TOT - I thought I was more drunk than I was

Last night I crawled into bed very tired and rather drunk. Hil said, "Don't
forget to set your alarm. Jamie's coming in the morning." I lay back thinking
about Jamie the landscaper and the questions I intended to ask him about the
job in hand. It occurred to me that I hadn't seen him for about ten years, and
I wondered if he'd changed much. As I waited for Hil to come up I idly opened
the Independent magazine section and flicked through the pages with
disinterest. Then I nearly shot through the ceiling! There was Jamie and his
mum and dad grinning at me from page 23! At that moment I assessed the
probability that I was hallucinating and decided it was very high. I'd been
laying there vaguely thinking about Jamie and then suddenly there he was, in
the magazine. I felt quite alarmed. I mean, it isn't every day you discover
that you've lost your marbles is it? After a few panickey moments I cautiously
raised the magazine again and had a peek. God dammit Jamie was still there. He
was in his big greenhouse surrounded by plants. I marvelled at my vivid
imagination, since I know nothing of horticulture yet the plants were all very
convincing. Jamie looked about 30 which would be right. . .
Hil came in. "Look at that" I said weakly. She glanced at my anxious face and
grabbed the magazine. "Oh isn't that a lovely picture?" she said. "Rita and
Peter and Jamie! I wonder why Gena isn't there. Fancy them being in the paper
the day before Jamie is coming to see us. Anyway it's a lovely picture. You
must ask Jamie about it tomorrow. You look very pale. It must be all the booze
you've had. Night night."

Bill

"Bill" wrote in message

Last night I crawled into bed very tired and rather drunk. Hil said,
"Don't forget to set your alarm. Jamie's coming in the morning." I lay
back thinking about Jamie the landscaper and the questions I intended to
ask him about the job in hand. It occurred to me that I hadn't seen him
for about ten years, and I wondered if he'd changed much. As I waited for
Hil to come up I idly opened the Independent magazine section and flicked
through the pages with disinterest. Then I nearly shot through the
ceiling! There was Jamie and his mum and dad grinning at me from page 23!
At that moment I assessed the probability that I was hallucinating and
decided it was very high. I'd been laying there vaguely thinking about
Jamie and then suddenly there he was, in the magazine. I felt quite
alarmed. I mean, it isn't every day you discover that you've lost your
marbles is it? After a few panickey moments I cautiously raised the
magazine again and had a peek. God dammit Jamie was still there. He was
in his big greenhouse surrounded by plants. I marvelled at my vivid
imagination, since I know nothing of horticulture yet the plants were all
very convincing. Jamie looked about 30 which would be right. . .
Hil came in. "Look at that" I said weakly. She glanced at my anxious face
and grabbed the magazine. "Oh isn't that a lovely picture?" she said.
"Rita and Peter and Jamie! I wonder why Gena isn't there. Fancy them
being in the paper the day before Jamie is coming to see us. Anyway it's
a lovely picture. You must ask Jamie about it tomorrow. You look very
pale. It must be all the booze you've had. Night night."

Bill


PMSL lol

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"Bill" wrote in message

Last night I crawled into bed very tired and rather drunk. Hil said,
"Don't forget to set your alarm. Jamie's coming in the morning." I lay
back thinking about Jamie the landscaper and the questions I intended to
ask him about the job in hand. It occurred to me that I hadn't seen him
for about ten years, and I wondered if he'd changed much. As I waited for
Hil to come up I idly opened the Independent magazine section and flicked
through the pages with disinterest. Then I nearly shot through the
ceiling! There was Jamie and his mum and dad grinning at me from page 23!
At that moment I assessed the probability that I was hallucinating and
decided it was very high. I'd been laying there vaguely thinking about
Jamie and then suddenly there he was, in the magazine. I felt quite
alarmed. I mean, it isn't every day you discover that you've lost your
marbles is it? After a few panickey moments I cautiously raised the
magazine again and had a peek. God dammit Jamie was still there. He was
in his big greenhouse surrounded by plants. I marvelled at my vivid
imagination, since I know nothing of horticulture yet the plants were all
very convincing. Jamie looked about 30 which would be right. . .
Hil came in. "Look at that" I said weakly. She glanced at my anxious face
and grabbed the magazine. "Oh isn't that a lovely picture?" she said.
"Rita and Peter and Jamie! I wonder why Gena isn't there. Fancy them
being in the paper the day before Jamie is coming to see us. Anyway it's
a lovely picture. You must ask Jamie about it tomorrow. You look very
pale. It must be all the booze you've had. Night night."

Bill


PMSL lol

--

In the deserts of Sudan
And the gardens of Japan
From Milan to Yucatan
Every woman, every man

On 28 Mar 2004 19:33:57 GMT, romise (Bill)
wrote:

Last night I crawled into bed very tired and rather drunk. Hil said, "Don't
forget to set your alarm. Jamie's coming in the morning." I lay back thinking
about Jamie the landscaper and the questions I intended to ask him about the
job in hand. It occurred to me that I hadn't seen him for about ten years, and
I wondered if he'd changed much. As I waited for Hil to come up I idly opened
the Independent magazine section and flicked through the pages with
disinterest. Then I nearly shot through the ceiling! There was Jamie and his
mum and dad grinning at me from page 23! At that moment I assessed the
probability that I was hallucinating and decided it was very high. I'd been
laying there vaguely thinking about Jamie and then suddenly there he was, in
the magazine. I felt quite alarmed. I mean, it isn't every day you discover
that you've lost your marbles is it? After a few panickey moments I cautiously
raised the magazine again and had a peek. God dammit Jamie was still there. He
was in his big greenhouse surrounded by plants. I marvelled at my vivid
imagination, since I know nothing of horticulture yet the plants were all very
convincing. Jamie looked about 30 which would be right. . .
Hil came in. "Look at that" I said weakly. She glanced at my anxious face and
grabbed the magazine. "Oh isn't that a lovely picture?" she said. "Rita and
Peter and Jamie! I wonder why Gena isn't there. Fancy them being in the paper
the day before Jamie is coming to see us. Anyway it's a lovely picture. You
must ask Jamie about it tomorrow. You look very pale. It must be all the booze
you've had. Night night."

Bill

I have a similar story. I never read our local paper as there's never
anything really important in it. A couple of years ago I decided to
buy a copy and whilst flicking though decided to look thought the
deaths to see if there was anyone I knew (as you do) only to discover
my great grandmother listed. I never have any contact with my dad's
side on my family (my dad died when I was 3) and wouldn't recognize
any of them if I passed them in the street. That freaked me out
though. I even got some money out of it too (indirectly).

Sanddancer

On 28 Mar 2004 19:33:57 GMT, romise (Bill)
wrote:

Last night I crawled into bed very tired and rather drunk. Hil said, "Don't
forget to set your alarm. Jamie's coming in the morning." I lay back thinking
about Jamie the landscaper and the questions I intended to ask him about the
job in hand. It occurred to me that I hadn't seen him for about ten years, and
I wondered if he'd changed much. As I waited for Hil to come up I idly opened
the Independent magazine section and flicked through the pages with
disinterest. Then I nearly shot through the ceiling! There was Jamie and his
mum and dad grinning at me from page 23! At that moment I assessed the
probability that I was hallucinating and decided it was very high. I'd been
laying there vaguely thinking about Jamie and then suddenly there he was, in
the magazine. I felt quite alarmed. I mean, it isn't every day you discover
that you've lost your marbles is it? After a few panickey moments I cautiously
raised the magazine again and had a peek. God dammit Jamie was still there. He
was in his big greenhouse surrounded by plants. I marvelled at my vivid
imagination, since I know nothing of horticulture yet the plants were all very
convincing. Jamie looked about 30 which would be right. . .
Hil came in. "Look at that" I said weakly. She glanced at my anxious face and
grabbed the magazine. "Oh isn't that a lovely picture?" she said. "Rita and
Peter and Jamie! I wonder why Gena isn't there. Fancy them being in the paper
the day before Jamie is coming to see us. Anyway it's a lovely picture. You
must ask Jamie about it tomorrow. You look very pale. It must be all the booze
you've had. Night night."

Bill

I have a similar story. I never read our local paper as there's never
anything really important in it. A couple of years ago I decided to
buy a copy and whilst flicking though decided to look thought the
deaths to see if there was anyone I knew (as you do) only to discover
my great grandmother listed. I never have any contact with my dad's
side on my family (my dad died when I was 3) and wouldn't recognize
any of them if I passed them in the street. That freaked me out
though. I even got some money out of it too (indirectly).

Sanddancer

On 28 Mar 2004 19:33:57 GMT, Bill wrote:
Last night I crawled into bed very tired and rather drunk. Hil said, "Don't
forget to set your alarm. Jamie's coming in the morning." I lay back thinking
about Jamie the landscaper and the questions I intended to ask him about the
[snip]

Bill,

As one of your admirers here, may I make one small suggestion. Can you
introduce some blank space into your posts. Reading a single, huge
paragraph is a bit difficult. It would look much better if split up.

Regards

--
Dave

On 28 Mar 2004 19:33:57 GMT, Bill wrote:
Last night I crawled into bed very tired and rather drunk. Hil said, "Don't
forget to set your alarm. Jamie's coming in the morning." I lay back thinking
about Jamie the landscaper and the questions I intended to ask him about the
[snip]

Bill,

As one of your admirers here, may I make one small suggestion. Can you
introduce some blank space into your posts. Reading a single, huge
paragraph is a bit difficult. It would look much better if split up.

Regards

--
Dave

.. Can you
introduce some blank space into your posts. Reading a single, huge
paragraph is a bit difficult. It would look much better if split up.

Interestingly, there was a paragraph break before the word 'Hil'. It doesn't
show up though I'm always a bit doubtful about doing a double return in this
medium, because the space it creates seems huge. In 'Word' I favour a half line
space between paragraphs. Actually it isn't exactly half a line because 12pt is
spaced at 12pts type plus 2pts leading and I leave 4pts + 2pts leading, but
anyway it looks OK. I think you're absolutely right though. A sheet of grey
text is very off-putting.
Actually I think this medium is very primitive. It would be much more fun if we
could send proper typography to each other. I'd also welcome a small photograph
of each contributor that appeared automatically when they popped up.

Bill
--

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.. Can you
introduce some blank space into your posts. Reading a single, huge
paragraph is a bit difficult. It would look much better if split up.

Interestingly, there was a paragraph break before the word 'Hil'. It doesn't
show up though I'm always a bit doubtful about doing a double return in this
medium, because the space it creates seems huge. In 'Word' I favour a half line
space between paragraphs. Actually it isn't exactly half a line because 12pt is
spaced at 12pts type plus 2pts leading and I leave 4pts + 2pts leading, but
anyway it looks OK. I think you're absolutely right though. A sheet of grey
text is very off-putting.
Actually I think this medium is very primitive. It would be much more fun if we
could send proper typography to each other. I'd also welcome a small photograph
of each contributor that appeared automatically when they popped up.

Bill
--

Bargains on eBay under seller name tvaerialguy

"Bill" wrote in message
...

" Last night I crawled into bed very tired and rather drunk. Hil said,
*Don't forget to set your alarm. Jamie's coming in the morning.* I lay back
thinking about Jamie the landscaper and the questions I intended to ask him
about the job in hand. It occurred to me that I hadn't seen him for about
ten years, and I wondered if he'd changed much. "


That could have been the start of a gay porno story for all I knew.