On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:52:10 -0500, Shirley wrote: > > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:o_mdnes2ooR88qbanZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@giganews.com... >> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:28:27 -0500, Shirley wrote: >> >>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:hcCdnZRnD90H-qbanZ2dnUVZ_sejnZ2d@giganews.com... >>> >>>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:06:10 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>> >>>>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:peidnTVLvpN0w6banZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:07:54 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:TMidnbaUGe3jdaXanZ2dnUVZ_u_inZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:49:40 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>> news:zKednVz5BNbBeaXanZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:05:51 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> <pscissons@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>> news:834_i.8040$ww2.2009@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "Shirley" <bigd1999@bellsoutj.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>> news:ndZZi.2536$2n.220@bignews8.bellsouth.net... >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> <pscissons@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:8teVi.15758$lD6.1828@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> > "Dr Entropy" <entropy@meow.org> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>> > news:yj6Vi.9435$aJ3.3208@trnddc02... >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:53:16 -0700, pscissons blather'd >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> thus: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > news:N4WdnS5AT71eFoLanZ2dnUVZ_rGrnZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:52:44 +0000, pscissons wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > "Shirley" <bigd1999@bellsoutj.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > news:hBoTi.2488$8G5.1885@bignews4.bellsouth.net... >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> Post when and if you can to let us know you are okay? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > I'm fine so far, although ringed by fires. Smoke and >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > ashes >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > in >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > the >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > sky >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > and >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > the moon is orange. My daughter in Twentynine Palms is >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > all >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > set >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > to >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > come >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > and >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > get me, although she may experience difficulties >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > getting >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > here >>>>>>>>>>>> since >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > there >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > are some freeway closures. At any rate, repeating the >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Day >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > fire >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > experience, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > I'm packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. If it >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > came >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > to >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > an >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > evacuation, it will really be hard to lock the door and >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > leave. >>>>>>>>>>>> There >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > have >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > been so many homes burned. As usual, the Ventura County >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Fairground >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > is >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > opened >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > to shelter large animals, and several Humane Society >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > locations >>>>>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > offered >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > to take in small animals. If I have to run for it, teh >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > puppeis >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > are >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > coming >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > with me. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Sorry about your bug, Shirley. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Smee >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> I figured you'd bugged already. Air-quality sucks, from >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> all >>>>>>>>>>>> reports. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > It doth indeed sucketh mightily. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> I like the Ventura County Sheriff's Department's "fire" >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> page. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Very >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > snappy. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Have they tied the fire-warning system into those funky >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> little >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> emergency radios (you know, like are used to keep a wary >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> ear >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> out >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> for >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> weather >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > "events")? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > I dunno. I usually just keep the tv tuned to the local >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > channel; >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > they >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > have all the latest updates. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > Smee >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Smee darlin', are you somewhat outta danger now? >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > Yes; lower temps and a wee bitty bit of rain has helped the >>>>>>>>>>>>> > firefighters >>>>>>>>>>>>> > to >>>>>>>>>>>>> > get a handle on things. Sky clear, no more ashes and smoke >>>>>>>>>>>>> > here. >>>>>>>>>>>>> > Car >>>>>>>>>>>>> > unpacked. >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > HOWSOME-EVER, surviving wildlife has come down outa the hills >>>>>>>>>>>>> > and >>>>>>>>>>>>> > is >>>>>>>>>>>>> > making >>>>>>>>>>>>> > life interesting for all in this area. >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > It's always something, aint it? >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > Smee >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> We miss you Smee...when you are gone I am the only sane gurl >>>>>>>>>>>>> here...uhhhh....maybe not...<snicker> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Uh, waitaminnit, I wasn't aware there was a "sane" requirement. >>>>>>>>>>>> Is >>>>>>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>>>>>> some kinda test? Can I get Cliff notes for it? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Cliff has the notes...how come I never heard of him before? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> He's just some d00d. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I bet he ain't as kewl and smart as our mimus is. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> One finds him a little superficial, it's true. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <eyes mimus> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You know this cliff dude then? >>>>>> >>>>>> Not really. He's just some d00d. >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Smee, not too sure >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> <puzzled look> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Wonder where this cliff lives. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Over at the corner of Cheat and Beaches. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am going right over there and short change his cheat sheets. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It would be funny to sell the actual plays or books as study guides >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> themselves. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's funny...cheat sheets writing cliff notes. >>>>>> >>>>>> "This guide to _War and Peace_ is _killing_ me." >>>>> >>>>> Is that as big as the book itself? >>>> >>>> Bigger, what with the biography and notes and bibliography and all. >>>> >>>> And lookit that print! >>>> >>>> <squint> >>> >>> What do you do with all of those books that you have read? >> >> I keep them, mostly-- generally speaking, if a book's worth reading, it's >> worth re-reading. >> >> When I had my housefire six years ago, I lost a library of quite literally >> thousands of books, acquired (and culled every few years) over three >> decades. >> >> Kind of depressing. > > You are the second person I knew that has lost a serious book collection. A > friend of mine lost his when Katrina hit. He said the same as you...some he > will never be able to replace. He had some first editions that were signed. None of that here. I don't collect, er, collectibles. There were a lot of gifts, though. >> OTOH, a couple thousand dollars of insurance money went to a hard fast >> reboot of "the serious shelf" (math and science) as well as several >> favorite-author collections, eg Thomas Pynchon, Jack Vance, Barry >> Malzberg, Ron Goulart, Keith Laumer, etc., and a generous quick scattering >> of other faves (and a few long-wanteds, just for the luxury of it, like >> Gardner's _Gilgamesh_ . . . ), and some historical favorites (my preferred >> recreational reading is comedy and history-- I love, for example, the >> various sets of "Nixon transcripts" kicking around-- hair-raising yet >> hilarious). >> >> Still workin' on it, though. > > I don't think I could stay awake long enough to read the Nixon transcripts. Funny you should say that . . . great bed-time reading . . . *snkkk* . . .. . (Ollie North's testimony before that Senate Committee, published as _Under Fire_, is priceless, too.) >> And, eg, the price of a replacement copy of "Suvorov's" _Icebreaker_ >> climbed over a hundred bucks several years ago-- used!-- so I've >> settled for a nice cheap Russian edition of that-- _Ledokol_-- until >> someone has the guts to reissue the English translation. > > You read Russian? My translation (his caps)(talking about the Red Army's moving West up to the New Border with Nazi Germany through the first half of 1941): >> The central question of my book: >> IF THE RED ARMY COULD NOT TURN BACK, >> AND COULD NOT REMAIN LONG ON THE FRONTIER, >> WHAT REMAINED FOR IT TO DO? >> >> < _Icebreaker_ (But very poorly.) -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 I wonder what I have been up to. < _Beyond Apollo_
"mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1-WdnXxSFpjjWKbanZ2dnUVZ_tSknZ2d@giganews.com... > On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:52:10 -0500, Shirley wrote: > >> >> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:o_mdnes2ooR88qbanZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@giganews.com... >>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:28:27 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>> >>>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:hcCdnZRnD90H-qbanZ2dnUVZ_sejnZ2d@giganews.com... >>>> >>>>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:06:10 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:peidnTVLvpN0w6banZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:07:54 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>> news:TMidnbaUGe3jdaXanZ2dnUVZ_u_inZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:49:40 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>> news:zKednVz5BNbBeaXanZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:05:51 -0500, Shirley wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> <pscissons@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>> news:834_i.8040$ww2.2009@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net... >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "Shirley" <bigd1999@bellsoutj.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:ndZZi.2536$2n.220@bignews8.bellsouth.net... >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <pscissons@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:8teVi.15758$lD6.1828@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > "Dr Entropy" <entropy@meow.org> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > news:yj6Vi.9435$aJ3.3208@trnddc02... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:53:16 -0700, pscissons blather'd >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> thus: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > news:N4WdnS5AT71eFoLanZ2dnUVZ_rGrnZ2d@giganews.com... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:52:44 +0000, pscissons wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > "Shirley" <bigd1999@bellsoutj.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > news:hBoTi.2488$8G5.1885@bignews4.bellsouth.net... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> Post when and if you can to let us know you are >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> okay? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > I'm fine so far, although ringed by fires. Smoke and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > ashes >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > in >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > sky >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > the moon is orange. My daughter in Twentynine Palms >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > is >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > all >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > set >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > come >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > get me, although she may experience difficulties >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > getting >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > here >>>>>>>>>>>>> since >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > there >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > are some freeway closures. At any rate, repeating the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Day >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > fire >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > experience, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > I'm packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. If >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > it >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > came >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > an >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > evacuation, it will really be hard to lock the door >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > leave. >>>>>>>>>>>>> There >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > have >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > been so many homes burned. As usual, the Ventura >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > County >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Fairground >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > is >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > opened >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > to shelter large animals, and several Humane Society >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > locations >>>>>>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > offered >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > to take in small animals. If I have to run for it, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > teh >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > puppeis >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > are >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > coming >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > with me. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Sorry about your bug, Shirley. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> > Smee >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> I figured you'd bugged already. Air-quality sucks, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> from >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> all >>>>>>>>>>>>> reports. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > It doth indeed sucketh mightily. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> I like the Ventura County Sheriff's Department's "fire" >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> page. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Very >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > snappy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Have they tied the fire-warning system into those funky >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> little >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> emergency radios (you know, like are used to keep a >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> wary >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> ear >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> out >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> for >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> weather >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > "events")? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > I dunno. I usually just keep the tv tuned to the local >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > channel; >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > they >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > have all the latest updates. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > Smee >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Smee darlin', are you somewhat outta danger now? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Yes; lower temps and a wee bitty bit of rain has helped the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > firefighters >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > get a handle on things. Sky clear, no more ashes and smoke >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Car >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > unpacked. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > HOWSOME-EVER, surviving wildlife has come down outa the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > hills >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > is >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > making >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > life interesting for all in this area. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > It's always something, aint it? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Smee >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> We miss you Smee...when you are gone I am the only sane gurl >>>>>>>>>>>>>> here...uhhhh....maybe not...<snicker> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Uh, waitaminnit, I wasn't aware there was a "sane" >>>>>>>>>>>>> requirement. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Is >>>>>>>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>>>>>>> some kinda test? Can I get Cliff notes for it? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Cliff has the notes...how come I never heard of him before? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> He's just some d00d. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I bet he ain't as kewl and smart as our mimus is. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> One finds him a little superficial, it's true. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <eyes mimus> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You know this cliff dude then? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Not really. He's just some d00d. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Smee, not too sure >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> <puzzled look> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Wonder where this cliff lives. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Over at the corner of Cheat and Beaches. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I am going right over there and short change his cheat sheets. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It would be funny to sell the actual plays or books as study >>>>>>>>> guides >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> themselves. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That's funny...cheat sheets writing cliff notes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "This guide to _War and Peace_ is _killing_ me." >>>>>> >>>>>> Is that as big as the book itself? >>>>> >>>>> Bigger, what with the biography and notes and bibliography and all. >>>>> >>>>> And lookit that print! >>>>> >>>>> <squint> >>>> >>>> What do you do with all of those books that you have read? >>> >>> I keep them, mostly-- generally speaking, if a book's worth reading, >>> it's >>> worth re-reading. >>> >>> When I had my housefire six years ago, I lost a library of quite >>> literally >>> thousands of books, acquired (and culled every few years) over three >>> decades. >>> >>> Kind of depressing. >> >> You are the second person I knew that has lost a serious book collection. >> A >> friend of mine lost his when Katrina hit. He said the same as you...some >> he >> will never be able to replace. He had some first editions that were >> signed. > > None of that here. I don't collect, er, collectibles. There were a lot > of gifts, though. > >>> OTOH, a couple thousand dollars of insurance money went to a hard fast >>> reboot of "the serious shelf" (math and science) as well as several >>> favorite-author collections, eg Thomas Pynchon, Jack Vance, Barry >>> Malzberg, Ron Goulart, Keith Laumer, etc., and a generous quick >>> scattering >>> of other faves (and a few long-wanteds, just for the luxury of it, like >>> Gardner's _Gilgamesh_ . . . ), and some historical favorites (my >>> preferred >>> recreational reading is comedy and history-- I love, for example, the >>> various sets of "Nixon transcripts" kicking around-- hair-raising yet >>> hilarious). >>> >>> Still workin' on it, though. >> >> I don't think I could stay awake long enough to read the Nixon >> transcripts. > > Funny you should say that . . . great bed-time reading . . . *snkkk* . . > . . > > (Ollie North's testimony before that Senate Committee, published as _Under > Fire_, is priceless, too.) Speaking of old Ollie...we watched him on an episode of *Jag* the other day...it never fails to amaze me how someone can go from obscurity to fame and back into obscurity in the blink of an eye. > >>> And, eg, the price of a replacement copy of "Suvorov's" _Icebreaker_ >>> climbed over a hundred bucks several years ago-- used!-- so I've >>> settled for a nice cheap Russian edition of that-- _Ledokol_-- until >>> someone has the guts to reissue the English translation. >> >> You read Russian? > > My translation (his caps)(talking about the Red Army's moving West up to > the New Border with Nazi Germany through the first half of 1941): > >>> The central question of my book: >>> IF THE RED ARMY COULD NOT TURN BACK, >>> AND COULD NOT REMAIN LONG ON THE FRONTIER, >>> WHAT REMAINED FOR IT TO DO? >>> >>> < _Icebreaker_ > > (But very poorly.) You are always doing or saying something that totally blows my mind. Now I'll leave ya alone on this subject, but may be continued at a further date and time... ;o) > > -- > tinmimus99@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > I wonder what I have been up to. > > < _Beyond Apollo_ >
