Well, well, well. A tiny bit delayed, but I can now officially confirm that the fun has started! As of 12:24pm on Saturday 24 November, Flat Richie is on his way from his starting point in Dublin to…
I sent it registered/tracked, so I am going to watch the parcel’s progress to its first destination.
I was very pleased that a) all my items fitted into an old Amazon Prime cardboard box that I had saved for this purpose. I hope you can keep using it. Should you like to add items that are big and therefore need a bigger box, feel free to use a new cardboard box! As mentioned before, I have left the items unwrapped. That saves us extra weight, and it means that the recipients can actually see what the items are that they are choosing from.
I hadn’t aimed for any specific weight, but I was delighted the parcel stayed below the 2 kilo mark. So, in fact, for comparison’s sake – I paid 22 Euro (including tracking) for the parcel. I really hope that no one has to cough up much more than that!
There’s the parcel in its entirety, addresses blanked out for surprise’s sake. Hopefully the parcel will arrive at its destination within the next week. I stupidly forgot to write anything into the log book *doh* – but I enclosed a card specifically for recipient number 1. I really hope that she will remember to use the log book!!! And now, let the fun begin!
Guylty Pleasure 
And we are off!! You’re an inspiration to us all dear girlfriend!!
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🙂 Nothing special. You’ll all have to do the same thing once the parcel gets to you 🙂
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Ich weiss aber vielen dank nocheinmal💗💗👍👏
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Travel safe, Flat Richie! 🙂
We are all waiting for you! 🙂
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Wooohoo!!! Fair winds and following seas, Sir Guy!
Under 2 kg is great for us Germans. If you ship overseas, send it as an international letter. It should be cheaper than a package.
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Fingers crossed it keeps its weight when it gets to you, Kate 😉
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😱😱🚨 Spoiler alert G! 🚨
I’ll just take out the heavy stuff and replace it with lightweight items! 😉😂
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Hehe, that’s one way of making the choice…
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yas!!!!!
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I wish I could have participated, but work and life is not allowing it right now. I will be eagerly watching though! Have fun!
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🙂 If this is a success, who knows, maybe we’ll do it again…
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Nice! 🙂
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I love the beautiful pink tape. I may have to add a few stickers when FR arrives at chez moi because, you know…stickers! Safe travels, Flat Richie and Sir Guy!
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Stickers are a great idea, LL. I totally forgot about that…
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Yay! Can’t wait! I’ve been thinking about things to add in 😊
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Great – it won’t be long until Flat Richie gets to you 😉
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Looking at one of your photos it looks to me as if the first destination is in Germany but maybe that’s a red herring 😉
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😂😂 It’s a Berlin Station—FlatRichie Edition. Where the mystery is real. 🕵🏻♂️🕵🏻♀️
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Nice touch Kate 😘🤣🤣🤣🤣✈️💋👀🍷😉👍👍
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It could just be a postcode starting with a 6, though…
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🤫🤔???😘💗💗💗💗
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No comment 😉
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Toll, dass es endlich losgeht ☺!!! Lieben Dank dafür, dass du uns allen soviel Freude machst!
Mit dem unauffälligen Paketband sollte ja erstmal nichts schief gehen 😉.
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Hehe, hab ich mir auch gedacht – das machen wir diesmal unübersehbar neonfarbig, nicht dass das irgendwo in einer Lieferwagenecke liegenbleibt.
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And now the fun begins. I am looking everywhere for suitable items to send. but feel like Goldilocks. Some gifts are too big, some are too heavy and some are too tacky. But I enjoy looking for the hidden treasures that someone in the chain might like. I have a feeling my “gifts” will require a strong sense of humor to appreciate them. Luckily RA fangirls have plenty of that.
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I think you’re gonna be alright. We’re not the most serious or delicate bunch. 😂😂😂
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Yay 🙂 – and don’t worry too much about the contents. That would take away the fun. Whatever grabs your fancy, Kathy. Or like the things you have sent me before. For instance, I currently have my little “Not all who wander are lost” tray beside me at the computer… That was a great gift!!!
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I liked that little tray so much I bought one for myself. I am glad you liked it, and still do.
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A reason to hope you get me. I’m not above “tacky,” by the way.
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Tacky and I are close friends. I am pretty sure at least one of my selections will fit that description.
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Bon Voyage, Flat Richie! May you bring joy wherever you go. ❤🎅
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🙂 Hope so, too…
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Eep! I’ve been off Twitter for two days and am just now seeing RA’s Los Angeles tweet. Is he here? Am I breathing the same smoke-filled air that he once breathed?! Gah! *thud*
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oh wow, I hadn’t noticed that tweet of his. (I don’t have any notifications set for him… bad fan…) He must be in LA then. Very interesting… I take it he is there for work. New stuff? Auditions? Or promo for BS? Keep your eyes peeled – you never know, you might bump into him 😉
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The sad thing is I probably know what parts of town would be best for…hanging around, shall we say. Good thing I’ve got a ton of work to do so that I’m not too tempted. I try to limit how much of a fool I make of myself to my online habits. But I will try to be less oblivious to my surroundings when I’m naturally in areas where celebrities might be lurking!
I suspect that he is here for future work opportunities but maybe a bit of promo, too. There’s always the possibility of looping on The Lodge or My Zoe as well. Here’s hoping we get some good news soon about future prospects!
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LL I thought he was doing QA w the other cast members in LA maybe some time this week since BS3 airs on Sunday? Can you get intel from LA connections?🤔😉😘
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I actually didn’t take that to mean he was physically there. I could be wrong, of course, but before that he was tweeting picks of billboards in the NY subway. Are we to believe that Mr. A. himself is roaming various American metropolises with his trusty camera phone to snap these photos? I thought he got those elsewhere and was just stirring the promo pot, but maybe I am cynical.
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Hm, no, I actually do think that he took those pics himself. His base is in NY, and we know that he takes the subway to get around, so I am not surprised to see him snap and tweet a BS picture. He did it the other two seasons, too. LA is slightly unusual – but well, centre of the US film business, so not really unthinkable as a destination for an actor… So all things considered – I believe he is there and has taken the picture himself. (And I also think that he still has that little bit of awestruck/self-satisfied thing going on: “Look Mum, there’s me on a poster!!!”)
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Hmm, I hadn‘t considered this. If he is all proud and snapping away, I would find that super cute.
Subconsciously, I probably just want him to be in Europe and not the US. 😂
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Kate no hogging him for you guys! I agree w Guylty I think he was in NYC last week I thought there was a tweet that he did ADR for Wolverine there?
I think it is super duper cute that he takes these pics of the poster I hope he would be proud of the um er time spent on that show 👁👀🤔😉🙄😱😩
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Sorry, hogging is an automatic gut reaction. 😂😂
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Ah as well as hugging🤣😘
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*nods*
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I’m inclined to agree with G that RA was in NY and is now in LA, and is responsible for the photos. Given how huge the billboards here can be, I can absolutely see him being chuffed about it, as well as being a good team player by fulfilling his promo responsibilities. And not to put too fine a point on it, as I know that none of us are happy about the state of his career, but has he been on any giant billboards since the Hobbit movies other than for BS?
If I have time, which, sadly, is very unlikely, I will try to find that billboard for us.
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I am converted! Wow, how great would it be for you to see that billboard (and us through you)? He should add location information. 😉
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My guess is he took it late I think the time was 1 am so maybe he was out and about and saw it or coming from the aero Porto or stumbled on it! Still very cool 😎
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LL please do if you can! I think since Irser, Horwitch, Forbes Judd and I think Keke are all based in LA Richard travelled to LA for the promised QA
Hopefully Guylty or you or Kate will report to us non Twitterer how it went (hint hint) review time 👁😉
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Well, big billboards like this are not to be sniffed at… So I am all for RA enjoying them. And since they fit nicely with his promo for anything he is involved in while completely not disclosing anything about him personally, they are the perfect photo object :-))
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😁
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I wouldn’t put it beyond him that he does feel a tinge of pride and takes a picture to document it. It would be very much in keeping with his whole emphasis on humility.
And yes, I wouldn’t mind him relocating back to Europe, either 😀
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Same page, girl, same page!
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Always glad to be d’accord with you! x
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Oh, and Twitter has also kindly informed me that not only is Mads Miikelson going to be at the Hannibal con, it is also going to be the last Hankibal con ever. I personally never had a problem with RA attending said event, but hopefully those who had looked askance at his decision will be less troubled. It seems like an even grander idea now that those facts are tossed in, at least for me.
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Is anyone going to the convention? I talked myself into buying a ticket, even though it’s not something I would ever want to do otherwise, so it would be lovely to meet up with RA companions
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Hurray for you! I’m so glad that someone is going! I sure would if I had the time and money, and hope that you have the most marvelous experience.
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Thanks LL , I’ll share the experience, taking pics and blogging
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Have you got one of those fandom badges I made years ago? Wear one of those and you might recognise other fans?!
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Thanks Guylty. That’s a good idea, I haven’t got one but can contrive something ( I’ll be easy to spot as I’ll be the person not wearing a flower crown and looking extremely uncomfortable)
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Well, good news: I have just reordered those badges. SO I can pop one in the post for you!
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Oh thanks so much Guilty, that’s really kind of you. It’s a shame I didn’t reply last week because it could have gone with Fat Richie. Can I pay you for it?
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No payment necessary. I have sent you an e-mail. (At least I hope it is *your* e-mail and not anyone else’s???)
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sorry, laughing at the idea of Fat Richie -don’t wanna be a fat dude! 😀
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Rachel he stand to gain some weight more cocolate ice cream and whipped cream😘😉🤣
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oh god, FAT Richie LOL. That’s very, very close, and an easy mistake to make… oh dear… especially as you point it out – he doesn’t wanna be a “fat dude”.
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🤣 Who knows, maybe at the end of the journey he´ll be FatRichie with so many women pampering him along his way.
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Indeed. Good thing that Flat Richie is only 2D…
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LL Hugh Dancy gonna be there too!
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LL I admit I was a bit judge mental about his star appearance but Dancy will be there too now 😉😘👏
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Well, young lady, I hope that you have learned your lesson. Never doubt The Armitage! He sees all, he knows all! (Except spelling, grammar and punctuation.) 😂
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LL yes yes you are right The Armitage is soooo omniscient and could learn a few grammar and punctuation skills but I love his exclamation points from one exclamation point lover to another!!💗💗💗😘🤣
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I think it all makes more sense now: Last Con for that show ever. Mikkelsen is gonna be there, so all the big players in one place. It sold out after he was announced, so it‘s a pretty big deal now, I guess.
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*snort* Spelling, grammar, punctuation, and the actual length of a tweet!!
Yes, mother, we promise to be better in the future. (Well, I may promise, but I probably won’t manage to keep that promise if I know myself at all.)
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Heehee, oh, Sister Kate. You know I am teasing (well, except for the atrocious spelling, grammar and punctuation). I love our beautiful man with every fibre of my pathetic being but I hardly believe that he is above criticism. I do think that he had inside knowledge about who else would be attending the 🐉🐲🐉con and that it was going to be the last one. And maybe we should have given him a tiny bit of latitude about it. But speaking as someone who refuses to watch “Into the Storm” because oh-dear-lord-it-looks-so-awful, I hardly think that his taste in projects is infallible.
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LL I’m gonna chime in b/c it’s not that bad a movie! I’ve seen it twice now and he’s a hero in it and wet and sweet daddykins. It actually has a plausible message and some what a rip off of Twister but he’s an All American pardon the pun there in it 👍😉👏😛
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I agree with Michele, for being a “disaster movie” it’s not bad at all. Usually those movies are all about the disasters and the various ways the characters risk to be killed, but here there is also the background story of the relationship between a father and his sons and Richard’s character is very good, a common manwho is ready to to anything to protect his family.
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Well said!! LL you could get a gear RA in RL LLLand production out of the movie just saying…
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Great not hear ugh 😑
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You should give “Into the Storm” a go. It’s not the greatest movie ever made, but there’s nothing in it that’s terrible and it can keep up with Twister (if my very vague memory of that is to be trusted).
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Well said, LL! I totally second everything. I definitely have a weakness for RA and I think he (generally) is the bee’s knees. But boyo definitely occasionally blunders. So definitely not infallible. But that is *exactly* why I like him. Otherwise he’d be perfect – and perfectly expectable. I prefer the imperfect surprise.
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He’s a love bug through and through and I’m glad if he stumbles in his thoughts and grammar except the #turntheothercheek remark (ugh double ugh) because that makes him real and honest and quite humble so much more relatable than some others….
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Well, his stance on cyberbullying is really not to his credit… or, as we say in German: he is reaching into the toilet with that. (“ein Griff ins Klo”) But well, I liked him before he started that crap, and I am determined to keep liking him. Bloody-minded German that I am.
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Oh yeah I mean he just retweeted a gif w The Snowman book which is just adorable that I could visually see him chuckling or chuffed as it were over the gif. Genau on the German phrase
Will put that into my memory bank for further usage 😉😘👍
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Haha, Michele – for someone who is not on Twitter, you are much more up-to-date on RA’s Twitter movements than I am *LOL*… I had no idea he had tweeted the Snowman…
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Hahaha I know I watch the Twitter like a hawk looking for intel
Why are you still up? It’s after midnight in Dublin girl
Thank you for the round up alas I have no phone photos of Darling boy but I thank you thank you for #7 omfg sooo good his description sooo dirty talk!! 😛👍😘🎯👁💋
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I know, it’s late, but I’ve been trying to upload this photo book to have it printed at Blurb for a Black Friday discount, and for the last 72 hours it wouldn’t work. And now suddenly it does. So I am watching the upload like a hawk because the discount is essentially a 2-for-1 offer – which is really, really good…
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Ok so 1 I don’t know what Blurb is and 2 Is this a gig you are working for or on?
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Blurb is my preferred online printer – they print pro-quality photo books, and I usually print all my photo books with them. Am currently creating a few Christmas presents, and wanted to avail of the discount… My book is now 73% uploaded… there is hope that I may be able to get it ordered in the next 30 minutes 😉
And yeah, I *wish* I could earn money with photography but alas, no, it’s all just my hobby…
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Ah you should that pic on Twitter you took recently was breathtakingly haunting. I wanted to get a framed pic of it. Anyway scuttle off to bed I’ll lesve you alone now 😴
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🙂 upload complete. Just ordered it and got the discount again. Now I’ll go to bed, too. Thanks for keeping me company xx
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You share a hobby with my husband 🙂
Every wedding anniversary we go on a little trip and then we print a photobook on blurb with the pics he shot during the trip 🙂
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Yep, I’m trying to do the same. I put all my holiday photos into dedicated photo books – otherwise the pictures will just languish on my computer and never be seen again. It’s an expensive hobby, though :-(. One photo book usually costs me between 30 and 40 Euro… (I better not go on holiday too often…)
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Griff ins Klo— das trifft‘s genau.
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See you soon Flat Richie! Thanks for sending him on his way Guylty
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Hooray! This is so exciting! Thanks and good luck to Guy and Flat Richie. ❤️
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I just tracked the parcel. It is still at the post office where I handed it in yesterday :-))
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😉✈️👁🇩🇪👀✍️💋💗💗💗👍
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Ich bin ja gar nicht neugierig, aber wo ist er denn jetzt?
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Flat Richie? Auf dem Weg von Irland nach… ??? Hat jedenfalls das Sortierzentrum hier schon verlassen.
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Mein erstes Flat!Richie Goodie würde heute geliefert!!! I’m sooo excited.
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Oh, du hast was bestellt??? Spannend…
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Jo. Hab was Graphisches drucken lassen und jetzt will ich’s behalten… 😂
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Kate, bestellst du sich eine zweite heute!
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du kannst ja ein zweites Exemplar für dich bestellen 🙂
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😂😂 Ich hatte vorsorglich schon eins doppelt bestellt, aber alles kann man nicht haben! Die anderen gehen an die restliche Fangemeinde.
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Oha, es wird immer spannender…
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Du weißt auf jeden Fall, wie man die Fangemeinde bei Laune hält 😉. Die Spannung steigt ins Unermessliche…
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Bin nur gespannt, ob das dann auch jemand haben will… 🤔
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I’m going to have to learn German, aren’t I? Yes, there’s Google translate but that’s no fun. Such a wonderful learning experience this all is! Little did I know when I first delurked those few months ago… 😊
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LL I’m really upset right now you’ll see when you get to Ep 2!! I need a comforting RA in RL right about now 🤯😱😭
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Eep, my poor Michele! I’m debated about whether to watch the free 1st episode, given that I still haven’t seen any of the show at all yet. The room is still kind of spinny from the toxic waste sludging through my system but I’ll see if I can come up with a nice RL with RA for you. 😘
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Bless you I’m like so distraught right now and I know I should shut up but I’m still shaking about Ep 2 and you’ll see why. You don’t even need to see S1 and S 2 well except S1 Ep 5!for the wall sex or dragon pose which I learned that term today. Just wwwrooonnngggg!!!!!!!!!!
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LoLo sorry not meaning to be dramatic here I hope you are ok and take it easy. Maybe wait a bit then before viewing
Positive thoughts always sending to you to feel better!! 😘😘😘💗
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Thank you, my dear! I’m going to try to run an errand and eat a little dinner, then will get writing. I have an episode for you almost finished in my head. Hopefully it will be sweet enough to chase away a few blues.
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No no no – it’s actually very rude of us to switch to German. But for the most part what we are saying isn’t even that relevant.
But OTOH – definitely a worthwhile experience here, eh?
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Uberraschung ja?
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Sounds like fun!
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Okay, Michele, there’s a new episode of “RL with RA” posted for you. I put it in the most recent weekly roundup, as it is applicable to a couple of things we were talking about there. Hope you all enjoy!
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LoLo I did enjoy it. My flight buddy texted me just now upset b/c I thought she was an extrovert and I’m a People Pleaser (like your “tall man hubby”) so any time someone is upset with me it hurts.. ughhhhh
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#FlatRichie has arrived in Germany!!!
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Super cool Kate, please provide visuals soon sista!!!!
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Yay!!!!!!! Looking forward to some pics and a post – on your own blog??? And then I will have to start tracking Flat Richie’s journey on a designated map. First stop reached!
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Jippie!!! Hab doch vermutet, dass du das Glück hast, ihn jungfräulich zu erhalten 😉. Aber wir wollen Beweise sehen. So schnell wie möglich.
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Yes I second that!!! Schnell bitte schnell!!!
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Hach, jungfräulich. *hust* Beweise laden gerade…
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Um Kate HIM as a V-I-R-G-I-N not you girlfriend!!!
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For the love of petunias, you incredibly educated women! Please throw an exhausted American a bone and translate? Who is a virgin and why?!
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nordlicht was joking that I was getting my filthy paws on a virginal Flat Richie to which I snortingly replied “virginal, cough” which led a certain someone to a loud declaration of my non-virgin status. Should I be offended…? 😉
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Oh no, not offended! 😂 Hmm, I wonder how old 3D Richie was when he divested himself of said encumbrance? I may need to write about that, although it can be a fraught topic when comparing male and female experiences.
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It would definitely be a delicate one to discuss.
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LoLo Kate got Flat Richie first and he is the virgin (my I’ll attempt at humor)!
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Okey dokey, artichokey. Thank you! Inquiring minds needed to know. Smoochies!
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How are you feeling?
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LoLo get some rest and don’t overdo it sweetie 😘😘💗💗👁💤
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Pretty rough but thank you for asking. I put in 18 hours at the office then did too many errands (post office, grocery store, pharmacy) and am really feeling it now. The dizziness and fever are back but definitely aren’t as bad as they were on Monday so I’m going to call that a win, collect the little old lady cats and go to bed till tomorrow!
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Goodness, I mean, I can’t imagine how you do it, LoLo. When I am not feeling well, I am useless for work. I hope you got some rest last night. Please do look after yourself!!!
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Thank you! Not to be too flip about it, but almost 40 years of daily chronic pain have given me a certain ability to push on regardless of how I’m feeling. That said, my fibromyalgia has reached the point where it is getting harder and harder to recover as quickly as I used to. But none of us are getting any younger, are we? Now I just need to scramble to get caught up on all the blogging news and comments!
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That’s admirable – and somehow also sad. I am really sad to hear that you are actually “used to” pain because it implies that there is nothing that can be done… I am such a wimp when it comes to pain, so you have my admiration xx
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