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John Stockton was an excellent basketball player.
He was NOT a prolific scorer.
By NBA standards he was far too small and did not get a tremendous number of rebounds.
What he did, better than any other person who played professional basketball, was hand out assists.
An “assist” is a pass that leads directly to that player scoring a basket.
Stockton made nearly 16,000 assists during his career, which is almost 4,000 more than the next best player’s assist total.
I need you to give me an assist. Please!
A few years ago, I wrote Texas Two-Step. It was well-received here.
I have an agreement with Erin to help her create revenue for this site. When she sees a story of mine that she thinks has potential for sales on Amazon she will publish it through Doppler Press.
I don’t receive any of the revenue from the sale of those novels. What Erin receives, she retains for the maintenance of BC.
You can give me an "assist" by going to Amazon and buying the book. Even if you don’t buy the book, you can help a great deal -- if you’ve read the story here, by leaving a positive comment.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BW4HMK1
Positive comments generate sales.
Jill
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Next payment I get
I'll be sure to pick up a book or two of yours. To help Erin, of course, not because I *like* them.
Not at all.
*hugs*
Melanie E.
Thanks
I know . . . you don't *like* them -- you *love* them.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
First time Amazon Reviewer
Hi Angela,
It was my first time! Aided by the easy instructions that Doppler Press gave, for the first time I left a review on Amazon and it was for Texas Two Step. The process was simple once I was led to the place on the product page to click to start. I'm identified as Kindle Customer having used my IRL amazon log in to create the review, after first buying the book. I saw the results of my review displayed on the book page which displayed exactly as I typed it. Now it is on everyone's page, having gone through Amazon's vetting process. I simply listed all the reasons that I liked the book without giving any spoilers (I hope) beyond me saying that I was satisfied with the book's conclusion.
To sum up I left a favorable 5 star review for Texas Two Step on Amazon and I enjoyed doing it so much that I plan on reviewing other Doppler Press books that I have bought in the future.
Angela, I really enjoyed Texas Two Step and I hope by leaving the review I helped out in a small way. May you have continued success in your writing!
Exploring the impossibilities,
Jo Dora Webster on YouTube
Times are tough all over
I did enjoy your story Texas Two Step, several times over, and over. I would label it as a classic read. I know what most book critics call a classic read but keep in mind who is making this comment. Erin received the dregs out of the piggy bank last week, a bobby pin and a paper clip. I think I got her canned response rather than an honest one. "Thanks" She left off what she was truly thinking, "for nothing".
Since Jill is a true girlfriend, even if she didn't loan me the iridescent blue cocktail dress for a night out last week, I started digging in the couch and behind the car seats for change, to give her an "assist". Since I don't order electronic stories of any kind, I'll be sending in what I found to Erin. Bubble gum wrappers, pair of pliers, staples (farm fencing size) and some hard rock candy of dubious origins. There were a couple of Lincoln pennies so it's good. I mean real copper not fake pennies like they make today.
I'm keeping the silver dime I found. Call it finder's fees or operational overhead costs.
Jill it won't show up on your Amazony thingy but it's an assist.
Hugs girl. Now about that cocktail dress and the forth of july party.
Always,
Barb
Life is a gift, treasure it.
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl
Barb - You're an OK Mailman***
You always deliver.
***The Mailman was the secret to Stockton's success.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Stockton Dress for Success
The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
https://stockton.dressforsuccess.org/
See, they even have a company promoting "give your dress up so the girl can dress for success". You do want me to look good when we go out partying don't you? Never can tell who we will meet and if there is a million dollar job offer if we (I) look good. I can tell you looking like a farm girl in a dress made from a feed sack might turn a few heads, it ain't gonna get the right kind of attention. I keep telling them it's the latest fashion but no one believes me.
Now we are back to that blue cocktail dress and the forth party.
Hugs Jill
Barb
Life is meant to be lived, not worn until it's worn out.
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl
Can I have those staples?
We're expecting to need to put up new barbed wire on the property line this coming fall and they'd be a big help.
Thanks!
Melanie E.
(P.S. Not kidding about the barbed wire, though we'll have to clear out some scrub and trees before we can make that happen. I think we actually have plenty of staples though: it's the barbed wire we're short on :P)
Order a leather apron
Something like the blacksmiths use. Chest to below knees. Old jeans and blouse you no longer care about. I guarantee you no matter how careful you are, barbwire will manage to rip your clothes to shreds and possibly you too. I put up a lot of four point barb and it's Hell on Wheels trying to keep it from reaching out and grabbing clothes, gloves, etc. Slid an old axle on the lift arms and mount your spools on that. Careful, lots of attention, at times the wire will jump off the spool and wrap around the axle and stop unwinding. I used a wire puller and ratchet straps to stretch the wire. Stretch it and then walk the wire bouncing it to even out the stretch all the way from one end to the other. Five or six times will do the trick. Think of tee posts instead of wood. They will still be there long after I'm dead and gone. You'll need to put a upright brace every quarter mile. T posts are great but they will bend with enough tumble weeds and ninety mph wind pushing them over. I dropped four six inch diam treated posts at the quarter mile and braced them. I strung a five wire fence.
I know you know all this but I was showing off to the rest of the club. Girls can do the job too. I think we do a heck of a better job than the guys because we want it to look nice and neat.
Hugs Melanie E.
Barb
Life is a gift, don't waste it.
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl
The posts are an ongoing disagreement between me and my dad.
He wants us to buy t posts for it all because, as you say, they last a LOT longer. My issue with that is that we're planning to take out a number of trees in the process of clearing out the fence line as well as clearing about an acre of woods next to the house (to make room for my sister to potentially move back and put a trailer on it,) so we COULD invest in the T posts, yes, but we could have the wooden posts for free, and given how tight money is . . . .
Straight line winds won't be too much of an issue for us though, and tornadoes will take down a T post just as quickly as a wooden one. That said, the old axle part is a handy piece of advice: I'm not sure what Dad's plan was, but I know we have a horse trailer axle laying behind the shop we could use like that :)
As for clothes, I'll be honest, most of what I have is old and holey as-is, and wasn't of the highest quality to begin with: we're more a Walmart kind of family than Macy's due to necessity. That said, we're waiting 'til fall so we can justify extra layers of denim (and possibly Carhart coveralls in Dad's case,) JUST in case of an accident. It wouldn't be my first time getting snared up in barbed wire . . . but it's never a fun experience.
I'll keep you posted (HAH!) on how things go.
Melanie E.
Leather aprons
Give it some serious thought now, not if and when you need it.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m...
Old clothes are sacrificed, that's a given. Skin and blood not so much. I kinda like mine where it's at. If you're taking out trees are we talking cat or chainsaw? Think of kelvar pants if chainsaw.
hugs hon, be good, and be careful, farming and ranching is at the top of one of the most dangerous professions there is. There were kids in school I knew who didn't make it. Every couple years takes a few more farmers around me. Our son went on wheat harvest and I gave him a little advice. Everything on farm equipment is designed for one thing. To drag all that out there into moving machinery and it's all moving. Think, think some more and be more than careful. Sadly being around all that, people grow complacent and careless and it takes their life in a heartbeat. I'm one of the fortunate ones. Started driving tractors when I was five and managed to make it this far. Not sure that's a plus
Hugs
always
Barb
Life is meant to be lived not worn until it's worn out.
PS: There are several girls here you MIGHT borrow one of their dresses if you don't tell them what you will be doing while you're looking beautiful and cute driving a cat or stringing line.
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl
I'll consider the leather aprons hon.
They might turn out useful for more than just barbed wire anyway: we want to get my great grandfather's coal forges back up and running this coming fall too, so blowback protection from everything that can go wrong there will be handy.
We'll be clearing with chainsaws and axes, the axes being me-specific because I'm not allowed to use the chainsaws on account of my disability of being left handed. 'Sides, the things are loud and noisy and scary, and I'd much rather get out there and do the work with a regular saw or axe anyway, especially for a job as small as an acre. It's a mix of oaks, pines, and cedars for the most part, so nothing too taxing.
Doing work like that in a dress though? Y'kiddin'! Too much squatting and crawling and heaving involved, and I'd get all nasty and use the skirt to wipe my face and flash half the county (all six of them.)
Melanie E.
Not allowed to use a Chainsaw
because you are lefthanded? WTF?
No one ever told me about that and I've been using one for years and I'm a leftie.
Yes, they are noisy but I don't use petrol ones. Mine are Electric. I have one 1200w mains powered one and a small battery one that goes in the the back of the car very nicely.
In some areas being a leftie can be an advantage. I use to amaze the guys in the toolroom when I was able to move a lathe tool in two axis at the same time when the 'righties' could only move one at a time.
Samantha