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Detective Walter M. Friday

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detective walter m. friday -- able, determined, gritty -- lurched out the grime-stained door bearing his name, not bothering to lock up the dingy office he called headquarters and home, the tiny walled-in box hunkered down in just another sad and typically squalid ghetto of his beloved city by the bay.

feel the enwrapping fog, hear the muffled neighborhood screams and cries, disappear into nothingness .

not one to spill his guts or lavish affection indiscreetly, yet this rudely handsome loner, detective friday, harbored a hidden, smoldering passion for his life's love -- work -- no concern for his person or ravages of the heart, ever certain to lie in a path not yet trod.. .

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Thank you, rip!

Stories speak to us on different levels, in different ways. I'm glad you've enjoyed the ride!

Best.

CoCo

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Detective Walter M. Friday

by compound complex in

detective walter m. friday -- able, determined, gritty -- lurched out the grime-stained door bearing his name, not bothering to lock up the dingy office he called headquarters and home, the tiny walled-in box hunkered down in just another sad and typically squalid ghetto of his beloved city by the bay.

feel the enwrapping fog, hear the muffled neighborhood screams and cries, disappear into nothingness .

not one to spill his guts or lavish affection indiscreetly, yet this rudely handsome loner, detective friday, harbored a hidden, smoldering passion for his life's love -- work -- no concern for his person or ravages of the heart, ever certain to lie in a path not yet trod.. .

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Your points are well made and appreciated, Tal! As earlier mentioned, I edit for other authors and need, often, to heed my own advice. My comments above were merely an explanation of my reasons for writing in a particular style. Many of my older, Faulkneresque meanderings I have pared down to the manner and style of Hemmingway. All writing benefits from multiple rewrites. What you have seen and liked of my work over the years -- THANK YOU! -- has always been written in one take, all editing done within the 30-minute time frame. Occasionally, I would rework a piece and resubmit it. For the most part, though, writing such as Det. Friday (first written a few years ago) comes out of the head and heart spontaneously. Please, always comment on and critique my work! Do not apologize! Love, CoCo See -- I cannot fix the formatting! All scrunched together!

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Detective Walter M. Friday

by compound complex in

detective walter m. friday -- able, determined, gritty -- lurched out the grime-stained door bearing his name, not bothering to lock up the dingy office he called headquarters and home, the tiny walled-in box hunkered down in just another sad and typically squalid ghetto of his beloved city by the bay.

feel the enwrapping fog, hear the muffled neighborhood screams and cries, disappear into nothingness .

not one to spill his guts or lavish affection indiscreetly, yet this rudely handsome loner, detective friday, harbored a hidden, smoldering passion for his life's love -- work -- no concern for his person or ravages of the heart, ever certain to lie in a path not yet trod.. .

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Greetings, dear Lois!

Thank you for your concern. I've just been dealing with the necessary facts of life, all the more so since I have recently discovered I am actually growing older in this system of things! I've become a realist in short order!

All the best to you and yours.

CoCo

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The Faithful and Discreet Navigators blow of course....WHY?

by Terry in

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Yes, Jake!

Thanks.

CC

The typical, landlubbing pendulum clocks, of course, couldn't function properly on board a sea going vessel so John Harrison developed chronometers -- unfazed by the effects upon the ships of an ever unpredictable sea. This is how the problem of determining longitude was solved.

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Detective Walter M. Friday

by compound complex in

detective walter m. friday -- able, determined, gritty -- lurched out the grime-stained door bearing his name, not bothering to lock up the dingy office he called headquarters and home, the tiny walled-in box hunkered down in just another sad and typically squalid ghetto of his beloved city by the bay.

feel the enwrapping fog, hear the muffled neighborhood screams and cries, disappear into nothingness .

not one to spill his guts or lavish affection indiscreetly, yet this rudely handsome loner, detective friday, harbored a hidden, smoldering passion for his life's love -- work -- no concern for his person or ravages of the heart, ever certain to lie in a path not yet trod.. .

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Put this in your pipe and smoke it . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Absurd

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Detective Walter M. Friday

by compound complex in

detective walter m. friday -- able, determined, gritty -- lurched out the grime-stained door bearing his name, not bothering to lock up the dingy office he called headquarters and home, the tiny walled-in box hunkered down in just another sad and typically squalid ghetto of his beloved city by the bay.

feel the enwrapping fog, hear the muffled neighborhood screams and cries, disappear into nothingness .

not one to spill his guts or lavish affection indiscreetly, yet this rudely handsome loner, detective friday, harbored a hidden, smoldering passion for his life's love -- work -- no concern for his person or ravages of the heart, ever certain to lie in a path not yet trod.. .

compound complex

Thank you, Glander, rip, Tal and gorgia, for your comments.

As an editor, I offer other writers suggestions as to content, structure, etc., but, then, do make necessary corrections as to grammar, spelling, punctuation -- you know, the technical stuff.

Regarding the so-called fat of this tongue-in-cheek tale, the non sequiturs, the lapses into ludicrous, verbose incongruity, the juxtaposing of insanity against stark reality are all simply a part of the mix. It's meant to be nonsense.

Nonetheless, anything you wish to add or subtract is meaningful to me, and I do consider it as important.

All the best.

CoCo

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The Faithful and Discreet Navigators blow of course....WHY?

by Terry in

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Hi Terry:

http://www.davasobel.com/

Have you read Dava Sobel's Longitude?

It came to mind as I read your interesting piece. She commented that a simple, cheap wristwatch could have steered the ancient mariners . . .

There is a connection here!

THANKS!

CC

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Detective Walter M. Friday

by compound complex in

detective walter m. friday -- able, determined, gritty -- lurched out the grime-stained door bearing his name, not bothering to lock up the dingy office he called headquarters and home, the tiny walled-in box hunkered down in just another sad and typically squalid ghetto of his beloved city by the bay.

feel the enwrapping fog, hear the muffled neighborhood screams and cries, disappear into nothingness .

not one to spill his guts or lavish affection indiscreetly, yet this rudely handsome loner, detective friday, harbored a hidden, smoldering passion for his life's love -- work -- no concern for his person or ravages of the heart, ever certain to lie in a path not yet trod.. .

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Glander:

Wodehouse is my fave, and if you don't appreciate my unremitting kindness, I'll kick your spine through your hat . . . !!!

CC

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Detective Walter M. Friday

by compound complex in

detective walter m. friday -- able, determined, gritty -- lurched out the grime-stained door bearing his name, not bothering to lock up the dingy office he called headquarters and home, the tiny walled-in box hunkered down in just another sad and typically squalid ghetto of his beloved city by the bay.

feel the enwrapping fog, hear the muffled neighborhood screams and cries, disappear into nothingness .

not one to spill his guts or lavish affection indiscreetly, yet this rudely handsome loner, detective friday, harbored a hidden, smoldering passion for his life's love -- work -- no concern for his person or ravages of the heart, ever certain to lie in a path not yet trod.. .

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Thanks, Rip!

That Det. Friday is one of a kind: he operates on guts, intuition and can tune in to an Alpine Avalanche in A minor . . .

CoCo

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Detective Walter M. Friday

by compound complex in

detective walter m. friday -- able, determined, gritty -- lurched out the grime-stained door bearing his name, not bothering to lock up the dingy office he called headquarters and home, the tiny walled-in box hunkered down in just another sad and typically squalid ghetto of his beloved city by the bay.

feel the enwrapping fog, hear the muffled neighborhood screams and cries, disappear into nothingness .

not one to spill his guts or lavish affection indiscreetly, yet this rudely handsome loner, detective friday, harbored a hidden, smoldering passion for his life's love -- work -- no concern for his person or ravages of the heart, ever certain to lie in a path not yet trod.. .

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Good morning and thanks for replying, rip and Glander. I'm grateful for your input.

I must give credit to Beks for assisting in and inspiring portions of this tale, particularly regarding the fruit of Juglans Major. Expectant readers await the denouement. . . .

I frequently do revisions. When I do so once again -- taking an unforgiving cleaver to the slab of beef -- I'll be sure to retain a sufficiency of marbling . . .

CoCo Cleaver