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The Culture Tent / Re: What did you think of the Odyssey?
« Last post by serious crayons on August 09, 2026, 04:50:44 pm »
I've thought about reading The Odyssey, probably with the help of a Cliffsnotes.

I know CliffsNotes have a bad rap for students using them to cheat on book reports, but I found them valuable years ago when reading Hamlet and The Sound and the Fury. And that's all probably in the past -- would students even need CliffsNotes to cheat on book reports these days when they could get whatever information they'd need from Wikipedia? And that's the better scenario, compared to using AI!



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Brokeback Mountain Open Forum / Re: Old time resident returns
« Last post by Front-Ranger on August 09, 2026, 01:19:56 pm »
It's fun hearing about all these adventures and Brokieisms again!

Do you still live in the Peak District? I recently learned that I need to go to nearby Shropshire to scatter the ashes of my friend M. and his dog Lizzie.
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by CellarDweller on August 09, 2026, 10:40:51 am »
Shuffalo, 3m 45s

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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by CellarDweller on August 09, 2026, 10:40:21 am »
REUNION Classic August 9, 2026

I solved it in 1️⃣9️⃣ moves!
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/reunion
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by CellarDweller on August 09, 2026, 10:40:06 am »
Strands #889
?Isn't that a bit much??
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https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by CellarDweller on August 09, 2026, 10:39:49 am »
Connections
Puzzle #1155
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https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections
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The Lighter Side / Re: Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!
« Last post by CellarDweller on August 09, 2026, 10:39:28 am »
Wordle 1,877 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ RATIO
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The Culture Tent / Re: What did you think of the Odyssey?
« Last post by Front-Ranger on August 09, 2026, 10:34:35 am »
Thanks! After reading that, I see I have to correct myself. The Trojan horse is not mentioned in the Iliad and only briefly in the Odyssey.
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The Culture Tent / Re: What did you think of the Odyssey?
« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on August 08, 2026, 09:20:28 pm »
Quote from: serious crayons on August 07, 2026, 02:07:08 pm
Having not read The Odyssey, I assumed the Trojan horse was in it. But I haven't seen any of the online Odyssey haters complain about that, so I googled it. According to Google, it is only briefly mentioned "through stories sung by bards or remembered by characters in flashbacks."

Here's information on the origin of the story of the Trojan Horse,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Horse#HeroSection
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BetterMost People / Re: Collections - What do you collect?
« Last post by Jeff Wrangler on August 08, 2026, 09:15:35 pm »
Quote from: Sason on August 07, 2026, 05:59:50 pm
Oh I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

I really liked those books. It's been many years since I read them.

Me, too. I found several collections with more than one book under one cover, so I bought them and got rid of the paperbacks, thinking the collections would take up less space on my bookshelf.

They do, but I regret the decision. You can't carry the collections with you to read one of the stories when you travel. They're much too big.
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