Howzat

Wow! What an absolute stormer of a chapter! Well done @Mrsgnomie! Is it Thursday yet??????????

Mmmm - Please Miss (@Mrsgnomie or @kbois) did @spike382just mention the subject he's not allowed to mention?

Okay @drsawzallyou beat me to it!

How about "in flagrante delicto"? 😇

I haven't read the comments on this chapter yet but we've got some way to go to beat the previous chapter (23) on 129 (at the moment)! Though I see we're already on 73 for this one so maybe not such a hard task after all! Anyway, all I can say is that @Mrsgnomieis pure evil, leaving us thinking that Jay was seriously injured or possibly even about to die - to find, much like the Bobby Ewing scene in Dallas (coming out of the shower after a whole series on a story arc that never actually happened) that it was all a dream! And don't think I'm leaving you out @kbois- you were a willing participant in this, this, this.... words fail me! (just thought of one - subterfuge!) But anyway, back to Jay's parents walking in on Loren with Jay on the kitchen counter - how embarrassing would that be if it happened to you! Then once again the cliffhanger Queen strikes again, ending the chapter with Loren saying he wants to find his brother! I love this story too much to stay upset with @Mrsgnomie& @kboisfor too long.

And why would that be so wrong? 🤪😇 Apart from the fact it might well break the GA website and/or the Internet!

I'm pretty sure you've got us all hooked so we're coming back to get our Jay/Loe fix!

The pictures in my mind do not need any enlargement!

Yeah but if Creepy McCreeperson did publish any photos then Loe would just destroy his career by getting his followers to do it for him and Jay (of course) would have to be chained down to prevent him actually killing CC!!

@Carlos Hazdayoh yes we get them here in the UK!

Or another (of many different versions) - I don't have to be able to fight the bear that's chasing us; I've just gotta run faster than you!

For those of you who actually do live in Iowa I'm sure you could substitute another state (Wyoming, N/S Dakota, Alaska - all just examples) for exactly the same effect! I'm sure @Carlos Hazdaymeant no ill will to residents of Iowa!! 😁

100% agreed on Race Imboden - thanks @Carlos Hazday And I just love The West Wing - and that video clip is just superb!

It's just coming up to 4pm here in the UK on a bank holiday weekend (most UK workers get tomorrow off) and I've just caught up with my reading here on GA, whilst my Dad and I watch session 1 of the final of the World Snooker Championship (Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Judd Trump - definitely not a relation of you know who!). I was delighted to see that @Carlos Hazdayposted a second chapter to CDMX for this weekend. Yay for @Carlos Hazday!!!!! Yay to the guys for winning the Oscar (though of course we already knew that happened). Great to see Red again - I've got a thing for guys like Brad! 💖 And an even bigger YAY for CJ winning his latest battle with Northman - when will he realise he is never going to win?!!!! As always @Carlos Hazdaya great chapter.

Having been a member since June 2009 I can safely say this site never fails to provide enjoyment in reading the product of the imagination of the many authors who contribute. I've enjoyed the writings of many authors like @Mark Arbourand @Carlos Hazdaywho have both provided (and continue to do so) a huge series of connected stories and then we come to the newer cadre like @astone2292, @kboisand @Mrsgnomie who give great feedback and banter in the comments sections (as well as writing/editing great stories). When a new story pops up I'll have a look at the story summary and if it grabs my attention then I'll give it a go - usuually I'll stay with it until the end but sometimes the author either stops posting or there's a long delay which means it drops down my list of stories that I'm reading - currently I'm reading (or waiting for new chapters from) 13 different stories from 12 different authors. I have loads of stories which I've started but for the reasons mentioned earlier I have stopped (or been forced to stop) reading them. I've stayed a member for all that time as I enjoy reading a lot and I really enjoy reading these stories. So thankyou @Myrfor creating this wonderful website all those years ago. And thankyou @Mancunianfor asking the question!

@Mawgrimyou do weave an intricate tale! I still think there are two in the well (Trevor & Jenny) and that someone (the murderer?) has been "sending" the postcards from Australia to make people think that's where they are. Of course if Jack is in the lake then he could have well been the original murderer (of T&J) but then who killed him (unlikely to be suicide)? Obviously Brenda knows what Maurice knows/knew which is why she got rid of Terry so quickly once he started that line of enquiry - but who is it that they're so afraid of - they must still be alive and local otherwise they'd feel "safe"? There are a few candidates - George, Colin, Sylvia & Bob Luard - there may be others of course or someone we've not even met yet!

Here in the UK we have a programme called Countdown which has a 30 second countdown for all of it's rounds when the two contestants have to get the best word they can from a set of 9 letters (that the contestants pick - mix of vowels & consonants) OR it's a numbers round where they pick 6 from a hidden set of high (1 each of 100, 75, 50, 25) and/or low (multiple 10 to 1) cards to try and get (using only x / + or -) a randomly generated number - sometimes they're very easy and sometimes impossible as even the resident math's genius can't get it. Then the final round is always a 9 letter anagram that they have to unscramble inside the 30 seconds. Anyway back to the countdown - Hopefully it will play outside of the UK! I don't think Jay or Loren would be able to perform that fast?

I'm sure @Carlos Hazday would have been at Church or just spending all day eating Easter Eggs!

I have been made God for the day (other deities are sometimes available) and I hereby decree that the next 10 days starting tomorrow are all Friday's! They will be all the correct dates but just taken out of sequence!

CJ would say yes of course but as for Chipper - who knows??????

Aido Potato is just the sweetest kid and he knows inherrently who needs him more - Uncle Lowen and not Uncle Jay. Uncle Jay is good for the cleaning up (both ends) but it's Uncle Lowen who needs the cuddles. Great chapter @Mrsgnomieand just the perfect length!

Yeah I agree - especially since Aido Potato has learned how to overcome the obstacle of being penned in, there really isn't any point unless you plan on having him tied down (which brings us back full circle to Lowen's childhood)!

Not sure how a baseball diamond would work for a toddler's cot/bed!

Do you deliver? I may be a bit outside of your Zip Code!

“Yep. One of the best, including the Ivy League ones. Let’s have him over sometime soon. We should get to know him better. I think I’d like to work with him in the future.” Taking the last part of that comment - could Carter be CJ's Press Secretary when we get to The White House? Great chapter as normal @Carlos Hazday PS - I posted my comment before I read any of the others.