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[Rincewind]

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[accessory]

Good read.

Are the characters real or fictional?

[Rincewind]

Fictional with poetic license. I know someone who is blind but has no dog. I know someone who tries every beer he can but it never seems to affect him. I know little about the third characters homelife. Not retirement age though. The barman could be any brman.

IThe idea came from an idea of a excercise set by a writers group. Supposed to have been a vigante. I thought of a scene from one of the books by Stephen King in the Dark Tower series where a bar scene is described. Think it was Wizard and Glass. thought it was a great description of a bar.

I'm nowhere as good as Stephen King though.

[Zingari]

I reckon it would be funny if one night they got Boozer the guide dog drunk, then sprayed shaving foam around his mouth .and let him lead Dangler home .

And how did "Dangler" get his name ?

[21st Century Fox]

Dangler, blind for more years than he cared to remember, was accompanied by his faithful companion Boozer who some said was the more intelligent of the two.

That was my favourite bit, like it.

[Rincewind]

They also featured in another story Flying Blind where Dangler landed a plane when the pilot had an heart attack. It ws only a light aircraft not an airliner I hasten to add.

The name was just cos I liked it. He was based on the blind bloke I knew. He had to go to the DHSS once for an assessment and when asked what job he'd like he said an airline pilot.. Thought that would make a good story. He may be blind but he has an eye for the ladies. His favourite subject is the size of a womans breasts. Nickname Shaky so had to think of something similar but not obvious.

Wondering if I could do more stories and link them somehow. At the end of the first they all go into the Crownled by the dog.

Maybe I could focus on one of the other two for the next one. We have had Dangler and the barman so far Just need enough ideas that involves one or more of them.

[Zingari]

They also featured in another story Flying Blind where Dangler landed a plane when the pilot had an heart attack. It ws only a light aircraft not an airliner I hasten to add.

The name was just cos I liked it. He was based on the blind bloke I knew. He had to go to the DHSS once for an assessment and when asked what job he'd like he said an airline pilot.. Thought that would make a good story. He may be blind but he has an eye for the ladies. His favourite subject is the size of a womans breasts. Nickname Shaky so had to think of something similar but not obvious.

Wondering if I could do more stories and link them somehow. At the end of the first they all go into the Crownled by the dog.

Maybe I could focus on one of the other two for the next one. We have had Dangler and the barman so far Just need enough ideas that involves one or more of them.

Apparently there is very little difference between navigating a light aircraft and a 757 Boeing airliner at 35,000 feet so don't let little insignificant details like that stymie your imagination

Hani Hanjour couldn't even fly a Cessna 172 but managed to navigate a 757 with pinpoint accuracy into the pentagon which was hundreds of miles away and avoiding the most sophisticated air defense system on the planet ,

truth is always stranger than fiction

ps

i really am only joking , don't take offence

[Rincewind]

Yes but he messed it up. He was talked down and because I dont know myself I only mentioned levers and buttons. He missed the runway and crashed into an outhoused. This was purely for comic/farce effect and the technical details have to be put to one side Because of my lack of knowledge in landing planes the only way to do make the story work was to go OTT..

Well that's my excuse.

[Zingari]

As i said nighty , i was only joking and i don't want to highjack ( ooops sorry ) this thread , it's about your blog and i don't want to change that

good luck with the writing and you really should take the journalism course , i really do admire your determination to improve yourself even at your age which is very close to mine .

i am of of those old stick in the muds that can't be arsed , but i do admire those that do