Genre Shorties Week 80: Crystal

Cool! I was trying to decide whether "skip" is likely a word for an as yet imaginary craft, or if it's a typo for "ship". Cool either way.

I figured "skip" was the nickname given to the time travel jump (or whatever time travel events will be called in the era of time travel).

Ah! The Alderson Drive!

Yes, your both on the right track.
In this case a skip is the protective pod or transport that the time traveler rides/navigates in during the journey. The university can't afford to give all of it's students Deloreans with flux capacitors and Mr. Fusions - nor would they want to! :~D

Skips in the real world are small flat bottomed boats that you punt in (pushing along the river bottom with a stick) or if your in Britain its slang for the dumpster, either way skip (unless your a little girl) seems to mean a box like conveyance.

Thanks John, really glad you like it!

We called them "punt boats".

Right, a punt.

No risk is too great in the face of love.

Such a romantic!

Besides, it is one definite way to avoid repaying those pesky student loans.

Thank you Mike

Does orange pudding happen to taste like oranges? Hmmm.

Not if it's made from Tang . . . bleh!

Thanks Angela

I like Tang

Then you can have my share. Now you can go to the store and buy twice as much Tang for the next 50 years, knowing that you will not be depriving one other person on the planet the chance to say blech! :~)

he, he. I think I will!

I'm envious. I would love to have a tour of the Crystal Palace, especially if I could bring my camera along.

I made a model of it for an architectural history class long ago. Your tour would have taken all day! Two full grown trees sat in the middle of the apse, both brought in with root balls intact on horse drawn wagons.

Thank you Kay, hope you and the husband have booted the bug!

I don't think I'd sleep either. Great story.

He's taking on a lot isn't he?

Thank you Pam

I believe your mind and eyes only saw 'her.'

Good catch William.
He's the stereotypical young man infatuated with what he has yet to experience. He sees only the outside, but has not prepared himself for the person she could be or for that matter exposing himself to a new life that he might not be able to handle.

Thank you

What's it all about, Alfie?

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1 [it] Show IPA pronoun, nominative it, possessive its or ( Obsolete or Dialect ) it, objective it; plural nominative they, possessive their or theirs, objective them; noun
pronoun. Def.: (used to represent an inanimate thing understood, previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context): It has whitewall tires and red upholstery. You can't tell a book by its cover.
2. (used to represent a person or animal understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned whose gender is unknown or disregarded): It was the largest ever caught off the Florida coast. Who was it? It was John. The horse had its saddle on.
3. (used to represent a group understood or previously mentioned): The judge told the jury it must decide two issues.
4. (used to represent a concept or abstract idea understood or previously stated): It all started with Adam and Eve. He has been taught to believe it all his life.
5. (used to represent an action or activity understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned): Since you don't like it, you don't have to go skiing.
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noun
13. (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
14. Slang .
a. sex appeal.
b. sexual intercourse.
Idioms
15. get with it, Slang . to become active or interested: He was warned to get with it or resign.
16. have it, Informal .
a. to love someone: She really has it bad for him.
b. to possess the requisite abilities for something; be talented, adept, or proficient: In this business youeither have it or you don't.
17
with it, Slang .
a. aware of the latest fads, fashions, etc.; up-to-date.
b. attentive or alert: I'm just not with it early in the morning.
c. understanding or appreciative of something, as jazz.
d. Carnival Slang . being a member of the carnival.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, variant of Middle English, Old English hit, neuter of he1
Usage note See me.
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it: [it] Show IPA noun British Informal . sweet vermouth: gin and it.
Origin: 1930–35; It ( alian vermouth )
It: Italian ( def. 3 ) .
IT: information technology.
It.:
1. Italian.
2. Italy.
it's: [its] Show IPA
1. contraction of it is: It's starting to rain.
2. contraction of it has: It's been a long time.
Can be confused: it's, its.
Usage note
See contraction.
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it 1 (ɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
— pron
1. refers to a nonhuman, animal, plant, or inanimate thing, or sometimes to a small baby: it looks dangerous ; give it a bone
2. refers to an unspecified or implied antecedent or to a previous or understood clause, phrase, etc: it is impossible ; I knew it
3. used to represent human life or experience either in totality or in respect of the present situation: how's it going? ; I've had it ; to brazen it out
4. used as a formal subject (or object), referring to a following clause, phrase, or word: it helps to know the truth ; I consider it dangerous to go on
5. used in the nominative as the formal grammatical subject of impersonal verbs. When it functions absolutely in such sentences, not referring to any previous or following clause or phrase, the context is nearly always a description of the environment or of some physical sensation: it is raining ; it hurts
6. informal ( used as complement with be ) the crucial or ultimate point: the steering failed and I thought that was it
— n
7. Compare he (in children's games) the player whose turn it is to try to touch another
8. informal
a. sexual intercourse
b. sex appeal
9. informal a desirable quality or ability: he's really got it
[Old English hit ]
it 2
— the internet domain name for Italy
IT
— abbreviation for information technology
it: O.E. hit, neut. nom. & acc. of third pers. sing. pronoun, from P.Gmc. demonstrative base *khi- (cf. O.Fris. hit, Du. het, Goth. hita "it"), which is also the root of he. As gender faded in M.E., it took on the meaning "thing or animal spoken about before." The h- was lost due to being in an unemphasized
IT definition
1. Information Technology.
2. Internal Translator.
it definition networking
The country code for Italy.

and don't call me Alfie.

good day

The Crystal Palace...a perfect setting to enjoy a heady infatuation through time!

It would be a pretty cool setting for historical romance wouldn't it?
Somewhere in time did that with Mackinaw Island and their never ending porch!

Thank you Liz

Very nice, very visual -- well done.

As the saying goes "Write what you know."

Thank you Tracy