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Three Square Meals Ch. 172 (Placeholder) (Patreon)

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2024-05-01 04:20:43
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2026-06

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Hey everyone,

As I explained in the previous post, I was out of action for a few weeks last month due to sickness. All the scenes are already sketched out for the next couple of chapters, I just need to be well enough to write them.

I've fully recovered now, so I'm going to blitz through as much as possible. Fingers crossed that I stay healthy for all of May.

Best wishes,

Tefler

Comments

Unctadsk

Another.... Again 4and quarter advance place holder.... How can we rely on you bro when you can't keep your own words of completing previous backlogs.

Jim Owens

Glad you are doing better. Can't wait to see what happens next

Sushant Bhartiya

Praying for your good health. Why don’t you try to come India and get everything done at a fraction of cost/ headache/ delay in UK? UK free health is nothing but a sham where who knows when you get your number for anything major!

Benito Cuevas

I just remember that I am a patron of this writer. A patron is a person who sponsors or aids artists, a protector or a benefactor. I do what I can to support the writer in his craft. I want the writer to keep producing works for my enjoyment. The writer is not a machine. He has needs. He needs his health. He needs to rest. He needs to eat, pay his bills, and support his own family so I need to support him as best I can.

RedB

All good, please get healthy my friend.

Malcolm Rickarby

We pay a pittance for early access and we get early access. The quality remains high and with great characters and level of adventure. The build up to the return of Faye as an immortal organic is awesome. I will follow regardless of hiccups along the way.🧚🏾‍♀️

GDay (FMS)

We are here to support you with your creative efforts, and I really appreciate the quality work that you produce.

Michael56Smith

-- Thank you for communicating with us, and stay healthy please, ... ;-) ttfn

bjcreek

Looking forward to 168's completion, and 169 and 170 done by mid-May, at least. Thanks for letting us know what's up.

Mapstar

Ive been around for 8yrs now, i stopped to care if you’re charging ahead. Not knowing how this story ends would break me :D so im happy to pay a small contribution to your creative flow :D

VT

Yes I'm a patron and I'm happy to support. I do dislike the "after the fact communication" tendency. It sucks to not be in good health and I wish you a speedy and full recovery. I do ask for MUCH earlier status updates. You've known to be indisposed for a long time, not having a realistic option of completing chapters. Communicate it! I've been in for this ride for close to a decade, and I'm not about to jump off.

Unctadsk

Three Square Meals Ch. 170 (Placeholder)1 Apr Hey everyone, This is the second and final placeholder I ever want to do. As you know, I've basically been off work for the last 6+ months, dealing with a long-term illness and various other issues. I've got back into writing full swing now though, so I'm hoping to get the next several chapters finished very quickly. Most of the scenes for 168 + 169 are already sketched out in a rough draft, and I know exactly where the story's going after that. Anyway, thank you for your continued support. Tefler

WWODBD

Tef is - more often than not - good for one chapter per month when he's not incommunicado. So if you pay a dollar per month, you'll average losing less than a dollar per month to placeholders, and you'll still get every legitimate chapter. With that said: Settings / Memberships / View Details (for Tefler) / Edit / click "Set a monthly limit" and [1] time per month. You're welcome.

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

So little compassion in the world these days. Those who do not have it here seem to not understand the nature of gall bladder issues and how the horrendous Brit healthcare system (doesn't) work and its subsequent rationing of care. There are no free lunches and you get what you pay for (or don't pay for in this case).

Big Dude

Tefler, your writing is on par with many golden globes and academy award recipients. You anchor us to our spot. But, the major complaint here is you go dark and then your after the fact explanations for the darkness cause many to scratch their heads. Did you mention your illness on Discord? If you would check in and alert us to your condition(s), you'd have more stable income and less fee downgrades. Alerting us to your illness would have tempered many minds to your plight and leveled expectations. Now, I can see why certain comments are valid to more people. I too, am disappointed in your deliverables. I hope in the future you choose to temper our expectations with during the month check-ins. For example: Hello chaps, 3rd of the way done on chapter x, planning on a (date) review by my editors, and publishing date of y. People will applaud you and real story comments will abound.

Rev. Thwack

"This is the second and final placeholder I ever want to do." --Tefler, Apr 2024 Great job, my man.... After a completely disastrous 2023, where you manage to burn almost all goodwill out of your community, you start 2024 with promise and quickly move to utterly crush what goodwill does remain. You had gotten so close to actually delivering everything you've promised and have been paid for. It's pretty amazing just how quickly you've gone back to the placeholder habit as well, with all four of them coming in back to back months, and no finish chapters delivered between them. Tefler, for your own sake, just stop this. Your growing sense of entitlement, thinking you should be paid for things you haven't done, belittles every one of your supporters who has to work hard for every single dollar they earn. Those of us with jobs get paid for the work we do, not the promises and excuses we invent instead. 2024 so far: - 4.5 chapters posted - 4 placeholders "I won't be pre-charging chapters any more, so you don't need to worry about any Patreon charges until I've caught up on the chapters I owe you." --Tefler, Aug 2023

Ataraxia

Seriously, no one is forcing anyone to be a Patron. If you're upset with the placeholders, then leave. Quite subscribing. It's that easy. We don't want you

John Doe

No worries and as long as you keep writing we will support you.

Evilebob

I was so pleased that we were going to be done with placeholders which in my humble opinion is an exploitive abuse of Patreon systems and a form of minor theft. Simply because you found a way to push the 'magic' button when things are bad to give you a free 'advance' void of common risks like interest rates etc. There are so many polite ways you can 'ask' for $ instead of just taking when you want/need. I would really like this practice to stop soon please. I make no request or complaint regarding speed or quantity of posts. Times are bad for a lot of people... many are sick, have been laid off or worse and none of them have magic advance pay buttons.

Unresolved Plots

Thanks for the chapter update Tefler. I found it very well paced and am looking forward to the conclusion of the war and what happens in the aftermath. Glad you are feeling better.

Darragh

I honestly laughed out loud when I got the notification. Summary of the last 2.5 years: I have a big favour to ask … I'd like to create a second paid post at the end of this month, then finish chapter 143 and 144 for you in October.  Please let me know your thoughts. - September 2021 After lengthy consideration, I've decided to charge for this month's release, simply because of the sheer effort it took to complete. I'm conscious of the fact that I still owe you the next chapter ... I should be able to get through the next few chapters at a much faster pace now - October 2021 I hate to have to do this again, but I'm going to forward charge chapter 146 … This will be the last time that I do this, and I sincerely apologise if it causes offence. - November 2021 I really hate having to ask this again, but would you guys mind me billing for chapter 149 at the end of this month instead of February … Anyway, sincere apologies again. I absolutely would not propose doing this if it wasn't a real emergency, but I promise you will get the completed chapters in February - January 2022 This is a placeholder for chapter 149. I'll wrap this up as quickly as I can in February - Jan 2022 … which I'll charge for to get paid this month - feb 2022 To avoid publishing only 1 chapter in April and 3 in May, I'll charge for this chapter now - April 2022 It seems my early optimism for May tempted fate. - May 2022 I hope you guys don't mind if I charge for this one in advance … it should be much more manageable in June - may 2022 I'll post a preview for chapter 155 to spread out the billing more evenly between this month and the next - July 2022 I'll post this placeholder post here to spread out the monthly payments - August 2022 I'm really sorry for the advanced billing, but I promise I will get everything all caught up this month. - August 2022 I'll be able to catch up now that the prep work is done for the Galkiran fights, so I'll charge for this chapter in September and wrap up the Progenitor invasion in October. - September 2022 I'll do my best to get caught up this month, so there won't be any more back-dated posts. - November 2022 I will do my best to catch up with extra chapters this month - November 2022 I ask you to bear with me in January to finally get caught up. - December 2022 I'll aim to finish this second chapter by the third week of January - January 2023 I should be able to do some solid writing in April. I'm sick and tired of being behind on the releases, so I want to get caught up as quickly as possible. - March 2023 Apologies for the placeholder … The next couple of chapters are all planned out, it's just a matter of writing them. Which I'll do my best to finish this month. - April 2023 Apologies again for the second placeholder this month … I should have several clear weeks to wrap up the outstanding storylines. Everything's all planned out … - April 2023 I should finally be able to catch up on these chapters I owe you. - June 2023 this will finally be "Catch up August" … I promise I will keep striving to catch up on the chapters I owe you … - July 2023 I won't be pre-charging chapters any more, so you don't need to worry about any Patreon charges until I've caught up on the chapters I owe you. - August 2023 I hate to have to charge in advance … I'm hoping we'll be fully caught up in April … Anyway apologies for the placeholder - march 2024 This is the second and final placeholder I ever want to do - April 1 2024 I was really hoping to get caught up last month … Apologies for the placeholder, but I'll keep plugging away at the chapters until I'm up to date. Lmao

Bill

I'm not upset with the placeholders for 2 reasons. I cancel my membership until I see a new chapter has really dropped and when I do subscribe I make sure it is set to only 1 payment per month. So I will cancel my current membership a couple days before the end of the month. I didn't pay for a placeholder this month because I didn't have a membership. So I'm only upset a full chapter wasn't dropped. I won't purchase until he drops the full chapter of 168

TF007

Keep up the good work.

Ray Priebe

How do you quit this thing? This is a graft at this point.. paid for 172 and still haven't seen 167.

Tldr

Placeholders don’t bother me for a few simple reasons. 1. I didn’t pay for the first 160 chapters, I assume that most people here read at least a few dozen chapters for free. 2. I view the placeholders as paying for future writing. It’s similar to pre-ordering a book. 3. Tefler has published 167.75 chapters in 8.5 years, and I expect at least 30 more chapters (about 2.5 years of writing) are necessary to close out the story. 4 chapters / 4 months don’t really change that much in the grand scheme of things. 4. The chapters are getting written. The quality is good. I care far more about quality than deadlines. 5. I wasn’t surprised. Not getting paid for 6 months, and then working for 4 months without getting paid didn’t seem reasonable to me. I expected more placeholders when Tefler picked up again, because that seemed like a reasonable way to ensure he could continue writing the chapters that he promised. All that being said, I don’t want the placeholders to outpace the delivered chapters. Adding placeholders as chapters are delivered seems perfectly reasonable to me. I want Tefler focused on writing, not worrying about finances.

Son of Lan Mandragoran

Tefler, thanks for 168 ;) I look forward to the rest but I'm more concerned about your health. Please take care of yourself.

bjcreek

168 is really good! Thanks! Trying to be patient for the completion!

Jim Stinnett

Tefler, you told your patrons in your post of August 31 that you would NO LONGER charge for placeholders. Additionally, my membership is shown to be a charge for each chapter. Is there a way to change my membership to only charge me for each completed chapter? I am sympathetic of your health issues but expect you to keep your word on no further placeholders.

arbi

Great, epic story but the constant lies and excuses just wear me out. Be a man of your word Tefler. I would think your character would be more important to you than it seems to be. It's really simple, when you say you're going to do something do it. When you say you're not going to do something again, don't do it again. And above all stop charging over and over and over for work you haven't produced. When I joined this site you were making about $700 per chapter and working full time. You were often producing 2-3 chapters per month.

Kevin Alderman

My opinion - I could care less about a few dollars. I have read many chapters before ever joining. So why cry about a placeholder? I spend more on a cup of coffee. Either support him or not, it's your choice, but please quit crying over the money and just try helping out the guy who has given us a great story. I'll wait patiently.

stephen mincher

Just noticed Tefler responded to chap 167 questions on the 20th April, up until them I’m guessing he wasn’t able to concentrate on TSM due to health. My creativity goes out the window when I worry( money, health or family). I will admit I was only expecting 1 placeholder.So all you pin stickers(never paid upfront for ebay?) put your pins away because We are enjoying this growing bubble.

Michael

You should change your setup. Small chapter bites m-f and a monthly fixed billing. Works great for all other authors I sub to.

Stephen hallgath

Do your best. That’s all I can ask. I really do enjoy your story and want it to continue. Thanks

GreyManley

I agree with Michael, with a modification. Just post whatever you've got on whatever (same) day you choose and charge monthly. Hold the charges until you've posted the first 5 and call them chapters 68-72. Hopefully, less pressure on you and less frustration for us.

Big Dude

Wonder when will the rest of 168 appear, now, with these comments?

Jolly Giant

Glad you are recovered and can’t wait to see new content. You are doing and amazing job with the story and keeping up with what you can. Thank you for all the amazing hard work.

Martin Edmonds

Sorry to sound like an idiot, But what exactly is a 'Placeholder'

Sushant Bhartiya

People who are cribbing every now and then for placeholders- have all of you paid for all the chapters? I myself have joined only after first 80 or so, and I am pretty satisfied. I don’t care if Tef places 80 more placeholders! You get well soon buddy and keep on writing!

Jim Stinnett

I love this story. I have re-read the entire thing 3 times. I've even bought some of "the Blake chronicles from Amazon. I'm telling this to say that I have an emotional connection to the story. When we didn't hear ANYTHING from Tefler for 6 months, I went through the various stages of grief, and finally accepted that the story was over, if not completed. I was elated the Tefler was back. And then back to placeholders again the next month. I have complained In the comments about the placeholders. I also wonder if we are going to have to wait ANOTHER 6 months for a chapter. I love the story, but I'm tired of the emotional ups and downs. Can anyone tell me if I suspend my membership, will I still receive notice of the chapters that have been prepaid??

Newnotsure

Okay I have all ways given the man a break like someone just posted, we got all of the free stuff on lit then on SOL then all of the past ones here on Patreon for the price of what we pay each time he posts. Do I like the placeholders not really but I will stick by and let the man do his thing hopefully with out the stress of worrying to get them out. Just my thoughts on this.

Ben

I would be ok just paying on a monthly basis. I’m also ok supporting someone through health issues. But what I’m not ok with is the flat out lies. To say no more placeholders and then right away do two shows something. At this point why should we even believe he has health issues or any of the other excuses he’s used over the years? He’s lied about the placeholders so much isn’t the more likely reason that he sucks with money, can’t keep up creatively, and can get away with it so he does it?

John the 5th

I Enjoyed reading this chapter, as all the others. I think a lot of the commenters think you are a machine and can type out lengthy well thought out chapters at will. Then some just like to whine and snivel, no matter what and try to ruin the enjoyment for everyone else and discourage you from continuing this great story. There are shorter stories on Amazon and elsewhere for more than the cost of a chapter of yours, not to mention the hundred plus free ones on literotica and stories on line. So screw them and please continue. Looking forward to the next .

John the 5th

Why?, totally up to him. As long as chapters keep appearing, nothing to whine about.

Bill Phillips

I seem to be missing Chapter 165. how do I get it back?

Ralf

Hope tefler doesn’t lie/break promises to his kids like he does to his supporters …

Martin Edmonds

I spent New Year in the PRUE and so glad to get released to my sisters, Love the NHS and glad your feeling better now..

Bill

I have a suggestion. Rather than placeholders why doesn't Tefler start a "Go Fund Me" account. Then all the patrons that want to gift him money can do so and there would not be any further arguments here??????

Son of Lan Mandragoran

Bill, do you know the definition of a "Patron"? Maybe cutting back on StarBucks? or waiting for the books on Amazon? Might be a better idea for you guys who are uptight about the placeholders... I'm good with it

Son of Lan Mandragoran

Hey Tefler, having a good Mother's day? do they celebrate that in the UK?

Bill

Sonny Boy - I offered a solution to end the bickering. If you don't like it "TS". You're one of these people who just loves to stir a pot of Sh-- for the smell. Crawl back under your rock.

Myrnalin

Bewarned Patrons of Tefler, I see sick and bile being spread here on new accounts, previously the dead and vile creatures were confined to my BEAUTIFUL BLOCK LIST, but new vile creatures have emerged, Commence the blocking! Good Day and may your block click be true.

Ian Kennedy

Found an error in Chapter 164 ... “I believe you told us that Rahn’hagon was outraged that Larn’kelnar attacked him directly?” ... Wasn't he talking about Mael'nerak's attack in the Niryan Rift??? The only time Larn'kelnar and Rahn'hagon interacted was when Rahn was captured and questioned.

Big Dude

Been gone a few days. Any peep from Admiral Tefler?

MVFast

F5, F5, F5…

EroticPoetic

So we’re technically 5 chapters behind at this point? I’m personally Hoping Tefler does a major drop again and delivers multiple chapters like last time. That would be amazing! So much can happen in the next few chapters, especially if the Star Forge can convert the Thrall ships and the dreadnoughts into White Metal ships with all the psychic, Nexus and weapons upgrades Dana has been able to map out! Baen’Thelas would end up with what?… 60+ fleets to start with, potentially with Raptors and Mechs as part of his arsenal? If Calara gets upgraded to a Progenitor Matriarch like Alyssa and is put in charge of all the Red Fleet commanders and Captains, (with telepathic connections) no invading fleet would stand a chance. Just a thought, but given how much Space battle is in the future, Calara could definitely get the ultimate upgrade package and take over as Fleet Commander of all the Thrall ships. Just a thought. Still can’t wait to see if Faye comes back in a body AND the AI Version on an upgraded, quantum-entangled Nexus Server that allows the collective to exist in the Kythshara home world AND the upgraded Invictus created with Mael’nerak’s white metal from the Star Forge. I’d personally like to see AI Faye Merge with the original Nexus platform and have her personality take over all of its capabilities and possibilities. There’s no telling what she, Irillith and Dana could come up with together… How Tefler is going to imagine the rehab of the Red Thralls - and future thrall species- is going to be interesting. They are all itching for the approval of their Progenitor. Perhaps the Nymph’s Kiss will come into play again now that they’re all stronger. Either way, running 3 Thrall empires, adding an additional Matriarch and series of relationships will get complicated fast unless there’s a way to use Helene to act as a way to SUPER CHARGE John’s Psychic catalyst effect on new networks. But theres bound to be plenty of orgies involved lol. Too bad he can’t integrate an Agatha from Recurve33’s story - instant solution! Plus theres no telling what kind of an upgrade she’d get from merging with John. Also, will the Tom Walker/Maddox situation get settled soon? It’s such a relatively insignificant side story, but it is a dangling loose end that deserves to be tied back in - especially given Tom and Maddox’s glaring ties to Dana’s mysterious parentage. Anyway, sorry for rambling… I’m off on several tangents because I’m bored and hoping this story continues with all the excitement and surprises we’ve come to expect from Tefler and the TSM Crew!

AzureReader

The red thrall rehab seems problematic at first, but it’s probably going to follow the template. Tef is doing a lot of positive character development on fleet commander Keylessae which probably signals she will be the new matriarch. I doubt Valeria will survive since she is evil. After John claims the red thralls they will be hard coded to obey him. If he says to not kill anyone they won’t, even the ones whose souls have turned black. That solves the immediate problems. Of course they won’t leave it at that. There will be a lot of nymph kisses as they rescue fleets marooned all over Maliri space. Nymph kisses will bond everyone to John so he can fix the rest of the problems, like the desire to kill other thralls on sight. The really bad girls will get the Emandra Holaris treatment.

slashdot56

Know it's not much, decided to up my level to Cyborg Assassin, hoping every little bit helps.

BrianM

I really enjoy reading TSM along with Tefler's story telling style and imagination and I have consequently been diligently maintaining my patronage at Progenitor level but I sure hope Tefler catches up on all the placeholder chapters real soon.

Gky

Hope you're healthy and get caught up soon.

Panamera

Agreed! I enjoy the imagination and expanse of the TSM series, and hope you find solid health and life stability to continue growing your fanbase. Thanks, Tefler!

Jeff Combes

Tefler, though I love reading what you have been writing, I’m concerned with the amount of placeholder pre charges that keep coming regardless of apologizing each time. So with the recent pre charges current money from subscribers is above $29,000.00 and will probably climb again when the next one starts. You quit you regular job to write full time. I hope you are getting well but I’m now 66 and not getting any younger. For all of us old farts who enjoy your writings please either join team procrastination and pay the correct dues, which requires you to catch up on current pre charges and continue but not precharging for future chapter.

Jeff Combes

I think that if he is sick then he should have health insurance that helps him cover income and medical.

Jeff Combes

seems to me that we are a cash cow right now and as his employer I want to see results, not promises that he will produce.

Jeff Combes

Although, I guess that with the other 4489 paid members we could all stop paying until new chapters come out as some have already done.

Jeff Combes

Then the job becomes a must produce to earn cash, instead of I can get prepaid month after month.

Bigfoot

I understand the frustration in waiting for new chapters. In fact, I died before the last Harry Potter book (Deathly Hallows) was released. Man, I would have loved to have read that...

LuxVeritas

FYI You can now block users by clicking on their icon and selecting "... More" and then "Block" in their profile. So far I've got PLRus, Florida Reader, TeflerFan007 and I'm sure a few more self-righteous, deluded brigaders will follow. Keep up the rhetoric guys, avoid all critical thought and common sense! Post below for easier identification, thank you kindly.

Robert Hibbs

I do not read each chapter as it is released - I wait and do a marathon catch up. I just finished chapters 160-168. Great story. However, I have got to say I'm really disgusted with John's compulsion to save the enemy thralls at the expense of added danger to his own people. It doesn't even make sense from story mechanic perspective. Trying to wound somebody that is trying to kill you is like asking for suicide. And, just because you disable the vehicle does not mean the passengers quit fighting. As long as they are alive, you cannot turn your back on them. How could you move forward in a battle? The result is that John's concern makes it safer for the enemy than for his troops. Totally unbelievable.

MVFast

Thoughts… Humans. Basically a mostly “non-color coded” “Maliri” with progenitor alterations removed. The Ashanath. An experiment in collective consciousness by Mael’nerak. He wanted to learn something that wasn’t encoded in his DNA. Therefore, no other Progenitor would have experience or knowledge about them. The Drakkar. A “new” or “non-standard” creation as an emergency response in the “War of the Heavens”. The Trankarans. Hmmm. Their origins aren’t as clear. Yes, Mael’nerak created them, but… did he do so “from scratch”? After all, Larn’kelnar knew he could turn one into a “Glowing Queen”. How did he know that? The Lenarrans. “Still functioning after all these years…” (The Deep Lords nymph) The implication is they may be standard practice amongst progenitors to spy on other civilizations. Nexus He, too, may be a Mael’nerak original. Faye once wondered about the possibility of machine civilizations. They would be of no use to the astral monsters, but they would want progenitors to have a quick way to eliminate machine civilizations as a distraction. That brings up another point. Do all species with a soul feed the astral monsters? Or, more likely, only those with a link to a progenitor?

MVFast

More thoughts… Faye. This is something Tefler has almost assuredly thought of, and maybe he’s even written outlines of her abilities for future chapters. Once John starts filling her up with cum, what will her specialty be? My thoughts are something paralleling Irillith, allowing her access to the cyber realm. Irillith once said "Faye would be the most sensible choice to accompany me, but I'm using psychic abilities to remotely hack these networks; I'm not sure how she'd be able to join me."

Michael56Smith

-- and one of my 'what if' thoughts was did Mael'nerak ever put his mind to investigating the Shroud? Is there buried information concerning it in the massive Nexus data? And did he reach a dead-end that Dana could overcome? ;-) ttfn

Ralf

Will tefler address his blatant lies and broken promises today ? Doubt it

IntoTheAbyss

WOW, The world is filled with so many critics and so few creators. Tefler, you are on a path, and no one can begin to understand the twists and turns both scene and unseen. Thank you for sharing the wonders of your mind, knowing that when the time is right the universe will deliver. * Thinking of all the times the Grand Engineering Overlord "Had a Moment of Greatness!" * Bravo

Randy

really hate authors that do placeholder posts. Just change to a monthly subscription only and those that like and enjoy the work will keep paying and those that seem to think they have to get a chapter every month or the world will end won't have to be disappointed if a chapter misses a week / month / whatever

Jeff

so it took over a month to write like 20 paragraphs to finish the chapter? it was a 10 minute read, you came back firing 2 fantastic chapters every other week and i was more than happy to prepay for placeholders, but now you're going back to your original M-O, c'mon man. We love your story, we love you, we're not going anywhere but you need to step up, do your job, and be better. Looking forward to the next chapter, hopefully not another month away!

Unresolved Plots

Some people seem incapable of understanding nuance in writing and reading between the lines. Tefler in his updated Ch.168 post today has pretty much stated that he has 169 ready to go. Just have a bit more patience and I'm sure it will be published soon.

Tefler fan

My biggest problem with placeholders is that you are only getting paid by stealing money from future months. I want to pay $2-4 this month and every month. I wish that you chose the other payment model when setting up your Patreon account.

Michael56Smith

-- 06/30/24, .... a half chapter of #169 drops, so we are at 3/4 of a chapter now, .... by the end of July we should see the completed chapter #169 and perhaps a chapter or two more, ... get well soon Tef, ... ;-) ttfn