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Nice accomplishment and good share @Summerabbacat.

VCS, could you create our world in this image to replace our country now?

Loved these ladies

Really, another line? I'm thinking two, one for each.

Another shirt bites the dust with tea stains! It's gotten to be quite a risk drinking anything while reading the comments. I wonder if @Vcswill grace us with a chapter with your title? I'm voicing my vote for yes right now.

At first I was laughing, then soon crossed my legs. Those whittling knives are sharp, right?

I don't know about anybody else, but I'm sensing, instead of a cozy little campfire, we might end up finding a blazing bonfire.

I'm wondering, given the guy at the gate was wearing such "tattered clothing," if his shoes are in bad shape too. If so, the condition might make the footprints even more distinctive, like with holes or cracks in the soles. At the pace the investigation is going and the lack of progress in identifying the bad guys, it sounds like they could use all the help they can get to find out who all those sobs are. Can't forget, go team Frank-Rhett! If it weren't for that unwelcome intruder, maybe they would have made some progress.

Agreed, and for all his apparent ill intent, why not man up and let himself be seen? Looks like the typical weak, spineless bigot.

In the emergency room one night, eavesdropping on the patient in the next cubicle as he talks to the doctor: "No, doctor, he's not my husband; he's our Installer. The guy with the other device is my husband." "Oh, is that what you kids are calling it these days?" "He said, and I quote, 'You can trust me; I'm the Installer." "Alright then, Mr. Installer, if I may suggest, you might want to bring an extra key next time."

The shift between characters, scenes, and mood really keeps this interesting.

And with all the effluence, it will have to be in a universe far, far away.

Touching sentiments and a nice change from the other all too often heard.

What a rollercoaster of emotions! Could feel Jo's excitement plus Kidd and Mannly's joy. The caller, there should be a special hell for him.

@Doha and @Vcs we need a: tag the slag