Dipping A Tentative Toe

@WorDazza (15830)
Manchester, England
June 29, 2017 12:13pm CST
"Who the hell are you?" I hear you all cry. And with good reason. It's been a while. I'm not one for apologizing for not being around. Sometimes life gets in the way, stuff has to be dealt with and it doesn't leave one with the time or energy, nor the requisite chirpy disposition, to contribute anything that people will want to read. Disposition reasonably chirped, comparatively speaking (if the comparison is with A.A.Milne's Eeyore), I thought I'd dip the old hallux back into the H2O and say a hearty hello to everyone with whom I have crossed paths (and swords) on this marvelous platform. I hope you all have been keeping well in my absence. It has been far too long, and I can't guarantee I'll find the necessary wherewithal to make any sort of consistent appearance but I have missed the old place. Hence my half-hearted attempt at a comeback post. I'll leave you with the news that shouty songstress Adele has declared that she may never tour again. I've never really understood why she bothered in the first place. She could just sit at home, screeching her repertoire, and we'd all hear her anyway!! "Months away and that's all he's got". I can sense the disdain! But hey, I'm sorry! When you're in the process of breaking the world hide and seek record it can be an isolating experience.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
30 Jun 17
Hello, I am so glad to see you back. I understand that being in the process of breaking the world hide and seek record has been time consuming. Now relax and rest.
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@LadyDuck (472109)
• Switzerland
30 Jun 17
@WorDazza It surely was very dangerous, you are more safe here.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
@LadyDuck Definitely. I can snooze as much as I like here and nobody can see me drooling down my chin.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
Indeed it was tiring. It's dangerous to drop off to sleep. A stray snore can easily give you away.
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@DaddyEvil (137702)
• United States
3 Jul 17
I am not too sure about you having a chirpy disposition, but am willing to wait and see, WorDazza... (grinning at you!) Do you know how long it has been since I have heard anyone use the term "hallux" for "big toe"? I believe I was about 10 or 12 years old when my father taught me that word... I haven't heard it used since. I am very happy to see you back (whether that is for long or not) and apparently in a (somewhat) happy mood... As far as music is concerned, I don't listen to any, as a normal rule, so couldn't say whether Adele sounds good or not. (I have listened to our pony ( @TheHorse) braying on YouTube lately. He actually sounds good, believe it or not. If you would be interested in listening to any of his music videos, you should ask @vandana7 for those links.) I do hope life lets you play on myLot as much as you need to refresh your spirit while letting you enjoy teasing ours.
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@DaddyEvil (137702)
• United States
3 Jul 17
@WorDazza Yup! It is amazing what friends can do for the way we feel, if we give them a chance!
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
3 Jul 17
@DaddyEvil Amen to that!!
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
3 Jul 17
Glad to be back sir, and thanks for the kind words. I think I have come to the realization that this place is good for the soul. Well my soul anyway. And it is probably the times I feel least like writing and interacting on here that are the times I probably need to the most.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 17
Whatever you've been up to, it's good to see you again. Missed you.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
30 Jun 17
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
It's nice to be back. I'm amazed at how many of the old crowd are still around. It's like I've never been away! I give it 2 weeks before you're all begging me to take another break
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@xFiacre (13173)
• Ireland
29 Jun 17
@wordazza I was just wondering where you had gotten lost.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
It's amazing how long you can hide behind curtains without being found. It was almost as if they weren't even trying to find me. Oh! Hang on...
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 Jun 17
Oh, howdy stranger. My first ever post here had a similar sort of footprint, titlewise - who'd'a thunk it?!
What is this? More place to fill with inane scribbles... Did you know that 'blog' is short for 'web log'? I didn't, until this evening...
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 Jun 17
@WorDazza Yeah, it's manic last-day-of-month, so people are firing stuff in to get up to payout threshold before close-of-business Kansas time at midnight tomorrow (30th) night.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
@pgntwo Blimey! Where has June gone? I just didn't realise it was so late in the month. So it's not the brilliance of my post that's generated the traffic then!!!
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
Mediocre minds etc. I was going to go with the hallux h2o thing but figured i should keep it simpler for my comeback.
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• Bournemouth, England
30 Jun 17
I've done very little here since early April. Fortunately I don't think they keep a register.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Jun 17
The register's hidden behind that $ sign top-right ;)
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Jun 17
@asfarasiknow Who ever listens to rumour... Oh, sorry, I forgot - we've been consuming the output of the rumour mill for the last 18months or so, I keep forgetting (like those up in their ivory towers hope that we will forget!). :sigh:
• Bournemouth, England
30 Jun 17
@pgntwo It's rumoured that the myLot Truancy Officer has an office up there as well.
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
29 Jun 17
Happy to hear from you. You are right. We are busy at times and it can be difficult to come on here
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
It can also be far too easy to get too wrapped up in certain aspects of life and forget about the people and places that make you smile.
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
29 Jun 17
@WorDazza Yes you are right. Mylot is a great platform and I have made some friends over here. I do miss them when I can't come on here at times
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
@Nawsheen Well you have just made one more. I look forward to getting to know you better.
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@vandana7 (100619)
• India
29 Jun 17
Hmmm...I read through the entire post, up and down, down and up ..left to right and right to left..then searched for the word sorry with control + F.....nope...what am I going to do with you WorDazza...that is the first word needed...let us see..may be you can hear some screeching by Adele as punishment perhaps...no I won't bother searching ..do that yourself...will teach you how to be good mannered Englishman the next time.
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@vandana7 (100619)
• India
29 Jun 17
@WorDazza ...Groan..but you are not apologizing...right? So that is like NO SORRY..arrogant..lol
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
Well the word 'apologize' is in there
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
@vandana7 I see no need to apologize for giving you all a break from me!! You should be thanking me
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jun 17
It is good to see you back, welcome.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jun 17
@WorDazza Well you know how welcoming the Mylotters are? Friends never forget on here.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
@BelleStarr You're right! Although there are some things about me I wish they would forget!!!!
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
Thanks. It-s good to be back I'm alresdy feeling right at home again.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
30 Jun 17
So the aliens have returned you to Earth, have they? I wondered if they would. Did you ask them to take Adele with them when they leave this time?
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
30 Jun 17
@WorDazza I thought perhaps they might be able to weaponized her as a sonic cannon.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
They refused. Can't blame them. Can you imagine her voice in the confines of a space ship.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
@DWDavis Shhhh! Are you mad? They might be reading this. We're all doomed if they realise the devastating potential of her top C.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
30 Jun 17
@WorDazza I remember you! And yes, I can well imagine you creating and then attempting to break the world hide and seek record . Welcome back!
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
30 Jun 17
@WorDazza maybe . But nah, I think it is more like your humour has been missed here
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
@bluesa Oh I get it. Everyone's only interested in my wit. Why doesn't anyone ever want me for my body?
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
Ta very much. I'm quite overwhelmed at the responses I've had. I thought it would take me ages to get in touch with everyone again but it seems myLotters have long memories. Maybe I owe money to loads of them!!!
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@JudyEv (342277)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jun 17
Great to see you back and with a reasonably chirpy disposition. We all get higher priorities from time to time. I don't even know who Adele is so that's how far I'm out of the loop.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
1 Jul 17
@JudyEv I believe Adele was performing in London the other night. I'm surprised you didn't hear her in Australia.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
Take my advice. Stay out of the loop. Good to be back thanks.
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@JudyEv (342277)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Jul 17
@WorDazza Okay, I'll stop worrying about it.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
29 Jun 17
Welcome back! I've been away for awhile too. Aha! Question answered. I always thought it must take energy to be "chirpy" and witty. :-)
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
And as you can probably tell I haven't got much energy at the moment!!!
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
@FayeHazel I think the world is quite safe. At my age it doesn't happen too often
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
30 Jun 17
@WorDazza Oh oh... watch out world when you do have energy -- huh?
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@YrNemo (20255)
1 Jul 17
Good to hear that everything is fine in your world (I read other comments ).
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
1 Jul 17
@YrNemo Hope things get better for you soon.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
1 Jul 17
Thank you. Although I wouldn't say EVERYTHING is fine in my world. I still have the same face unfortunately
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@YrNemo (20255)
1 Jul 17
@WorDazza Oh well, life is fickle (with all its ups and downs). Mine is down right now, has been for a while! All the best with yours. (and hope you fare better.)
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• Valdosta, Georgia
3 Jul 17
Glad to see you back! Playing hide and seek is definitely time consuming. Totally get it. Lol
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• Valdosta, Georgia
3 Jul 17
@WorDazza With 5 children and 18 years babysitting-oh yeah!
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
3 Jul 17
Thank you. I see you are obviously a fellow expert hide and seeker. Finding another top ckass hide and seeker is very difficult!
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• United States
29 Jun 17
Welcome back. Yes read about Adele. But I thought she loved to swear on stage haha I hope life is treating you well.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
29 Jun 17
She'll probably just swear at people in the street now! I'm pretty good thanks. I hope the same can be said of you.
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• United States
29 Jun 17
@WorDazza Not too bad thansk WorDazza.
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@TheHorse (220357)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Jun 17
Who is Adele? Jut kidding. But I couldn't sing a complete line of any of her songs. She seems like a nice gal.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
Funnily enough I couldn't either! Don't know if that says we're getting old or we have impeccable musical tastes. Or maybe it implies both!
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
30 Jun 17
It's cool @WorDazza . Life gets in the way; priorities first.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
It certainly does. Altbough I sometimes think we forget that places like this can actually help us to cope better with those priorities.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
30 Jun 17
@WorDazza Very true. You know you can count on us.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
30 Jun 17
Welcome back! You've been missed.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
Thank you. Although you really ought to take better aim in future.
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
30 Jun 17
@DianneN Somehow I don't doubt that
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
30 Jun 17
@WorDazza My aim is as straight as an arrow!
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• Mumbai, India
1 Jul 17
I came back on MyLot after almost a year. Don't you hate it when you get a life and can't find enough time for the virtual camaraderie? PS I love Adele
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
1 Jul 17
Yeah, having a life really sucks