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Sunday Morning Book Thread 12-08-2019
John K King Used Books, Detroit, MI
Pic Note: This used book shop is just yuuge:
John K. King started in the book business when he was just a teenager in 1965. Since then, he has continually advanced in the field; starting out selling books out of the trunk of his 1954 Packard to present day, offering over a million titles that can only be housed within four expansive floors of seemingly endless shelves.You could probably spend a week in there and not get to the end of it.
It Pays To Increase Your Word Power®
The Icelandic word GLUGGAVEĐUR means ‘weather that looks appealing from inside, but would be unpleasant to be outside in’. It literally means ‘window-weather’. pic.twitter.com/jIxjhqrYYq
— Haggard Hawks ???? (@HaggardHawks) November 23, 2019
Sometimes 'Free' Is Worth the Price
OM, since you often recommend Kindle versions of books, I wanted to (briefly this time) mention my frustration with Kindle for NOT making available the versions of some books that I'm seeking, but instead making ONLY a version that is sometimes poorly edited and constructed.I have downloaded free ebooks from Amazon that were formatted so poorly as to be virtually unreadable. I'm sure Amazon has been made aware for this, but by nobody loud enough, so I doubt anything is ever going to be done about it. This is a site called Standard Ebooks, which is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free.
And they do some bait and switching with it, as in you'll see the version want in print, then you click on the "Kindle Edition," and it's not only not the same version, but you don't discover that until you read the comments where buyers are furious about it.
Anyone ever mention this to Amazon? I mean anyone with a media voice, and has Amazon ever addressed the topic themselves? It strikes me as shoddy business practice.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 01, 2019 11:39 AM (hku12)
Ebook projects like Project Gutenberg transcribe ebooks and make them available for the widest number of reading devices. Standard Ebooks takes ebooks from sources like Project Gutenberg, formats and typesets them using a carefully designed and professional-grade style manual, fully proofreads and corrects them, and then builds them to create a new edition that takes advantage of state-of-the-art ereader and browser technology.It's all open-source stuff. Authors, editors, proofreaders, and other interested parties can look at their typography manual in order to produce works in accordance with their standard. The downside here is that Standard Ebooks' catalog is currently very tiny: only a few hundred books. They're adding books, but the progress is very slow. I think what they're doing is a great idea, but they've got a lot of work ahead of them to catch up with Amazon.
At Standard Ebooks, we do a careful and complete readthrough of each ebook before releasing it, checking it against a scan of the original pages to fix as many typos as possible. Even if we do miss something, our ebooks are stored in the hugely popular Git source control system, allowing anyone to easily submit a correction.
Morons On the Loose
All Good Used Bookstores Have Taxidermy
Apparently, there was an unauthorized Mo-Me in Detroit last week, wherein a motley crew of morons invaded the John K King Bookstore.
I spent yesterday afternoon with fellow Morons at John King Books in Detroit, a four-layer cake of used and rare books...I can imagine another version of someone asking a clerk for help in that store:
One could happily spend an entire afternoon in one tiny section of this store. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable. "Where are your cheesy sci-fi paperbacks with Bug-eyed Monsters and chicks in brass bras?" "Right this way, Madam."
Shibumi spent a good half hour reading naughty Victorian limericks aloud.
Posted by: Cardinal Eris (weapons: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, fanatical devotion to the Pope) at December 01, 2019 09:27 AM (Dc2NZ)
"Where are your fantasy novels when the world was young, and strong men walked the earth, large, hairy, muscle-bound barbarians with massive thews, bulging biceps, and thighs like oak trees, clad in fabulously furry loin cloths?"I just hope none of the morons got lost and are still in the store somewhere.
"Right over here, Mr. Buttigieg."
More On Boggies From 'Bored of the Rings'
All boggies originally lived in holes, which is after all hardly surprising for creatures on a first-name basis with rats. In Dildo’s time, their abodes were for the most part built above ground in the manner of elves and men, but these still retained many of the features of their traditional homes and were indistinguishable from the dwellings of those species whose chief function is to meet their makers, around August, deep in the walls of old houses. As a rule, they were dumpling-shaped, built of mulch, silt, stray divots, and other seasonal deposits, often whitewashed by irregular pigeons. Consequently, most boggie towns looked as though some very large and untidy creature, perhaps a dragon, had quite recently suffered a series of disappointing bowel movements in the vicinity.
Who Dis:
The last 'who dis' I did, a couple of weeks ago, was a photo of Shirley MacLaine
Moron Recommendations
BTW, I'm a fan of Kissinger and have a copy of his Diplomacy on my bookshelf. Very good overview of power politics.Ah, Henry the K. Haven't heard his name in a looong time. Let's take a look at Diplomacy, which was published in 1994. The Amazon blurb is pretty lame, and doesn't tell you much, so I just grabbed one of the 5-star reader reviews that looked to be a lot more informative:
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 01, 2019 11:05 AM (cfSRQ)
The Study of PeaceLooks like Diplomacy is OOP. But used hardbacks can he purchased starting at $6.27. But beware of the $11.99 Kindle edition:
The study of history often seems to be preoccupied with war. Henry Kissinger corrects the imbalance with his authoritative account of the people who ended wars and preserved the peace, from the time of Napoleon to end of the Cold War. The book is dedicated “to the men and women of the Foreign Service.”
He starts with the Peace of Westphalia and the Congress of Vienna, which pacified Europe for more than one hundred years. In the twentieth century, he is obliged to recount more wars, which he attributes to failures of the Wilsonian approach, and then the mixed success of Kennan’s containment theory.
Kissinger obviously prefers realpolitik, and he mocks the “theological” and “psychological” schools of international relations. He nonetheless admires the United States for its idealistic approach, conceding that no other approach is compatible with America’s core values.
The material on New World Order feels dated, but still a good analysis considering the book came out in 1994. As a history book, Diplomacy amply demonstrates the importance of studying how peace has been maintained in the past, that we may have more of it in future.
The Kindle version, because it leaves out 12 pages of maps, I rate at 2 stars. It is really annoying to buy a book and then find out you've been short changed. The seller should be required to inform the buyer that the Kindle version has been abridged.This sounds like the tomfoolery with e-versions that BurtTC was complaining about. Like him or hate him, I would think that Kissinger's stature is such that anything he writes on the subject of international relations is worth reading. Exit question: Was Kissinger a globalist, a nationalist, or is trying to fit him into one of those categories a bit anachronistic? ___________
I found Caedfel disappointing. The sensibility was too modern. (And I figured it out too early.)I had never heard of this author or Sister Frevisse, so I went looking, and found a lot. The first one is The Novice's Tale:
Posted by: Eeyore at December 01, 2019 09:57 AM (ZbwAu)
You may like Margaret Frazer's Sister Frevisse series.
Posted by: artemis at December 01, 2019 11:05 AM (AwPyG)
In the fair autumn of Our Lord's grace 1431, the nuns of England's St. Frideswide's prepare for the simply ceremonies in which the saintly novice Thomasine will take her holy vows. But their quiet lives of beauty and prayer are thrown into chaos by the merciless arrival of Lady Ermentrude Fenner and her retinue of lusty men, sinful women, and baying hounds. The hard-drinking dowager even keeps a pet monkey for her amusement. She demands wine, a feast...There are 17 installments in this series. The Kindle editions appear to be reasonably priced, some for as low as $2.99. The author passed in 2013. ___________ And speaking of medieval mysteries:
And her niece, the angelic Thomasine.
The lady desires to enrich herself and her reputation by arranging a marriage for the devout novice. She cares nothing for the panic and despair she leaves behind her.
But all her cruel and cunning schemes are brought to a sudden end with strange and most unnatural murder.
As suspicious eyes turn on the pious Thomasine, it falls to Sister Frevisse, hosteler of the priory and amateur detective, to unravel the webs of unholy passion and dark intrigue that entangle the novice and prove her innocence... or condemn her.
78 Reading "Thirteenth Night: A Fool's Guild Medieval Mystery " by Alan Gordon, a clever mystery sequel to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The Fools Guild is an organization used to keep order in medieval Europe, under cover that Fools (entertainers in many ways) can go anywhere and not be noticed. That sounds overly simple but Gordon's writing is observant, sophisticated, and has just the right amount of humor. The take off on Shakespeare adds to the appeal for me.Thirteenth Night: A Fool's Guild Medieval Mystery:
If the stories keep up to this level, I'll end up reading the entire series. So far, it is very enjoyable.
Posted by: JTB at December 01, 2019 09:48 AM (bmdz3)
Twelfth Night is for revelry, Thirteenth Night is for revelations...There are 8 novels in this series, most of which are $7.99 on Kindle. ___________
"Orsino is dead." The message sends the jester Feste, disguised as a German merchant, back to the duchy where, years earlier, he had foiled the plans of Saladin's agent, Malvolio, and secured the duchy for Orsino and his bride, Viola. As agent of the Fool's Guild, Feste must uncover the cause of Orsino's death, be it accidental, suicide, or murder. Has Malvolio returned to win the revenge he swore? Or has another, more sinister cabal plunged the duchy into political upheaval?
Books By Morons I have a couple of new (to me) moron authors this week. First up is Holly LeRoy (a 'ron, not an 'ette) whose latest book is You Kill Me (A Lt. Eve Sharpe Thriller):
LIEUTENANT EVE SHARPE should have seen the avalanche of trouble headed her way but events had dulled her edge and crumbled her foundation of toughness. With the press and politicians all coming for her, Eve begins to question whether she is really a cold blooded murderer or simply losing her mind. Was it an officer involved shooting gone wrong? An honest mistake? Or, something much, much worse?The Kindle version is only 99 cents, so what can you lose? Also, visit Holly's Amazon page and check out his other books, including Street Crimes, a 21,000 word short-story collection that is "...sometimes funny, sometimes disconcerting, sometimes plain terrifying. Perfect if you like action-packed suspense."
There's one thing for sure, it has turned the Chicago Police Department upside down, and Lieutenant Eve Sharpe's life along with it.
___________ Moron author Matt Thomas tells me that he found AoSHQ about a year ago which he says he visits
...several times a day. I love the political commentary yet the library, prayer, cooking and pet threads remind me that life is so much more than politics.His third book, Arcade, has just been released.
In the near-future, our technology centered world is reduced to a pre-industrial state. Explosions around the globe generate electromagnetic pulses that destroy every piece of technology using electronic circuits. Silicon Valley is not immune to the chaos that erupts. In the ruins of the world's technology hub, society's remnants focus on survival.The Kirkus review says it "appeals to those who like stories such as Ready Player One, Alien and Interstellar." You can get the Kindle version for $2.99. Matt is also the author of the sci-fi thrillers Seeing By Moonlight and A Sickness in Time. ___________ So that's all for this week. As always, book thread tips, suggestions, bribes, insults, threats, ugly pants pics and moron library submissions may be sent to OregonMuse, Proprietor, AoSHQ Book Thread, at the book thread e-mail address: aoshqbookthread, followed by the 'at' sign, and then 'G' mail, and then dot cee oh emm. What have you all been reading this week? Hopefully something good, because, as you all know, life is too short to be reading lousy books.
In the final days before the Change, retired FBI agent Walter Jackson pursues his estranged wife and daughter from Memphis to the Bay Area. His return home now impossible, Walter survives by working for the local police while still seeking his family. He discovers a high-tech company that still operates with food, power and a mission that reaches far beyond our solar system. Its leader, Sloan Holt, is also driven by the need to recover a loved one.
Walter and Sloan collaborate, but other dangers put them at risk - from an industrialist who sees opportunity in the chaos to unknown forces from an alien world. The game of survival is being played out in an apocalyptic arcade.
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(h/t hogmartin for his John King Bookstore photos. More here.)
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Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:01 AM (7EjX1)
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Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:01 AM (arJlL)
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Wow! First! That doesn't happen often. Now for the content.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:02 AM (7EjX1)
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Second?
Posted by: Gultig at December 08, 2019 09:02 AM (kDOvd)
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I'm amazed a gem like that used book store can exist in Detroit. The parts of the city I've seen looked like Dresden in 1945.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:05 AM (7EjX1)
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Paul Newman makes a so-so salad dressing.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2019 09:06 AM (Z4rgH)
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Despite its name, Iceland isn't really that cold. A typical winter day in Reykjavik is no worse than Boston or NYC.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 09:06 AM (Xiixu)
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A uplifting and helpful book for Christians "How Happiness Happens" by retired pastor and devotional writer, Max Lucado. I particularly recommend his sections on "how to get to know people" (that's not the exact title, but it's close) and "How not to pet the peeves" which is something most of us can use help in. I know that I can.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2019 09:07 AM (WI7YS)
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Yay Book Thread. Thank you OM. Tolle Lege!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 08, 2019 09:07 AM (IttZ7)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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5 I'm amazed a gem like that used book store can exist in Detroit. The parts of the city I've seen looked like Dresden in 1945.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:05 AM (7EjX1)
A lot of Michigan cities look that way. There are plenty of derelict houses being demolished all over the state.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:05 AM (7EjX1)
A lot of Michigan cities look that way. There are plenty of derelict houses being demolished all over the state.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 09:08 AM (U7k5w)
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Honestly, it doesn't look like Mr. King sells many books. How's he stay in business?
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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Those pants are fine. Like the hat too.
Posted by: Kwai Chang Caine Gazelle hybrid at December 08, 2019 09:09 AM (Tnijr)
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12 Honestly, it doesn't look like Mr. King sells many books. How's he stay in business?
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
To spite Bezos and Barnes and Noble
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)
To spite Bezos and Barnes and Noble
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 09:10 AM (U7k5w)
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Paul Finebaum.
Posted by: BignJames at December 08, 2019 09:10 AM (X/Pw5)
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Has anyone read the new John Le Carre Agent Running in the Field? Only a little ways in and finding it boring and characters uninteresting. Does it get better or should I give it up?
Posted by: Sharon at December 08, 2019 09:10 AM (QzF6i)
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I have been able to find a ha dual of good new indie authors by reverse searching the kindle syfy listing by price. Look for the free kindle books with high counts of 4 and 5 star ratings.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 08, 2019 09:11 AM (VcFUs)
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Hanging out with some morons at a good used bookstore sounds like a fun way to spend the afternoon.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 08, 2019 09:11 AM (EZebt)
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Never mind the pants, I want that hat.
Big pimping y'all!
Another Icelandic word is "Gunt". Something you don't want to see out your window and something you definitely don't want to be in.
Big pimping y'all!
Another Icelandic word is "Gunt". Something you don't want to see out your window and something you definitely don't want to be in.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 08, 2019 09:12 AM (Z+IKu)
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Paul Newman makes a so-so salad dressing.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2019 09:06 AM (Z4rgH)
Wonder if he'd ever tasted it.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2019 09:06 AM (Z4rgH)
Wonder if he'd ever tasted it.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)
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I read The Daylight War by Peter Brett. This is the third volume of the Demon Cycle series. Part of this book is used to fill the back story of some of the main characters, but the story moves along as humans fight for survival versus the coreling demons. Most importantly, the battle between two candidates for the title of Deliverer is settled. A very good fantasy series.
Posted by: Zoltan at December 08, 2019 09:13 AM (8jlwn)
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Paul Newman was very sexy in his prime.
Posted by: Sharon at December 08, 2019 09:14 AM (QzF6i)
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Like him or hate him, I would think that Kissinger's stature is such that anything he writes on the subject of international relations is worth reading.
I'll go with hate. Largely due to him, we now have a powerful and fuckin' crazy geopolitical foe, China.
Thanks, momzer.
I'll go with hate. Largely due to him, we now have a powerful and fuckin' crazy geopolitical foe, China.
Thanks, momzer.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2019 09:14 AM (Z4rgH)
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FIRST +
Posted by: vmom, anti-vahzist at December 08, 2019 09:14 AM (G546f)
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That is how I stumbled onto the Jamie McFarland "privateer" series.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 08, 2019 09:15 AM (VcFUs)
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The Churchill shelf is timely for me. I recently re-read the Tudor part of "The History of the English Speaking Peoples" to get Churchill's perspective on it again since I'd been in a Tudor biography mood recently (Children of Henry VIII, Elizabeth, and Mary Queen of Scots). Winnie didn't waste much time with historical figures he didn't like, so not much about Mary QoS.
The Mary biography I read was John Guy's, which seems well reviewed. My take was that she wasn't as big a dimwit as I'd previously thought, but Guy is nonetheless much too forgiving of her flaws, IMO.
I also thought it was interesting that the people who knew her best (her French Guise relations, the Scottish lairds) were the last to rush to support her. Quite the opposite of Elizabeth.
The Mary biography I read was John Guy's, which seems well reviewed. My take was that she wasn't as big a dimwit as I'd previously thought, but Guy is nonetheless much too forgiving of her flaws, IMO.
I also thought it was interesting that the people who knew her best (her French Guise relations, the Scottish lairds) were the last to rush to support her. Quite the opposite of Elizabeth.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 08, 2019 09:16 AM (S+f+m)
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Good morning, all the Horde! A late day for me today, totally exhausted yesterday after a day in the Author Corral at Goliad's Christmas on the Square festival. I looked back in my archives, and it looks like our first stay in the Corral was in 2010. I've done it every year since then, even that awful time when it was 20 degrees with a gale blowing, and everyone packed in in because of a possible ice storm around midday. The weather was beautiful yesterday, there were crowds of people - and I made out very well with the books that I had. Oddly enough, the buyers all wanted the historical novels, not so much the Luna City series, although the Square in Goliad (less the courthouse in the center) is the model for Luna City's Town Square. BTW, the print versions of the two Luna City compendium collections are up, although they still need to be added to my author page - and I've put up a story from the next volume on the lunacitytexas.com website.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at December 08, 2019 09:16 AM (xnmPy)
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The bacon is on.
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:17 AM (arJlL)
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I would like to learn Icelandic. It's supposed to be the closest language to proto-English/Norse/German extant.
As a first step, I am wearing a toasty warm Icelandic wool sweater.
As a first step, I am wearing a toasty warm Icelandic wool sweater.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (gd9RK)
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Meeting my book club tonight to discuss "Death comes for the Archbishop" by Willa Cather. A bit slow moving, but packed with color, atmosphere and characterization about missionaries in the west in the 19th century.
I really like this club because I've read authors/books I wouldn't ordinarily choose (Willa Cather is okay, John Updike was a bust).
Most of all, I love the group because all members will never EVER choose Michelle Obama's memoirs. Our group was specifically organized to exclude lefty/prog BS. It's refreshing in Deep Blue NYC.
I really like this club because I've read authors/books I wouldn't ordinarily choose (Willa Cather is okay, John Updike was a bust).
Most of all, I love the group because all members will never EVER choose Michelle Obama's memoirs. Our group was specifically organized to exclude lefty/prog BS. It's refreshing in Deep Blue NYC.
Posted by: vivi at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (11H2y)
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I check the Kindle Daily Deals each morning. Most times there is nothing of interest but sometimes there's a gem. However, it seems most offerings are romances, just short of the bodice ripper category. (Makes you wonder about Feminazi numbers, unless they are the buyers.) There are so many it's annoying to have to plow through them. But I noticed certain themes. If I were to write the ultimate such romance, it would be something like:
A billionaire cowboy Highlander rescues the girl from danger and/or loneliness (or both) who is invariably bare foot whether walking on a beach or fleeing, looking back over her shoulder, across a glacier studded with sharp stones. Whatever, she must be bare foot. Not sure why. They end up getting married after many difficulties solved by the billionaire's rippling muscles, and use of a broadsword while riding a horse, and economic accumen. The end.
A billionaire cowboy Highlander rescues the girl from danger and/or loneliness (or both) who is invariably bare foot whether walking on a beach or fleeing, looking back over her shoulder, across a glacier studded with sharp stones. Whatever, she must be bare foot. Not sure why. They end up getting married after many difficulties solved by the billionaire's rippling muscles, and use of a broadsword while riding a horse, and economic accumen. The end.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (7EjX1)
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Also re Kissinger, I'd like to point out that Karl Marx and Jonah Goldberg also wrote a buncha words, ...
And their squeakholes need a tuneup.
And their squeakholes need a tuneup.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2019 09:19 AM (Z4rgH)
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I have Geronimo by Mike Leach loaned to me to read. Haven't started it yet.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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The bacon is on.
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:17 AM (arJlL)
What channel?
Posted by: Sponge
Split screen: some on my plate; some still in da pan.
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:17 AM (arJlL)
What channel?
Posted by: Sponge
Split screen: some on my plate; some still in da pan.
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:24 AM (arJlL)
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JT "The bacon is on"
YOU? why then I'll have a MOOSE_WORTHY PORTION, and a side of everthing ,booze included...chop chop Oh and them too...........
you gonna waffle out of this WIN WIN?
JT "The bacon is on"
YOU? why then I'll have a MOOSE_WORTHY PORTION, and a side of everthing ,booze included...chop chop Oh and them too...........
you gonna waffle out of this WIN WIN?
Posted by: saf at December 08, 2019 09:24 AM (5IHGB)
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Icelandic passed an qual pay law recently. My LinkedIn feed was abuzz with it. Yeay!! Equality!! Yet nobody could really answer the question of how do you define equality, since there are 1000 variables that go into determining what someone should be paid.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 09:25 AM (Xiixu)
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read Monster Hunter Guardian which is Sarah Hoyt's venture into Correia's universe, and also iianm, the furst Monster Hunter from a female POV
liked it a lot
Also found an old Roger Zelazny at the library - A Night in the Lonesome October, which is a story from a dog familiar, interacting eith other familiars of some favorite Halloween baddies
liked it a lot
Also found an old Roger Zelazny at the library - A Night in the Lonesome October, which is a story from a dog familiar, interacting eith other familiars of some favorite Halloween baddies
Posted by: vmom, anti-vahzist at December 08, 2019 09:25 AM (G546f)
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I continue with the LOTR audio books which are turning out to be delightful. It takes longer than reading but that was part of the idea: to take my time and concentrate on the words and pacing. I'm curious about how the battle scenes will translate into audio. My only gripe is the audio version doesn't include the prologue and intro material. It starts with chapter one. I had to read the intro pages as they are part of the story for me.
I should check into other classics on audio CD to see if they are as good. Perhaps The Odyssey, Canterbury Tales, or Jules Verne stories would work in audio. I could look for audio of Shakespeare's sonnets but I have my own ideas about how they should sound.
The rest of the time I've been reading about hobby matters: fishing and shooting with black powder. Both are soothing topics.
I should check into other classics on audio CD to see if they are as good. Perhaps The Odyssey, Canterbury Tales, or Jules Verne stories would work in audio. I could look for audio of Shakespeare's sonnets but I have my own ideas about how they should sound.
The rest of the time I've been reading about hobby matters: fishing and shooting with black powder. Both are soothing topics.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:26 AM (7EjX1)
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I really liked the Cadfael series but the sensibility really is too modern. In one novel, two young lovers get it on in the church and Cadfael basically says no place is too holy to house love. Pretty sure this is not an accurate reflection of the sentiment of the times on that subject.
I read the Thirteenth Night book and hated it. I just didn't get into the story and I didn't care for the main character at all.
I have the Sister Frevisse on my to read list. I will have to move it up to my priority list and give it a shot.
In the same genre, the Owen Archer series and the Servant of the Crown series are good British medieval mystery series.
The Medicus series with Gaius Petreius Ruso is also very good, although it is set in Roman Britain, about a thousand years earlier than the others.
I read the Thirteenth Night book and hated it. I just didn't get into the story and I didn't care for the main character at all.
I have the Sister Frevisse on my to read list. I will have to move it up to my priority list and give it a shot.
In the same genre, the Owen Archer series and the Servant of the Crown series are good British medieval mystery series.
The Medicus series with Gaius Petreius Ruso is also very good, although it is set in Roman Britain, about a thousand years earlier than the others.
Posted by: Sisqui at December 08, 2019 09:28 AM (ienGK)
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Finally finished Richard the Third by Paul Murray Kendall.
Excellent history,
And, a moron, I forget which, asked me if the book covered whether or not Richard killed the young princes.
The book talks about several possibilities and, I think this is the most likely, the Duke of Buckingham, was, in the end, the person who did the deed, unbeknownst to Richard, because the Duke had his eye on the throne. Then, after he rebelled, his head was removed by Richard.
Best guess: Richard kept his own counsel fairly well, and, was the type of person who, since it happened during his reign, it was his fault, especially since, in the phrasing of the time, "he held the viper to his bosom."
Interesting read, and it appears the calumny heaped on Richard was, in a lot of ways, not as deserved as perceived and was done more to justify the reign of the Tudors.
Excellent history,
And, a moron, I forget which, asked me if the book covered whether or not Richard killed the young princes.
The book talks about several possibilities and, I think this is the most likely, the Duke of Buckingham, was, in the end, the person who did the deed, unbeknownst to Richard, because the Duke had his eye on the throne. Then, after he rebelled, his head was removed by Richard.
Best guess: Richard kept his own counsel fairly well, and, was the type of person who, since it happened during his reign, it was his fault, especially since, in the phrasing of the time, "he held the viper to his bosom."
Interesting read, and it appears the calumny heaped on Richard was, in a lot of ways, not as deserved as perceived and was done more to justify the reign of the Tudors.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 09:29 AM (WEBkv)
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There are books in Detroit? Used books? Used for what?
There are books in Detroit? Used books? Used for what?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 08, 2019 09:30 AM (pNxlR)
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That intersection looks familiar.
Too bad those types of bookshops are almost all gone.
GLUGGAVEDUR is hard to pronounce.
Paul Neman. He is famous for condiments.
Too bad those types of bookshops are almost all gone.
GLUGGAVEDUR is hard to pronounce.
Paul Neman. He is famous for condiments.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 09:30 AM (zr5Kq)
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Even if it's these pants, whose ugliness is excelled only by that hat, which looks like something they would use to hide a wireless router.
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I'm not saying it's aliens, but ...
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I'm not saying it's aliens, but ...
Posted by: ShainS at December 08, 2019 09:30 AM (WqPYg)
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30 The bacon is on.
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:17 AM (arJlL)
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The French Toast has syrup on it.
Repeat: the French Toast has syrup on it
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:17 AM (arJlL)
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The French Toast has syrup on it.
Repeat: the French Toast has syrup on it
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 09:31 AM (WEBkv)
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I've been lurking here for weeks. First time commenter. Love your [insert name of blog here} site. I wrote a book. Please buy it. And leave a review. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Self-published author who read the tips on how to increase sales at December 08, 2019 09:31 AM (m45I2)
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Haven't seen pictures of that "baby Yoda" thing before. Yoda had whites in his eyes, so I would take it as another horrible Disney redesign.
Diplomacy is Kissinger's best book; his first on nuclear weapons was bland and fairly useless even for when it was written. Diplomacy is entertaining and interesting, but you can also tell that he is a big fan of the notion that the world order has always been run and maintained by a few master statesmen, like Metternich, Bismarck and himself.
Diplomacy is Kissinger's best book; his first on nuclear weapons was bland and fairly useless even for when it was written. Diplomacy is entertaining and interesting, but you can also tell that he is a big fan of the notion that the world order has always been run and maintained by a few master statesmen, like Metternich, Bismarck and himself.
Posted by: MKoepf at December 08, 2019 09:31 AM (DfSI5)
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Also found an old Roger Zelazny at the library - A Night in the Lonesome October, which is a story from a dog familiar, interacting eith other familiars of some favorite Halloween baddies
Posted by: vmom, anti-vahzist at December 08, 2019 09:25 AM (G546f)
If held at gunpoint and forced to name ONE sci-fi author to begin with, Mr. Zelazny would be my answer.
Posted by: vmom, anti-vahzist at December 08, 2019 09:25 AM (G546f)
If held at gunpoint and forced to name ONE sci-fi author to begin with, Mr. Zelazny would be my answer.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2019 09:32 AM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: Baby it's GLUGGAVEDUR outside at December 08, 2019 09:33 AM (Tnijr)
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I read LOTR to my kids, and came away convinced that Tolkein wrote it to be read aloud. The cadences really sing, and you notice that parts of it are written in different meters.
In Real Life I'm a writer, and one thing I do in the final proofing before I send in a story or a book is to read it all aloud (whispered or muttered to spare my throat).
In Real Life I'm a writer, and one thing I do in the final proofing before I send in a story or a book is to read it all aloud (whispered or muttered to spare my throat).
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:33 AM (urZJh)
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Shibumi spent a good half hour reading naughty Victorian limericks aloud.
This surprises me, not.
Although, she was probably reciting them from memory.
Shibumi spent a good half hour reading naughty Victorian limericks aloud.
This surprises me, not.
Although, she was probably reciting them from memory.
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2019 09:34 AM (DJL/n)
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I don't know which is worse: that someone could imagine the 'these pants' outfit or that they found someone so desperate for money that he agreed to pose in it. He's obviously starving, looks like he has a 16 inch waist.
Perhaps LSD is making a comeback among clothing designers. How else to explain that hat. Or maybe the idea is to make burkas look not so bad by comparison.
Perhaps LSD is making a comeback among clothing designers. How else to explain that hat. Or maybe the idea is to make burkas look not so bad by comparison.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:34 AM (7EjX1)
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Aside from the pattern, I don't see anything to complain about regarding those pants. The hat looks like this is a boss villain in a Chinese fantasy martial arts movie.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:36 AM (urZJh)
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When I was a kid we read the picture book The Hobbit. I don't think we ever heard of LOTR.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 09:36 AM (n13/j)
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I also was disappointed in Cadfael because of the modern attitudes. That gets me about a lot of historical fiction, really. What I WANT is to get a real sense of what another time and place was like, not just watch a bunch of Current Year dipshits cosplaying.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:37 AM (urZJh)
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I would like to learn Icelandic. It's supposed to be the closest language to proto-English/Norse/German extant.
As a first step, I am wearing a toasty warm Icelandic wool sweater.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (gd9RK)
It's a weird language. People in Iceland seemingly are all very proficient in English but prefer to converse among themselves in Icelandic so I assume it's an expressive way to communicate.
As a first step, I am wearing a toasty warm Icelandic wool sweater.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (gd9RK)
It's a weird language. People in Iceland seemingly are all very proficient in English but prefer to converse among themselves in Icelandic so I assume it's an expressive way to communicate.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 09:38 AM (y7DUB)
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I have been working my way through a Baen anthology of Christopher Anvil's short stories (one of five by Baen by the way) called The Trouble With Aliens.
Anvil was a prolific writer for Astounding/Analog and he wrote a very humorous alien and spaceship stories, they all centered around perception, understanding, and the problem of seizing on a wrong idea and chasing yourself up a tree with it.
My favorite story in the anthology is Mission of Ignorance, where a very fresh 2nd LT is given the temporary rank of Sky Marshall and position of Minister Plenipotentiary, and sent to negotiate with the Aliens who have returned decades after providing Humanity with advanced computing technology, highly fertile food crops, effective birth control, and vague promises to return to invite Humanity into the Confederation of Worlds.
Everyone in the story is trying to pull a fast one, but the question is why, and for what end?
Anvil was a prolific writer for Astounding/Analog and he wrote a very humorous alien and spaceship stories, they all centered around perception, understanding, and the problem of seizing on a wrong idea and chasing yourself up a tree with it.
My favorite story in the anthology is Mission of Ignorance, where a very fresh 2nd LT is given the temporary rank of Sky Marshall and position of Minister Plenipotentiary, and sent to negotiate with the Aliens who have returned decades after providing Humanity with advanced computing technology, highly fertile food crops, effective birth control, and vague promises to return to invite Humanity into the Confederation of Worlds.
Everyone in the story is trying to pull a fast one, but the question is why, and for what end?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 09:38 AM (1glZx)
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I will repost some suggestions I gad fir grammie, in case anyone else is shopping for a 2nd - 3rd grader
for boys:
My weird school series by Gutman
Geronimo Stilton series (around the world adventures)
slightly more advanced reader skills-
Bailey school books
for girls:
Mercy Watson pig
Bunjitsu (girl)
also there's the Magic Tree House books
newer books at this level check out Branches by scholastic
And BTW I saw a pretty cool picture book for this age - Just Like Rube Goldberg by Sarah Aronson
for boys:
My weird school series by Gutman
Geronimo Stilton series (around the world adventures)
slightly more advanced reader skills-
Bailey school books
for girls:
Mercy Watson pig
Bunjitsu (girl)
also there's the Magic Tree House books
newer books at this level check out Branches by scholastic
And BTW I saw a pretty cool picture book for this age - Just Like Rube Goldberg by Sarah Aronson
Posted by: vmom, anti-vahzist at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (G546f)
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>Shibumi spent a good half hour reading naughty Victorian limericks aloud.
This surprises me, not.
Although, she was probably reciting them from memory.
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2019 09:34 AM (DJL/n)
The book had a glossary, in case you didn't know what all the words meant. Or didn't want to admit that you knew.
This surprises me, not.
Although, she was probably reciting them from memory.
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 08, 2019 09:34 AM (DJL/n)
The book had a glossary, in case you didn't know what all the words meant. Or didn't want to admit that you knew.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (t+qrx)
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Mentioning Zelazny brought back memories. Bought my first dog, a champion lab, after reading Nine Princes in Amber. Named him Corwin of Amber. Bought a female and the pair had four litters of puppies before I had to have hr spayed.
Posted by: Sharon at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (QzF6i)
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The four closest used book stores in my area are very, very liberal. Recently I went looking for a Thomas Sowell book and I had to explain who he is to the owner of one of the shops. The owner was an older woman, someone I would have expected to at least heard his name, but no. Same with Roger Scruton. Never heard of him!
Neither the Economics section, nor the Philosophy or Social Science sections had any books written by authors on the right side of the spectrum.
Books by Maya Angelou and Elizabeth Warren on display by the register, tho.
This is in a college town. Disheartening to say the least.
Neither the Economics section, nor the Philosophy or Social Science sections had any books written by authors on the right side of the spectrum.
Books by Maya Angelou and Elizabeth Warren on display by the register, tho.
This is in a college town. Disheartening to say the least.
Posted by: squeakywheel at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (cBpq4)
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Lot of Churchill on those shelves. All six volumes of his History of WWII, plus some others.
"In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill"
"In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill"
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (m45I2)
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44 ... "Interesting read, and it appears the calumny heaped on Richard was, in a lot of ways, not as deserved as perceived and was done more to justify the reign of the Tudors."
Blake, Since the topic interests you, check out "The Daughter of Time" by Josephine Tey. It's a delightful mystery dealing with the Richard III question.
Blake, Since the topic interests you, check out "The Daughter of Time" by Josephine Tey. It's a delightful mystery dealing with the Richard III question.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: BignJames at December 08, 2019 09:42 AM (X/Pw5)
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Blake, Since the topic interests you, check out "The Daughter of Time" by Josephine Tey. It's a delightful mystery dealing with the Richard III question.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (7EjX1)
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Thank you for the suggestion and the book has been ordered.
I'm not wedded to any particular period so much as I just like history.
Blake, Since the topic interests you, check out "The Daughter of Time" by Josephine Tey. It's a delightful mystery dealing with the Richard III question.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (7EjX1)
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Thank you for the suggestion and the book has been ordered.
I'm not wedded to any particular period so much as I just like history.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 09:42 AM (WEBkv)
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Has anyone read the new John Le Carre Agent Running in the Field? Only a little ways in and finding it boring and characters uninteresting. Does it get better or should I give it up?
Posted by: Sharon at December 08, 2019 09:10 AM (QzF6i)
It is one long anti-Brexit and anti-Trump diatribe, so it is not going to get better.
If you want some le Carre, read A Legacy of Spies instead. It is the conclusion to the Smiley series and the only decent book he has written since 9/11.
Or read some Charles McCarry or Len Deighton instead.
Posted by: Sharon at December 08, 2019 09:10 AM (QzF6i)
It is one long anti-Brexit and anti-Trump diatribe, so it is not going to get better.
If you want some le Carre, read A Legacy of Spies instead. It is the conclusion to the Smiley series and the only decent book he has written since 9/11.
Or read some Charles McCarry or Len Deighton instead.
Posted by: cool breeze at December 08, 2019 09:42 AM (UGKMd)
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I also was disappointed in Cadfael because of the
modern attitudes. That gets me about a lot of historical fiction,
really. What I WANT is to get a real sense of what another time and
place was like, not just watch a bunch of Current Year dipshits
cosplaying.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:37 AM (urZJh)
i dont' know what Cadfael is really. But I had the same experience trying to read Cain at Gettyburg by that awful Lt. Col. Everyone praised the book but it was obviously an anachronism. I hate when people try to put modern dialogue and modern issues into history.
That is one reason I couldn't get through the first ten minutes of Deadwood. I know many if not most loved the thing but it did not ring true to me. I might give the show another chance but something about it really bothered me. I have probably read over one hundred western novels, twenty academic histories of the Old West, and watched a hundred Western movies. Deadwood stood out in ten minutes as being something that came off as false and presentist. Others may disagree and that is fine.
modern attitudes. That gets me about a lot of historical fiction,
really. What I WANT is to get a real sense of what another time and
place was like, not just watch a bunch of Current Year dipshits
cosplaying.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:37 AM (urZJh)
i dont' know what Cadfael is really. But I had the same experience trying to read Cain at Gettyburg by that awful Lt. Col. Everyone praised the book but it was obviously an anachronism. I hate when people try to put modern dialogue and modern issues into history.
That is one reason I couldn't get through the first ten minutes of Deadwood. I know many if not most loved the thing but it did not ring true to me. I might give the show another chance but something about it really bothered me. I have probably read over one hundred western novels, twenty academic histories of the Old West, and watched a hundred Western movies. Deadwood stood out in ten minutes as being something that came off as false and presentist. Others may disagree and that is fine.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 09:43 AM (n13/j)
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Thanks. Was just looking for an excuse to stop reading it. Have two much better books in the queue including the next book in the Karin Slaughter Will Trnt series.
Posted by: Sharon at December 08, 2019 09:44 AM (QzF6i)
69
Lot of Churchill on those shelves. All six volumes of his History of WWII, plus some others.
"In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill"
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (m45I2)
We had his World War Two series and his famous History of the English Speaking Peoples growing up.
"In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill"
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (m45I2)
We had his World War Two series and his famous History of the English Speaking Peoples growing up.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 09:44 AM (n13/j)
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I finally finished Tom Jones. If I have any complaint it's that the book is so damn long that when you get to the end and everything is resolved to the gnat's eyelash, it involves characters from way back at the start about whom I've lost all memories of nuance. But that's a minor quibble in an essential early comedic romp. At the end Sophia was reticent about getting married to someone who fucked everything that moved until he proved he could curb his overeager johnson but then her father said "I want you hitched now" and she said "welp ok".
Have any of you read any other Fielding?
Have any of you read any other Fielding?
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 09:45 AM (y7DUB)
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54 Reading LOTR to kids aloud...
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I still recall Mom's voice reading "Tom Sawyer" to me as a five year old: "Tom! You Tom!" Twain was marvelous aloud.
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I still recall Mom's voice reading "Tom Sawyer" to me as a five year old: "Tom! You Tom!" Twain was marvelous aloud.
Posted by: FloridaMan at December 08, 2019 09:45 AM (B8eTP)
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Currently finishing up Douglas Brinkley's _American Moonshot_, which is good. I think I talked about it last week -- a good political history of the early manned space program, focusing on Kennedy. I find myself liking him more and more over time, despite the hagiography. I wish the Democrats hadn't decided to adopt Lee Harvey Oswald as their model.
Also an old SF potboiler by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund, _Find the Changeling_. Its very different from anything else by Benford I've read, but not in a good way. Two unpleasant mismatched buddy cops from a rather totalitarian future Earth are hunting a psychopathic shapeshifter on a remote colony world which is pretty dismal, too.
Also an old SF potboiler by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund, _Find the Changeling_. Its very different from anything else by Benford I've read, but not in a good way. Two unpleasant mismatched buddy cops from a rather totalitarian future Earth are hunting a psychopathic shapeshifter on a remote colony world which is pretty dismal, too.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:45 AM (urZJh)
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John le Carre just means John the Square. I don't get why people think that saying it in French classies it up.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 08, 2019 09:45 AM (gd9RK)
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I have always found LeCarre to be a tedious slog and don't think I ever actually finished one of his books. And the "Night Manager" adaptation with Dr. House was preposterously ridiculous in many ways. Meh.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 09:46 AM (m45I2)
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So, I am back to Richard Harding Davis. Found out that our public library system carries almost none of his titles. Can't understand it. Hemingway's are everywhere in every possible form - audio, large print, ebook, but not Davis'.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 09:47 AM (zr5Kq)
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This is in a college town. Disheartening to say the least.
Posted by: squeakywheel at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (cBpq4)
no chance they have heard of Thomas Sowell. That is by design. They probably know a lot about books, just not "those kind of books".
Posted by: squeakywheel at December 08, 2019 09:39 AM (cBpq4)
no chance they have heard of Thomas Sowell. That is by design. They probably know a lot about books, just not "those kind of books".
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 09:47 AM (n13/j)
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Morning Horde - Finished Slaughter-House by Dominic Pacyga this week. Tells the story of the Union Stockyards in Chicago. Overall, I liked it but his bias against the packers vs. the union interests showed through a bit too much for me. Still a good read. Began Little Ship, Big War by Stafford on Friday. VERY enjoyable so far.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 09:47 AM (Y4EXg)
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Most of all, I love the group because all members will never EVER choose Michelle Obama's memoirs. Our group was specifically organized to exclude lefty/prog BS. It's refreshing in Deep Blue NYC.
Posted by: vivi at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (11H2y)
Sounds very non-inclusive, H8ter! But great
The only Tolkien I've read to the grandsons was Roverandom.
Posted by: vivi at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (11H2y)
Sounds very non-inclusive, H8ter! But great
The only Tolkien I've read to the grandsons was Roverandom.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 09:47 AM (U7k5w)
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From what I am reading:
"It comes rather easy to most of us to make ourselves think a thing is good and nice when it would cost us something to think otherwise."
"It comes rather easy to most of us to make ourselves think a thing is good and nice when it would cost us something to think otherwise."
Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2019 09:48 AM (Tnijr)
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The book is so damn boring, I can't figure out why it was a most requested book at the library. The guy is a badminton champion......does anyone need to read more than that?
Posted by: Sharon at December 08, 2019 09:48 AM (QzF6i)
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I finished Homage to Catalonia, and haven't started anything new yet. I'm leaning towards more Orwell, because why not, but I found a hefty CS Lewis anthology that is calling me away. Maybe I'll just finish a few other projects first.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 09:50 AM (U7k5w)
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I am reading a book about the early saints and mystics of the Church and the glimpses they were given if Hell. Pretty scary stuff
Posted by: Jmel at December 08, 2019 09:51 AM (OeWgo)
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he guy is a badminton champion......does anyone need to read more than that?
*******
I saw the live theater adaptation of that. "Bye, Bye Birdie"
*******
I saw the live theater adaptation of that. "Bye, Bye Birdie"
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 09:51 AM (m45I2)
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50 I've been lurking here for weeks. First time commenter. Love your [insert name of blog here} site. I wrote a book. Please buy it. And leave a review. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Self-published author who read the tips on how to increase sales at December 08, 2019 09:31 AM (m45I2)
I very much enjoyed reading (Title) by (debut / veteran/ bestselling / beloved / controversial) writer (Name)
It was so
[ ] exciting
[ ] interesting
[ ] thought -provoking
[ ] romantic
[ ] relevant
[ ] woke
Read it today. Click my ads.
Posted by: Self-published author who read the tips on how to increase sales at December 08, 2019 09:31 AM (m45I2)
I very much enjoyed reading (Title) by (debut / veteran/ bestselling / beloved / controversial) writer (Name)
It was so
[ ] exciting
[ ] interesting
[ ] thought -provoking
[ ] romantic
[ ] relevant
[ ] woke
Read it today. Click my ads.
Posted by: reviews r us wholesale at December 08, 2019 09:51 AM (G546f)
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GLUGGAVEDUR
Sounds like a scotch.
Posted by: BignJames at December 08, 2019 09:42 AM (X/Pw5)
Or an Icelandic name - like Guomundur, Grimheidur.
Sounds like a scotch.
Posted by: BignJames at December 08, 2019 09:42 AM (X/Pw5)
Or an Icelandic name - like Guomundur, Grimheidur.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 09:52 AM (zr5Kq)
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Interesting read, and it appears the calumny heaped on Richard was, in a lot of ways, not as deserved as perceived and was done more to justify the reign of the Tudors."
So, it's the first season of Blackadder?
So, it's the first season of Blackadder?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2019 09:53 AM (eXA4G)
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The most annoying thing I read this week wasn't a book or an article, but a bumper sticker. I was behind a Prius (of course) with a sticker reading "I love Obama, and I think her husband is pretty good, too!"
It haunts me: someone out there, evidently able to own and operate a car, presumably with a job, maybe with a family, is nevertheless stupid enough to a) believe that idiocy, and b) feel the need to advertise it to the world.
I console myself with the thought that it's probably just virtue-signalling. The Prius driver put that sticker on the car so everyone would know she (gotta be a woman) has the Correct Thoughts for the Current Year. But deep down inside she knows it's a lie, and maybe despises herself a little? One can hope.
It haunts me: someone out there, evidently able to own and operate a car, presumably with a job, maybe with a family, is nevertheless stupid enough to a) believe that idiocy, and b) feel the need to advertise it to the world.
I console myself with the thought that it's probably just virtue-signalling. The Prius driver put that sticker on the car so everyone would know she (gotta be a woman) has the Correct Thoughts for the Current Year. But deep down inside she knows it's a lie, and maybe despises herself a little? One can hope.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:54 AM (urZJh)
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"he guy is a badminton champion......does anyone need to read more than that?
*******
I saw the live theater adaptation of that. "Bye, Bye Birdie"
Sounds like a pretty good racket. What does he net?
*******
I saw the live theater adaptation of that. "Bye, Bye Birdie"
Sounds like a pretty good racket. What does he net?
Posted by: freaked at December 08, 2019 09:54 AM (Tnijr)
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82 ... "The only Tolkien I've read to the grandsons was Roverandom."
A couple of other Tolkien books: "Letters from Father Christmas" and "Mr. Bliss". They should be read with the kids, not just to them, since Tolkien's illustrations are an important part of the books.
A couple of other Tolkien books: "Letters from Father Christmas" and "Mr. Bliss". They should be read with the kids, not just to them, since Tolkien's illustrations are an important part of the books.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:55 AM (7EjX1)
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Diplomacy is Kissinger's best book; his first on
nuclear weapons was bland and fairly useless even for when it was
written. Diplomacy is entertaining and interesting, but you can also
tell that he is a big fan of the notion that the world order has always
been run and maintained by a few master statesmen, like Metternich,
Bismarck and himself.
Posted by: MKoepf at December 08, 2019 09:31 AM (DfSI5)
So you think that Kissinger was taken by the idea of greatness to the point that he neglected to consider the actual results of such a world run by master statesmen?
. . . Because Metternich and Bismarck's shepherding and rearranging their political and economic worlds prevented all that warfare, assured individual freedom, damped down the drive for revolution, restrained social upheaval, and ultimately prevented the dismemberment of their own political systems.
Which is why the Austrian and Prussian Empires are the world striding political entities they are today. [/sarc]
nuclear weapons was bland and fairly useless even for when it was
written. Diplomacy is entertaining and interesting, but you can also
tell that he is a big fan of the notion that the world order has always
been run and maintained by a few master statesmen, like Metternich,
Bismarck and himself.
Posted by: MKoepf at December 08, 2019 09:31 AM (DfSI5)
So you think that Kissinger was taken by the idea of greatness to the point that he neglected to consider the actual results of such a world run by master statesmen?
. . . Because Metternich and Bismarck's shepherding and rearranging their political and economic worlds prevented all that warfare, assured individual freedom, damped down the drive for revolution, restrained social upheaval, and ultimately prevented the dismemberment of their own political systems.
Which is why the Austrian and Prussian Empires are the world striding political entities they are today. [/sarc]
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (1glZx)
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Listening to "The Second World Wars" by VDH and liking it. Focuses on the bigger picture, the who and why and how of things rather than details of battles, though there are details, some brutal. The Air, Sea, and Land wars are all covered separately.
Posted by: FloridaMan at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (B8eTP)
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Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:54 AM (urZJh)
Nauseating. It's people like the Obamas who created the framework for the Pensacola shooting and this transgender mass psychosis
Nauseating. It's people like the Obamas who created the framework for the Pensacola shooting and this transgender mass psychosis
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (U7k5w)
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So why can we never get goodminton?
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (urZJh)
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So, it's the first season of Blackadder?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2019 09:53 AM (eXA4G)
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I think the first season of Blackadder drew more inspiration from Wagner.
After all, everyone died at the end.
Oh wait, that's pretty much Blackadder throughout.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2019 09:53 AM (eXA4G)
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I think the first season of Blackadder drew more inspiration from Wagner.
After all, everyone died at the end.
Oh wait, that's pretty much Blackadder throughout.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (WEBkv)
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I saw a few films by Baltasar Kormakur, so I am an expert on all thing Iceland.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (arJlL)
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*things
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at December 08, 2019 09:58 AM (EgshT)
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100 The guy is a badminton champion....
I bet Ladyl could kick his butt !
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (arJlL)
Competitive badminton is a thing? Where?
I bet Ladyl could kick his butt !
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (arJlL)
Competitive badminton is a thing? Where?
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 09:58 AM (U7k5w)
100
I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.
Posted by: Don Henley at December 08, 2019 09:59 AM (IttZ7)
101
So why can we never get goodminton?
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (urZJh)
Because we're not Prussian. They're the ones going on about the goodmintons.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (urZJh)
Because we're not Prussian. They're the ones going on about the goodmintons.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 09:59 AM (t+qrx)
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Under " Who Dis ", I believe that he is Paul Newman during the filming of " Cool Hand Luke ".
"The author passed in 2013." Really, what did she pass, English 1A, Geography, gas, or what. I know what you meant to convey- that she DIED.
Don't weasel word it. I highly dislike weasel words and am not much fonder of those who use them. This is my first visit to your site in a very long time and I have found much to like, especially the post on the book store, a place I would like to visit. It puts me in mind of Powell' s Books in Portland, OR. So please don't spoil it by using euphemisms.
Thanks for the post.
Paul L. Quandt
"The author passed in 2013." Really, what did she pass, English 1A, Geography, gas, or what. I know what you meant to convey- that she DIED.
Don't weasel word it. I highly dislike weasel words and am not much fonder of those who use them. This is my first visit to your site in a very long time and I have found much to like, especially the post on the book store, a place I would like to visit. It puts me in mind of Powell' s Books in Portland, OR. So please don't spoil it by using euphemisms.
Thanks for the post.
Paul L. Quandt
Posted by: Paul L. Quandt at December 08, 2019 10:00 AM (NCTqq)
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John le Carre just means John the Square. I don't get why people think that saying it in French classies it up.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 08, 2019 09:45 AM (gd9RK)
Le Carre had a few reasons to change his name, 1) MI6 doesn't allow officers to publish under their own names and 2) his daddy, Ronnie Cornwell, was a notorious con man.
Le Carre's MI6 career was cut short when his identity was exposed by British traitor and double agent Kim Philby.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 08, 2019 09:45 AM (gd9RK)
Le Carre had a few reasons to change his name, 1) MI6 doesn't allow officers to publish under their own names and 2) his daddy, Ronnie Cornwell, was a notorious con man.
Le Carre's MI6 career was cut short when his identity was exposed by British traitor and double agent Kim Philby.
Posted by: cool breeze at December 08, 2019 10:00 AM (UGKMd)
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Posted by: Jmel - what is the title?
Florida Man, I read the print version - very nice - for me, VDH rarely disappoints.
Florida Man, I read the print version - very nice - for me, VDH rarely disappoints.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:00 AM (Y4EXg)
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Because we're not Prussian. They're the ones going on about the goodmintons.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 09:59 AM (t+qrx)
I thought Minton was a good English porcelain company, not German. Oops
Because we're not Prussian. They're the ones going on about the goodmintons.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 09:59 AM (t+qrx)
I thought Minton was a good English porcelain company, not German. Oops
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 10:00 AM (U7k5w)
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Last trip home I went to the King bookstore, unfortunately didn't have a lot of time. I found a book on trees in the garden section whose author said he wrote it to help the public learn the trees around them. It even came with linen strips to mount specimens. It appears to have been used by an afternoon ladies party in 1893, judging by the penciled notes--the leaves they collected are still mounted in the book.
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 08, 2019 10:01 AM (JK7Jw)
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I check the Kindle Daily Deals each morning. Most times there is nothing of interest but sometimes there's a gem. However, it seems most offerings are romances, just short of the bodice ripper category. (Makes you wonder about Feminazi numbers, unless they are the buyers.)
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (7EjX1)
This is why I stopped checking the Kindle "Deal o' the Day" some years ago. All of their selections seemed geared toward a female audience, and nothing interested me.
Recommend you subscribe to something like BookBub. Their daily selections are a bit more (dare I say it) diverse.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 09:18 AM (7EjX1)
This is why I stopped checking the Kindle "Deal o' the Day" some years ago. All of their selections seemed geared toward a female audience, and nothing interested me.
Recommend you subscribe to something like BookBub. Their daily selections are a bit more (dare I say it) diverse.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:01 AM (1Hdxn)
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I did put in a big Amazon order for some books to give as Christmas presents. About half were books I heard about from the Horde during the past year.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 10:01 AM (urZJh)
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OT: Last night's post about snowball throwing banned in Wausau, Wis -- not only at people but in streets, etc... Geez, I did it just for the love of throwing!
Didja notice that the things being banned - dodgeball, tag, climbing on monkeybars - are mostly enjoyed by boys?
Didja notice that the things being banned - dodgeball, tag, climbing on monkeybars - are mostly enjoyed by boys?
Posted by: FloridaMan at December 08, 2019 10:01 AM (B8eTP)
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I have been working my way through a Baen anthology of Christopher Anvil's short stories (one of five by Baen by the way) called The Trouble With Aliens.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 09:38 AM (1glZx)
Just put this on my list. I like the "send in the guy who knows nothing to fool the telepaths" type of stories
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 09:38 AM (1glZx)
Just put this on my list. I like the "send in the guy who knows nothing to fool the telepaths" type of stories
Posted by: Sisqui at December 08, 2019 10:03 AM (ienGK)
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 10:03 AM (arJlL)
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Finished Col. Schlichter's latest, Collapse. Always a good page turner with plenty of sjw snark.
Failifornia gets taken back. Next one will be the east coast I assume.
Failifornia gets taken back. Next one will be the east coast I assume.
Posted by: RI Red at December 08, 2019 10:03 AM (KcR2f)
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I also finished Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading. Everything was so nightmare worldish in it that I was wondering if the whole thing would be revealed as a construct of Cincinnatus (instead of the author) but he was really beheaded at the end, which released him to finally be around normal people.
Nabokov subsequently said that he hadn't read any Kafka at the time and wasn't influenced by him in this. It's a work that's quite timely for what we're going through although I'm sure academics would say the same thing for completely opposite reasons like they do about 1984. He wrote it quite quickly while also writing The Gift, which took much longer to complete. Pretty amazing that he could be working on two major works simultaneously.
Nabokov subsequently said that he hadn't read any Kafka at the time and wasn't influenced by him in this. It's a work that's quite timely for what we're going through although I'm sure academics would say the same thing for completely opposite reasons like they do about 1984. He wrote it quite quickly while also writing The Gift, which took much longer to complete. Pretty amazing that he could be working on two major works simultaneously.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 10:03 AM (y7DUB)
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that the world order has always
been run and maintained by a few master statesmen, like Metternich,
Bismarck and himself.
Was he wrong
been run and maintained by a few master statesmen, like Metternich,
Bismarck and himself.
Was he wrong
Posted by: Jeb! at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (DG8AN)
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (zr5Kq)
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Police Use Innocent Bystanders As Human Meat Shields
Good video and good comments below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldX-zaFxdbI
Police Use Innocent Bystanders As Human Meat Shields
Good video and good comments below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldX-zaFxdbI
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (YXQrO)
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Good morning!
Let's smile and be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Let's smile and be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (u82oZ)
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Joseph Andrews by Fielding is also a good read. Fielding also wrote Amelia. Never read it but it is not a picaresque romp from what I surmise.
Posted by: Mel Gibson at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (QZCjk)
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Let's smile and be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
I'll do what I can !
I'll do what I can !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (zr5Kq)
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Morning NaCly!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (Y4EXg)
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next on my to read is Triggered by Don Jr
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (G546f)
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Well hell OM, looks like you've annoyed Mr Quatloo. This outrage will not stand!
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (cknjq)
123
The most annoying thing I read this week wasn't a
book or an article, but a bumper sticker. I was behind a Prius (of
course) with a sticker reading "I love Obama, and I think her husband is
pretty good, too!"
It haunts me: someone out there, evidently able to own and operate a
car, presumably with a job, maybe with a family, is nevertheless stupid
enough to a) believe that idiocy, and b) feel the need to advertise it
to the world.
I console myself with the thought that it's probably just
virtue-signalling. The Prius driver put that sticker on the car so
everyone would know she (gotta be a woman) has the Correct Thoughts for
the Current Year. But deep down inside she knows it's a lie, and maybe
despises herself a little? One can hope.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:54 AM (urZJh)
There is a lot worse than that these days. Hell we used to make fun of Clinton, "and her husband" a couple decades ago. I saw one recently that really set me off. It said "Jesus, please protect me from your followers".
I should not have done so but I honked and gave the middle finger. The funny thing is, the car was well in front of me in massive traffic. There was no way to know to whom I was reacting but she did. know. She started screaming and gesturing until traffic moved on.
book or an article, but a bumper sticker. I was behind a Prius (of
course) with a sticker reading "I love Obama, and I think her husband is
pretty good, too!"
It haunts me: someone out there, evidently able to own and operate a
car, presumably with a job, maybe with a family, is nevertheless stupid
enough to a) believe that idiocy, and b) feel the need to advertise it
to the world.
I console myself with the thought that it's probably just
virtue-signalling. The Prius driver put that sticker on the car so
everyone would know she (gotta be a woman) has the Correct Thoughts for
the Current Year. But deep down inside she knows it's a lie, and maybe
despises herself a little? One can hope.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:54 AM (urZJh)
There is a lot worse than that these days. Hell we used to make fun of Clinton, "and her husband" a couple decades ago. I saw one recently that really set me off. It said "Jesus, please protect me from your followers".
I should not have done so but I honked and gave the middle finger. The funny thing is, the car was well in front of me in massive traffic. There was no way to know to whom I was reacting but she did. know. She started screaming and gesturing until traffic moved on.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (n13/j)
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Shirley MacLaine. Pretty sure she used to be someone.
Posted by: jsg at December 08, 2019 10:06 AM (fF2Sv)
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next on my to read is Triggered by Don Jr
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (G546f)
it was shockingly on sale at Target the other day.
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (G546f)
it was shockingly on sale at Target the other day.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:06 AM (n13/j)
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115 Recommend you subscribe to something like BookBub.
Is there a BookBewb ?
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 10:03 AM (arJlL)
Yes, it will keep you abreast of the latest best sellers.
Is there a BookBewb ?
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 10:03 AM (arJlL)
Yes, it will keep you abreast of the latest best sellers.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:06 AM (1Hdxn)
127
I saw a few films by Baltasar Kormakur, so I am an expert on all thing Iceland.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (zr5Kq)
You gotta get some Bjork albums too.
I saw a few films by Baltasar Kormakur, so I am an expert on all thing Iceland.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 09:56 AM (zr5Kq)
You gotta get some Bjork albums too.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 10:07 AM (1glZx)
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I saw my first "Pete" bumper sticker this week. The driver looked like you might expect.
Ignorant, that is.
Ignorant, that is.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:07 AM (Y4EXg)
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68 GLUGGAVEDUR
Sounds like a scotch.
Posted by: BignJames at December 08, 2019 09:42 AM (X/Pw5)
Probably from the Islands, which were under Scandinavian control.
Sounds like a scotch.
Posted by: BignJames at December 08, 2019 09:42 AM (X/Pw5)
Probably from the Islands, which were under Scandinavian control.
Posted by: Zathras at December 08, 2019 10:07 AM (qyH+l)
130
Nice !
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 10:07 AM (arJlL)
131
I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.
Posted by: Don Henley at December 08, 2019 09:59 AM (IttZ7)
Was it one of those pieces of shit with single exhaust? I see those and think "why was this made?"
Posted by: Don Henley at December 08, 2019 09:59 AM (IttZ7)
Was it one of those pieces of shit with single exhaust? I see those and think "why was this made?"
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 10:07 AM (y7DUB)
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You gotta get some Bjork albums too.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 10:07 AM (1glZx)
Why yes, I have some of her stuff. Why ?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 10:07 AM (1glZx)
Why yes, I have some of her stuff. Why ?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:08 AM (zr5Kq)
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When I have no need to eave the house, I love GLUGGAVEĐUR. It's perfect reading weather. My first reading of "Hound of the Baskervilles" was on just such a cold, stormy night.
That was in grade school and involved a glass of milk and candy bars. Now it's a comfortable chair, good reading lamps, excellent coffee, tea, or whisky (or all three in some combination), and some good pipe tobacco.
That was in grade school and involved a glass of milk and candy bars. Now it's a comfortable chair, good reading lamps, excellent coffee, tea, or whisky (or all three in some combination), and some good pipe tobacco.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 10:08 AM (7EjX1)
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My first reading of "Hound of the Baskervilles" was on just such a cold, stormy night.
Perfect !
Perfect !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:08 AM (zr5Kq)
135
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (n13/j)
I'm sure her 5,500 word article on the incident will show up on some lefty website soon.
Yeah, it's rude, but so is unprovoked dumping on people.
I'm sure her 5,500 word article on the incident will show up on some lefty website soon.
Yeah, it's rude, but so is unprovoked dumping on people.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:09 AM (U7voe)
136
I saw a jalopy the other day with a Jaguar hood ornament. I gave the guy credit for self awareness and a sense of humor.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:09 AM (n13/j)
137
Pretty shabby copy of the Churchill there!!!, As to Henry the K , I think of him more as the Bismarckian . No set 'principles' but a constant evaluator of risks and opportunities . And Diplomacy is quite good , I think his Doomsday Machine analysis on WW1 is pretty good, even of a bit to simplistic . The Sleepwalkers is more nuanced and the duplicitous french come off very badly therein as they should
Posted by: jaytrain at December 08, 2019 10:09 AM (eh3OZ)
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Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (n13/j)
I'm sure her 5,500 word article on the incident will show up on some lefty website soon.
Yeah, it's rude, but so is unprovoked dumping on people.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:09 AM (U7voe)
yeah. She had no chance to tape me so i did not go viral.
I'm sure her 5,500 word article on the incident will show up on some lefty website soon.
Yeah, it's rude, but so is unprovoked dumping on people.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:09 AM (U7voe)
yeah. She had no chance to tape me so i did not go viral.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:09 AM (n13/j)
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126 Well hell OM, looks like you've annoyed Mr Quatloo. This outrage will not stand!
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (cknjq)
Dang right. I'll go right out and do.... something.
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (cknjq)
Dang right. I'll go right out and do.... something.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:10 AM (1Hdxn)
140
The only reading I've been doing lately is a beginner's Russian-English dictionary. I try to do a page or two every night before I go to sleep.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:10 AM (U7voe)
141
So, is Eris locked in the DEE-troit bookstore and she has to read her way out ?
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 10:10 AM (arJlL)
142
Why yes, I have some of her stuff. Why ?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:08 AM (zr5Kq)
The Icelandic government gave her an island because she sold so many albums.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:08 AM (zr5Kq)
The Icelandic government gave her an island because she sold so many albums.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (1glZx)
143
We need to rescue Eris!
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (U7voe)
145
I thought, by law, all Prius bumpers must have a "Coexist" bumper sticker.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (IttZ7)
146
BTW can The Horde recommend a good serious history of the KKK , particularly its 19C origins . 'Serious' : scholarly but not turgid.
Posted by: jaytrain at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (eh3OZ)
147
Yeah I think ALL the D candidates are just their first names for their campaign logo.
Mike!
Amy!
Pete!
Tulsi!
Wang! (wait, what?)
Devil! (wait, come on)
Except Biden. His crap says says joe biden, but the j-o-e has an obama O and the E is supposed to be the stripes in our flag.
Yeah I think ALL the D candidates are just their first names for their campaign logo.
Mike!
Amy!
Pete!
Tulsi!
Wang! (wait, what?)
Devil! (wait, come on)
Except Biden. His crap says says joe biden, but the j-o-e has an obama O and the E is supposed to be the stripes in our flag.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (YXQrO)
148
The only reading I've been doing lately is a beginner's Russian-English dictionary. I try to do a page or two every night before I go to sleep.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:10 AM (U7voe)
Ah, using dictionary as a sleep aid. WHo would have thought of that ?
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:10 AM (U7voe)
Ah, using dictionary as a sleep aid. WHo would have thought of that ?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (zr5Kq)
149
I also have a shelf of Agatha Christie books I could read. The problem with those is I saw most of the stories on television and they have been changes so much, that I get annoyed with the shows.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (U7k5w)
150
I should not have done so but I honked and gave the middle finger. The funny thing is, the car was well in front of me in massive traffic. There was no way to know to whom I was reacting but she did. know. She started screaming and gesturing until traffic moved on.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (n13/j)
Well, the trouble with that is Mrs. Muse is the same way. We're driving someplace, she hears a horn honk from some random car, and she *immediately* assumes it was because of something she did.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:05 AM (n13/j)
Well, the trouble with that is Mrs. Muse is the same way. We're driving someplace, she hears a horn honk from some random car, and she *immediately* assumes it was because of something she did.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (1Hdxn)
151
BTW can The Horde recommend a good serious history
of the KKK , particularly its 19C origins . 'Serious' : scholarly but
not turgid.
Posted by: jaytrain at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (eh3OZ)
who gives a shit about them.
of the KKK , particularly its 19C origins . 'Serious' : scholarly but
not turgid.
Posted by: jaytrain at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (eh3OZ)
who gives a shit about them.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (n13/j)
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147 We need to rescue Eris!
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (MVjcR)
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Yeah, probably like the proverbial Irishman that fell into a vat of Guinness and fought, bravely, until he drowned, against those who tried to save him.
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (MVjcR)
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Yeah, probably like the proverbial Irishman that fell into a vat of Guinness and fought, bravely, until he drowned, against those who tried to save him.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (WEBkv)
153
I've noticed with bumper stickers, the right leaning ones are usually a "here is what I believe" message. With leftists it's almost always a "here is who I hate" message.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:14 AM (Xiixu)
154
I've actually noticed the rise in aggressively insulting bumper stickers over the past couple of decades. Time was, they were mostly lame jokes, names of businesses, bragging about places you visited, and the names of political candidates you support. That was about it.
But since the late Nineties I've seen more and more smug passive-aggressive insult stickers. "Republicans for Voldemort" or "Frodo failed -- Cheney has the Ring" or the reliable old "village is missing its idiot."
Somewhere we crossed a line, when people stopped saying "hooray for my team" and switched to "anyone who doesn't agree with me is evil and stupid."
But since the late Nineties I've seen more and more smug passive-aggressive insult stickers. "Republicans for Voldemort" or "Frodo failed -- Cheney has the Ring" or the reliable old "village is missing its idiot."
Somewhere we crossed a line, when people stopped saying "hooray for my team" and switched to "anyone who doesn't agree with me is evil and stupid."
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 10:14 AM (urZJh)
155
Yeah, probably like the proverbial Irishman that fell into a vat of Guinness and fought, bravely, until he drowned, against those who tried to save him.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (WEBkv)
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Well, yeah. Prolly like that.
Yeah, probably like the proverbial Irishman that fell into a vat of Guinness and fought, bravely, until he drowned, against those who tried to save him.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (WEBkv)
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Well, yeah. Prolly like that.
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2019 10:14 AM (MVjcR)
156
Well, the trouble with that is Mrs. Muse is the same way. We're driving someplace, she hears a horn honk from some random bar, and she *immediately* assumes it was because of something she did.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (1Hdxn)
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You have a horn on the passenger side of your cars?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (1Hdxn)
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You have a horn on the passenger side of your cars?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 10:15 AM (WEBkv)
157
The Icelandic government gave her an island because she sold so many albums.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (1glZx)
Iceland is on my 'list of places to visit soon'.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (1glZx)
Iceland is on my 'list of places to visit soon'.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:15 AM (zr5Kq)
158
Posted by: jaytrain at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (eh3OZ)
I'm gonna spitball that the biggest issue here is someone being able to write one while remaining dispassionate and just report the facts straight. Topics like Nazis and such tend to bring out the lazy knee jerk in writers.
I'm gonna spitball that the biggest issue here is someone being able to write one while remaining dispassionate and just report the facts straight. Topics like Nazis and such tend to bring out the lazy knee jerk in writers.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:16 AM (U7voe)
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149 I thought, by law, all Prius bumpers must have a "Coexist" bumper sticker.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (IttZ7)
___
That's Subaru.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 08, 2019 10:12 AM (IttZ7)
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That's Subaru.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:16 AM (Xiixu)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:16 AM (YXQrO)
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Biden's campaign seems to be based on "I met Obama a couple of times!"
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 10:16 AM (urZJh)
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Well, the trouble with that is Mrs. Muse is the same
way. We're driving someplace, she hears a horn honk from some random
bar, and she *immediately* assumes it was because of something she did.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (1Hdxn)
It was funny really. We were in major traffic. This car was well in front of me in the other lane. I went off honking and flashing the bird out my window. She knew immediately it was towards her car and not all the others. She was trying to provoke and got a response. i am not proud of responding but that line in particular set me off.
way. We're driving someplace, she hears a horn honk from some random
bar, and she *immediately* assumes it was because of something she did.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:13 AM (1Hdxn)
It was funny really. We were in major traffic. This car was well in front of me in the other lane. I went off honking and flashing the bird out my window. She knew immediately it was towards her car and not all the others. She was trying to provoke and got a response. i am not proud of responding but that line in particular set me off.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:17 AM (n13/j)
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I work at a library. Patrons just love them those robo-authors who crank out a book a month: Patterson, Scottoline, Steele, Cussler...etc. When they ask me to reco a title they're met with the Thousand Yard Stare.
Posted by: kallisto at December 08, 2019 10:17 AM (GLtAj)
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:17 AM (ECrgQ)
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OT q - how do I find help for a local tax collector screw up problem?
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:17 AM (G546f)
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A few years ago at a Costco gas station I saw a douche bag with the bumper sticker: "Tea Parties Are For Little Girls."
I seriously contemplated hurting him.
A few years ago at a Costco gas station I saw a douche bag with the bumper sticker: "Tea Parties Are For Little Girls."
I seriously contemplated hurting him.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:18 AM (YXQrO)
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169 OT q - how do I find help for a local tax collector screw up problem?
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:17 AM (G546f)
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Start by going to the tax collector and explaining the issue. I once had my property tax bill cut by 20% with a simple email to the assessor.
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:17 AM (G546f)
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Start by going to the tax collector and explaining the issue. I once had my property tax bill cut by 20% with a simple email to the assessor.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (Xiixu)
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OT q - how do I find help for a local tax collector screw up problem?
Posted by: vmom
state, county or city ?
Posted by: vmom
state, county or city ?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (zr5Kq)
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Seems like there's a good Ph.D. thesis in sociology waiting to be written about bumper stickers.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (urZJh)
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We need to rescue Eris!
Posted by: Weasel
Ya know what ?
I'm confident that Eris can handle anything that comes her way.
AND......
I had oatmeal this morning, and based on my experiences with oatmeal, the Allied stockpile for D-Day is nothing compared to what's coming.
Posted by: Weasel
Ya know what ?
I'm confident that Eris can handle anything that comes her way.
AND......
I had oatmeal this morning, and based on my experiences with oatmeal, the Allied stockpile for D-Day is nothing compared to what's coming.
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (ZCEU2)
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A few years ago at a Costco gas station I saw a douche bag with the bumper sticker: "Tea Parties Are For Little Girls."
I seriously contemplated hurting him.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:18 AM (YXQrO)
I hear ya. But I still say mine was worse if we are going to compare lol. The one you mention is kind of funny really. I am with ya, but you have to admit at least that is clever.
I seriously contemplated hurting him.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:18 AM (YXQrO)
I hear ya. But I still say mine was worse if we are going to compare lol. The one you mention is kind of funny really. I am with ya, but you have to admit at least that is clever.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:20 AM (n13/j)
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Last night there was a discussion on WWII and Pearl Harbor.
Rodrigo Borgia asked about an alternate history where Yamamoto's warnings were heeded.
In Challenges, one of Ben Bova's collection of short stories and essays, this was answered in the intriguing short story "Bushido".
This is a time-travel short story in which a embittered American-hating Japanese researcher in the future brought Yamamoto to the future. He was eventually shown all the footage of WWII. Including his death.
Yamamoto then asked to see the rest of the past to now. He saw a prostate Japan advance to the strong economy of the tales future.
He was sent back to change the past with all his new knowledge and win the Pacific War for Japan. The twist of the story is what he changed. A good story.
There are other good short stories in that collection, like how an alien art piece shows someone their soul, and other enjoyable tales. .
Rodrigo Borgia asked about an alternate history where Yamamoto's warnings were heeded.
In Challenges, one of Ben Bova's collection of short stories and essays, this was answered in the intriguing short story "Bushido".
This is a time-travel short story in which a embittered American-hating Japanese researcher in the future brought Yamamoto to the future. He was eventually shown all the footage of WWII. Including his death.
Yamamoto then asked to see the rest of the past to now. He saw a prostate Japan advance to the strong economy of the tales future.
He was sent back to change the past with all his new knowledge and win the Pacific War for Japan. The twist of the story is what he changed. A good story.
There are other good short stories in that collection, like how an alien art piece shows someone their soul, and other enjoyable tales. .
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 08, 2019 10:20 AM (u82oZ)
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And Volvos.
Posted by: Linn Ridge
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Now Linn, be nice. I had a 1st Marine Division Asso. sticker on my brick.
Happy Sunday!
Posted by: Linn Ridge
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Now Linn, be nice. I had a 1st Marine Division Asso. sticker on my brick.
Happy Sunday! Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (Y4EXg)
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Start by going to the tax collector and explaining the issue. I once had my property tax bill cut by 20% with a simple email to the assessor.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (Xiixu)
I tried, they at first said yeah we screwed up, then said no YOU screwed up.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (Xiixu)
I tried, they at first said yeah we screwed up, then said no YOU screwed up.
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (G546f)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (gd9RK)
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Start by going to the tax collector and explaining the issue. I once had my property tax bill cut by 20% with a simple email to the assessor.
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where I live, you need to hire an attorney to do that...otherwise won't get anywhere...
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where I live, you need to hire an attorney to do that...otherwise won't get anywhere...
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (zr5Kq)
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The Churchill series in the picture is as motley as my own! Have read them twice and it occurs to me that they are getting due for another read!
An American patriot's favorite part will undoubtably be when the US declares war on Japan, which causes Germany to declare war on America. Churchill practically gets on his knees in prayer, exulting words to the effect that, God thou hast delivered mine enemies into my hands!
An American patriot's favorite part will undoubtably be when the US declares war on Japan, which causes Germany to declare war on America. Churchill practically gets on his knees in prayer, exulting words to the effect that, God thou hast delivered mine enemies into my hands!
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (2nsuS)
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Kissinger was a player. Jill St John for the win.
Posted by: Easy Andy at December 08, 2019 10:22 AM (2DOZq)
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I've seen a couple "Any Functioning Adult 2020" stickers.
Which is code for any Democrat.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:16 AM (YXQrO)
Like Joe "My Word As A Brain Parasite Host" Biden, for example.
Which is code for any Democrat.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:16 AM (YXQrO)
Like Joe "My Word As A Brain Parasite Host" Biden, for example.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:22 AM (t+qrx)
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I assume you mean "prostrate Japan"
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:22 AM (U7voe)
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You all do know that President Trump wasn't really offering to purchase Greenland, right?
He allowed that rumor to leak and made his subsequent comments to force the Shits in Greenland to say their country "is not for sale." The president did this because Greenland was playing footsie with Russia.
Our president is much wiser than we'll ever know.
You all do know that President Trump wasn't really offering to purchase Greenland, right?
He allowed that rumor to leak and made his subsequent comments to force the Shits in Greenland to say their country "is not for sale." The president did this because Greenland was playing footsie with Russia.
Our president is much wiser than we'll ever know.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (YXQrO)
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GLUGGAVEĐUR - So means from November through March
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (ZCEU2)
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where I live, you need to hire an attorney to do that...otherwise won't get anywhere...
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (zr5Kq)
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Funny how that works, when most politicians who write laws are ex-lawyers, huh?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (zr5Kq)
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Funny how that works, when most politicians who write laws are ex-lawyers, huh?
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (Xiixu)
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where I live, you need to hire an attorney to do that...otherwise won't get anywhere...
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (zr5Kq)
that's what I'm afraid of - not sure how to get one that won't cost more than the cost of the tax penalty which is around $2k
where I live, you need to hire an attorney to do that...otherwise won't get anywhere...
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (zr5Kq)
that's what I'm afraid of - not sure how to get one that won't cost more than the cost of the tax penalty which is around $2k
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
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"BTW, I'm a fan of Kissinger and have a copy of his Diplomacy on my bookshelf. Very good overview of power politics." Lloyd
btw, Lloyd was responding to me, talking about Kissinger getting fooled by the Chinese, who never had any intent on anything but sneaking into our system. (but that book is good background I need).
I've actually used a Kissinger based article for years, about the need for strategic use of trade policy. And yes, the idea of keeping China-Russia at odds was part of the plan. (but I still think Kissinger was "tricked", and set us on a bad path, despite "good intent").
Here is the quote from deeper in the 2014 article I like to use, making my (constant) argument in rebuke to the "Free Trade" mantra of the globalists (who are still fighting for China and their slave profits).
"the Business Roundtable, a forum that represented CEOs, stated in 1981 that 'the long term viability of the corporation depends upon its responsibility to the society of which it is a part' (Yang, p.1). That view changed in the 1980s spurred on by Milton Friedman and others affiliated with the 'Chicago school' of free market economists who argued the 'only social responsibility of business is to increase its profits'. ..."
From "China and the Concept of Leverage" ... the first two words of the article are "Henry Kissinger" ... and the article gives a good brief history of China's rise and fall and rise ...
https://tinyurl.com/ybfe7s4c
btw, Lloyd was responding to me, talking about Kissinger getting fooled by the Chinese, who never had any intent on anything but sneaking into our system. (but that book is good background I need).
I've actually used a Kissinger based article for years, about the need for strategic use of trade policy. And yes, the idea of keeping China-Russia at odds was part of the plan. (but I still think Kissinger was "tricked", and set us on a bad path, despite "good intent").
Here is the quote from deeper in the 2014 article I like to use, making my (constant) argument in rebuke to the "Free Trade" mantra of the globalists (who are still fighting for China and their slave profits).
"the Business Roundtable, a forum that represented CEOs, stated in 1981 that 'the long term viability of the corporation depends upon its responsibility to the society of which it is a part' (Yang, p.1). That view changed in the 1980s spurred on by Milton Friedman and others affiliated with the 'Chicago school' of free market economists who argued the 'only social responsibility of business is to increase its profits'. ..."
From "China and the Concept of Leverage" ... the first two words of the article are "Henry Kissinger" ... and the article gives a good brief history of China's rise and fall and rise ...
https://tinyurl.com/ybfe7s4c
Posted by: illiniwek at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (Cus5s)
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Funny how that works, when most politicians who write laws are ex-lawyers, huh?
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (Xiixu)
they are all in cahoots !
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (Xiixu)
they are all in cahoots !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:24 AM (zr5Kq)
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that's what I'm afraid of - not sure how to get one that won't cost more than the cost of the tax penalty which is around $2k
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
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I don't think it's physically possible to hire an attorney to do anything in America for under $2K.
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
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I don't think it's physically possible to hire an attorney to do anything in America for under $2K.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:24 AM (Xiixu)
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Kissinger - REALPOLITIK.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:25 AM (zr5Kq)
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Happy Sunday!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (Y4EXg)
Happy Sunday, TonyPete!!
I have a coexist sticker on my brick...made up of gun logos. I figured it fit.
OT: I've decided to get serious about finding my adopted brother. If it crosses your mind at Mass, please put in a good word that the search is successful.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:21 AM (Y4EXg)
Happy Sunday, TonyPete!!
I have a coexist sticker on my brick...made up of gun logos. I figured it fit.
OT: I've decided to get serious about finding my adopted brother. If it crosses your mind at Mass, please put in a good word that the search is successful.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:25 AM (ECrgQ)
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Best and easiest read autobiography
My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas
Best biography
American Caesar by William Manchester
My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas
Best biography
American Caesar by William Manchester
Posted by: Easy Andy at December 08, 2019 10:26 AM (2DOZq)
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I really could get into one of the new Churchill biography books, bigger the better.
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 10:26 AM (ZCEU2)
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that's what I'm afraid of - not sure how to get one that won't cost more than the cost of the tax penalty which is around $2k
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
Find out what they charge. I my area there are many who specialize in that sort of thing. They charge a percentage of what they save you on taxes. So if your tax bill is 2k, and they save you 2k and even if you have to give them half, it is kind of worth it. Still 1k savings.
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
Find out what they charge. I my area there are many who specialize in that sort of thing. They charge a percentage of what they save you on taxes. So if your tax bill is 2k, and they save you 2k and even if you have to give them half, it is kind of worth it. Still 1k savings.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:28 AM (zr5Kq)
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OT: I've decided to get serious about finding my adopted brother. If it crosses your mind at Mass, please put in a good word that the search is successful.
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Oh how wonderful! Good for you. Of course, consider it done.
Posted by: Linn Ridge
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Oh how wonderful! Good for you. Of course, consider it done.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:28 AM (Y4EXg)
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Good morning, Tonypete.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 08, 2019 10:28 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Enlightened progressive bumper sticker at December 08, 2019 10:28 AM (fF2Sv)
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*in my area , etc.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:28 AM (zr5Kq)
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Not my most recent read, but wanted to recommend Schrodinger's Gat by Robert Kroese especially perhaps to Hans Schantz. It has hidden physics, a bit of philosophy, and a massive conspiracy to cover up the truth and exterminate the experimenters.
Posted by: .87c at December 08, 2019 10:28 AM (TDP3i)
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111 ... "Recommend you subscribe to something like BookBub. Their daily selections are a bit more (dare I say it) diverse."
OM, Thanks for the recommendation. It's worth the couple of minutes to check the Kindle deals because of the once in a blue moon gem that gets listed. I got the three volumes of CS Lewis letters that way. Bookbub is now in the Favorites file.
OM, Thanks for the recommendation. It's worth the couple of minutes to check the Kindle deals because of the once in a blue moon gem that gets listed. I got the three volumes of CS Lewis letters that way. Bookbub is now in the Favorites file.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 10:29 AM (7EjX1)
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Police Use Innocent Bystanders As Human Meat Shields
Good video and good comments below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldX-zaFxdbI
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (YXQrO)
#OnlyBlueLivesMatter
Fuck those cops. And pretty much everything else.
Police Use Innocent Bystanders As Human Meat Shields
Good video and good comments below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldX-zaFxdbI
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (YXQrO)
#OnlyBlueLivesMatter
Fuck those cops. And pretty much everything else.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (NWiLs)
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that's what I'm afraid of - not sure how to get one that won't cost more than the cost of the tax penalty which is around $2k
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
Sometimes just a letter from a lawyer will get them to stop playing the game. Maybe one of the horde could help?
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
Sometimes just a letter from a lawyer will get them to stop playing the game. Maybe one of the horde could help?
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (ECrgQ)
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For an amount of $2K, I'd just pay it. Best case scenario, you're going to save a few hundred after legal fees. But is that worth the time/effort/hassle? Sometimes life sucks and you just have to accept it and move on
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (Xiixu)
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I think one of the reasons people like the medieval mysteries (that are realistic) is the same reason they like Jane Austen or the Amish romances. The strict rules everyone has to follow create conflict and tension.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:31 AM (YXQrO)
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I have to say, one reason I've been reading a lot of classic Science Fiction rather than new stuff is that I can be sure I won't bump into some irrelevant Current Year political screed.
One does run into the past versions of that -- you could fill a volume with all the irrelevant jabs at Nixon -- but at least that now has the charm of historical distance.
One does run into the past versions of that -- you could fill a volume with all the irrelevant jabs at Nixon -- but at least that now has the charm of historical distance.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 10:31 AM (urZJh)
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I own that 6 volume set of Churchill's history of WWII. Churchill's nonfiction books are very good.
Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at December 08, 2019 10:31 AM (+qbBa)
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Sometimes just a letter from a lawyer will get them to stop playing the game. Maybe one of the horde could help?
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (ECrgQ)
I see no way in which this could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (ECrgQ)
I see no way in which this could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
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I really could get into one of the new Churchill biography books, bigger the better.
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 10:26 AM (ZCEU2)
I believe there are entire sites that deal with Churchill books. You could probably write a book about people commenting on Churchill biographies. That is a good thing mind you. I wish more read about him. I know I need to read more and welcome any pick others think are worthy.
I have already read Manchester and some obscure family portraits.
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 10:26 AM (ZCEU2)
I believe there are entire sites that deal with Churchill books. You could probably write a book about people commenting on Churchill biographies. That is a good thing mind you. I wish more read about him. I know I need to read more and welcome any pick others think are worthy.
I have already read Manchester and some obscure family portraits.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (n13/j)
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I don't even know if it's a tax issue per se
we mailed a check
they mailed a letter 2 weks later saying you're late, pay up
I called and asked didn't yoy get my check? Could you look for it?
Two days later they mailed back the check, unprocessed, saying here's the check you asked for back
and btw please pay the (now higher) bill
I called and they said, yeah dunno why, then they called back and said according to thge taped phone call, I told them to send it back
we mailed a check
they mailed a letter 2 weks later saying you're late, pay up
I called and asked didn't yoy get my check? Could you look for it?
Two days later they mailed back the check, unprocessed, saying here's the check you asked for back
and btw please pay the (now higher) bill
I called and they said, yeah dunno why, then they called back and said according to thge taped phone call, I told them to send it back
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (G546f)
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btw, anyone else notice that Adam Shiff acts like he's an FBI guy? Kinda like he fancies himself a J Edgar Hoover type?
btw, anyone else notice that Adam Shiff acts like he's an FBI guy? Kinda like he fancies himself a J Edgar Hoover type?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (YXQrO)
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Thinking I should get one of those HHNHH signs and put a addition under We Love President Trump
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (ZCEU2)
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Sometimes just a letter from a lawyer will get them to stop playing the game. Maybe one of the horde could help?
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (ECrgQ)
I see no way in which this could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
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Dear County Assessor, slap hot iron to it !
Sometimes just a letter from a lawyer will get them to stop playing the game. Maybe one of the horde could help?
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (ECrgQ)
I see no way in which this could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
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Dear County Assessor, slap hot iron to it !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (zr5Kq)
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I'm halfway through the dog of the south, by charles portis who wrote true grit. Good and surprisingly humorous
Posted by: randallm at December 08, 2019 10:35 AM (wzDcR)
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A 2 week delay led to a $2000 difference in taxes?
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:35 AM (Xiixu)
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VMom, first you have to know what happened and the basis for the decision.
Then ask, "who do I speak to to resolve or dispute this decision"
Then ask, "what do I need to provide to show that this decision is not correct"
Then ask, "what is the procedure" and "can I get this in writing?"
Then find out your period allowed by statute to challenge this decision and make sure you are following up any mailing or fax with a call to make sure it was received and was routed to the right person.
Then find out who has oversight on this type of tax and the tax office. A manager may not be so interested in any special handling of an issue until an elected official calls to ask what is going on.
Also, be calm, be factual and avoid loaded language. The person on the other end of the phone may or may not be competent, but like you they would rather be doing something else and if they can get you taken care of they can go back to doing it -- if at all possible make your solution the easy path, and not the rejection of your appeal the easy path.
Then ask, "who do I speak to to resolve or dispute this decision"
Then ask, "what do I need to provide to show that this decision is not correct"
Then ask, "what is the procedure" and "can I get this in writing?"
Then find out your period allowed by statute to challenge this decision and make sure you are following up any mailing or fax with a call to make sure it was received and was routed to the right person.
Then find out who has oversight on this type of tax and the tax office. A manager may not be so interested in any special handling of an issue until an elected official calls to ask what is going on.
Also, be calm, be factual and avoid loaded language. The person on the other end of the phone may or may not be competent, but like you they would rather be doing something else and if they can get you taken care of they can go back to doing it -- if at all possible make your solution the easy path, and not the rejection of your appeal the easy path.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 10:35 AM (1glZx)
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I think one of the reasons people like the medieval mysteries (that are realistic) is the same reason they like Jane Austen or the Amish romances. The strict rules everyone has to follow create conflict and tension.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (AwPyG)
Kind of like here.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (AwPyG)
Kind of like here.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 10:36 AM (HALdu)
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Two days later they mailed back the check, unprocessed, saying here's the check you asked for back
and btw please pay the (now higher) bill
I called and they said, yeah dunno why, then they called back and said according to thge taped phone call, I told them to send it back
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book!
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I take it you've already rejected the idea of hanging one of them in the lobby of the govt building?
and btw please pay the (now higher) bill
I called and they said, yeah dunno why, then they called back and said according to thge taped phone call, I told them to send it back
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book!
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I take it you've already rejected the idea of hanging one of them in the lobby of the govt building?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:37 AM (Y4EXg)
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Thinking I should get one of those HHNHH signs and put a addition under We Love President Trump
I prefer the HHNHH looking signs, that is, it keeps the format, font and rainbow colors against the black background.
Only that the text is written in arabic
And it replaces the nonsense platitudes like "Science is Real" and "No Person Is Illegal" with the Arabic equivalent of their most violent, racist and hate-filled statements.
I prefer the HHNHH looking signs, that is, it keeps the format, font and rainbow colors against the black background.
Only that the text is written in arabic
And it replaces the nonsense platitudes like "Science is Real" and "No Person Is Illegal" with the Arabic equivalent of their most violent, racist and hate-filled statements.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at December 08, 2019 10:37 AM (lD3vL)
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There was no way to know to whom I was reacting but she did. know. She started screaming and gesturing until traffic moved on. Posted by: Quint
"If you pass a Bulgarian in the street, beat him. He will know why."--an old Russian joke, you know, like "17 Intelligence Agencies all agree!".
"If you pass a Bulgarian in the street, beat him. He will know why."--an old Russian joke, you know, like "17 Intelligence Agencies all agree!".
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 08, 2019 10:37 AM (Ndje9)
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Kindltot, thanks! that's helpful
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:38 AM (G546f)
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Also a good lesson also about not sending checks. Do it electronically where there is a record of the transaction.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:38 AM (Xiixu)
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I wished my aunt a happy birthday yesterday. She always said she was born on "Pearl Harbor Day" She is not kidding, she was born 7 December 1941. Great lady by the way.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:38 AM (n13/j)
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said according to thge taped phone call, I told them to send it back
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (G546f)
Oh yeah. Get a lawyer to get a copy of that "tape".
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (G546f)
Oh yeah. Get a lawyer to get a copy of that "tape".
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:38 AM (t+qrx)
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I don't even know if it's a tax issue per se
we mailed a check
they mailed a letter 2 weks later saying you're late, pay up
I called and asked didn't yoy get my check? Could you look for it?
Two days later they mailed back the check, unprocessed, saying here's the check you asked for back
and btw please pay the (now higher) bill
I called and they said, yeah dunno why, then they called back and said according to thge taped phone call, I told them to send it back
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (G546f)
oh, i see. they screwed up and are now charging you late fees. tax assessor's office - is there a physical location ? may be go there ? bring your stuff and (dated) envelope in which they sent your check. In my area there is major bank with multiple branches that process tax payments. Always a paper trail of when, what was paid. Highly recommend if that is an option for you
we mailed a check
they mailed a letter 2 weks later saying you're late, pay up
I called and asked didn't yoy get my check? Could you look for it?
Two days later they mailed back the check, unprocessed, saying here's the check you asked for back
and btw please pay the (now higher) bill
I called and they said, yeah dunno why, then they called back and said according to thge taped phone call, I told them to send it back
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (G546f)
oh, i see. they screwed up and are now charging you late fees. tax assessor's office - is there a physical location ? may be go there ? bring your stuff and (dated) envelope in which they sent your check. In my area there is major bank with multiple branches that process tax payments. Always a paper trail of when, what was paid. Highly recommend if that is an option for you
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:39 AM (zr5Kq)
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btw, anyone else notice that Adam Shiff acts like he's an FBI guy? Kinda like he fancies himself a J Edgar Hoover type?
I think everyone in Washington knows that Schiff is a transvestite.
I think everyone in Washington knows that Schiff is a transvestite.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at December 08, 2019 10:40 AM (lD3vL)
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214 A 2 week delay led to a $2000 difference in taxes?
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:35 AM (Xiixu)
if you pay by end of 3rdq it's face value
after that before end of yr it's plus 2k
after end of year you are delinquent
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:35 AM (Xiixu)
if you pay by end of 3rdq it's face value
after that before end of yr it's plus 2k
after end of year you are delinquent
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:40 AM (G546f)
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Also a good lesson also about not sending checks. Do it electronically where there is a record of the transaction.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP
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I don't know why but my old bank specifically asked that you NOT pay taxes electronically. Perhaps for the reason you mentioned!
Posted by: Hotgas VIP
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I don't know why but my old bank specifically asked that you NOT pay taxes electronically. Perhaps for the reason you mentioned!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:40 AM (Y4EXg)
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if you pay by end of 3rdq it's face value
after that before end of yr it's plus 2k
after end of year you are delinquent
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:40 AM (G546f)
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Ouch, that's a pretty stiff late penalty.
after that before end of yr it's plus 2k
after end of year you are delinquent
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:40 AM (G546f)
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Ouch, that's a pretty stiff late penalty.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:40 AM (Xiixu)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:41 AM (YXQrO)
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I see no way in which this could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
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Dear County Assessor, slap hot iron to it !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (zr5Kq)
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Yeah, like that! Bet that would get a response.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
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Dear County Assessor, slap hot iron to it !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (zr5Kq)
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Yeah, like that! Bet that would get a response.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:41 AM (ECrgQ)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:42 AM (YXQrO)
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I think everyone in Washington knows that Schiff is a transvestite.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at December 08, 2019 10:40 AM (lD3vL)
According to his Wikipedia page, he's also a vegan. As if I needed another reason to dislike him.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at December 08, 2019 10:40 AM (lD3vL)
According to his Wikipedia page, he's also a vegan. As if I needed another reason to dislike him.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:42 AM (U7voe)
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172 A few years ago at a Costco gas station I saw a douche bag with the bumper sticker: "Tea Parties Are For Little Girls."
I seriously contemplated hurting him.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:18 AM (YXQrO)
Yeah, well, look what happened. They booed and hissed and ridiculed the Tea Party and look what they got instead.
Donald Trump. That's *President* Donald Trump.
You're welcome, bitches.
I seriously contemplated hurting him.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:18 AM (YXQrO)
Yeah, well, look what happened. They booed and hissed and ridiculed the Tea Party and look what they got instead.
Donald Trump. That's *President* Donald Trump.
You're welcome, bitches.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:42 AM (1Hdxn)
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230 I see no way in which this could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
Surprise !
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
Surprise !
Posted by: jsg at December 08, 2019 10:42 AM (fF2Sv)
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192 ... "I really could get into one of the new Churchill biography books, bigger the better."
Skip, Check out the latest, "Churchill: Walking with Destiny". I loved it and it is about 1,150 pages long.
Skip, Check out the latest, "Churchill: Walking with Destiny". I loved it and it is about 1,150 pages long.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 10:43 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:43 AM (ECrgQ)
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I made some progress in A People's Tragedy to the point that the White Army has been wiped out of their last stronghold in the Crimea. They never really stood a chance because they ultimate were for returning to the past which nobody wanted.
Now that they were gone, the Reds started getting some of the wayward republics in the fold, ironically using people like Brusilov from the tsarsist army coming out of retirement and appealing to Rooski nationalism. Plus Poland tried to make some incursions which didn't work out so well, but then they tried to invade Poland and the locals said fuck that shit and sent them packing. Ukraine had ten different regimes from 1917-20, in case you think upheaval there is strictly a contemporary phenomenon. Figes has a disagreement with Daniel Pipes as to if the Reds had captured Warsaw if they'd have kept going to Berlin. Figes said they wouldn't have because Lenin wrote that invading Poland was done to make a defensive buffer but you can't trust a fucking thing that nutjob ever put on paper.
There are some stats of how many bureaucrats there were for each productive worker. Needless to say it's a derp state dream.
Now that they were gone, the Reds started getting some of the wayward republics in the fold, ironically using people like Brusilov from the tsarsist army coming out of retirement and appealing to Rooski nationalism. Plus Poland tried to make some incursions which didn't work out so well, but then they tried to invade Poland and the locals said fuck that shit and sent them packing. Ukraine had ten different regimes from 1917-20, in case you think upheaval there is strictly a contemporary phenomenon. Figes has a disagreement with Daniel Pipes as to if the Reds had captured Warsaw if they'd have kept going to Berlin. Figes said they wouldn't have because Lenin wrote that invading Poland was done to make a defensive buffer but you can't trust a fucking thing that nutjob ever put on paper.
There are some stats of how many bureaucrats there were for each productive worker. Needless to say it's a derp state dream.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 10:44 AM (y7DUB)
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oh, i see. they screwed up and are now charging you late fees. tax assessor's office - is there a physical location ? may be go there ? bring your stuff and (dated) envelope in which they sent your check. In my area there is major bank with multiple branches that process tax payments. Always a paper trail of when, what was paid. Highly recommend if that is an option for you
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:39 AM (zr5Kq)
the office is almost 300 miles away
oh, i see. they screwed up and are now charging you late fees. tax assessor's office - is there a physical location ? may be go there ? bring your stuff and (dated) envelope in which they sent your check. In my area there is major bank with multiple branches that process tax payments. Always a paper trail of when, what was paid. Highly recommend if that is an option for you
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:39 AM (zr5Kq)
the office is almost 300 miles away
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:44 AM (G546f)
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btw, I recently bought a book off ebay. A non-fiction work about Energy.
Following Oil by Thomas Petrie.
Haven't read it yet.
btw, I recently bought a book off ebay. A non-fiction work about Energy.
Following Oil by Thomas Petrie.
Haven't read it yet.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:45 AM (YXQrO)
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I had oatmeal this morning, and based on my
experiences with oatmeal, the Allied stockpile for D-Day is nothing
compared to what's coming.
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (arJlL)
A lot of people hate oatmeal. My parents hated it because their parents could not cook and the stuff just got harder and harder as it set on the stove. My mom gave us the instant stuff in winter and we liked it. Sometimes I would sneak in Nestles morsels and whipped cream. It grows a body good.
experiences with oatmeal, the Allied stockpile for D-Day is nothing
compared to what's coming.
Posted by: JT at December 08, 2019 10:19 AM (arJlL)
A lot of people hate oatmeal. My parents hated it because their parents could not cook and the stuff just got harder and harder as it set on the stove. My mom gave us the instant stuff in winter and we liked it. Sometimes I would sneak in Nestles morsels and whipped cream. It grows a body good.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:45 AM (n13/j)
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if its a local-local tax (not state, but county or municipal) I think the best route is to write your local representative.
They love this kind of thing, and you'll never have another problem
They love this kind of thing, and you'll never have another problem
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:45 AM (AwPyG)
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Just send a check using your bank's online service. It's still a physical check that is sent. But there is an electronic record of it.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:46 AM (Xiixu)
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216 I think one of the reasons people like the medieval mysteries (that are realistic) is the same reason they like Jane Austen or the Amish romances. The strict rules everyone has to follow create conflict and tension.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (AwPyG)
Kind of like here.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 10:36 AM (HALdu)
Exactly. How can morons feel funny in their pants if they're not wearing any?
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:30 AM (AwPyG)
Kind of like here.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 10:36 AM (HALdu)
Exactly. How can morons feel funny in their pants if they're not wearing any?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:46 AM (1Hdxn)
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the office is almost 300 miles away
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:44 AM (G546f)
Would you drive 300 miles to keep two grand?
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:44 AM (G546f)
Would you drive 300 miles to keep two grand?
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:46 AM (U7voe)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:47 AM (YXQrO)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:47 AM (G546f)
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Figes has a disagreement with Daniel Pipes as to if the Reds had captured Warsaw if they'd have kept going to Berlin. Figes said they wouldn't have because Lenin wrote that invading Poland was done to make a defensive buffer but you can't trust a fucking thing that nutjob ever put on paper.
There are some stats of how many bureaucrats there were for each productive worker. Needless to say it's a derp state dream.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 10:44 AM (y7DUB)
Reds capturing Warsaw ? What ? They could hardly keep what they had together after the Revolution.
There are some stats of how many bureaucrats there were for each productive worker. Needless to say it's a derp state dream.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 10:44 AM (y7DUB)
Reds capturing Warsaw ? What ? They could hardly keep what they had together after the Revolution.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:48 AM (zr5Kq)
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Yes--the more local the better. Although I suppose it wouldn't hurt to write everyone with any jurisdiction.
Bureaucrats aren't brave.
Bureaucrats aren't brave.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:49 AM (AwPyG)
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Would you drive 300 miles to keep two grand?
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:46 AM (U7voe)
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600 miles, return trip. That's a an entire day on the road, plus gas, plus wear on the car. And for an at best 50/50 chance that anything comes of it.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:46 AM (U7voe)
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600 miles, return trip. That's a an entire day on the road, plus gas, plus wear on the car. And for an at best 50/50 chance that anything comes of it.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:50 AM (Xiixu)
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230 I see no way in which this could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
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Dear County Assessor, slap hot iron to it !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (zr5Kq)
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Yeah, like that! Bet that would get a response.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:41 AM (ECrgQ)
They'll take it as a threat and send a SWAT team to your house at 3:00AM to shoot your dog and take your property.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2019 10:32 AM (t+qrx)
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Dear County Assessor, slap hot iron to it !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:33 AM (zr5Kq)
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Yeah, like that! Bet that would get a response.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:41 AM (ECrgQ)
They'll take it as a threat and send a SWAT team to your house at 3:00AM to shoot your dog and take your property.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 10:50 AM (NWiLs)
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I've seen a couple "Any Functioning Adult 2020" stickers.
Which is code for any Democrat.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:16 AM (YXQrO)
Father Hate told me that bumper stickers make a car look like trash. That and his anti tattoo admonishments had more staying power than his professional wrestling disdain.
Which is code for any Democrat.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:16 AM (YXQrO)
Father Hate told me that bumper stickers make a car look like trash. That and his anti tattoo admonishments had more staying power than his professional wrestling disdain.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 10:51 AM (y7DUB)
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thanks artemis gonna call my.local rep tomorrow
she's a wine mom dem.but who knows
she's a wine mom dem.but who knows
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:51 AM (G546f)
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And since it's a govt office, can't be done on the weekend, so that 600 mile drive will be on a weekday, ie needing a vacation day from work.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:51 AM (Xiixu)
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❘❘❘❙❙❚♠ Hello.
Those PANTS (and accessories) - a walking optical illusion!
Sam the assistant tailor: Boss, we just got three times as much of this fabric as we ordered, and the factory won't take it back.
Boss Pinchpenny: *shrug* I know what to do with it...
Those PANTS (and accessories) - a walking optical illusion!
Sam the assistant tailor: Boss, we just got three times as much of this fabric as we ordered, and the factory won't take it back.
Boss Pinchpenny: *shrug* I know what to do with it...
Posted by: mindful webworker - click at your own ricks at December 08, 2019 10:51 AM (Lsu/B)
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I am no expert on Churchill biographies or Washington biographies But as for Washington, I adamantly recommend Flexner's four volume or one volume work. I can also adamantly tell you to avoid His Excellency by the Joseph Ellis. Anyone can look this guy up and see about him. The guy rubs me the wrong way but my commentary is about the book. His Excellency is a hit piece. It saddens me that so many think it is a good bio of our greatest president.
Flexner wrote in the 60's so if anything he was going against the lefty grain. What he offered was an unbiased, historical account that has not been bettered imo.
Flexner wrote in the 60's so if anything he was going against the lefty grain. What he offered was an unbiased, historical account that has not been bettered imo.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:51 AM (n13/j)
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Vmom, I can't think of a single reason for a tax agency to send a check back. I also can't think of any government that would send an uncashed check back on a verbal request, without a written request.
You might start with a manager about what the process is for returning uncashed checks, and if they get nervous ask them about the procedure for waiving penalties
You might start with a manager about what the process is for returning uncashed checks, and if they get nervous ask them about the procedure for waiving penalties
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 10:52 AM (1glZx)
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I do think Ellis's book, Founding Brothers was pretty good. I am trying to be fair here as I am no Ellis fan.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:53 AM (n13/j)
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That and his anti tattoo admonishments had more staying power than his professional wrestling disdain.
Posted by: Captain Hate
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One of my kids asked me once why I was against pro wrestling because it was fake but very much for pro boxing where two poor black guys were beating the shit out of each other for reals.
I had to ponder that one I did.
Posted by: Captain Hate
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One of my kids asked me once why I was against pro wrestling because it was fake but very much for pro boxing where two poor black guys were beating the shit out of each other for reals.
I had to ponder that one I did.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:53 AM (Y4EXg)
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Kyle Bass is a big name in finance that mostly mocks Trump, but does see the problems of China, and says some big money in private equity will have nothing to do with China in their investments. (He sees China with big problems, and has a good debate with Bannon on the subject.)
Other big names are still gung ho on China ... and they seem to accept communism as just another social structure, a country that is like a big family with a central leader. They turn a blind eye to the crimes and threats ... Profit is still their bottom line, those are the vile globalists, imo. I don't know what Kissinger was or is ... there seems to be an arm of the DeepState that is "globalist", but wants to run the world from their Wall Street perch, using our SuperPower status to protect their profits. (and tools like Biden and can make their millions while the oligarchs rake in the billions, but Liberty for the People are incidental)
This is an Epoch Times interview with a "China expert" who explains why he thinks Kissinger/Nixon were "played" (cued to that part, YouTube link). I brought up the Congress of Vienna thing, just quoting from the video, and it's addressed at the starting point in the link) . imo China has to fall again, then maybe they can rise in a better format. The China expert in the video says many like him thought they could never return to China, but now think maybe they could (after the regime falls)
https://tinyurl.com/wlcv92b
Other big names are still gung ho on China ... and they seem to accept communism as just another social structure, a country that is like a big family with a central leader. They turn a blind eye to the crimes and threats ... Profit is still their bottom line, those are the vile globalists, imo. I don't know what Kissinger was or is ... there seems to be an arm of the DeepState that is "globalist", but wants to run the world from their Wall Street perch, using our SuperPower status to protect their profits. (and tools like Biden and can make their millions while the oligarchs rake in the billions, but Liberty for the People are incidental)
This is an Epoch Times interview with a "China expert" who explains why he thinks Kissinger/Nixon were "played" (cued to that part, YouTube link). I brought up the Congress of Vienna thing, just quoting from the video, and it's addressed at the starting point in the link) . imo China has to fall again, then maybe they can rise in a better format. The China expert in the video says many like him thought they could never return to China, but now think maybe they could (after the regime falls)
https://tinyurl.com/wlcv92b
Posted by: illiniwek at December 08, 2019 10:53 AM (Cus5s)
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They'll take it as a threat and send a SWAT team to your house at 3:00AM to shoot your dog and take your property.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 10:50 AM (NWiLs)
Well, then, how about copying the letters from that lawyer in the ONT? His "negotiating tactics" might make vmom feel better.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 10:50 AM (NWiLs)
Well, then, how about copying the letters from that lawyer in the ONT? His "negotiating tactics" might make vmom feel better.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:54 AM (ECrgQ)
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Whatever you do, don't do it by phone. It needs to be written communication. Because if it ever does get to court, telling a judge, so and so at the county office said such and such won't be worth much.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at December 08, 2019 10:54 AM (Xiixu)
Posted by: m at December 08, 2019 10:54 AM (oGFm1)
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Do you all buy your books new?
I buy shit like that used off ebay.
Same with DVDs.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:47 AM (YXQrO)
you should check out your local library. They often have books sales going on and they also sell dvds for a buck or two. A lot of "pros' go through those sales and buy the place up to resale on ebay.
I buy shit like that used off ebay.
Same with DVDs.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at December 08, 2019 10:47 AM (YXQrO)
you should check out your local library. They often have books sales going on and they also sell dvds for a buck or two. A lot of "pros' go through those sales and buy the place up to resale on ebay.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:55 AM (n13/j)
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i don't think they are a govt office - they process taxes but their site is a .com
they must be biggish
probably connected nepostically faik
they must be biggish
probably connected nepostically faik
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:56 AM (G546f)
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@261
Very good advice. In addition, if it appears that you are creating a written record of events, that alone will make a bureaucrat very nervous.
Always make a written record.
Very good advice. In addition, if it appears that you are creating a written record of events, that alone will make a bureaucrat very nervous.
Always make a written record.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:56 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 08, 2019 10:57 AM (u82oZ)
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you should check out your local library. They
often have books sales going on and they also sell dvds for a buck or
two. A lot of "pros' go through those sales and buy the place up to
resale on ebay.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:55 AM (n13/j)
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https://booksalefinder.com/index.html
you should check out your local library. They
often have books sales going on and they also sell dvds for a buck or
two. A lot of "pros' go through those sales and buy the place up to
resale on ebay.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 10:55 AM (n13/j)
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https://booksalefinder.com/index.html
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 08, 2019 10:57 AM (IttZ7)
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My approach is to keep moving up until I reach the common sense level. Lately, that has not been as effective.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 08, 2019 10:58 AM (u82oZ)
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Well, then, how about copying the letters from that lawyer in the ONT? His "negotiating tactics" might make vmom feel better.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:54 AM (ECrgQ)
That would be cathartic. Not likely to be effective, but definitely cathartic.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 10:54 AM (ECrgQ)
That would be cathartic. Not likely to be effective, but definitely cathartic.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 10:58 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:58 AM (G546f)
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@263
Bookbub.com, recommended by OM, will send you an email if any of your favorite authors is offereing a book for free-or 99 cents.
Free to sign up.
Bookbub.com, recommended by OM, will send you an email if any of your favorite authors is offereing a book for free-or 99 cents.
Free to sign up.
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 10:58 AM (AwPyG)
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:58 AM (zr5Kq)
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the Congress of Vienna, which pacified Europe for more than one hundred years.
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Although I agree that the Congress of Vienna was a great success, to say it pacified Europe for one hundred years is a great exaggeration (like Pax Augustus and the reign of the five good emperors). Prussia fought a series of wars unifying Germany, Italy did the same but less successfully, there were wars in the Balkans first driving out the Ottomans then fighting amongst themselves, Russia fought Japan then crushed a revolution and Queen Victoria fought a series of little, but brutal wars. It is more accurate to say that a general, suicidal, bench-clearing war was prevented. I fear that original sin has doomed us to an eternity of wars and rumors of war.
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Although I agree that the Congress of Vienna was a great success, to say it pacified Europe for one hundred years is a great exaggeration (like Pax Augustus and the reign of the five good emperors). Prussia fought a series of wars unifying Germany, Italy did the same but less successfully, there were wars in the Balkans first driving out the Ottomans then fighting amongst themselves, Russia fought Japan then crushed a revolution and Queen Victoria fought a series of little, but brutal wars. It is more accurate to say that a general, suicidal, bench-clearing war was prevented. I fear that original sin has doomed us to an eternity of wars and rumors of war.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 10:59 AM (+y/Ru)
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getting with a local rep, as artemis suggested is a very good idea.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:59 AM (zr5Kq)
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The last call I did as for transcript of said call
I am thinking of faxing a follow up - good or bad idea?
It would just be - in relation to our call, what is the status of getting a transcript
or should I ask something else
or not fax at all
I am thinking of faxing a follow up - good or bad idea?
It would just be - in relation to our call, what is the status of getting a transcript
or should I ask something else
or not fax at all
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 11:01 AM (G546f)
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Andrew Roberts has been on Dennis Prager's show often, he also has a book on Napoleon I would read in a heartbeat. Books like those I want in hard copy not e-book.
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 11:01 AM (ZCEU2)
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I'm listening to an Audible mystery/ghost story set in Victorian England called The Darkwater Bride.
A young Scottish woman and a Metropolitan police detective try to solve the murder or suicide of a respectable Scottish banker in a disreputable part of London.
The belief you can never fully know anyone is one of the repeated themes of the book.
It has me wondering how true that is.
A young Scottish woman and a Metropolitan police detective try to solve the murder or suicide of a respectable Scottish banker in a disreputable part of London.
The belief you can never fully know anyone is one of the repeated themes of the book.
It has me wondering how true that is.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 08, 2019 11:02 AM (Uu+Jp)
278
One of my kids asked me once why I was against pro wrestling because it was fake but very much for pro boxing where two poor black guys were beating the shit out of each other for reals.
I had to ponder that one I did.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:53 AM (Y4EXg)
A real problem for wrestling is the high rates of suicide and premature deaths. McMahon pays a lot of money to deflect attention from that.
I had to ponder that one I did.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 08, 2019 10:53 AM (Y4EXg)
A real problem for wrestling is the high rates of suicide and premature deaths. McMahon pays a lot of money to deflect attention from that.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 11:02 AM (y7DUB)
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maybe I'll wait until I can talk to the local rep's office
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 11:02 AM (G546f)
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@275
Email for the win! cc the person's supervisor, and the local rep.
Be polite, just the facts
Email for the win! cc the person's supervisor, and the local rep.
Be polite, just the facts
Posted by: artemis at December 08, 2019 11:03 AM (AwPyG)
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The last call I did as for transcript of said call
I am thinking of faxing a follow up - good or bad idea?
It would just be - in relation to our call, what is the status of getting a transcript
or should I ask something else
or not fax at all
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 11:01 AM (G546f)
getting with a rep and asking for a transcript and/or faxing are not mutually exclusive. do everything. won't hurt, don't know which will work.
I am thinking of faxing a follow up - good or bad idea?
It would just be - in relation to our call, what is the status of getting a transcript
or should I ask something else
or not fax at all
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 11:01 AM (G546f)
getting with a rep and asking for a transcript and/or faxing are not mutually exclusive. do everything. won't hurt, don't know which will work.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:03 AM (zr5Kq)
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Eventually it comes down to the pants.
I don't see me having any room in my closet for those.
Been reading a series of kindle books on post-apocalyptic America. Nothing I'd recommend. Why do the authors get so preachy?
I don't see me having any room in my closet for those.
Been reading a series of kindle books on post-apocalyptic America. Nothing I'd recommend. Why do the authors get so preachy?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 08, 2019 11:03 AM (axyOa)
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Congress of Vienna only wished it would last 100 years
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 11:04 AM (ZCEU2)
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275 The last call I did as for transcript of said call
I am thinking of faxing a follow up - good or bad idea?
It would just be - in relation to our call, what is the status of getting a transcript
or should I ask something else
or not fax at all
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 11:01 AM (G546f)
You should be able to make a public records request for the alleged recording and all related materials. Check the law in your state. You can probably find some state-specific guidance online for that too.
I am thinking of faxing a follow up - good or bad idea?
It would just be - in relation to our call, what is the status of getting a transcript
or should I ask something else
or not fax at all
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 11:01 AM (G546f)
You should be able to make a public records request for the alleged recording and all related materials. Check the law in your state. You can probably find some state-specific guidance online for that too.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:04 AM (NWiLs)
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I love wandering around used bookstores even though they inevitably make me sneeze.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 08, 2019 11:06 AM (Uu+Jp)
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Tax assessor re assessed my property for substantially less, returned my prior over payment, then issued a new invoice with a late fee higher than the amount saved.
I almost got arrested.
I almost got arrested.
Posted by: Jeb! at December 08, 2019 11:06 AM (cAnuB)
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I read a good amount of history books and others with maps and illustrations. The Landmark series is an example. Does anyone else keep a magnifying glass at hand for such matters? Mine is a decent one, about 10X and with a ring of 12 LEDs in the ring around the lens. It really helps.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 11:06 AM (7EjX1)
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Capt Hate - while many of those boxers have a hard life some get rewarded, probably about the same rate as NFL players.
Steroids are the cause of those suicide rates is my guess.
Steroids are the cause of those suicide rates is my guess.
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 11:07 AM (ZCEU2)
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A real problem for wrestling is the high rates of suicide and premature deaths. McMahon pays a lot of money to deflect attention from that.
Posted by: Captain Hate
PED and cocaine
Posted by: Captain Hate
PED and cocaine
Posted by: Jeb! at December 08, 2019 11:08 AM (cAnuB)
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Interesting read, and it appears the calumny heaped on Richard was, in a lot of ways, not as deserved as perceived and was done more to justify the reign of the Tudors.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 09:29 AM (WEBkv)
Blake, have you read Josephine Tey's 'Daughter of Time"?
Excellent mystery novel on the topic.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at December 08, 2019 09:29 AM (WEBkv)
Blake, have you read Josephine Tey's 'Daughter of Time"?
Excellent mystery novel on the topic.
Posted by: sal at December 08, 2019 11:08 AM (bo8pf)
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Tax assessor re assessed my property for substantially less, returned my prior over payment, then issued a new invoice with a late fee higher than the amount saved.
I almost got arrested.
Posted by: Jeb! at December 08, 2019 11:06 AM (cAnuB)
ouch !
I almost got arrested.
Posted by: Jeb! at December 08, 2019 11:06 AM (cAnuB)
ouch !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:08 AM (zr5Kq)
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Although I agree that the Congress of Vienna was a great success,
If only we could replace our Congress with the Congress of Vienna.
(i know, I know)
Good morning, Book Elves!
Time for y'all to kick back and relax with a tot of -
Laphroaig Santa Cask.
As for me...work, work, work.
Now for a quick glance at this here thread.
If only we could replace our Congress with the Congress of Vienna.
(i know, I know)
Good morning, Book Elves!
Time for y'all to kick back and relax with a tot of -
Laphroaig Santa Cask.
As for me...work, work, work.
Now for a quick glance at this here thread.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2019 11:09 AM (kauXV)
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vmom-
It would be helpful if you know a guy that knows a guy that knows a guy whose cousin has a friend who knows how to get things done. IYKWIM.
It would be helpful if you know a guy that knows a guy that knows a guy whose cousin has a friend who knows how to get things done. IYKWIM.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 11:10 AM (m45I2)
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Has anyone read At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill? It's the book group's next choice. I know that it has a homo element which isn't necessarily a deal breaker (I've read Paul Bowles, for example) and it's supposed to be very well written albeit a bit difficult, which isn't usually a problem.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 11:11 AM (y7DUB)
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i don't think they are a govt office - they process taxes but their site is a .com
they must be biggish
probably connected nepostically faik
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:56 AM (G546f)
*tears hair* *kicks things*
In which case your issue is with the third party handling which STILL should not be returning checks on a verbal request. But the county may not be willing to cut you slack on a check they didn't get.
(for crissakes, your EX could be messing with you, right? Or the lady down the street who complains about your cats in her garden!)
Make sure with the county, see if it is an official place or one of those third party "sure we will handle that for you while we hold your check and earn interest on it - ooh a couple of days don't matter much"
But then ask the county for a penalty waiver for situation beyond your control - especially if it is a sanctioned company.
And consider making future payments via Automated Clearing House transaction, or mail it certified to the county. Or pay the merchant fee on a credit card payment.
I hate those third party payers. Running payments on billpay with the bank is bad enough.
Oh, and consider a small claims suit if you can afford the hassle and you can't get it resolved or waived.
they must be biggish
probably connected nepostically faik
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:56 AM (G546f)
*tears hair* *kicks things*
In which case your issue is with the third party handling which STILL should not be returning checks on a verbal request. But the county may not be willing to cut you slack on a check they didn't get.
(for crissakes, your EX could be messing with you, right? Or the lady down the street who complains about your cats in her garden!)
Make sure with the county, see if it is an official place or one of those third party "sure we will handle that for you while we hold your check and earn interest on it - ooh a couple of days don't matter much"
But then ask the county for a penalty waiver for situation beyond your control - especially if it is a sanctioned company.
And consider making future payments via Automated Clearing House transaction, or mail it certified to the county. Or pay the merchant fee on a credit card payment.
I hate those third party payers. Running payments on billpay with the bank is bad enough.
Oh, and consider a small claims suit if you can afford the hassle and you can't get it resolved or waived.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 11:12 AM (1glZx)
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293 vmom-
It would be helpful if you know a guy that knows a guy that knows a guy whose cousin has a friend who knows how to get things done. IYKWIM.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 11:10 AM (m45I2)
Oh, you mean someone who paints houses.
It would be helpful if you know a guy that knows a guy that knows a guy whose cousin has a friend who knows how to get things done. IYKWIM.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 11:10 AM (m45I2)
Oh, you mean someone who paints houses.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 08, 2019 11:14 AM (di1hb)
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Tax assessor re assessed my property for substantially less, returned my prior over payment, then issued a new invoice with a late fee higher than the amount saved.
I almost got arrested.
Posted by: Jeb! at December 08, 2019 11:06 AM (cAnuB)
Please crap.
I almost got arrested.
Posted by: Jeb! at December 08, 2019 11:06 AM (cAnuB)
Please crap.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 11:14 AM (tjClK)
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115 Last night's post about snowball throwing banned in Wausau, Wis -
why ?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (zr5Kq
They say it's because nobody should throw things at another person. They also included arrows, sticks, rocks. Snowballs = arrows.
why ?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 10:04 AM (zr5Kq
They say it's because nobody should throw things at another person. They also included arrows, sticks, rocks. Snowballs = arrows.
Posted by: FloridaMan at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (B8eTP)
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Oh, and consider a small claims suit if you can afford the hassle and you can't get it resolved or waived.
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um, no. if it does not get resolved, pay the penalty and move on. filing a suit will cost a heck of a lot more.
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um, no. if it does not get resolved, pay the penalty and move on. filing a suit will cost a heck of a lot more.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (zr5Kq)
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In the book room of our little local thrift store, where I volunteer, I found "The Merriment of Christmas" Vol. 3 of the Life Book of Christmas (1963).
Been looking for this since 1989- it has a wonderful spice cookie recipe I was never able to replicate, even with the internet.
For only a dollar- it's a Christmas miracle!
Been looking for this since 1989- it has a wonderful spice cookie recipe I was never able to replicate, even with the internet.
For only a dollar- it's a Christmas miracle!
Posted by: sal at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (bo8pf)
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Oh, you mean someone who paints houses.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 08, 2019 11:14 AM (di1hb)
One afternoon, two coats!
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 08, 2019 11:14 AM (di1hb)
One afternoon, two coats!
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 11:16 AM (ECrgQ)
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Welp, reckon I'd better go throw something together for the Gun Thread. Later taters!
Posted by: Weasel at December 08, 2019 11:17 AM (MVjcR)
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Book nerds!
Posted by: Ogre at December 08, 2019 11:17 AM (1CjJc)
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Snowballs = arrows.
Posted by: FloridaMan at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (B8eTP)
That adds a whole new dimension to the long bow vs crossbow debate.
Posted by: FloridaMan at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (B8eTP)
That adds a whole new dimension to the long bow vs crossbow debate.
Posted by: Linn Ridge at December 08, 2019 11:18 AM (ECrgQ)
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OK, Morons, trivia time. What pop/folk/rock song is about the Congress of Vienna?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:19 AM (+y/Ru)
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Waiting for Hans Schantz to finish his series on the hidden secret in physics. My theory is he painted himself into a corner and now he has to come up with a REAL hidden secret. Also needs to let the young protagonist get laid! Jesus, Hans, give the kid a break!
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 08, 2019 11:20 AM (2nsuS)
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Dr. Mrs. T. got back from the gym and made brunch. All out of orange juice so no mimosas, but otherwise delicious.
Now I'm just seeing how long I can put off my own fitness ordeal.
Now I'm just seeing how long I can put off my own fitness ordeal.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 11:21 AM (urZJh)
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I'm an idiot! I meant is about the Treaty of Versailles.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:21 AM (+y/Ru)
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OK, Morons, trivia time. What pop/folk/rock song is about the Congress of Vienna?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:19 AM (+y/Ru)
(I can't get No) Satisfaction?
OK, Morons, trivia time. What pop/folk/rock song is about the Congress of Vienna?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:19 AM (+y/Ru)
(I can't get No) Satisfaction?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 08, 2019 11:21 AM (IttZ7)
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I love King Books but haven't been there in years. The last time I went, I took a visiting friend and she found a privately-published book of advice from a father to his divinty-school-bound son. Published 1773, with the funky S everywhere.I think she paid $5 for it.
I haven't been reading anything but work-related stuff.
In pants-related news: I couldn't go to church because my clothes are in the wash. So I'm wearing a sweater and socks until the dryer is done. But I still wouldn't wear those featured pants!
I haven't been reading anything but work-related stuff.
In pants-related news: I couldn't go to church because my clothes are in the wash. So I'm wearing a sweater and socks until the dryer is done. But I still wouldn't wear those featured pants!
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 08, 2019 11:22 AM (/+bwe)
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Paul Johnson's book _The Birth of the Modern_ has a whole chapter about the Congress of Vienna. Apparently Metternich slept with pretty much every other participant's wife or mistress during the conference. I think maybe they agreed to his proposals just to have an excuse to go home.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 11:23 AM (urZJh)
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198 Not my most recent read, but wanted to recommend Schrodinger's Gat by Robert Kroese especially perhaps to Hans Schantz. It has hidden physics, a bit of philosophy, and a massive conspiracy to cover up the truth and exterminate the experimenters.
I love Robert Kroese's work, most recently his Iron Dragon Series. I'll definitely check out Schrodinger's Gat. Thanks, .87 c
I've been reading books I picked up at last week's big indie book sale. J. M. Anjewierden's The Long Black is a fun space opera.
I also picked up Christopher Nutall's latest, The Long Range War, Book 5 of Learning Experience. The earlier books in the series were excellent, telling a near future store of alien contact and interstellar warfare.
Catch you all next week!
198 Not my most recent read, but wanted to recommend Schrodinger's Gat by Robert Kroese especially perhaps to Hans Schantz. It has hidden physics, a bit of philosophy, and a massive conspiracy to cover up the truth and exterminate the experimenters.
I love Robert Kroese's work, most recently his Iron Dragon Series. I'll definitely check out Schrodinger's Gat. Thanks, .87 c
I've been reading books I picked up at last week's big indie book sale. J. M. Anjewierden's The Long Black is a fun space opera.
I also picked up Christopher Nutall's latest, The Long Range War, Book 5 of Learning Experience. The earlier books in the series were excellent, telling a near future store of alien contact and interstellar warfare.
Catch you all next week!
Posted by: Hans G. Schantz at December 08, 2019 11:24 AM (FXjhj)
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In the book room of our little local thrift store, where I volunteer, I found "The Merriment of Christmas" Vol. 3 of the Life Book of Christmas (1963).Been looking for this since 1989- it has a wonderful spice cookie recipe I was never able to replicate, even with the internet.
For only a dollar- it's a Christmas miracle!
Posted by: sal at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (bo8pf)
I love when things like that hapoen!
For only a dollar- it's a Christmas miracle!
Posted by: sal at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (bo8pf)
I love when things like that hapoen!
Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 08, 2019 11:25 AM (/+bwe)
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Has anyone read At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill? It's the book group's next choice. I know that it has a homo element which isn't necessarily a deal breaker (I've read Paul Bowles, for example) and it's supposed to be very well written albeit a bit difficult, which isn't usually a problem.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 11:11 AM (y7DUB)
Never heard of it.
"At Swim Two Birds" by Flann O'Brien on the other hand is a stone-cold classic and hilarious to boot.
Read it instead if you haven't yet.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 11:11 AM (y7DUB)
Never heard of it.
"At Swim Two Birds" by Flann O'Brien on the other hand is a stone-cold classic and hilarious to boot.
Read it instead if you haven't yet.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2019 11:25 AM (9X624)
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um, no. if it does not get resolved, pay the penalty and move on. filing a suit will cost a heck of a lot more.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (zr5Kq)
You can't sue the government, but you can sue a third party payment handler. Some of them will payout without attempting to challenge, since they budget for legal activities, and to run an attorney down to the court costs more than writing a check.
Just make sure the filing fee and the hassle of filing is not greater than the penalty you hope to get back. If it is not worth it, then yes, just move on.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:15 AM (zr5Kq)
You can't sue the government, but you can sue a third party payment handler. Some of them will payout without attempting to challenge, since they budget for legal activities, and to run an attorney down to the court costs more than writing a check.
Just make sure the filing fee and the hassle of filing is not greater than the penalty you hope to get back. If it is not worth it, then yes, just move on.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 11:25 AM (1glZx)
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And the big secret of Vienna's success was that they were all sick of war and just wanted a settlement which would last. High ideals got shelved. Russia got big concessions because they had a big army, and Britain got most of what they wanted because everybody else would go bankrupt without their subsidies.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 11:26 AM (urZJh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:26 AM (+y/Ru)
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I also was disappointed in Cadfael because of the modern attitudes. That
gets me about a lot of historical fiction, really. What I WANT is to
get a real sense of what another time and place was like, not just watch
a bunch of Current Year dipshits cosplaying.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:37 AM (urZJh)
I hate that too. There was a spoof of Robin Hood made in 1984 with George Segal. Morgan Fairchild playing Maid Marian is told she is going to married off and she goes into a rant about being a liberated woman making her own decisions. Tom Baker (Dr. Who) playing Guy of Gisbourne leans into her and says, "My dear, this is the 12th Century. Go find a white dress."
I also was disappointed in Cadfael because of the modern attitudes. That
gets me about a lot of historical fiction, really. What I WANT is to
get a real sense of what another time and place was like, not just watch
a bunch of Current Year dipshits cosplaying.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 09:37 AM (urZJh)
I hate that too. There was a spoof of Robin Hood made in 1984 with George Segal. Morgan Fairchild playing Maid Marian is told she is going to married off and she goes into a rant about being a liberated woman making her own decisions. Tom Baker (Dr. Who) playing Guy of Gisbourne leans into her and says, "My dear, this is the 12th Century. Go find a white dress."
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2019 11:26 AM (MQMWM)
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See the post World War II settlement for an interesting parallel. The US, Russia, and the British were more-or-less satisfied, and it held up for a good half century.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 11:28 AM (urZJh)
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OK, Morons, trivia time. What pop/folk/rock song is about the Congress of Vienna?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:19 AM (+y/Ru)
"We Built this City on Sausage Rolls"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEB8bfP7wE
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:19 AM (+y/Ru)
"We Built this City on Sausage Rolls"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEB8bfP7wE
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2019 11:28 AM (9X624)
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It is beyond disturbing how well I remember "Bored of the Rings," the copy of which I bought in high school is sitting on a shelf in my bedroom, untouched for decades except for the occasional dusting.
I also want to second the favorable comments from another denizen who recommended the Audible version of LOTR read by Rob Inglis. I've listened to "The Hobbit" and have started "The Fellowship of the Ring." The reading is delightful, enough variance in voice to make who's speaking clear, and not so much that it's obnoxious. And it's serving its major purpose which is to keep me calm in the afternoon commute.
And my bedtime book is the latest from Kurt Schlichter - it's a fun ride.
I also want to second the favorable comments from another denizen who recommended the Audible version of LOTR read by Rob Inglis. I've listened to "The Hobbit" and have started "The Fellowship of the Ring." The reading is delightful, enough variance in voice to make who's speaking clear, and not so much that it's obnoxious. And it's serving its major purpose which is to keep me calm in the afternoon commute.
And my bedtime book is the latest from Kurt Schlichter - it's a fun ride.
Posted by: Tonestaple at December 08, 2019 11:28 AM (WLMkj)
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292 ... naturalfake, Where did you find that Laphroaig Santa Cask stuff? I can't even find a reference to it. And I do like the Laphroaig Quarter Cask.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 11:29 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 11:30 AM (m45I2)
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Progress. Oktoberfest 1928 v. Oktoberfest 2015.
https://bit.ly/2sb9jEU
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:26 AM (+y/Ru)
So you are saying something improved over the last century? Anything that has improved over the last twenty years stands out to me as a rare win.
Also, Octoberfest ends about the time October rolls around. This year it ended on October the fourth.
https://bit.ly/2sb9jEU
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:26 AM (+y/Ru)
So you are saying something improved over the last century? Anything that has improved over the last twenty years stands out to me as a rare win.
Also, Octoberfest ends about the time October rolls around. This year it ended on October the fourth.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:31 AM (n13/j)
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Laphroaig ...is that the one that tastes ..earthy?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:32 AM (zr5Kq)
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Never heard of it.
"At Swim Two Birds" by Flann O'Brien on the other hand is a stone-cold classic and hilarious to boot.
Read it instead if you haven't yet.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2019 11:25 AM (9X624)
Already read it at the advice of someone here, maybe you. Thoroughly enjoyed it. At some point I'll read The Third Policeman.
"At Swim Two Birds" by Flann O'Brien on the other hand is a stone-cold classic and hilarious to boot.
Read it instead if you haven't yet.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2019 11:25 AM (9X624)
Already read it at the advice of someone here, maybe you. Thoroughly enjoyed it. At some point I'll read The Third Policeman.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 08, 2019 11:32 AM (y7DUB)
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thanks for all the help guys
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 11:33 AM (G546f)
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Something that's been nagging at me lately: what to do with my library if I have to move to a smaller place or (eventually) die?
I hate the thought of the collection of books I've spent so much time putting together being tossed out, dumped in a "FREE" bin at the library, or left to rot in boxes in a storage unit somewhere.
Any ideas? What's a good home for a 3000-volume library?
I hate the thought of the collection of books I've spent so much time putting together being tossed out, dumped in a "FREE" bin at the library, or left to rot in boxes in a storage unit somewhere.
Any ideas? What's a good home for a 3000-volume library?
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 11:33 AM (urZJh)
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OK, Morons, trivia time. What pop/folk/rock song is about the Congress of Vienna?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Something by Sabaton?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Something by Sabaton?
Posted by: Jeb! at December 08, 2019 11:34 AM (cAnuB)
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Laphroaig ...is that the one that tastes ..earthy?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:32 AM (zr5Kq)
you hear a lot of band aide, as in iodine.
Laphroaig ...is that the one that tastes ..earthy?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:32 AM (zr5Kq)
you hear a lot of band aide, as in iodine.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:34 AM (n13/j)
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good luck, vmom.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:35 AM (zr5Kq)
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Love Sabaton. Head-banging and history lessons. What could be better?
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:35 AM (NWiLs)
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323 GLUGGAVEDUR
That's the worst spell of weather we've had in years.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 11:30 AM (m45I2)
someone carping about the crappie weather ?
That's the worst spell of weather we've had in years.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 08, 2019 11:30 AM (m45I2)
someone carping about the crappie weather ?
Posted by: REDACTED at December 08, 2019 11:35 AM (rpxSz)
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305 OK, Morons, trivia time. What pop/folk/rock song is about the Congress of Vienna?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:19 AM (+y/Ru)
I would think it would have to be something by Al Stewart.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:19 AM (+y/Ru)
I would think it would have to be something by Al Stewart.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 11:36 AM (MRoRq)
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@29,
I love Icelandic wool. It's dual coated with a fine undercoat and coarser outer. It's very warm and lightweight but not soft like merino. I have a half a fleece from Iceland in my fiber stash
I guess this is where we mention Independent People by Haldor Laxness. Odd but memorable book.
I love Icelandic wool. It's dual coated with a fine undercoat and coarser outer. It's very warm and lightweight but not soft like merino. I have a half a fleece from Iceland in my fiber stash
I guess this is where we mention Independent People by Haldor Laxness. Odd but memorable book.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 08, 2019 11:36 AM (Lqy/e)
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Laphroaig ...is that the one that tastes ..earthy?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:32 AM (zr5Kq)
you hear a lot of band aide, as in iodine.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:34 AM (n13/j)
Talisker's the same way. Some people really love it. I find it revolting.
Laphroaig ...is that the one that tastes ..earthy?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:32 AM (zr5Kq)
you hear a lot of band aide, as in iodine.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:34 AM (n13/j)
Talisker's the same way. Some people really love it. I find it revolting.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:36 AM (NWiLs)
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that's what I'm afraid of - not sure how to get one that won't cost more than the cost of the tax penalty which is around $2k
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
I went through a tax appeal in Fairfax County, VA, showed comparable properties, all the necessary paperwork. No surprise. Appeal denied. Rubber stamp.
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 10:23 AM (G546f)
I went through a tax appeal in Fairfax County, VA, showed comparable properties, all the necessary paperwork. No surprise. Appeal denied. Rubber stamp.
Posted by: FloridaMan at December 08, 2019 11:37 AM (B8eTP)
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Damn Jeb! sock
Posted by: Jean at December 08, 2019 11:37 AM (cAnuB)
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I went through a tax appeal in Fairfax County, VA, showed comparable properties
Ha, my appeal was with Fairfax Co, I won and still got screwed
Ha, my appeal was with Fairfax Co, I won and still got screwed
Posted by: Jean at December 08, 2019 11:38 AM (cAnuB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:38 AM (+y/Ru)
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Those Churchill WWII books may have my fingerprints on them. I bought a few of the from Kings several years ago but they did not have all of them and I had had to fill in the gaps by borrowing from the library. A few years later I gave them back to King's. As an aside, my wife and I found a complete set in an antique store in New Smyrna FL a couple of years ago and they hold a proud place on my bookshelf.
Posted by: Clean Willie at December 08, 2019 11:40 AM (TwCsL)
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I would think it would have to be something by Al Stewart.
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Yes, I messed up. League of Notions is about the Treaty of Versailles.
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Yes, I messed up. League of Notions is about the Treaty of Versailles.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:40 AM (+y/Ru)
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MEDIA BLOODBATH: 7,700 JOBS LOST IN '19...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:38 AM (+y/Ru)
Not yet tired of the winning!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:38 AM (+y/Ru)
Not yet tired of the winning!
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 11:40 AM (MRoRq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2019 11:41 AM (aKsyK)
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325 ... "Laphroaig ...is that the one that tastes ..earthy?"
It's an Islay single malt which means it will have a good amount of peat (some call it iodine) in the taste. But that isn't as strong as some others from the island, like Ardbeg. Some say the peat flavor is an acquired taste. Apparently I acquired it at birth.
It's an Islay single malt which means it will have a good amount of peat (some call it iodine) in the taste. But that isn't as strong as some others from the island, like Ardbeg. Some say the peat flavor is an acquired taste. Apparently I acquired it at birth.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 11:41 AM (7EjX1)
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And I thought the Trump economy was so great.
MEDIA BLOODBATH: 7,700 JOBS LOST IN '19...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:38 AM (+y/Ru)
In every economy gangbang, a few attract syphilis and die off.
MEDIA BLOODBATH: 7,700 JOBS LOST IN '19...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:38 AM (+y/Ru)
In every economy gangbang, a few attract syphilis and die off.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 11:41 AM (9gDA7)
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And I thought the Trump economy was so great.
MEDIA BLOODBATH: 7,700 JOBS LOST IN '19...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Post of the Day
MEDIA BLOODBATH: 7,700 JOBS LOST IN '19...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Post of the Day
Posted by: Jean at December 08, 2019 11:41 AM (cAnuB)
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Trimegistus, my guess is start asking friends & family if they are interested in having any of your collections
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 11:42 AM (G546f)
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Congress of Vienna (and Versailles) needs a makeover ... with Trump leading the way. (or Trump's deeper thinking advisors, but Trump's policy is what they hate).
Trump has pushed the ideas of solidarity with other nations states, that will all make their own nation great again, by way of mutual respect for each other's sovereignty. We should try to push our allies TOWARD "Westernization" and liberty for the individual, but still need strategic deals with non-Western countries. (while the DeepState/globalists would prefer constant chaos as they get the bailouts and own the world).
Much of the "EU" is run by globalist oligarchs ... so restructuring NATO to support the old West is critical, and may require the collapse of the EU (globalist un-elected banker/bureaucrat) structure, idk.
There must be some demarcation for the Western Nations imo, and an open rebuke to those (oligarchs like Soros, or stooges like Merkel/Macron) treating Western heritage as White Supremacy (or even as Nazism). The central focus of the oligarch/globalist/DeepState centers on destruction of the firm foundation of Christian ethical norms. That evil hydra has to be confronted ... it is being confronted.
Trump has pushed the ideas of solidarity with other nations states, that will all make their own nation great again, by way of mutual respect for each other's sovereignty. We should try to push our allies TOWARD "Westernization" and liberty for the individual, but still need strategic deals with non-Western countries. (while the DeepState/globalists would prefer constant chaos as they get the bailouts and own the world).
Much of the "EU" is run by globalist oligarchs ... so restructuring NATO to support the old West is critical, and may require the collapse of the EU (globalist un-elected banker/bureaucrat) structure, idk.
There must be some demarcation for the Western Nations imo, and an open rebuke to those (oligarchs like Soros, or stooges like Merkel/Macron) treating Western heritage as White Supremacy (or even as Nazism). The central focus of the oligarch/globalist/DeepState centers on destruction of the firm foundation of Christian ethical norms. That evil hydra has to be confronted ... it is being confronted.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 08, 2019 11:42 AM (Cus5s)
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Yes, I messed up. League of Notions is about the Treaty of Versailles.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:40 AM (+y/Ru)
Thank you, that was the tune I was trying to think of, but somehow the Congress of Vienna didn't fit.
Stewart sounds like quite a history buff. Would like to see a photo of his library.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:40 AM (+y/Ru)
Thank you, that was the tune I was trying to think of, but somehow the Congress of Vienna didn't fit.
Stewart sounds like quite a history buff. Would like to see a photo of his library.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 11:42 AM (MRoRq)
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you hear a lot of band aide, as in iodine.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:34 AM (n13/j)
Talisker's the same way. Some people really love it. I find it revolting.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:36 AM (NWiLs)
Yeah, probably an acquired taste.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:34 AM (n13/j)
Talisker's the same way. Some people really love it. I find it revolting.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:36 AM (NWiLs)
Yeah, probably an acquired taste.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (zr5Kq)
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Those Churchill WWII books
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Final Jeopardy the other night asked what world leader was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice and Literature Prize seven times winning once. I completely forgot about Churchill and felt so stupid.
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Final Jeopardy the other night asked what world leader was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice and Literature Prize seven times winning once. I completely forgot about Churchill and felt so stupid.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (+y/Ru)
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Laphroaig ...is that the one that tastes ..earthy?
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:32 AM (zr5Kq)
you hear a lot of band aide, as in iodine.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:34 AM (n13/j)
Talisker's the same way. Some people really love it. I find it revolting.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:36 AM (NWiLs)
I kind of like the peat I get from some blends. I want to go for more peat but not some monster that has nothing else. I have done the sherry bombs and they seem one dimensional I guess. I would like some more peat than Highland Park but not as much as the extreme Islays.
To me peat adds something but if it blows the thing out it is a waste of good whisky. One thing I am sure of at this point is really good Scotch is more expensive than really good Bourbon. I am sure there are exceptions but in general, this is true.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:32 AM (zr5Kq)
you hear a lot of band aide, as in iodine.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:34 AM (n13/j)
Talisker's the same way. Some people really love it. I find it revolting.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:36 AM (NWiLs)
I kind of like the peat I get from some blends. I want to go for more peat but not some monster that has nothing else. I have done the sherry bombs and they seem one dimensional I guess. I would like some more peat than Highland Park but not as much as the extreme Islays.
To me peat adds something but if it blows the thing out it is a waste of good whisky. One thing I am sure of at this point is really good Scotch is more expensive than really good Bourbon. I am sure there are exceptions but in general, this is true.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (n13/j)
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Clean Willie,
I have a complete set of Churchill works, Bible, the Black Book of Communism and a few other choice title in the living room shelf as a warning notice to any literate lefties
I have a complete set of Churchill works, Bible, the Black Book of Communism and a few other choice title in the living room shelf as a warning notice to any literate lefties
Posted by: Jean at December 08, 2019 11:44 AM (cAnuB)
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Some say the peat flavor is an acquired taste. Apparently I acquired it at birth.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 11:41 AM (7EjX1)
ha, yes. Laphroaig has the Royal Warrant. English taste....
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 11:41 AM (7EjX1)
ha, yes. Laphroaig has the Royal Warrant. English taste....
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:44 AM (zr5Kq)
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Funny how alcohol related websites now require you to disclose age...I put it 1/1/1946...it worked !
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:46 AM (zr5Kq)
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Any ideas? What's a good home for a 3000-volume library?
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 11:33 AM (urZJh)
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I had wondered about that too. Maybe there are used bookstores that buy estates. A interwebz search revealed this site:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/toeacm7
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 08, 2019 11:33 AM (urZJh)
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I had wondered about that too. Maybe there are used bookstores that buy estates. A interwebz search revealed this site:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/toeacm7
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at December 08, 2019 11:46 AM (IttZ7)
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BTW, if you are ever in London and want to while away an hour or two, or a day or two, I highly recommend stopping into Foyle's on Charing Cross Road. Massive. I understand it has moved out of the old premises which were more John King-like into more modern digs but I am sure it would still be a pleasant way to spend time.
Posted by: Clean Willie at December 08, 2019 11:46 AM (TwCsL)
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Yeah, probably an acquired taste.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (zr5Kq)
no doubt there. I can see how it happens though. When you get used to something you often search for more complexity. Even Johnnie Walker Black gives you some of that peat and if you like it, you will likely search for more in the end. What I want is a Scotch that gives you the malt, peat, and sherry. Something that stands out but is not overdone.
I think the peat heads are similar to the hop heads with IPA's. Hey, to each his own. But I have had my share of beer in my day and there are a lot of great varieties other than IPA's.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (zr5Kq)
no doubt there. I can see how it happens though. When you get used to something you often search for more complexity. Even Johnnie Walker Black gives you some of that peat and if you like it, you will likely search for more in the end. What I want is a Scotch that gives you the malt, peat, and sherry. Something that stands out but is not overdone.
I think the peat heads are similar to the hop heads with IPA's. Hey, to each his own. But I have had my share of beer in my day and there are a lot of great varieties other than IPA's.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:48 AM (n13/j)
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point is, how they heck do they know whether you are lying or not ? that whole disclosure requirement is silly, anyone can enter the site.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:48 AM (zr5Kq)
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The Icelandic word concerning foul weather, good to look at but not so good to be in reminds me of two things. One, hustling a buck or two when I was a kid with a snow shovel. Two, watching the snow fall with an ample supply of booze and the crockpot going, and having cash for the next generation with a snow shovel. Reasons I moved south.
Posted by: bill in arkansas at December 08, 2019 11:48 AM (C1Lsn)
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To me peat adds something but if it blows the thing out it is a waste of good whisky. One thing I am sure of at this point is really good Scotch is more expensive than really good Bourbon. I am sure there are exceptions but in general, this is true.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (n13/j)
I think that's true. I don't have a particularly discriminating pallet but I think I can get a really good bourbon for say $60 but a good single malt scotch is much more than that.
To me peat adds something but if it blows the thing out it is a waste of good whisky. One thing I am sure of at this point is really good Scotch is more expensive than really good Bourbon. I am sure there are exceptions but in general, this is true.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (n13/j)
I think that's true. I don't have a particularly discriminating pallet but I think I can get a really good bourbon for say $60 but a good single malt scotch is much more than that.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 08, 2019 11:49 AM (Uu+Jp)
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point is, how they heck do they know whether you are lying or not ? that whole disclosure requirement is silly, anyone can enter the site.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:48 AM (zr5Kq)
True, however, their liability is now absolved as you LIED to get into the site, so they're no longer responsible.
Don't think that would honestly hold up in a court of law these days, but that's my theory.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:48 AM (zr5Kq)
True, however, their liability is now absolved as you LIED to get into the site, so they're no longer responsible.
Don't think that would honestly hold up in a court of law these days, but that's my theory.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 11:49 AM (9gDA7)
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Curse this laptop, I had a lengthy reply typed up, and it went poof!
Anyhoo, thanks for addressing my question, and I am going to check out that new site with the free versions. Even if it doesn't have lots of titles now, it's worth supporting a worthwhile effort in its infancy.
As for Kissinger, I never read Diplomacy, and gave my copy of it away before moving a few months ago.
When I bought it I think I admired him, but decided he's not someone whose views I really need to dig deeper into.
Anyhoo, thanks for addressing my question, and I am going to check out that new site with the free versions. Even if it doesn't have lots of titles now, it's worth supporting a worthwhile effort in its infancy.
As for Kissinger, I never read Diplomacy, and gave my copy of it away before moving a few months ago.
When I bought it I think I admired him, but decided he's not someone whose views I really need to dig deeper into.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2019 11:50 AM (hku12)
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Speaking of bookstores, "Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is one of my favorite books. It is set in a bookstore in Barcelona.
It's an amazing read.
It's an amazing read.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at December 08, 2019 11:50 AM (PkVlr)
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De gustibus non est disputandum and all that. But if I want iodine and seawater flavor I'll have some salted topical antiseptic, not Scotch.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:50 AM (NWiLs)
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I think the peat heads are similar to the hop heads with IPA's. Hey, to each his own. But I have had my share of beer in my day and there are a lot of great varieties other than IPA's.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:48 AM (n13/j)
I like IPAs. Oddly enough I also like peaty scotch
I think the peat heads are similar to the hop heads with IPA's. Hey, to each his own. But I have had my share of beer in my day and there are a lot of great varieties other than IPA's.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:48 AM (n13/j)
I like IPAs. Oddly enough I also like peaty scotch
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 08, 2019 11:50 AM (Uu+Jp)
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Portland considers "mandatory rest spaces" for the homeless on private property
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I'm sure that'll work out well.
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I'm sure that'll work out well.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:51 AM (+y/Ru)
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To me peat adds something but if it blows the thing out it is a waste of good whisky. One thing I am sure of at this point is really good Scotch is more expensive than really good Bourbon. I am sure there are exceptions but in general, this is true.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (n13/j)
I think that's true. I don't have a particularly discriminating pallet but I think I can get a really good bourbon for say $60 but a good single malt scotch is much more than that.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 08, 2019 11:49 AM (Uu+Jp)
You can get good Scotch for about the same price. The truly mind-blowing stuff, like Dalmore, is damned expensive.
To me peat adds something but if it blows the thing out it is a waste of good whisky. One thing I am sure of at this point is really good Scotch is more expensive than really good Bourbon. I am sure there are exceptions but in general, this is true.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:43 AM (n13/j)
I think that's true. I don't have a particularly discriminating pallet but I think I can get a really good bourbon for say $60 but a good single malt scotch is much more than that.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 08, 2019 11:49 AM (Uu+Jp)
You can get good Scotch for about the same price. The truly mind-blowing stuff, like Dalmore, is damned expensive.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:52 AM (NWiLs)
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From yesterday:
Hey! This'll be of interest for all you Scotch-heads out there:
Laphroaig's got a Limited Edition blend for the Holiday's called -
Laphroaig Santa's Cask
And get this...the scotch is finished in barrels used to contain peppermint syrup!
Apparently, it's excellent. With ratings of 9.8-10 out of 10.
Some blurbs:
"...takes the rich and spicy, Christmas Pudding fruitiness of Laphroaig Lore and adds cool burst of peppermint that sent this reviewer over the moon.
You'll will have been a very good girl or boy, indeed, if you're toasting Christmas with Laphroaig's Santa's Cask."
"...who knew the intense peat flavors of Laphroaig would match so well with peppermint. This one has it all. It's like a bonfire at the North Pole with bacony, sweet, roasted elves, fruits, spice, and cooling blast of peppermint..."
"...Introducing your new favorite scotch, or at the very least, one of your all-time top five favorites..."
Anyway, there you go, scotch people.
Hey! This'll be of interest for all you Scotch-heads out there:
Laphroaig's got a Limited Edition blend for the Holiday's called -
Laphroaig Santa's Cask
And get this...the scotch is finished in barrels used to contain peppermint syrup!
Apparently, it's excellent. With ratings of 9.8-10 out of 10.
Some blurbs:
"...takes the rich and spicy, Christmas Pudding fruitiness of Laphroaig Lore and adds cool burst of peppermint that sent this reviewer over the moon.
You'll will have been a very good girl or boy, indeed, if you're toasting Christmas with Laphroaig's Santa's Cask."
"...who knew the intense peat flavors of Laphroaig would match so well with peppermint. This one has it all. It's like a bonfire at the North Pole with bacony, sweet, roasted elves, fruits, spice, and cooling blast of peppermint..."
"...Introducing your new favorite scotch, or at the very least, one of your all-time top five favorites..."
Anyway, there you go, scotch people.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2019 11:52 AM (9X624)
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True, however, their liability is now absolved as you LIED to get into the site, so they're no longer responsible.
Don't think that would honestly hold up in a court of law these days, but that's my theory.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 11:49 AM (9gDA7)
yes, true.
Don't think that would honestly hold up in a court of law these days, but that's my theory.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 11:49 AM (9gDA7)
yes, true.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:52 AM (zr5Kq)
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BTW, if you are ever in London and want to while
away an hour or two, or a day or two, I highly recommend stopping into
Foyle's on Charing Cross Road. Massive. I understand it has moved out
of the old premises which were more John King-like into more modern digs
but I am sure it would still be a pleasant way to spend time.
Posted by: Clean Willie at December 08, 2019 11:46 AM (TwCsL)
Famous street for bookstores. I recall the movie 84 Charing Cross Road with Anthony Hopkins. That is what I like about London. There is a street for suits, for books, for the MFM, etc It is a cool way to identify areas of a city.
away an hour or two, or a day or two, I highly recommend stopping into
Foyle's on Charing Cross Road. Massive. I understand it has moved out
of the old premises which were more John King-like into more modern digs
but I am sure it would still be a pleasant way to spend time.
Posted by: Clean Willie at December 08, 2019 11:46 AM (TwCsL)
Famous street for bookstores. I recall the movie 84 Charing Cross Road with Anthony Hopkins. That is what I like about London. There is a street for suits, for books, for the MFM, etc It is a cool way to identify areas of a city.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:52 AM (n13/j)
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That's a baby Yoda? Thought it was a Mogwai.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2019 11:53 AM (/sgva)
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Actually you can get a bottle of Dalmore 12 year for about 60 bucks. The longer aged ones are $100 or more.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 11:56 AM (NWiLs)
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Portland considers "mandatory rest spaces" for the homeless on private property
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I'm sure that'll work out well.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:51 AM (+y/Ru)
This approach sounds vaguely familiar...
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I'm sure that'll work out well.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:51 AM (+y/Ru)
This approach sounds vaguely familiar...
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:56 AM (zr5Kq)
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Tri-
Spouse's big Texana collection is going to be auctioned off by the historical society- at least the volumes they want. Perhaps
an auction house?
A thought I found very helpful about past possessions is "That object gave joy to its owner in their life. It fulfilled it's purpose. You can let it go to bless someone else."
Takes a lot of stress out of dealing with your own or other's belongings.
Spouse's big Texana collection is going to be auctioned off by the historical society- at least the volumes they want. Perhaps
an auction house?
A thought I found very helpful about past possessions is "That object gave joy to its owner in their life. It fulfilled it's purpose. You can let it go to bless someone else."
Takes a lot of stress out of dealing with your own or other's belongings.
Posted by: sal at December 08, 2019 11:57 AM (bo8pf)
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One thing I like about that bookstore is that they appear to sell other little things as well. Book ends, art prints, decorating objects for shelves, IOW the little things that make a home library homey.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 11:57 AM (U7k5w)
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353 ... "To me peat adds something but if it blows the thing out it is a waste of good whisky. One thing I am sure of at this point is really good Scotch is more expensive than really good Bourbon. I am sure there are exceptions but in general, this is true."
Quint, Laphroaig, at least the Quarter Cask version, has plenty of peat but not so much that it covers up the other flavors and some sweetness. Same with Lagavulin 16, plenty of peat but balanced.
For my taste, really good single malt scotch costs a lot more than bourbon or rye. There are some real gems among American whiskies: Wild Turkey 101, Old Forester Signature or rye, Four Roses Small Batch or Single barrel, and George Dickel 12 Tennessee sour mash. For the quality at their price they are all tremedous values. Scotch of that quality would cost at least twice as much.
BTW, if your local library has books about whisky or other spirits, it's usually worth checking them out. The author's opinions might not match yours but the photos of the libations are usually gorgeous.
Quint, Laphroaig, at least the Quarter Cask version, has plenty of peat but not so much that it covers up the other flavors and some sweetness. Same with Lagavulin 16, plenty of peat but balanced.
For my taste, really good single malt scotch costs a lot more than bourbon or rye. There are some real gems among American whiskies: Wild Turkey 101, Old Forester Signature or rye, Four Roses Small Batch or Single barrel, and George Dickel 12 Tennessee sour mash. For the quality at their price they are all tremedous values. Scotch of that quality would cost at least twice as much.
BTW, if your local library has books about whisky or other spirits, it's usually worth checking them out. The author's opinions might not match yours but the photos of the libations are usually gorgeous.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 11:58 AM (7EjX1)
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I think that's true. I don't have a particularly
discriminating pallet but I think I can get a really good bourbon for
say $60 but a good single malt scotch is much more than that.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 08, 2019 11:49 AM (Uu+Jp)
I read once that half of the price of a scotch is taxes. They age good Scotch a long time particularly because of the cold weather there and the use of second hand barrels. You add to that that the government taxes distilleries based on stock on hand and not just sales, it ads up. I thought I figured this thing out but then found out that the Bourbon price is almost 50 percent taxes too.
Still, you can get some good $20-$30 Bourbons. Not so much with Scotch.
discriminating pallet but I think I can get a really good bourbon for
say $60 but a good single malt scotch is much more than that.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 08, 2019 11:49 AM (Uu+Jp)
I read once that half of the price of a scotch is taxes. They age good Scotch a long time particularly because of the cold weather there and the use of second hand barrels. You add to that that the government taxes distilleries based on stock on hand and not just sales, it ads up. I thought I figured this thing out but then found out that the Bourbon price is almost 50 percent taxes too.
Still, you can get some good $20-$30 Bourbons. Not so much with Scotch.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:59 AM (n13/j)
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Dem. Lawmaker Charged With 500k Theft From Mental Illness Charity
A Pennsylvania state representative is accused of taking money from her own nonprofit and spending it on luxury expenses.
Democratic Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, who founded Motivations Education n Consultation Associates, allegedly diverted Medicaid and Social Security disability funds from the nonprofit and spent them on designer clothing, vacations, luxury car payments, real estate purchases, and other personal expenses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced in a press release on Wednesday.
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Apparently she takes a Biden-like approach to public service.
A Pennsylvania state representative is accused of taking money from her own nonprofit and spending it on luxury expenses.
Democratic Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, who founded Motivations Education n Consultation Associates, allegedly diverted Medicaid and Social Security disability funds from the nonprofit and spent them on designer clothing, vacations, luxury car payments, real estate purchases, and other personal expenses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced in a press release on Wednesday.
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Apparently she takes a Biden-like approach to public service.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:59 AM (+y/Ru)
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Exactly. How can morons feel funny in their pants if they're not wearing any?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:46 AM (1Hdxn)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 10:46 AM (1Hdxn)
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 11:59 AM (HALdu)
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This one has it all. It's like a bonfire at the North Pole with bacony, sweet, roasted elves, fruits, spice, and cooling blast of peppermint..."
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and who would not like bacony, sweet, roasted elves ???
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and who would not like bacony, sweet, roasted elves ???
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 11:59 AM (zr5Kq)
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Glenmorangie 10 year gives you great bang for the buck. About $35 a bottle, really tasty highland single malt.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 12:00 PM (NWiLs)
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Dem. Lawmaker Charged With 500k Theft From Mental Illness Charity
A Pennsylvania state representative is accused of taking money from her own nonprofit and spending it on luxury expenses.
Democratic Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, who founded Motivations Education n Consultation Associates, allegedly diverted Medicaid and Social Security disability funds from the nonprofit and spent them on designer clothing, vacations, luxury car payments, real estate purchases, and other personal expenses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced in a press release on Wednesday.
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Apparently she takes a Biden-like approach to public service.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:59 AM (+y/Ru)
So, she is something of a second rate, low-rent Avenatti. Kind of the poor man's grifter.
A Pennsylvania state representative is accused of taking money from her own nonprofit and spending it on luxury expenses.
Democratic Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, who founded Motivations Education n Consultation Associates, allegedly diverted Medicaid and Social Security disability funds from the nonprofit and spent them on designer clothing, vacations, luxury car payments, real estate purchases, and other personal expenses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced in a press release on Wednesday.
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Apparently she takes a Biden-like approach to public service.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2019 11:59 AM (+y/Ru)
So, she is something of a second rate, low-rent Avenatti. Kind of the poor man's grifter.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 12:01 PM (HALdu)
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With the rise of Amazon used books, it's hard for any used book shop to stay in business. We had a large local one shut down as people would come to browse, then buy the books more cheaply on line.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 12:01 PM (U7k5w)
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I've read the Fool's Guild series and highly recommend it. Some, but not all, of the books are takeoffs on Shakespeare, as noted. The author's attention to details of medieval history are a plus.
Posted by: Dr Alice at December 08, 2019 12:01 PM (oW/8k)
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Democrats especially think the pubic owes them under the table handouts
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 12:03 PM (ZCEU2)
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Anyway, there you go, scotch people.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2019 11:52 AM (9X624)
I wasn't sure if you were being serious with the Santa Cask thing. I know they do a lot of cask versions. What is a a peppermint syrup barrel? I bet they did that themselves.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 08, 2019 11:52 AM (9X624)
I wasn't sure if you were being serious with the Santa Cask thing. I know they do a lot of cask versions. What is a a peppermint syrup barrel? I bet they did that themselves.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:04 PM (n13/j)
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Still, you can get some good $20-$30 Bourbons. Not so much with Scotch.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:59 AM (n13/j)
You can get Glenlivet 12 yo for 29.99 in my area, especially now - holiday sales and all that...but then there are taxes upon taxes.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 11:59 AM (n13/j)
You can get Glenlivet 12 yo for 29.99 in my area, especially now - holiday sales and all that...but then there are taxes upon taxes.
Posted by: runner at December 08, 2019 12:04 PM (zr5Kq)
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387 Democrats especially think the pubic owes them under the table handouts
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 12:03 PM (ZCEU2)
ISWYDT
Posted by: Skip at December 08, 2019 12:03 PM (ZCEU2)
ISWYDT
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 12:04 PM (U7k5w)
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[276] Skip................I read Andrew Roberts' book on Napoleon. It's excellent! I emailed him to tell him about a trivial error and he responded immediately to thank me. He's very nice. I had no idea he'd been on Dennis Prager.
Posted by: microcosme at December 08, 2019 12:06 PM (B+xWY)
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I wasn't sure if you were being serious with the
Santa Cask thing. I know they do a lot of cask versions. What is a a
peppermint syrup barrel? I bet they did that themselves.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:04 PM (n13/j)
I think it is actually "sinterkask" where the barrel is actually for taking away all the naughty children.
Santa Cask thing. I know they do a lot of cask versions. What is a a
peppermint syrup barrel? I bet they did that themselves.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:04 PM (n13/j)
I think it is actually "sinterkask" where the barrel is actually for taking away all the naughty children.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2019 12:07 PM (1glZx)
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Glenmorangie 10 year gives you great bang for the buck. About $35 a bottle, really tasty highland single malt.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 12:00 PM (NWiLs)
I had a gift set/sampler of their line. I really liked the Nectar D'or. That is as far from peated as you can get but I thought it stood out.
i am no Scotch guy for sure. But I have liked Balvenie. I had had the gift set from Johnnie Walker too recently. The Blue was nice but few would say it isn't overrated. I liked it. The one that stood out was the 18 year.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 12:00 PM (NWiLs)
I had a gift set/sampler of their line. I really liked the Nectar D'or. That is as far from peated as you can get but I thought it stood out.
i am no Scotch guy for sure. But I have liked Balvenie. I had had the gift set from Johnnie Walker too recently. The Blue was nice but few would say it isn't overrated. I liked it. The one that stood out was the 18 year.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:07 PM (n13/j)
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Peppermint Laphroaig sounds extra gross.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2019 12:08 PM (NWiLs)
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" Glenmorangie 10 years gives you a great bang for a buck " a tad too young!! ...wait till she's 18 years.
.. then Peats yer Uncle..........
" Glenmorangie 10 years gives you a great bang for a buck " a tad too young!! ...wait till she's 18 years.
.. then Peats yer Uncle..........
Posted by: saf at December 08, 2019 12:08 PM (5IHGB)
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Portland considers "mandatory rest spaces" for the homeless on private property
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I'm sure that'll work out well.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler
It should definitely be graded by income; richer people can support more homeless.
I'd say for every $200,000 you make, you have to allow one homeless guy to sleep in your house.
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I'm sure that'll work out well.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler
It should definitely be graded by income; richer people can support more homeless.
I'd say for every $200,000 you make, you have to allow one homeless guy to sleep in your house.
Posted by: mikeski at December 08, 2019 12:08 PM (P1f+c)
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Anyway, I think I might read a few of those Agatha Christie books. To be able to say how the TV version changed the story and failed could come in useful at the snobby academic parties this season. Since I retired, I cannot volunteer to work and skip these things.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 12:09 PM (U7k5w)
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I will wholeheartedly recommend the book series the wreckonize
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 08, 2019 12:11 PM (dKiJG)
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Quint, Laphroaig, at least the Quarter Cask version,
has plenty of peat but not so much that it covers up the other flavors
and some sweetness. Same with Lagavulin 16, plenty of peat but balanced.
For my taste, really good single malt scotch costs a lot more than
bourbon or rye. There are some real gems among American whiskies: Wild
Turkey 101, Old Forester Signature or rye, Four Roses Small Batch or
Single barrel, and George Dickel 12 Tennessee sour mash. For the quality
at their price they are all tremedous values. Scotch of that quality
would cost at least twice as much.
BTW, if your local library has books about whisky or other spirits,
it's usually worth checking them out. The author's opinions might not
match yours but the photos of the libations are usually gorgeous.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 11:58 AM (7EjX1)
good stuff JTB. Those are some really good picks. I am now seeing the Wild Turkey 101 rye in stores and that one has been called out as a steal for a rye lover. I am a Dickel 12 fan too. It is amazing how few young people would even consider Dickel. Everyone knows it is better than JD and a buck or two less. Though recently the price difference is not as stark.
has plenty of peat but not so much that it covers up the other flavors
and some sweetness. Same with Lagavulin 16, plenty of peat but balanced.
For my taste, really good single malt scotch costs a lot more than
bourbon or rye. There are some real gems among American whiskies: Wild
Turkey 101, Old Forester Signature or rye, Four Roses Small Batch or
Single barrel, and George Dickel 12 Tennessee sour mash. For the quality
at their price they are all tremedous values. Scotch of that quality
would cost at least twice as much.
BTW, if your local library has books about whisky or other spirits,
it's usually worth checking them out. The author's opinions might not
match yours but the photos of the libations are usually gorgeous.
Posted by: JTB at December 08, 2019 11:58 AM (7EjX1)
good stuff JTB. Those are some really good picks. I am now seeing the Wild Turkey 101 rye in stores and that one has been called out as a steal for a rye lover. I am a Dickel 12 fan too. It is amazing how few young people would even consider Dickel. Everyone knows it is better than JD and a buck or two less. Though recently the price difference is not as stark.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:14 PM (n13/j)
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someone could collect ALL the (useful) Free Books and sell them on a thumb drives for $200.
I didn't try to do the math, but 512GB costs $30 ... and one copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica uses 286MB ... so basically four of them in one GB.
Or some enterprising conservative could put together a long list for an extensive library, and sell them via snail mail. I suppose they would always be available online, but they might be illegal hate speech if the tyrants ever gain more control. The firefighters have been busy already.
I didn't try to do the math, but 512GB costs $30 ... and one copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica uses 286MB ... so basically four of them in one GB.
Or some enterprising conservative could put together a long list for an extensive library, and sell them via snail mail. I suppose they would always be available online, but they might be illegal hate speech if the tyrants ever gain more control. The firefighters have been busy already.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 08, 2019 12:14 PM (Cus5s)
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According to his Wikipedia page, he's also a vegan. As if I needed another reason to dislike him.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:42 AM (U7voe)
Well, thus the insanity.
Posted by: Vanya at December 08, 2019 10:42 AM (U7voe)
Well, thus the insanity.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2019 12:15 PM (/sgva)
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The firefighters have been busy already.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 08, 2019 12:14 PM (Cus5s)
This is why it's nice to have actual books
Posted by: illiniwek at December 08, 2019 12:14 PM (Cus5s)
This is why it's nice to have actual books
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 12:15 PM (U7k5w)
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I whole heartedly recommend the reckoners series
I just finished it and if he liked the boys this is much better a whole lot less Christian Bashing and more a message of Hope.
Dragon Republic The second book of the poppy wars, it's terrible I mean it is terrible I've just given up on me I don't even think I'm gonna finish the book.
I am going to try to book MISTBORN
And since I watch the movie the Highwayman I'm going to read the book about the guys life , Texas Ranger.
I just finished it and if he liked the boys this is much better a whole lot less Christian Bashing and more a message of Hope.
Dragon Republic The second book of the poppy wars, it's terrible I mean it is terrible I've just given up on me I don't even think I'm gonna finish the book.
I am going to try to book MISTBORN
And since I watch the movie the Highwayman I'm going to read the book about the guys life , Texas Ranger.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 08, 2019 12:16 PM (dKiJG)
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My dad used to drink the SHIT out of George Dickel back in the day. The white label one, whichever that is.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 12:16 PM (9gDA7)
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I am thinking about getting the Johnnie Walker Green. Anyone have an opinion on that one? Would I be better off with the laphroig quarter cask on a price/value spectrum?
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:16 PM (n13/j)
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I am thinking about getting the Johnnie Walker Green. Anyone have an opinion on that one? Would I be better off with the laphroig quarter cask on a price/value spectrum?
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:16 PM (n13/j)
Walker is a blend, go with a single.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:16 PM (n13/j)
Walker is a blend, go with a single.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 12:18 PM (HALdu)
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My dad used to drink the SHIT out of George Dickel back in the day. The white label one, whichever that is.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 12:16 PM (9gDA7)
that is the old no 12 i believe. It used to be aged 12 years I think but so many are making no age statement whiskies now because they are out of stock and well, they want to sell younger whiskey. one day we should have a whiskey/booze discussion. There is so much chicanery out there right now. The rum category has some stuff that is beyond absurd. They put numbers on the bottles that people assume are age statements but they are not. It is almost fraud.
Posted by: Sponge at December 08, 2019 12:16 PM (9gDA7)
that is the old no 12 i believe. It used to be aged 12 years I think but so many are making no age statement whiskies now because they are out of stock and well, they want to sell younger whiskey. one day we should have a whiskey/booze discussion. There is so much chicanery out there right now. The rum category has some stuff that is beyond absurd. They put numbers on the bottles that people assume are age statements but they are not. It is almost fraud.
Posted by: Quint at December 08, 2019 12:19 PM (n13/j)
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Walker is a blend, go with a single.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 12:18 PM (HALdu)
Agreed. But their lower-priced blends are good drinking Scotches...it's just that Green is too expensive.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 12:18 PM (HALdu)
Agreed. But their lower-priced blends are good drinking Scotches...it's just that Green is too expensive.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2019 12:20 PM (wYseH)
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Re-reading Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens, which won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A story of 48 hours at an AAF base in Florida, it looks at the hierarchy of command and the imperatives and compromises of duty.
A theme running through Cozzens's novels is that you're likely to get a raw deal but you have to pick yourself up and do what you must anyway. With an attitude like that, it's not surprising that his (excellent) novels are out of print.
Re-reading Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens, which won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A story of 48 hours at an AAF base in Florida, it looks at the hierarchy of command and the imperatives and compromises of duty.
A theme running through Cozzens's novels is that you're likely to get a raw deal but you have to pick yourself up and do what you must anyway. With an attitude like that, it's not surprising that his (excellent) novels are out of print.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2019 12:21 PM (7rVsF)
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Blended scotch is answer looking for a question. Just buy a single malt.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 08, 2019 12:21 PM (IYcBz)
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Agreed. But their lower-priced blends are good drinking Scotches...it's just that Green is too expensive.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2019 12:20 PM (wYseH)
What he said.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2019 12:20 PM (wYseH)
What he said.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 12:21 PM (HALdu)
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Nood.
Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at December 08, 2019 12:21 PM (Dhht7)
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Can anyone recommend the best Patton biography? It will make a nice gift for a cousin, also retired, whose looking to learn more about some of our best military leaders.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 12:21 PM (U7k5w)
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Blended scotch is answer looking for a question. Just buy a single malt.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 08, 2019 12:21 PM (IYcBz)
And what he said.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 08, 2019 12:21 PM (IYcBz)
And what he said.
Posted by: not so at December 08, 2019 12:22 PM (HALdu)
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NOOD
Posted by: Max Power at December 08, 2019 12:22 PM (QCc6B)
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The main thing I read this past week was the AoS nostalgia thread on Friday.
I did flip through a few books while shopping Saturday. I was trying to find the Fools' Guild book mentioned in last Sunday's thread, but neither of our B&Ns had it.
How many of you folks can find a recent book mentioned in the Book Threads?
I never have found any of the Liturgical Mysteries books on shelves, either.
I'm glad to have online shopping -- that's how I got most of the Parker novels -- but I prefer to scan shelves.
Tulsa isn't a small city, but apparently it's not a big enough book market. How big does a city have to be to get eclectic selections?
I did flip through a few books while shopping Saturday. I was trying to find the Fools' Guild book mentioned in last Sunday's thread, but neither of our B&Ns had it.
How many of you folks can find a recent book mentioned in the Book Threads?
I never have found any of the Liturgical Mysteries books on shelves, either.
I'm glad to have online shopping -- that's how I got most of the Parker novels -- but I prefer to scan shelves.
Tulsa isn't a small city, but apparently it's not a big enough book market. How big does a city have to be to get eclectic selections?
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 08, 2019 12:22 PM (XoQc4)
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That Newman image is one I grabbed but haven't edited to show one of my books yet. Not sure which to have him reading, yet.
This week I read Rifleman Dodd and The Last Stand
Rifleman Dodd is by CS Forester, best known for the Horatio Hornblower series and African Queen. This is about the Napoleonic land wars, featuring a green-jacketed Rifleman in Wellsley's army. It is credited by Cornwall as being a major influence in his writing the Sharpe novels.
As much as I like Forester as an author (his Man in the Yellow Raft for example was extraordinary), this one didn't really work as well. Its filled with lots of great historical details, but is flat and not very engaging.
The Last Stand is two novellas by Mickey Spillane which Max Collins finished after his death. Unlike a lot of these "guys keep writing books" things, Collins was hand-picked by Spillane and given unfinished manuscripts to write and he does quite well.
The first story A Bullet for Satisfaction is pretty boilerplate Spillane stuff, if you like Mike Hammer stories, you'll enjoy this. Its not his best work, but it was pretty enjoyable. Its basic stuff; a tough cop finds corruption in his city.
The second story is The Last Stand and its quite good. The dialog is terrific, the setting is interesting, and the story is different than the usual you expect from Spillane. A 50 something pilot flying a WW2 restored trainer plane is forced down when the engine stops. He finds himself in the trackless desert of the (unidentified) Southwest of the USA, and his radio is vintage accurate for the time - its not reaching anyone.
But he runs into a local Indian who lost his horse and gets tangled up in some tribal politics, federal interference, and a criminal element.
Very enjoyable stuff.
This week I read Rifleman Dodd and The Last Stand
Rifleman Dodd is by CS Forester, best known for the Horatio Hornblower series and African Queen. This is about the Napoleonic land wars, featuring a green-jacketed Rifleman in Wellsley's army. It is credited by Cornwall as being a major influence in his writing the Sharpe novels.
As much as I like Forester as an author (his Man in the Yellow Raft for example was extraordinary), this one didn't really work as well. Its filled with lots of great historical details, but is flat and not very engaging.
The Last Stand is two novellas by Mickey Spillane which Max Collins finished after his death. Unlike a lot of these "guys keep writing books" things, Collins was hand-picked by Spillane and given unfinished manuscripts to write and he does quite well.
The first story A Bullet for Satisfaction is pretty boilerplate Spillane stuff, if you like Mike Hammer stories, you'll enjoy this. Its not his best work, but it was pretty enjoyable. Its basic stuff; a tough cop finds corruption in his city.
The second story is The Last Stand and its quite good. The dialog is terrific, the setting is interesting, and the story is different than the usual you expect from Spillane. A 50 something pilot flying a WW2 restored trainer plane is forced down when the engine stops. He finds himself in the trackless desert of the (unidentified) Southwest of the USA, and his radio is vintage accurate for the time - its not reaching anyone.
But he runs into a local Indian who lost his horse and gets tangled up in some tribal politics, federal interference, and a criminal element.
Very enjoyable stuff.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 08, 2019 12:23 PM (KZzsI)
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Tulsa isn't a small city, but apparently it's not a big enough book market. How big does a city have to be to get eclectic selections?
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 08, 2019 12:22 PM (XoQc4)
The Princeton area doesn't have much in the way of used book stores any more. The closest good one is in Cream Ridge near some wineries
Posted by: Weak Geek at December 08, 2019 12:22 PM (XoQc4)
The Princeton area doesn't have much in the way of used book stores any more. The closest good one is in Cream Ridge near some wineries
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 12:23 PM (U7k5w)
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I read Schlichters latest COLLAPSE over Thanksgiving,
Literally over the day. It is a fast read. If you like Schlichter you will like this. Plenty of fan service for the fans.
And he's gotten better with his writing which is nice.
Literally over the day. It is a fast read. If you like Schlichter you will like this. Plenty of fan service for the fans.
And he's gotten better with his writing which is nice.
Posted by: blaster at December 08, 2019 12:24 PM (ZfRYq)
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I really liked the Cadfael series but the sensibility really is too modern. In one novel, two young lovers get it on in the church and Cadfael basically says no place is too holy to house love. Pretty sure this is not an accurate reflection of the sentiment of the times on that subject.
Yeah Cadfael is a mix for me. They're an interesting read but the culture and characters feel too modern day in their attitudes and behavior, and further the language bothers me. Its not that I want them to speak middle English, that would be nearly unreadable; you have to make some concessions to language.
What I mean is that everyone speaks the same. Literate, illiterate, schooled, unschooled, poor, rich, French, English, Scots, Welsh, knights, peasants, lords and beggars. They all just sound like middle class English modern people who mention God more often. It bothers me.
Yeah Cadfael is a mix for me. They're an interesting read but the culture and characters feel too modern day in their attitudes and behavior, and further the language bothers me. Its not that I want them to speak middle English, that would be nearly unreadable; you have to make some concessions to language.
What I mean is that everyone speaks the same. Literate, illiterate, schooled, unschooled, poor, rich, French, English, Scots, Welsh, knights, peasants, lords and beggars. They all just sound like middle class English modern people who mention God more often. It bothers me.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 08, 2019 12:27 PM (KZzsI)
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306 Waiting for Hans Schantz to finish his series on the hidden secret in physics. My theory is he painted himself into a corner and now he has to come up with a REAL hidden secret. Also needs to let the young protagonist get laid! Jesus, Hans, give the kid a break!
Authors are in the business of torturing their characters. Not to spoil book 4, but Pete's problems are going to get way worse, before they get better.
Authors are in the business of torturing their characters. Not to spoil book 4, but Pete's problems are going to get way worse, before they get better.
Posted by: Hans G. Schantz at December 08, 2019 12:27 PM (FXjhj)
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RE: John King books, I've been going there for twenty or so years. When I used to work downtown in theater, every now and then there would be a really long break between shows; the guys would go to the strip bar and the women would go to go the bookstore. It's kind of amazing; if you want a set of obscure chemistry books in German or the paperback adventures of the Partridge Family, this is the place for you.
It's also a hot weekend date place as well. AND is in the hood.
It's also a hot weekend date place as well. AND is in the hood.
Posted by: shibumi, now with a library at December 08, 2019 12:28 PM (ZCiJZ)
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I think of Kissinger as a globalist in a time before globalism had been corrupted by the Soros crowd.
Posted by: norrin radd at December 08, 2019 12:30 PM (Cx6f7)
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btw any recent recs for non woke alt history or time travel stories?
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at December 08, 2019 12:32 PM (G546f)
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Also, I was not just reading Victorian naughty limericks at John King books. There were more recent ones were dated in the 1940s. I also might have traumatized young people that were standing nearby.
But really, the book was in the sexuality section. Should kids be there? I think not.
The book was entitled The Limerick; it's available used on Amazon. It's 528 pages and over 2lbs of naughtiness that we contemplated sending to one of the cobs.
But really, the book was in the sexuality section. Should kids be there? I think not.
The book was entitled The Limerick; it's available used on Amazon. It's 528 pages and over 2lbs of naughtiness that we contemplated sending to one of the cobs.
Posted by: shibumi, now with a library at December 08, 2019 12:34 PM (ZCiJZ)
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"This is why it's nice to have actual books" Posted by: CN
yes, I've bought probably 50 hardbacks over the years, just from this AoS comment section ... usually get the hardbound for $5 or so off Amazon. But the ease of transferring maybe 20,000 useful books into a few million homes for archive ... gives that collection/protection concept merit, with the digital censors so hard at work. keep 30 thumb drives in an EMP/water proof container the size of a deck of cards, for the chillens.
yes, I've bought probably 50 hardbacks over the years, just from this AoS comment section ... usually get the hardbound for $5 or so off Amazon. But the ease of transferring maybe 20,000 useful books into a few million homes for archive ... gives that collection/protection concept merit, with the digital censors so hard at work. keep 30 thumb drives in an EMP/water proof container the size of a deck of cards, for the chillens.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 08, 2019 12:49 PM (Cus5s)
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I am reading westerns lately.
Finished, The Virginian. Liked very much.
In Progress, Riders of the Purple Sage. Also like so far.
On Deck, The Life of John Wesley Hardin.
Not westerns, i.e., romances.
The Jade Temptress by Jeannie Lin. Liked.
The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller. Pretty Good.
Other not westerns.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. Just started.
Finished, The Virginian. Liked very much.
In Progress, Riders of the Purple Sage. Also like so far.
On Deck, The Life of John Wesley Hardin.
Not westerns, i.e., romances.
The Jade Temptress by Jeannie Lin. Liked.
The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller. Pretty Good.
Other not westerns.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. Just started.
Posted by: MMcK at December 08, 2019 01:37 PM (xHxJf)
Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2019 01:54 PM (RueoN)
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I guess we'll see tomorrow if there will be justice. Nothing in Horowitz' past suggests this, but maybe Barr (along with Rosenstein's departure) made him feel less protected.
Posted by: CN at December 08, 2019 02:13 PM (U7k5w)
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424 btw any recent recs for non woke alt history or time travel stories?
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book!
Vnom, it was mentioned above, but The Dream of the Iron Dragon is a time travel/alternate history story, which is not woke.
It's the start of a trilogy but can stand alone, so you don't have to commit to the whole to give it a real try.
The first few chapters are scifi, it gets into the history shortly thereafter
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book!
Vnom, it was mentioned above, but The Dream of the Iron Dragon is a time travel/alternate history story, which is not woke.
It's the start of a trilogy but can stand alone, so you don't have to commit to the whole to give it a real try.
The first few chapters are scifi, it gets into the history shortly thereafter
Posted by: .87c at December 08, 2019 04:40 PM (TDP3i)
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Nice to come in from traveling and find all sorts of discussions and suggestions to read through- all 430 of them!
Posted by: Charlotte at December 08, 2019 05:41 PM (Aj6Tl)
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I purchase used books at biblio.com. It is a great web site and you can gaze at some incredibly rare books you/I could never afford.
Posted by: Don at December 08, 2019 05:44 PM (CT2ag)
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Early in the thread there recommendations for Zelazny's "A Night In the Lonesome October". I would point out that that was illustrated by Gahan Wilson who died a couple of weeks ago. It is a fun read. And when a story features Jack the Ripper and Count Dracula as a couple of the good guys you know you are in for some interesting twists.
Posted by: John F. MacMichael at December 08, 2019 05:54 PM (iuRR5)
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Hiya,
I hope you are all doing well and reading good books. It's late in the thread, so I'll save my reading updates for next week.
Violet
I hope you are all doing well and reading good books. It's late in the thread, so I'll save my reading updates for next week.
Violet
Posted by: Violet at December 08, 2019 06:10 PM (9ppMC)
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434 Hiya,
I hope you are all doing well and reading good books. It's late in the thread, so I'll save my reading updates for next week.
Violet
Posted by: Violet at December 08, 2019 06:10 PM (9ppMC)
Hi Violet! I am looking forward to your updates next week.
I hope you are all doing well and reading good books. It's late in the thread, so I'll save my reading updates for next week.
Violet
Posted by: Violet at December 08, 2019 06:10 PM (9ppMC)
Hi Violet! I am looking forward to your updates next week.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at December 08, 2019 07:52 PM (MRoRq)
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That is one reason I couldn't get through the first ten minutes of Deadwood. I know many if not most loved the thing but it did not ring true to me. I might give the show another chance but something about it really bothered me.
They mangled history to create a "more dramatic" show, which is ridiculous given the shocking, catastrophic, and outrageous history of the town. And I could not stand the stilted, contrived faux Shakespearean dialog.
They mangled history to create a "more dramatic" show, which is ridiculous given the shocking, catastrophic, and outrageous history of the town. And I could not stand the stilted, contrived faux Shakespearean dialog.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 08, 2019 07:57 PM (KZzsI)
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Vnom, it was mentioned above, but The Dream of the Iron Dragon is a time travel/alternate history story, which is not woke.
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thanks .87c!
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thanks .87c!
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