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Post by Plainsman on Mar 18, 2021 12:59:22 GMT -5
I had two uncles in the Pacific, in very hot zones. They were Japs. I had two cousins on Corregidor. Maybe they knew each other. I might be misunderstand. I meant, our enemies were Japs, not my uncles. (Duh!)
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2021 14:12:56 GMT -5
I had two cousins on Corregidor. Maybe they knew each other. I might be misunderstand. I meant, our enemies were Japs, not my uncles. (Duh!) Yep, I got that your uncles were Japs. Sounded kinda funny. đđđ€
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Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 18, 2021 14:25:43 GMT -5
oops.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 19, 2021 13:09:59 GMT -5
Larousse Gastronomique...I'm up to "G". The new American edition of the world's greatest culinary encyclopedia.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 19, 2021 13:50:40 GMT -5
Worked with a man who was in the Pacific, when at Exxon they had important visitors from Japan, we would hide himself, I had to go along as I was one of the few he would halfass listen to. He mortally hated them. Donât blame him, theyâre still Japs to me.
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Post by fadingdaylight on Mar 19, 2021 19:23:33 GMT -5
Picked up Seneca's Letters From A Stoic, so that's next.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 19, 2021 20:46:52 GMT -5
Just read The Lampblack Blue of Memory:My Mother Echoes. It's a memoir of a woman in our church that was murdered 23 years ago. The writer, Sarah Adelman, was just a little girl at the time, but she's grown up as a beautiful woman with an amazing intellect. Beautiful book.
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Post by toshtego on Mar 20, 2021 11:00:14 GMT -5
What made King Alfred so great???
I have a rough idea but will soon be reading Assar's contemporaneous account of the good old king.
Assar was one of St. David of Wales' monks and ought to know a thing or two.
Looking forward to it.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 20, 2021 14:39:12 GMT -5
What made King Alfred so great??? I have a rough idea but will soon be reading Assar's contemporaneous account of the good old king. Assar was one of St. David of Wales' monks and ought to know a thing or two. Looking forward to it. Assar is well presented in the Lords of the North books. Uhtred didn't like him.
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Post by taiguy66 on Mar 21, 2021 11:04:01 GMT -5
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Post by toshtego on Mar 21, 2021 13:51:11 GMT -5
What made King Alfred so great??? I have a rough idea but will soon be reading Assar's contemporaneous account of the good old king. Assar was one of St. David of Wales' monks and ought to know a thing or two. Looking forward to it. Assar is well presented in the Lords of the North books. Uhtred didn't like him. Are you sure Olde Uhtred was not confusing him with his brother, Asshat? Oh, never mind...
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 21, 2021 18:41:05 GMT -5
Assar is well presented in the Lords of the North books. Uhtred didn't like him. Are you sure Olde Uhtred was not confusing him with his brother, Asshat? Oh, never mind... He called him many things, except for Assar.đ
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 23, 2021 8:17:57 GMT -5
Iâm now juggling a troikaâ THE LAST STAND, Nathaniel Philbrick, a classic account of the LBH and everything that led up to it. Philbrick has a great and justified sympathy for the Indian point of view and the impossibility of their situation. Very rich in detail and much of it is sure to be new to the reader. THE MOLLY MAGUIRES, Mark Bulik, on the first labor unrest and violence in America, begun by an Irish secret society in the coal fields of northeastern PA. AT THE EDGE OF IRELAND, David Yeadon. A couple of experienced travelers spend a year on the Beara Peninsula of County Cork. Not so sure about this one. Blow-ins themselves they seem to be spending a lot of time with other blow-ins and Iâm kind of losing interest. Have to wait to see where this one goes.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Mar 23, 2021 10:22:14 GMT -5
Iâm now juggling a troikaâ THE LAST STAND, Nathaniel Philbrick, a classic account of the LBH and everything that led up to it. Philbrick has a great and justified sympathy for the Indian point of view and the impossibility of their situation. Very rich in detail and much of it is sure to be new to the reader. THE MOLLY MAGUIRES, Mark Bulik, on the first labor unrest and violence in America, begun by an Irish secret society in the coal fields of northeastern PA. AT THE EDGE OF IRELAND, David Yeadon. A couple of experienced travelers spend a year on the Beara Peninsula of County Cork. Not so sure about this one. Blow-ins themselves they seem to be spending a lot of time with other blow-ins and Iâm kind of losing interest. Have to wait to see where this one goes. I like Philbrick's stuff and that one was good. Powers' The Killing of Crazy Horse was excellent, if tragic. I'm pretty sure I read Bulik's Molly Maguires book, too. I'm finishing Drugs for Grow Ups by Carl Hart. It's a neuropsychopharmacy researcher's take on America's war on drugs. Hint: prohibition is neither based in hard or social science facts, nor in the spirit of America's Founders. No surprises there.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2021 17:44:45 GMT -5
Tonight I'm ready to start a fiction novel after months of studying non-fiction religion and psychology. Probably a known favorite like 'Steppenwolf'.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2021 17:47:44 GMT -5
I had two uncles in the Pacific, in very hot zones. They were Japs. I had two cousins on Corregidor. Maybe they knew each other. I had a g-g-grandfather and a g-g-g-uncle in river batteries next to each other during the defense of Vicksburg. Neither would have known each other, but it's kind of weird thinking they would have a common descendant and they were within a few 100 yards of each other for over a year.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 23, 2021 18:00:21 GMT -5
Tonight I'm ready to start a fiction novel after months of studying non-fiction religion and psychology. Probably a known favorite like 'Steppenwolf'. Oh! What fun! đ„Ž
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Post by toshtego on Mar 23, 2021 18:39:36 GMT -5
Tonight I'm ready to start a fiction novel after months of studying non-fiction religion and psychology. Probably a known favorite like 'Steppenwolf'. Last time I read that book was Fall of 1968. I read all of Herman's books back then. Even had a dream in which he personally appeared and gave me advice. Nice to see the old boy back then.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Mar 24, 2021 4:15:05 GMT -5
Tonight I'm ready to start a fiction novel after months of studying non-fiction religion and psychology. Probably a known favorite like 'Steppenwolf'. Last time I read that book was Fall of 1968. I read all of Herman's books back then. Even had a dream in which he personally appeared and gave me advice. Nice to see the old boy back then. I only had to slog through Siddhartha in my youth. I'd probably like his work now that I'm older and wiser. Older, anyway. But I do have "Snowblind Friend" earworming into my brain now, though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 16:07:02 GMT -5
Last time I read that book was Fall of 1968. I read all of Herman's books back then. Even had a dream in which he personally appeared and gave me advice. Nice to see the old boy back then. I only had to slog through Siddhartha in my youth. I'd probably like his work now that I'm older and wiser. Older, anyway. But I do have "Snowblind Friend" earworming into my brain now, though. You might be right. I read 'Steppenwolf' when I was in my twenties, got hooked on Hesse and read everything he wrote except 'Knulp' because I couldn't find a copy. I only started 'Siddhartha' and was bored by it and quit. Returning to it last year at my son's recommendation, I loved it. But I have also read a lot of Buddhist and Hindu works between the readings, and that helped. I could talk about Hesse's writings all day, so I'll spare you all.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Mar 24, 2021 16:45:51 GMT -5
Maybe I'll give him another shot.
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Post by toshtego on Mar 24, 2021 17:04:16 GMT -5
"Siddhartha" had a powerful effect upon me when I read it in 1967.
I want to take another run at "The Glass Bead Game". Last read it in 1970. Still have my original copy with my notes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 17:10:54 GMT -5
"Siddhartha" had a powerful effect upon me when I read it in 1967. I want to take another run at "The Glass Bead Game". Last read it in 1970. Still have my original copy with my notes. Oh man - that's the book! Not an easy read, but it's gotta be one of my favorite books ever. It's another one that I finally finished because of my son. I had started and stopped many times over the years, but when he mentioned that he had finished it, I really had no choice. Back in the early days of the internet there were already people discussing how to re-create 'the game'. I imagine there are some pretty good efforts out there by now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 17:12:07 GMT -5
Maybe I'll give him another shot. Go for it - at least it's a short read if you find your mind wandering.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Mar 25, 2021 17:13:06 GMT -5
Maybe I'll give him another shot. Go for it - at least it's a short read if you find your mind wandering. Added to my list! Now on The King of Confidence by Miles Harvey. Biography of James Strang. I had never heard of Strang, but he apparently led a splinter Mormon group after Joseph Smith 's death. It looks like an interesting read, though I'm only a few pages in.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 26, 2021 17:28:24 GMT -5
I read The Sucking Pit by Guy N. Smith last night. Kind of a modern Gothic horror novel. Quick read and fun. He's a pipe smoker and a shooter too. His autobiography is called Pipe Dreams, not to be confused with the book of a similar name by Rick Newcombe
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 26, 2021 22:51:34 GMT -5
Started to re-read THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES, Churchill.
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Post by urbino on Mar 27, 2021 0:17:16 GMT -5
I'm audiobooking Red Storm Rising, the Clancy novel. I read it ages ago, in my very early twenties, and then forgot all about it. But I was looking around for things to use up some of my Audible credits on and ran across it, so there we go. I like to get long audiobooks, and it qualifies.
Other than the general outline, I remember not one darn thing about it, so it's like reading it the first time, again.
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 27, 2021 8:30:33 GMT -5
I rarely re-read a book. A year or so ago I re-read Francis Parkmanâs THE OREGON TRAIL. Mostly because I now live right on top of it. Didnât like Parkman much when I first read it, over 50 years ago. Liked him even less this time. Insufferable little New England prig.
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Post by taiguy66 on Mar 27, 2021 9:00:20 GMT -5
Based on the recommendations of others here, I started The Winter King. This is Cornwell's first "Arthur" book. You know, Round Table, Lancelot, Lady in the Lake, Sword in the stone. Yeah, that Arthur. Good detail of the era, the Fifth Century. The darkness is all around since them Romans went home. Most of the Druids have been killed. A few remain. Wwe shall see what mysteries men and women can weave!!!! I've had that book since it came out but I haven't opened it yet. So many books, so little time. You donât know what youâre missing Ron. Wonderful series by a wonderful storyteller. Glad to hear youâre enjoying the book John.
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