The Beginning: When Harv Met Vera - Page 7

GeoffC · 07-08-2009, 10:27 AM

God, this is fun stuff. I must keep up.

badgoodDeb · 07-08-2009, 05:47 PM

Puff, puff, huff, puff ... I'm back from a quick jaunt to Ontario. You may keep going now -- I have caught up with you! [ Don't ask. I just had to have a teensy small travel trailer ... just a bed & a galley .... http://godskid.ingodsfamily.com/Teardrop/ ]

DixieGal · 07-08-2009, 06:14 PM

This is possibly the best Harv and Vera story so far. And as for the nuts-n-bolts, very nice pacing, very nice dialog. Pshrynk, you seem to be developing a very agreeable style!

Does Vera suspect that Dr Montsmgs has a Jekyll/Hyde thing going on with an invisible gibbon?

DixieGal · 07-08-2009, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Puff, puff, huff, puff ... I'm back from a quick jaunt to Ontario. You may keep going now -- I have caught up with you! [ Don't ask. I just had to have a teensy small travel trailer ... just a bed & a galley .... http://gallery.me.com/lcater#100139 ]

It's cute!

pshrynk · 07-08-2009, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Puff, puff, huff, puff ... I'm back from a quick jaunt to Ontario. You may keep going now -- I have caught up with you! [ Don't ask. I just had to have a teensy small travel trailer ... just a bed & a galley .... http://gallery.me.com/lcater#100139 ]

That is so cute!

badgoodDeb · 07-08-2009, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

That is so cute!

See?? That's why I had to have it!!!

Patricia · 07-08-2009, 07:41 PM

That is a sweet little caravan.

Lady Blue · 07-09-2009, 08:41 AM

That is just soooo cute, Deb.

pshrynk · 07-10-2009, 10:27 AM

Vera unpacked her trunk for the three days from New Orleans to Havana. She'd had a bit of trouble with the purser trying to get Vivaldi aboard. For some reason, they had no sense of humor when it came to taking dogs from one country to another. Something about vaccinations and papers. She tried to tell them that he was perfectly well paper trained and all she needed was the discards from the lounge to keep him happy. They had refused her entrance.

Finally, she had stormed off in a huff and returned twenty minutes later sans dog. They had asked her where the dog was, and she had informed them that she had eaten him and could she now please get on the ship? They had looked at her funny and then stood back, giving her a wide berth as she stormed up the gangplank. The porter carting her trunk was obvioulsy scared until she informed him that she did not eat humans, just dogs and pursers.

She opened up the drawer at the bottom of her trunk and Vivaldi popped out, looking resentful. He promptly went to the foot of the bed and lifted his leg to let her know just what he thought of being unceremoniously crammed into the lingerie drawer of a steamer trunk, then curled up and went to sleep.

"It's going to be a long trip," she sighed.

She took out her deck of cards and idly dealt a round from both the top and bottom of the deck. Picking up the hands, she noted that she needed to practice a bit more, since none of the hands were at that "maybe a winner, but not sure" level she'd been going for. She wondered what Montsnmags was up to.

He had spent the remainder of the trip down the MIssissippi locked away in his cabin, not even bothering to acknowledge the steward's knock at his door with meals. Strange sounds were often heard to come from the interior. Then, he had emerged the night before getting to new Orleans, fresh as a daisy and talking non-stop. Except for the numerous pauses, of course.

Vera was seriously beginning to wonder about his sanity.

DixieGal · 07-10-2009, 03:44 PM

Get back on topic, Pshrynk, that had nothing to do with cute little campers.

DixieGal · 07-10-2009, 03:46 PM

I don't think VR is going to be happy to be portrayed in such an uncouth light. In real life, he would never do anything like that. In fact, I'm pretty sure he would be perfectly happy rolling around in women's underwear.

zelda_pinwheel · 07-10-2009, 03:46 PM

she's only *now* beginning to wonder about his sanity ?? sheesh, hasn't she been paying attention ????

pshrynk · 07-10-2009, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I don't think VR is going to be happy to be portrayed in such an uncouth light. In real life, he would never do anything like that. In fact, I'm pretty sure he would be perfectly happy rolling around in women's underwear.

V's just a puppy here. Still in that phase where girls are "icky."

DixieGal · 07-10-2009, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

H's just a puppy here. Still in that phase where girls are "icky."

Now it seems reasonable. Thanks for the clarification!!

pshrynk · 07-10-2009, 04:33 PM

In a quiet cantina, far back in the barrios of Havana, a man walked up to the bar. "I need some matches," he said.

"Here you go," said the bartender, sliding a box across the counter.

"No... I need some matches!"

"And there you go!" said the bartender.

"Isn't this the Blue Mongoose Cantina?" asked the man.

"No, this is the Aqua Mongoose Cantina. The Blue Mongoose is across the street and down two doors."

"Right. My fault completely!" The man left the cantina, muttering about the lack of real difference between "blue" and "aqua," especially in a basically illiterate society.

The bartender motioned one of his patrons over to the bar. "Go tell the gate guard at the American Embassy that the Frenchman has arrived."

07-08-2009, 05:47 PM	#92
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,574 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Puff, puff, huff, puff ... I'm back from a quick jaunt to Ontario. You may keep going now -- I have caught up with you! [ Don't ask. I just had to have a teensy small travel trailer ... just a bed & a galley .... http://godskid.ingodsfamily.com/Teardrop/ ] Last edited by badgoodDeb; 07-15-2009 at 08:27 PM. Reason: new link; old one broke

07-10-2009, 10:27 AM	#99
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Vera unpacked her trunk for the three days from New Orleans to Havana. She'd had a bit of trouble with the purser trying to get Vivaldi aboard. For some reason, they had no sense of humor when it came to taking dogs from one country to another. Something about vaccinations and papers. She tried to tell them that he was perfectly well paper trained and all she needed was the discards from the lounge to keep him happy. They had refused her entrance. Finally, she had stormed off in a huff and returned twenty minutes later sans dog. They had asked her where the dog was, and she had informed them that she had eaten him and could she now please get on the ship? They had looked at her funny and then stood back, giving her a wide berth as she stormed up the gangplank. The porter carting her trunk was obvioulsy scared until she informed him that she did not eat humans, just dogs and pursers. She opened up the drawer at the bottom of her trunk and Vivaldi popped out, looking resentful. He promptly went to the foot of the bed and lifted his leg to let her know just what he thought of being unceremoniously crammed into the lingerie drawer of a steamer trunk, then curled up and went to sleep. "It's going to be a long trip," she sighed. She took out her deck of cards and idly dealt a round from both the top and bottom of the deck. Picking up the hands, she noted that she needed to practice a bit more, since none of the hands were at that "maybe a winner, but not sure" level she'd been going for. She wondered what Montsnmags was up to. He had spent the remainder of the trip down the MIssissippi locked away in his cabin, not even bothering to acknowledge the steward's knock at his door with meals. Strange sounds were often heard to come from the interior. Then, he had emerged the night before getting to new Orleans, fresh as a daisy and talking non-stop. Except for the numerous pauses, of course. Vera was seriously beginning to wonder about his sanity. Last edited by pshrynk; 09-25-2009 at 01:23 PM.

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07-08-2009, 10:27 AM	#91
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	God, this is fun stuff. I must keep up.

07-08-2009, 06:14 PM	#93
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	This is possibly the best Harv and Vera story so far. And as for the nuts-n-bolts, very nice pacing, very nice dialog. Pshrynk, you seem to be developing a very agreeable style! Does Vera suspect that Dr Montsmgs has a Jekyll/Hyde thing going on with an invisible gibbon?

07-08-2009, 07:41 PM	#97
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07-10-2009, 03:44 PM	#100
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Get back on topic, Pshrynk, that had nothing to do with cute little campers.

07-10-2009, 03:46 PM	#101
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I don't think VR is going to be happy to be portrayed in such an uncouth light. In real life, he would never do anything like that. In fact, I'm pretty sure he would be perfectly happy rolling around in women's underwear.

07-10-2009, 03:46 PM	#102
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	she's only now beginning to wonder about his sanity ?? sheesh, hasn't she been paying attention ????

07-10-2009, 04:33 PM	#105
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	In a quiet cantina, far back in the barrios of Havana, a man walked up to the bar. "I need some matches," he said. "Here you go," said the bartender, sliding a box across the counter. "No... I need some matches!" "And there you go!" said the bartender. "Isn't this the Blue Mongoose Cantina?" asked the man. "No, this is the Aqua Mongoose Cantina. The Blue Mongoose is across the street and down two doors." "Right. My fault completely!" The man left the cantina, muttering about the lack of real difference between "blue" and "aqua," especially in a basically illiterate society. The bartender motioned one of his patrons over to the bar. "Go tell the gate guard at the American Embassy that the Frenchman has arrived."