... really well for me: Put the book in a brand new zip lock bag, zip it up, and put it in the freezer for 2 weeks. This kills the spoors etc that cause the...
Oh, you didn't want to get rid of the animal droppings? Just kidding, my fingers got ahead of my brain...should read spores. Thank you Alex. Tongue in cheek...
... animal droppings? Just kidding, my fingers got ahead of my brain...should read spores. Thank you Alex. Tongue in cheek is much preferred to tongue sticking...
Alex: some of us spend most of our lives in "trackless intellectual wastes" so please don't denigrate! (And, since this is the season for picking nits, did you...
Attas, Mike
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Sep 12, 2007 5:13 pm
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... animal droppings? Just kidding, my fingers got ahead of my brain...should read spores. Thank you Alex. Tongue in cheek is much preferred to tongue sticking...
An excellent response, Alex. I also have a trusty WCD (7th ed.) which is falling apart. The definition you quote for "waste" is in fact the first one listed!...
Attas, Mike
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Sep 13, 2007 2:19 pm
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... ~40 years. You haven't read it in 40 yrs??? Its certainly not one of my favorites but it wasn't that bad. I mean, I've read it 2-3 times just in the last...
As an aside, when you call someone or drop them an email, do you "contact" them, or do you "make contact with" them? I used to get beat up about "contact" not...
a further aside, my personal pet peeve- when someone calls me on the telephone and says, "I just wanted to touch base with you." To which I want to reply, "I...
Well, that's interesting. One of the facts about English is that it's a flexible language and some have expressed dismay at the readiness with which nouns and...
The users of English make the rules. Over time, whatever "error" is made often enough, by enough people, becomes correct-- unlike the French, who have the...
Had the opportunity of watching "Donovan's Reef," and by golly it was sung in the movie... twice. At least, the first lines were sung twice. Nobody ever got to...
Camp, Paul
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Sep 21, 2007 3:47 pm
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Ah yes! I remember now. That movie had great continuity problems. The scenes of the waterskiing were completely inconsistent with the next shots of the lagoon...
The Monkeys have No Tails in Zamboanga is also sung in They Were Expendable about seven minutes into the film. It must be a John Ford/John Wayne thing as Ford...
Okay, when I was a kid my father used to sing a song that went: "Oh, the monkeys have no tails, they were bitten off by whales ..." don't remember the rest of...
... It's one of my favorites and one I bought not too long after it came out (I don't remember buying it, but my signature in it looks like one from junior...
... I've read it once and it was not one of my favorites. I don't think European locale does much for the series. Deadly Dutchman was not that great either....
The Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboanga is a song, probably written during the Spanish American War or the Moro Rebellion. It is the official regimental march...
I agree, it does have a lot of great elements. As you note, the villains were anti-Communists, a real shocker for that time. However, for me the narrative just...
I share that view -- to me, the core weakness of Ruby Ray is that the boys are now almost James Bond-like secret agents, not teenagers who find themselves in...
Russell stated: All those Rick Brant books I just bought, should I bother to keep them? After all, The Rocket's Shadow, which I just read, is merely about...
Yes, the reason to keep books is because you enjoy them and look forward to re-reading them, not because they're "trendy" or "relevant" or anything else. I...
Who knows, maybe someday some writer our age will hit the big time and list Rick Brant as a big influence in interviews ... and our Rick Brant books will shoot...
... the boys are now almost James Bond-like secret agents, not teenagers who find themselves in adventurous situations. Hence, despite its very sophisticated...
Mike In LA is "Right on!" I too, saw the cold war after this book as a three way race and more with the shades of gray "the "Hard Luck Group" (Ah, the...
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