On 1/12/2014 5:38 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> On 1/12/2014 6:23 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 03:00:59 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am a picky reader just as I am a picky eater.
>>>
>>> You do seem to have a talent for writing - so why not channel that into
>>> a cookbook for picky eaters? I know I'd buy one... ;-)
>>
>> Because other picky eaters do not think that I qualify as a picky eater
>> for one thing.
>
> From the January, 2014 Reader's Digest. Here's the link for the online
> version of the article:
>
> http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/picky-eater-explains/
>
> Very good read!!
>
Quite funny, and I'm actually a picky eater. I love this part:

"Beef is fine, as long as it’s well-done. For you, steak houses are
places to reconnect with masculinity and big, bold Cabernets. For me,
they’re places to confront haughty waiters who act like it’s an outrage
to leave my $45 rib eye on the grill a few extra minutes."

Oh gawd, save me from well done prime rib. Mid-rare at most. Honestly.

Jill

"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/12/2014 6:23 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 03:00:59 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am a picky reader just as I am a picky eater.
>>>
>>> You do seem to have a talent for writing - so why not channel that into
>>> a cookbook for picky eaters? I know I'd buy one... ;-)
>>
>> Because other picky eaters do not think that I qualify as a picky eater
>> for one thing.
>
> From the January, 2014 Reader's Digest. Here's the link for the online
> version of the article:
>
> http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/picky-eater-explains/
>
> Very good read!!

Yes. Read it a couple of days ago. Can relate to a lot of it.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2014-01-12 5:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>> I don't often talk about the stuff I don't like/eat so I guess it is not
>>> apparent ... although I am well known for disliking spicy stuff, so I
>>> guess I am picky too)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You never know about "spicy" stuff. My parents were not into spice. One
>> time when they came for dinner I made Tandoori chicken. It is not
>> particularly hot spicy, but it is strongly spiced. My father was not much
>> of a meat eater. It was the first time I ever saw him help himself to
>> seconds of meat.
>>
>> When we were first married my wife made a corn pudding for them. Knowing
>> that they were not crazy about spice she, for some reason, substituted
>> the small amount of curry powder for a large amount of cayenne. They
>> liked it.
>
> Wow good for them. I used to live in India and I couldn't stand their
> food.

I have only tried a few things. Papadums and Naan are fine but do not care
for the seasonings in curry and other foods.

On 1/12/2014 5:31 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> On 1/12/2014 5:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I just don't care. And I never said that I had never heard of it. I
>> believe it was a book or a series of books and then a movie. I only
>> like certain types of books and most movies do not interest me.
>> Whatever genre it is, does not interest me and most certainly would not
>> interest my daughter.
>
> Have you or daughter read Nancy Drew books? Those are the books that
> got me hooked on reading, but I was much younger than daughter is now
> when I started my first Nancy Drew book.
>
I had a whole slew of Nancy Drew books. I was reading them in the
1960's even before I started going to school. I guess I was precocious.
I gather they were written for the pre-teen/young teen readers. I
had quite a collection of Nancy Drew books. I read them all again
before finally donating them to a library when I moved.

Jill

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I know, I know. Hard for
>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know are so very
>> picky,
>
> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got cable
> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box and
> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be able
> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE channel
> and watched everything, good or bad.
>
> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and switched
> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh

I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my cable channels
around. Very frustrating.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/12/2014 5:38 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>> On 1/12/2014 6:23 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 03:00:59 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I am a picky reader just as I am a picky eater.
>>>>
>>>> You do seem to have a talent for writing - so why not channel that into
>>>> a cookbook for picky eaters? I know I'd buy one... ;-)
>>>
>>> Because other picky eaters do not think that I qualify as a picky eater
>>> for one thing.
>>
>> From the January, 2014 Reader's Digest. Here's the link for the online
>> version of the article:
>>
>> http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/picky-eater-explains/
>>
>> Very good read!!
>>
> Quite funny, and I'm actually a picky eater. I love this part:
>
> "Beef is fine, as long as it’s well-done. For you, steak houses are places
> to reconnect with masculinity and big, bold Cabernets. For me, they’re
> places to confront haughty waiters who act like it’s an outrage to leave
> my $45 rib eye on the grill a few extra minutes."
>
> Oh gawd, save me from well done prime rib. Mid-rare at most. Honestly.
>

Amen!! DH used to insist on well done beef It took me years to convert
him to med-rare but I did it!!! He wouldn't have it any other way now

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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2014-01-12 5:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't often talk about the stuff I don't like/eat so I guess it is
>>>> not
>>>> apparent ... although I am well known for disliking spicy stuff, so I
>>>> guess I am picky too)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> You never know about "spicy" stuff. My parents were not into spice. One
>>> time when they came for dinner I made Tandoori chicken. It is not
>>> particularly hot spicy, but it is strongly spiced. My father was not
>>> much of a meat eater. It was the first time I ever saw him help himself
>>> to seconds of meat.
>>>
>>> When we were first married my wife made a corn pudding for them. Knowing
>>> that they were not crazy about spice she, for some reason, substituted
>>> the small amount of curry powder for a large amount of cayenne. They
>>> liked it.
>>
>> Wow good for them. I used to live in India and I couldn't stand their
>> food.
>
> I have only tried a few things. Papadums and Naan are fine but do not care
> for the seasonings in curry and other foods.

We were very lucky that our cook had worked in the Saudi embassy and so
cooked North African food which was fine. I did have problems eating out
though

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"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
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> On 1/12/2014 5:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I just don't care. And I never said that I had never heard of it. I
>> believe it was a book or a series of books and then a movie. I only
>> like certain types of books and most movies do not interest me.
>> Whatever genre it is, does not interest me and most certainly would not
>> interest my daughter.
>
> Have you or daughter read Nancy Drew books? Those are the books that got
> me hooked on reading, but I was much younger than daughter is now when I
> started my first Nancy Drew book.

My mom tried to get me to read them. I think I was in perhaps he 4th grade.
I slogged through one. Could not stand the thing. Angela showed no
interest in those so I didn't push her to read them. They are mysteries and
that's not my cup of tea. Around the same time period I read the biography
of Amelia Earhart. That was interesting to me.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know are so
>>> very
>>> picky,
>>
>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got cable
>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box and
>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be able
>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE channel
>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>
>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and switched
>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>
> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my cable
> channels around. Very frustrating.

I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep them in
a folder!

Much easier to look up if you are not sure.



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On 2014-01-12 6:16 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
>> When we were first married my wife made a corn pudding for them.
>> Knowing that they were not crazy about spice she, for some reason,
>> substituted the small amount of curry powder for a large amount of
>> cayenne. They liked it.
>
> Wow good for them. I used to live in India and I couldn't stand their
> food.
>

I have never been to India. I have only had Indian food in the Niagara
peninsula, where there is not much of an Indian community, but I always
enjoyed the food. I have also had a Caribbean food, which is Indian
influenced, and I loved it.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-01-12 6:16 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>>> When we were first married my wife made a corn pudding for them.
>>> Knowing that they were not crazy about spice she, for some reason,
>>> substituted the small amount of curry powder for a large amount of
>>> cayenne. They liked it.
>>
>> Wow good for them. I used to live in India and I couldn't stand their
>> food.
>>
>
> I have never been to India. I have only had Indian food in the Niagara
> peninsula, where there is not much of an Indian community, but I always
> enjoyed the food. I have also had a Caribbean food, which is Indian
> influenced, and I loved it.

You are most welcome to my share)


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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/12/2014 5:38 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>> On 1/12/2014 6:23 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>>> news >>>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 03:00:59 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am a picky reader just as I am a picky eater.
>>>>>
>>>>> You do seem to have a talent for writing - so why not channel that
>>>>> into
>>>>> a cookbook for picky eaters? I know I'd buy one... ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Because other picky eaters do not think that I qualify as a picky eater
>>>> for one thing.
>>>
>>> From the January, 2014 Reader's Digest. Here's the link for the online
>>> version of the article:
>>>
>>> http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/picky-eater-explains/
>>>
>>> Very good read!!
>>>
>> Quite funny, and I'm actually a picky eater. I love this part:
>>
>> "Beef is fine, as long as it’s well-done. For you, steak houses are
>> places
>> to reconnect with masculinity and big, bold Cabernets. For me, they’re
>> places to confront haughty waiters who act like it’s an outrage to leave
>> my $45 rib eye on the grill a few extra minutes."
>>
>> Oh gawd, save me from well done prime rib. Mid-rare at most. Honestly.
>>
>
> Amen!! DH used to insist on well done beef It took me years to convert
> him to med-rare but I did it!!! He wouldn't have it any other way now

I like pot roast and ground beef well done but I don't really like other
forms of beef. I can not eat any meat if it is rare. Just not at all.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 2014-01-12 5:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't often talk about the stuff I don't like/eat so I guess it is
>>>>> not
>>>>> apparent ... although I am well known for disliking spicy stuff, so I
>>>>> guess I am picky too)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You never know about "spicy" stuff. My parents were not into spice. One
>>>> time when they came for dinner I made Tandoori chicken. It is not
>>>> particularly hot spicy, but it is strongly spiced. My father was not
>>>> much of a meat eater. It was the first time I ever saw him help himself
>>>> to seconds of meat.
>>>>
>>>> When we were first married my wife made a corn pudding for them.
>>>> Knowing that they were not crazy about spice she, for some reason,
>>>> substituted the small amount of curry powder for a large amount of
>>>> cayenne. They liked it.
>>>
>>> Wow good for them. I used to live in India and I couldn't stand their
>>> food.
>>
>> I have only tried a few things. Papadums and Naan are fine but do not
>> care for the seasonings in curry and other foods.
>
> We were very lucky that our cook had worked in the Saudi embassy and so
> cooked North African food which was fine. I did have problems eating out
> though

I have never eaten African food but it seems appealing to me. Saw an
African restaurant in Vancouver Canada some years ago and I think there is
one in Seattle but no interest by other family members.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know are so
>>>> very
>>>> picky,
>>>
>>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got cable
>>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box and
>>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be able
>>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE channel
>>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>>
>>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and switched
>>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>>
>> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my cable
>> channels around. Very frustrating.
>
> I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep them
> in a folder!
>
> Much easier to look up if you are not sure.

I would have to hunt down the folder.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/12/2014 5:31 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>> On 1/12/2014 5:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> I just don't care. And I never said that I had never heard of it. I
>>> believe it was a book or a series of books and then a movie. I only
>>> like certain types of books and most movies do not interest me.
>>> Whatever genre it is, does not interest me and most certainly would not
>>> interest my daughter.
>>
>> Have you or daughter read Nancy Drew books? Those are the books that
>> got me hooked on reading, but I was much younger than daughter is now
>> when I started my first Nancy Drew book.
>>
> I had a whole slew of Nancy Drew books. I was reading them in the 1960's
> even before I started going to school. I guess I was precocious. I
> gather they were written for the pre-teen/young teen readers. I had quite
> a collection of Nancy Drew books. I read them all again before finally
> donating them to a library when I moved.

I think they were written for that age but at that age, I was only
interested in books written for adults. Had I seen such a book in perhaps
2nd or 3rd grade then I might have liked it.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...

>> Amen!! DH used to insist on well done beef It took me years to
>> convert
>> him to med-rare but I did it!!! He wouldn't have it any other way now
>
> I like pot roast and ground beef well done but I don't really like other
> forms of beef. I can not eat any meat if it is rare. Just not at all.

I can't even bear to look at it on my plate.

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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 2014-01-12 5:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't often talk about the stuff I don't like/eat so I guess it is
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> apparent ... although I am well known for disliking spicy stuff, so I
>>>>>> guess I am picky too)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You never know about "spicy" stuff. My parents were not into spice.
>>>>> One time when they came for dinner I made Tandoori chicken. It is not
>>>>> particularly hot spicy, but it is strongly spiced. My father was not
>>>>> much of a meat eater. It was the first time I ever saw him help
>>>>> himself to seconds of meat.
>>>>>
>>>>> When we were first married my wife made a corn pudding for them.
>>>>> Knowing that they were not crazy about spice she, for some reason,
>>>>> substituted the small amount of curry powder for a large amount of
>>>>> cayenne. They liked it.
>>>>
>>>> Wow good for them. I used to live in India and I couldn't stand their
>>>> food.
>>>
>>> I have only tried a few things. Papadums and Naan are fine but do not
>>> care for the seasonings in curry and other foods.
>>
>> We were very lucky that our cook had worked in the Saudi embassy and so
>> cooked North African food which was fine. I did have problems eating out
>> though
>
> I have never eaten African food but it seems appealing to me. Saw an
> African restaurant in Vancouver Canada some years ago and I think there is
> one in Seattle but no interest by other family members.

Dunno about all African food. This was specifically North.

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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know are so
>>>>> very
>>>>> picky,
>>>>
>>>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got cable
>>>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box and
>>>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be able
>>>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE channel
>>>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>>>
>>>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and switched
>>>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>>>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>>>
>>> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my cable
>>> channels around. Very frustrating.
>>
>> I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep them
>> in a folder!
>>
>> Much easier to look up if you are not sure.
>
> I would have to hunt down the folder.

Now, now! A place for everything and everything in its place ... quothe my
Grandmother and I do try to stick to that)

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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/12/2014 5:31 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>> On 1/12/2014 5:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just don't care. And I never said that I had never heard of it. I
>>>> believe it was a book or a series of books and then a movie. I only
>>>> like certain types of books and most movies do not interest me.
>>>> Whatever genre it is, does not interest me and most certainly would not
>>>> interest my daughter.
>>>
>>> Have you or daughter read Nancy Drew books? Those are the books that
>>> got me hooked on reading, but I was much younger than daughter is now
>>> when I started my first Nancy Drew book.
>>>
>> I had a whole slew of Nancy Drew books. I was reading them in the 1960's
>> even before I started going to school. I guess I was precocious. I
>> gather they were written for the pre-teen/young teen readers. I had
>> quite a collection of Nancy Drew books. I read them all again before
>> finally donating them to a library when I moved.
>
> I think they were written for that age but at that age, I was only
> interested in books written for adults. Had I seen such a book in perhaps
> 2nd or 3rd grade then I might have liked it.

I've been an avid reader all my life, so much so that I once nearly burned
down my bedroom by using a candle. The window was open and it blew the
curtain onto the flame I shouted down that there was a fire and my Father
thought was dreaming and said ... yes, yes, go back to sleep ....

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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>>>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know are so
>>>>>> very
>>>>>> picky,
>>>>>
>>>>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got cable
>>>>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box and
>>>>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be able
>>>>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE channel
>>>>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>>>>
>>>>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and switched
>>>>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>>>>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>>>>
>>>> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my cable
>>>> channels around. Very frustrating.
>>>
>>> I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep them
>>> in a folder!
>>>
>>> Much easier to look up if you are not sure.
>>
>> I would have to hunt down the folder.
>
> Now, now! A place for everything and everything in its place ... quothe
> my Grandmother and I do try to stick to that)

Yes. I just don't remember the place!

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 1/12/2014 5:31 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>>> On 1/12/2014 5:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just don't care. And I never said that I had never heard of it. I
>>>>> believe it was a book or a series of books and then a movie. I only
>>>>> like certain types of books and most movies do not interest me.
>>>>> Whatever genre it is, does not interest me and most certainly would
>>>>> not
>>>>> interest my daughter.
>>>>
>>>> Have you or daughter read Nancy Drew books? Those are the books that
>>>> got me hooked on reading, but I was much younger than daughter is now
>>>> when I started my first Nancy Drew book.
>>>>
>>> I had a whole slew of Nancy Drew books. I was reading them in the
>>> 1960's even before I started going to school. I guess I was precocious.
>>> I gather they were written for the pre-teen/young teen readers. I
>>> had quite a collection of Nancy Drew books. I read them all again
>>> before finally donating them to a library when I moved.
>>
>> I think they were written for that age but at that age, I was only
>> interested in books written for adults. Had I seen such a book in
>> perhaps 2nd or 3rd grade then I might have liked it.
>
> I've been an avid reader all my life, so much so that I once nearly burned
> down my bedroom by using a candle. The window was open and it blew the
> curtain onto the flame I shouted down that there was a fire and my
> Father thought was dreaming and said ... yes, yes, go back to sleep ....

I used candles and a flashlight too.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>>>>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know are so
>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>> picky,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got cable
>>>>>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box and
>>>>>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be
>>>>>> able
>>>>>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE channel
>>>>>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and switched
>>>>>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>>>>>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>>>>>
>>>>> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my cable
>>>>> channels around. Very frustrating.
>>>>
>>>> I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep
>>>> them in a folder!
>>>>
>>>> Much easier to look up if you are not sure.
>>>
>>> I would have to hunt down the folder.
>>
>> Now, now! A place for everything and everything in its place ... quothe
>> my Grandmother and I do try to stick to that)
>
> Yes. I just don't remember the place!

lol you would if the place never changed


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>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 1/12/2014 5:31 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>>>> On 1/12/2014 5:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just don't care. And I never said that I had never heard of it. I
>>>>>> believe it was a book or a series of books and then a movie. I only
>>>>>> like certain types of books and most movies do not interest me.
>>>>>> Whatever genre it is, does not interest me and most certainly would
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> interest my daughter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you or daughter read Nancy Drew books? Those are the books that
>>>>> got me hooked on reading, but I was much younger than daughter is now
>>>>> when I started my first Nancy Drew book.
>>>>>
>>>> I had a whole slew of Nancy Drew books. I was reading them in the
>>>> 1960's even before I started going to school. I guess I was
>>>> precocious. I gather they were written for the pre-teen/young teen
>>>> readers. I had quite a collection of Nancy Drew books. I read them
>>>> all again before finally donating them to a library when I moved.
>>>
>>> I think they were written for that age but at that age, I was only
>>> interested in books written for adults. Had I seen such a book in
>>> perhaps 2nd or 3rd grade then I might have liked it.
>>
>> I've been an avid reader all my life, so much so that I once nearly
>> burned down my bedroom by using a candle. The window was open and it
>> blew the curtain onto the flame I shouted down that there was a fire
>> and my Father thought was dreaming and said ... yes, yes, go back to
>> sleep ....
>
> I used candles and a flashlight too.

Yes, after the 'candle' event, it was flashlight under the bedclothes
thereafter

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On Saturday, January 11, 2014 7:32:09 AM UTC-6, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>
>
>
> > Uh... Dunno. Don't even know what a Hobbit is and don't care.
>
>
>
> Your poor daughter.
>
That's the least of her problems. Besides, who has any idea if this is true?
The Bovine just pulls stuff out of her ass.
>
> Janet UK

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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...

> lol you would if the place never changed

Wanna bet? I bought iron on labels for my MIL's clothes. Thought I put
them in my closet but was never able to find them. Not even when I did a
thorough clean out of the closet. So I ordered more. The first set had her
room number on them and wouldn't you know right after I ordered them, they
put her in the new room. What became of the second set? Dunno. I thought
I put those in the junk drawer in the kitchen. And yes I have cleaned that
out too.

Then last year I ordered a couple of faux crystal ballerina ornaments to
give Angela at recital. I tend to give her different things rather than
flowers mainly because my mom is allergic to pretty much all flowers and a
person can use only so many faux flowers.

But then? She wasn't in the recital and I forgot about the ornaments until
just before Christmas. Decided to give them to her then to put on the tree.
And do you think I could find them? I could have sworn that they were on
the same shelf in my closet where I had put those labels. And what do you
think I found? Yep. The labels! With the wrong room number on them.
*sigh* They were there big as day and twice as ugly and yet my eyes passed
over them again and again.

Of course the stupid ornaments were there too. I swear sometimes I think
this house is haunted. I decided to make it my career to find those
ornaments so I cleared off the whole entire shelf where I thought they were.
It was bare. I saw it bare. And then something hit my hand. And what was
it? Yep. The ornaments, wrapped in the lavender tissue paper they came
packed in. It was as if they fell from the sky or something. Grrr...

Sometimes I feel as though I have psychic hands and other times they fail
me. They used to do quite well at work though. When I was working POS, we
often had to change the prices on items when our cost went up. This was
fairly easy to do in most departments but sometimes I got stumped with the
fishing, automotive or the hardware departments. Even in cosmetics, they
might merely list something as "Billionaire Blue". That turned out to be a
Max Factor eye shadow. I didn't find that one though. A cross dresser told
me what it was. My friend and I were sitting on the floor reading the
paperwork and when we commented on the item, this cross dresser appeared out
of nowhere and showed us a package. Most of the time we were not that lucky
though.

Time after time when I didn't know what the item was, I would walk around to
the section where I thought the item might be, put my hand out and it would
just instinctively go to the item. I did that so many times that my
coworkers would come to me to have me find things for them.

At home though, that doesn't always work because my mind will tell me
something like that I put the item in one place. That will be stuck in my
mind and sometimes my hand will tell me otherwise.

Like a few weeks ago. Could not find my car keys. I quit putting them in
my purse because my current purse has no zippered compartment for them so I
try to keep them on my computer desk. But when I first come in, they might
wind up in the kitchen or the bathroom if I have to dash into one of those
places first. Sometimes while in the kitchen the phone will ring or or I'll
have to get dinner started right away and the keys will stay there until I
remember to take them to the desk. But this time, I could trace back in my
mind that I had forgotten something in my van a few days prior and I'd used
them to get into it. This was during winter break. We has not left the
house or gotten the mail for a few days. I was starting to freak because I
was about to be late for an appointment.

Time and time again, my hand was drawn to a certain part of my computer desk
but my eyes were telling me there was nothing there. So I kept ignoring it.
Meanwhile, Angela and I were running all over the house looking in any and
all places where the lost keys had been found before. Finally, I just told
her that my hand was soooo drawn to that spot that they just had to be
there! This time I used a strong flashlight. And sure enough! My monitor
is on a low stand that is open underneath. Much to my dismay, things often
get pushed under there and they're not necessarily easily seen. And in the
case of my screwdriver and lip balm, will roll to clear to the back of it!
The keys however, despite being on a huge jailer's ring and also having a
purple coily wrist band on them got all smooshed up inside the the leg of
the beast which is a thick walled open loop design. They were positioned in
such a way that I could not feel them when I swept my hand underneath nor
could they be easily seen. Only with the flashlight could I find them.

My mom also sometimes gets psychic flashes but I don't know how they come to
her. Once when we lived in NY, I couldn't find a newly purchased sweater.
My mom told me it was under the bed. I argued that it was not as I had
looked under the bed. So she marched right in and found it under Angela's
bed! How it got there is beyond me as I don't throw my clothes on the
floor. Nor had I put it in the laundry hamper. But I suppose that Angela
may have been playing with it or something. I don't know.

On 1/13/2014 6:50 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>>>>>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know
>>>>>>>> are so very
>>>>>>>> picky,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got
>>>>>>> cable
>>>>>>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box and
>>>>>>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be
>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE channel
>>>>>>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and switched
>>>>>>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>>>>>>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my
>>>>>> cable channels around. Very frustrating.
>>>>>
>>>>> I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep
>>>>> them in a folder!
>>>>>
>>>>> Much easier to look up if you are not sure.
>>>>
>>>> I would have to hunt down the folder.
>>>
>>> Now, now! A place for everything and everything in its place ...
>>> quothe my Grandmother and I do try to stick to that)
>>
>> Yes. I just don't remember the place!
>
> lol you would if the place never changed
>
>
Sounds like John. He jots notes on little scraps of paper and sets them
just anywhere, then wonders why he can't find them.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...

> Sounds like John. He jots notes on little scraps of paper and sets them
> just anywhere, then wonders why he can't find them.

Tonight Angela presented me with a Post It that she found on the bottom of
her foot. I'd had it on the monitor of my old computer but this one is a
flat screen and didn't have that nice space at the bottom for notes. So I
took all of my notes, put them together in a sandwich bag and put them in a
bin to the right of the monitor. For some reason that stupid bag has been
found in three different spots in the last 24 hours, and this last time it
came open. Must come up with a different system.

I did get a bigger white board when I got this computer. My $3 clearance
Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) one was getting so worn out that I couldn't
write on it any more and make the ink be readable.

I also manage to lose grocery lists. Thankfully I have a pretty good memory
at times and can usually do better with my memory alone than I do even when
I do have the list. All it takes is a minor distraction and I've forgotten
to buy one or two things on that list. Then the next time I go to the
store, I'll go fishing in my purse for the list only to turn up the
previous, lost list. *sigh*

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/13/2014 6:50 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>>>>>>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know
>>>>>>>>> are so very
>>>>>>>>> picky,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got
>>>>>>>> cable
>>>>>>>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box and
>>>>>>>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be
>>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE channel
>>>>>>>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and switched
>>>>>>>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>>>>>>>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my
>>>>>>> cable channels around. Very frustrating.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep
>>>>>> them in a folder!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Much easier to look up if you are not sure.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would have to hunt down the folder.
>>>>
>>>> Now, now! A place for everything and everything in its place ...
>>>> quothe my Grandmother and I do try to stick to that)
>>>
>>> Yes. I just don't remember the place!
>>
>> lol you would if the place never changed
>>
>>
> Sounds like John. He jots notes on little scraps of paper and sets them
> just anywhere, then wonders why he can't find them.

It is rare I can't find something. I really do have a place for (mostly)
everything. I talked about a list for the cable tv. It is next to the tv
... I think if things are in a logical place, they are much easier to find
.... but that's just me


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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...

> I also manage to lose grocery lists. Thankfully I have a pretty good
> memory at times and can usually do better with my memory alone than I do
> even when I do have the list. All it takes is a minor distraction and
> I've forgotten to buy one or two things on that list. Then the next time
> I go to the store, I'll go fishing in my purse for the list only to turn
> up the previous, lost list. *sigh*

I don't use paper lists any more. I have the 'out of milk' ap on my phone
and I use it.

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On 1/13/2014 10:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/13/2014 6:50 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>>>>>>>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know
>>>>>>>>>> are so very
>>>>>>>>>> picky,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got
>>>>>>>>> cable
>>>>>>>>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be
>>>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE
>>>>>>>>> channel
>>>>>>>>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and
>>>>>>>>> switched
>>>>>>>>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>>>>>>>>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my
>>>>>>>> cable channels around. Very frustrating.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep
>>>>>>> them in a folder!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Much easier to look up if you are not sure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would have to hunt down the folder.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, now! A place for everything and everything in its place ...
>>>>> quothe my Grandmother and I do try to stick to that)
>>>>
>>>> Yes. I just don't remember the place!
>>>
>>> lol you would if the place never changed
>>>
>>>
>> Sounds like John. He jots notes on little scraps of paper and sets
>> them just anywhere, then wonders why he can't find them.
>
> It is rare I can't find something. I really do have a place for
> (mostly) everything. I talked about a list for the cable tv. It is
> next to the tv .. I think if things are in a logical place, they are
> much easier to find ... but that's just me
>
I'm the same way. I keep a telephone list in a drawer by the telephone
in the den. I keep the channel listing on the coffee table next to the
remote control. A place for everything, everything in it's place.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/13/2014 10:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 1/13/2014 6:50 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I know, I know. Hard for
>>>>>>>>>>> a lot of people here to believe. But the picky eaters I know
>>>>>>>>>>> are so very
>>>>>>>>>>> picky,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I had an old great aunt once (my gramma's sister). When she got
>>>>>>>>>> cable
>>>>>>>>>> tv, she was overwhelmed with all the channels and the cable box
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> the remote. Afraid that if she switched channels, she wouldn't be
>>>>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>>>> to find her favorite channel again, she just left it on ONE
>>>>>>>>>> channel
>>>>>>>>>> and watched everything, good or bad.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We went to visit one day and my Dad grabbed the remote and
>>>>>>>>>> switched
>>>>>>>>>> channels. BIG MISTAKE@! Aunt Mary totally freaked out until he
>>>>>>>>>> changed it back to "her" channel. heheh
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I sometimes feel like that too. They just changed some of my
>>>>>>>>> cable channels around. Very frustrating.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I typed up a list of channel numbers and the names of them and keep
>>>>>>>> them in a folder!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Much easier to look up if you are not sure.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would have to hunt down the folder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, now! A place for everything and everything in its place ...
>>>>>> quothe my Grandmother and I do try to stick to that)
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. I just don't remember the place!
>>>>
>>>> lol you would if the place never changed
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sounds like John. He jots notes on little scraps of paper and sets
>>> them just anywhere, then wonders why he can't find them.
>>
>> It is rare I can't find something. I really do have a place for
>> (mostly) everything. I talked about a list for the cable tv. It is
>> next to the tv .. I think if things are in a logical place, they are
>> much easier to find ... but that's just me
>>
> I'm the same way. I keep a telephone list in a drawer by the telephone in
> the den. I keep the channel listing on the coffee table next to the
> remote control. A place for everything, everything in it's place.

My Grandmother would be very pleased with you

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On Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:24:04 AM UTC-6, Doris Night wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:17:38 -0500, jmcquown >
>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On 1/11/2014 8:32 AM, Janet wrote:
>
> >> In article >, says...
>
> >>
>
> >>> Uh... Dunno. Don't even know what a Hobbit is and don't care.
>
> >>
>
> >> Your poor daughter.
>
> >>
>
> >> Janet UK
>
> >>
>
> >My goodness! How could anyone have never heard of a Hobbit? You'd
>
> >think she was living in a third world country.
>
> >
>
> >Jill
>
>
>
> The Lord of the Rings series ranks number 2 on the Best Selling Books
>
> of All Time list, and The Hobbit is also in the top 10 (either #4 or
>
> #6, depending on what list you look at).
>
>
>
> I think I've read the whole series 3 times over the years, plus seen
>
> the movies several times.
>
There were a couple of years where I read the whole LotR series every week, so
I've read it well over a hundred times. It's my one legitimate claim to
nerdiness.
>
> Doris

--B

On Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:35:51 AM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
>
>
> I never did think the movies (there were many attempts over the years)
>
> did justice to the books.

I totally agree.

> But then I feel that way about most books that are made into movies.
>
Harry Potter was a notable exception. The movies were spectacular.
>
> Jill

--B

On Sunday, January 12, 2014 5:38:17 PM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> We were very lucky that our cook had worked in the Saudi embassy and so
>
> cooked North African food which was fine.

Because everyone knows that Saudi Arabia is in North Africa.

--B

On Sunday, January 12, 2014 4:31:55 PM UTC-6, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> On 1/12/2014 5:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>
>
> > I just don't care. And I never said that I had never heard of it. I
>
> > believe it was a book or a series of books and then a movie. I only
>
> > like certain types of books and most movies do not interest me.
>
> > Whatever genre it is, does not interest me and most certainly would not
>
> > interest my daughter.
>
>
>
> Have you or daughter read Nancy Drew books? Those are the books that
>
> got me hooked on reading, but I was much younger than daughter is now
>
> when I started my first Nancy Drew book.
>
There have been a lot of books for that age that make Nancy Drew seem unreadable
by comparison.
Check out the Newbery winners.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants...s/medalwinners
My wife is a young adult librarian, and she introduced me to a lot of great
YA fiction. I agree with her that the 1983 winner, Dicey's Song, is one of
the better books ever written for young teens.

Other great reads a The Hero and the Crown; Sarah, Plain and Tall; M. C. Higgins, the Great; Bridge to Terabithia; Jacob Have I Loved; Number the
Stars; The Giver; and my wife has a pretty high opinion of last year's winner,
The One and Only Ivan, though she says that unlike the others, it is more a
children's book than a YA one.

Other really fun books are nearly everything by Diana Wynne Jones (author of
Howl's Moving Castle), Margaret Mahy, the Alice books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_series
The third book in the series, Reluctantly Alice, is priceless, but best if
you've read the two previous ones first.
Then of course, there's the Anastasia series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_Krupnik

This might sound nutty coming from a guy who is engaged in writing an adult
novel, but other than Shakespeare, Dickens and Tolkien (I also have a thing for
Brautigan), I'd place most of the YA books I mentioned far above most adult
fiction.
>
> DreadfulBitch
>
--B

Ophelia wrote:
>
> ...flashlight under the bedclothes...

heheh I did that all the time when I was little. Bedtime and lights
out, and I read under the covers.

G.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> ...flashlight under the bedclothes...
>
> heheh I did that all the time when I was little. Bedtime and lights
> out, and I read under the covers.

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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> ...flashlight under the bedclothes...
>
> heheh I did that all the time when I was little. Bedtime and lights
> out, and I read under the covers.

)

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On Monday, January 13, 2014 2:22:16 PM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>
> >
>
> > ...flashlight under the bedclothes...
>
>
>
> heheh I did that all the time when I was little. Bedtime and lights
>
> out, and I read under the covers.
>
It's weird. As much as my son loves reading, he almost never reads at bedtime.
On a lazy day, that boy can read a 400 page book straight through. I wish that
he read more non-fiction.

--B

On Saturday, January 11, 2014 10:24:04 AM UTC-5, Doris Night wrote:
>
> The Lord of the Rings series ranks number 2 on the Best Selling Books
> of All Time list, and The Hobbit is also in the top 10 (either #4 or
> #6, depending on what list you look at).
>
> Doris

Sorry to be pedantic, but surely the bible, the
koran and Mao's little red book must all be ahead of it.

By the way, what's #1 on your list?

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