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Do things the old fashioned way old boy; guns, bags of cash, clandestine meetings on the water front; a secret bank account in Switzerland. Don’t fall for the supposed cool sophisticated way.

Heed this.

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11-18-2023 , 08:48 AM

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Phat Mack

Twat-Waffle

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 11,629

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Originally Posted by biggerboat

Coming up with fictional names is a pain. Places, schools, people, etc. I tend to get hung up on little stuff like this. I've written so much with ????? filled in for a name to be named later and catching up is tedious.

Don't use "?????". Give em a name that is descriptive or just a couple of words that pop in your head, like "Fat Guy Mohawk" or "No Parking". They'll evolve into the character's real name and you can go back and Control-H them.

#protip

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11-18-2023 , 01:40 PM

#3803

golddog

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 6,202

Control-H? Boat's doing this on a Hemingway-esque typewriter, double spaced, with lots of scribbles and notes in the margins/between lines in my mind.

Probably has some kind of visor involved too. Desk lamp with a green glass shade. In a wood-paneled study with late-afternoon sun filtering through the blinds.

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11-18-2023 , 04:12 PM

#3804

Zeno

Le Misanthrope

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,188

…and a sultry blonde in the corner, taking down a few notes herself. She’s packing two 38’s and a 45. Obviously the 45 is loaded and cocked. The 38’s are just decoration.

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11-20-2023 , 03:57 PM

#3805

biggerboat

you're gonna need one

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48,029

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Originally Posted by golddog

hehe, more like one of the proverbial monkeys trying to get shakespeare to come out

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11-20-2023 , 03:59 PM

#3806

biggerboat

you're gonna need one

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48,029

Another technology rant.

The pool pump at the house we are trying to sell quit running. Turns out it is controlled by some fancy wifi tech that decided not to control it any more. Can't connect to it because there is no wifi there anymore. Tried a hotspot but that didn't work. Probably end up replacing the stupid fancy thingy with a manual control.

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12-01-2023 , 10:48 AM

#3807

biggerboat

you're gonna need one

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48,029

Someone should start a business that deals with contractors for you. I'm trying to find a landscape contractor that will put sod down, but I've found it much more challenging than I thought it would be. Typical in this area.

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12-01-2023 , 12:33 PM

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rickroll

oddly catty

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 20,153

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Originally Posted by biggerboat

you absolutely need to watch the most recent southpark

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12-02-2023 , 08:36 AM

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Zeno

Le Misanthrope

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,188

Hire Italians. Problems solved!

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12-05-2023 , 01:52 PM

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biggerboat

you're gonna need one

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I don't think I know any Italians.

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12-07-2023 , 01:34 PM

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biggerboat

you're gonna need one

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48,029

Yard finished. The contractor did a pretty good job. She got on it when she said she would, and was only one day off finishing it. She found a couple leaks in the sprinkler system that she is fixing now.

I haven't seen it yet, but she trimmed one of the palm trees. It doesn't show in the picture. Apparently my neighbor (not the *******) yelled at her for trimming it too much. But that's what all the palm trimmers do around here. Looks fine to me.