FanStory wrote to Sandra Barlow: Jumping to Conclusions finished second in the contest "A Good Turn Gone Wrong"


Sandra Barlow: Defeated and deflated. No point to continue on. I just don't have what it takes. Bye. xxx


Sandra Barlow: I went with my daughter to a creek to collect some rocks for the garden. SOMEONE has dumped ASBESTOS right beside the creek. How vile a person are they?
    Carlos' girl: Perhaps it was not a person but the asbestos monster? -
    Carlos' girl: And they did it on purpose to enrage you? Happens to everybody lol -
    Sandra Barlow: The creek is 15 kilometres from my property and front gate. -
    Jesse James Doty: I agree! Asbestos is the worst environmental issue and very hard to clean up after! -


Sandra Barlow: I have been doing roadworks all morning. I'm so whacked now, Digging drains so that water will run off my driveway. We are expecting a flood tomorrow. The ground is already soaked.


Sandra Barlow: I have been popular all my life until the last few years. I arrived here 42 years ago, to an isolated property and didn't know anyone. I quickly made friends. Now they have either moved away or they have died.
It's disappointing to say the least, to find that my popularity level on this site is warm only. Is it me, or does it take time?
    Jannypan (Jan) : Sandra,
    Have you built your fan base? You can fan up to 5 members per day. That way your work, unless it's blind, goes into the in box of your fans. -
    Sandra Barlow: Ok. I have 15 fans. But I only ask someone I admire. Is that what people are doing, just asking anyone? Thanks for answering. -
    nor84: Usually, a person invites someone who has given their work an honest and helpful review. A fan base helps, but so does promoting your work by buying a certificate with member dollars (not real money) and throwing in a few member cent pumps -
    Jesse James Doty: All I can add to that is that yes it takes time! If you were to review more you would have more member dollars to help promote your posts! This is how I learned the site negotiations! -
    SimianSavant: Yup, leave lots of helpful reviews for others. There are lots of great writers here, and also lots of many not-so-great ones who would benefit from your assistance to help make them better : ) Definitely this is not a place to earn money. If your want to become conventionally popular you should start a TikTok twerking channel. -
    Carlos' girl: Popularity contests are best reserved for high school. -
    Sandra Barlow: nor84:Thank you for responding. I can do about 5 reviews a day, but after that, I'm over it. I find it and this site very time-consuming. So more reviews and more fans. Can I be your fan, please? -
    Carlos' girl: Tiktok twerking channel? Hey. Don't knock my hobby lol. -
    Sandra Barlow: Jesse James Doty: yes, I guess I must do more reviewing. I have to skip a lot, as my idea of an excellent post seems very different from others. I have only just learned how to read other reviews and some things people say are quite extraordinary and I do not agree. I do feel supported by the few fans that I do have though. -
    Sandra Barlow: HarambeForPresident: I don't have any aspirations of earning money. Only two people have asked to be my fan and one is here. If I have many fans, that means many messages. I remember when I had 84 unread messages and I waded through them. It took a whole day. I have 245 acres to look after and a one kilometre driveway that I have to periodically do roadworks on. I don't go to bed until 2:00 AM as it is.
    Thank you for replying and can I be your fan, please? -
    Carlos' girl: You can be like Mariah Carey with lots of fans -
    Carlos' girl: Like Mariah Carey you can lip sych your poems. Make friends and impress people. That's what its all about. -
    Jesse James Doty: Carlos' girl give it a break! She is a real person will real complaints and ideas on how to make this site work better for her!
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Sandra Barlow: STATEMENT!
If you write in really small print, I can't read it. If you write in pale grey on a white or light background, I can't read it.
Remember that not everyone has 20/20 vision.
    Brett Matthew West: If it is not readable the best thing is to simply skip the posting. Otherwise, does it not become s waste of time? -
    SimianSavant: There is this thing on the PC computer mouse called a scroll wheel, and if you hold down the CTRL key while scrolling forward, it will increase the font scaling. Or pinch and zoom if you are on a phone. Or rotate your phone. Or remove your glasses, if they have the wrong focus point. Lots of great modern solutions for those of us who are half blind! -
    Sandra Barlow: HarambeForPresident: I have just read this. Thank you so much. I will try it on my laptop. -


Sandra Barlow: 4-year-old Cleo Smith has been found alive and well, after being missing for 18 days. I am so relieved.
    AJ McCall: That little boy, that was on the news? Well, that's good. -


Sandra Barlow: I have just rescued two bab y possums from a huge python, which has now gone into my house. It squeezed through a very small hole and shed its skin at the same time.


Sandra Barlow: I haven't been on the site for a while. I have been dealing with my bank and Balboa Press. Dramas.

Also, my neighbour has trespassed onto my veranda at night while I was sleeping. Last night we turned on the CCTV and saw a paranormal entity on our veranda for over one hour. Creepy.


Sandra Barlow: It's okay. I'm giving it a go. I'm just a whoos sometimes. The timing of something up-set me.
    Jesse James Doty: Yay, I'm so glad, Sandra! Stay as long as it is working for you! It takes a while to get used to this writer's site...I know from experience.
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    Sandra Barlow: I'm staying because Jesse asked me to, again. Normally I'm tough, but in the last 18 months, I have not been.
    Toughen up Sandra! -


Sandra Barlow: I saved my extraordinary cattle story in fiction. It is definitely a true story. I have now fixed the error.


Sandra Barlow: How can I delete a post, please?
    Carlos' girl: You can disable a post so it is then visible to only you -
    nor84: If I remember correctly, you can disable and the delete. Some things we write and then decide they should never have seen the light of day! -


Sandra Barlow: Mary Kay Bonfante lives in Queens, New York, where there have been terrible floods and disaster. Has anyone heard from her?
    Kit Nongkhlaw: I chatted with her yesterday and she and her husband were fine. -


Sandra Barlow: Yesterday it was blowing a gale. I have spent all morning tidying up my veranda. But the wind is still blowing and I'll have to do it all over again. Sigh. All is good, because I am better off than millions of other people around the world.
    AJ McCall: Yes. We must be grateful even in the midst of a storm. -
    Carlos' girl: Your gratitude is beautiful and thoughtful. Love it. -
    Jesse James Doty: This is so true, my friend. There is always someone better off and someone worse off than we are. I, too, am grateful for all the gifts I have received. Love, friendship, and respect, from those who matter.

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