99 word prompt : Storm shutters
November 14, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using storm windows. It can be literal on a house, but also consider other portals, even spaceships or submarines. Can you make it into something new or build a story around something historical? Go where the prompt leads!
If you want to participate, here’s the link: CARROT RANCH
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“Where’r you from Marcy?” Mary Jo asked.
“Well, Mary, I’m from Joisey,” she snickered.
“I see you tore down the 100 year old oaks, two foot thick pines…”
“They’ll make good firewood,” Marcy said. “And I don’t like raking leaves.”
“This is Florida. You might need a fireplace in January. You shoulda put your money into double pane storm windows and storm shutters.”
Why, Mary?”
“My name is Mary Jo.”
“Well, where I come from, only hillbillies have two names.”
There was a cat 4 hurricane on approach. Some people had to learn the hard way, if they survived.
It is really hard to sympathise with some people when they come unstuck due to foolishness.
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I remember moving from Florida to the upper midwest. It was culture shock. I learned more than a few lessons the hard way, and probably for the same reason — the inability at the time to listen to good advice.
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Yes, we all make this mistake.
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11 year old Sara is a curious little girl, never listens to her parents. Her Mom use to say to never play with storm shutters. But she never listened, that fateful day. Sara opens the storm shutter and jumped, what she saw through window was her worst nightmare. A man with a big axe waved fast at her head. Sara screamed. Her mom came fast and hugged her and consoled little Sara It was just a dream and asked what she dreamed? I opened the storm shutter, I am sorry.
So that was 90 words exact. I would name this Nightmare :D. Hope you liked it. 😉
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Hi, Simon.
If you put your cursor over the orange CARROT RANCH and click on it, this will take you to the link for the 99 word prompt. Charli Mills has the site for the prompt.
No worries: I’ve made the same mistake before, too. 🙂
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😁 Ha ha ha. Thanks for pointing out. I totally forgot that thing before posting this 😂😂.. Thanks for being kind✨🤗✍️ have a beautiful day ✨🤗
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Thanks. 🙂
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Good advice is hard to take when you are new and don’t know what you don’t know! Nothing like a cat 4 to teach someone the local wisdom.
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In the upper US, you need smaller windows and a way to heat a house if the electricity goes out. In Florida, you need large windows that provide good cross ventilation, a well built home, and storm shutters. Trying to transplant what one part of the country needs into the other is like planting palm trees in copper country and wondering why they won’t grow. 🙂
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This is not a Florida v.s. midwest or north thing. Clearly different regions have different commonsense needs and clearly the problem is Joisey.
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Bwahahaha…. I just thought it would make the point better. 🙂
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