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    1. Hey, Cheeno. Always eager to befriend an Irish person, or a Welsh mate!

      Nicest folks in the world, they are.

      Please dont tell anyone what I said in my introduction! LOL

      Cheers!
    2. I updated a piece on Stockholm, if you want look at it, I think its a tighter piece anyway.
    3. Thank you for review on Stockholm
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      Don't need brownie points...if you want to ship me some brownies though...
    5. Thank you very much for reviewing my story. I was starting to wonder if I was crazy for thinking it had any appealing characteristics whatsoever. I'll give it a mad overhaul at some point for readability.
    6. Thanks! I try pretty hard to give authors the respect that they deserve. I feel like writing is so important, and I never want people to feel discouraged. Fullback obviously feels the same way, and I hope that can be cultivated.
    7. Thanks again!
    8. Thanks for the review! I feel my writing didn't get the point accross that I wanted, so I'm going for a whole rewrite, and then rewrite some more! Thank you for taking the time to read and edit my dismal work. I hope the next draft will be have decent.
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      Hi Cheeno, I though I'd request a friendship with you.
      By the way, I really like your reviews!
    10. Did you like the film, "He's Just Not That Into You," as much as I did?
    11. don't know what the thanks were for, but you're sure welcome!

      hugs, maia
    12. That's mad altogether. Here, in Ireland, civilians can't have anything higher than a 2.2 calibre (with a licence), though shotguns are common amongst farmers and hunters. We have a long history of armed conflict, so revolvers and semi-automatics, etc, are banned outside of the armed forces, though drug-fuelled gangsterism is rife and backed up by the latest in small weaponry. As for mountain lions? Jeeez, the wildest I meet on my forest walks are stoats and foxes. ;-)
    13. What kind of gun would a person carry on such an occasion?

      People out here carry guns all the time. Often a farmer will have a shotgun or rifle in his truck and may also have a handgun in the glovebox or somewhere on his person. I always carry a weapon with me everywhere I go--not a gun, of course, but something that will stop a charging dog or person at least. (If it's something like a bear or mountain lion, of course, then I would have to rely on my wits!)

      Actually out here stray dogs are a bigger concern than coyotes. People let there dogs run loose all the time, in spite of the leash laws. I was attacked by two dogs last spring out in the yard. It was very scary. I didn't get bitten but they were trying to bite me--one charged me from the front and the other one ran around behind. Recently a lady who was out jogging in the neighborhood was attacked by two dogs and likely would have been killed if someone hadn't heard her screaming and come to help.

      xoxoxo Kristi
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      Hey thanks so much for the post on my chapter. I think you are right, what I have up is a very rough draft, and the chapter isn't at all where I would like it to be. Actually, you've inspired me to go a completely new direction. So thanks
    15. Thank you for your kind words on my little bit of sci-fi. Much appreciated.
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    Touching brutality.

    by Cheeno on 01-03-2009 at 06:35 AM
    I was walking home yesterday afternoon, after buying a birdbath for my budgies, when I came across a cat lying on the verge. First I thought it was a carcass, but as I passed it, it cried out to me. Oh man, it had obviously been whacked by a car but all it's injuries seemed to be internal, apart from a bloodied mouth. What could I do? I phoned a friend for the warden's number, but the damn warden was off for the holiday, and when I rang the local vet, he couldn't leave the clinic because he was the only one there due to the holiday. A woman came along, taking laundry home from a friend in the nursing home, and she rang her husband to see if he'd come and collect the cat, but he was in the middle of something, so we were left hunkering over the poor tabby. I could tell she was in bits internally and I decided there was only one thing to do, though the woman wasn't happy about it. Still, what do you do, leave the poor thing to suffer? I found a suitable stone nearby and determined to place the plastic bag I had over the moggie's head and...well, put it out of its misery. Thing was, it's a lot easier said than done. It wasn't like I had a gun, or was able to inject it, and I certainly wasn't looking forward to it. I mean, I knew I was doing the right thing, but it's the actual logistics of it - the physicality. Anyway, the woman turned away and I placed the bag over the poor things head and was positioning myself and raising the stone when her phone rang and she pleaded for me to hold. Don't have to ask me twice, I thought, taking the bag off the cat's head. I have to tell you, I was so relieved when the woman told me her husband had reconsidered and was on his way to take the animal to the vet. It was obvious there wasn't anything to be done for it but at least she'd be treated humanely, not like my method, though I thought I was doing the right thing. I'm gonna pop down to the vet's later and find out what happened. I'm surprised how much the experience has affected me. I've worked with animals in the past, and have had to put a couple to sleep, but not the way I'd intended here. Not many people have to touch the face of brutality, fortunately. I don't recommend it.
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    Apple Tart Day...

    by Cheeno on 10-18-2008 at 12:28 PM
    I baked my very first apple tart today. May not seem like such a big occasion in the normal run of things, but I've been wanting to bake one for years. Years! I'm a 43yr old man and have never baked anything bigger or better than a potato, much to my chagrin. Anyhow, my girlfriend, who LOVES baking and all things kitchen, suggested that I get my finger out and do what I've been pining to do since I used to sit as a child and watch my mother baking; mouth watering at the prospect of getting first taste of her apple and jam tarts. Best thing though, was how she'd use the scraps to bake a 'junior' tart, especially for me, though I often had to fight off my five jealous siblings to hold onto it. Anyway, I baked that tart today, and I'm about to head back over to my girlfriend's house to get me a slice of it, with double fresh cream. Yeah!
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