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Post by rebeccad on May 22, 2016 8:40:24 GMT -8
I love it, @travisnyewood ! Great job. I'll hire you to illustrate the collection of weird tales from the Long Dogie Saloon
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Post by JoeinCT on May 22, 2016 15:25:40 GMT -8
I was just thinking how much the cowboy looks like Clint Eastwood in the "spaghetti" westerns.
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Post by autumnmist on May 22, 2016 16:03:34 GMT -8
I thought it is Clint Eastwood. Sure looks like him.
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Post by autumnmist on May 22, 2016 16:06:39 GMT -8
Much of my work involves technical literature from shop manuals to court decisions and law. If you don't mind my asking, how are you involved in law? Do you synopsize cases? BTW, you really do have a gift for words; you paint a picture with those words.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 18:39:12 GMT -8
Much of my work involves technical literature from shop manuals to court decisions and law. If you don't mind my asking, how are you involved in law? Do you synopsize cases? BTW, you really do have a gift for words; you paint a picture with those words. Thanks for the compliment. My weak point is that I tend to be verbose. How am I involved with law? Even though I was on a (more or less) pre-law program in college, I chose not to become a lawyer. In fact, I had little interest in that. But some 40 years ago I learned to do legal research as a part of other concerns branching off from work. Mostly these days I simply look up laws, read them, and may read long court orders associated with those laws. My interest is more in science and writing. But I read just about anything, including law. I don't, as a matter of course, write synopses unless I see a special need for it, such as in these forums regarding wildlife or conservation law. That is perhaps my primary interest going into retirement years.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 18:44:01 GMT -8
I thought it is Clint Eastwood. Sure looks like him. Well, you know Clint Eastwood in his various characters was somewhat an impersonator of historical/legendary persons of the Old West. So perhaps Clint Eastwood's popularity is largely due to his resemblance to the legendary and historical person we call the Traveler in this thread. What I mean to ask is: Who came first, the Traveler or Clint Eastwood?
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 7:47:36 GMT -8
And now for the story inside the magazine: Return of the Traveler
The mood was somber at the Mangy Wolf Saloon. The sheriff of Sweet Springs had lost her head. That was the talk. Burly Jack stood at the bar talking to Amos the bartender of the Mangy Wolf. "It's not right. The Traveler destroyed her!" Burly Jack murmured, as he looked into his beer mug. "But the Traveler rode off without a fight!" Amos shook his head. He couldn't understand. "You're forgetting, Amos. Only two people in this town looked into that scoundrel's eyes. I'll never forget what I saw." Burly Jack looked up at Amos, and Amos saw the dreaded memory overwhelm Jack's face. Such were memories of the Traveler. "But you left," reminded Amos. "That's what I'm saying, Amos. It's not right! I shouldn't have." Months before, the Traveler had ridden into the town of Sweet Springs. . . . ( Continue reading.)
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Post by rebeccad on May 23, 2016 8:03:27 GMT -8
Well done! "I have to get my characters from somewhere" :(
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Post by absarokanaut on May 25, 2016 20:33:47 GMT -8
Verbosity never killed anyone...that wasn't on their death bed.
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