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albertmorris
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1st Post Tue Nov 6th, 2007 07:01 pm | |
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Finished Blue Highways and enjoyed it.....a couple of reasons why......
1. Six Calendar Cafes:
0. same as interstate pit stop
1. pre-processed food assembled in New Jersey
2. only if fish trophies are present
3. can't-miss on the farm boy breakfast
4. try the ho-made pie too
5. keep it under your hat or they'll franchise
6. can't miss...found 1 in the Ozarks....left me searching ever since.
2. "weather to give a man the weary dismals."
3. "These are the days when parents accomodate children."
4. "Guarantee you one thing, Wim. This boy wouldn't sleep up here mongst the whangdoodles without his peace of mind." (tapped a thumb on his pistol)
Last edited on Tue Nov 6th, 2007 07:01 pm by albertmorris
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2nd Post Tue Nov 6th, 2007 08:43 pm | |
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| You need to get Patsy to come over here.
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Ric
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3rd Post Tue Nov 6th, 2007 08:51 pm | |
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| Picking up John Sanford's new novel this evening.. and am in the midst of another.. more later........
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The wife says I'm obsessed with Baseball. Wow, did THAT come out of left field.
"There are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary. And there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance."
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stemyn
This may be the season
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4th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 04:44 am | |
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| Anyone read Grisham's "Playing for Pizza"?
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Benbrook Susie
No "24" ?! Auugghh !
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5th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 06:15 am | |
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Almost bought it at Sam's today, but the TWO checkout lines open were so long I decided it could wait..................
I'd almost forgotten about Whangdoodles, Albert !! 
Last edited on Wed Nov 7th, 2007 06:16 am by Benbrook Susie
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Mr. Green he's so serene
He's got a TV in every room
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tennis gal
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6th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 11:45 am | |
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Ric wrote: Picking up John Sanford's new novel this evening.. and am in the midst of another.. more later........
Sigh----I guess I'll have to start actually buying books now that I don't work at the library anymore. I don't have the patience to be on the waiting list at the public library for the popular reading books.
The long way to get around to the point that I LOVE JOHN SANDFORD! There's a new James Lee Burke book out now too, Ric, that's about Katrina. I only read about half of it, then I moved and had to turn it back in....sigh again.
Albertmorris, try this one for your book club...."Same Kind of Different As Me." I guarantee it's thought-provoking. You read it, and let me know what you think. It will only take you a few hours.
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churchlady
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7th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 02:16 pm | |
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| Can't you bookheads trade with each other???
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Ric
Bayou Bum
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8th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 02:33 pm | |
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tennis gal wrote: Ric wrote: Picking up John Sanford's new novel this evening.. and am in the midst of another.. more later........
Sigh----I guess I'll have to start actually buying books now that I don't work at the library anymore. I don't have the patience to be on the waiting list at the public library for the popular reading books.
The long way to get around to the point that I LOVE JOHN SANDFORD! There's a new James Lee Burke book out now too, Ric, that's about Katrina.
I do, too... particularly the Lucas Davenport novels... I can take or leave the Kidd books... I'll get this one to ya when I finish..
I REAlly like Burke.. you can smell the wet spanish moss when he writes about it.. and see and almost feel the oyster shell driveweays prevelant to the area.. and when he talks about food... he is spot on.. I was reading one of his last night, and he was talking about an onion & ham sandwich.. Had to get up and make one...
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The wife says I'm obsessed with Baseball. Wow, did THAT come out of left field.
"There are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary. And there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance."
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albertmorris
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9th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 06:26 pm | |
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"Albertmorris, try this one for your book club...."Same Kind of Different As Me." I guarantee it's thought-provoking. You read it, and let me know what you think. It will only take you a few hours."
Thanks, Tennisgal. I will read and report back....
Read a J. Kellerman book last evening....The Web. I have reached the conclusion that it is better to give some time between books when reading an author. Habing gone through a stage when I'd start an author and read most/all their books, well, they got a little sameish. It was nice to see Dr. Delaware again.
BBS, the photo below is for you....please note the bottom right corner of the window......(from Blue highways)
Attachment: AlGoreBlue Hwys.jpg (Downloaded 55 times)
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albertmorris
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10th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 09:44 pm | |
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churchlady wrote: Can't you bookheads trade with each other???
L-i-b-r-a-r-y......
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churchlady
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11th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 11:03 pm | |
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| But what if it's a popular book that's hard to get from the library??
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albertmorris
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12th Post Wed Nov 7th, 2007 11:43 pm | |
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While seldom making decisions on hypotheticals, using "what ifs" to go back in history can be a fun exercise....for example, if Lou Brock had kept up his grade point average and not gotten a C+ GPA his first semester at Southern University, lost his academic scholarship, gotten depressed and gone to the baseball diamond and shagged flies for 5 days to let off steam, impressed the coaches enough to let him take 5 swings in batting practice at which time he hit 3 over the fence and ended up making the baseball team, would he have not had a baseball career, gotten traded from the Cubs to the Cardinals in'64 and led them to the Pennant, then the Phillies would have won and the hearts of all 12 year old Phillie fans would not have been broken.....but that is just "what if he'd kept his grade point average up."
Or, what if the Abraham Lincoln had actually won his Senate seat in 1858, at which time he would not have run for President because he believed he would have been a better Senator than President, would the United States exist as it does today?
There are hundreds of other "what ifs", ripple affects that have changed history. "What if it's a popular book....." would have virtually no ripple affect, hence, does not qualify in our scenerio.
Besides, there is Half-Price, one can wait till it comes in, one can go to another library to get it, one can call a friend who does have it.....there are lots of options. I suppose some of these could be life-changing, if, for example, one goes to the library, they don't have it, drives to Barnes and Noble and gets hit by a bus....or drives to Starbucks, runs into a buddy who has it, tells you the story-line, totally irritating you and you choke him to death.....I suppose those could be ripple affects.
But really, it is not that big a deal in the scheme of things.
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tennis gal
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13th Post Thu Nov 8th, 2007 02:54 am | |
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Last night.....I unpacked 11 boxes of books to place on my 2 new bookcases that I had built in my house! This was AFTER I had already taken 7 boxes to Half Price to sell.
Many of them are just generic paperbacks (if you can call the entire John D. MacDonald collection generic!), John Sandford, etc. And I have a lot of children's books too. But DANG, there is nothing that makes me feel comfortable like a houseful of books.....my bookcases are spectacular!
But....I don't like to buy books from Half Price...weird....I don't mind borrowing books from friends, but I don't like to buy a book that somebody else has thumbed. Call me crazy. I'll just buy them...I put them into my budget.
But Ric...I would LOVE your copy of the new John Sandford....ya wanna meet at the Goodyear store? LOL!
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Ric
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14th Post Thu Nov 8th, 2007 03:06 am | |
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I'll let ya know when I'm finished with it... and yeah, we can do that... :)
I'm the same way.. I buy from Borders mostly, because if you join their deal-scmeel, you get all kinds of coupons by email. Just used a 40% off any best seller... they send coupons all the time...
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The wife says I'm obsessed with Baseball. Wow, did THAT come out of left field.
"There are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary. And there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance."
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churchlady
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15th Post Thu Nov 8th, 2007 03:10 am | |
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tennis gal wrote:
But....I don't like to buy books from Half Price...weird....I don't mind borrowing books from friends, but I don't like to buy a book that somebody else has thumbed. Call me crazy. I'll just buy them...I put them into my budget.
So what about borrowing books from the library then??
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stemyn
This may be the season
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16th Post Thu Nov 8th, 2007 03:17 am | |
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| Ric, I join the one at Barnes and Noble. How much does the one at Borders cost?
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Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's what it feels like when Nolan Ryan's thrown balls by you.
Reggie Jackson
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Ric
Bayou Bum
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17th Post Thu Nov 8th, 2007 03:21 am | |
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| Nothing. Zip... and it has kept me out of B&N....
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The wife says I'm obsessed with Baseball. Wow, did THAT come out of left field.
"There are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary. And there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance."
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stemyn
This may be the season
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18th Post Thu Nov 8th, 2007 03:25 am | |
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| What I like about B&N, is you get 10% off all the time, plus the coupons they send you monthly. But it costs $25 for the year.
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Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's what it feels like when Nolan Ryan's thrown balls by you.
Reggie Jackson
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tennis gal
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19th Post Thu Nov 8th, 2007 03:41 am | |
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churchlady wrote: tennis gal wrote:
But....I don't like to buy books from Half Price...weird....I don't mind borrowing books from friends, but I don't like to buy a book that somebody else has thumbed. Call me crazy. I'll just buy them...I put them into my budget.
So what about borrowing books from the library then??
I never borrow popular reading books from the library (except the library where I worked) and then I was either the first person to get it, or just a few others had it before me.
I think the reason Half Price bugs me is because they have so many paperbacks and they are kind of beat up, and I can't stand it when I see a page that has lipstick or a finger smudge on it. ICK.
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churchlady
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20th Post Thu Nov 8th, 2007 03:44 am | |
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| Lipstick???? What would someone be doing??
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