy!

You're missing one piece of essential information -- Shadowgod abdicated his throne some time ago. CJ is just in denial about that, so we're putting him on the throne instead, and hopefully that will make him see reason.... (forlorn hope, I know, but it's all I've got).

Since you insisted...

Congratulations to Carl -- 100 quality posts is a lot. Congratulations to BeaStKid, too, though I should point out that all numbers are special and magic, if you look at them the right way