Complaint Department discussion

Guess which one is the truth.

1. My HDTV is only regular LED not 4K :-( alas poor me.

2. I have a cleaned working fireplace with a new cap on the chimney

3. I used to drive a chopper, a 650 Triumph Boneville with an extended front end.

2) :-)

sorry. had to edit. i gotz a tad confused. my thought process was still with the other game. so i change my answer from 3 to 2

The answer is 3. It was my brother's and I bought it from him. I used to ride it to work so there I was on this chopper wearing a jacket and tie which attracted odd reactions. I miss my Boneville.

Roger thought it was 2 because I did get a cap put on my chimney. But it is not a cleaned fireplace because the last time a chimney sweep cleaned it was a very long time ago. Even he previous owners never had the chimney cleaned and fireplace checked so it would be dangerous to use the fireplace without a cleaning.

It is Marcies' turn on Two Truths and a Lie so I give my turn on Two Lies and One Truth to Roger.

i would of liked to have seen that: pres, in leather, with tie on a bike. you sexy man you :)

as cold as it gets over there maybe you should have it cleaned out, bro. would make movie watching more comfy :)

all righty rog, lie through your teeth, mr!

1) I was a swimming ace

2) I am dyslexic

3 )I used to ride a 1973 Triumph Trident T150V

#2 is the truth

#1

2) might be correct if I'd said "dysnumeric" for I'm always transposing numbers in phone numbers, but I'm not dyslexic, and I've only ever ridden pillion on the back of a school friend's Honda 125 and another's Triumph, and I was terrified.

So Preston is right, I used to be a competitive swimmer (freestyle) at school and won many races.

I give my turn to
my sister, Marcie

Go for it, Marcie…!

thank ya, brother.

1) I use to drive:


2) I use to ride:


3) I use to ride:

(not this particular one...but, um, yeah)

#2 is the truth but it's too bad #3 wasn't the truth.

1) especially the color!

sorry roger, i've never owned a bug. and yes, bro, 3 is an unfortunate thing...but on the bright side you are correct w/the choice of #2.

go for it, my brother from another mother ;)

1. Roger refuses to marry his partner, Oliver Frey, even though they've been together since around 1970. I've tried to convince him but he says he doesn't want a 'wedding'. I told him marriage doesn't mean wedding but he won't listen.

2. Oliver Frey was knighted an O.B.E. but it's only honorary because he remains a Swiss citizen even though he's been in England for over 40 years.

3. Oliver Frey's art was exhibited at the British Library (the British equivalent of the US Library of Congress.)

I can neither confirm nor deny any of these points in case I incriminate myself. :-)

rog, this one was so easy peasy (for you). why didn't you play, mr.? he was handing it to you on a silver platter. you and i need to talk ;-)

numero tres (#3)

I'm just too shy for my own good ;-) Well, they're Preston's questions. I suppose he knows the truths and the lies (it's all lies, I tell you, lies…)

shy...*snorts* i mean, yes, i can see that :)

Marcie Won!

Answers:

1. Roger and Oli are in a civil union and that satisfies their needs says Roger the gay romance writer. After writing that Richard and Edward in A Life Apart needed an adoption and a dual baptism because being gay was illegal so he substituted these for a marriage ceremony. How romantic. But for himself? Romance. Bah! Who needs it!

2. I'd give both Oli and Roger OBE honors but the Queen didn't. Obviously she is not a retro-gaming fan nor does she follow the stories of Mike and Gil.

3. I'm so proud of Oli I light up when I think not only was his work featured, he was invited to come be interviewed on stage before an audience at the British Library. THE TRUTH~!

1) i have friends that live a BDSM lifestyle.

2) my ears are not the only thing i have pierced.

3) i have a tattoo in a area that can't be seen.

3.

1) That must be such fun!

3 & 2) Even though my sisters husband can hook me up w/a tattoo I'm too chicken to do it...that goes for the piercings as well. So sorry bro, 3 & 2 are lies.

1) I do have 2 friends in which BDSM is very much part of their life.

*looking over at Roger* Winner winner winner chicken dinner!

:::Blush blush::

Right, a couple of lies… it's difficult because I am normally such a truthful person.

1) My home has been flooded by the river

2) My home sits in a valley

3) My home has two floors.

I'll go w/2 just cause I live in the valley.

#2 is the truth.

#1 FALSE Only when Noah was navigating the great flood could water get that high and there is no mention of a great Ludlow flood in your favorite 'reliable' source, Wikipedia.

#2 TRUE There is an A.E. Houseman verse which mentions both the Teme and Valleys::

In valleys of springs of rivers
By Ony and Teme and Clun
The country for easy livers
The quietest under the sun

This is the not the only place where the words valley and Teme are in the same string of word but it will do because a search using Google finds reference to Teme Valley . You should, by the way, get a copy of the Folio Society's A Shropshire Lad which is a magnificent edition. I'm surprised you don't have it. I do of course.

We see Ludlow Valley is in the results of a Google Maps search for Ludlow Valley and that's your from favorite resource, Google Maps, places your (and Oli's) home in Ludlow Valley

https://www.google.com/maps/search/lu...

Right there approximately across from St. John's is your house in Ludlow Valley. So you do live in a valley says Google Maps..

#3 FALSE Three is only true by your arcane British terminology for designating floors. Outside of the UK for example In America it would be said to have three floors because it has three habitable storeys.

In your mind you might think you only have 2 floors although any sane person would count your home's floors as there is a floor on your first storey and a floor your second storey and a floor on your third storey which of course totals 3 floors.

The online Oxford Dictionary defines floor as "All the rooms or areas on the same level of a building; a story:"

You have three levels.Thrree storeys. You have three floors.

If I were to vacuum your house (don't hold your breath) I would have three floors to vacuum. So unless the floor with your kitchen has disappeared or the floor where you put together jigsaw puzzles has vanished or the floor with your computers has flown the coop, you have three (3), count them, three floors.

So MARCIE WINS!

@ pres: *smilimg + speechless*....heart ya :) but are you sure, bro? cus then that means i'm on a winning streak and i should go insearch of that cowboy on message #13

I have absolutely no problem with Marcie winning, but I feel obliged to point out that:

1) For two years I lived at No. 2 Hockey's Mill, which was once a watermill in the River Teme and the basement did flood, as the river has done on several occasions in recent years. So that's true.

2) My house isn't called Ridgemount for no good reason, it's on the highest point in Ludlow Town, so that's a lie.

3) is a lie because, as Preston points out there are three floors (including the GROUND FLOOR, First Floor, and Second Floor, also a basement) And don't knock our "arcane" floor numbering system, it gave me grounds for lots of fun when American Gil Graham in Boys of Disco City never finds the right floor when he arrives in London first time.

Otherwise, stunning bit of forensic research… :-))

#1 is dubious a least. You state, "My home has been flooded by the river". Are you going to claim that every home where you have ever lived is yours? How "Al Gore" of you.

If you are going to claim that property that no longer belongs to you is "your home" phrase it truthfully as my former home or my boyhood home or my home in Lagos.

Oli will be glad to know you weren't generous enough in your partnership to at least say "our home." You inconsiderate, self-centered cad~!

Face it you are a scoundrel for trying to swindle your way on this by using misleading phrasing.

I'm sure the owner(s) of No. 2 Hockey's Mill would be surprised to find out it is your home, not theirs.

#2, "My home sits in a valley" is still a TRUE because you cannot wiggle your way out of Ridgemount being in Ludlow Valley unless you can provide proof that Google maps is wrong. It might be the highest point in all of Ludlow Valley for all I know but it is still in Ludlow Valley.

Thus Marcie is correct that #2 is a lie and she wins.

Go for it Marcie…

thanks guys!

@ pres: if something ever happens to me i want you to be my lawyer :-)

@ roger: is that him?!

1) in march during spring training in arizona i'm going to hangout w/pitcher matt garza and other major league players.

2) i live on a 1 1/4 acre property.

3) i was chatting with matt schiermeier this evening...gave me his email addy so i can get ahold of him.

[roger, not sure if you know matt s. (fitness model) so i'll set his pic behind spoiler so it doesn't take up much room.
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@ Marcie, no, that's me slinking away, tail between my legs after a pasting from that guy you want as a lawyer…

I'm sure 3) is a lie, though would be good if it wasn't ;-)

#2 is the truth.

@ roger: :-) he is pretty intimidating good...i would probably plead guilty even if i wasn't :-) btw, i noticed my spoiler didn't work...fixed it!

i'll just wait for my bro/lawyers answer :)

It didn't, does now! Hmmm ;-)

Roger wrote: "It didn't, does now! Hmmm ;-)"

IKR?!?!! matt schiermeier....*le sigh*

3 is true and if it isn't well as Captain Picard says, Make it so!

1) could of been true. my son's baseball travel team enter a tournament down there...but unfortuanly because of reasons he/we won't be able to make it :(

2) i do not live on 1 1/4 acre. it's less than 1/4.

3) this is true! but it was more like his work addy (matt s. art) than his personal addy. but still...*squeal* :-P

your turn, pres!

Thank you Roger for always being such a good sport. Of course I didn't mean you were a "inconsiderate, self-centered cad" because as Oli knows you and I are in love. So what I really meant was you are a highly considerate, generous cad.

1. My father is a dentist.

2. My father is on his 3rd wife.

3. My mother used to drive a Karmann Ghia.

number 1

From Cad-Central: number 3 (great photo of your Ma… :-)

Roger Wins!

1) My eyes are a piercing cornflower blue

2) I have broken ten bones in my body (over time)

3) I see Hexagram #64 of the I-Ching every day

daing it, rog! take them sungalsses off...

#3

My aviators are welded onto my head…

Marcie, here is Roger without his sunglasses.

#1 because I don't feel pierced by those "piercing cornflower blue" eyes.

@ pres: well, now you send it to me, bro. i could of used this...*looking down at watch*... 'bout 6 hours and 14 minutes ago :)