Sunday Morning Book Thread 11-14-2021

Thrifty Peanut Bookstore, Shreveport, LA

Good morning to all you 'rons, 'ettes, lurkers, and lurkettes, wine moms, frat bros, and crétins sans pantalon (who are technically breaking the rules). Welcome once again to the stately, prestigious, internationally acclaimed and high-class Sunday Morning Book Thread, a weekly compendium of reviews, observations, snark, witty repartee, hilarious bon mots, and a continuing conversation on books, reading, spending way too much money on books, writing books, and publishing books by escaped oafs and oafettes who follow words with their fingers and whose lips move as they read. Unlike other AoSHQ comment threads, the Sunday Morning Book Thread is so hoity-toity, pants are required. Even this mopey meat sack would be welcome, even though he looks like he's got his assless chaps on backwards.

Pic Note:

Thanks to moron commenter Stephen Price Blair for this week's bookstore pic:

Here’s a less woke bookstore that I like to stop at when I’m driving past Shreveport. The Thrifty Peanut. I’ve managed to pick up some nice Robert Aickman books there and a few unique cookbooks, among other things. It’s a nice relaxing place to break up a long drive, at least if you’re the kind of person for whom a good bookstore is a relaxing place.

I know nothing about them and have no connection with them, other than that I enjoy shopping there.

Sounds like a fun place to hang out:

Inside the Thrifty Peanut Book and Media Warehouse, there are books, books, books and more books ... as far as the eye can see. Every nook and cranny of the twostory building in south Shreveport is filled to overflowing with books of every size and shape, old and new, from every imaginable genre. If there’s a book that you’re looking for, odds are you’ll find it...

Book-signings are cozy and personal, with overstuffed easy chairs ready for visitors to sink into. Upstairs and downstairs literary treasures are shelved in nearly every available space. Her staff does their best to keep the new arrivals coming out to be shelved and picked up by new owners.

Their web site: https://www.thethriftypeanut.com/

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Usage:

"As I wrote yesterday, the lefty media is attacking the white mothers of Virginia who voted against CRT, pornography, and shielding a transgender rapist. Continued attacks by jackpuddings like Joy Reid only insure a new large, powerful, angry, crop of parents who will be increasingly less likely to pull a blue lever again."

Thrifty Peanut Bookstore

A Tumultuous Year

Peter Navarro is a Harvard Ph.D. economist and professor of public policy at the University of California, Irvine. He has written a number of books on China as well as business topics. In addition, he was one of only three senior White House officials by President Trump’s side from the 2016 campaign to the end of the president’s first term in office.

Just released is his latest book, In Trump Time: A Journal of America's Plague Year. Navarro names names and brings the receipts. From one reader review:

In this book, Navarro uses his personal journal to punctuate the conversations, meetings, documents, etc. that support this book. It’s very well written and a riveting read. He begins the book with a bang and calls out Fauci and his lies. They are prominent throughout this book. Of personal interest to me is the information on Hydroxychloroquine. I’ve been taking this medication for 25+ years to treat Lupus and RA but for 6 months of 2020, I could not get it due to “HydroxyHysteria”. Navarro unveils the debacle, at long last. Not that it makes my, and countless others, experiences any better, but hopefully, a situation like this won’t ever jeopardize the lives and health of people again. Somebody needs to put Fauci in jail.

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And if you're looking for something on the lighter side, there's always The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness

To show the world you're a good person—and also to avoid getting canceled and having your life ruined by a Twitter mob—you need to get WOKE. In The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness, the writers of satirical sensation The Babylon Bee tell you how to choose your pronouns, blame everyone else for your problems, and show the world how virtuous you are with virtue-signaling profile pictures and stunning and brave hashtags. A tongue-in-cheek guide to the far Left’s obsession with intersectional insanity, The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness will help you laugh at the state of our culture so you don’t cry.

'Woke' is what you might call a target-rich environment.

Who Dis:

Last week's who dis was timeless actress Helen Mirren.

Moron Recommendations

Need more pulp in your diet? Then this might interest you:

If you like ultra violent, far right, highly readable pulp, check out Bernard De Leo on Amazon kindle. He has several long ongoing series and I've read and enjoyed most of them. If wish fulfillment for you consists of torturing and executing any number of the current leftist mob, including government officials, these books are for you. Warning, if you have any SJW in you, reading one of these books could cause a fatal seizure. These books are priced reasonably, with the early downright cheap.

The author's name is Bernard Lee DeLeo and he indeed has a ton of books published. I picked one at random, Hard Case #15: Hard Choices, and holy crap:

In a whirlwind of traitorous politicians, Antifa/BLM looters and pillagers, the Monsters and Unholies unravel more of the New World Order cult. The Chicago cabal hiring killers to assassinate John and Nick’s crews, make a fatal error, as the number one assassin in the world treads the dark streets of Chicago once again. The kids go back to school, with Sharknado and Captain Hook continuing to bond during the Dark Lord’s training sessions. John takes a final last gasp challenge from the Oakland Antifa/BLM contingent, going up against a monster they call Jaws in Alexi Fiialkov’s warehouse, where the Dark Lord’s career started.

Even if I understood all of the references, which I don't, this still sounds completely insane. This sounds The Destroyer, squared. And then put on steroids.

Probably not recommended for the squeamish. And I think I might be squeamish about something like this.

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History: lurking 'ette Lisl Madeleine recommends The Black Prince by Michael Jones, a biography of Edward, son of Edward III, Duke of Cornwall (1330-1376), who died before he could become king, but was quite an amazing military commander nontheless. As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French at Crécy. At Poitiers, in 1356, his victory over King John II of France forced the French into a humiliating surrender that marked the zenith of England’s dominance in the Hundred Years War.

Lisl tells me:

I found it fascinating and very accessible, told in a narrative form (a style I often loathe in journalism but find can be very helpful and engaging in writing about history, particularly when the author utilizes primary sources) that draws you into the history, rather than keeping you stuck on the sidelines trying to process what I call institutionalized information. Here, instead, readers can grow into understanding, or at least appreciating, the events, passions, dangers, concerns, and circumstances of past people's lives. We get a feel for what they cared about, and in Edward's case, he is grievously torn between his father's demands and his own hard-won knowledge and experience. He ends up dying an extremely protracted and painful death, and, to Jones's credit, we learn the details of this period in a somber but not sentimental fashion.

$15 for the Kindle edition.

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Second novel FALLEN is getting a mass-market paperback re-release soon. Reviewer called it �Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones, with dinosaurs.� Accurate. Anybody want to talk about it?@DougTenNapel @The_Kyle_Mann @AXECOP @HollywoodInToto @BillyHallowell @OdinsMovieBlog pic.twitter.com/j2zMVLjH6x
— Huff (@Huff4Congress) November 14, 2021

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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.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 09:00 AM

Comments

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1 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2021 09:00 AM (2JoB8)

2 Still working on Molly's Rigged but better hurry, another book is coming immediately

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2021 09:01 AM (2JoB8)

3 Ginger was lovely

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:02 AM (ONvIw)

4 So, after reading a short bio of Ford Madox Ford, I bought a cheap copy of a longer one, and am enjoying that too.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:03 AM (ONvIw)

5 Dagnabbit, CN.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 14, 2021 09:04 AM (PiwSw)

6 President Jack Pudding

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 09:05 AM (yrol0)

7 Morning, horde...how goes it? I get the unenviable task of reading/grading final papers for students this morning...Yay!

I really wish they'd pay attention when I give them feedback during my one-on-one revision sessions. *sigh*

I don't think we'll see any of my students showing up as an author on the Book Thread any time soon.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 14, 2021 09:07 AM (K5n5d)

8 Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:03 AM (ONvIw)

Ford Madox Ford was a bit of a prick, if I recall correctly. But he sure did know a lot of great writers!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2021 09:08 AM (Q9lwr)

9 Good morning everyone - still kicking my way through Dante's Divine Comedy - Using 100 days of Dante vids as a guide.

The presenters of each Canto so far have been terrific however, in the latest installment, Canto 29, the professor went there. Introduced 'facts' from the Covid outbreak in India to drive home a point. The facts were incorrect, incomplete and unnecessary to the subject at hand.

The left ruins everything. Everything.

It's what they do.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2021 09:08 AM (mD/uy)

10 Are those Bible based pre-flood fantasy novels? I'm more than a little intrigued. Also, pretty sure I'm taking a trip to Shreveport soon.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 14, 2021 09:08 AM (7MBHe)

11 I've been reading books primarily discovered in the Sunday morning thread. Reading more novels now because of it.

Posted by: IanDeal at November 14, 2021 09:08 AM (MGjjz)

12 Nice Book Store!

Those pants....they are called "giving up da booty" pants.

The Who Dis is Hillary while she was still a Goldwater Girl.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 14, 2021 09:09 AM (R/m4+)

13 I was hoping to have JJs book read and reviewed. It is still a no show!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 09:09 AM (yrol0)

14 I've been reading on a Kindle paperwhite for a few years now so that I can adjust the font to 3000. I hadn't set foot in a library since the Dread Plague, but am so happy that I'm able to go back now. Their large print section is small, and selections aren't plentiful, but it feels good to hold a real book in my hand again. There's something about paper and a spine that is very satisfying.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 14, 2021 09:09 AM (45fpk)

15 I love used book stores. There was a good one in Durango, Colorado right downtown in a house so small, creaky and stuffed with books you could never find anything on purpose. I bought a lot of accidental books there.

Posted by: huerfano at November 14, 2021 09:10 AM (MzKgG)

16 Ford Madox Ford was a bit of a prick, if I recall correctly. But he sure did know a lot of great writers!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2021 09:08 AM (Q9lwr)

His circle of friends was fascinating, and that started from an early age given his family connections. Interestingly, many of the greater authors thought Ford squandered his talent.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:10 AM (ONvIw)

17 History-related... so, a coin of the reign of Henry VII, ca.500 years ago, unearthed in Newfoundland archaeological dig of 1610 site -- a two-penny, half-groat silver coin. Oldest English coin unearthed in Canada and probably North America.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 14, 2021 09:11 AM (UHVv4)

18 If you want something a little less specifically anti-woke, but dig the ultraviolence, John Gwynne will probably fit your bill. The Faithful and the Fallen and Of Blood and Bone are two of the most violent series I've ever read. Just quality storytelling overall...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 14, 2021 09:11 AM (K5n5d)

19 Didn't get much reading done this week but am close to finally finishing Buddenbrooks. It's way too fucking long and needed an editor to eliminate nearly every character. But near the end it has a particularly effective part where the current head of the family, a weak character, finds a book talking about the afterlife which engrosses him like few other things (other parts of the book show his disdain for music or art). But after sleeping on it he makes it clear it was just a passing fancy. It almost makes the rest of the slog worthwhile.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:12 AM (y7DUB)

20 I've been cooking up a batch of Jack Pudding for a couple of years now.

Posted by: John Durham at November 14, 2021 09:12 AM (Tnijr)

21 Pretty cool about the Thrifty Peanut, I'll have to check that out next time I'm over there. Hadn't heard of it before (looks like it opened in 201

, but my wife grew up literally just around the corner from where it's located.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2021 09:12 AM (evAgx)

22 "Jack Pudding" is Brian Stelter's birth name.

Posted by: TANSTAAFL6823 at November 14, 2021 09:13 AM (fBtlL)

23 Haven't had much time to read lately. But I am still working my way through Tanith Lee's The Wars of Vis series. About 1/3 of the way through the third and final volume. She's great about world building in this series, but it's difficult to connect with a lot of the characters because they are all somewhat inhuman in many ways.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 14, 2021 09:14 AM (K5n5d)

24 I'm really enjoying these O. Henry stories that I'm reading online during my lunch breaks. Not just because of the twist endings, but because of the vocabulary. Not vulgar, esoteric. I feel that I need a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary to understand the tales.

Then there is the dialect. Frowned upon these days, but so what.

I need to refresh my memory about the man's life. Specifically, why did he feel the need to steal? And did he begin his literary career while in prison?

At home, I'm reading "The Egyptian Cross Mystery" by Ellery Queen on my phone. I downloaded this years ago. Finally decided to stop storing it.

As the preface states, the title is a misnomer. The story explains why.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:15 AM (Om/di)

25 I learned the word "merry-andrew" from "Kate and Leopold."

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at November 14, 2021 09:16 AM (rDgjh)

26 Books I've bought for Christmas gifts so far:

Chronicles of Narnia
The Boy Who Saved Baseball
The Boy Who Only Hit Homers
The Hand of God, by Alistair Begg

Posted by: grammie winger at November 14, 2021 09:16 AM (45fpk)

27

Joy Reid is Asshoe Pudding.

Posted by: Dirty Frank at November 14, 2021 09:16 AM (uRvLh)

28 I try not to comment on it too often, but -

Man, am I enjoying "The Inferno" and the accompanying, "100 Days of Dante" videos for each canto.

It's like the best college course that you never had.

If you care to start, I would recommend listening to the lecture first, then read as they waken you to all the subtleties that might float by upon reading the canto first.

The first lecture is a bit of a bore because of the lecturer and well...things are just getting started. Beyond it though is pretty much all gold.

And hats off to the writer Dante (and the translator). His rendition of hell has a nice cumulative effect of building horror and increasing meditation on life, sin, and what you want from life versus what God might want you to want.

Great stuff.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2021 09:16 AM (5NkmN)

29 Made a small amount of progress in Thucydides. The Athenians were really fucking idiots to think taking on Sicily would be no big deal. I think VDH was spot on when he said to think of them like the shitheads that run our country.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:16 AM (y7DUB)

30 Are those Bible based pre-flood fantasy novels?
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Unicorn farts powered the brick-making kilns and metal foundries of the very Ancient Mediterranean. All ended by climate change.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 14, 2021 09:17 AM (UHVv4)

31 Is Ford Maddox Ford related to Ford Lincoln Mercury?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 14, 2021 09:17 AM (XB6+k)

32 "Is Ford Maddox Ford related to Ford Lincoln Mercury?"

Seems possible.

Posted by: Ford Prefect at November 14, 2021 09:18 AM (Tnijr)

33 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 09:19 AM (7EjX1)

34 Is Ford Maddox Ford related to Ford Lincoln Mercury?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 14, 2021 09:17 AM (XB6+k)

We should ask commenter t-bird.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 14, 2021 09:19 AM (45fpk)

35 Took along my Kindle to read yesterday, as my daughter and I with Wee Jamie spent all day in Bulverde doing a Christmas craft fair at the senior center. Wee Jamie was very good all day, seemed to enjoy being admired by all, and I got halfway through Charles Todd's Legacy of the Dead, which was recommended last week on the book thread and was priced fittingly under $5. (Look, I will not pay close to $10 for an ebook, even if it's an author I adore. Rather buy a used print copy...) Anyway, enjoying the book, and the milieu of England just immediately post WWI, with characters all trying to cope with the shattering events of that war. I think the concept of Hamish, as the haunting PTSD-induced ghost is a little overdone, but otherwise, the only flaw.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at November 14, 2021 09:19 AM (xnmPy)

36 @14 --

There's something about paper and a spine that is very satisfying.

Grammie, this reminds me of a quote about comics, attributed to Stan Lee.

However, to protect your delicate sensibilities, I won't repeat it here.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:22 AM (Om/di)

37 Never been to Louisiana but that book store and the bass fishing could make for a nice visit.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 09:22 AM (7EjX1)

38 I haven't picked up the kindle in months. I'd much rather have paper copies these days. I do not trust Bezos and company.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:23 AM (ONvIw)

39 However, to protect your delicate sensibilities, I won't repeat it here.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:22 AM (Om/di)

I appreciate that, Weak Geek

Posted by: grammie winger at November 14, 2021 09:23 AM (45fpk)

40 I haven't picked up the kindle in months. I'd much rather have paper copies these days. I do not trust Bezos and company.
Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:23 AM (ONvIw)
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That's pretty much how I feel. I like it for the convenience if/when I travel, but I'd much rather have the physical copy for when I'm reading at home.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 14, 2021 09:24 AM (K5n5d)

41 Man, am I enjoying "The Inferno" and the accompanying, "100 Days of Dante" videos for each canto.

Is that part of the Hillsdale lecture series or is that something else?

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:24 AM (y7DUB)

42 Posted by: grammie winger at November 14, 2021 09:16 AM (45fpk)

Gifts to yourself or for someone else?

Posted by: dantesed at November 14, 2021 09:24 AM (88xKn)

43 Good morning fellow book lovers. Wow, I am here early. That is because my son texted me he was starting his personal marathon today. The Marine marathon that was scheduled for the end of October but at the last minute went virtual and refused to refund the entire $200 fee. He did 20 miles 2 weeks ago. He'll be running by my condo at 11:30.
My marathon is the 1250 pg 4th book in the Brandon Sanderson series, The Stormlight Archive. Made significant progress this week and now almost 700 pages in. Still fascinated by how complex the story is and yet he keeps track of every story line and character.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 14, 2021 09:25 AM (Y+l9t)

44 I haven't picked up the kindle in months. I'd much rather have paper copies these days. I do not trust Bezos and company.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:23 AM (ONvIw)

When I was at the library, I saw several of artemis's books, but they were all regular print, so I had to pass them by. Kindle to the rescue.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 14, 2021 09:25 AM (45fpk)

45 29 Made a small amount of progress in Thucydides. The Athenians were really fucking idiots to think taking on Sicily would be no big deal. I think VDH was spot on when he said to think of them like the shitheads that run our country.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:16 AM (y7DUB)

Nothing new under the sun - among the most prominent were a general or two who kept switching sides throughout the war with Sparta, depending on who they thought was going to win at the time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2021 09:25 AM (evAgx)

46 I try to search out used-book stores in other towns when I have the time.

No luck in Corsicana, however.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:27 AM (Om/di)

47 Gifts to yourself or for someone else?

Posted by: dantesed at November 14, 2021 09:24 AM (88xKn)

Grandkids and son. I like to give everyone something to read at Christmas.

Posted by: grammie winger at November 14, 2021 09:27 AM (45fpk)

48 My bride is giving several Richard Scarry "Busytown" books later today to our toddler grandson, as I cannot be there (damned persistent bronchitis). Getting the boy started early on fascinating books!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:27 AM (szbbg)

49 Calvin was not wrong.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 14, 2021 09:28 AM (4I/2K)

50 31 Is Ford Maddox Ford related to Ford Lincoln Mercury?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 14, 2021 09:17 AM (XB6+k)

If there is a Mercury Marquis for sell beside someones house it means Meemaw died.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 09:28 AM (yrol0)

51 I tried reading Ford Maddox Ford once in college, while I was on my Read Great Writers kick.

Bored completely out of my mind. One of the very few books which I've ever given up on. Dreadful.

Every time FMF is brought up, I feel like saying:

"Gretchen, stop trying to make ~~fetch~~ Ford Maddox Ford happen! It's not going to happen!"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2021 09:28 AM (5NkmN)

52 Ginger Rogers ! Very talented.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2021 09:29 AM (V13WU)

53 Made a small amount of progress in Thucydides. The Athenians were really fucking idiots to think taking on Sicily would be no big deal. I think VDH was spot on when he said to think of them like the shitheads that run our country.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:16 AM (y7DUB)

Peloponnesian Wars is a dry slog to get through, but anyone who wants a good basis in warfare, diplomacy, and how to not royally screw things up as bad as the Greeks did should read it.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at November 14, 2021 09:29 AM (l7Kbv)

54 Busytown!

I was thinking of Scarry just last week. What was the name of the worm? Lowly?

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:29 AM (Om/di)

55 Man, am I enjoying "The Inferno" and the accompanying, "100 Days of Dante" videos for each canto.

Is that part of the Hillsdale lecture series or is that something else?
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:24 AM (y7DUB)

It's based out of Baylor and has lecturers from several other colleges.

Just look up "100 Days of Dante" online.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2021 09:31 AM (5NkmN)

56 ...reading Cathedrals and Museums of France

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2021 09:31 AM (V13WU)

57 It's based out of Baylor and has lecturers from several other colleges.

Just look up "100 Days of Dante" online.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2021 09:31 AM (5NkmN)

ha Baylor ruined OUs season! ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 09:32 AM (yrol0)

58 48 My bride is giving several Richard Scarry "Busytown" books later today to our toddler grandson, as I cannot be there (damned persistent bronchitis). Getting the boy started early on fascinating books!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:27 AM (szbbg

I liked those for my grandsons. The little one really liked Huckle the cat.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:32 AM (ONvIw)

59 A good snowy Book Thread morn to you all!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 14, 2021 09:33 AM (Dc2NZ)

60 55 going to 78 down here by NASA

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 09:34 AM (yrol0)

61 Reading The Power of Now, as recommended by Nurse Ratched.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 14, 2021 09:34 AM (TdMsT)

62 Ordered Dennis Prager's Rational Bible over a month ago and no word it is shipped.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 14, 2021 09:34 AM (YsYoB)

63 Peloponnesian Wars is a dry slog to get through, but anyone who wants a good basis in warfare, diplomacy, and how to not royally screw things up as bad as the Greeks did should read it.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at November 14, 2021 09:29 AM (l7Kbv)

NaClyDog did me a solid by advising reading VDH's A War Like No Other as a companion volume. It made sense, if that's the right term, of a lot of Thucydides writing.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:36 AM (y7DUB)

64 Eris, do not envy your snowy morning. It is 39 here but sunny.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 14, 2021 09:37 AM (Y+l9t)

65 Huckle -- such a cute name. Different from how Scarry named most of his characters.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:37 AM (Om/di)

66 Just started reading "13 Days to Glory" by Leon Tinkle. This edition is a re-release of the 1958 edition but as far as I know has not been altered or updated in any significant way. It's not presented as footnoted historical research but as a very readable narrative. Based on the original publication date, I assume that it is the main source for the 1960 John Wayne version of "The Alamo" but others may know more about that than I do. I remember seeing the movie in the mid-70s at the Majestic Theater in San Antonio just a few block from the Alamo.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2021 09:37 AM (nfrXX)

67 "Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch Ford Maddox Ford happen! It's not going to happen!"
Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2021 09:28 AM (5NkmN)

Can't please everybody. I enjoyed what I've read.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:37 AM (ONvIw)

68 Good Sunday morning, horde!

Any bookstore that isn't afraid to prominently display a great big American flag is probably ok by me. If I ever get to Shreveport, I'ma stop in.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 14, 2021 09:38 AM (OX9vb)

69 Finished the excellent WWII novel "The Deep Six" by Martin Dibner (1953). Highly recommended.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 14, 2021 09:38 AM (Dc2NZ)

70 Continuing with the 100 Days of Dante, now up to Canto 29 of The Inferno. In addition to the insights into the culture and attitudes of the time, I'm seeing more and more application to today's world. It keeps things lively, to say the least.

BTW, Dante wrote, at least to a degree, for a local and contemporaneous audience. The notes that go with any decent edition of The Comedy really help. The classical allusions are actually easier to catch.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 09:38 AM (7EjX1)

71 Two-fisting it in the Union-Alliance series this week. "Heavy Time", a prequel to "Downbelow Station" set in the beginning of the Company Wars era; and "Rimrunners", which immediately follows "Downbelow" and tells the story of a Marine left behind in the chaos of the station.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 14, 2021 09:40 AM (Dc2NZ)

72 my wife grew up literally just around the corner from where it's located.

A friend of mine who grew up in the area told me that Podnuh’s on Youree Drive is a great bbq place, after she read my semi-review of The Thrifty Peanut (link in nic) a few weeks ago.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 14, 2021 09:40 AM (CX3cf)

73 ha Baylor ruined OUs season! ha
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 09:32 AM (yrol0)

Baylor proves that by hiring effective head coaches and spending lots of money, getting on the NCAA Cartel's shit list multiple times can be overcome.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:40 AM (y7DUB)

74 I was thinking of Scarry just last week. What was the name of the worm? Lowly?
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:29 AM (Om/di)

Yes, Lowly Worm.

When I was a child, I always wondered why Scarry's characters lived in an obviously European setting. He did live in Switzerland, but not until the 1970s, I think.

Also, if you can, search for the original versions of his Bustytown books - they've been bowlderized over the years, with characters like the Indian "Wild Bill Hiccup" being taken out.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:41 AM (2JVJo)

75 Interestingly, many of the greater authors thought Ford squandered his talent.
Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:10 AM (ONvIw)
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Interesting. It's not like he failed to produce, because he published quite a bit. I guess his life was so busy with moving constantly and new women, and generally topsy-turvy, that the argument must be he could have written more full-length works instead of editing others works, and publishing journal stories and war-related propaganda. I've only read The Good Soldier, which did not impress me as much as I expected.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:42 AM (szbbg)

76 Also, if you can, search for the original versions of his Bustytown books - they've been bowlderized over the years, with characters like the Indian "Wild Bill Hiccup" being taken out.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:41 AM (2JVJo)

And in the old copies some of the characters were pipe smokers, IIRC.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:42 AM (ONvIw)

77 Finished two short stories from Barry Eisler characters in his "John Rain" series. Lost Coast (2011) & London Twist (2013). It looks like he is trying to expand his audience. NTTIATWWT. If he is writing along those lines, I hope he uses another "pen name". I have no issues with character in the story line, but not interested in full novels.

Posted by: Paladin at November 14, 2021 09:42 AM (rz7Qf)

78 Also, if you can, search for the original versions of his Bustytown books - they've been bowlderized over the years, with characters like the Indian "Wild Bill Hiccup" being taken out.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:41 AM (2JVJo)
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Is anyone here really surprised by that?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 14, 2021 09:42 AM (K5n5d)

79 There's a publisher of basically Christian self-help books called Choice Books that practices kind of a Johnny Appleseed approach scattering books around various small retailers and so forth.

I magically discovered that they now have little carousels in a couple local retailers. I ended up spending far more than I really wanted to. But I wanted to show them support.

Posted by: JEM at November 14, 2021 09:43 AM (c0Pwt)

80 I've been enjoying "The Lost World" by Conan Doyle so much I ordered some of his other non-Sherlock stories: the Brigadier Gerard novels and a collection of his Gothic/horror tales. Doyle is proving to be a much more versatile and entertaining writer than I expected. A delightful surprise.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 09:44 AM (7EjX1)

81 Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:42 AM (szbbg)

He not only moved too often, but every single time he moved he coupled it with reorganizing the garden and lots of improvements he thought were befitting an English gentleman.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:44 AM (ONvIw)

82 NaClyDog did me a solid by advising reading VDH's A War Like No Other as a companion volume. It made sense, if that's the right term, of a lot of Thucydides writing.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:36 AM (y7DUB)
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Agree with this; very readable history.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:44 AM (szbbg)

83 A good snowy Book Thread morn to you all!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 14, 2021 09:33 AM (Dc2NZ)

I'm glad it's not snowing here. It's about 40 degrees and sunny, but after I log off, I'm going to read the new issue of Fortean Times magazine. Which, BTW, since the subject comes up here a lot, will be doing a cover story next month on the 'mysterious origins' of Frank Herbert's Dune.

Took the bike for a last spin yesterday and brought it in for storage. Took a picture of myself, but when I saw the combination of my warm clothes and disgusting fat gut made me look like Sgt Schultz on a Harley, I deleted it. Now I think I should have kept it as a motivator.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:44 AM (2JVJo)

84 10 Are those Bible based pre-flood fantasy novels? I'm more than a little intrigued.

Posted by: squid_hunt at November 14, 2021 09:08 AM (7MBHe)

Yes. "Antediluvian fantasy" should be a sub-genre.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at November 14, 2021 09:44 AM (KPn7T)

85 Did I really just write "Bustytown" for "Busytown?"

Shows you where my mind is today. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:45 AM (2JVJo)

86 I read Woke, Inc., by Vivek Ramaswamy. He's a Harvard and Yale Law-educated biotech CEO / lawyer, a former Goldman-Sachs guy, a first gen POC, and all around very bright guy. This book is his analysis of why companies go woke. Hint: it isn't because they really, really care. It's because they enhance their power by partnering with the Fed government. He names names, and provides brief histories that you'll remember, because the things he describes happened recently, and continue to happen now.

He does provide some recommendations as to how to solve the problem, starting NOT with breaking up big tech, but rather by forcing them to choose between 230 protections and editorializing by censoring anyone who disagrees with them. Personally, I'd embrace the healing power of "and" here, but he makes a strong case.

The real power of this book is that it's written by an insider who knows first hand how things work. This, of course, infuriates the left, as apostates always do. I highly recommend it.

Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 09:45 AM (ZsR3z)

87 grammy, how lucky you are that your grandchild wants to read. Reading was an escape for me growing up when life at home was unsettled. Thought it would be the same for my grandson when his parents divorced. Nope, video games and more video games. May have given him refuge but taught him nothing. Sad.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2021 09:45 AM (2NHgQ)

88 Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:42 AM (szbbg)

Lately, I prefer the books about the authors more than the books by the authors. Reading what happened in their lives and in the world around them gives you insight into why they wrote what they did. This was particularly true with Mary Shelley, although Frankenstein seems much less imaginative than it used to.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:46 AM (ONvIw)

89 This book is his analysis of why companies go woke. Hint: it isn't because they really, really care. It's because they enhance their power by partnering with the Fed government. He names names, and provides brief histories that you'll remember, because the things he describes happened recently, and continue to happen now.

I meant to highlight his analysis of this "partnership". In essence, woke entities, be they companies or the media, function as the government's backdoor to censorship and other actions they're forbidden from doing by law. Together, they form a monolith that Stalin could only envy. It's in this way that they are exceptionally dangerous.

Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 09:47 AM (ZsR3z)

90 Never pull the blue lever again. Your assumption that other people reason like you do is so cute.

If any personality type is likely to keep voting for disaster and expecting a different result, it's the suburban Democrat moms and dads who work for the government and its various support structures.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 09:48 AM (OayQb)

91 As the father of an OU graduate, I'm dismayed by the loss. (I don't think he cares.)

As an objective observer, I think the bolts need to be tightened -- and then watch out.

As a Jayhawk ... :-)

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:49 AM (Om/di)

92 The presenters of each Canto so far have been terrific however, in the latest installment, Canto 29, the professor went there. Introduced 'facts' from the Covid outbreak in India to drive home a point. The facts were incorrect, incomplete and unnecessary to the subject at hand.

The left ruins everything. Everything.

I rolled my eyes when she started, but I think she made a few sort of reasonable, if grossly overdrawn, points. Still, she was definitely one of the weakest expert commentators.

Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 09:49 AM (ZsR3z)

93 44 I haven't picked up the kindle in months. I'd much rather have paper copies these days. I do not trust Bezos and company.

Posted by: CN

I don't use my kindle much, either, except when I'm reading Morons' books. Can't get many of them any other way.

Mostly library books for me, or used book store.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 14, 2021 09:49 AM (OX9vb)

94 I read Woke, Inc., by Vivek Ramaswamy.

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heard an interview with him - he was spot on !

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2021 09:50 AM (V13WU)

95 Bustytown would be great for a western because everyone assumes that there's a saloon with a certain type of girl there.

Posted by: JEM at November 14, 2021 09:50 AM (c0Pwt)

96 Later, folks...time to go make something to eat and watch some Animaniacs...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 14, 2021 09:50 AM (K5n5d)

97 Is that part of the Hillsdale lecture series or is that something else?
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:24 AM (y7DUB)
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It's a combined effort of several school, being led by Baylor University. I found it from the Federalist. I am way behind, but you can take it at your own pace.

https://tinyurl.com/4852mn97

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:50 AM (szbbg)

98 When I was a child, I always wondered why Scarry's characters lived in an obviously European setting. He did live in Switzerland, but not until the 1970s, I think.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:41 AM (2JVJo)

I don't remember reading much of the Busytown books when I was a kid, but that would have been around age 3-4. When Pookette was little(r), I read her a TON of the Busytown books. And it really confused me how European the setting was, but I thought maybe Richard Scarry had grown up in New England or something.

Posted by: pookysgirl can still do the voice of Huckle Cat at November 14, 2021 09:50 AM (yLO6V)

99 31 Is Ford Maddox Ford related to Ford Lincoln Mercury?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 14, 2021 09:17 AM (XB6+k)
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Is Ford 4Runner related to Chevy Chase?

Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 14, 2021 09:51 AM (5M6HZ)

100 Arg! Toyota 4Runner!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 14, 2021 09:51 AM (5M6HZ)

101 Is Ford Maddox Ford related to Ford Lincoln Mercury?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 14, 2021 09:17 AM (XB6+k)

Ford Maddox Ford's birth name was Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 09:51 AM (ZSK0i)

102 If you enjoy fantasy, I recommend the Codex Alera series from Jim Butcher, the Missouri author who wrote the Dresden Files.

The Furies of Calderon is the first book in the series.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 09:52 AM (OayQb)

103 9 ... "The presenters of each Canto so far have been terrific however, in the latest installment, Canto 29, the professor went there. Introduced 'facts' from the Covid outbreak in India to drive home a point. The facts were incorrect, incomplete and unnecessary to the subject at hand."

Tonypete,

Agreed. I find the videos generally helpful, some more than others. But the one for Canto 29 pissed me off. Of all the current matters she could have used, it had to be the administration crap about the Wuhan Flu.

Not surprisingly, I find the notes in the books (Everyman's Library and the Dorothy Sayers editions) far more helpful.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 09:52 AM (7EjX1)

104 Sorry for the OT, just thought this was funny.

Bernie Sanders at_SenSanders

We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.

Elon Musk at_elonmusk
Replying to at_SenSanders

I keep forgetting that you're still alive

9:29 AM � Nov 14, 2021 - https://bit.ly/30qY1Ox

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 14, 2021 09:52 AM (Do5/p)

105 Halfway through "2034: A Novel of the Next World War".
Not as good as "Ghost Fleet", but still the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at November 14, 2021 09:52 AM (CmPBR)

106 Mostly library books for me, or used book store.
Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 14, 2021 09:49 AM (OX9vb)

I'm a used book kind of person, myself. Last time I was in the local library was pre-plandemic and the wokeiness was unappealing. I can ignore that shit more easily on ebay or thrift books.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:53 AM (ONvIw)

107 Who dis? Ginger Rogers. Fred Astaire may have danced with better hoofers (Eleanor Powell, for example), but none had more *style*.

Posted by: Nemo at November 14, 2021 09:53 AM (S6ArX)

108 85 Did I really just write "Bustytown" for "Busytown?"

Shows you where my mind is today. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:45 AM (2JVJo)
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I think we all know Who Run Bustytown.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 14, 2021 09:53 AM (Dc2NZ)

109 @95 --

When in reality, it has prosperous casinos.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 09:54 AM (Om/di)

110 I'm a broken record. You can use your Kindle without buying from Bezos. Download the Libby app. Connect your library card to it. I have two connected. You can download books from the library. Yes, part of the process takes you to Amazon if you use a Kindle or the Kindle app. To my knowledge Mr. Bezos receives no profit from it but your purchase of your Kindle. I use my iPad with the Kindle app and the Libby app. They do not have all books but a lot of good ones from my libraries.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2021 09:54 AM (2NHgQ)

111
Ford Maddox Ford's birth name was Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 09:51 AM (ZSK0i)

Yep. Anti-German sentiment led him to change that

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:54 AM (ONvIw)

112 Thanks Clyde. Made me lol.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 14, 2021 09:55 AM (Y+l9t)

113 I keep forgetting that you're still alive

Musk's picture is in the dictionary under "no f***s given".

Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 09:55 AM (ZsR3z)

114 Did I really just write "Bustytown" for "Busytown?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:45 AM

Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me
Town to keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy

Well, I talk about it, talk about it / Talk about it, talk about it / Talk about, talk about / Talk about movin'

Gotta move on

A-won't you take me to
Bustytown?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 14, 2021 09:56 AM (Do5/p)

115 Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 09:47 AM (ZsR3z)

Keep banging that Krony Kapitalism partnership with the Gas Chamber, Repukes. Another genius Rove scheme although even Buckley had his hand in on that previously.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at November 14, 2021 09:56 AM (y7DUB)

116 113 I keep forgetting that you're still alive

Musk's picture is in the dictionary under "no f***s given".
Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 09:55 AM (ZsR3z)

If Sanders and company assault the middle and working classes, I would be happy to see him smash the fuck out of the tech and finance billionaires. It's "the right thing to do"

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:57 AM (ONvIw)

117 And it really confused me how European the setting was, but I thought maybe Richard Scarry had grown up in New England or something.
Posted by: pookysgirl can still do the voice of Huckle Cat at November 14, 2021 09:50 AM (yLO6V)

He was born in Boston, but, for example, Busytown's mayor wore a chain and pendant like a British one, and the town's post office had a sign consisting of a courier's horn.

I checked wiki, and though he was in the Army during WW2, it says nothing about him being in Switzerland. I suppose he did a European tour of service and fell in love with the places he saw.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:57 AM (2JVJo)

118 I've flogged this site before, but it really is a good resource -- https://booksalefinder.com/index.html

I went to a sale yesterday and scored nice hardbacks of Shirer's The Collapse of the Third Republic, and Anthony Trollope's The Warden.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 14, 2021 09:58 AM (PiwSw)

119 If you enjoy fantasy, I recommend the Codex Alera series from Jim Butcher, the Missouri author who wrote the Dresden Files.

I have not read any of that series but I have read all but the latest of the Dresden series and "The Aeronaut's Windlass," the first of some other series that, AFAIK, has no second. Butcher is a master of the Ripping Yarn style of storytelling. The stories start off kind of slow but once things get rolling, it's pretty much nonstop action until the end.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2021 09:58 AM (nfrXX)

120 I wonder if I can take a motorboat to Bustytown...

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 14, 2021 09:58 AM (Do5/p)

121 Yep. Anti-German sentiment led him to change that
Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:54 AM (ONvIw)
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In part, the same sentiment motivated Patrick O'Brian to drop his surname, "Russ".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:58 AM (szbbg)

122 41 ... "Is that part of the Hillsdale lecture series or is that something else?"

The 100 Days of Dante is sponsored by Baylor University. I would LOVE a Hillsdale version. The ones I've seen in the past were absolutely first-rate.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 09:59 AM (7EjX1)

123 In part, the same sentiment motivated Patrick O'Brian to drop his surname, "Russ".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 09:58 AM (szbbg)

And the Mountbattens to drop Battenberg

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 09:59 AM (ONvIw)

124 Elon Musk at_elonmusk
Replying to at_SenSanders

I keep forgetting that you're still alive

Weak sauce, IMO. Musk should have said, "Sounds great! How many of your five houses are you going to sell?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:59 AM (2JVJo)

125 He was born in Boston, but, for example, Busytown's mayor wore a chain and pendant like a British one, and the town's post office had a sign consisting of a courier's horn.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:57 AM (2JVJo)
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I vaguely recall there is a Scarry museum somewhere in the Boston area

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 10:00 AM (szbbg)

126 "The presenters of each Canto so far have been terrific however, in the latest installment, Canto 29, the professor went there. Introduced 'facts' from the Covid outbreak in India to drive home a point. The facts were incorrect, incomplete and unnecessary to the subject at hand."

How does the 'Professor' get from Falsifiers and Counterfeiters to India and the COVID?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 10:00 AM (ZSK0i)

127 I found Georgette Heyer's A Lady of Quality on my shelves this week and didn't remember it so decided to read it. There's a reason I didn't remember it. Really weak. And I'm a huge fan. But fascinating in what she did poorly that she usually does well. Early book? Past her prime? No idea. Now I'm rereading Black Sheep, which is what A Lady of Quality should have been. Same plot, same place (Bath). But wonderfully done this time around.

Posted by: Wenda at November 14, 2021 10:00 AM (k3Lcv)

128 How does the 'Professor' get from Falsifiers and Counterfeiters to India and the COVID?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 10:00 AM (ZSK0i)
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Probably sophistry does the trick. It often does.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 10:02 AM (szbbg)

129 If the extremely wealthy paid their fair share, they would not be extremely wealthy, yet.

Posted by: klaftern at November 14, 2021 10:02 AM (taPSh)

130 grammy, how lucky you are that your grandchild wants to read. Reading was an escape for me growing up when life at home was unsettled. Thought it would be the same for my grandson when his parents divorced. Nope, video games and more video games. May have given him refuge but taught him nothing. Sad.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Turns out, the video game Witcher caused the Witcher books upon which the video game is based, to become much better sellers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 10:02 AM (FVME7)

131 I've flogged this site before, but it really is a good resource -- https://booksalefinder.com/index.html

Ikea thanks you. I think you just sold some more bookcases for them.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2021 10:02 AM (nfrXX)

132 @127 - I approve of the latter lol

Posted by: Blacksheep at November 14, 2021 10:03 AM (6mvRv)

133 BTW, since kindles are being discussed - have any of you had the problem of your kindle simply not fully charging? I can have mine plugged in all night, and the most it will charge to is about 75%. I don't want to go to the trouble of getting another one, but I wonder if the battery in this one is simply wearing out.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 10:04 AM (2JVJo)

134 neverenoughcaffeine, I use Libby on my phone. My kindle fire is pretty old and slow; I'm having a hard time getting Libby to even open on it. But I get annoyed with technology pretty easily, and give up before I should.

Currently reading one of my used finds, The Oxbow Incident. No spoilers, please--I've never seen the movie, so I don't know what it's about. Only a couple of chapters in, but intriguing so far, and I sense that something is about to go terribly wrong for the narrator and friend.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 14, 2021 10:04 AM (OX9vb)

135 I also almost exclusively use the library to download kindle books. The library also lets you make suggestions about what they should buy. Sometimes have to wait but usually have 9 or 10 book on reserve so I never run out of things to read. I can also reserve hardcovers and they deliver to my local library to pick up.
I like the kindle because I can prop it up, it has two pages on the screen so reads like a book. This book I am currently reading has illustrations and the ability to make them larger to read the fine print is terrific.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 14, 2021 10:04 AM (Y+l9t)

136 And the Horde grows my library by another. A War Like No Other by VDH should be arriving by the end of the week. Thanks for the recommendation!

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at November 14, 2021 10:05 AM (l7Kbv)

137 Wenda. I read a bio of Heyer a few months ago. Due to money issues and poor health she had a few stories that didn't live up to her normal writing quality. I believe she was just too stressed out to write. If I remember correctly she missed a year publishing, she always had one new book per year. A Lady of Quality may have been a victim to those circumstances.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2021 10:05 AM (2NHgQ)

138 Butcher is a master of the Ripping Yarn style of storytelling. The stories start off kind of slow but once things get rolling, it's pretty much nonstop action until the end.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2021 09:58 AM (nfrXX)

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The Alera series is light years above his Dresden books. They're better written, more tightly edited, and grander in scope. I was a huge fan of the Dragonlance trilogy, and consider this far superior. According to Butcher, "What would happen if the 13th Roman Legion fell through a portal - like the Bermuda Triangle - and ended up on another world with different races where everyone had the power to manipulate the elements?"

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 10:06 AM (OayQb)

139 133 BTW, since kindles are being discussed - have any of you had the problem of your kindle simply not fully charging? I can have mine plugged in all night, and the most it will charge to is about 75%. I don't want to go to the trouble of getting another one, but I wonder if the battery in this one is simply wearing out.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 10:04 AM (2JVJo)

I am thinking built in obsolescence. My first one lasted a good long time, my second, and as far as I'm concerned, last, has battery issues and is constantly telling me to buy additional storage space.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:07 AM (ONvIw)

140 ...it's difficult to connect with a lot of the characters because they are all somewhat inhuman in many ways.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 14, 2021 09:14 AM (K5n5d)

I think that's why I gave up reading her books as an older teen. They generally had memorable idea and were well written, I just felt vaguely icky after reading them. Nigao Marsh mysteries takes me the same way though, so that may or may not mean anything.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2021 10:08 AM (MXdMt)

141 Good morning, OM, good morning, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at November 14, 2021 10:08 AM (sjppU)

142 Did I really just write "Bustytown" for "Busytown?"

Shows you where my mind is today. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:45 AM (2JVJo)

Bustytown sounds like a fun place to hang out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2021 10:09 AM (P3gRi)

143 I had the battery problem with my kindle. If you Google battery issues, there were instructions on how to cut down battery usage running in the background. Also, new battery can be installed which would be far less than new iPad.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 14, 2021 10:09 AM (Y+l9t)

144 MP4. May be your charger cord as well. If you're using an older charger cord or a replacement it might not fit the device. Different company but I cannot swap between apple products and they do not work great using off brand charger cords.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2021 10:10 AM (2NHgQ)

145 Ford's family connection to the Rosettis is interesting, a family exemplifying oddity. The father was a bearded Fabian Socialist, a government employee, and friends with all the Walt Whitman and Coleridge types, according to Wiki, and the very political daughter, Olivia, started as an anarchist and ended as a fascist. Sounds very familiar and modern.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2021 10:10 AM (szbbg)

146 I haven't done the 100 Days of Dante yet, because I don't have a copy of The Divine Comedy. Just found a kindle version for $.99, though, so Bezos or not, I'll get it.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 14, 2021 10:10 AM (OX9vb)

147 Similar to "merry-andrew" is "jack-the-lad."

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:11 AM (AwPyG)

148 I haven't done the 100 Days of Dante yet, because I don't have a copy of The Divine Comedy. Just found a kindle version for $.99, though, so Bezos or not, I'll get it.

You don't need it. They provide the cantos online.

Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 10:12 AM (ZsR3z)

149 You don't need it. They provide the cantos online.
Posted by: pep

Oh! I didn't know. Thank you!

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 14, 2021 10:12 AM (OX9vb)

150 You need a degree to do anything these days.

Durham University in the UK is offering training to students on how to be a prostitute

https://bit.ly/3opSpMl

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 10:13 AM (FVME7)

151 @137

Oh that's interesting about Heyer. Her mysteries don't seem as good as her romances, too.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:13 AM (AwPyG)

152 145: Ford Madox Brown was a Pre-Raphaelite painter.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:14 AM (ONvIw)

153 Durham University in the UK is offering training to students on how to be a prostitute

https://bit.ly/3opSpMl

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 10:13 AM (FVME7)

The answer to the final exam is: "20 bucks, same as in town."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 14, 2021 10:14 AM (PiwSw)

154 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 14, 2021 09:25 AM (Y+l9t)

He appears to be trying to bring his Mistborn and Stormlight worlds into the same universe. I wish he wouldn't. He seems to have decided to beat Robert Jordan at the giant series game, which is the wrong lesson to take from a guy who died and left his series unfinished.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2021 10:16 AM (MXdMt)

155 Mountebank is to jack pudding, as federal reserve bank is to ______________?

Posted by: callsign claymore at November 14, 2021 10:16 AM (sjppU)

156 104 Sorry for the OT, just thought this was funny.
Bernie Sanders at_SenSanders
We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.
Elon Musk at_elonmusk
Replying to at_SenSanders
I keep forgetting that you're still alive
9:29 AM Nov 14, 2021 - https://bit.ly/30qY1Ox
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 14, 2021 09:52 AM (Do5/p)

The top one percent of households pay 39.4 percent of federal income taxes and 26.2 percent of total federal taxes.
The top 20 percent of households pay 88.1 percent of federal income taxes and 69.5 percent of total federal taxes.
The top one percent of households pay an average income tax rate of 24 percent while the middle quintile pays an average income tax rate of 3 percent.
PS this was for 2019 tax year. Top 20% now pay over 93% of taxes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 10:17 AM (yrol0)

157 @139

Yeah, my iphone is constantly telling me my cloud storage is full, and I never signed up for it.

But batteries don't last forever, to be fair. The fellows at the iphone shop were amazed mine lasted 6 years.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:17 AM (AwPyG)

158 Time to listen to Mass, then make the dog food.

As always, I am so grateful for you, Horde. Have a beautiful day, all!

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 14, 2021 10:18 AM (OX9vb)

159 OK, folks, think I'll make another cup of tea and settle down for the afternoon.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 10:19 AM (2JVJo)

160 Not first.

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:19 AM (arJlL)

161 Hiya

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:20 AM (arJlL)

162 I am posting from church. We don't have a book or Bible study this morning so I can briefly comment on the book thread. I am reading Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict. It is very scholarly as well as heart felt. He quotes a book called something like " A rabbi talks to Jesus" . I forget what the actual title is but it sounds interesting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2021 10:20 AM (sKMEB)

163 I don't think that the pants guy owns a weedwhacker. (If you catch my drift)

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:21 AM (arJlL)

164 But batteries don't last forever, to be fair. The fellows at the iphone shop were amazed mine lasted 6 years.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:17 AM

My wife's Ipad is pushing ten years now without a battery change. Had some charging issues but we bought new charging cords and that fixed it. Bought that thing right before we left Connecticut and that will be 10 years come April.

Mine that was bought at the same time crashed and burned after 6 years.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 14, 2021 10:21 AM (bVYXr)

165 Yeah, my iphone is constantly telling me my cloud storage is full, and I never signed up for it.

But batteries don't last forever, to be fair. The fellows at the iphone shop were amazed mine lasted 6 years.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:17 AM (AwPyG)

You have 5 Gb and backup to the Apple Cloud is switched on by default. Sooner or later, you're going to back up against that limit, especially if you take a lot of photos or back up your texts.

And don't get me started on batteries. I had a 6s that acted like the battery was going. Took it to the Apple "geniuses" in North Dallas Halloween weekend and they bricked it swapping in a new battery. And new phones are getting damned expensive if you can't wait for a new one.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 10:21 AM (ZSK0i)

166 And remember a lot of authors are working under deadline to bring a book once a year so that the publishers can make money, and sometime it doesn't seem as high quality.

I think the last book in Margaret Frazer's Sister Frevisse series suffered from this problem--it was almost unreadable.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:21 AM (AwPyG)

167 136 ... "And the Horde grows my library by another. A War Like No Other by VDH should be arriving by the end of the week. Thanks for the recommendation!"

Same here. I have The Landmark Thucydides and the Hanson book should be with it. The order for a 'very good' used copy just went in.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 10:21 AM (7EjX1)

168 Booken morgen horden

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 14, 2021 10:21 AM (YZG/i)

169 According to Butcher, "What would happen if the 13th Roman Legion fell through a portal - like the Bermuda Triangle - and ended up on another world with different races where everyone had the power to manipulate the elements?"
--------
Sort of like "Rome" meets "The Last Airbender"?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 14, 2021 10:22 AM (AlkyK)

170 I forgot to mention, the 6s was barely four years old, if that.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 10:22 AM (ZSK0i)

171 @165

That's of interest, but I'm stone age when it comes to using the iphone. Not a lot of pictures stored. Not a lot of anything.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:23 AM (AwPyG)

172 Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 09:45 AM (ZsR3z)

I suspected "woke" was part of the change to overt economic fascism. Sounds like this is confirmation.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2021 10:24 AM (MXdMt)

173 That's of interest, but I'm stone age when it comes to using the iphone. Not a lot of pictures stored. Not a lot of anything.

Interesting. That makes me wonder what's chewing up your cloud allocation.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 10:24 AM (ZSK0i)

174 The title is A rabbi talks with Jesus" by Jacob Neusner. Obviously the Pope and a rabbi will have areas of theological disagreement but Pope Benedict liked the book very much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2021 10:25 AM (sKMEB)

175 168 Booken morgen horden
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 14, 2021 10:21 AM (YZG/i)

So sorry for your loss, vmom.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:25 AM (ONvIw)

176 The Kindle is a freaking godsend. These days I'm finding it much easier to hold than most paper books (particularly big hardcovers) and much better re font size. To say nothing of saving space -- when I worked for Kroch's & Brentano's in Chicago a respectable chunk of my paycheck always seemed to find its way back to the store, and when we left Chicago we shipped more than 100 boxes (big ones) of books. Quite a few of those have found their way to libraries and second-hand dealers, but we can still read them on our Kindles, and we have room for other furniture besides bookcases. (Not that there's anything wrong with bookcases -- wouldn't be without 'em.)

Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 14, 2021 10:26 AM (JzDjf)

177 Never been to Louisiana but that book store and the bass fishing could make for a nice visit.
Posted by: JTB

There won't be any mosquitos, alligators or snakes in the book store.

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:27 AM (arJlL)

178 133 BTW, since kindles are being discussed - have any of you had the problem of your kindle simply not fully charging? I can have mine plugged in all night, and the most it will charge to is about 75%. I don't want to go to the trouble of getting another one, but I wonder if the battery in this one is simply wearing out.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 10:04 AM (2JVJo)
---

Try turning it waaaay off, until the logo/picture displays, then back on.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 14, 2021 10:27 AM (Dc2NZ)

179 Neverenoughcaffeine, do you have the name of the Heyer biography? I have been reading her since I was 11--one of the few books from the adult section the librarians would let me check out! Nice to know something about her.

And hi! to a fellow Montanan. I'm in Bozeman. You're in the Flathead Valley I think? Will this be your first Montana winter?

Posted by: Wenda at November 14, 2021 10:28 AM (k3Lcv)

180 Polliwog, when I finish Rhythm of War, which series should I read next as the 5th book in the series is not out yet and the Stormlight Archive is my first Sanderson foray.
Also, your comment a bit ironic as Sanderson finished the Jordan series.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 14, 2021 10:28 AM (Y+l9t)

181 If anyone's like me, and they get a kick out of obsolete words and phrases, there's a fellow named Jeff Kacirk at makefun.com who publishes a daily calendar called "Forgotten English"

todays word is "facinorous", "belonging to notable exploits or crimes."

thursday's is "gargoning" meaning "strange speaking"

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:29 AM (AwPyG)

182 Ok, time for me to put my focus back towards books.

I just got a copy of Robert and Jean Hollander's verse translation/notes of Dante's "Paradiso". This should be interesting since the Hollanders note that Dante uses neologisms or words new to the Italian language and invented by Dante.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 10:31 AM (ZSK0i)

183 @178

Yeah my tech-savvy kids call it a "hard reboot" when they simply press the Off button without closing down by backing out.

Wait 10 seconds, then turn it on again.

Seems counterintuitive, but there you go.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:32 AM (AwPyG)

184 I find I'm ordering fewer and fewer books on Kindle. It still has its uses of small size convenience, adjustable print, and, sometimes, free or low prices. (Sometimes the Kindle book prices are obscene or at least ridiculous.)

But my taste in reading is going towards books I want to own and aren't subject to a technical snafu or corporate greed and idiocy. If all the used bookstores disappeared, I would be in deep shit.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 10:32 AM (7EjX1)

185 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 10:02 AM (FVME7)

Which ticked off the author because he'd sold the rights to the game company and didn't get the second wave of cash. He sued, but IIRC got told that he hadn't had faith in his product or the games (he'd apparently said as much in interviews after the sale).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2021 10:35 AM (MXdMt)

186 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2021 10:25 AM (sKMEB)

Normally, I'd be interested in such a book, and maybe I'd like this one, but I'm so against the religious wokeism that surrounds me that I find it unbearable. We found a non-woke rabbi for kid2's wedding, but it was not easy. I just throw all the mailings from most religion based groups right in the trash.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:36 AM (ONvIw)

187 I just throw all the mailings from most religion based groups right in the trash.
Posted by: CN

What if there was a Ten -Thousand Dollar Bill in there ?

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:39 AM (arJlL)

188 I suspected "woke" was part of the change to overt economic fascism. Sounds like this is confirmation.

Yup. That's exactly the word for it.

Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 10:40 AM (ZsR3z)

189 I found my first Georgette Heyer when I was tasked with doing the family laundry,and was waiting at the laundromat. There was a table full of books people would leave, for the poor souls who had to wait at the laundromat.

Before there were Free Little Libraries, there were laundromat tables.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:40 AM (AwPyG)

190 Finished American Caesar. MacArthur was a very complex man. I think I've gained a better understanding of him. I have to agree with his attitude that you fight a war to defeat the enemy period. He did not agree to wars of containment such as what happened in Korea and later in Viet Nam and the first Gulf war. I wonder what he would think about our nation building strategy for the last couple of wars.

Posted by: Old Blue at November 14, 2021 10:41 AM (VNmG1)

191 What if there was a Ten -Thousand Dollar Bill in there ?
Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:39 AM (arJlL)

Then they wouldn't be hitting me up for money to support migrants and afghans would they?

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:41 AM (ONvIw)

192 "What if there was a Ten -Thousand Dollar Bill in there ?"

That's a very good point. I have to be more careful.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:41 AM (AwPyG)

193
That's a very good point. I have to be more careful.
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:41 AM (AwPyG)

forgot your sarc tag.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:43 AM (ONvIw)

194 "What if there was a Ten -Thousand Dollar Bill in there ?"

*****

If I had a dollar for every time I tossed out $10,000 with the junk mail I'd be rich!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 14, 2021 10:43 AM (m45I2)

195 Ironically, I haven't had much chance to read because I've been too busy unpacking and shelving books.

Posted by: Trimegistus at November 14, 2021 10:44 AM (QZxDR)

196 Which ticked off the author because he'd sold the rights to the game company and didn't get the second wave of cash. He sued, but IIRC got told that he hadn't had faith in his product or the games (he'd apparently said as much in interviews after the sale).

I tried reading the first Witcher book. I was so awful I abandoned it. So maybe the author had some sense after all. The game company made a silk purse out of a sow's ear. They deserve all the credit.

Posted by: cool breeze at November 14, 2021 10:45 AM (UGKMd)

197 You know who's on the ten thousand dollar bill? A guy named "Salmon Chase."

His parents must have been fishermen.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:45 AM (AwPyG)

198 Now I'm reading Joe Rocheforts War. Interesting book and a faster read than American Caesar. No one saw Pearl Harbor coming and just like 9/11, it was a failure of imagination. Navy doctrine at the time couldn't see massing a large carrier task force to carry out an attack on that scale.

Posted by: Old Blue at November 14, 2021 10:45 AM (VNmG1)

199 Good morning, Book Horde. I'm developing a reading plan to help me study for my Amateur Extra (ham radio) license. I could probably just get the question pool and memorize enough answers to pass, but I'm actually trying to understand the material. I'm starting with a book on radio / electrical theory, then moving on to the ARRL manual. My goal is to take the test before the end of 2022. The first two exams weren't difficult, but the AE is a different matter. I'm not tech-minded at all, so even the most basic concepts regarding electricity are tough for me to remember. I know we have a couple of hams floating around the HQ - anybody got their AE ticket?

Posted by: PabloD at November 14, 2021 10:45 AM (WX38H)

200
{i]Ford Maddox Ford

Wannabe.

Posted by: Major Major Major Major at November 14, 2021 10:46 AM (5NkmN)

201 When my mom died, we had to go through every book in her very dusty library because she squirreled money away in the leaves.

It was very dirty work, but we found $500

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:46 AM (AwPyG)

202 Back from a delightful morning constitutional with the lovely and athletic Mrs naturalfake.

Lessee what's up thread.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2021 10:47 AM (5NkmN)

203 I know we have a couple of hams floating around the HQ - anybody got their AE ticket?
Posted by: PabloD at November 14, 2021 10:45 AM (WX38H)

You might consider this site:

http://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/index.html

Lots of people go from Zero to Extra in the same exam session.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 14, 2021 10:47 AM (PiwSw)

204 If I had a dollar for every time I tossed out $10,000 with the junk mail I'd be rich!
Posted by: Muldoon

lol !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:48 AM (arJlL)

205 It was very dirty work, but we found $500
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:46 AM (AwPyG)

I understand, except with my MIL it was the pockets of old dresses. We found cash and her grandmother's diamond ring, that was presumed lost, as she forgot where she hid it.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:48 AM (ONvIw)

206 There are free versions of The Inferno.
Pdf and other file types.
www.Gutenberg.org
I finished the whole thing and the 100 Days series.
It's been a worth while thing to do in retirement.

Posted by: Canto reader at November 14, 2021 10:49 AM (jTmQV)

207 Not that it's going to make any difference but republicans have the largest lead in generic congressional polling in 41 years. abc just released their poll and have republicans at 51% with democrats trailing at 41%. The largest lead ever since they started that poll.

In the 2010 blood bath when republicans picked up 64 seats in the House and retook a super majority away from democrats in the Senate they only had a 2 point lead.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 14, 2021 10:50 AM (bVYXr)

208 Wenda. Bitterroot. First winter. Native to N IN and resided in MI for a time. Not expecting anything too shocking.

Heyer biographer is Jennifer Kloester

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2021 10:50 AM (2NHgQ)

209 Also, if you can, search for the original versions of his Bustytown books - they've been bowlderized over the years, with characters like the Indian "Wild Bill Hiccup" being taken out.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 14, 2021 09:41 AM (2JVJo)

There was one Richard Scary story about a French Colonial Gendarme detective, Couscous the Algerian Detective - which has been bowlderized to "The North African Detective"
Talk about non-pc upon non-pc. I wonder if I could find that original one.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 10:50 AM (P9T5R)

210 Salmon P. Chase !

That's almost as good as Bum Bright !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:50 AM (arJlL)

211 Also, your comment a bit ironic as Sanderson finished the Jordan series.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 14, 2021 10:28 AM (Y+l9t)

I know. That's why I say he learned the wrong lesson from the experience. If you haven't read the Mistborn series, and semi-mystery genre follow-on series, you probably should since that seems to be being combined with the Stormlight world. I haven't read the fourth Stormlight book yet. Need to update my library app and get in the list for it.

In unrelated books there's one called The Rithmatist, set in an alternate reality U.S., that I like. Sanderson seems to have forgotten it though and never written any others in that universe.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2021 10:50 AM (MXdMt)

212 Posted by: Canto reader at November 14, 2021 10:49 AM (jTmQV)Posted by: Canto reader at November 14, 2021 10:49 AM (jTmQV)

Retirement is wonderful! Someone at the wedding asked me if I missed the hospital. I said "hell, no", and it's true.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:50 AM (ONvIw)

213 @205

On antiques roadshow, there was a woman who'd purchased a used sewing machine at a thrift shop, and in the bobbin compartment was a pricy diamond ring.

So, someone must have hidden it, died, and the heirs didn't know where it was.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:51 AM (AwPyG)

214 PabloD, I'm not sure about the AE license, but back in the early 90's, I passed the test for my First Class Radio Telephone operators license. Almost all on electronics. It was a bear, and most people didn't pass it on the first go around. I really don't know how the AE license compares. It's been so long since I've used that knowledge, I would have to start from scratch. Do they still have a Morse code requirement?

Posted by: Old Blue at November 14, 2021 10:51 AM (VNmG1)

215 Heyer biographer is Jennifer Kloester

If someone boinks her its a Kloester f**k !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 10:52 AM (arJlL)

216 Which ticked off the author because he'd sold the rights to the game company and didn't get the second wave of cash. He sued, but IIRC got told that he hadn't had faith in his product or the games (he'd apparently said as much in interviews after the sale).
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

It's so sad when you can't have your cake and eat it, too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 10:52 AM (FVME7)

217 When I was about 18 I opened my first checking account to write checks for my new car loan. I put a couple hundreds in deposit, using my new deposit slips. I then wrote a check to cover the first loan payment. It bounced. I was like WTF? My Dad then compared the deposit slips to my checks. They were different. He went to the bank for me; apparently I was depositing money into some woman's account. He said, "Well, it's a good preparation for marriage. You put the money in and a woman spends it."

(to be continued)

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 14, 2021 10:53 AM (dQvv7)

218 In the 2010 blood bath when republicans picked up 64 seats in the House and retook a super majority away from democrats in the Senate they only had a 2 point lead.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 14, 2021 10:50 AM (bVYXr)

Pre- cheat by mail. And my former synagogue is canvassing to make cheat by mail permanent. Probably want to register all the non-citizens they take money to "resettle". Buncha assholes

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:53 AM (ONvIw)

219 Half through TJM's The Sharp Kid, well written, not exactly my style, but maybe i'm projecting.

Posted by: yara at November 14, 2021 10:53 AM (N7mou)

220 That's almost as good as Bum Bright !

Didn't he write The Mandrillorian?

Posted by: pep at November 14, 2021 10:53 AM (ZsR3z)

221 Sheesh! Mopey meat sack is right!
Morning Hordemates.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2021 10:54 AM (axyOa)

222 Do they still have a Morse code requirement?

Posted by: Old Blue at November 14, 2021 10:51 AM

No longer on any test.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 14, 2021 10:55 AM (bVYXr)

223 So, someone must have hidden it, died, and the heirs didn't know where it was.
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:51 AM (AwPyG)

This is very common. I have a friend who cleans out "estates" for a fee and the amount of hidden treasures he discovers is overwhelming. Old ladies are known for hiding things in weird and sometimes gross places.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:55 AM (ONvIw)

224 You know who's on the ten thousand dollar bill? A guy named "Salmon Chase.

-
Sounds fishy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 10:56 AM (FVME7)

225
So now, decades later, the reverse has happened. I had to get a new debit card because of some fraud on my original. I bought some things on Amazon, updated the debit card number, no problem.

But I checked my bank balance and it was unchanged. The money is coming from someone to cover my purchase but it's not my account. I guess I'll wait a little bit and see what happens.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 14, 2021 10:56 AM (dQvv7)

226 My favorite Lord Wimsey Novel is The Nine Tailors. The rich old broad who has her enormously expensive jewels stolen hid them in the chamber pot.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2021 10:57 AM (2NHgQ)

227 @223

I think older people get paranoid, too.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:57 AM (AwPyG)

228 Humble Bundle still has their Samurai book bundle deal and have added another one that has Samurai comics like the "lone wolf and cub" series that I think some movies were spawned from.

They still have their NaNoWriMo book collection and have added a history book collection. The history books look mostly woke but maybe there's something worthwhile there. Also a bunch of comics from DYNAMITE, and some rpg core books and ras-pi technical books.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 10:57 AM (yh2er)

229 I confess I am drawn to non fiction, but my book choices have been a depressing slog lately.
I am nearly done with The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer.
Before that,The Rape of Nanking. (couldn't finish it)
Before that Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (tragic).
I need something inspirational...

Posted by: Canto reader at November 14, 2021 10:57 AM (jTmQV)

230 2019 --"The top one percent of households pay 39.4 percent of federal income taxes and 26.2 percent of total federal taxes. -- The top 20 percent of households pay 88.1 percent of federal income taxes and 69.5 percent of total federal taxes." -- 2020 -- "Top 20% now pay over 93% of taxes."

I'm mostly OK with that arrangement, but it is the massive corruption ng with programs that make/keep the rich getting richer that is The Problem.

We need a government that will put American and individual sovereignty First, as this concept that "Free Markets" (aka "capitalism") will magically maintain Liberty. "We" assumed the consumer alone would punish the use of slaves and punish polluters by refusing to but their products. Or that righteous "capitalists" would not be exploitive.

We instead found that Utopian Capitalism is as illusive and elusive as Utopian Communism. (we'll do it right next time, after the reset) A nation (and its elected government) founded on Liberty needs to return to its roots. Our current government has abdicated its duties to the owner class, while retaining the mask of authority.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 14, 2021 10:57 AM (Cus5s)

231 My most shameful book memory.
My friend and I were hired to move the libraries from about 20 school administrators to a store room. From nice custom built bookcases to steel shelves like you see outside at a Lowe's. No adhering to their previous locations or layouts. No sorting by room to keep the collections separate. 2 wheel carts with no straps and lots of loads dumped down the 4 flights of stairs and restacked. Shuffling libraries together because we wasted too much time chatting if we did 1 room at a time. All really nice collections from good teachers who had worked their way into administration back in the 80's. It was almost more disrespectful than burning them would have been. My friends dad worked there and hired us, and I suspect this was some office space vendetta.

Posted by: Nicely-Nicely Johnson at November 14, 2021 10:58 AM (JjMWb)

232 Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:55 AM (ONvIw)

When my M-I-L passes we will have to go through everything very carefully for that reason. Heck, I sometimes find cash *I* hid in a book with no memory of having done so and I'm not 50 yet.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2021 10:58 AM (MXdMt)

233 Shadout Mapes answered my question. That site says they dropped the Morse requirement in 2007. Just like everything else, if you don't practice, you lose the skill. When I got out of the Navy, I could send 47 wpm and receive at about 52 wpm. And I was sending on a straight key, not a "bug" or a paddle. I seem to remember some of the Japanese merchant radio operators could get up around 60 wpm.

Posted by: Old Blue at November 14, 2021 10:59 AM (VNmG1)

234 >>> So, someone must have hidden it, died, and the heirs didn't know where it was.
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:51 AM (AwPyG)

Sometimes this is intentional. "... anyone but THEM!"

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 11:00 AM (yh2er)

235 Durham University in the UK is offering training to students on how to be a prostitute
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 10:13 AM (FVME7)

credentialism and regulatory capture can go too far.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:00 AM (P9T5R)

236 The Left's MO of bullying and name-calling works very well on individuals - particularly individuals who have money and power to lose, like the groveling CEO of McDonald's.
Does anyone think the CEO's mind was changed? No, he doesn't want to lose his cushy job, so he backtracked.

However, it's a different dynamic to insult an entire group. If Reid specifically calls out Amy Smith, a housewife in Lorton, for being "racist", the wrath of the Twitter scum will descend upon poor Amy. If Reid calls out Amy and Amy's friends without naming names, Amy feels insulted and angry, not terrified.

Posted by: Donnav&&&&&&&v at November 14, 2021 11:00 AM (HabA/)

237 Robert and Jean Hollander's verse translation/notes of Dante's "Paradiso"

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Very interesting. I love Alexander Pope's verse translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 11:01 AM (FVME7)

238 Canto just never read Bury My heart at Wounded Knee, remember as a teenager my mom read that.

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2021 11:01 AM (2JoB8)

239 Finished American Caesar. MacArthur was a very complex man. I think I've gained a better understanding of him. I have to agree with his attitude that you fight a war to defeat the enemy period.
Posted by: Old Blue at November 14, 2021 10:41 AM (VNmG1)

Concur. Once the Reds crossed the Yalu river, we should have located whatever city the Red Chinese leadership was in and nuked it.

The horror, the horror.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 14, 2021 11:02 AM (R/m4+)

240 I adore jack pudding.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at November 14, 2021 11:02 AM (Xrfse)

241 Durham University in the UK is offering training to students on how to be a prostitute

*****

Oi!! Twenty quid, bloke. Same as in Dorchester, innit?!

Posted by: Muldoon at November 14, 2021 11:03 AM (m45I2)

242 So, someone must have hidden it, died, and the heirs didn't know where it was.
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:51 AM (AwPyG)

Many heirs apparently don't care or believe their parents only owned worthless stuff.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:03 AM (ONvIw)

243 I woke up in the middle of the night last night, couldn't sleep and reached for a little volume called "Churchill" by Paul Johnson. It's sort of a quick summary of Churchill's life and achievements, with some enjoyable stories tossed in. I finished it and went back to sleep.

Now I want to read a more substantial bio of Churchill - and I am not normally a bio reader.

Posted by: Donnav&&&&&&&v at November 14, 2021 11:04 AM (HabA/)

244 AW girls got to make a living in hard times

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2021 11:04 AM (2JoB8)

245 Durham University in the UK is offering training to students on how to be a prostitute

How hard is it to spread your legs or suck

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 14, 2021 11:04 AM (Irn0L)

246 Hiya Donna of the Ampersands !

Posted by: JT at November 14, 2021 11:04 AM (arJlL)

247 Windowchester > Dorchester

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2021 11:05 AM (5NkmN)

248 I think older people get paranoid, too.
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:57 AM (AwPyG)

Could be. They believe in things like the magic of Fauci and believe that thieves are lurking behind every corner, and that there are nazis under the carpets.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:05 AM (ONvIw)

249 @242

We had the opposite experience--my mom had a lot of stuff, and she assured us much of it was very valuable.

We hired an appraiser after she died, and he looked everything over and said: Nope.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:07 AM (AwPyG)

250 In my tiny library I have a book printed in 1793. I just think of all that has happened since that book was printed. Also have a 2 volume Abe Lincoln book (s) printed about 10 years after his assassination. Book (s) are in great shape. I figure the Lincoln book might be more true than books of his life printed a century later.

Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2021 11:07 AM (p+/27)

251 Wo, if your elderly mom hid $20 bills in the pages of books, as you were going through the books to find the cash would you take time to read that page to see if your mom had chosen that page purposefully with a message that she wanted you to read? Or just riffle through and grab the cash?

Posted by: Muldoon at November 14, 2021 11:07 AM (m45I2)

252 I opened my first checking account

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When I was a kid, if you had a checking account at a particular bank, you got to go to free movies at a movie theater on Saturday mornings. My dad funded my sisters and me to the extent of $1 each in our accounts. Of course, these weren't first run movies but it was still fun.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 11:07 AM (FVME7)

253 That Calvin and Hobbes comic is a classic. Thanks for including it.

Posted by: Corona-exile_back_in_exile at November 14, 2021 11:07 AM (O0QMT)

254 Wo = So

Posted by: Muldoon at November 14, 2021 11:08 AM (m45I2)

255 Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 14, 2021 11:04 AM (Irn0L)

I'm sure that muslimas will be exempted from rules that say "you must accept sex worker employment". I hate the decay of the west and its former values.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:08 AM (ONvIw)

256 They believe in things like the magic of Fauci and believe that thieves are lurking behind every corner, and that there are nazis under the carpets.
Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:05 AM (ONvIw)

They're on to us! To the bathmat!!!

Posted by: Carpet Nazis at November 14, 2021 11:08 AM (5NkmN)

257 Little known fact, Salmon P. Chase's brother was Mackerel R Chase

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2021 11:09 AM (2JoB8)

258 Or just riffle through and grab the cash?
Posted by: Muldoon at November 14, 2021 11:07 AM (m45I2)

Rifle through

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:09 AM (ONvIw)

259 Posted by: Colin at November 14, 2021 11:07 AM (p+/27)

Very cool. And you're probably right about the Lincoln book.

Posted by: Donnav&&&&&&&v at November 14, 2021 11:09 AM (HabA/)

260
Salmon Portland Chase was Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury and oversaw issuance of greenbacks (unbacked paper currency) that funded the North's war (The South did the same thing)

I figured that was why he was on the Federal Reserve note, as the man who made what they are doing respectable

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:10 AM (P9T5R)

261 @251

My late mom, God bless and keep her, was not a deep thinker.

So we'd grab the dusty cash. At that time, the Salvation Army was willing to take the books--I don't know if they still do. So think about that, when you are trying to decide what to do with them.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:11 AM (AwPyG)

262 Little known fact, Salmon P. Chase's brother was Mackerel R Chase
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2021 11:09 AM (2JoB

He was a priest.

Surely, you've heard of "Holy Mackerel".

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2021 11:11 AM (5NkmN)

263 I'm not tech-minded at all, so even the most basic concepts regarding electricity are tough for me to remember.

Look for a book called "W5JCK Math Guide for Amateur Radio Extra Class Exam." It's specifically geared toward the math questions with very good, understandable explanations for each answer. I don't actually know if there's an updated version for the current exam but even the old one will be good for learning the concepts.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2021 11:11 AM (nfrXX)

264 They're on to us! To the bathmat!!!
Posted by: Carpet Nazis at November 14, 2021 11:08 AM (5NkmN)

It's funny that some believe nazis are everywhere, except it's not. Look at that asshole Jen Rubin, for example, who thinks Republicans are all antisemites and potentially violent. It's the same thing in other minds, as well. The media has worked overtime in pushing this idea on people.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:12 AM (ONvIw)

265 Salmon Brown, John Brown's youngest son, however, died in Portland Oregon. He was a butcher and died after being paralyzed from a fall on his horse. I believe the horse rolled on him.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:12 AM (P9T5R)

266 It just seems very strange that you'd name your child "salmon."

Of course, they used "Olive" too, which is a head-scratcher. "Pearl" you'd understand, but Olive?

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:14 AM (AwPyG)

267 @133 MP4 if nothing else works, try replacing the battery. it's easy and relatively cheap. looks to be about $20 on amazon. i've done it on two of mine with success.

Posted by: yara at November 14, 2021 11:15 AM (N7mou)

268 Old Blue - yep, no more Morse requirement, but I have learned it (barely) in the past and I'm trying to acquire it at a more useful level. I just started using the MorseDX website. I'd like the option of having a small CW radio and wire antenna in my pocket or backpack.

Posted by: PabloD at November 14, 2021 11:15 AM (WX38H)

269 Do they still have a Morse code requirement?

Code requirement went away years ago. I presume folks who do CW either just enjoy the challenge or type on a keyboard and let the computer do the conversion.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2021 11:15 AM (nfrXX)

270 266 It just seems very strange that you'd name your child "salmon."

Of course, they used "Olive" too, which is a head-scratcher. "Pearl" you'd understand, but Olive?
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:14 AM (AwPyG)

Probably some Anglicization of Solomon, think Salman Rushdie

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:16 AM (ONvIw)

271 Thanks for the book rec, Oddbob. Math was never my strong suit. Why did I pick a hobby that involves maths?

Posted by: PabloD at November 14, 2021 11:17 AM (WX38H)

272 wasn't there a Holmes story, where the wealthy guy hid the inheritance on his estate, and made the heirs do a treasure hunt so they'd be worthy of it?

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:18 AM (AwPyG)

273 There are a lot of names on adults that I can't imagine sticking on an infant.

To paraphrase Bill Mauldin (in the '50s-'60s, yet), too many parents bestow names that look good on business cards but sound weird when hollered out the door at suppertime.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:18 AM (Om/di)

274 Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 10:36 AM (ONvIw)

I doubt that Benedict would be quoting a "woke" rabbi.

You know Francis would.

Posted by: Donnav&&&&&&&v at November 14, 2021 11:18 AM (HabA/)

275 199 ... I have my Extra ham license and Mrs. JTB is a general. I got it long enough ago that I don't remember a lot of what was tested for. I applaud your interest in learning the electronics but suggest you get the license, even if just memorizing the question pool, and continue to study after.

Calculators with the formulas programmed in aren't (or weren't) allowed. I knew the formulas and used a slide rule to do the calculations, much to the amazement of the younger folks and amusement of the older test organizers.

Morse code is no longer a requirement but is definitely worth knowing. I'm trying to revive my code skills to a solid 15 to 20 WPM. Since I prefer low power and QRP operating, CW is very helpful.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 11:18 AM (7EjX1)

276 GP has a post up about liar Rod Rosenstein, not a "white hat"...rofl.

Maybe, after I finish The Saddest Story, the Ford bio, I'll move on to some of his non fiction. Or maybe I'll find some sheer escapist stuff and go back to a less ugly time.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:19 AM (ONvIw)

277 It just seems very strange that you'd name your child "salmon."
Of course, they used "Olive" too, which is a head-scratcher. "Pearl" you'd understand, but Olive?
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:14 AM (AwPyG)

It is a variation on "Solomon"

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:19 AM (P9T5R)

278 257 That sounds like a red herring, Skip.

Posted by: callsign claymore at November 14, 2021 11:20 AM (e2WND)

279 272 wasn't there a Holmes story, where the wealthy guy hid the inheritance on his estate, and made the heirs do a treasure hunt so they'd be worthy of it?
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual

Posted by: Linnet at November 14, 2021 11:21 AM (XhwES)

280 @273

You have to be careful with girls, too. Not a lot of judges named Tiffany, one would think

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:21 AM (AwPyG)

281 245 Durham University in the UK is offering training to students on how to be a prostitute

How hard is it to spread your legs or suck
Posted by: Nevergiveup

I assume there are French and Greek prerequisites.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 11:21 AM (FVME7)

282 It is a variation on "Solomon"
Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:19 AM (P9T5R)

Beep.

Posted by: Captain Pike at November 14, 2021 11:23 AM (OWJr1)

283 I knew of a man whose birth certificate read "Baby S_____" because his parents hadn't thought of a name.

I don't know whether they ever did, but to everybody, he was known as Babe.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:24 AM (Om/di)

284 JTB - I know what a slide rule is, but I never learned how to use one and I'm not sure anybody even makes them any longer. I sorta want one just because it's a symbol of a bygone era when smart people armed with slide rules and pencils designed rockets and went to the moon.

Posted by: PabloD at November 14, 2021 11:25 AM (WX38H)

285 243 ... "Now I want to read a more substantial bio of Churchill - and I am not normally a bio reader."

Donna,
The best one volume biography of Churchill I've read is "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" by Andrew Roberts. Much easier than the multi-volume Gilbert biography but still comprehensive.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 11:25 AM (7EjX1)

286 And my first boss' given name was Young.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:25 AM (Om/di)

287 wasn't there a Holmes story, where the wealthy guy hid the inheritance on his estate, and made the heirs do a treasure hunt so they'd be worthy of it?
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:18 AM (AwPyG)

There is a Lord Whimsey story about the wealthy guy hid the inheritance and the clues were in the will, that had to be solved to find the actual location.

he thought his heir, a rather severe and serious young woman, needed to unbend and enjoy life a bit so the fortune was found by solving the crossword puzzle clues, and the solutions had to be found by draining the fish pond and writing the answers on the white tiles that were "strangely interspersed in an unusual pattern" with the black tiles to discover the final question that was across a number of solved clues.

Lord Peter was brought in because she was "clueless" and he liked crossword puzzles.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:26 AM (P9T5R)

288 Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly signed an executive order extending Californias State of Emergency declaration through March 31, 2022.

California should be renamed The State of Emergency

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 11:27 AM (yrol0)

289 Funny story: My daughter was a tech major in college, and her first name is a family name that is ambiguous about gender.

She submitted her resume to a private space flight organization, and when she walked in, the boss took one look at her and then called the guy who hired her into his office for a private chewing out.

She found out later that they wanted the intern to be male so as to avoid "problems" (remember, these are nerds). They all became very good friends, and still laugh about it.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:27 AM (AwPyG)

290 They are seeing a waning of immunity not only against infection but against hospitalization and to some extent death, which is starting to now involve all age groups.

Israel is about 45 to 50 days ahead of us in COVID trends. Look for this to start here on the New YEar.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 11:28 AM (yrol0)

291 @284 --

By the time I was old enough to use a slide rule, pocket calculators had been developed.

Another of my regrets.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:28 AM (Om/di)

292 Thank you for the book recommendation. I wondering if Bernard's books need to be read in sequence?

Posted by: sidney at November 14, 2021 11:28 AM (7/kmB)

293 She found out later that they wanted the intern to be male so as to avoid "problems" (remember, these are nerds). They all became very good friends, and still laugh about it.
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:27 AM (AwPyG)

A girl named Sheldon!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 11:29 AM (yrol0)

294 Only 6 Healthy Children Reportedly Died in the UK from COVID In the Last Year

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2021 11:30 AM (yrol0)

295 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

No books read this week, just the Forever War final part by Joe Haldeman in the collection Space Infantry.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 11:30 AM (u82oZ)

296 By the time I was old enough to use a slide rule, pocket calculators had been developed.

I was on that straddle as well. After having tried my father's slide rule (full-on ivory, leather case and all), I can't say I'm sorry that calculators took over.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 11:30 AM (ZSK0i)

297 JTB - I know what a slide rule is, but I never learned how to use one and I'm not sure anybody even makes them any longer. I sorta want one just because it's a symbol of a bygone era when smart people armed with slide rules and pencils designed rockets and went to the moon.
Posted by: PabloD at November 14, 2021 11:25 AM (WX38H)

My grandfather developed a circular slide rule he used in teaching math teachers how to teach math and the slide rule, he based it on the pilot navigational one since he used to teach celestial navigation in the Navy in WWII.

He passed in 1982, and I still have the big box of them. I will have to scan the pattern and publish it online. It is much easier to make that way than the regular slipstick

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:31 AM (P9T5R)

298 For Dorothy Sayers fans, there's a website/blog called "Dorothy L". They're a book group, and they focus on those types of books.

It's under kovacs.com

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:32 AM (AwPyG)

299 Remember the books of words you could spell on your calculator?

710 77345

(the 4 should have an open top)

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:33 AM (Om/di)

300 CN --

Check to make sure it's not the charger. I had a Kindle that wouldn't charge at all, so I got a replacement. The new one wouldn't charge either, so I replaced the charger, and presto, both the old and the new one charge just fine.

Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at November 14, 2021 11:34 AM (JJatH)

301 Thank you for the thread and the great ideas. Now to read the comments.
I should finish Tom Clancy Executive Orders today. Pretty relevant to what Trump went through. Specifically, President Ryan confronts an Ebola outbreak in the USA that has been seeded from some enemies. He has to decide between controlling the outbreak, and curtailing the rights of people.*
So this is at least two Clancy novels that are pretty spot on (Rainbow Six being the other) about what can happen during an outbreak.
*I know, big difference between Covid and Ebola, but not if the evil Fauci tells the president and the populace that they are the same.

Posted by: MikeM at November 14, 2021 11:34 AM (5SG4R)

302 Just for giggles, here's a link to a virtual slide rule:

https://tinyurl.com/VSRule

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 14, 2021 11:35 AM (ZSK0i)

303 Used slide rules in high school and college, but no longer have them -- kinda wish I did just for nostalgia's sake (and for hands-on to show the kids and grandkids how things used to be). I think there's a web page with a virtual slide rule that lets you move the slide with your mouse. Not bad for illustrating how they worked. Believe there's a virtual abacus too.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 14, 2021 11:35 AM (JzDjf)

304 https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/ has tons of documents and scanned user manuals.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2021 11:35 AM (nfrXX)

305 Sort of like "Rome" meets "The Last Airbender"?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 14, 2021 10:22 AM (AlkyK)
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Actually, yes. Without the martial arts, and EVERY human has the power to manipulate elements. Also, a cool twist is in addition to the traditional 4 (earth, air, fire, water) he adds metal and wood.

And they call it "furycrafting", as they describe the energy or "spirits" as "furies". His descriptions of Metalcrafters as master swordsmen who can draw upon the cold of their steel to dull the pain of injuries, allowing them to fight beyond their normal capacities, or Woodcrafters who use huge bows that would normally be too difficult for a normal human to draw, but through furycrafting made supple, then allowed to snap back right at the moment of firing them so that arrows drive through armor.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 11:35 AM (OayQb)

306 He can bend steel beams with his mind.

Jim Acosta
@Acosta
ICYMI: There is an incentive structure for political violence in this country. It boils down to the fact that there are zero consequences for those who incite that violence, like Trump. Until that changes it will keep happening. It's why the DOJ must act.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 11:36 AM (FVME7)

307 So sorry for your loss, vmom.
Posted by: CN

thank you CN

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 14, 2021 11:36 AM (YZG/i)

308 Anybody else here ever use a proportion wheel?

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:36 AM (Om/di)

309 The wretched McCarter theater is back this season and more woke than ever. It will feature a play about how the Constitution should be more concerned about limiting the actions of white men. I hope the fuckers go under.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:37 AM (ONvIw)

310 Durham University in the UK is offering training to students on how to be a prostitute
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 14, 2021 10:13 AM (FVME7)

All the fraternities have signed up to tutor students on their homework.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2021 11:37 AM (axyOa)

311 The Babylon Bee book looks pretty interesting.

Still enjoying the current bedtime read, 'Death in Holy Orders', P.D. James. I'm going to have to see if the local library has some more of the Dagliesh series mysteries. It's a nice, escapist antidote to the day's stresses.

The slog through the Bell System history continues. Every week, I use the word 'staggering', because it is.

Continue to work through 'The Real Lincoln'. If you'd like to understand how centralized big government came to pass, contrary to the vision of the Founders, this is a book you should read. It is *very well* documented

In the queue is the Moron-Recommended 'The New Dealer's War'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:37 AM (L47aO)

312 Peter Shickele (of P.D.Q. Bach fame and Shickele Mix) said on one of his programs that Tom Leher showed him that you could make a slide rule out of two guitar fret-boards, side to side.

I filed that away under "this means something and I don't know what it is" in my head

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:38 AM (P9T5R)

313 By the time I was old enough to use a slide rule, pocket calculators had been developed.

Another of my regrets.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:28 AM

Same here, by the time I mastered the slide rule in High School they started putting in calculators in all of the classrooms. I doubt I could figure it out again.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 14, 2021 11:38 AM (bVYXr)

314 Mmm...the "games" part of that reminds me of the good old days when they sold used PC games at places like that, before internet-account DRM crapped all over the secondary market. Wonder if they still carry classic stuff from the 90s, before that became a thing.

Say what you will about the whole Glorious PC Master Race vs. Dirty Console Peasant thing, but this is an area where the console guys have PC squarely beat. Console OEMs don't let the publishers get away with that sort of crap.

Posted by: CppThis at November 14, 2021 11:38 AM (UewuT)

315 @301

A lot of people pointing out that Clancy and Crichton novels are eerily prescient, and wonder what they knew.

also--a lot of Simpsons episodes.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:38 AM (AwPyG)

316 "Finished American Caesar." Read it years ago and amabout to gift it.

I thought MacArthur was vainglorious.

I believe it was in American Caeser that I saw this.

During the Korean War the ChiComs did a pschological profile of MacArthur and concluded that he would try something audacious to make up for the peninsula nearly being over run on his watch. They linked this to intel from their spies at Japanese who saw what meteriel we were shipping to the South, to conclude that MacArthur was going to do an amphibious attack at Inchon despite its 25 feet tides.

Kim's grandfather dismissed this as crazy talk, and did nothing.

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 14, 2021 11:38 AM (ZHVt1)

317 Durham University in the UK is offering training to students on how to be a prostitute
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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OJT is the answer. Ask any politician.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:39 AM (L47aO)

318 284 ... "I know what a slide rule is, but I never learned how to use one and I'm not sure anybody even makes them any longer. I sorta want one just because it's a symbol of a bygone era when smart people armed with slide rules and pencils designed rockets and went to the moon."

Hi PabloD,

I'm not aware that slide rules are made anymore. I still have mine from high school and picked up a couple of others at antique shops for about 5 dollars. (They were in perfect condition and in leather sheathes.) I have no math inherent skills so they were helpful. And I like the idea of them and what was accomplished with them.

In the same way, and for the same reasons, I enjoy using manual typewriters, fountain pens, dip pens, and bottled ink. Superb tools that still do their jobs superbly.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 11:39 AM (7EjX1)

319 >>> I know what a slide rule is, but I never learned how to use one and I'm not sure anybody even makes them any longer. I sorta want one just because it's a symbol of a bygone era when smart people armed with slide rules and pencils designed rockets and went to the moon.
Posted by: PabloD at November 14, 2021 11:25 AM (WX38H)

They still make them. They work on logarithmic relationships between numbers. So if you add or subtract distances and compare the number you get between logarithmic scales and linear scales it allows you to multiply or divide. This is pretty great because with a few extra sliders you can also do calc and exponents too. It takes practice and understanding how to read the marks.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 11:39 AM (yh2er)

320 Remember the books of words you could spell on your calculator?
710 77345
(the 4 should have an open top)
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:33 AM (Om/di)

55378008

(*sob!* Smartphones flip so you can't read this anymore!!!)

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:39 AM (P9T5R)

321 @314

Strongly recommend you take a peek at Superstonk or one of the other gamestop hangouts.

They discuss these things endlessly.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:40 AM (AwPyG)

322 So Princeton's McCarter Theater will feature advocates for undoing and replacing The Constitution. Unbelievable and hideous.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:40 AM (ONvIw)

323 What the heck is going on here? And check out Dr. Chill's look!

https://tinyurl.com/5fu3zuzj

Posted by: Boswell at November 14, 2021 11:40 AM (5iUNf)

324 Neverenoughcaffeine, I just ordered the Heyer bio! Many thanks.

And I agree: if you've done midwestern winters, Montana's will not seem overpowering. Although we've already been plowed twice. I hope most of it is up at Bridger Bowl (ski area).

Posted by: Wenda at November 14, 2021 11:41 AM (k3Lcv)

325 In the olden days, when calculators first came out, they were very expensive (remember?)

So a lot of colleges wouldn't let you use them for tests, since not everyone could afford.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:41 AM (AwPyG)

326 I've always preferred the term "jackanapes".

Posted by: Sharkman at November 14, 2021 11:42 AM (GuvvI)

327 Yeah my tech-savvy kids call it a "hard reboot" when they simply press the Off button without closing down by backing out.

Wait 10 seconds, then turn it on again.

Seems counterintuitive, but there you go.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 10:32 AM (AwPyG)
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Your kids are correct in calling it a "hard reboot", because you are forcing the reboot through the hardware, instead of through the software. That's where the "hard" and "soft" come from in the terminology.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 11:42 AM (OayQb)

328 The Left is trying to deconstruct America, and undermining the Constitution is part of this.

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 14, 2021 11:42 AM (ZHVt1)

329 I've got a $2 bill and a Venezuelan 100 bolivars bill as bookmarks in Inferno (100 Days). Someday, someone may get lucky.

Posted by: sinmi at November 14, 2021 11:42 AM (A5IVt)

330 Had to buy a slide rule as a perquisite for a chemistry class in HS. The chem teacher taught us the fundamentals and after a bit of cursing under my breath I found it to be pretty cool. Wish I still had it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 14, 2021 11:43 AM (Xrfse)

331 328 The Left is trying to deconstruct America, and undermining the Constitution is part of this.
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 14, 2021 11:42 AM (ZHVt1)

Yep. I hope that theater has the worst season possible.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:43 AM (ONvIw)

332 I have an old slide rule that has the trig scales on the back of the slide. I also have an old architect scale that's almost 100 years old. Both are pretty cool.

Posted by: Roy at November 14, 2021 11:43 AM (Ti+Tv)

333 @327

Ah! Thanks so much, because they hate having to explain anything to me.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:44 AM (AwPyG)

334 Been a while (like 50 years) since I used a slide rule, but if memory serves, the marks were fairly easy to read once you got the hang of it -- the most likely thing to slip up on was placing the decimal point when reading the result on the scale. You had to keep track of the decimal point yourself.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at November 14, 2021 11:44 AM (JzDjf)

335
They still make them. They work on logarithmic relationships between numbers. So if you add or subtract distances and compare the number you get between logarithmic scales and linear scales it allows you to multiply or divide. This is pretty great because with a few extra sliders you can also do calc and exponents too. It takes practice and understanding how to read the marks.
Posted by: banana Dream
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I will note here that one of the streets adjacent to the Georgia Tech campus is 'Mantissa Street'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:44 AM (L47aO)

336 "So a lot of colleges wouldn't let you use them for tests, since not everyone could afford."

At my HS you had to share, so some kids used them to cheat. You plugged in the multiple choice answers. a=1, etc

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 14, 2021 11:44 AM (ZHVt1)

337 328 The Left is trying to deconstruct America, and undermining the Constitution is part of this.
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 14, 2021 11:42 AM (ZHVt1)

One of the local synagogues is deconstructing "Thanksgiving" as it's xenophobic. I hate 2021

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:45 AM (ONvIw)

338 I'm on book 4 of my rereading of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Slow going but a good distraction. I have the hard back books on my shelf but I'm buying the kindle versions as I go through the series. I find reading on my iPad so much easier and convenient than carrying a 1000 page book around. Plus I don't have to try and light the pages in bed while reading. If I'm out and about I can just pick up where I left off on my phone.

Posted by: lin-duh, duh, duh!! at November 14, 2021 11:45 AM (UUBmN)

339 I've always preferred the term "jackanapes".
Posted by: Sharkman at November 14, 2021 11:42 AM (GuvvI)

I've always been partial to Scum-sucking Siberian Snowpimps.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2021 11:45 AM (axyOa)

340 I'm mostly OK with that arrangement, but it is the massive corruption ng with programs that make/keep the rich getting richer that is The Problem.

We need a government that will put American and individual sovereignty First, as this concept that "Free Markets" (aka "capitalism") will magically maintain Liberty.
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Is it ironic or typical that you can't see that the arrangement that YOU'RE okay with (as if that makes it alright to punish everyone else) is exactly the arrangement that prevents "American and individual sovereignty First". You cannot get there from where you currently are.

Repeal the 16th amendment. Put the federal government back on tariffs. If there's to be any income taxes, they must be direct and proportional.

Then repeal the 24th amendment and don't punish the poor for nonpayment of taxes through fines or jail time, simply refuse their access to vote. If you don't pay, you don't get a say.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 11:45 AM (OayQb)

341 This is very common. I have a friend who cleans out "estates" for a fee and the amount of hidden treasures he discovers is overwhelming. Old ladies are known for hiding things in weird and sometimes gross places.
Posted by: CN
That sounds like a pretty interesting job. The strangest case I have heard, was a couple that discovered gold bars under a hot tub. This was just in the past 5-10 years. Turned out the previous owners *forgot* they buried them. The new owners gave the gold to the previous owners. But it sounded like a strange story. You forgot about gold bars?

Posted by: MikeM at November 14, 2021 11:46 AM (5SG4R)

342 339 I've always preferred the term "jackanapes".
Posted by: Sharkman at November 14, 2021 11:42 AM (GuvvI)

The term is now considered raycisssssssss

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:46 AM (ONvIw)

343 Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:44 AM (AwPyG)
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Cheers, man.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 11:46 AM (OayQb)

344 I don't have a slide rule but if you get one you should definitely learn about them and how to use them. Lots of guides online and they're not that complicated.

For a long time but before attorneys and lawyers got so involved if you worked for a big aerospace company suppliers would come in and hand out fancy linear slide rules and their rotating circular equivalents meant to do system conversions, powerplant calculations, all sorts of neat stuff. Along with mugs and notebooks and other things. Nobody does that anymore.

There were also specially made paper for doing integration. It had a very consistent density so you'd cut the shape out under the curve and it would give you area. There was also this stylus thing on an armature that you could use to draw a line and it would give you the linear distance or an area. It was very complicated and fragile.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 11:47 AM (yh2er)

345 @335

And I hate to break it to you, but apparently Georgia Tech is the "institution" named in the Durham indictment as contributing to the treasonous acts.

What the heck, Yellow Jackets; what the heck?

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:47 AM (AwPyG)

346 the most likely thing to slip up on was placing the decimal point when reading the result on the scale. You had to keep track of the decimal point yourself.
Posted by: Just Some Guy
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Which was one of the beauties. One was compelled to ask oneself, 'Does this number make sense?' Generally, people just look at calculator displays, and accept what is there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:47 AM (L47aO)

347 My favorite Ginger movie is one without Fred, a comedy called "Bachelor Mother".

Posted by: Dagwood at November 14, 2021 11:48 AM (MNaS0)

348 What the heck, Yellow Jackets; what the heck?
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:47 AM (AwPyG)

I'm sure it's run by fucking libs

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:48 AM (ONvIw)

349 One of the local synagogues is deconstructing "Thanksgiving" as it's xenophobic. I hate 2021
Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:45 AM (ONvIw)

It is also completely ahistoric

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:48 AM (P9T5R)

350 Slide rules are very low maintenance. Just like Marco the Mustang.

Posted by: klaftern at November 14, 2021 11:49 AM (taPSh)

351 It is also completely ahistoric
Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:48 AM (P9T5R)

I prefer the ahistoric past to the new ahistoric woke.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:49 AM (ONvIw)

352 @320 --

Fortunately, I can read upside-down letters.

59009

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:50 AM (BQ9Kx)

353 This is very common. I have a friend who cleans out "estates" for a fee and the amount of hidden treasures he discovers is overwhelming. Old ladies are known for hiding things in weird and sometimes gross places.
Posted by: CN
That sounds like a pretty interesting job. The strangest case I have heard, was a couple that discovered gold bars under a hot tub. This was just in the past 5-10 years. Turned out the previous owners *forgot* they buried them. The new owners gave the gold to the previous owners. But it sounded like a strange story. You forgot about gold bars?

Posted by: MikeM at November 14, 2021 11:46 AM

I used to have to take trash to the central dump in CT which in turn put it on trains to be hauled out west someplace. Talked to the guys there about what cool stuff they found in the trash. One guy found Gold Certificates mounted in a picture frame. Six of them in absolute perfect condition with the top one being a $500 gold certificate. He made some serious cash on that find.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 14, 2021 11:50 AM (bVYXr)

354 Had to get fully caffeinated before I post here in CA. But since there was some Kindle, DRM, and tools discussion, I have written a short tutorial on hypothetically removing the DRM on purchased Kindle books and then converting them to EPUB for use with Calibre (for archival purposes only). Is there anyone with decent PC skills, some Kindle books, and an e-ink Kindle that would like to review what I have written for clarity? I know it works on my Win 7 PC and Kindle Paperwhite, but I am curious it works with Win 10.

Posted by: CencalMike at November 14, 2021 11:50 AM (JOV2V)

355 Which was one of the beauties. One was compelled to ask oneself, 'Does this number make sense?' Generally, people just look at calculator displays, and accept what is there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:47 AM (L47aO)

Mom taught math as well, and one of her pop quizes was a multiple choice test where all the answers were wrong, and the task was, without calculating, choose the closest answer by eyeballing it.

Can you imagine giving that test today, imagine the reeling and writhing and fainting in coils!

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:52 AM (P9T5R)

356 And I hate to break it to you, but apparently Georgia Tech is the "institution" named in the Durham indictment as contributing to the treasonous acts.

What the heck, Yellow Jackets; what the heck?
Posted by: artemis
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Interesting, I'll look into it. Sounds like someone at the North Avenue Trade School has been fussing around in something other than cold fusion.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:52 AM (WZ5i4)

357 Great. To avoid offending someone's purported "delicate" sensibilities I am forced, out of genuine academic curiosity to search out bawdy, possibly apocryphal statements about comic books, attributed to Stan Lee.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2021 11:53 AM (KO4Hv)

358 Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 14, 2021 11:50 AM (bVYXr)

It amazes me that "heirs" are so careless and uncurious, but that is the case. When my MIL died we not only found cash and valuables in old clothing, but we took a close look at what she had on the walls and on the shelves. Most people do not take the time to carefully save garbage for years on end.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:53 AM (ONvIw)

359 Can you imagine giving that test today, imagine the reeling and writhing and fainting in coils!
Posted by: Kindltot
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There's an app for that...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:53 AM (WZ5i4)

360 @353

Antiques Roadshow is always fun since there are always people who found something in a dumpster or a yard sale that's worth a lot of money.

Woman finds a Sheridan table at a yard sale; sells at auction for half a million dollars . Stuff like that. Look for the "extraordinary finds" episode, that has the top ones.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:53 AM (AwPyG)

361 For my birfthday last month I bought myself a rolling stand to hold my iPad my at a comfortable reading level in bed. It really helps with neck issues. I can read flat on my back if I wanted. It's fully adjustable. Yes, it was expensive but it is very sturdy and built for use in hospitals, etc. You can get an optional book holder if that's what you prefer. I had one before that was less adjustable and didn't have wheels but I had to use something to lift it up higher since it didn't adjust high enough for my tall bed. My son took it when I got the newer one.

Posted by: lin-duh, duh, duh!! at November 14, 2021 11:54 AM (UUBmN)

362 >>> I'm on book 4 of my rereading of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Slow going but a good distraction. I have the hard back books on my shelf but I'm buying the kindle versions as I go through the series. I find reading on my iPad so much easier and convenient than carrying a 1000 page book around. Plus I don't have to try and light the pages in bed while reading. If I'm out and about I can just pick up where I left off on my phone.
Posted by: lin-duh, duh, duh!! at November 14, 2021 11:45 AM (UUBmN)

The number of characters and plotlines just grows exponentially. You almost need to start carrying a scorecard. And the teenage boy fantasy mind of the author gets a little overwrought sometimes.

"Oh, the girls all pine ever so much for Rand! As they dance around the steam tent. Oh, now they have to take all their clothes off and dance around the steam tent together while pining for Rand? Suprise! Oh girl character #1 I don't want to take Rand from you. I don't want to take Rand from you either! I know, let's all have Rand together. [50 girl characters in unison] YEEEESSSS!"

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 11:54 AM (yh2er)

363 And I hate to break it to you, but apparently Georgia Tech is the "institution" named in the Durham indictment as contributing to the treasonous acts.

What the heck, Yellow Jackets; what the heck?
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:47 AM (AwPyG),
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Hmmm. A ramblin' treasonous bastard from Georgia Tech just doesnt sound right.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2021 11:54 AM (axyOa)

364 Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:53 AM (AwPyG)

My favorite was the family that was using King James I' s cradle to store firewood.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:54 AM (ONvIw)

365 I'm not really upset.

But I gots to know!!

Posted by: Common Tater at November 14, 2021 11:55 AM (KO4Hv)

366 Finished two short stories from Barry Eisler
Posted by: Paladin
I really enjoyed all of his novels.

Posted by: MikeM at November 14, 2021 11:55 AM (5SG4R)

367
It amazes me that "heirs" are so careless and uncurious, but that is the case. When my MIL died we not only found cash and valuables in old clothing, but we took a close look at what she had on the walls and on the shelves. Most people do not take the time to carefully save garbage for years on end.
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Happens all of the time. I've started placing prominent sticky notes on my more valuable books, so that they are not simply sold off in a garage sale.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:56 AM (pK7cg)

368 My 9th grade science teacher had a "teaching" slide rule over the blackboard...sucker was about 6' long.

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2021 11:56 AM (AwYPR)

369 Andrew McCarthy thinks Durham will end with a whimper. I hope he's his usual worthless self on that guess.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 11:57 AM (ONvIw)

370 "Oh, the girls all pine ever so much for Rand! As they dance around the steam tent. Oh, now they have to take all their clothes off and dance around the steam tent together while pining for Rand? Suprise! Oh girl character #1 I don't want to take Rand from you. I don't want to take Rand from you either! I know, let's all have Rand together. [50 girl characters in unison] YEEEESSSS!"
Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 11:54 AM (yh2er)

I didn't realize that Jordan was an Objectivist.
Did he specifically name Fountainhead or We The Living?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:57 AM (P9T5R)

371 @357 --

"Comics are like 59009. They look great on a screen, but you'd rather hold them."

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (7PCNq)

372 I put my kindle on a pillow on my lap to read in bed. I have multifocal lenses and there is only a small angle of vision in which I can read well without holding the book out 3 feet. I increase the font a good bit too. I've tried reading without my glasses but I have to hold the book too close to be comfortable. I read with the bedroom light on and a bedside lamp I got for my birthday just for reading. And I turn the kindle light all the way off. It's mostly like reading print on paper this way.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (yh2er)

373 Made a small amount of progress in Thucydides. The Athenians were really fucking idiots to think taking on Sicily would be no big deal. I think VDH was spot on when he said to think of them like the shitheads that run our country.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt
Nothing new under the sun - among the most prominent were a general or two who kept switching sides throughout the war with Sparta, depending on who they thought was going to win at the time.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Prominent general who switched sides; Alcibiades.
I read both Thucydides and VDH book some years ago.
A historical novel I highly recommend is Steven Pressfield's "Tides of War". A novelized account of the Peloponnesian War, and Alcibiades is a principle character. Told as a historical novel, it does help to make some sense out of some of the chaos of the war.
Especially the Campaign in Sicily.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (tjZg/)

374 Ive made a list for the kids.
Hell, my german mug collection is valuable. About $5k.
Pity all the guns were lost.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (axyOa)

375 @369

Some of the gab people (the ones who seem more or less reliable, to me) claim that the whole point of the 1/6 fake resurrection, and the "commission" to investigate it was to use subpenas to try to find out what Durham's doing.

They're that worried about it.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (AwPyG)

376 My 9th grade science teacher had a "teaching" slide rule over the blackboard...sucker was about 6' long.
Posted by: BignJames
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Probably a yellow Pickett.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (pK7cg)

377 A friend of mine found a vintage Fender Broadcaster up for grabs at a yard sale. The owner had no clue as to what they were literally giving away for something like $200. If I recall correctly, he was honest and told the lady it was worth much, MUCH more than the asking price. I think he ended up figuratively twisting the lady's arm behind her back to take $1000 for it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 14, 2021 12:00 PM (Xrfse)

378 Pity all the guns were lost.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (axyOa)
Canoeing? It's the usual way.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 12:00 PM (ONvIw)

379 Antiques Roadshow is always fun since there are always people who found something in a dumpster or a yard sale that's worth a lot of money.

Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:53 AM (AwPyG)

I enjoy the pieces where people have bought fakes.

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2021 12:00 PM (AwYPR)

380 banana Dream,
Well Rand is destined to have 3 wives basically... according to Min who is one of them. I agree the amount of characters becomes difficult to follow all the plot lines but... whatever. It is what it is, a good fantasy to escape reality which has become almost unbearable if you really think about things....

Posted by: lin-duh, duh, duh!! at November 14, 2021 12:00 PM (UUBmN)

381 NOOD

Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at November 14, 2021 12:01 PM (2JoB8)

382 For what it's worth, I made sure I could do math on paper before using the slide rule. It was meant to be a quicker convenience, not a substitute for understanding. At one point I could do quadratic equations in my head, something my grandfather thought was a useful math exercise. Since I was a literature and voice major in college I lost those skills through disuse.

I rarely need to do calculations these retirement days but it's still fun to do some basic arithmetic like area calculations, squares and square roots, etc., with a slide rule.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 12:02 PM (7EjX1)

383 I saw Amazon is doing a Wheel of Time series. I wonder how they will handle the Rand harem plot line. I'm guessing they will skip that part.

Posted by: irright at November 14, 2021 12:02 PM (BB7pQ)

384 They're that worried about it.
Posted by: artemis at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (AwPyG)

I don't believe it. The lawless in DC have no worries about this. The Fauxbama administration will use as much force as they like with absolute impunity. Had Barr fought antifa or BLM I might feel differently, but I don't see him hiring someone he thought would rock the donk boat.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 12:02 PM (ONvIw)

385 There were also specially made paper for doing integration. It had a very consistent density so you'd cut the shape out under the curve and it would give you area. There was also this stylus thing on an armature that you could use to draw a line and it would give you the linear distance or an area. It was very complicated and fragile.
Posted by: banana Dream

In ancient times, we would do some calculation of chromatography results by cutting out and weighing the area under the curve on chart paper printouts.
It actually worked pretty well....at times.
In more recent times, I would do curve fitting by integrating the equation of the curve fit, which was a challenge to my aging calculus skills. That was actually pretty hard.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 14, 2021 12:04 PM (tjZg/)

386 @357 --

"Comics are like 59009. They look great on a screen, but you'd rather hold them."
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 14, 2021 11:59 AM (7PCNq)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2021 11:57 AM (P9T5R)

I think you're about 1001 off but I'll accept the lower case.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 12:05 PM (yh2er)

387 I don't believe it. The lawless in DC have no worries about this. The Fauxbama administration will use as much force as they like with absolute impunity. Had Barr fought antifa or BLM I might feel differently, but I don't see him hiring someone he thought would rock the donk boat.
Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 12:02 PM (ONvIw)
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^^^^ Yep. Democrats - the people who double and triple down on stupid, the people who fail and decide that they just didn't spend enough money on it or do it big enough - aren't playing 12D chess.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 12:07 PM (OayQb)

388 >>> Well Rand is destined to have 3 wives basically... according to Min who is one of them. I agree the amount of characters becomes difficult to follow all the plot lines but... whatever. It is what it is, a good fantasy to escape reality which has become almost unbearable if you really think about things....
Posted by: lin-duh, duh, duh!! at November 14, 2021 12:00 PM (UUBmN)

A guy at work who lives in another state and drives over a hundred miles to work each way, ugh, said it was the best audiobook for his drive because of the length and the number of books. I had a long commute before and audiobooks do help a lot.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 12:08 PM (yh2er)

389 Thanks OM for another fun Book Thread. I think I'll keep going on bios of admired authors. It's a pleasant escape from 2021, at the very least. We live in maddening and hate-filled times.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 12:08 PM (ONvIw)

390 ^^^^ Yep. Democrats - the people who double and triple down on stupid, the people who fail and decide that they just didn't spend enough money on it or do it big enough - aren't playing 12D chess.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 12:07 PM (OayQb)

No they're playing blitzkrieg

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 12:10 PM (ONvIw)

391 >>>
In ancient times, we would do some calculation of chromatography results by cutting out and weighing the area under the curve on chart paper printouts.
It actually worked pretty well....at times.
In more recent times, I would do curve fitting by integrating the equation of the curve fit, which was a challenge to my aging calculus skills. That was actually pretty hard.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 14, 2021 12:04 PM (tjZg/)

Right, right, I forgot to write down the part about weighing the pieces you cut. When you didn't have computers you think of lots of interesting ways of doing approximate numerical stuff. Using analog computers, which were kind of like oscilloscopes and sinewave generators put together were another essential tool for calculating trig and complex math and periodic functions that no one uses anymore.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2021 12:14 PM (yh2er)

392 OK. Crickets! If anyone reads this thread later and is interested in reviewing my Kindle tutorial, send me an email at m$c^g_3611 {AT} gmail . c!obm . Remove the non-alphanumeric chars., spaces, and b. Replace the AT with you know, the thing. Put "Kindle Tutorial" in Subject.

Posted by: CencalMike at November 14, 2021 12:35 PM (JOV2V)

393 I'm still reading, er, listening to The Fourth Turning. Some of Strauss and Howe's predictions are laughable. With the benefit of hindsight, I can tell that the universities did NOT make sure to keep tuition low, for example. Nor do I think that baby boomers are going to glamorize the decline of old age.

However, I am now convinced that the catalyst for crisis has already happened and we're working toward a resolution. I probably will never know what the catalyst actually was, such things take the perspective of decades to see, but it could have been one of the last few presidential elections. I actually think it was the 2016 election, along with all the lunacy that was triggered by it. If that's the case, then the timetable says we've got another decade or so of badness to go.

Of course, it could have been the 2008 election, and a new golden age could be almost at hand.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 14, 2021 12:47 PM (ezpv1)

394 Aldi's premium ice cream is every bit as good as B&J.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at November 14, 2021 12:54 PM (V8JPv)

395 I have not read any of that series but I have read all but the latest of the Dresden series and "The Aeronaut's Windlass," the first of some other series that, AFAIK, has no second. Butcher is a master of the Ripping Yarn style of storytelling. The stories start off kind of slow but once things get rolling, it's pretty much nonstop action until the end.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2021 09:58 AM

I read Battle Ground (the latest Harry Dresden book) in the last week. It is a really good book. No spoilers, though.

I didn't like The Aeronaut's Windlass and I wouldn't read any of the other books in "The Cinder Spires" series, if they're ever written, because of the horror elements in it. I'm not as fond of horror as some people. (*cough* Larry Correia *cough*)

Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 14, 2021 12:57 PM (ezpv1)

396 I know we have a couple of hams floating around the HQ - anybody got their AE ticket?

Posted by: PabloD at November 14, 2021 10:45 AM

I upgraded to extra in 1981, and I've got a VE credential somewhere. I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have. You can send me an email through the linkie thing in my signature.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 14, 2021 01:09 PM (ezpv1)

397 I'm not aware that slide rules are made anymore. I still have mine from high school and picked up a couple of others at antique shops for about 5 dollars. (They were in perfect condition and in leather sheathes.) I have no math inherent skills so they were helpful. And I like the idea of them and what was accomplished with them.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2021 11:39 AM

Of course slide rules are still made. You can still buy E6B "navigational computers" which are nothing more than circular slide rules. And, according to teh IntarWebz, there's still a Japanese company ("Concise") that still makes the sorts of slide rules that you mean. The price isn't too bad, either.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 14, 2021 01:48 PM (ezpv1)

398 Dang. Willowed again.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 14, 2021 01:55 PM (ezpv1)

399 late (as usual). my big gripe about slide rules is that when i was in HS, slide rules weren't allowed because not everybody had them. then 8 (eight) years later when i was teaching HS, i was required to teach how to use a slide rule even though calculators were already pretty common.

but i did have a really neat 4 foot slide rule in my classroom!

as far as using them: logarithms are easy

Posted by: yara at November 14, 2021 02:12 PM (N7mou)

400 I finally finished The Ruins, or Meditations on the Revolution of Empires.

It was mentioned in Frankenstein, by the whiney, self-entitled monster whom I loathed so much that I threw the book over only half finished.

To justify my disdain, I read this Volney book out of spite, so as to encompass as much as the monster claimed, thus disdaining him from a position of equality even if not mastery.

Eh, I didn't care for it. For one thing, the title I found misleading, it's mostly just arguing all religions are descended from one, that was just a richly ornamented version of a mature astrology, which was just a naive and ignorant misinterpretation of astronomical descriptions and agricultural calandar-making, helped on by the birth of metaphorical language (what are now dead metaphors: like "discovered " literally uncover).

Some good quotes though. I especially like the phrase "oppress prudently", as in, in each government must in the fullness of time as it decays into tyranny, Iearn to Oppress Prudently.

It was written by a French revolutionary and it shows, ending with a rationally derived theory of all personal and civic morality, which ended well for them, obviously.

Posted by: .87c at November 14, 2021 02:18 PM (diODy)

401 394 Aldi's premium ice cream is every bit as good as B&J.
Posted by: occam's brassiere at November 14, 2021 12:54 PM (V8JPv)
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Aldis has the freshest ground beef around. We like a lot of their stuff.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 03:31 PM (OayQb)

402 No they're playing blitzkrieg
Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 12:10 PM (ONvIw)
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Yes. But they aren't thinking 8 steps ahead. They're all brute force.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 03:32 PM (OayQb)

403 Finished Inferno last night.

I started reading before even hearing about the 500 days of Dante.

Posted by: goodluckduck at November 14, 2021 04:30 PM (V8zw+)

404 Yes. But they aren't thinking 8 steps ahead. They're all brute force.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 14, 2021 03:32 PM (OayQb)

And brute force will suffice when the opposition is craven.

Posted by: CN at November 14, 2021 06:21 PM (ONvIw)

405 Yes they are attacking White mothers because conservatives absolutely refuse to acknowledge in any way White people needing and deserving help. So you cowardice and stupidity means this will keep happening because no one will stop it.

Posted by: Borzoi Respector at November 15, 2021 11:34 AM (tjieG)

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