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The gunroom (subscribe (free) by writing<br><br>subscribe gunroom<br><br>to<br><br>listserv@...<br><br>)<br><br>is going to undertake a "group...
susanwenger
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Jun 4, 2001
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Have just joined club although have been an avid reader for years. Haven't had time to research the messages yet but have to tell someone that I have today ...
daveharrowvilla
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Jun 11, 2001
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The gunroom has launched today a group read-through of the O'Brian works, starting with "The Golden Ocean," which we will discuss through the month of ...
susanwenger
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Jul 1, 2001
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Oo, oo!! Thanks! Done!<br>Mark<br><a href=http://sites.netscape.net/mkreuzwieser/norfolksquadron...
mkreuzwieser
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Jul 1, 2001
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P.S. If you think you missed any of the posts, you can check the gunroom archive at:<br><br><a href=http://mat.gsia.cmu.edu/POB...
susanwenger
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Jul 2, 2001
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The gunroom will begin discussion "The Unknown Shore" on August 1. Come join us!<br> - Susan...
susanwenger
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Jul 28, 2001
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I found a three-book series also set in the Napoleanic wars. Author is Tom Connery, titles are A Shred of Honour, Honour Redeemed, and Honour Be ...
cavalrysword
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Aug 23, 2001
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Thanks! This looks good....
susanwenger
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Aug 23, 2001
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This is a fun series! He meets a French artillery Captain named Bonaparte during the siege of Toulon. Yep, the short guy. Excellent description of Napolean's ...
cavalrysword
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Aug 28, 2001
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I've added a new section to our Photos area dedicated to the Master and Commander movie. As of now there are two photos: one of Heath Ledger, whose name has...
jferer
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Aug 28, 2001
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Very nice! <br><br>I have a nice photo of Patrick O'Brian. It is a jpeg. How do I put it on the club page?...
susanwenger
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Aug 28, 2001
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I've put up three pictures I took of O'Brian at the New York Public Library in October, 1999, three months before he died.<br> - Susan...
susanwenger
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Aug 29, 2001
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Just found you guys, am on my 4th trip through the series, savoring "Mauritius" drop by drop :-)...
seijaro
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Sep 2, 2001
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wow! 4th trip thru? I am on my third run, currently reading 'The Surgeon's Mate'...I find that each read thru I understand a bit more, characters who pop up...
kevtoomey
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Sep 2, 2001
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I've just signed on too. Have finished my second reading straight through. I was reaching for Master and Commander yet again but the pile of science fiction...
electrickook
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Sep 2, 2001
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I'm glad to greet the squeakers, rate them able, assign them watches . . . <br>and I commend to everyone's attention the fact that the gunroom is now ...
susanwenger
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Sep 2, 2001
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Squeekers is it? Well, the longest journey begins with a single acorn, eh? No, that ain't quite it, but no doubt you get the sense of my meaning....
seijaro
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Sep 3, 2001
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I thought it was something about mighty oaks from single steps grow?...
kevtoomey
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Sep 3, 2001
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No, that ain't it, neither, and now you have put it right out of my mind....
seijaro
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Sep 4, 2001
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Did anyone ever compile a list of Jack's mangled quotes, keeping in mind that a quote in hand would be worth two prime millers on the table? No, that ain't it...
electrickook
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Sep 4, 2001
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Do you mean that a bird in the hand is worth any amount of beating about the bush?...
seijaro
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Sep 4, 2001
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John Clifford Vickerman compiled a list once, and posted it on-line, but it's not there now. <br><br>He gave me permission to reprint it in my Mensa Patrick ...
susanwenger
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Sep 4, 2001
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There are at least 5 or 6 references to a wine called "Constantia"... on my last visit to South Africa I visited Klein Constantia, a very old winery there, and...
seijaro
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Sep 6, 2001
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I was channel surfing last night and stopped when I saw the square-rigged tall ship on the screen. It was a story about the whaling crew that a whale turned on...
cavalrysword
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Sep 8, 2001
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Revenge of the Whale. It's supposed to be a true story, the basis for the story Moby Dick.<br><br>I have a suspicion that when something goes wrong, the ...
susanwenger
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Sep 8, 2001
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&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;I have a suspicion that when something goes wrong, the survivors make up a story that exonerates themselves,<br><br>Succint, and dead on the ...
cavalrysword
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Sep 9, 2001
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The book is In the Heart of the Sea. 7 or 8 men survived. There was cannibalism...I don't think after they were rescued they were particularly worried about...
nKaren
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Sep 10, 2001
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&gt;I have a suspicion … the survivors make up a story ….<br><br>Interesting thought Susan. I suspect that you are just being skeptical based upon your...
hbs61
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Sep 10, 2001
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here's another interesting bit... I noticed the MSN cover page has a link: "Revenge of the Whale: historical horror?" But it never explains the "?"<br><br>B....
hbs61
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Sep 10, 2001
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Only recently online from here. Discharged Coast Guard Quartermaster-slight problem with seasickness while going into swell, fine otherwise. Damn. Read up to...
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