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Offline David In Indy

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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #20 on: July 09, 2008, 08:46:40 pm »
:laugh:  I'm not sure it would be a bestseller but it sure gave me a laugh!

Marie

I totally agree with you Marie! Not exactly the most "readable" four paragraphs, but a very good laugh all the same! :laugh:

Thanks for piecing it all together for us Jess! :D

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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #21 on: July 09, 2008, 08:52:05 pm »
Here's another one. The first one I quoted earlier was from the book "Devices and Desires" by P.D. James. I have two books sitting here, and I decided to quote the P.D. James book because it was on top. This next one is from "Long After Midnight" by Iris Johansen:

"Bitch."

(I'm going to type the next sentence too, because "Bitch" really isn't a complete sentence, is it?)

"The snarl came from the gray-haired woman from whom Kate had taken the sign."

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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #22 on: July 09, 2008, 08:55:00 pm »
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"Bitch."  The snarl came from the gray-haired woman from whom Kate had taken the sign.


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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2008, 09:25:27 am »
"The township is a sector or district of a city large enough to support in principle a full range of local facilities and a good level of employment opportunities."

Stop yawning.

And be thankful you don't have to work here. ;)
Will you stop playing with that radio of yours, I'm trying to get to sleep!

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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #24 on: July 10, 2008, 09:36:14 am »
"Later, Pissarro came to know Reclus at a time of political turmoil in France in the 1890s, but he was almost certainly aware of his published work before then."


Great idea for a thread! 8)


And, hi Saucy!  Great to see you Bud!  I'm at work too... thus the sort of strange sentence I'm quoting here for my contribution to the thread.




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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #25 on: July 10, 2008, 12:43:46 pm »
"I can only assume that if the hearing defect persisted the following year, the examining physician overlooked it."
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #26 on: July 10, 2008, 02:16:37 pm »
Here's another one. The first one I quoted earlier was from the book "Devices and Desires" by P.D. James. I have two books sitting here, and I decided to quote the P.D. James book because it was on top. This next one is from "Long After Midnight" by Iris Johansen:

"Bitch."

(I'm going to type the next sentence too, because "Bitch" really isn't a complete sentence, is it?)

"The snarl came from the gray-haired woman from whom Kate had taken the sign."



omg! - you read Iris Johansen novels?  what do you think of them?  (I'll confess they are a secret luxurious pleasure of mine, though I don't think they are particularly well written, lol)

or was it a novel your sister left at your house or somethin?

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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #27 on: July 10, 2008, 02:20:21 pm »
"I can only assume that if the hearing defect persisted the following year, the examining physician overlooked it."

Shasta what is that from??  (I feel like I've read it recently, something from the new yorker maybe?)
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #28 on: July 10, 2008, 03:29:23 pm »
"One sign of the prosperity of that industry and that era was that the average down payment on a local home had risen to $500.00"


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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #29 on: July 10, 2008, 03:46:56 pm »
omg! - you read Iris Johansen novels?  what do you think of them?  (I'll confess they are a secret luxurious pleasure of mine, though I don't think they are particularly well written, lol)

or was it a novel your sister left at your house or somethin?

 ;)

Nope! I bought the book. Actually Long After Midnight is the only Iris Johansen novel I've read. I've read it THREE times! I'm a big P.D. James fan though - Devices and Desires, Original Sin and The Skull Beneath The Skin, just to name a few. :D

Do you have some favorite Iris Johansen novels to recommend?



"The township is a sector or district of a city large enough to support in principle a full range of local facilities and a good level of employment opportunities."

Stop yawning.

And be thankful you don't have to work here. ;)

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I've missed you SO MUCH!! It's nice to see you here! :D

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