My how to list of advice for the everyday things in life: How to buy a car? SusanJillParker's How to advice #1: How to buy a car? Whether buying a car, a van, or a truck, most people think they know how to buy a motor vehicle, especially men. As impulsive as women are when buying shoes and clothes, men are impulsive when plunking down lots of money for a c...
3: Sister Catherine and the Cane. "By Jove," thought Reginald Biggs to himself, "Mrs. Pew doesn't half have a backside on her and no mistake." He put on his best smile as the lady in question came up to him with her world-weary husband in tow. The poor sod. Fancy having to service an old battleaxe like that week in and week out. No wonder he looked like he'...
CHAPTER 1 On the eve of his thirty-second birthday Ginger Jones gave up his job as a steakhouse chef, sick of kitchen smells and working shifts and being bawled out by diners who believed coarse-ground peppercorns on their rare peppered steak were rodent droppings. Redheaded Michael, who'd been called Ginger from the time he entered Junior High, had purch...
We spent that first weekend just kind of hanging out at his place. Getting take-out, playing Parcheesi (Parcheesi!), watching the original Godzilla. And talking. Looking back, it was a perfect way for Malcolm to show me what I was getting myself in to. What he expected of me. It was a time for me to learn. To question. And question I did. I questioned him an...
Chapter 1 Ian and Bernie and Moving When I was growing up in Toronto, a bunch of us kids at Lord Kitchener Elementary used to hang together almost every day. We lived in the west end of the city, near a golf course. In the summer, we played on the school grounds ... usually baseball. In the winter, when it snowed, we often took our toboggans to the golf cou...
My boss invited me over to a party at his beach house. He said it would be just a few friends. I was a little late getting there. I had trouble finding the place. It was way out at the end of the peninsula, near the Cape. The house was really something. It was set up high on stilts, surrounded by balconies and decks. The windows were huge, offering views o...
I don't normally take the bus, I used to think public transport was purely for the great unwashed, and perhaps I still think that. But beggars can't be choosers, so I get the bus, among the great unwashed. The rain is pelting against the windows, and even though its early afternoon, the sky is ominous. The seats are cheap plastic, look-a-like leather, and...
(c)2013 angelface195 all rights reserved If you need a list of the cast of Cassidy's please refer to chapters 1 – 36. Staff Margaret Jones – Assistant to Hayley Brian West – Assistant to Jake Marvina – New Housekeeper to Hayley and Jake *** Lacy saw they were out in the middle of nowhere and she grew afraid. She now knew that her mother had been right, D...
Sally and I arranged to have Tom and Doris over for dinner the following evening. After dinner we sat around the dinner table. I told them that we wanted an open discussion about the ideas and possibilities of a theme park type of attraction involving the steamboats. I said that naturally a historical theme came to mind first. I mentioned that the Seminole I...
Starring The Beautiful & Massively-Mammaried Harriet Humper In:"Brighton Rock!" Thanks to Victor C Nathan for the use of his wonderful characters Part 01 It was a blazing hot Summer's day and Harriet Humper and Chuck Dicker were going to enjoy it by sunning themselves on the beach. Harriet put on her tiniest bikini, a little pink number, beneath an o...