Not too anxious, I'm just unsure. But yeah, I could email it to you or something. I should probably use my art skills for custom profiles and pet overlays, or even CWs, though.

yw!

Ready for a History lesson, cousin? Roller skating is a lot like ice skating except instead of blades the boots are wheeled so on the bright side an unlucky fall will only result in a bruised ego rather than loss of paws or claws. skating rings were VERY popular in human cities in the late 60's and 70's so right about the time the tribes of Glen Meadow were having trouble with greedy humans who strip mined and lumbered

Smailed you, Dear Onesnuggles youI have faith in you, Cub

: wheels on ones paws....will wonders never cease? I am reminded of the way the wizarding world felt about the 'muggle magic' of automobiles, with their petrol and brakes and wheels. Computers make more sense to me then rollers and wheels do. ( but not much more )

Our blacksmiths (or if you are wealthy, the silversmiths) make very dainty little paw skates for the ice and every little creature of the woods has at least one pair in their possession. Unlike the ungulates, canines and felines of our community, the mustelids can skate on their hind paws and use a stick to hit a puck with. Consequently, the larger creatures like the wolverines, badgers, skunks and porcupines play a rowdy game of weasel-hockey. (the wild horses in the next valley attempted to learn to play the game...and that's a lot of horse-hockey....buh-dum-pah!)

If roller-skating is so popular, why do you speak of it in the past? Did the rollers run on batteries, petrol, or just public opinion? Was the downfall of roller-skating the result of Nixon-shock or the energy crisis? (issues that my brother the Lore-Master says was the reason Glen Meadow was never rebuilt.)

Then again, dear cousin, sometimes I think you like to tease me to make me wrinkle my nose at you and to make me giggle at your jokes. I am on to you! ( snicker )

Cousin that's an excellent point, the last time I went skating there was '82 and I believe the rink closed down in '84, I was never entirely clear on why, they seemed to be doing pretty well between skate rental and concessions, especially on weekends and summer, maybe the monkey who owned it was ill or died and his cubs closed shop. Skating was kind of resurrected in the 90's with roller blading but like most trends it didn't last very long. These monkeys (humans) are a curious lot...entertaining but strange. LOL I loved the HP reference

MEW! But Freddie, I am as honest as I am feral, ask anyone!

Some humans are clever, and some not so much. You decide which is which. Up here in the foothills, in the back country, we have observed humans planting rows of crops that give every impression that they were row-tomatoes. After several weeks, the bushes of healthy vegetation suddenly sprouted tomatoes overnight! You could see tomatoes for miles, glistening in the dewy morning.

However, to the Infra-red cameras of the USAF high-altitude spy-planes that routinely fly over the foothills looking for cannibus sativa cultivation, tomatoes do not reflect a lot of white-hot IR heat. But red Christmas Tree decorations do. Besides, tomatoes really don't grow well at they altitude, too humid, too cold and the soil is too rocky. You would think that the growers would have thought of that before they spent all night long hanging 20,000 red Christmas balls in an failed attempt to masquerade what they were really growing.

we had all Seasons today Spring in the Am.. Fall by mid Morning and Winter in the Afternoon!:)

I didn't read back past your recent post but I'm over here rolling at the idea of people wasting their precious beauty rest hours placing red ornaments on plants in a sad attempt to cover up their precious cannibus sativa crops. Bahahahaha!

sounds lovely. The cold front that's rolling in is just now arriving here... It was kind of warm out earlier in the day and then the wind picked up. Now it's blowing and the cold air is finally rolling in. I'm a happy camper! :)

I'm a happy camper too and am loving the cold weather! Hopefully it stays this way for awhile. I already had some hot tea earlier and headed to bed and wrap myself in blankets :)

I've been having fevers off and on so it feels wonderful to me, no blankets or long sleeves needed yet. I'll dress warmly come the morning and make sure I am wrapped up like a burrito in my blankets overnight. Hopefully I can have some hot cocoa and some hot tea too tomorrow! :)

: Some humans will go to extraordinary lengths to attempt to fool the authorities, but in the end their cleverness is their undoing. My author's grandparents sold their very large very prominently located home and lapidary shop in Humbolt County to a very wealthy 'hippie' couple back in 1976. The couple paid cash up front, which, back then, really didn't send up any red flags in the community, even though it was nearly three-quarters of a million dollars. As a land speculator himself, Grandpapa was used to dealing with large sums of cash.

The 'hippies' went to great lengths to maintain the yard, the shop and the appearance of a family living on the premises, which was located on Main Street and very visible from the freeway. But inside the house, from the basement, up through the three stories and even into the attic, the hippies had installed 'gro-lites' a sophisticated hydroponics system, escape tunnels, alarm systems, boobytraps, and were growing cannibis in massive quantities.

Unfortunately for the growers, and despite the sophistication of their operation, they apparently knew very little about electrical safety. The sheer number of lamps they had put into the house overloaded the 80 year old wiring system and when the drug enforcement agents stormed the building, alerted by the recent purchase of gro-lites at a local hardware store. The alarms shorted out the wires, the building went up in flames along with approximately 5 million dollars worth of pot.

The fire was so spectacular that the story made front page in the San Francisco Chronicle, the estimated loss to the couple was 1.5 million for the house and all the pot-growing infrastructure and 5 mill in crop losses.

The funny thing was, that the couple never recorded the deed in the county clerks office, so the property was still deeded to my authors grandpapa. Grandpapa had never canceled his homeowner's insurance policy in the confusion of moving out. He had also forgotten and accidentally paid the next year's homeowner's taxes. So, after he was cleared of collusion with the drug dealers, and cleared by the insurance company of fraud, he was awarded a big check for the loss of what was technically still his home. The insurance company made my author's grandpapa a millionaire and he retired very comfortably. The 'hippie' couple got 10 years.

Hope you are feeling better today! It's still wonderfully cool outside :)

was not fun to say the least

hahahaha, folks are something else. Goodness. And that's pretty awesome that your Author's Grandfather was awarded funds for the damages despite it all being a mishap. Worked out wonderfully that's for sure. Thanks for the laugh, girlie! <3

eh, my ear is still the same sadly and the fevers are so-so. Hopefully they'll be gone soon. Trying to clean the house up for Thanksgiving and to prep for the 29th. Little by little since I am doing most if not all of the cleaning by myself at the moment...

could have been worse, could be sweltering with 90 degree weather. :P

it is worse.. can you pm please fanks

Don't get me started on cleaning by myself... Dishes will have to wait until tomorrow rolls eyes Ah, I hope you start feeling better hugs

I've given up mentioning anything and or gripping except for when I'm alone. All I can think of doing is maybe going POOF one of these days for a good week and seeing if he cares to do anything about it himself. It's ridiculous at this point in time and I'm over it. If I can't get to something I just wait until I can. And if he says something I tell him where to step off with his grumbling. Hah.

I feel ya! I want to do the same! Let's poof away together :D I was doing laundry (washing, drying, and folding), still had dishes, and also was doing homework at the same time. He helped with one load of dryer clothes, but I asked if he could. I get annoyed and grumble by myself or to y'all haha

: Are you doing all the battle quests you can every day? Madison has been battling everyday in the BQ, and also since all the stats have been reset for the combatants, she has been systematically re-battling all her old foes to get the 'drops' ( like mage amulets!! ) and to get ten wins. Consequently, she has nearly earned enough points to move up to the next level. I just love it when they reset the combatants.

Another thing to do everyday is Shinwas quests for the chance to get a stat booster and to do Quentins quests for the chance to get mage amulets that you can turn into the (stinky) mage for the slim chance of getting Tomes as stat boosters.

: My work here is done then, I'm pleased that I made you laugh. I love telling stories, especially if they involve silliness, kludges and goof-ups.

Hey everyone. Sorry I havent been around like at all the last 2 weeks. Been adjusting to having a roommate. I am still adjusting.

Hope everyone is doing okay.

Good to hear from you!