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#1 Mar 29, 2007
I've beeen offered an 81 Convert for £2250. It's in good condition but has anyone owned one of these and can impart any helpful tips when buying one?
Luzern, Switzerland
#2 May 14, 2007
have been riding the same i-convert for almost 25 yrs. well over 100'000 km. no major parts replaced, except cyl heads and valves adapted for unleaded fuel. the secret of this particular transmission is the fichtel&sachs torque converter located within the clutch housing of engine. a good bike does not show any redish mist anywhere.
atf tank under the left cover has to be clean, as well. hydraulic hoses and piping clean.
let me tell you: there's no smoother ride. good luck!
Langley, Canada
#3 May 24, 2007
I have 76 lapd version with tons of miles. I took her to West virginia from British Columbia, 6200 miles in two weeks with only a new rear tire (expected) 1/2 way there and a small oil drip drip drip. I leave for Colorado in 3 weeks. Bike runs and runs and runs.
#4 Jun 10, 2007
I have 2 76 converts and one I have nad no problems out of and the other I have changed the drive shaft and rear main seal. The battery does not charge when just riding in town. They are a very very well ballanced bike and fun to ride. I love the converts and will never part with them. Any Q's [email protected]
Sherborne, UK
#5 Jul 29, 2007
Guzzifrank, I was in Chilliwack a few years ago. I just love B.C. I'm thinking of buying a Convert (you could say I'm a Convert!) but just how do you check the tappets and timing without use of the gearbox to position the crankshaft? Starter motor? Or is there a dodge?
Sherborne, UK
#6 Jul 31, 2007
Oh, well, I guess I'm gonna find out soon. I bought it! A 1976 Mk 1 with all the whistles and bells, only 14500 miles on the clock (hope that's genuine!) imported from South Africa, it cost me an arm, a leg, and very nearly a marriage too, but 37 year-old habits die hard!!!!
Thing is, where do I put the beast? The garage is full of Royal Enfields!!!!
#7 Aug 2, 2007
What type of oil do you put in a 2002 MZ Moskito Scooter?
Sherborne, UK
#8 Aug 2, 2007
Kristen, Hi, why don't you try the Moskito part of the forum,it's listed just below? Bet you'll get an answer quicker.....
#9 Sep 3, 2007
I've had a '76 convert for about 190k miles now, bought in '79. The u-joint has finally given up. The motor died an unnatural death at about 175k. I replaced it with the 1100 fuel injected square-head motor, lemans pipes and lightened the flywheel by about 5#. It's finally what he Convert should have been when it was built. Only weak points I can see are the charging system (upgrades available), the tranny fluid pump drive piece (6mm allen wrench stock), and the stamped rather than cast flywheel. Otherwise it's been bulletproof for me. The Convert is not known for fuel economy. Good luck!
#10 Mar 27, 2010
There several thing you can do to remedy that that aren't very expensive at all. E-mail me if you want to know more. [email protected]
#11 Oct 4, 2010
was forced to buy a friends '76 convert that he never had running.has a voltpak rx--does not charge--light did not come on.blue wire from dash lite is not connected to anything--haynes manual shows it goes to rectfier but the rx takes it place--any suggestions? thanks
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#12 Apr 1, 2012
Halloo-all Guzzisti! Just hopped over from Aprilia Mana forum- Been a long time LURKER ;).'twas hoping to see some comments from Mr. Roper about Converts! I really dig them and would X-taticaly buy one as a Labor of Love- when I'm not on my 2008 "second mortgage"LOL/ Desmo. Oh Bugger, I'll hop over to G-tech next ;) AGATT, Peace, CJ
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In retail jargon, this approach is called omni-channel shopping, since it allows shoppers to buy products wherever and whenever they want, from a home computer, a laptop, a mobile phone or at a physical store. "That's what every department store is after right now," says Marc Metrick, chief marketing officer at HBC. "Whoever cracks it first and right is going to be a big winner."
But it's harder than it looks: The Bay let Anna go a few months ago.
"It's an inevitable downward spiral," said Mark Cohen, former chief executive officer of Sears Canada Inc. and now a professor at the Columbia Business School in New York. "E-commerce is an enormous threat. It's the second biggest shadow that crosses their enterprise."
Another shadow is the challenge of fragmented markets: Even high-end shoppers now buy at places like Target Corp., which will start opening stores in Canada next year. And while shoppers want that element of fantasy and luxury at department stores, they also demand at least a hint of accessibility (thus the inclusion of moderately priced British line, Topshop, at The Bay, Nordstrom and Selfridges).
For all that, though, the days of deathly sluggish high-end department stores – even in Paris on a Sunday – seem behind us. Back at Le Bon Marché, the team seems particularly pleased with the way their year has panned out.
Asked how they think Mr. Boucicaut would feel about the message the store conveys today, Mr. Bodenes replies, "The business is important, of course, but beyond the business, this was to be a place where women could come with their kids and have a place where they could rediscover themselves. He wanted an experience that was truly pleasurable. Aristide would be very happy to see this tradition continue."Report Typo/Error
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PURPOSE: Previous reports are conflicting about increased risk of lung cancer associated with total alcohol intake or choice of specific beverage type. A major problem is confounding by the powerful smoking-lung cancer relation. We studied risk of incident lung cancer in a multi-ethnic cohort.
METHODS: We studied risk of incident lung cancer in a multi-ethnic cohort of 126,293 persons that supplied baseline data from 1978-1985 and were followed through 2008. We used Cox proportional hazards models with 8 covariates; cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking were studied with lifelong abstainers as referent, yielding relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
RESULTS: The number of persons with incident lung cancer was 1852. The RR (CI) of lung cancer for exdrinkers = 1.1 (0.9-1.5), for < 1 drink per day = 1.0 (0.9-1.1), for 1-2 drinks per day = 1.0 (0.9-1.2), and for ≥ 3 drinks per day = 1.3 (1.1-1.5, p = 0.002). The RR's at ≥ 3 drinks per day were 1.3 in both men and women, 1.4 in never and ex-smokers and 1.2 in smokers of < 1 or ≥ 1 pack per day. Among 1,234 alcohol drinkers, the RR's for drinkers of preponderantly wine, liquor and beer were 1.2 (0.8-1.8), 1.4(1.0-1.9, p=0.07), and 1.7 (1.2-2.6, p = 0.008) respectively. The increased risk of heavy beer drinkers was concentrated in men, especially African American men, the heaviest smokers, and persons of lower education while that of heavy liquor drinkers was concentrated in white men. Type of wine (red, white, etc.) had no consistent independent relation to risk.
CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that, with respect to lung cancer, 1) Heavier, but not light-moderate alcohol drinking is associated with increased risk, 2) Variations in increased risk by beverage choice are likely due to confounding by other lifestyle traits.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Avoidance of any type of heavy alcohol (beer, wine, liquor)intake may reduce the risk of lung cancer.
DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: Stanton Siu, Yan Li, David Baer, Natalia Udaltsova, Arthur Klatsky
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PURPOSE: No consensus exists on the exact treatment of pneumothorax (PTX). Some guidelines are proposing manual aspiration (MA) to be preferred over tube thoracostomy (TT) in uncomplicated primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). However, only a few studies reported a direct comparison of both methods. Our aim was to re-evaluate this with a randomized trial in a single centre in the Netherlands.
METHODS: Patients with a first episode of symptomatic PTX admitted to the ER or asymptomatic PTX with a size of ≥20% were recruited during 2007-2009 and followed-up for one year. Randomisation between MA and TT was balanced by a computer minimisation program for cause of PTX, smoking and gender. When first MA attempt failed, a second attempt was not undertaken and patients underwent TT. (registered at ClinicalTrial.gov (NCT000556335).
RESULTS: 56 patients were included. Baseline characteristics were similar. Immediate success rates were 68.0% for MA versus 80.6% for TT (p=0.28). Two week success rates were 100% in both groups. There was a significant difference in hospital stay in favour of MA: 2.4±2.6 versus 4.4±3.3 days (p=0.02). One year recurrence rates in MA were lower than in TT, although not statistically significant (4.0% and 12.9% p=0.37). Predictors of immediate success were traumatic PTX and female sex. One patient died during follow-up due to heart failure.
CONCLUSIONS: MA is simple, safe, cheap, minimal invasive in uncomplicated PSP/ traumatic PTX with similar success and recurrence rates and a shorter hospital stay in comparison to TT and therefore the treatment of choice.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Before insertion of a chest tube, manual aspiration should be tried in patients with a first episode of pneumothorax
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When Joseph B. Leonard slipped into the cockpit of AirTran Holdings Inc. (AAI) in January, 1999, he could have been excused for feeling a sense of deja vu: Leonard, who worked at Eastern Airlines during its plunge into financial chaos and collapse, was faced with a money-losing carrier that was down to its last $25 million in cash. AirTran was the successor to ValuJet Airlines Inc., whose bookings plummeted in 1996 following the horrific crash of Flight 592 into the Florida Everglades. "There were very, very few people last January that thought we had any chance of survival," says Leonard, who to this day orders up daily cash reports.
But to the surprise of many in the airline industry, Leonard has pulled Orlando-based AirTran out of its spiral--and back into the jetstream. The 30-year aviation veteran wasted no time pursuing his agenda: installing a new management team, engineering sale-leasebacks of planes to build up cash, ditching money-losing routes, launching early discount sales to fill the planes, and pushing customers to buy tickets over AirTran's cost-saving Web site, where it now generates a third of its sales. Most impressive is that Leonard has overhauled AirTran's image as a no-frills carrier for college students and penny-pinching tourists. Today, higher-fare business travelers account for 60% of AirTran's revenues, up from 40% when Leonard arrived.
Leonard's initiatives, coupled with the strong economic tailwind that's helping all airlines these days, are lifting AirTran to unexpected heights: On Oct. 16, AirTran is expected to report its seventh straight profitable quarter. What's more, AirTran's operating margin under Leonard has climbed to 14.8%, up from only 2% in 1998, ranking it second only to Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) AirTran's earnings for the full year should soar to $49.5 million, a 70% rise, on revenues of $600 million, up 19%, says PaineWebber airline analyst Samuel Buttrick. Adds Stuart Klaskin, an aviation consultant at Klaskin, Kushner & Co. in Miami: "They've defied all the odds. I've never seen an airline come back from the brink of failure as successfully as AirTran has."
So far, though, Leonard has little to show for it on Wall Street. AirTran's stock still languishes around 4, down from ValuJet's adjusted 1995 high of 33 1/2. Investors are skeptical of AirTran's ability to maintain its momentum if the economy cools. For one thing, AirTran has been more vulnerable than others to oil-price hikes. It now hedges only 35% of its fuel costs--low for a carrier of its size--and flies mostly older, gas-guzzling DC-9s. In the first half of 2000, AirTran's fuel costs rose 89%, and higher oil prices are expected to drain a further $16 million from third-quarter earnings as well, says CIBC World Markets analyst Sal Colak.
Even more of a threat, though, is the airline's crushing debt load of $230 million--more than double its current $100 million in cash holdings. That comes due with a thud next April. Leonard now spends about 80% of his time trying to line up a refinancing. Given the current jitters in the junk-bond market, many analysts expect that AirTran will have to pay even more than its current 10.25% and 10.5% rates to refinance.
FATTER SLICE. Leonard's challenges don't stop there. AirTran's employees, who earn less than their peers at the major carriers, are demanding a larger share of the airline's newfound success. In mid-September, AirTran maintenance workers staged a 48-hour slowdown that caused myriad delays and cancellations. "The airline is up-and-coming, and we're getting our piece of it," vows John Mays, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' representative for AirTran's 350 mechanics and inspectors. Leonard responded by giving them yearly raises starting at 7% over the next four years. But he has to placate AirTran's 500 pilots, too, whose contract becomes amendable in March.
The risk is that any disruption may turn off customers who are just coming back to the airline. They include fliers like John Petrush, who admits he's reconsidering after the mechanics' slowdown delayed his Atlanta-to-Biloxi (Miss.) flight by nearly five hours. "AirTran doesn't have its act together right now," Petrush said, as he sat stranded last month at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. "If they can't perform, I just won't ever use them again."
Leonard knew the odds were long when he took the job. Many airline experts figured ValuJet was finished after the Everglades disaster. The airline--which right before the crash had issued $150 million in bonds--was forced by the Federal Aviation Administration to suspend operations and, under intense regulatory scrutiny, only gradually resumed flights after three months. But even with short-haul fares as low as $39 each way, ValuJet's planes were flying half-empty, recalls Leonard's predecessor, D. Joseph Corr. In November, 1997, Corr finally buried the ValuJet name when he acquired AirTran, a small Florida carrier, assumed its name, and moved the headquarters from Atlanta to Orlando.
OVERACHIEVERS. Under Leonard, who joined AirTran after running AlliedSignal Inc.'s aerospace division's marketing and sales, the carrier has made safety a top priority. An FAA representative now sits in on AirTran's morning operations meetings. "We're seeing an operation that's going beyond the major requirements of the FAA," says L. Nicholas Lacey, the agency's director of flight standards.
Corr was already pushing to upgrade AirTran's service to business fliers. But Leonard has ratcheted up the effort. The carrier offers assigned seating, curbside check-ins, a frequent-flier program, and a business-class cabin. Agents solicit coach passengers at airport gates for $25 upgrades to business class. And AirTran aggressively woos small and midsize businesses that are more cost-conscious than their larger brethren. "Our target is not the Coca-Cola account executive," Leonard says. RaceTrac Petroleum Inc., a Smyrna, Ga., chain of gas stations that is AirTran's biggest client, says it can book last-minute flights at half the cost of the major carriers--as long as employees keep in mind that AirTran's on-time performance is spotty. The initiatives are helping Leonard steal business travelers away from rival carriers: While AirTran remains a distant second to Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) in its only hub, Atlanta, the low-cost carrier has has doubled its share of passenger volume at Hartsfield, to 8.8%, since 1997.
Leonard will boost his passenger capacity by 8% this year and wants to increase it a further 20% in 2001. He's adding a new, fuel-efficient Boeing 717 each month--financed separately--and is expanding to three to five new cities every year. And Leonard would like to set up a second hub at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. However, AirTran faces intense competition from other airlines that want to snap up some of the slots that might be freed at the airport by US Airways Group Inc. as part of its proposed merger with UAL Corp. (UAL) Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL) has bid $215 million for some of the slots.
Indeed, for all its success, AirTran's comeback has yet to be truly tested. "Until we see a weak economy, we won't know if [AirTran] is for real," says Randy Petersen, CEO of Frequent Flyer Services, a Colorado Springs (Colo.) publisher that tracks traveler-award programs. Having already witnessed the demise of one airline, Leonard will have to scramble to keep this one aloft.


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Ages ago, I published a photo looking up at Structure II in Calakmul from ground level — if you were curious, here's the view from the top looking down:
Getting up and down again is definitely a good workout, if your knees will take it!
Ages ago, I published a photo looking up at Structure II in Calakmul from ground level — if you were curious, here's the view from the top looking down:
Getting up and down again is definitely a good workout, if your knees will take it!
A segment of a panorama from the ancient Maya ruins of Uxmal — covering the Governor's Palace (left) and the House of the Turtles (right), along with a few scattered tourists:
I initially didn't expect this image to be of much account. It's part of a panorama I made for later reference, one of many I made at a number of sites on my last trip to the Yucatán, primarily so I can double-check the quality of the maps I draw for my eBooks.
But in the process, I discovered that a modern iPhone (!) can make surprisingly good panoramas.
This past autumn, when I returned to the ancient Maya ruins of Uxmal, I had the opportunity to spend a night in a nearby hotel and so could watch the evening light show at the ruins. The main action takes place in the Nunnery Quadrangle, but as you can see here, the Pyramid of the Magician isn't left out of the fun.
Granted, the colors can get a bit… garish… but the show as a whole is pretty impressive. And if you know a little Spanish, you get to hear a concise history of the site while watching the colored lights splashing on various buildings.
In our case, as happens pretty regularly (I'm told), we also got drenched right after the part of the show in which recorded voices (portraying plaintive inhabitants during the site's historic drought) chant the name of the Maya rain god Chaac. Interesting coincidence, that…
A few years ago, we were fortunate to be able to visit the Actun Tunichil Muknal (Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre, a.k.a. ATM) cave in Belize. It's a 3-mile long wet cave (i.e., there's a stream flowing through it), and a pretty "tough ticket" in that only a few guides are permitted to take tours through it — and the number of groups passing through on any given day are strictly limited. It's a physically demanding visit, too — you wind up climbing over and under boulders, swimming a significant part of the way, etc.
But the restrictions are all for good reason. The cave was used for sacrificial offerings by the ancient Maya, largely during the classic period (roughly 250 – 900 AD). As the classic period wound down and the local situation worsened, increasingly dear sacrificial offerings were made increasingly far into the cave. Tours extend as far as "The Crystal Maiden," the calcified skeletal remains of a teenage girl sacrificed near the end of the classic — but she is only one of 14 individuals whose remains have been found in the cave, and less macabre offerings predominate anyway.
Sadly, in 2012 a tourist dropped their camera on one of the 1,000 year old skulls in the cave and fractured it — the skull was repaired to some degree, but as a result of that one tourist's inattention, visitors are no longer allowed to bring cameras into the cave.
One of the iconic sites at the ancient Maya ruins of Chichén Itzá, seen from its north end looking to the south:
For some reason, this view doesn't show up as often as does its opposite from the south end of the field. Still, you can really get a feel for the ball court's size — particularly since those are two people just to the right of this two-frame panorama's center.
A straight-on frontal shot of the House of the Cenote, in the ancient Maya ruins of Tulum in Quintana Roo, Mexico:
No, it's not the most artistic angle on this structure, but it does give you a good feeling for its size and design. This photo was shot from roughly the southeast (from the point of view of the sea, basically) and shows the face of the original part of the structure.
Some years later, a small shrine was added to the back of this building, directly over a small cenote that gives the whole construction its modern nickname.
The "marquis" structure at the ancient Maya ruins of Chichén Itzá, El Castillo (a.k.a. the Pyramid of Kukulkan):
What most tourist brochure photos don't show you, though, are its two faces. The pyramid's north and west sides have been fully restored (so, look as close to "new" as we can get), while the south and east sides have just been consolidated and stabilized (and so, look rougher). In the shot above, north is to the right — the pyramid's north face is what you'll most often see on postcards and such.


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Name: Lynn Taldeer
Height: 5'6
Weight: 132 lbs
Age: 152
Appearance: For the most part, she tends to be of more mundane looks and stylings, at least amongst elves. Her outfits tend towards simple but practical, often with several pockets, multiple pouches. She keeps her hair in a simple ponytail, usually about mid-point on her head. Her eyes tend towards a more sapphire blue, and her skin is usually a mix between tanned and pale.
Personality: She's a quiet, calm individual, whom tends to be seen as somewhat, odd, considering her ability to focus on her work so intently that she's able to close out the world around her to such a degree that one would think the only thing that existed to her, was her and her work. Still, she does try to be personable when she is around others, though it's proven quite difficult to pry her from work long enough.
Race: Elf
Abilities: She is able to make use of daggers, staves and her magical skills. She is also a powerful thinker, calculating, accounting, and planning in seconds.
Spells: Magic Missile, Fireball, Lighting, Ice Bolt
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- [1] Staff
- [1] Traveling Robes
- [8] Belt Pouches
- [1] Whetstone
- [4] Quills
- [8] Vials of Ink
- [1] Backpack
- [4] Empty Tomes
- [1] Spellbook
- [3] Books of notes
- [14] Days of Rations
- [1] Cloak, Heavy Wool
- [1] Sleeping Roll
- [1] Blanket, Winter
- [1] Magnifying Glass
Bio: Born to a small family, her powerful mind and ability to quickly study and learn most things she was put to, even after it was found she had the ability to use magic without foci or tomes like wizards, leading to her being send to a magical academy to try and give her a focus for her mind. While it worked for a time, it didn't help to keep her in the Academy long, as she was able to quickly speed through the various courses in record time. While many mages thought this might mean she could become a powerful Sorceress, if only she could chose to stop trying to be a researcher of lost knowledge and actually put her mind to the task of actually mastering her abilities.


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The fight.Mature
Grabbing a bag and an apple, Amy set off on a walk to the café on the themes. Passing some wolf-whistling drunks she eventually got there. She was noticeably shaking.
She grabbed a milkshake from the counter, and waited for Tom. After less than a minute he appeared at the end of the street. A large shadowed figure. He was carrying the unmistakable backpack.
"Look Tom…" Amy begun, after being greeted by a warm embrace and a kiss. "I need to tell you something. Make sure you are ready…"
"I will always be ready for you…" Tom replied, kindness filled his ice blue eyes, a kindness that was soon lost after Amy explained that she had forgotten to take the pill.
"YOU WHAT." Tom replied. Rubbing his face. He suddenly got up, and through the table over, Amy cowered in her seat as his face was contorted into anger.
"YOU STUPID BITCH! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE FUCKING PILL!" Tom was overcome by anger. What can only be described as an almost inaudiable stream of swearwords poured out of his mouth; Amy winced as if each of his swear words had sliced through her.
"I thought you might be happy…" Amy whispered, tears welling up in her eyes, a lump creeping up her throat, the way he had reacted in Amy's head was a lot different…
"HAPPY?! FUCKING HAPPY?!" Tom exclaimed. "Tell me Amy. What's fucking HAPPY, about paying for a FUCKING child to grow up in this FUCKED up life!?" Tom was acting insanely now…
"It's a child? It can't be all bad. I have always wanted a child…" Amy stammered back
"ALWAYS WANTED A CHILD?! YOUR FUCKING NINETEEN FOR FUCKS SAKE." Tom spun round and smacked a few plastic chairs out of the way. The other diners at the café had left. It was just them.
"Tom. Tom. Calm down alright? We need to talk about what we will be doing with it. My dad said he is willing to support me…"
"Oh yeh, bring daddy in, as FUCKING usual. Fucking spoilt BITCH."
"DON'T CALL ME A FUCKING SPOILT BITCH. YOU'RE the SPOILT one. Your not accepting ANY responsibility for this. It's your FUCKING baby FOR FUCKS SAKE. If you had been wearing condoms it wouldn't MATTER."
"If I had been wearing-!? OH FOR FUCKS SAKE. I didn't wear the condoms coz I thought I didn't NEED to. Coz YOU had said YOU were taking the pill!"
"Either way this was NOT an accident. I had thought this through and would appreciate it if people didn't smoke around me. I will not be smoking or drinking either…" Amy was quieter now. After a deep breath she composed herself more for the onslaught of abuse.
"Okay…" Tom was scarily quiet. His eyes were intense. Suddenly the anger flashed back.
"So your taking away my freedom, and taking away my FUCKING business!"
"Shhh… Your 'fucking' business involves mainly snorting, hardly any smoking. Snorting is okay."
"You'd better get FUCKING used to saying that. Because in this fucked up world snorting cocaine is all our fucked up child is gunna do! He'll be like us. Smoking at 13. Snorting at 14. Injecting by 15. FUCKED." Tom took another violent kick at the ice cream advertisement, sending it crashing into the Themes. Amy did not seemed phased by these acts of violence.
"He? I'm pretty sure our baby is a girl. I can feel it. And I am not having our child go the same way as us. She needs a proper education."
"Listen to you. 'oh I'm sure my baby is a girl, I can FEEL it' how the FUCK do you know?! It's probably the size of a fingernail. It doesn't even HAVE any genitals!" Tom replied. Fury still hot on his face.
I could feel the anger recede out of Amy, and as she looked at Tom; standing in the middle of a wrecked café, anger brimming, talking about baby's genitals.
And with that, Amy smiled, the smile grew to a chuckle, and within seconds she was howling with laughter, and soon after Amy's first chuckle seeped out of her mouth, Toms hard exterior cracked, and a small giggle escaped him, a few minutes later there they were. In the middle of a wrecked café, laughing as hard as they had ever laughed. Their laughter was short lived.


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What Did You Say?Mature
"Beef miso soup with medium noodles and lots of flavour, please!" I order happily and plonk myself onto the stool at the front. Drake sits beside me.
"You, sir?" The cook asks. I love the small ness of this place.
"Urh, what he's having." Drake says simply.
"Sure." The cook starts our meals in front of us, the cooking equipment sizzling and bubbling with ours and others orders. "Two beef miso coming right up!"
Service is fast and Yatagoratsu. Within two minutes our food is put in front of, steaming. I break a pair of chopsticks and dig in.
"Mm-mm-mm~!" I sound, my stomach at last ecstatic with this brilliant meal. Drake smiles at me, chuckling at my happiness.
He looks seriously at me now, though. "Now, tell me why you were late. I know you, you're never late. You can't afford to be."
I stare at Drake dumbly, noodles hanging gracelessly out of my mouth. I slurp it quickly. "What do you mean?"
Drake rolls his eyes. "I mean, something's going on. Just tell me what."
Realization seeps into my mind slowly, He wants to know about Renir. The vampire. I groan and bore my eyes into the bowl before me. Should I tell him everything, or lie through my teeth and deny that anything happened?
"Nothing happened, really." I start tentatively, "I've just…thoughtI'dgetkilledbysomeonewho'snowlivinginmyhouse."
"You what? I didn't get any of that."
That's the whole point, I plead in my head. I opt for an acceptable answer-or so I think. "There's someone living in my house." Maybe I should just top myself right now.
Drake ponders for a second. "Who is it? Is it Lill?" He asks finally, but is WAY off the mark.
"N-no." What the hell am I saying?! I could so easily put this all behind me if I say it's Lillian. I am such an idiot. "His name's Renir."
The man beside me doesn't look amused. "Does that explain why you were late?" Does he think I'm gay?!
"What? No way. It's only temporary, anyway. He works nights." Now I'm sticking up for a vampire. Maybe I am insane.
"Does he contribute to the rent?" demands Drake, clearly unhappy. "Is he nice?" His voice becomes darker, "Is he threatening you?"
"No!" I protest, pushing him away a little. "He's not threatening me!"
"And expenses?"
"He's only been one night." I mumble. I don't actually know if he has money to pay for anything. Maybe he sponged off those women he lived with before.
"One night? Do you even know him?"
"Of course I do. Do you really think I'd let some guy live with me just because he asks?" I am so going to regret this conversation, I just know-
"-I want to meet him." Drake state, folding his arms and leaning on the back of his seat.
My face drops. "You want to meet Renir?"
Drake nods defiantly. "Since this Renir is living in your house with you, I want to meet him."
What have I done? Why did it have to be me? I'm such a major idiot. I can't stop my brain from pummeling itself in my head on the drive back to my place. I tell Drake that I'll see when Renir's free from work.
"Like I told you, I'll call you when he's free." I protest against Drake. I get out of the car, feeling the cold air hit me, full on. "AIEEE!" I squeal, shuddering.
Drake gets out, but I don't plan on letting him into my home, not today. He thinks differently, however. "Well, there's a light on up there. I thought you said he works nights?" Drake eyes me, scrutinizing.
"He does," I say quickly, "He just usually sets off at…" Shit. I don't know the time right now. I sneak a glance at my watch. I four forty-four. "He sets off at ten to. Five, that is."
My friend looks fairly defeated. "Fine," He says, exasperated. "Call me when you can." He gets back into his car and leaves me in the freezing air. It's so obvious that he's not happy with me, but to be truthful, I'm just relieved that I pulled it off.
My teeth chatter whilst I cart myself up the stairs to my apartment. Like Drake had said, there is a light in the window. There's no working elevator in the block, and my apartment is on the seventh floor, so I'm pretty much dying by the time I reach the front door. I open it, panting, to be greeted with a massive bear hug from you-know-who.
"Gerrorf!" I manage to blurt out as I get lifted from the ground and twirled into my home.
"Welcome back." I can feel Renir smirking into my hair.
Renir's warm. A comfy warm. Sanity leaves me for a second as my teeth stop chattering because of this unexpected greeting. It floods back, thankfully, and I protest again for him to let me down. "Put me down, you idiot!" I hate being so little. "Put me down!"
"Let me hold you just a little longer." Renir smiles. He likes teasing me like, this, I can tell.
I struggle against him and he finally lets me go. I glare at him. "I said no touching. That means no hugging."
The vampire just smirks. "But you're so little and easy to hold. It's cute."
I could just punch him because of what he said right now. But I'm a useless fighter, and he would probably be able to break every bone in my body without breaking a sweat. For my won safety, I start on a different topic.
"The fan heater's on." I say, surprised with the amount of thanks in my voice. There's no central heating in the block, so I've had to fork out for a heater to keep me from freezing.
Renir nods but is still smirking at me as I park myself near the heater. "I made dinner, too."
"Really?" Maybe having him around isn't so bad after all.
Renir seems proud of himself. "I went outside and got food, since there's almost nothing in your fridge. Macaroni cheese."
I love macaroni cheese. Absolutely adore it. In all honesty, I'm still full from the miso soup, but I think it's good to be polite. Especially when food's involved. "Sounds great." I say, smiling at the vampire for the first time today.
He fetches me a plate, and it smells divine. My stomach immediately forces itself to make room as I gulp it down. Renir watches me as I eat. He seems as though he's working up to something. "What is it?" I ask after my last forkful and take my plate to the sink. "Is there something on my face, or something?"
"No, no." The vampire replies, shaking his head of black hair. He doesn't say anything else, but turns on the tiny TV I own and sits on my still unmade bed. It's still a futon, not a sofa, but Renir doesn't seem to mind as he relaxes.
"There's a chair right there." I say, pointing at the bedraggled armchair I swiped from a tip. It doesn't smell anymore-thankfully-but…it was from a tip.
"Can't see telly." H reasons and looks at me. "You need to get satellite. The terrestrial shows are a bit...well, rubbish. Except a few. I rather like Loose Women and Paul O'Grady show." He sniggers. "He likes the same shows as my mother. "Oh yeah, someone called…What was it? Hale. Nathan Hale called."
"Mmm, what'd he want?" I ask, fixing myself a drink. "You want anything?"
Renir declines, "No thanks," and changes the channel. "Anyway, not a lot. Just said that you'd better get some sort of story or you're fired."
How could he take my career so lightly? "What? Is that it?" I ask. He nods. "That's it? That's my career! I admit, not a great one, and I suck at it, but I need the money!" I calm down and take a sip of water. "Crap," I hiss. "What the hell am I going to do? There's nothing going on around here." I sigh and take a seat on the armchair. "And I missed the last press conference by a few minutes."
Resting my head on the back of the chair, I look at Renir out of the corner of my eye. He's watching me again. He stretches out on the futon. My futon. His hair isn't tied up now, so it sprawls behind him. I think he deliberately tries to make me uncomfortable. But at least he's not kissing me anymore. That bear hug was unexpected though, and he was warm. I shake my head to blot thoughts from my mind. Renir smirks at me as if he knows what's going on the vacuous space that once was my brain.
The clock on the wall clicks onto seven. Since it's almost winter, the sun has already gone below the horizon and night has claimed the town. Renir stands and puts on a long black coat before opening the front door. He pauses and kisses me swiftly on the cheek, me protesting loudly. He just smiles and waltzes into the night say, "Don't wait up for me."
My face is bright red when he leaves. "Stupid bloody idiot." I mutter and heave myself out of the chair. I decide to make my futon acceptable and sort it out, with the One Show blaring out. "I should kick him out." I tell myself. But if I did, then he would probably drain me of blood and leave me on some other warehouse floor. Either that or murder me on the spot. To be honest, I don't fancy either consequence, so stay Renir shall have to!
I want some hot chocolate. Why do I have a choccy craving now? I'm not entirely sure I have any so I traipse through the cupboards until I eventually find a sachet. "Yay!2 I cheer triumphantly, the spot the best before date. The sachet's about two months overdue. Ooh. I flap for a minute, wanting hot chocolate, but not wanting some weird fungi in my mug. Eventually I make up my mind and pour it into a mug and stick the kettle on. I use this time, since it's a super-slow, crappy kettle, to get changed to my pajamas. The kettle clicks off and I waddle over in a pair of cookie monster slippers. "I made my hot chocolate! The world is happy!" I slurp as I curl up inside my sofabed and watch whatever nonsense is on telly.


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Leave the berries
You decide that you cannot trust the berries, no matter how hungry you are.
As you continue through the forest, your walk turns into a stagger, which turns into a slow, helpless crawl.
A few hours rest wouldn't hurt...
The hours turn into days, the days into weeks, the weeks into months, the months into years.
One day, many years later, some children playing in these woods find your emaciated body, frozen in the same position as the day which you died.
The memory will haunt them forever.