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  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine wrote a new blog entry:
    I Thought It Was Funny
    1.) Hickory, Dickory, Dock.Three mice ran up the clock.The clock struck one.The other two escaped with minor injuries.2.) The poor dog - he thought his name was Damnit. As in "Sit, damnit! Stay, damnit! Come HERE, damnit!"
    • January 1, 2017
    • Just Asking and 2 others like this.
    • MaryJanine
      Answerer Omega Hilarious. Those mice certainly have a tail to tell.
      • 1 likes this.
      • · January 17, 2017
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    • November 11, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine joined the group Creative Writing:
    Creative Writing
    Creative Writing
    A group where you can post stories of fiction stories of any length.
    • November 11, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to Can I possibly get all those adult groups off my profile? I have no interest in them - now or ever.:
    NO,DON'T. My orginal complaint(s) had to do with the fact that some friends that came from EP and went to answerMug after EP folded had made comments to a site I had been on - but when I went in to see what they had to say, I was met with the "Private Pag...  moreNO,DON'T. My orginal complaint(s) had to do with the fact that some friends that came from EP and went to answerMug after EP folded had made comments to a site I had been on - but when I went in to see what they had to say, I was met with the "Private Page" note. But I see that Karen makes as note of having to "unjoin" the Adult Group, which she wanted. I don't want to lose the access I now have, so I will have to stay as I am.BTW - as long as we are on the subject, I saw a note from Alfred22 that he was getting blocked in attempting to JOIN  the Adult Group (he is a friend from EP and found me here). The Internet was having coast-to-coast troubles and I couldn't get back to him to ask if he had this resolved. Can you check his profile and see if he was put on? (He doesn't know I am asking, but I am making this request in friendship with him.) Thanks in advance for getting back to me and whatever you can do.  less
    • October 22, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine started a discussion:
    Can I possibly get all those adult groups off my profile? I have no interest in them - now or ever.
    • October 21, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to Can someone get this "private page" business removed? There are several groups I belonged to before the changeovers that I can't get into.:
    I understand now - but I have been on answerMug since my friend from EP migrated when they closed (several months before they did) and he asked me to join him and a couple of other friends before I had no way to communicate with him. I agreed and followed...  moreI understand now - but I have been on answerMug since my friend from EP migrated when they closed (several months before they did) and he asked me to join him and a couple of other friends before I had no way to communicate with him. I agreed and followed him.Back to my problem - I signed in a few minutes ago and saw in my inbox I had three "likes your post", but even though I have a person (another old EPer) who likes my posts, answerMug acknowledged he wanted me as a friend, but anything he wants to tell me about, it is prefaced from answerMug instead of coming directly from him. Is this another of the new changes? Thanks in advance.  less
    • October 15, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to Can someone get this "private page" business removed? There are several groups I belonged to before the changeovers that I can't get into.:
    Who are YOU? I have been on here for several months - long before the changes and now private pages on my groups. I am not the only one - another friend who I asked told me he has the same problems. We can't be the only two this is happening with.I am not...  moreWho are YOU? I have been on here for several months - long before the changes and now private pages on my groups. I am not the only one - another friend who I asked told me he has the same problems. We can't be the only two this is happening with.I am not in ANY of the private scenarios. Please, someone who can - get these removed.  
    • October 14, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to Can someone get this "private page" business removed? There are several groups I belonged to before the changeovers that I can't get into.:
    No. I didn't before and I didn't now. I just want back "in" to those sites I was able to access before the changes were made!
    • October 14, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine started a discussion:
    Can someone get this "private page" business removed? There are several groups I belonged to before the changeovers that I can't get into.
    • October 14, 2016
  • Alfred22
    Alfred22 is now friends with MaryJanine.
    • October 8, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to How can I get a request of someone who was a friend before these changes? He is Alfred22.:
    Is there any way I can get Alfred22? I followed your directions, but the top link says to "cancel" friend request. I don't know how else to get him if I can't find a link to make him my friend and become his.
    • October 7, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine started a discussion:
    How can I get a request of someone who was a friend before these changes? He is Alfred22.
    • October 6, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine is now friends with 69Kisses96.
    • October 6, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to I realize AnswerMug is under construction, but when I tried to get in with my "sign-in" I cou;dn't obtain it . Once should be plenty (?).:
    • October 5, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to I realize AnswerMug is under construction, but when I tried to get in with my "sign-in" I cou;dn't obtain it . Once should be plenty (?).:
    No adult groups. One was one that had plenty of activity before these changes and it was still listed under my groups.MaryJanine.
    • October 5, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to I realize AnswerMug is under construction, but when I tried to get in with my "sign-in" I cou;dn't obtain it . Once should be plenty (?).:
    I got in, but I can't get into any of the "my group" sites either! They're all marked "private".Not only that, but we are supposed to have our friends remove the "Privacy" note.I can't post or print if I can't get in! Who do we contact?
    • October 5, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine started a discussion:
    I realize AnswerMug is under construction, but when I tried to get in with my "sign-in" I cou;dn't obtain it . Once should be plenty (?).
    • October 5, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group I want to hear about your sister or brother from another mother.:
     This should be subtitled. "Big and Little Sister".

    I am both. I have three younger brothers and an older stepsister.

    ...  more     This should be subtitled. "Big and Little Sister".

    I am both. I have three younger brothers and an older stepsister.

    At the same time, I am a little sister to someone who is a wonderful person and does not hesitate to give me advice when he thinks I need it, and supports me when I ask him.
    It gives me a wonderful feeling.

    MaryJanine.  
    • August 28, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group I want to hear about your sister or brother from another mother.:
    I Am Unique
     This should be subtitled. "Big and Little Sister".

    I am both. I have three younger brothers and an older stepsister.

    At the same time, I am a little sister to someone who is a wonderful person a...
    • August 28, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group I want to hear about your sister or brother from another mother.:
    Before I get started on this topic, I want to tell everyone who may disagree with me - save your electricity. I have both a stepsister and natural siblings, and have had a lifetime of experience growing up with both.
    I never found out or heard who my olde...  more    Before I get started on this topic, I want to tell everyone who may disagree with me - save your electricity. I have both a stepsister and natural siblings, and have had a lifetime of experience growing up with both.
    I never found out or heard who my older stepsister's father was (and I figure it was never any of my concern). Linda was born when my mother was 19, and seven years elapsed between that event and the days she met, dated, and married my father. Although Dad never legally adopted my stepsister, she called him "Daddy" like her three younger siblings did. I often dropped the "step" part and disliked the "half-sister" phrase - to me, she was my big sister and I was her "baby" sister.
    Now, to those of you who are adoptees who never knew your own natural parents and were handed to a couple willing to raise you as their "son" or "daughter" - I feel for you. I really, really do. But there are too many of you out there that push your way into the family or families that that natural mother or father may be a ...    less
    • July 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group I want to hear about your sister or brother from another mother.:
    A Little Advice From A Natural Child - To All Adoptees
    Before I get started on this topic, I want to tell everyone who may disagree with me - save your electricity. I have both a stepsister and natural siblings, and have had a lifetime of experience gr...
    • July 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine joined the group I want to hear about your sister or brother from another mother.:
    • October 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Remembering People:
    August 15th, 2016.

    Another wedding anniversary for my parents who are no longer here.
    ...  more    August 15th, 2016.

    Another wedding anniversary for my parents who are no longer here.

    For many,many years, I could go to church and request that they be remembered at mass on that day, The presiding priest was more than delighted to do so.

    Fast forward. The priest retired. Another one was installed.
    He changed a lot of things. One of these was "no individual massages on Mother's Day, Father's Day, or Holy Days."

    August 15th happens to be the Assumption of Mary - what the priest considers a holy day.The first summer after the old priest retired, I went to the new one, explaining carefully why I wanted my parents remembered. I was refused because it was a "holy day".

    It's hard enough to not have them here than not be able to remember them on the day they became man and wife.

    I know - I'm nobody special. But it gets harder every passing August 15th.

    Belated happy anniversary,Mom and Dad.

    MaryJanine.  less
    • August 19, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Remembering People:
    It's Been One Of Those Hard Weeks
    August 15th, 2016.

    Another wedding anniversary for my parents who are no longer here.

    For many,many years, I could go to church and request that they be remembered at mass on that day, The presid...
    • August 19, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Remembering People:
    Many of us, even the older members of answerMug, remember people who went across to Germany in two different world wars, or maybe Korea or VietNam or the Middle East or Saudi Arabia. Maybe they even recall their own service in any of these, for however lo...  moreMany of us, even the older members of answerMug, remember people who went across to Germany in two different world wars, or maybe Korea or VietNam or the Middle East or Saudi Arabia. Maybe they even recall their own service in any of these, for however long they were deployed.

    Everybody who was sent "over there" didn't always come back. If they weren't buried in enemy territory, they came home with something  - a knee, a hand, something else - damaged or destroyed.Many of the these brave individuals served in more than one conflict, and their children, if any, didn't recognize them when they returned home.

    I was one of the luckier ones. Anyone from my family that served overseas came home in one piece, and my own father's service in the Merchant Marines was service stateside.

    But it doesn't matter where it was. I respect these men and women who did what they did to keep us over here safe and sound - and what they continue to do and represent today.

    Grandpa died during peacetime (well after World War II) but ...    less
    • July 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Remembering People:
    In The Service of Our Country
    Many of us, even the older members of answerMug, remember people who went across to Germany in two different world wars, or maybe Korea or VietNam or the Middle East or Saudi Arabia. Maybe they eve...
    • July 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine joined the group Remembering People:
    • October 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group I am different since my mother died:
    That would have been my beloved Mom's birthday. She would have been 88

    I cried that day - and wasn't much good the following day, either.  It's been over thirty years that she's been absent from my daily life, but I miss her much all the same.
    If you lov...  more    That would have been my beloved Mom's birthday. She would have been 88

    I cried that day - and wasn't much good the following day, either.  It's been over thirty years that she's been absent from my daily life, but I miss her much all the same.
    If you loved and respected your parents, losing the people who give you life in this world is never easy. I try to respect and give comfort to those who suffer that loss. I NEVER tell them, "Get over it." I didn't appreciate it when I was told that. She was my Mom.

    "Look how she's holding up," I heard someone say to someone else. "Not a tear."

    No, I didn't cry then. It hit me hard, six weeks later, during a retirement party for a friend. Something - I don't remember what - rubbed me the wrong way and the tears began. I was 200 miles away from home, and,suddenly, so LONELY. It's a horrible feeling.

    Happy (belated) birthday,Mommy. I hope the angels made you a nice cake and gave you many presents. You deserve every one of them.

    Your loving daughter - MaryJanine..  less
    • June 30, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group I am different since my mother died:
    Day Before Yesterday
    That would have been my beloved Mom's birthday. She would have been 88

    I cried that day - and wasn't much good the following day, either.  It's been over thirty years that she's been absent from m...
    • June 30, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine joined the group I am different since my mother died:
    • October 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Quotes from Books:
    "Stop saying sorry like some damn parrot. Sorry doesn't BEGIN  to pay the bill."

    Another version of this sentence I have see concludes, "Sorry doesn't feed the bulldog."

    ...  more    "Stop saying sorry like some damn parrot. Sorry doesn't BEGIN  to pay the bill."

    Another version of this sentence I have see concludes, "Sorry doesn't feed the bulldog."


    MaryJanine.  
    • June 27, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Quotes from Books:
    Sorry
    "Stop saying sorry like some damn parrot. Sorry doesn't BEGIN  to pay the bill."

    Another version of this sentence I have see concludes, "Sorry doesn't feed the bulldog."

    ...  more    "Stop saying sorry like some damn parrot. Sorry doesn't BEGIN  to pay the bill."

    Another version of this sentence I have see concludes, "Sorry doesn't feed the bulldog."


    MaryJanine.  
    • June 27, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Quotes from Books:
    As I said in a previous post, John Jakes is my favorite author. In another re-read of one of his books, a character is talking to the Secretary of State and objecting to his proposal to bring his brother to town to work for him. The Secretary answers the ...  moreAs I said in a previous post, John Jakes is my favorite author. In another re-read of one of his books, a character is talking to the Secretary of State and objecting to his proposal to bring his brother to town to work for him. The Secretary answers the complaints with, "Well, I have to take the squall if I want the baby."

    MaryJanine.  
    • June 24, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Quotes from Books:
    Did Anyone Ever Hear THIS One?
    As I said in a previous post, John Jakes is my favorite author. In another re-read of one of his books, a character is talking to the Secretary of State and objecting to his proposal to bring his b...
    • June 24, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine joined the group Quotes from Books:
    • October 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine joined the group The Best of EP:
    • October 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine joined the group Book Lovers:
    • October 3, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    Again, that is a wonderful complement. I need to be sure people who read these posts can follow them without too much exposition. (that's "background").

    MaryJanine.

    P.S. Merry has just recovered (or is recovering) from uremic poisoning - it's a blood di...  more    Again, that is a wonderful complement. I need to be sure people who read these posts can follow them without too much exposition. (that's "background").

    MaryJanine.

    P.S. Merry has just recovered (or is recovering) from uremic poisoning - it's a blood disease that killed actress Jean Harlow a number of years ago (early 1930's).  
    • July 30, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    One thing at a time...The chapter(s) you read are part of an unfinished novel.  The "Merry" in the name is really "Merrilee" but Merry is shorter.

    Merry is an only child - The narrator on the second  half of the story is her friend Marianne (Mari).
    The t...  more    One thing at a time...The chapter(s) you read are part of an unfinished novel.  The "Merry" in the name is really "Merrilee" but Merry is shorter.

    Merry is an only child - The narrator on the second  half of the story is her friend Marianne (Mari).
    The teachers are patterned after my grammar school teachers.
    When I was in grade school, we all had to enter the Science Fair. One of the guys had an exhibit titled "How To Prevent A Fire" and when he was talking to the judges, I don't know what he did, but he set the exhibit on fire. I was on the other side with my exhibit, a couple of kids away, and I saw the blue and green flames jump out of the exhibit, and - well, you know the rest.
    I know growing up is different for everybody. But it's hard when a child is picked on for whatever reasons and is too timid to fight for her rights.
    The theme? Growing up, of course - in two different families and two different ways, mid to late 1960's.

    MaryJanine.  less
    • July 30, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    On Growing Up - Part Two (Continued).

    The firefighters entered with the hose. I stood on the sidewalk with the rest of the students, our gazes on the steam replacing the smelly smoke. It was so quiet, we could hear the hiss of the water run through the h...  more    On Growing Up - Part Two (Continued).

    The firefighters entered with the hose. I stood on the sidewalk with the rest of the students, our gazes on the steam replacing the smelly smoke. It was so quiet, we could hear the hiss of the water run through the hose. Even the kids that had been half-heartedly suggesting cutting school were respectfully silent. We on the sidewalk still didn't know what had caught fire and what, or how much, had burned. All I could ascertain was it was someplace in the gym.

    The remembrance of those long-ago days when the snotty kids used to tease the Science teacher came unbidden to me. Had something exploded when the entrant began to demonstrate his exhibit? That could -
    The firemen were rolling up their hoses again as they came down the steps. We moved over to let them pass.

    Merry's hand still reposed in mine. It was now slippery. I pulled a Kleenex out of my hand to wipe it as the last of the firemen passed by.

    "Can you get over that?" the younger of the pair asked the other.

    The o...    less
    • July 14, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    If I Knew Why - I'd Be Smart
    On Growing Up - Part Two (Continued).

    The firefighters entered with the hose. I stood on the sidewalk with the rest of the students, our gazes on the steam replacing the smelly smoke. It was so qu...
    • July 14, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    On Growing Up (Continued).

    We stood in the January wind in a diverse group on the damp sidewalk, shivering and wishing for at least a sweater. I think we were all a little scared. I know that I was. But it was also exciting, What if the school burned dow...  more    On Growing Up (Continued).

    We stood in the January wind in a diverse group on the damp sidewalk, shivering and wishing for at least a sweater. I think we were all a little scared. I know that I was. But it was also exciting, What if the school burned down? I had never been in a building where their was a fire involved...

    Merry stood next to me in line, and she looked paler than ever. I was afraid she was going to collapse.I took her nearest hand. It was pallid, limp and unprotesting. I held it strongly to support her and focused my attention on the action around the school doors.

    All the doors - auditorium, kindergarten entrance, inner/outer doors, gymnasium - were wide open to the outside. But where were the teachers? Where were the flames? And the source of the fire?

    My attention was caught by a thin trail of sour-smelling smoke drifting slowly out of the wide-open gym doors. I wondered if  that was the source of the fire. I didn't see any flames anywhere...

    Some of the bigger kids on our section of the s...    less
    • July 14, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    Blue, Blue, Blue...
    On Growing Up (Continued).

    We stood in the January wind in a diverse group on the damp sidewalk, shivering and wishing for at least a sweater. I think we were all a little scared. I know that I wa...
    • July 14, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    On Growing Up (Continued).

    The kids were everything but behaving. They steeplechased each other, vaulted over seats and laughed and fooled around in general.
    ...  more    On Growing Up (Continued).

    The kids were everything but behaving. They steeplechased each other, vaulted over seats and laughed and fooled around in general.

    "Class?" Mrs. Evans rapped her desk sharply with her drinking glass. "Class!"

    The kids froze

    "Just what the HELL is this? Were you raised in a barn - all of you? I want you to go to your assigned seats now, sit down, and BEHAVE yourselves like ladies and gentlemen. No more noises, no more roughhousing - or you'll all stay after school for a week. Sit down and fold your hands. We have something to discuss."

    With cautious, wary glances over their shoulders, the kids shuffled to their assigned desks. They looked shaken and a little shocked - even the "tough" characters who were both bigger and older than the majority of the class. I think it was the first time they had ever heard a teacher swear - any of them.

    I followed instructions, faced front, and folded my hands. I risked a glance at Merry. She was sitting at her desk, propping up her head. The circ...    less
    • July 13, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    Of Wine And Roses And...
    On Growing Up (Continued).

    The kids were everything but behaving. They steeplechased each other, vaulted over seats and laughed and fooled around in general.

    "Class?" Mrs. Evans rapped her desk s...
    • July 13, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    On Growing Up (Continued.)

    When we were going into the school on the far side, I glanced over to see the steady crowd of older kids streaming slowly up the stairs on the opposite side, each on carrying an item or equiipment into the open doors of the gym...  more    On Growing Up (Continued.)

    When we were going into the school on the far side, I glanced over to see the steady crowd of older kids streaming slowly up the stairs on the opposite side, each on carrying an item or equiipment into the open doors of the gymnasium. I remembered that the Science Fair had been delayed due to weather conditions and judging was commencing today.

    I  turned my attention to Merry, who was walking a little steadier now, but still slow on the uptake in getting up the stairs. She acted reluctant to follow me and go inside. I stayed with her while she gave the information to the secretary/clerk, who filled it in for her. Her signature was shaky but clear. The halls were quiet, pending the noisy entrance of kids presently playing on the grounds surrounding the school proper. The only noise right now was at the far end of the hall, where the big double doors of the gym stood open. There was banging, crashes, laughter while the exhibits were being set up. Over all this was the hectoring tones o...    less
    • July 11, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    We Need To Know
    On Growing Up (Continued.)

    When we were going into the school on the far side, I glanced over to see the steady crowd of older kids streaming slowly up the stairs on the opposite side, each on car...
    • July 11, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    On Growing Up - Part Two (Continued.)

    "C'mon, Merry." I started toward the playground, then realized when I only took a few steps that Merry wasn't following me. I turned around, and she was still standing where I had left her. She looked parchment-white...  more    On Growing Up - Part Two (Continued.)

    "C'mon, Merry." I started toward the playground, then realized when I only took a few steps that Merry wasn't following me. I turned around, and she was still standing where I had left her. She looked parchment-white and shivering, making a show of putting her gloves back on.

    I frowned and walked back. What was going on? She had been strangely detatched since she came back from the hospital. "Merry - what's going on?"

    "I - can't go down there." It was a soft, hesitant whisper.
    .
    "You what? Whyever not?"

    "I got - I got - things I gotta do first."

    "Like what?"

    "Well - " Merry looked around, then pulled a folded piece of gold paper from her books, something I hadn't noticed before. "I gotta sign in again and turn this in to he office."

    "Oh, is that all?" I have a gusty sigh, trying not to sound impatient. "Do you want me to go inside with you?"

    It was an offhand remark, careless. I didn't really mean the words I said. It sounded like I was talking to Annie before she we...    less
    • July 8, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine posted a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    It Isn't You
    On Growing Up - Part Two (Continued.)

    "C'mon, Merry." I started toward the playground, then realized when I only took a few steps that Merry wasn't following me. I turned around, and she was still...
    • July 8, 2016
  • MaryJanine
    MaryJanine replied to a discussion topic in the group Creative Writing:
    On Growing Up - Part Two (Continued.)

    Annie sat alongside Papa in the front seat. I was in the back, but leaning anxiously against the confines od my lap seat belt, watching Merry get her bearings in the gate yard. She was swaying slightly, and I hoped t...  more    On Growing Up - Part Two (Continued.)

    Annie sat alongside Papa in the front seat. I was in the back, but leaning anxiously against the confines od my lap seat belt, watching Merry get her bearings in the gate yard. She was swaying slightly, and I hoped that the return to school wasn't too much for her.

    I glanced beyond the swaying, sweating girl to the dooryard. Merry's mom was standing in the doorway watching, and next to her, the rest of the peanut-sized space was filled with the tall figure of her father. Again, I felt that uncomfortable feeling of seeing him there. Both of them had their gazes fixed on their daughter.

    Merry stepped onto the public sidewalk, still bracing herself on the gatepost. I wondered if I should get out and help her inside the car. But Papa never wanted us to leave the vehicle until we made our destination.

    Merry leaned forward, bracing her one hand on the  side of the car. I held my breath as  she slid in and smiled weakly at me. I reached around her to close the door and lock it....    less
    • July 8, 2016
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  • I Thought It Was Funny

    Posted January 1, 2017

    1.) Hickory, Dickory, Dock.Three mice ran up the clock.The clock struck one.The other two escaped with minor injuries.2.) The poor dog - he thought his name was Damnit. As in "Sit, damnit! Stay, damnit! Come HERE, damnit!"

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  • Alfred22
    Alfred22
    Hi, Alfred - I am so glad to see you here among the other EPers. Still waiting for Cousin Jack (Jac24) - he left town before EP completely went out and I haven't heard if he's gotten back yet or not. Can I recommend you a site? It's EP refugees. I belong to it. MaryJanine. (Check under "Groups")
    April 30, 2016

  • 69Kisses96
    69Kisses96
    You say your were impressed when you went to my hometown city. I still love it, but I am proud when other people can say nice things about where I live. MaryJanine.
    April 22, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    I ALWAYS like anything you post, kleiner Bruder. MaryJanine.
    April 22, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    I LIKE to share, kleiner Bruder...I was raised to be generous. MaryJanine.
    April 25, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    Mike - you are so popular! And wise, too. Thank you for directing me here. MaryJanine.
    April 25, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    Mike - I have two questions, little brother. 1.) I am used to calling you "Mike." Stuart refers to you as "Mike". Your new site refers to you as "Milke" und I know you like the name "Mike". I have variously called you both "Robin" und "Mike" but I want to go with what you want. What do you prefer your American big sister calls you? 2.) When you have a free few minutes - could you slip down to "Creative Writing" und check out the beginning of mein newest story? (I needs must apologize -it ist in fragmented form  - I am getting mein "wings" in this new place.) I value you as a Kritik und one arts loving person to another. I always like to know what you think. MaryJanine.
    April 29, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    Mike - there ist a new site on AnswerMug called "Oldies but Goodies" I just found it und joined  und (you know why I think this) you qualify, too. I am iniviting you to join on. (Do you recall Queen?) MaryJanine.
    May 1, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    Thanks for your answer on the name situation.  und mein new story (so far) und , oh, know what? OTHERS (new people) like it, too! What did I say about you have a lot to answer for? YOU (und Michael) are responsible fuer spreading the gut word! MaryJanine.
    May 3, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    Mike - I noticed this Morgen you joined the Erotic Stories group. I got a similar invite from the Head Man of this group, und he sent me samples, but  (to mein credit) I did not pull a "prude" mood, nor did I blush. (I know alle the words). I said thanks, but no thanks. That's not me.But your poetry und stories are beautiful to behold, kleiner Bruder, erotic or no. I also see you joined my (requested) Creative Writing group (I asked for this group when I joined) und I am thirilled fuer that. I enjoy whatever you put online. Your prose speaks to mein Herz - the kleiner boy you once were, und the sweet grownup you now are. Never change. MaryJanine.
    May 17, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    Guten Tag, Kleiner Bruder - Forgive your big sister, but I am SURE I saw your picture. I know "Mike" when I see it,und when it says it. This did both. As soon as I place this message to you, I am going to go back and verify it. You have already checked your listings, so I want to be sure of what I saw.Und - you are the beste kliner Bruder on either shore. I appreciate your words about mein writings. MaryJanine.
    May 18, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    Hallo, Mein Kleiner Bruder! I don't know if you got mein last message  (I was unable to get in the last 2-3 days, don't have any clue why)but I was wondering if you have anything new in the venture line? I haven't heard anything about anything und I am dying of a disease called "curiosity". Danke, Mike. MaryJanine.
    May 25, 2016

  • Mike999
    Mike999
    Guten Tag, Mein Bruder - I hope you und Michael und Sarah are all well. Just as a  quick note - I wrote another letter, but they placed it on the PC. I asked them if there was any way I could get a printed copy (for my scrapbook) und the editor ist going to mail me a printed copy to do so. When I get the printed copy, I promise to share mit you, Michael und Sarah. Would you please tell mein GroBe Bruder that I have done this und the text will be coming? Danke im voraus. MaryJanine.
    June 1, 2016

  • Emma1972
    Emma1972
    Emma - I need to apologize. You tried to get me this morning and I had to keep taking you off because I was answering someone else and then almost immediately had to tackle a problem I had with my online rent persona (the office girl said she didn't receive the copy of my rental renewal)> MaryJanine.
    April 26, 2016

  • Emma1972
    Emma1972
    Right now, I an going through my EMail and replying to the older notes. I didn't go on line one day this weekend and when I could go back (after doing a scan to check any possible viruses) on Sunday morning, I had 40 (yes, 40) notes to reply to.I am still playing catchup to everybody. Mary Janine. You can always leave a message on answerMug - I always reply to them. I do not stay on line constantly all day and chat - the people who call first get priority and then I follow in order of messages.
    April 27, 2016

  • travone
    travone
    I assume this is Stuart. First Mike und then you. Let me keep TRACK  of mein friends! I am awfully worried about Cousin Jack. He hasn't communicated mit me und that isn't like him. When he left, EP was in its waning days of operation und he was going to see about coming here when he returned from North Carolina. That was three weekends ago. Keep gut thoughts. MaryJanine.
    May 6, 2016

  • travone
    travone
    I can't help it. I worry about mein friends und relations. Mike will tell you that  - he thinks (I believe) that I worry TOO much. Like I said before, it's a sort of mental exercise for me. But I know Cousin Jack thinks you are a wundervoll friend - he has said so. I worry this time because he has confided he had trouble mit his heartbeat not long ago. But don't anticpate the worst, right? MaryJanine.
    May 7, 2016

  • Majorlatency
    Majorlatency
    I am glad to see you appreciate my story. There is no circle on answerMug as we knew it on EP, but I have accepted you as a friend. This means you can answer or comment onto anything I post. MaryJanine. P.S. I am sorry I didn't get back to you sooner on this message. I was unable to enter answerMug for some reason for several days.
    May 27, 2016

  • CherokeePatti
    CherokeePatti
    Hi,CherokeePatti - Good to see you joined us from EP! I have named you as a friend again - and if you have a chance to look, you will see that many EPers, with their usage names, have come here, too. Thanks for finding me and remembering me. MaryJanine.
    April 26, 2016

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