JohnJ Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 another day s.o.s. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, oldtimer said: And I cared enough to show you why you shouldn't have cared. In my book, the losers are the true winners. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 I didn't know you had a book.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Just now, oldtimer said: I didn't know you had a book.... oh yeah ... a big one. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Tolstoy big? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Dostoyevsky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 hour ago, JohnJ said: Except maybe @grasshopper not sure about you. We don't change. I was about to rant..... We have the kid. Came over at 6:30AM. put on peppa pig and make pancakes. Wife got up at 8 in a start. Had to be somewhere at 8:30. Dashed out, with the kid in tow ... to find out it isn't until next month... Prolly the first time she has been early for anything. I am exercising my right to disturb the neighbors. And watching some of a few ballgames. I mopped the floors while wife was finding that she was early.... I am done for the day.... puttering will happen ...I'm trying not to.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Just now, Sancho Panza said: Dostoyevsky Just now, Sancho Panza said: Dostoyevsky Not known for overly long novels. Just finished Brothers Karamazov. Definitely my favorite Russian author. Tolstoy is mere chick lit by comparison. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Mine, too. Back during the Cold War, I had a friend who went to Russia as a translator for the uS gov’t. Bought several Russian (in English) books for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 58 minutes ago, oldtimer said: Tolstoy big? Melville big? Maritime themed. @BigStewMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Melville is worth reading. You can see the difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sancho Panza said: Mine, too. Back during the Cold War, I had a friend who went to Russia as a translator for the uS gov’t. Bought several Russian (in English) books for me. (don't let anyone know) I have already been called Mr. Braintrust by a lesser educated person here and would hate to be classified as an elitist. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 minute ago, oldtimer said: Melville is worth reading. You can see the difference. Moby Dick might as well be an STD. I forced myself to re-read it a few years ago. I still didn’t enjoy sentences that covered a whole page. The damn fish doesn’t make an appearance until the last few pages. Call me disappointed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 minute ago, DizRotus said: Moby Dick might as well be an STD. I forced myself to re-read it a few years ago. I still didn’t enjoy sentences that covered a whole page. The damn fish doesn’t make an appearance until the last few pages. Call me disappointed. I felt that way until halfway through. Then I could not put it down. You know, he has several short stories or novels that still produce a lot of knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Faulkner has long sentences too, but his novels are an American treasure. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted March 7, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 7, 2020 I came here because of speakers, but stayed because of characters. All you fancy people with your reading and books. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Just now, dtel said: I came here because of speakers, but stayed because of characters. All you fancy people with your reading and books. Sorry. We are what we are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, DizRotus said: Call me disappointed. LOL. Call that other guy Ishmael. And he alone survived to tell thee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Californians like Steinbeck. I pity the fools who like Steinbeck over Faulkner. So tell me Diz, who do you prefer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 10 minutes ago, dtel said: All you fancy people with your reading and books. they just like to show off ... "ooh, look at me, I can read." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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