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Attempting a short post here using the WYSIWYG Editor...
I've noticed the towering pillars of POB have taken root on VYB
Engagement efforts that make me explode with excitement
Oh, how the flies float.
May the stewards see fit, what it truly means to Verify A Brain.
Sir Lucy did not shudder in the heat of battle, stand vigilant
Do not be fooled by the cursed and their jesters.
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I've had this big shot glass party display for years. It's a wooden paddle with 13 sunken holes plunged from it. This houses 12 shot glasses and a big glass cooler for the middle.
I've never used it as it was intended, you know, bunch of pals, cooler filled with ice and a big litre of smooth drinking delight sunken between.
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When I stopped drinking I looked at it time and time again, debating whether to throw it away as it always gave me bad #vyb's when I looked at it.
Fortunately, I never did throw it away, it's still there and it gets used for many other purposes, not just the intended. I use the glasses to hold screws etc. when fixing fiddly gadgets, the big cooler glass has been used as a vase, the paddle... umm, pizzas.
The lesson I found in this whole thing was the importance of time and perspectives. Even in the darkest of feelings there can be value pulled forth to carry you onwards in life. Just got to stay the course.
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Nearly 12 months on now since the days; I'm living with drinkers, I'm still sober myself, and I'm comfortable around drinkers. The display is still yet to be used as a drinking prop (maybe it'll get the cherry popped this festive season)!
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No images like usual, it feels weird! Cool experience though. Clicking that button and only having my words to rely on is a trip.
Gonna tag this post as #wysiwy-vyb, have a go yourself!
edit:
alright, adding a youtube link like so:
DELETE watch?v= and ADD embed/ in your YT link.
this gives an easy thumbnail, that is very nice. (curious, how does that work with CR?)