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A couple of thoughts about the reinstatement of the category. I understand not permitting the discussion of this subject anywhere on the site, but you might consider one possible exception. When people are co-authoring a story, oftentimes they like to discuss it in real time in a chat window, or perhaps a locked room. It could be emailed back and forth, though I am not sure if Lush rules allow even that, but that is not in real time. Many people do not like to go off site, so the restriction does pose some difficulties.
My second thought is about the Omnium badge. The few people that have earned it, worked very hard to get that badge, and it seems rather unfair to just take it away because the site decided to add new categories. Possibly giving some sort of a time frame to add a story in each of the new categories (the time frame being proportionate to the number of additional categories) might have been a bit more fair. As a sub-thought to this, when I was working toward the badge and the category was still here, it was the one category I knew I would have a hard time writing about as it is something I am dead set against. And I was thrilled when it was removed.
In view of the amount of discord for this particular subject, more so than any other, could Lush consider making this a "voluntary" category in earning the Omnium Badge? If every other category is represented, the badge would still be awarded.
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I wondered if this poem was known in the US. I think it is in the UK. It is iconic in Canada and taught in grade school as part of Remembrance Day. Canadians patriotism is expressed differently than in the US but this day is marked with respect by all. The blanket of poppies on the war memorials is a moving reminder of all who were lost in all the wars from WW I through to the present.
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Coming from a skid row concert last night and seeing all those women still throwing themselves at the men I voted rock and rollers. Hot guitarists, crazy drummers, groupies how can you go wrong.
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In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Written by John McCrae, a Canadian soldier and doctor in the wake of WW I. I believe that this is the origin of the poppy we wear in the weeks preceding November 11. The poppies are then placed on local war memorials, blanketing them in red.
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Perhaps once but it was more of a skim-over in my lugguage.
However I did receive a letter from customs saying they had seized a mail-order copy of Cannibal Holocaust that I tried to get about 15 years ago.
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not really about making money, as much as paying for the things that keep the site running. Nikki stopped thinking of Lush as a way to early retirment ages ago - now it's more of a labor of love.
and yeah, we gave it a go, but god, it hurt like a somuvabitch.
ps - come on, you know us, no matter what Nikki says, someone's gonna stick their neck out and field concerns.:)
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ok it's my first attempt ever it's from the matrix which pill would you choose
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<--- See that ugly old dude to your left.? That's a puppy he's holding ... supposed to be a real chick magnet
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curious if you've seen Across the Universe? and if not, you should.
