Portland Bill built a still in his cellar deep
Asked his ally, Emerald Sally, his secret for to keep
She kept it well, she dug a well, his moonshine for to store
All was fine till the cops saw the sign, now Bill distils no more
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crispina kemp 
Hey Crispina…. How come you don’t add your link up to the Pegman site? Just curious…
That said, this was fun.Silly Sally supplied a sign? Not good for a secretive business 😉
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I thank you, and Emerald Sally was indeed silly … effects of that rotten moonshine.
Um, and this is gonna sound pathetic, but when I first started on this prompt, and I read the instructions, something about frogs, I couldn’t quite figure it, so I didn’t pursue it.
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Oh dear. Just click on the frog or the link, add your URL, press enter, you’re done. You don’t have to put it on yours…. 😉
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No, it’s not that simple. I follow onscreen instructions, I log in with Google, it displays my post piccie, my email, my everything, and when I try to save it says Nah. I don’t need the IT stress
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It is that simple. You just have to create an account with inLinkz. And your email doesn’t show anywhere.
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But I did create the account, I signed in with my Google account, it accepted it.
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Weird. I know not what to say…
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Me neither. For someone who was first amongst firsts when pcs first arrived in the shops, I am now a bewildered user.
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Okay, I found my error. I didn’t click one of the boxes. So, now, how do I access it? Is it just the follow? Will I follow just Pegman’s? Or will I end up being linked to the entire world?
Forgive me, but I have had problems in the past cos I’ve done somehting stupid.
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If you went to Pegman and clicked on the link, it brings you to the page. You’ll see my mug. Add your link, click the boxes and your pic will join the ranks (whichever pic you choose) and only those who go to Pegman will see it
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Yep, done that. My question is, can I access it without going via Pegman?
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I don’t think so. I usually click on the link from Pegman and leave it up there while I read all the stories. Then I got back, through Pegman to see if there are any additions..
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Okay. Got that. Phew. Phew and double phew. And I have a beta reader’s return I’m supposed to be reading. Guess it must wait till this evening. Treble phew. 🙂
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Ha ha ha! I am trying to finish one beta read that I’m on so I can jump into yours. I think I shall become a professional beta reader – then I can make the time to read as it will be my job. I promise I will get to it soon.
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It wasn’t a dig. I do that by email. I truly do have a return to read, and I said I’d get back to them with any questions etc.
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No, no, I didn’t think it was. I was just updating you 😉
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I thank you for the update. I was much appreciated. 🙂
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😁
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Oh dear, that should have read: It was much appreciated. Though maybe I was much appreciated 🙂 Coffee, must have coffee.
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Haha! You funny bunny!
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🙂
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Besides, I always include the link back to What Pegman Saw. I’ve just to make sure I’ve been getting it right. Yep, it’s there.
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IT is there but those who play won’t see you have unless they follow you. Just sayin’
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??? My link sits on that page. Go to page. See link. Click. Whizzo. ????
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Those who participate usually go to the inLinkz page where all the participants gather and click on each pic to go read the story. They wont go to the main page…
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So how do I get to the inLInkz page without going via Pegman?
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No. No. You do get to the li k page via Pegman…
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I’ve clicked follow. 🙂
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There you are!!
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Who’s a clever girl then. Phew.
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Ta dah!!! Ya done good 😉
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I get very confused. I like to approach it from every possible angle. I have to know the colour of my granny’s knickers before I try anything new. 🙂
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Now that is going down to the nitty-gritty!! 😀
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An old Norfolk saying. Or, the alternative, She wnats to know the ins and outs of a ducks arse.
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Love i!!
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🙂
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Ooooo that was fun!
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I thank you. Just a silly bit of rhyme inspired by the fact I know Portland was heavily involved in bootlegging, plus there’s a lighthouse on the island of Portland (Dorset, England) called Portland Bill. I have photos of it, taken back in the days of 35mm 🙂
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A great fun take on the prompt and I love the old-world feel of it.
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I thank you. It was fun to write. And fast. I like fast. 🙂
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Fast fun! I like that! 😊
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Thank you. 🙂
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You’re quite welcome 🙂
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🙂
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That was an intoxicating confection of words Crispina. Like a bourbon filled truffle. Absolutely loved it!
Glad to see you are on the Linkup too! Thank you Dale for IT support. You’re hired! 😉
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Thanks for the like. And sorry to be such an IT dinosaur. But I got there in the end. 🙂
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Don’t feel bad at all. I have worked in IT for twenty years, and the new InLinkz is NOT user friendly. Neither was the old, but the new is much worse. I’m glad you got it working!
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Well, i might have to decorate now, after all the cusses I’ve spat today. 🙂
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Very clever and fun!! Thanks for the lift!
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Pleasure, my dear. I like doing light and airy stuff 🙂
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🙂 ❤
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Dear Crispina,
That was jolly good fun. Short and intoxicating. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I thank you, Rochelle. Glad you liked.
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Oh, that one was hilarious! I live in Kentucky where moonshining was, at one time, the only way to get corn over the mountains… or so the old ones say. My memaw was a shiner. She sold it to feed her family and raised three boys and a girl on the proceeds. She was even once arrested by the Sheriff who was my Husband’s Grandfather…and a distant cousin to boot. Oh, this story brought back some happy memories of wild ‘whiskey’ tales! Love it!
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Glad you liked it. Myself, not being American, was a little bit worried I didn’t know enough of the culture to hit the mark.
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This is delightfully fun.
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I thank you, Alicia. I admit, I prefer humour to pathos, I prefer to brighten the day not weight it. L leave that to the newsmen.
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Sweet bit of doggerel. I was a whiskey salesman for a time when I lived in Portland. It’s a drinkin’ place, all right.
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I thank you. I’m not terrifically u[ on U..S. history etc, but years upon years ago I had a penfriend in Oregon. I learned a little from him, as he recounted family anecdotes. And basically the rest wrote itself.
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