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Post by Black Hand on Jul 14, 2021 17:45:16 GMT -7
IIRC - it was slow in starting but picked up speed a couple chapters in...
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 22, 2021 16:43:56 GMT -7
Got anymore quotes?
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Post by brokennock on Jul 22, 2021 21:08:54 GMT -7
I do. But, I keep reading instead of stopping and putting them here. I'm reading it in my kindle app so I am highlighting and bookmarking a lot to go back to later.
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 23, 2021 6:37:53 GMT -7
I checked Amazon yesterday to buy a copy - $99 in hardcover is a little rich for me right now...
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Post by brokennock on Jul 23, 2021 7:46:13 GMT -7
I checked Amazon yesterday to buy a copy - $99 in hardcover is a little rich for me right now... Yup. Thus my reading is on my Kindle app. I love books, and I don't part with them, creating a storage issue among other things. At 1st I thought I would hate digital books, I like the feel and smell of a book, especially old books. But, with digital, storage isn't an issue, if I finish a book away from home I cab have another in no time, highlighting notes and sharing them is a snap. I can highlight passages or screenshot them. They are generally cheaper, sometimes by a lot, and if I really like it, I buy a paper copy.
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 23, 2021 8:04:58 GMT -7
Digital is great for the amount of books you can keep in one place (you should see my Kindle).
I still prefer paper...
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Post by brokennock on Jul 23, 2021 8:13:19 GMT -7
I definitely still prefer paper. In this case, as you've noted, this book is unaffordable in paper form.
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 23, 2021 11:18:19 GMT -7
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Post by brokennock on Jul 23, 2021 19:29:02 GMT -7
Have you looked at it there yet? I used to use archive.org a lot. But, I often find the quality of the imagery of the books is so bad some are almost unreadable.
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Post by Black Hand on Jul 24, 2021 13:46:27 GMT -7
It want me to create a free account to "borrow" the book (for 14 days). Haven't gotten than far...
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Post by brokennock on Jul 24, 2021 18:42:44 GMT -7
Really? I've never run into that with them before. But, I haven't used them in a while.
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Post by brokennock on Aug 8, 2021 18:04:10 GMT -7
Okay here is a quote I just have to ask about. I've never heard of this, "A man with strong teeth and long thumbs and fingernails hardened in candle flames was not helpless, even without any weapon." Huh? "fingernails hardened in candle flames," ?? Anyone ever heard of this? Can someone explain the mechanism by which a candle flame could harden a fingernail? Fingernail melts, I know, I've done it on purpose.
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ewoaf
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Post by ewoaf on Aug 13, 2021 4:08:51 GMT -7
Those known as crackers or gougers made custom according to Milfort's memoir (chptr 35 I think) that they'd grow, sharpen, and harden the fingernails like one would a quill with tallow. This was because they liked to drink and fight. They'd make a potato whisky and challenge everyone to fight, usually ending with someone getting their eye gouged out. They also wore iron spurs that they'd use to fight, even to bed. I'm convinced this is why we now have waffle house, truck stops, WWF, and now UFC.
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Post by brokennock on Aug 13, 2021 7:00:14 GMT -7
Those known as crackers or gougers made custom according to Milfort's memoir (chptr 35 I think) that they'd grow, sharpen, and harden the fingernails like one would a quill with tallow. This was because they liked to drink and fight. They'd make a potato whisky and challenge everyone to fight, usually ending with someone getting their eye gouged out. They also wore iron spurs that they'd use to fight, even to bed. I'm convinced this is why we now have waffle house, truck stops, WWF, and now UFC. Thank you. That is an excellent and very interesting reference. I'm still curious to the mechanism by which heat and tallow works to harden quill or finger nail. I would expect the two, especially combined, to soften them.
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Post by brokennock on Aug 13, 2021 7:05:30 GMT -7
Those known as crackers or gougers made custom according to Milfort's memoir (chptr 35 I think) that they'd grow, sharpen, and harden the fingernails like one would a quill with tallow. This was because they liked to drink and fight. They'd make a potato whisky and challenge everyone to fight, usually ending with someone getting their eye gouged out. They also wore iron spurs that they'd use to fight, even to bed. I'm convinced this is why we now have waffle house, truck stops, WWF, and now UFC. Also, if you please, would that quote be from this, www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Gen-Milfort-1775-1802-McCary/dp/B000INSBOGOr this, homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmamcrk4/mlfrttoc.html
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