SilverGriffin <golddragoness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:edcc1fc5-f1a6-
4632-8130-e28d5815ed46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <Glides to central plateau, offers huge plate of cookies and another
> sizeable pile of chocolates, and returns to previous perch>
<Eats plates>
......
Er, wait.....
> And, as you can see, I don't come with empty talons
Well, you do now!! };=8Þ
>> It's always nice to see an old face around!!
>> And, see? I'm posting, too!! };=8Þ
> Good to see an old friend still roosts here. It'll take a while to
> catch up to all the news, especially since...
Well, I usually don't make Welcome posts, as I'm not part of the Welcome
Weyr (are they even still around?), but comments were made as to the
lack of posts, thus I'm endeavouring to keep the post rate up.....
That, and it's a long weekend, so starting tomorrow I'll prolly be back
to my old too-tired-to-post self again.....
>> Welcome back :)
>> I hope you didn't have too much trouble finding a new nest?
> ...New nest was no problem. My consort flew ahead and checked for good
> sites while he also proved the hunting grounds. Overall, I'm rather
> pleased with the location. It's out of the way of major territorial
> battles between lesser creatures and a great place to raise little
> ones...
> ...I'm still not sure whether to call them chicks or cubs. Chubs?
> Nahh!! Has negative implications. <ruffles feathers in disgust>
Well, you could call them chickubs....?
> The difficulty was in finding my way back here. The migragtion to the
> new nest site was particularly long (three-days' drive in mundane
> life) and I was quite disoriented after the fact. After several
> months' search, I found a route that would bring me back here, but the
> final passage had a cave-in shortly before I passed through (news
> server doesn't list alt.fan.dragons among their groups). It became
> necessary to scout another route. Frustrating.
Aren't news servers wonderful..... Luckily, all my ISPs have had the
intelligence to have Alfandra as a staple.....
>><soars in and perches on favorite rock. Flaps wings a bit to clear off
>>ac***ulated dust>
>>>*kaff kaff sneeze*
>>>oh my
> Were you there, Vincent?? I didn't see! You shouldn't have to hide as
> a rock, you know...<offers particularly tasty cookies as apology>
We don't hide as rocks, we bask in the sun for so long that we gather
dust!! I think I've even still got a few patches of moss somewhere on
my back.....
>>>I'm back!! My consort and I found it necessary to obtain a new nest
>>>site, as the old one had become too crowded. I've missed all my
>>>draconic (and equine, and avian, and other) friends. It's good to see
>>>you again.
>>(^_^) Welcome back
> Thank you, friend...and who says that dragons aren't chivalrous?!
> After all your kind is responsible for teaching knights the "old
> code", no? Pity that some mere humans have poor ways of showing
> gratitude.
Oh, some "mere otherkin" also have the same methods, it's not just
humans.....
> <preens a bit to remove last traces of travel dust> I am going to
> catch up on the news. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy my gifts. Thanks for
> the warm reception!
Well, the plates were a bit tough, but I'm sure the cookies and choklits
were good..... I'll have to remember to eat /those/ next time.....
Lord Flame Stryke
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There is such thing as an edible, nay delicious, meat pie floater, its
mushy peas of just the right consistency, its tomato sauce piquant in
its cheekiness, its pie filling tending even towards named parts of the
animal. There are platonic burgers made of beef instead of cow lips and
hooves. There are fish 'n' chips where the fish is more than just a
white goo lurking at the bottom of a batter casing and you can't use the
chips to shave with. There are hot dog fillings which have more in
common with meat than mere pinkness, whose lucky customers don't apply
mustard /because that would spoil the taste/. It's just that people can
be trained to /prefer/ the other sort, and seek it out. It's as if
Machiavelli had written a cookery book. Even so, there is no excuse for
putting pineapple on pizza. -- Terry Pratchet, "The Last Continent",
p.277, footnote
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