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A Breathless Hush

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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by chrisd   » Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:20 am

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USMA74 wrote: . . . Some of us are old enough to start our second childhood. :lol:
(This assumes that we ever grew up in the first place.)



"Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is not"
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by kbus888   » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:56 am

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Hi chrisd

I keep telling my wife she need not worry that I might slip into my second childhood since I am still in my first one :lol:

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chrisd wrote:
USMA74 wrote: . . . Some of us are old enough to start our second childhood. :lol:
(This assumes that we ever grew up in the first place.)



"Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is not"
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by jtg452   » Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:24 pm

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I'm an advocate of the "We never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public" school of thought.
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by Charybdis   » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:36 pm

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Tiptoeing through the hours, peeking in to see what may have appeared, softly disguising my grimmaces of frustration at the absence of satisfaction ...
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by PeterZ   » Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:03 pm

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Charybdis wrote:Tiptoeing through the hours, peeking in to see what may have appeared, softly disguising my grimmaces of frustration at the absence of satisfaction ...


Yet there are other marvels aplenty; pearls strung along each thread. No, not what was sought, but a pleasant surprise none the less.
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by Charybdis   » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:04 am

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PeterZ wrote:
Charybdis wrote:Tiptoeing through the hours, peeking in to see what may have appeared, softly disguising my grimmaces of frustration at the absence of satisfaction ...


Yet there are other marvels aplenty; pearls strung along each thread. No, not what was sought, but a pleasant surprise none the less.

Indeed yes, the fellowship of the forums and all that implies! Still, that brief flash of knowledge behind the curtain, the frisson of speculation confirmed ... ah, the wine of dreamers!
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by PeterZ   » Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:57 am

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Charybdis wrote:Tiptoeing through the hours, peeking in to see what may have appeared, softly disguising my grimmaces of frustration at the absence of satisfaction ...

PeterZ wrote:Yet there are other marvels aplenty; pearls strung along each thread. No, not what was sought, but a pleasant surprise none the less.

Charybdis wrote:Indeed yes, the fellowship of the forums and all that implies! Still, that brief flash of knowledge behind the curtain, the frisson of speculation confirmed ... ah, the wine of dreamers!

Ah, the whine of addicts! Our mind's toungue touched with ambrosia and for but one moment all is bliss. Just one moment folowed by ages of agony too exquisite to endure but for that promise of another drop.
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by McGuiness   » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:13 am

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PeterZ wrote:
Charybdis wrote:Tiptoeing through the hours, peeking in to see what may have appeared, softly disguising my grimaces of frustration at the absence of satisfaction ...
PeterZ wrote:Yet there are other marvels aplenty; pearls strung along each thread. No, not what was sought, but a pleasant surprise none the less.
Charybdis wrote:Indeed yes, the fellowship of the forums and all that implies! Still, that brief flash of knowledge behind the curtain, the frisson of speculation confirmed ... ah, the wine of dreamers!
Ah, the whine of addicts! Our mind's tongue touched with ambrosia and for but one moment all is bliss. Just one moment followed by ages of agony too exquisite to endure but for that promise of another drop.
This is what happens when the kids get into the liquor cabinet! :lol:

"Oh bother", said Pooh as he glanced through the airlock window at the helmet he'd forgotten to wear.
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by Charybdis   » Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:50 am

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McGuiness wrote:This is what happens when the kids get into the liquor cabinet! :lol:
Speakest thou from personal experience? Did you add some water or just hope the level drop would be un-noticed?
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Re: A Breathless Hush
Post by KNick   » Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:34 pm

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Charybdis wrote:
McGuiness wrote:This is what happens when the kids get into the liquor cabinet! :lol:
Speakest thou from personal experience? Did you add some water or just hope the level drop would be un-noticed?


I just went and bought my own bottle and kept it under lock and key.
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