Bill W

Some people erroneously believe that ambulatory means needing an ambulance, but fortunately that's not the case.

Walkers and canes help humans remain ambulatory into very old age. I'm grateful I haven't reached that stage yet.

Read on and I think you'll be happy.

bare with you? Does that mean we have to get naked?

Welcome back!

Many vegetables, fruits, and nuts may be blanched. This includes almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, green beans, leafy greens, peas, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, and peaches, to name a few.

The cartoons I watched when I was younger always showed people / animals getting bonked on the noggin. I'm surprised that more kids of that era didn't end up with concussions from emulating what they saw on the TV screen.

I remember my kids watching a cartoon where the dog, Muttley, always muttered under his breath.

Upper 80s to low 90s during the day, and then in the 70s at night.

When I see the word jade, the first thing I think of is the jade Buddha. The next thing I think of is the word jaded, which describes a person who's bored, tired or lacks enthusiasm because they have a negative outlook due to past experience - in other words, they've lost interest.

Yes, I received a lot of negative comments about this, but I was just trying to come up with something different. It won't be repeated.

How true that is.

I agree, and I started watching the Celtics just after the Bob Cousy era ended. Bill Russell played on a lot of great teams, since the other players changed from time to time, and I loved watching them play against the Philadelphia 76ers when he went up against Wilt Chamberlain. An awesome match-up, and even though Chamberlain was slightly taller, I always felt Russell was more athletic.

They're doing it all, so buckle in.

Come on, I think that's true of the majority of pro basketball players, especially the high profile players. I was once into the NBA, and I wavered between the Celtics and the Knicks, but now I'm strictly a college basketball fanatkc.

Yes, it is, and I take it you've been there.

I'm glad to hear tha t. lol

Yes, there are differences between of circumcised and uncircumcised penises react, but you worry too much about Josh, Padawan.

As I mentioned to weinerdog in my response above, those issues will be covered when they get to the reservation and the shaman, or Gramps, Pops, or Devin, answers Mac's questions.

Some good questions, weinerdog, so let me try to answer them one at a time. First the question about the wolf's winter coat. It may be more difficult for a human to detect, but the wolf's shackles will still react in the same way. It's instinctive, and since dogs are closely related to wolves, some breeds more so than others, I'm sure they react in a similar way. It's just that it may be more difficult for humans to detect. As far as what happens to an alpha wolf as it gets older, if it is challenged it may react in one of two ways. It may fight when challenged, possibly getting killed or badly injured in the process, or it may merely take up a submissive pose to the challenger and make the transition peacefully. As far as skinwalkers having animal abilities when in their human form, that information will be covered when they're at the reservation, so stay tuned.

I'm sure Devin gets enough of that as it is, although he may resort to it in one of his future identities, but I believe he prefers concentrating on something else for now, like his engineering studies. Thanks.

Yes, it's even a lot for me to remember, but when it comes up again and again it makes it easier to remember it. That may not happen for the readers, because I don't want to turn them off, but I'm positive it will happen for Mac as he goes through his training. Thanks for the feedback, Danilo.

That's New Mexico, not Mexico where they're heading. And you're correct, he'll have a lot more information to cope with, but I'm sure he can handle it.

I'm glad you're enjoying this story, Doha, and give Josh time. He's trying to focus on the new collection of boys right now, but when he gets comfortable that things are going well, he might find someone to spend the rest of his life with.

When I was working, there was one guy we used to refer to as the protractor because he was always protracting the length of departmental meetings by asking an array of frivolous and irrevalent questions.