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Justin Deming's avatar

Holy moly, Issue 200?! Congratulations, Mark. What a feat! I remember these stories and enjoyed them just as much the second time around.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, Justin. 🤓

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Terey's avatar

As Maxwell Smart used to say” the old raccoon heist trick”

Showing my age lol

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Works every time. 🤣

I loved that show as a kid.

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Terey's avatar

Me to Good old Get Smart lol

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Congratulations!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thank you, David. 🤓

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Suspicions confirmed. Mark Starlin has been just slightly tweaked from the onset... So glad you stayed around until I found you Mark. It has been a pleasure getting to know you in all your oddness. Congratulations on 200 posts! And thanks for the idea of ordering my oreos from Amazon! Never thought of that, but their plain brown wrappers would surely keep the neighbors from knowing.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Quirky is my normal. You can get anything from Amazon. Just be careful of sneaky raccoons.

Thanks, Sharron. I have enjoyed our conversations.

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Connie Starlin's avatar

200 wow, loved the smart little rascally

raccoons

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, Mom!

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Jack Herlocker's avatar

Hard to go wrong with a photo of puppies. Or plotting raccoons. And EVERYBODY uses puppies, so…

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Mark Starlin's avatar

It was such a great photo, the conversation came easy. Thanks, Jack. 🤓🦝

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K.C. Knouse's avatar

The photo of the racoons is perfect. It makes the story. Your stock photo stories are the best. One of my favorites is a man on a ladder picking oranges. Your title was something like The Man Who Put Oranges Back on the Trees. Suddenly, that's what the photo represented and I laughed.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, K.C. I remember The Orange Replacer story. I forget the exact title. That was a fun one. I use photos as prompts for many stories. It is fun and often easier than finding a photo to fit a story. 🤣 This one is obviously based on the photo.

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Lana Yakimchuk's avatar

Ah. I wondered if they planned these things.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

They are clever porch pirates.

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