ottoman's free zone

[ottoman]

haha. yes.

trying to figure out, with my pea brain, how to post certain emojis/smileys/emoticons (whatever they're called now) on Ihub without using the "image" function.

This website has tons of little emoticons, I was trying to post one for Buckey (and his golfing posts).

https://emojipedia.org/activity/

Can't just use the "copy" function, because it posts the actual image, It works on plenty of other message boards, but not stupid IHUB

[Wayne R]

I agree completely

[ottoman]

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[Wayne R]

maybe better not to answer....a good story usually leaves many unanswered questions

That would be the sequel...

[Wayne R]

It is the Bob Dylan approach. Write a song, or in this case, a story. Tired of fame, he wrote songs that were nonsensical to see how people would react. And react they did, people spent months and years trying to decipher Dylan's message, when there was none.

[ottoman]

whoa! interesting ending! So, now that his body is dead...and the nanobots exist in his bloodstream.... what eventually happens to the nanobots? While his body slowly decays, or cremated etc.

maybe he can live several lifetimes in the span of 1 minute in the cyber universe.

maybe better not to answer....a good story usually leaves many unanswered questions.

awesome, good job.

[Wayne R]

No zombies, no puns, nothing interesting at all. I think that is what one of the sites wanted.

Anyway, I'll give you Ch 6 in half hour or so. I think I have it clear in my head, just have to write it down.

[ottoman]

but....no zombies lol.

[Wayne R]

I've decided that just because I'm dead, the story can still go on....

[ottoman]

Those nano bots in the vaccine you took can be set to explode at any time I’m afraid, my friend, that yours will explode in 2 seconds.

That is when I died.

ha. cool. Nanobots!

[ottoman]

The hero gets the girl is overdone, so I just decided that my character should die, having accomplished nothing.

awesome. And many times there's some ironic plot twist at the end, but you could just have a "of course that's what happened, what were you thinking" kinda ending.

[Wayne R]

Well that's it, a few refinements and that is that.

The hero gets the girl is overdone, so I just decided that my character should die, having accomplished nothing.

[Wayne R]

Chapter 5, showdown
With the fires burning and everyone in panic, I managed to get into a garage. Ok now comes the hard part . no shooting so far, but now I have to go out guns blazing.
Locked and loaded, a 45 in each hand and an uzi strapped to my waist I left the garage.
Strangely, there was no one between the garage and the front door. Even stranger, no one inside the hallway. With what little information I had, I figured that Hopi should be on the second level.

I seemed to have the run of the place, so I bounded up the stairs with reckless abandon and found Hopi’s office. Bursting through the door, I said Hopi, you are done, pointing the gun at him.

Hopi said, oh no, you are done. Those nano bots in the vaccine you took can be set to explode at any time I’m afraid, my friend, that yours will explode in 2 seconds.

That is when I died.

[Wayne R]

I will submit it somewhere. You can critique it before. Some changes will probably need to be made.

[Wayne R]

When I finally arrived at the “castle”, there is no way else to describe it, I was checking for security. There was a lot, they were moving around like maggots on a dead pig.

RIP, James

[Wayne R]

or "I was more confused than a pig trying to fuck a football" Robert Ludlam

[ottoman]

I'll just try to finish the story and send it in ignoring guidelines.

cool. So you're going to submit the story? awesome! good luck with it.

[Wayne R]

I've already incorporated Zen in the story, now I think I should add another quote

Something my good friend James once said when I told him to look at a stock in after hours trading. "The MMs look like maggots going over a dead pig"

[Wayne R]

I'll download open office, I was always more comfortable with that

[Wayne R]

Yea, that is was I was trying to find. Tools=outils can't find that. There's a whole lot of icons all over the place, 40 some or so. I'll just try to finish the story and send it in ignoring guidelines.

[ottoman]

That list just about excludes every possible story.

“funny” stories that depend on, or even include, puns

So ANY story that might be considered funny by someone, can't have any pun ever. lol.

stratch virtually every story

[Wayne R]

stories where the Republicans, or Democrats, or Libertarians, or . . . (insert any political party or religion here) take over the world and either save or ruin it

I'm not sure if the "book" falls into that category. However, I like their style, they don't want regurgitated junk.

[ottoman]

in Microsoft word, it should be under tools / word count

so far, it looks like you are up to approximately 1879 words

I don't have Microsoft Word, but I have a free document program (which is very similar) LibreOffice Writer.

according to it, you have 1879 words, not including "chapter 1,2,3" etc

[Wayne R]

One of the sites tells you to go away if you have a story about any of this. I wasn't aware that talking cats posed a problem in society

zombies or zombie-wannabes (seriously, I’m not kidding)

sexy vampires, wanton werewolves, wicked witches, or demonic children

stories about rapists, murderers, child abusers, or cannibals

stories where the climax is dependent on the spilling of intestines

stories in which a milquetoast civilian government is depicted as the sole obstacle to either catching some depraved criminal or to an uncomplicated military victory

stories where the Republicans, or Democrats, or Libertarians, or . . . (insert any political party or religion here) take over the world and either save or ruin it

stories in which the words “thou” or “thine” appear

talking cats or swords

stories where FTL travel or time travel is as easy as is it on television shows or movies

stories about young kids playing in some field and discovering ANYTHING. (a body, an alien craft, Excalibur, ANYTHING).

stories about the stuff we all read in Scientific American three months ago

stories about your RPG character’s adventures

“funny” stories that depend on, or even include, puns

stories where the protagonist is either widely despised or widely admired simply because he or she is just so smart and/or strange

stories originally intended for someone’s upcoming theme anthology or issue (everyone is sending those out, wait a while)

your trunk stories

stories that try to include all of the above

[Wayne R]

I have microsoft Word in French I suppose if it was in English, I could find what button to push to count the words. I'm at how many?

[Wayne R]

Thought you'd like that. Sometimes my weird sense of humor is misinterpreted

[ottoman]

Honestly, I don't know what the hell you are talking about

[Wayne R]

Ever read ZEN and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?

It's been years since I last read it, at one point I had 2 copies, no idea why, now I have no copies, no idea where they went.

Anyway, the guy's job was pretty much what you did, I think.

My favorite part of the book, and a quote I'll never forget is when he was working on a Japanese manual which started with
"Before beginning any project, one must first have peace of mind."

[Wayne R]

Honestly, I don't know what the hell you are talking about

[ottoman]

As i was writing it seemed brilliant, then when I reread it it sounded like crap

lol. most things in life seem that way. Any project I do, even writing an email, seems worse when I look at it months/years later.

Back in the 90s, one of the courses I took (for Mechanical Engineering 2-year degree) was Technical Writing. I submitted some of my projects from the class in a "Technical Writing contest" and I won.

That award helped me get a Summer internship job at the "Naval Undersea Warfare Center" in the publications department, basically helping to proof-read Scientists/Engineer's technical publications for grammer, punctuation etc.

So I always kinda prided myself on writing in a clear, logical manner.

Yet I read some of my old posts on IHUB, or read an old email, and I can't understand what the hell I'm trying to say lol!

[Wayne R]

thanks for the link I forgot you can't PM.

6 cents a word, I suppose it is better than nothing. I started another book years ago that I never finished. As i was writing it seemed brilliant, then when I reread it it sounded like crap. And I didn't have an ending.

At least, here, I start with an end in sight....

[Wayne R]

Your writing skills are quite excellent.

Eye lurnt evurytin in ma skoolin all da way up two ten yeers ol, den ma papi sen me inta da feelds ta wurk.

[ottoman]

Wayne, in response to your PM, I love it! You should definately continue with it. Your writing skills are quite excellent. Maybe convert it into an e-book, or submit it online as a short fiction story.

https://litreactor.com/columns/20-places-to-submit-your-speculative-short-stories

[ottoman]

this isn't working? hmm, picture too large. meh

[ottoman]

testing new signature picture

[ottoman]

I'm clueless about Twitter/social media, and happy about it.

#PAYMEINBITCOIN is trending. "pay me in bitcoin" but I read it as "Pay Mein Bitcoin" lol

I thought some politician probably made some link/comparison between bitcoin and Hitler or Nazis...PAY MEIN BITCOIN!!

lmao!! I love being stupid

[Wayne R]

I would eat it all at one sitting

I would strongly suggest not doing that. I've tried eating a whole bunch and every time regretted it.

[ottoman]

After a couple hours enjoy in moderation.

lol at the moderation. I would eat it all at one sitting

[Wayne R]

The next best thing is peanutbutter fudge

Here's my grandmothers recipe

250gm or 1 cup peanut butter
230 gm or 1 cup butter
1tsp vanilla
460 grams confectioners sugar must be 2 cups, I didn't note it

Put the first 3 ingredients on LOW heat. When all is combined and melted dump it on the sugar in a bowl and mix it up. The result should look like a cookie dough.

Spoon it into a pan and stick it in the fridge.

After a couple hours enjoy in moderation.

You could use crunchy peanut butter, but you would have to go up in the dosage to maybe 300gm, or add chocolate chips perhaps without changing the rest of the recipe, I'm not too sure, every time I try to change it, it just doesn't turn out like expected.

[ottoman]

lol at the peanut butter and root beer. ironically, Just as you sent me this message, I was using this board to experiment on posting emoji images.

[Wayne R]

Not a lot happening here. I create your own thread and you ignore it.

I feel so used. sniff..

I think I need reeces peanut butter cups and a rootbeer.

[ottoman]

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[ottoman]

ha! Actually, that symbol almost seems familiar. Maybe I flipped the turd years ago.

[Wayne R]

Some guy says I need to say this, regarding ADHC

Tell everyone how Remo took AMEL into PTTN and drove it into bankruptsy
destroying the shareholders.When he took over PTTN it was making 6 mil a year. Now he is crybabying about being cheated.
What about the millions he walked with.
The only thing Remo is good at as I have stated before is to reserve a seat in bankruptsy court, run with the cash and leave the shareholders high and dry.

[ottoman]

lol. yes, thanks for not sending me a hard read book. As I used to say/joke with my physics teacher, "I've got the attention span of a Muon"


The muon is an unstable subatomic particle with a mean lifetime of 2.2 µs

[Wayne R]

The book is an easy read, you should thank me that I didn't decide to send you "Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" A very hard read but with words of wisdom.

I got 2 things out of that book...
1. Never let anyone but yourself service your motorcycle

and
2. Before beginning any project, one must first have peace of mind.

[Wayne R]

I know my mom will enjoy this book too.

I hope she does.

The author has written other books, I've never sought them out. Could be more interesting things to read, I have no idea.

Enjoy it, pass it on, pass it on again and then eventually world peace will be established. HA!

My religion is better than your religion, you got shit I need and I prefer not to pay for it, I don't like the color of your skin, you are a backward people and I am superior, I could go on and on.

The problem is that people elect people who get elected because they swear to protect them from "others".

People are basically good, a hand of friendship is better than a posturing defensive nature against unseen and probably nonexistent
threats.

John Lennon was killed 40 years ago, I remember my mother crying.

Why can't we all just get along?

[ottoman]

Started reading "The five people you meet in heaven". I got through the first two people, (The Blue Man and The Captain).

Entertaining so far. There's almost a slight feel of "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life" in the story so far.

Thanks again for the kind thought. I know my mom will enjoy this book too.

[ottoman]

that link doesn't work either lol, but I totally believe you.