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Book-Loving Family in China Slowly Poisoned by Their Home Library
Asia One ^
| Jul 07, 2017
Posted on 07/08/2017 7:03:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Can’t be my problem, I’ve only got 1500 or so.
Well, maybe a few more.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:06:15 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: nickcarraway
Maybe it’s time to consider a Kindle.
To: nickcarraway
Huh.
Can't be a problem with Western printed books or I would be dead.
Wonder why it does not bother book store employees?
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:10:32 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
To: nickcarraway
I wonder if it is the newer books that are causing the problem.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:10:52 PM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
To: nickcarraway
I’d like to have Ron White read this news story.
“The husband told the broadcaster that they had accumulated tens of thousands of them.”
[Takes a sip of whiskey.]
“The home was well-stocked with books.”
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:11:32 PM PDT
by
Chad N. Freud
(FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
To: nickcarraway
I grew up in big old leaky houses. It makes me cringe when I see people building houses that are perfectly air tight. Normal products and behaviors produce things that are deadly when concentrated. If something goes wrong — a gas leak, a spill of paint thinner, a clogged heater flue, purchase of any products from China....
To: nickcarraway
“Name of the Rose” by Umberto Eco.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:12:49 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
To: nickcarraway
We shouldn’t read too much into this.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:14:25 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
To: pax_et_bonum
"We shouldnt read too much into this." Nor should we be bound by any findings.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:18:41 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: dynachrome
Great book. Interesting movie.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:19:17 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
To: combat_boots
One of the few movies that did a good job with a complicated book.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:21:26 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
To: Joe 6-pack
That just about covers it.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:22:53 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: nickcarraway
Didn’t the USA just clear the way for the Chinese to be selling chicken here? Hard to find non-Chinese Tilapia any more. Canned mushrooms, vitamins. A cardiologist told me recently only eat fish oil from a Scandinavian country, other wise too much mercury.
I’m doing my research to try to avoid their products if possible.
From what I’ve read fish products may be caught here but processed in China. Ugh!
Anybody have info on truly American food products or at lest reliable sources?
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:27:05 PM PDT
by
lizma2
To: BenLurkin
Just goes to show, you really can’t judge books by their covers. They may just kill you.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:28:44 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: dynachrome
Except Bernardo Gui did not die in the book and the “witches” were hauled to another city to be burnt.
As William of Baskerville said, “They are burnt!” as he saw the inquisitors leave with their prisoners.
Bernardo Gui was a real historical inquisitor figure.
To: Born to Conserve
I grew up in big old leaky houses. It makes me cringe when I see people building houses that are perfectly air tight. Me too and I still live in a big old leaky house.
I think the obsession with airtightness began during the oil crisis in the '70s. It became the highest virtue to be "energy efficient." Consumers demanded it and builders responded.
As a result we are now seeing phenomena such as "sick building syndrome" and the Grenfell Tower housing fire in London.
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
True, but to make a good movie out of a book by Eco is an achievement.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:37:55 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
To: Joe 6-pack
We shall leave no dog ear unturned.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:48:00 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
To: nickcarraway
I'm glad that they were able to discover the source of their sufferings,
and turn the page on their problems.
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posted on
07/08/2017 7:51:06 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(My next tagline will be so awesome.)
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