What book on your table now

bertwert · 10-31-2018, 06:21 AM

Originally posted by RobA_Oz

Land Rovers were things of wonder, when they were new. The one bad thing about them (I discount the electrics, because they were simple enough at the time) was that they eventually led to the development of the ubiquitous urban SUV that plagues our cities with its bulk. Perhaps I should more accurately blame Spen King and the Range Rover.

Chelsea tractors.
Over here (Canada, US) a lot of people drive these giant lifted trucks that have never carried any weight or been off the tarmac.

SSGGeezer · 10-31-2018, 08:42 AM

Originally posted by bertwert

Chelsea tractors.
Over here (Canada, US) a lot of people drive these giant lifted trucks that have never carried any weight or been off the tarmac.

All the youngsters in my town are out in the woods and bogs with their trucks often. I see them coated in mud pretty much all the time! The older folks with big trucks that aren't used for work probably never go off road and think a dirt road is big time four wheeling!

Ratmagiclady · 10-31-2018, 10:15 AM

Originally posted by bertwert

Chelsea tractors.
Over here (Canada, US) a lot of people drive these giant lifted trucks that have never carried any weight or been off the tarmac.

Though I've discovered that in this town there's a place where a lot of them go to immediately hose down after... well, wherever they go to get them caked in mud, probably cause this red dirt really sticks sometimes. And the book I've got here is 'The Golden Princess' by SM Stirling, a bit of alternative-future fiction I've been waiting to get a chance to crack open a few weeks now.

SSGGeezer · 10-31-2018, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by Ratmagiclady

Though I've discovered that in this town there's a place where a lot of them go to immediately hose down after... well, wherever they go to get them caked in mud, probably cause this red dirt really sticks sometimes. And the book I've got here is 'The Golden Princess' by SM Stirling, a bit of alternative-future fiction I've been waiting to get a chance to crack open a few weeks now.

I haven't seen this book by Stirling. I am a fan of a lot of his earlier work though. Give us a review soon!
I really hate that an e-book is 10.00 or more. Amazon has caused an increase in costs, especially if you were a patron and fan of Baen books. Since they have a deal with Amazon, you can't get the monthly bundles past a certain date when prior to that, you could order bundles from 2014 if you wanted to.

Ratmagiclady · 10-31-2018, 11:34 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by SSGGeezer

I haven't seen this book by Stirling. I am a fan of a lot of his earlier work though. Give us a review soon!
I really hate that an e-book is 10.00 or more. Amazon has caused an increase in costs, especially if you were a patron and fan of Baen books. Since they have a deal with Amazon, you can't get the monthly bundles past a certain date when prior to that, you could order bundles from 2014 if you wanted to.

It's a continuation of the world from 'Dies The Fire,' (kind of another generation removed from the second series) ... I'd been following that series for years, and a copy of the first one I don't have a hardcopy of turned up in a local used bookstore I of course want to encourage, pretty cheap. They had the next one, too, so I may go back for that one next month, too.

RoxnDox · 10-31-2018, 12:18 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Ratmagiclady

It's a continuation of the world from 'Dies The Fire,' (kind of another generation removed from the second series) ... I'd been following that series for years, and a copy of the first one I don't have a hardcopy of turned up in a local used bookstore I of course want to encourage, pretty cheap. They had the next one, too, so I may go back for that one next month, too.

The whole series is well worth finding and reading! I have all of them, both 'sides' of the universe-shift, and have reread them more than once...

What's on my table right now (at work) is a whole pile of computer books, deciding what to keep and what to leave for others. I'm being retired medically and last day is next Friday, so there's 30 yrs of 'stuff' to sort... Will I need XML and XSLT and C## and... ? Who knows?!?

lesmore49 · 10-31-2018, 01:49 PM

The Fifties by David Halberstam. Also Churchill's Ministry of ungentlemanly Warfare, by Giles Milton and The German Soldier's Pocket Manual , 1914-1918...untitled.

Also John Sanford's Winter Prey and M.C. Beaton's...latest Agatha Raisin mystery.

My wife says I have wide interest in reading material and has never known anyone who reads so much.

I'm not sure if her statement is in my favour...or not.

Finding time to read is easier, now that I'm retired.

**ffking** · 10-31-2018, 01:59 PM

I'm reading Simon Reeve's autobiographical Step By Step - having been to 'An Audience With Simon Reeve' - a birthday present from my daughter - and got a signed copy.

bobD · 11-02-2018, 01:03 AM

Originally posted by bertwert

Chelsea tractors.
Over here (Canada, US) a lot of people drive these giant lifted trucks that have never carried any weight or been off the tarmac.

Truck! lol... we call it a ute..short for 'utility vehicle
A truck is a multi-wheeled commercial load carrying vehicle such as 'mercans call a 'Semi' ?

**Nakedgun** · 11-03-2018, 09:51 PM - **1 Like**

Just completed: "American Colossus, The Triumph Of Capitalism, 1865 - 1900" by H.W. Brands, 2010, 556 pages.

Here we witness the rise of the juggernaut, pushing the American economy to world preeminence undreamed of, while Brands also depicts life for the masses in many fields.
Like other works by Brands, this too, is recommended.

**ChrisPlatt** · 11-19-2018, 07:38 PM

We've enjoyed the BBC series "The Durrells in Corfu" on PBS.

For my wife's birthday birthday next week I bought naturalist and
author Gerald Durrell's three books that comprise The Corfu Trilogy.

If they're as good a read as expected he wrote several dozen more...

Chris

RoxnDox · 11-20-2018, 10:29 PM

“Designing Your Life” by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans. Having just been retired for medical reasons from federal service, I am trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up...

timb64 · 11-21-2018, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by RoxnDox

“Designing Your Life” by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans. Having just been retired for medical reasons from federal service, I am trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up...

As someone once said “Growing old is unavoidable,growing up is optional!”

bertwert · 11-24-2018, 08:02 AM

Currently working through Grapes of Wrath, I'm really enjoying the way it's written.

**Nakedgun** · 12-26-2018, 09:26 PM - **2 Likes**

Just completed:

"How The Scots Invented The Modern World"
The True Story Of How The Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything In It

by Arthur Herman, 2001, 429 pages.

Remarkable how they really were involved in the formation of so many aspects of the modern Western world.

Recommended.

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10-31-2018, 06:21 AM	#136
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by RobA_Oz Land Rovers were things of wonder, when they were new. The one bad thing about them (I discount the electrics, because they were simple enough at the time) was that they eventually led to the development of the ubiquitous urban SUV that plagues our cities with its bulk. Perhaps I should more accurately blame Spen King and the Range Rover. Chelsea tractors. Over here (Canada, US) a lot of people drive these giant lifted trucks that have never carried any weight or been off the tarmac.

10-31-2018, 08:42 AM	#137
SSGGeezer Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Indiana, U.S. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,845	Originally posted by bertwert Chelsea tractors. Over here (Canada, US) a lot of people drive these giant lifted trucks that have never carried any weight or been off the tarmac. All the youngsters in my town are out in the woods and bogs with their trucks often. I see them coated in mud pretty much all the time! The older folks with big trucks that aren't used for work probably never go off road and think a dirt road is big time four wheeling!

10-31-2018, 10:15 AM	#138
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Originally posted by bertwert Chelsea tractors. Over here (Canada, US) a lot of people drive these giant lifted trucks that have never carried any weight or been off the tarmac. Though I've discovered that in this town there's a place where a lot of them go to immediately hose down after... well, wherever they go to get them caked in mud, probably cause this red dirt really sticks sometimes. And the book I've got here is 'The Golden Princess' by SM Stirling, a bit of alternative-future fiction I've been waiting to get a chance to crack open a few weeks now.

10-31-2018, 10:44 AM	#139
SSGGeezer Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Indiana, U.S. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,845	Originally posted by Ratmagiclady Though I've discovered that in this town there's a place where a lot of them go to immediately hose down after... well, wherever they go to get them caked in mud, probably cause this red dirt really sticks sometimes. And the book I've got here is 'The Golden Princess' by SM Stirling, a bit of alternative-future fiction I've been waiting to get a chance to crack open a few weeks now. I haven't seen this book by Stirling. I am a fan of a lot of his earlier work though. Give us a review soon! I really hate that an e-book is 10.00 or more. Amazon has caused an increase in costs, especially if you were a patron and fan of Baen books. Since they have a deal with Amazon, you can't get the monthly bundles past a certain date when prior to that, you could order bundles from 2014 if you wanted to.

10-31-2018, 11:34 AM - 1 Like	#140
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Originally posted by SSGGeezer I haven't seen this book by Stirling. I am a fan of a lot of his earlier work though. Give us a review soon! I really hate that an e-book is 10.00 or more. Amazon has caused an increase in costs, especially if you were a patron and fan of Baen books. Since they have a deal with Amazon, you can't get the monthly bundles past a certain date when prior to that, you could order bundles from 2014 if you wanted to. It's a continuation of the world from 'Dies The Fire,' (kind of another generation removed from the second series) ... I'd been following that series for years, and a copy of the first one I don't have a hardcopy of turned up in a local used bookstore I of course want to encourage, pretty cheap. They had the next one, too, so I may go back for that one next month, too.

10-31-2018, 12:18 PM - 1 Like	#141
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494	Originally posted by Ratmagiclady It's a continuation of the world from 'Dies The Fire,' (kind of another generation removed from the second series) ... I'd been following that series for years, and a copy of the first one I don't have a hardcopy of turned up in a local used bookstore I of course want to encourage, pretty cheap. They had the next one, too, so I may go back for that one next month, too. The whole series is well worth finding and reading! I have all of them, both 'sides' of the universe-shift, and have reread them more than once... What's on my table right now (at work) is a whole pile of computer books, deciding what to keep and what to leave for others. I'm being retired medically and last day is next Friday, so there's 30 yrs of 'stuff' to sort... Will I need XML and XSLT and C## and... ? Who knows?!?

10-31-2018, 01:49 PM	#142
lesmore49 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western Canada Posts: 12,323	The Fifties by David Halberstam. Also Churchill's Ministry of ungentlemanly Warfare, by Giles Milton and The German Soldier's Pocket Manual , 1914-1918...untitled. Also John Sanford's Winter Prey and M.C. Beaton's...latest Agatha Raisin mystery. My wife says I have wide interest in reading material and has never known anyone who reads so much. I'm not sure if her statement is in my favour...or not. Finding time to read is easier, now that I'm retired.

10-31-2018, 01:59 PM	#143
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,038	I'm reading Simon Reeve's autobiographical Step By Step - having been to 'An Audience With Simon Reeve' - a birthday present from my daughter - and got a signed copy.

11-02-2018, 01:03 AM	#144
bobD Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Waikikamukau Photos: Albums Posts: 1,248	Originally posted by bertwert Chelsea tractors. Over here (Canada, US) a lot of people drive these giant lifted trucks that have never carried any weight or been off the tarmac. Truck! lol... we call it a ute..short for 'utility vehicle A truck is a multi-wheeled commercial load carrying vehicle such as 'mercans call a 'Semi' ?

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11-19-2018, 07:38 PM	#146
ChrisPlatt Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rockaway Beach NYC Posts: 7,692	We've enjoyed the BBC series "The Durrells in Corfu" on PBS. For my wife's birthday birthday next week I bought naturalist and author Gerald Durrell's three books that comprise The Corfu Trilogy. If they're as good a read as expected he wrote several dozen more... Chris

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RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494	“Designing Your Life” by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans. Having just been retired for medical reasons from federal service, I am trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up...

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timb64 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: /Situation : Doing my best to avoid idiots! Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,510	Originally posted by RoxnDox “Designing Your Life” by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans. Having just been retired for medical reasons from federal service, I am trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up... As someone once said “Growing old is unavoidable,growing up is optional!”

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bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Currently working through Grapes of Wrath, I'm really enjoying the way it's written.

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