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highplainsdem

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16. Congrats on 40,000 posts! And what a lovely message for your mother. Kudos to her for teaching you
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:07 PM
Oct 5

to read so early.

Sympathies on messy handwriting. I started writing lefthanded, while being taught by a woman who insisted that all her students write righthanded. I did, but I still hold pens and pencils improperly and get writer's cramp really quickly. Keyboards are a blessing. Good for your mom for insisting you take a typing class.

My mom's writing skills got her work as a script secretary, as an advertising copy writer, as an editor, and as a ghost writer. I've never sold any of my writing.


You're still a writer. It's nice to get paid for writing, but whatever you write is still writing, and your intellectual property (something the AI bros stealing the world's intellectual property like to pretend isn't true, but those robber barons are wrong).

And you communicate very well. Glad you're here.

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Congratulations on your 40,000 post milestone. A wonderful tribute to your Mom. niyad Oct 5 #1
Thank you , hunter, for the beautiful post to your mom. Congratulations on you 40.000 post. debm55 Oct 5 #2
We really appreciate your posts and taking the time to do it Walleye Oct 5 #3
Congratulations on the milestone! MLAA Oct 5 #4
Congratulations, hunter! Haggard Celine Oct 5 #5
A wonderful dedication. I'm sure your Mom was very proud of what you achieved. Fla Dem Oct 5 #6
Congratulations on 40,000 posts LetMyPeopleVote Oct 5 #7
Congratulations. That is a lovely tribute to your Mother. LoisB Oct 5 #8
In Celebration of Love and Perseverance Donkees Oct 5 #9
Congrats on the DU milestone. (nt) Paladin Oct 5 #10
Thanks for your memories and a good way to give thanks to your mother. erronis Oct 5 #11
Congratulations! PatSeg Oct 5 #12
Ooops... hunter Oct 5 #17
Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Oct 5 #18
Congratulations to you my highly intelligent friend. I always look forward to your posts, and I, especially, am... NNadir Oct 5 #13
CONGRATS and what a nice tribute to your mom! BumRushDaShow Oct 5 #14
Congratulations! yellow dahlia Oct 5 #15
Congrats on 40,000 posts! And what a lovely message for your mother. Kudos to her for teaching you highplainsdem Oct 5 #16
Enjoyed reading your tribute to mom and DU. Yeah, I'm glad I took typing too. Silent Type Oct 5 #19
Beautiful. OldBaldy1701E Oct 5 #20
Congrats On The Milestone! ProfessorGAC Oct 5 #21
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