Summerabbacat

🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉 Congratulations @Vcs. This story has ascended to the top spot. #1 in the Most Read Westerns genre for the month ending 04/09/26 (or 09/04/26 in American date format). It moved to the summit from #2 for the month ending 07/08/26 and #4 for the month ending 03/07/26.

🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉 Congratulations @Mark Ponyboy Peters OAM. This story has reclaimed the top spot. #1 in the Most Read General Fiction genre for the month ending 04/09/26 (or 09/04/26 in American date format). Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi. It is also your 54th top 10 placing and your 4th #1; the first time you have had a #1 placing for the same story more than once.

Bastien unknowingly found Lawrence's flash point or should that be his 'flesh' point. Lawrence does not need a little blue pill, a dose of horny goatweed or a "life affirming", or should that be a "life firming" steel ring, he just needs to witness his man wallop a thug in the face, single-handedly, without so much as raising a sweat. Woof. Not quiet an 80's hit @Laura S. Fox but mid-1979 is close. The song is about sex and fighting,

@Cane23 is not fond of disco (which I love), and particularly dislikes Boney M. (so he says) who I thought were wonderful. They were enormously popular here in Australia, the UK and much of Europe, even in the former Soviet Union, and possibly in your homeland too @Laura S. Fox. A little good natured ribbing from time to time, but if he ever dares to criticise Donna Summer's music or ABBA, it will be WAR. LOL.

Will this be this story's destiny tomorrow @Mark Ponyboy Peters, for the month ending 04/09/26? 🤞🤞🤞🤞

I don't have any sympathy for Dickoless at all. He is totally oblivious to his hurtful behaviour and judgment of others because nothing matters to him in the grand scheme of things, but Dickoless.

Darren, a closet case. It is possible, but I suspect he is possibly just parroting what he has heard from his parents or other family members. His father may be a hard arse, who labels his son a poofter or pansy if he shows any sign of what he considers "weakness". He could be a real misogynist too, which is why Darren treats females the way he does. Then again, he might naturally be just a total arsehole.

At least Levi dialled '000' and not '911'. I suspect many Aussie millennials would probably dial '911' as what they would be used to seeing this on American movies, TV shows etc.

Lack of hot showers is as close to roughing it as I would be comfortable with @centexhairysub; and if the temperature was below 22-23°C at night and I did not have my doona (comforter or duvet in USA), I would be a total sook, a real "princess". As for sleeping in a tent, not bloody likely. I don't mind sleeping in a caravan in a proper bed, albeit a single bed usually, but in a sleeping bag on the ground, no just no. I am more than happy to "converse" with nature, so long as it is not cold, but at the end of the day I want to be clean, well fed and have my creature comforts. I could probably chop firewood and collect wood, twigs or whatever to make a fire, but would not trust myself to start one and keep it under control.

I like Emmer too. Given what Evan said about him, that he has been "dealt a shit hand by life", I wonder if he has something like MS or Parkinson's disease which causes his tremors, such that he can no longer do what he loved to do. I suspect he will derive much enjoyment from teaching Neil what he knows, becoming a mentor. If he is gay, which is certainly possible given he is a friend of Evan's, he may also just enjoy the company of Neil and Alex, something he may have limited opportunity to do if his tremors make it difficult for him to leave his home, or if he is embarrassed to be seen in public because of the tremors. Emmer, another interesting character created by you @Robert Hugill. And, as an aside, I look forward to the release of the top 10 Most Read listings for the month ending 06/09/26. I won't be at all surprised if this story has another top 10 placing. If so, it will be your 40th appearance in a top 10 genre listing; and the 4th consecutive month for this story.

If I was Richard I would make no further attempt to contact Dickoless. Let him stew. Dickoless appears to be getting his comeuppance. Hopefully he is shitting bricks thinking Darren is going to beat him up. I won't be at all surprised if it was Stu' who wrote the graffiti in the boys toilets outing Dickoless. He may have done so to force Dickoless' hand. Speaking of Darren, what a moron. I would have left him in the alleyway, lying on the cold hard road. He may have found himself nibbled on during the night by rats, or peed on by feral cats, or crapped on by flying foxes. I don't understand his violent homophobia; even when not hammered he is still a homophobe, the alcohol just makes him more brazen and irrational. What he needs is a couple of large "bears" to knock some sense into him. I'm with Vicky. There is no way I would ever want to nurse a baby. Kittens, puppies and non-human babies are invariably gorgeous, but human babies. No way, nada. Not quite as much humour in this chapter @Richie Tennyson, but it still had its moments.

I envisage Levi will receive kudos from several more quarters yet e.g. Matt’s and possibly Luke’s parents, Tim and Guy, and Father Costas, for his bravery in a difficult situation. With such widespread praise it must surely make Levi feel proud and boost his self-esteem. It will almost certainly be a weekend he will not soon forget.

I don't believe it @Paladin. Natasha stooped to lows even I did not think she would stoop to. I am so livid that I am going to sleep on it before I make any further comments. I have not been sleeping well, so am even less tolerant than usual. She, Natasha, is a CFB, an acronym I picked up from another story recently, and it does not mean College Footballer and the C is not Canadian in this instance.

The only reason I mentioned Dorrigo is because the Wikipedia entry for the Nymoboida River states: "The Nymboida River rises in the northern foothills of the Barren Mountain, on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range, within Bellinger River National Park, west of Dorrigo. " I have just looked again and it flows north to the Mann River which is between Armidale and Grafton, and it then flows into the Clarence River near Grafton.

I am an unforgiving, hard arse, but on face value, it appears to me the friendship between Richard and Nicholas was one-sided. Richard made himself available, a convenient sounding board, dare I say someone to be used for experimenting with, to answer Nicholas' sexual curiosities.

"That night they sat around the fire. They cooked sausages and eggs on the barbeque hotplate, accompanied by fresh bread they had purchased at the bakery before leaving town, which was then smothered with butter. " Thankfully it wasn't bacon and beans. I think it would have been easier for Levi to fetch Matt's slippers though, rather than climb up a hill face to call 000. Levi's bravery akin to JJ's? His own form of "salvation"? Thankfully Matt's injury is nothing in comparison to Dallas' though. "Luke checked him over with quick, practised hands – the result of the first-aid course he had done at his workplace." Jeez, is there no limit to Luke's skill set, his perfection? His calmness did not surprise me. Is he based on a person you know by chance @Mark Ponyboy Peters? "Well, I’ll be buggered,’ proclaimed DJ, as he came to a stop beside him. Levi glanced sideways at him, while trying not to laugh. DJ spotted him and grinned. The kid had obviously picked up on the other meaning of the word. ‘Don’t worry . . . we’ll make sure you’re nowhere nearby,’ he whispered, then he stepped forward, leaving Levi feeling flushed." Levi's sense of humour has improved since he moved to Thompsonville. Such a conversation would most certainly have embarrassed, and probably disgusted him, whilst he was still living in his hometown. The Nymboida River. I had heard of it, but did not know exactly where it was. I assume the men and Levi have been camping somewhere near Dorrigo, and that Matt will be taken to the Bellinger River Hospital, famous because it is where @Summerabbacat was born. LOL. I never lived in either Bellingen or Dorrigo though. I would not have survived the latter, it is cold and rains all the bloody time. Levi got to experience skinny dipping, albeit in a manner in which he was comfortable. I was glad no one made a big deal of it for him, although if they had I think they would have had Luke to deal with. I think Father Costas' last comments to Levi were rather prophetic, although I doubt that even he with his "connections" could have predicted Matt would literally "break a leg". Bloody drama queen.

A nice personality? Methinks not. He seems to have little parental supervision and I have sensed he may be well off. Money talks, and it even swears sometimes too.

It is an earlier version of this story with only 14 chapters which the author first started publishing on 10/12/19 which has been set to status 'Complete' today and is being removed. Richie did state early on he had published this story before and this was an updated version. This latest version with 18 chapters still has a status of 'In process' (at least at the moment). If you click on Richie's name you will see both versions currently showing. If you are following the version with 18 chapters you should still continue to be advised of new chapters when they are posted. You will also see both versions of this story on page 1 at the moment. This updated version has 34 followers, whereas the original had 47 followers. I must say I got a shock too @peter rietbergen as this story is so enjoyable. It may because the original and the updated version have the same name and the same author that the original is being deleted. I have seen other stories when updated have retained their original title, but included the word updated, usually hyphenated, as part of the title.

Another hilarious chapter, some of the highlights being: "Vicky hands me over to Harriet like I’m a baton in a relay race." “Sorry, this bathroom is quarantined due to a biohazard,” I hear Vicky telling a boy through the door. “My brother is having terrible diarrhoea.” "I stay for dinner. Kevin makes spaghetti bolognaise. Barry makes a tremendous mess as he eats it." Vicky surprised and proved herself to be something in addition to a farting human garbage disposal unit with a penchant for punching dickheads in the face. Her joint research and sole presentation of the findings thereof to the School Board was very impressive. I suspected she had taken her father's advice to "play the game by the rules" and she did very well. Conversely, Stu' surprised by proving he has few principles, his dick winning out in the end. What is truly disappointing is that his dick won, not for someone worth pining and/or lusting for, but for Dickoless. My response, oh it's just Dickoless. I am loving your sense of humour @Richie Tennyson; the last few chapters in particular have been very amusing, counteracting the misery Richard feels from having been rejected by Dickoless.

Some of we readers may have been jealous of your "friend", the longhorn.

I guess they are not called 'longhorn' for nothing, with a set of balls to match.

I daresay with Rhett, no steroids taken for muscle mass, therefore no acne on his back, no exaggerated nipples and balls which have not shrunk to the size of marbles.

Something akin to what Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach) wore in The Dukes Of Hazzard, perhaps with a little fraying around the hems? Actually, after looking at this clip, I don't think Daisy's are short enough. Perhaps something more like this @drsawzall, @Vcs, @Wiyot, @VBlew, @dboggs9700 and @sandeman. I daresay Rhett is a little less "voluptuous" though. And if all else fails, a little posing pouch perhaps.

I think they will whittle well (fuck, that is almost she sells sea shells by the seashore). They are scheduled to be doing some "woodwork" together too, so the whittling may be a preview of further wood to be worked with.

I think Pointer Sisters hot @dboggs9700. Damn they were such a great group from 1973 to 1988/1989. Fantastic harmony vocals and they could sing any genre of music with ease and perfection. Ruth, the eldest sister is the only one still alive (she had the very deep voice). Very underrated.