Things you're terrified of?

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Doc Creed

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Does anyone know the story behind this famous photo? The photographer didn't want to take a photo of Churchill with his ever present cigar so right before he snapped the pic he yanked the cigar out of Winston's hand and 'snap' history was made!
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No, I didn't. I enjoy those stories of 'behind the scenes' moments before historic photos were taken.
 

thekidd12

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Hey dude baseball can be a pretty sad subject, think of all the orphaned baseballs that will never be found.
Never have...

We grew up poor...

Lost the ball. Game couldn't start again until we found it. So no orphaned balls around here.

Oh there's something that terrified me: Not having a baseball to continue game.

Now that dream about the humongous woman suffocating me in a windowless room doesn't seem so bad...:biggrin2:
 

Doc Creed

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Never have...

We grew up poor...

Lost the ball. Game couldn't start again until we found it. So no orphaned balls around here.

Oh there's something that terrified me: Not having a baseball to continue game.

Now that dream about the humongous woman suffocating me in a windowless room doesn't seem so bad...:biggrin2:
I do like baseball, though. It's probably the only sport I like. My grandfather got me interested in The Braves and it was one of the few common interests we had. No one had better get in between him and the television (which was tuned to TBS) while there was a game on. I also like how King writes about baseball in his fiction: Blockade BIlly, IT, and short stories, poems.
 

thekidd12

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Now more to the point of this resurrected thread:

Losing one of my children before my own passing.

Main reason I didn't really enjoy Pet Semetary and the beginning of It...

Both are wonderfully written books but I have trouble with that aspect of them...
 

Wayoftheredpanda

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Now more to the point of this resurrected thread:

Losing one of my children before my own passing.

Main reason I didn't really enjoy Pet Semetary and the beginning of It...

Both are wonderfully written books but I have trouble with that aspect of them...
Probably why King shelved PS for 4 years. In any case, that distinct fear really makes those two books more relatable and atmospheric.
 

kelliblue

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I still think about the house we lived in 3 years ago. I don't know what kind of dolt designed the bathroom. There was a fairly large window just above the tub. We had to hang a vinyl curtain over it. That worked out all right... until the curtain started cracking from all the hot water that constantly showered it. .