Bill W

I don't go to buffets because I tend to partake of too many of the items that are offered.

Many of us use our writing as a catharsis from all of the weird crap that happens in our every day life.

There are times when you might feel as if your mind is beclouded as well.

Thank you, because it wasn't exactly easy to piece all of that together so it would sound somewhat realistic. Everyone seems to have loved the idea of the bear and the backpack carrying out the gold, and I'm glad that worked out as well.

Does that mean my stories are examples of prolix writing?

Yes, unlike other shows, they were based on the history that was known up to that time. They wouldn't have known about the young princes' remains being found at the Tower of London, thus making Richard III king, nor would they have known about Richard III remains being found under a parking lot, or car park as the British call it, in Leicester, as well as many other things.

What can I say? History fascinates me and has ever since I watched the old TV show "You Are There" aired back in the 1950s. I was still in elementary school, but Walter Cronkite had me hooked. I know not everyone is as fascinated by history or historical places like I am, so I'm glad you're able to appreciate it. 💓

I'm glad you approved of my use of those mysteries to supply the McCaskill family with plenty of money. Yes, Mac lost a brother and sister. His brother was killed during the war in Afghanistan, and his sister was killed by a drunk driver. I was thinking of putting in that the man was a known drunk with no money and no family, and he was driving without insurance in one of those huge cars from the 70s that most people referred to as tanks. He did not have any insurance coverage or any money to sue for, but I thought that was more information than necessary for a secondary character. And although Isaac spend time at the reservation in New Mexico, he wasn't in Roswell post WW II.

I did a tremendous amount of research to make sure the facts were accurate. Although I allowed Isaac to discover the treasure, which in reality may still be out there, the story was based on historical facts. The same is true about Congress passing the law about owning/possessing gold in the 1930s, which they later rescinded in the 1970s, and the stocks I chose for them to invest in were actual stocks that did well during the time periods mentioned. I hope that answers your question, Tony.

Hopefully the backpack blended in with the bear's body and wasn't noticeable to others, but I know what you mean. 😎

Yes, and that may be exactly what Isaac did. Since he can change his form, it's possible he's merely taking the form of a person in the inner circle each time and gaining insider information that others don't possess. I believe Devin has mentioned that his grandfather has his way of finding out things, that might be the way.

I'm glad you enjoyed the backpack idea, because it took me quite a while to figure out how Isaac was going to transport all of that gold out of there without raising suspicion or getting killed by those wanting to take it away from him. As for your comment about the sixth sense, that's an interesting idea, but you'll have to keep reading to find out if you're correct or not. 😈 They did do very well and avoided the pit falls, but something I learned in college. Even those who seemed to have lost everything on paper during the crash made it back eventually, if they didn't panic and overreact. Since Isaac didn't have the same time limitation as other people of that time, maybe he just rode the problem out - or maybe he had some insider information into the various situations, and not a crystal ball or a sixth-sense. And when you have gold to fall back on, you're in a little better shape than most others. Look at the other important names at that time and see how much they lost or didn't lose in the crash.

It does if you don't have a starting reference point.

Yes, Danilo, I remember Yogi and Boo-boo as well, but they never entered my mind as I was writing this chapter.

Thanks for the feedback, Terry. I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter.

Obviously, Mac grandparents weren't able to do that, so it probably didn't dawn on him. Remember, Mac had no close friends other than Devin while he was growing up. He lived a very sheltered life.

Yes, and now some of you may understand why Devin didn't apply for any scholarships. He didn't want to take them away from those that really needed them when he knew he didn't.

Yes, that's very true, and it was apparently easier to do things like that back in the late 1800s, rather than today. I hope this chapter satisfies all of those who were unhappy that Devin wasn't sharing this information with Mac immediately, but a story of this length would obviously take some time to tell.

Thank you for your comment and you are correct in that they managed the gold wisely. They knew they would have to have th is to fall back on later, in case things didn't go well in the future, and they wished to remain low-key so they didn't draw any attention to their family. This might attract unwanted contacts or people trying to gain access to their wealth, so after the initial investments, the stocks were put in Isaac and Jacob's names, not merely one, and then later some were placed in Aaron's name. As Devin indicated, he would soon be included in that, and possibly Mac will as well.

Thank uou for your help with this matter and I'll remember to add the link next time.

Chapter 10 – A Hell of a Tale After we finished eating lunch at the dining hall, we headed over to the building where we were supposed to pick up our student IDs. As soon as we had them, we walked back to the house to get the SUV before we headed to the campus bookstore to buy our textbooks. We decided to do this because we didn’t want to have to carry a heavy load of books back to the house after we purchased them. Not only that, but we were buying our books now because we wanted

Unfortunately, the nation, if not the entire world, is becoming callous to the sadists in our society. The sadist, and some of the general population, not only lack empathy and sympathy for the victims the individual is targeting, but some of these individuals are also attempting to find ways to justify the sadist's actions. I hope this trend ends soon and never returns.

To Myr, Cia, or whoever else can help me with this. I set Secrets chapter 10 to publish on 5-9-23 at 12:10 AM, and when I checked at 1:00 AM it hadn't publish. I went in to manually publish it and discovered the time kept changing with the clock, so I merely clicked the publish button and the the publish prompt and nothing happen. Can you help me with this?

Actually, there are two pronunciations for sow. The first is as a noun that rhymes with now or cow and means an adult female pig. The other is as a verb and is pronounced like sew or know and means to plant seeds or scatter seeds over the land.

Hmmm, I'm sure there's a sticky answer to this question.