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Peek into a corner of Goukou's mind.

flemmings
17 Feb 2021, 16:19
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Ah well, that explains that. New glasses must wait till the snow melts and I can bicycle to the dollar store again.

They won't put me on hold. It's a small outfit. What happens is I leave a message…
mallorys_camera
17 Feb 2021, 05:12
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Well, the cheapo reading glasses are all made out of plastic. And after a while, the plastic does geret discolored and blurry.

Viz phonecalls: You just have to have a large bag of cookies next to…
mallorys_camera
1 Feb 2021, 15:49
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Yes. Kipling's wife was an American.
flemmings
31 Jan 2021, 17:13
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The odd thing about Kipling to me is that his adult army stuff is so opaque (read The Janeites, then read wikipedia to tell me what happened) whereas his weird tales and children's stories are pretty…
mallorys_camera
31 Jan 2021, 12:34
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Kipling is an excellent writer. I always figured he wrote the jingoistic stuff as a marketing thing.

Did you know he spent four years living in New England? And seriously considered permanently…