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The Glass Fight

‘How dare you talk to me like that, in front of the children!’ Lynette hissed at me, as we had a moment alone in our hotel room.          ‘Me?!’ I asked, shocked. ‘How about how you were talking to me?!’          ‘Oh, please, because I’m so rude to you, all the time,’ she rolled her […]

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Bathrooms

Bathtub Converting Conversion

‘You want to do what to our bathroom?’ I frowned at Harold, slipping off his bunny slippers. ‘Not the bathroom,’ he protested. ‘Just the bathtub.’ ‘My mistake,’ I nodded. ‘You want to do what to our bathtub?’ He rolled his eyes, swinging his legs around and ducking the under the warm covers. ‘I just think […]

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Cars

A Relaxing Drive

I have always thought that driving was relaxing, until my car broke down. Last Friday, I was driving to work in peak hour. It’s not exactly a long drive – only about fifteen minutes – but a couple of minutes in I noticed my car was beginning to fail on me. It was struggling to […]

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Energy

Solar Energy Fight

As Robot Cole and Bender began to fight on the other side of the white room, Maphira helped Vai out of the cage. When Maphira got on the ground herself, she grabbed Rylee’s wheelchair and began heading for the exit. A laser flew over their heads, Dr Con Dew Ratroti opening fire. Vai turned back […]

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Plumbing

Street Drain Help

‘Help!’ I called, running out onto the street. ‘Anyone?!’ ‘What is it?’ a kindly older man with crinkled eyes asked, stepping off his porch and shambling towards me. ‘Oh, it’s horrible,’ I cried, tears tracking down my cheek. ‘Are you hurt?’ ‘Yeah,’ I nodded, pressing one hand to my forehead and fanning my face with […]

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Orthopaedics

Mary’s Scapula Story

Hey everyone, So pleased to see this forum kicking back into life again! Although I wish nobody had to deal with any of these terrible shoulder issues, it’s very nice to hear from everybody! I had a bit of a run-in with shoulder trouble recently – my scapula, to be very exact! (Everybody who’s ever […]

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Cars

Body Conditioning

‘Is it getting hot in here?’ I asked, wiping some sweat from my brow. My co-driver, Maurice, laughed. ‘Good one.’ ‘What?’ I frowned. ‘“It’s getting so hot in here”,’ he chuckled. ‘Nice joke.’ ‘I wasn’t joking,’ I said, confused. ‘I thought it was getting warm.’ ‘Joe, look out the window,’ he gestured behind me. ‘Of […]

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Hardware

Difficult Conversation Depot

‘So, mum,’ I said nervously, showing her the plans. ‘What do you think?’ She frowned at them, standing over our dining room table. ‘I don’t understand,’ she finally said. ‘What don’t you understand?’ ‘Why?’ she turned to me, frown deepening. ‘Why are you showing me this?’ ‘I thought you’d like—’ ‘Like what? Like my son […]

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Wallpaper

We Love Decals

Woohoo! Great news! My housemates and I have finally settled on a type of art that we all like. It took us well over a month of looking through various wall decal styles to find something that we could agree on. Because we collectively liked the piece so much, we’ve decided to get in contact […]

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Energy

Energy Trap

“Dr Conned You, Traitor,” Maphira said. “Why am I not in the slightest bit surprised?” “Probably because my last name is an anagram of traitor,” said the Resistance’s leader. “Didn’t do anything about it, though, did you? No, I kept you busy enough that you could never really look into it. You had no choice […]

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