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Darkoba

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Frank said:
Thanks for the new Avatar T.j
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Frank, when my lady wife first saw that picture, she said that's how she imagines 'Frank' from the T&FdL. Then you go and take it as your avatar! Do wonders never cease?

BTW, do you think the dog collar fitting - or is that the latest in comms. unit with throat mike?
 

Frank

Frank
The Old Codger at the bar has an old-fashioned smart bracelet he uses for calls and any trans-dimensional calculations he needs to make. I tried cropping the dog collar out of the avatar, but I didn't spend too much time on it. Having that picture appear with each of my posts is like looking in a mirror. I'll probably change back to the radio later.
 

azdour

azdour
Hi,

Would anyone be kind enough :) to help me to figure out why my drabble is marked as 101 words?

I've checked and checked and even PM'd Bikky but have no answers.
 

Darkoba

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azdour said:
Hi,

Would anyone be kind enough :) to help me to figure out why my drabble is marked as 101 words?

I've checked and checked and even PM'd Bikky but have no answers.
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I 'finger-count' 100 words. It might be the '...' at the end that's being counted as an extra word. Nice drabble :D
 

Minti2

Deadly, But very fluffy...
Minti2
Frank said:
The Old Codger at the bar has an old-fashioned smart bracelet he uses for calls and any trans-dimensional calculations he needs to make. I tried cropping the dog collar out of the avatar, but I didn't spend too much time on it. Having that picture appear with each of my posts is like looking in a mirror. I'll probably change back to the radio later.
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Your new avatar is the same image i get when i think of Frank, only i think Frank is even more cunning! :eek: :p....but like Cody i really like your Radio pic, where is it from Frank? it looks a familiar pic and ive been meaning to ask you for ages.
 

Frank

Frank
The Lone Gunman said:
Your new avatar is the same image i get when i think of Frank, only i think Frank is even more cunning! :eek: :p....but like Cody i really like your Radio pic, where is it from Frank? it looks a familiar pic and ive been meaning to ask you for ages.
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I've forgotten exactly where I got it now. I was just looking for an old-style radio for my Kickstarter avatar, something from which you'd would hear Winston Churchill's speeches. Some backers were getting a little despondent during the middle of the campaign and I felt that something was needed to lift their spirits.
 

Minti2

Deadly, But very fluffy...
Minti2
Frank said:
I've forgotten exactly where I got it now. I was just looking for an old-style radio for my Kickstarter avatar, something from which you'd would hear Winston Churchill's speeches. Some backers were getting a little despondent during the middle of the campaign and I felt that something was needed to lift their spirits.
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Ah nice, and no i didnt know then about your radio avatar then, but i like the story behind it :)

and being a big fan of Churchill to that's why i named the station commander(Sarah) similarly in the Thargoid thread, ive yet to get her to make a stirring speech though, maybe when its the last stand at the bar(yet again!) when the Thargoids are coming ;)
 

psykokow

psykokow
Some Time Off

The sun blinded me, it was swealteringly hot sizzling the sweat on my forehead, my eyelids could barely keep the burn at bay.

The rubber soles on my boots softened and steamed with every step. My body was in agony, the sweat blistering the skin as the heat brought it to the boil. I was cooking slowly from the outside in.

I needed water, I wouldn’t survive much longer without some kind of fluids..

My mind briefly jumps to how I ended up here, A police officer... what did they say when they dropped me here? ‘Enjoy your permanent holiday’.
 

Philip Coutts

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Philip Coutts
Socks and Sandals are Unacceptable

What a privilege it is to walk on an alien planet, people forget what we sacrificed to terraform them. My own children live on Mars, now a playground for holidaymakers.

There’s still something magical about feeling the red sand invading my sandals, grinding against my knee high grey socks.


The blast came from nowhere, hurling me off my feet, the searing pain in my chest was so delicious but undoubtedly fatal. My eyes closed.

I opened them one last time, my son stood over me pointing his blaster at my head.

“I’m sorry” he said “Socks and sandals are unacceptable……”
 

Darkoba

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Recapturing the Romance

After five luxurious days, cruise-ship Orcanod dropped us at gas-giant Bijenkorf’s ‘Propolis Station’ for a bareboat charter. The life-boat-tender took us out to the solar-wind-ship “Wisp”.

She was sleek; keel a kilometre long, four square-kilometres of monomolecular sails.

Of seven satellites, five were exotic, romantic, inviting. Two were restricted, reserved for production of the galaxy’s finest honey.

We sailed gently between ports-of-call, each more enticing than the last.

An unexpected solar-flare hit!

Sails buckled, keel snapped. Abandon ship!

Nearest port was the second restricted moon. We landed, apologetically.

She said “Darling, when you said ‘second honey-moon’, I didn't expect this!”
 

Philip Coutts

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Philip Coutts
Luniticisi said:
3 drabbles already ... so what is the topic? ... it really should be mentioned :)
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As set by T.j The topic is "What I did on my Holidays"

Slightly worried that 3 drabbles in and you don't know what we have written about. Hmmm I may have written even more crapola than ever before.....;)
 
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Luniticisi

Luniticisi
Philip Coutts said:
As set by T.j Teh topic is "What I did on my Holidays"

Slightly worried that 3 drabbles in and you don't know what we have written about. Hmmm I may have written even more crapola than ever before.....;)
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Is this a new part of the competition, Guess the topic ? ...sorry missed the memo :D

*Edit* also I don't read the drabbles until I have written mine (or given up on writing one) so I am sure your writing is fine :D
 
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Frank

Frank
Detention

Frank looked at the sheet of paper on his desk. He scribbled the title "What I Did on My Holidays", and continued writing beneath it. He then held up his hand, holding the page for a suited man to take.

The lawyer held the page high addressing the bench, "Your Honour, my client has prepared a statement." Some members of the public gallery continued to glower at Frank; several attractive young ladies, a few tradesman, a frogman, and a fireman.

"The defendant would like to state that on the 17th August 3280...", he stared at the page, "He can't remember."
 

Yaffle

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Yaffle

Luniticisi

Luniticisi
A bit on the side.

"What sort of question's that?" snapped James.

"You had two weeks off, all I was asking is what you did on your Holiday?" Mary answered, feeling somewhat guilty about asking a seemingly innocuous question

"I did what I normally do on this space-station, went to the pub, watched some sport, nothing interesting" James answered, looking decidedly shifty.

"Wasn't that your ship in the repair shop?" Mary asked.

"That.. err.. Yeah, that happened in the docking bay.."

Mary gave James a look that he'd seen before.

His little forays into Piracy were getting harder to hide... and so were the bodies.
 
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Gibbonici

Gibbonici
Holidays in the Sun

I never expected to come back to the Belpharis Coast.

We vacationed here when I was a kid, and in my memories it's a paradise of gold and sunshine, with white beaches stretching into infinity and mifir spores shoaling across the sky like glitter on the wind.

That was a long time ago, and both the coastline and I bear the scars of war. Belpharis Harbour is reduced to slag, and the ocean oozes viscous and bruise-coloured. Sunlight struggles through radioactive clouds, and my robotic eyes report fallout blowing overhead. For a moment it looks like glitter on the wind.
 

azdour

azdour
A Busman's Holiday

As a federal police officer I rarely take holidays, but here I was. Boy was I ready to get every last ounce out of this holiday.

It was a shame the disguised pirates on board did not agree as they tried to take over.

Raging with anger and gun in hand the battle was short but it crippled the space liner.

Two weeks later our short range broadcasts were heard.

When my colleagues asked about my holiday I smiled and said I could use another one.

You see their bounty had compensated for that holiday and the next ones too.
 
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