{"id":1221,"date":"2019-12-10T06:22:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travway.net\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2019-12-17T13:41:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T19:41:59","slug":"12-10-2019-scrooges-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travway.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/10\/12-10-2019-scrooges-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/10\/2019: Scrooge’s Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Charles Dickens: Just as before, Scrooge and the Spirit were whisked away to another scene. This time in an open style house where the dinning room, living room and kitchen were all open to each other.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peg Bundy: Al\u2026 can\u2019t we buy this house when we get married?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert Einstein: Hey wait a second, I thought you said these\nare shadows and they can\u2019t see nor hear us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Dickens: Indeed, but a little-known fact that I forgot\nto mention\u2026 Scrooge\u2019s middle name is Albert, like your first name.  It just didn\u2019t make the book because I could\nonly have 29,000 words in this story.  I\nwas just over 28,000 so I had to do some trimming.  Knowing Scrooge\u2019s middle name isn\u2019t important\nuntil, well I guess right now.  Anyway,\nBelle called him Al for short because he called her by her uncle\u2019s nick name of\nPeg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert Einstein: Well, I guess that\u2019s an interesting tidbit\nto know.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralphie Parker: Gosh Peg, have you seen the price of this\nplace?  We can\u2019t afford this, investments\nhaven\u2019t grown as they should!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peg Bundy: But Al, you said that last year.  Why can\u2019t we get married? You\u2019re a partner in\nyour own firm now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralphie Parker: Business continues to be poor, we\u2019re barely\nclearing expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peg Bundy: Well Al, I can\u2019t wait another year. Let\u2019s get\nmarried and get this house, its in our price range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralphie Parker: Peg, that\u2019s because the other houses in our\nprice range are on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peg Bundy: Oh darn, well I guess I should get going then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralphie Parker: But Peg, I love you. Give me another year, I\npromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peg Bundy: I\u2019m sorry Al. I just can\u2019t wait.  I am going to check out that running full back\nat Polk high, I hear he scored four touch downs in one game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Donald Trump: Oh Spirit, why must you torture me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophia Petrillo: I told you, these are the shadows of things\nthat have been.  They are what they are,\ndo not blame me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump: Leave me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charles Dickens: Scrooge was left alone and exhausted and\nback in his bedroom. Sleep did not come, and he found himself weeping over his\npast.  Wishing he could have done things\ndifferently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert Einstein: I gotta say, that Spirit was a bit mean.  Was there not anything in his past that was a\njoy to see for him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Dickens: Indeed, don\u2019t you remember him seeing his\nchild hood friends, and meeting Belle?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert Einstein: Yea that\u2019s true, I guess I didn\u2019t make the\nconnection. So, what happens now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Dickens: As Scrooge lay there feeling sorry for\nhimself, he heard his clock start the hourly chimes for 2 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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