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[turps]

Proving I can be taught, when I woke in the early hours a few days ago with the shivers despite being hot I knew the infection o' doom was creeping back. One visit to the scary doctor later, her of the euro era Justin hair, and I was back on double antibiotics again. Flucloxacillin and metronidazole, how I've missed you. Not. Thankfully Corey is on half term this week so I was able to make like a sloth and sleep for most of the last two days. But I'm okay now, sort of, which is good as we've indulged in Sky Plus and the man's coming to install the new digi box tomorrow. Which isn't so bad except we're getting multi room too which means he needs to go in my bedroom, meaning it needs a good clean.

Sky plus sounds like a good thing with its 40 hours of record time, though James keeps warning me I'd better not fill it up with my crap, but really I have no idea what he's talking about *g*

Also, is there anyone willing to britpick two stories for me? I really don't need something like this.

Pulling into the garage for petrol, Chris filled up the tank, plaster covered fingers holding the nozzle in a tight grip. After paying he pulled up to the pavement and opened the boot, grabbing handfuls of crumpled sweet and crisp wrappers which he threw into the bin. Head tipped back to the sun, he enjoyed the heat against his face, though he wished he'd worn shorts and a vest, trousers and a jumper were really too hot for weather like this.

"Hey mate, do you have any fags?"

Chris looked at the man who'd walked out of the shop. "Sorry, I don't do fags," he said, before jumping in his car and driving away.

Or something like that anyway ;)

The stories aren't long and will have been beta read first so there'll be none of my horrible grammar and mistakes to wade through. One's trickc and the other is gsf, but without the f. That is if you think the f is a fuck, if you think it's a fic it's still there.

ETA: I suck, but you all knew that anyway. Happy belated birthday to the lovely charlidos. I hope you had a fantastic day.
ETA2: Brit pickers have been found :)

Comments

[trumpeterofdoom.livejournal.com]

I missed you! *clings* So much happened while you were away! Also, hope you're feeling better.

Ahahahaha at all the brit slang. Hee!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I missed you too! *clings harder*

I need to go read your journal to get all the backstreet news. SQUEE!

I was having fun thinking of the brit slang, things like those I used I usually remember but I tend to get tripped up on the little things, so I figure being britpicked is easier all round *g*

[autumnyte.livejournal.com]

So sorry to hear you're not feeling well. I hope the infection clears up soon. *hugs*

That story snippet is brilliant. And, you know, point taken completely, but now you've got me wanting to read a fic where Chris has a British doppelganger who visits the US and accidentally makes huge trouble for Chris just by a series of misunderstandings caused by the guy not speaking proper American lingo. *g*

(And I'd happily britpick stuff for you, if you'd like. autumnyte@livejournal.com.)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I hope it clears up soon too. It should do, I feel so much better than yesterday. *hugs back* How are you feeling btw?

Dude, your idea is wonderful. I can so see a Brit Chris doppleganger *g*

Thank you so much for the offer, I'll send you the stories soon :)

[msktrnanny.livejournal.com]

I've been hanging out wih Charlie too much. The only thing in there that tripped me up at all was petrol. lol.

The last bit though? Where Chris doesn't do fags? I'm pretty sure that'd ruin your story. I can britpick for you if you'd like. I promise to pay better attention to what it's supposed to sound like. :o)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Looks like Charlie has you well on the way to being a honourary Brit *g*

If Chris didn't do fags it would totally ruin my story, silly boy. He doesn't know what he's missing!

Thank you so much for offering, I'll send the stories your way soon :)

[msktrnanny.livejournal.com]

my mom's dad is from Britain. Well, actually, he's dead, but long before that he was born in Britain, so it's kinda' not completely foreign anyway.

I look forward to it. {pssst: BOXES}

[soul4poetry.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Hope you're feeling better soon hun. Skyplus sounds like our DVR... I love it!!! I so fill it up with my "crap" hehe.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling much better now so tomorrow will be better again I bet *hugs back* How are you doing?

I suspect I'm going to love Skyplus too, filling it up with my crap is the first thing I'm going to do ;)

[soul4poetry.livejournal.com]

Had drama with a school bully..but it's being handled now..which is good.

Don't you wish they had some of these newer inventions when we were younger?

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Bullies are the worst, so I'm so glad it's being dealt with.

Don't you wish they had some of these newer inventions when we were younger?

Man, yes. It makes me feel ancient sometimes when I think back, like there was no computers when I was a kid and that makes me shudder while remembering my time on the arc *g*

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

*smooch*

hope they have you feeling better soon. And possibly some kind of answer to the why of your immune system being made out of very delicate lace ...

*snuggles*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

*smooches you*

I'm fine now but really, I'd love some kind of answer why I keep getting sick at the drop of a hat. It gets old after a while.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Oh... ohhhh so that's who the Sky Guy is! I mean, you mentioned the "poor Sky man" in your mail and dude I had no idea who you were talking about. Besides, there was porn in the same sentence so, like, it didn't traumatise me because I was having nice visuals dancing in my head, ya know?

And records time? Is it something like a TiVo? And boy, I would kill for a TiVo, I swear! Not that we even have those here, mind you... and not that we have a gazillion channels like everyone else in the world, it seems *sigh*

Also? Loved your brit!scene ;-)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

And take care of yourself, btw! It'll teach me to hit "post comment" too soon *shakes head*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

No worries, honestly the comment about Sky Guy and porn was the best thing ever anyway ;)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

LOL. It figures I'd mention him at the same time as Sky Guy, but yeah, he was a very pretty man who came to install the system. I was having nice visuals too, especially when I texted interlock to tell her about him and she texted back. I did have a brief moment of 'this is wrong lusting after the guy as he's sitting there working' but that went soon *g*

It is something like a tivo. It's basically the same as the satellite system we had anyway, but this one you can record up to 40 hours of shows, in fact you can even record two shows at once which I thought was genius. You can press pause too, if you need to go the bathroom or something, then press resume when you get back and it'll keep going from where you paused so you miss nothing.

Man, I've been lusting after a tivo for so long too, but I don't think they do them here either, so I feel your pain.

Also, sorry for babbling about Sky Plus, especially as you're getting a mail all about how James had to re wire things last night and just arghhhh.

Also? Loved your brit!scene ;-)

Thank you *g*

[chrismm.livejournal.com]

Oh, man--I'm glad to hear your infection is better, but dude, it's time for that to clear up altogether! *shakes fist at the universe or whoever's in charge of people's health up there*

And your Brit story is hilarious and thank you, because this is a day that really, really needed to start with a laugh. *smooch* I'd offer to Britpick, but I'm going to be working late again tonight, so it'd be a long, long wait for you...

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wish it would clear altogether too, but I keep my beady eye on the symptoms and can usually catch them before they get too bad now.

LOL. Glad you like the Brit story, and really no worries about being too busy. I got some masochists volunteers *g*

[bayouskye.livejournal.com]

Gah! Sorry to hear that you've been sicky again!

I hope the meds kick in and you get better fast!

*hugs*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Yeah, being sick suck, but at least it didn't stick around long this time.

*hugs back*

Love your icon btw.

[bayouskye.livejournal.com]

YAY for feeling better!

And thank you!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

I'm sorry the infection is back. I hope the meds work as fast as possible. *hugs*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

*hugs back*

Yeah, me too. It's getting old now.

[charlidos.livejournal.com]

Hey, belated is just as good. So thank you! And I hope you'll feel better very, very soon. :)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, and thank you :)

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

That pesky infection! *kicks it hard* I'm glad you're feeling a little better though and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will go away soon. Take care!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it'll go away eventually, it's just annoying having all these break outs until then. Oh well, at least I have the good drugs ;)

[rikes]

I love your Brit fic, although I probably didn't catch all the weird words. ;)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

But it's your words that are weird ;)