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Posted on 12/11/2003 2:07:57 PM PST by ecurbh
Last time I saw it was yesterday...
I was wandering down the road when what did I see? Something shining and bright on the grass beside the curb. I bent down to see what it was, but when I did, I managed to step on a rather flattened squirrel. Seeing that the bright shiney object was nothing more than a beer can tab, I returned home in dismay, to wash my shoes and fetch another pair of shoes from the closet. As I entered the house, I gingerly removed my contaminated shoe and tossed it in the washer, added what I deemed to be an appropriate amount of soap. Then, navigating my way carefully through the house, I managed to make it to the bedroom without falling down (a major accomplishment, if you know me). I rummaged through the closet until I found a suitable pair of shoes. I finally found the sought-after shoes, on the floor of the closet, right beside your wallet.
K
(PS...all parts of this story, except the part about where your wallet is, is fiction.)
I don't believe you!
They weren't even the same books! Seriously! Just for kicks sometime, see if you can get a copy of the SAME TITLE published later, and compare the two. They aren't the same at all!
I hadn't realized they'd republished the old ones. That's good to know! Now if only I had a couple of kids to read 'em to...
For the most part, yes. They removed the un-PC stuff and simplified the language; but they also published new books, until 1979. The reprinted books were the first 38 books of the series; books 39 to 59 were "new" editions, put out at the rate of 1 per year from 1959 to 1979.
Pssst... baby due in May.
Much has changed in America since the Hardy Boys series first began in 1927. The modern reader may be delighted with the warmth and exactness of the language, the wholesome innocence of the characters, their engagement with the natural world or the nonstop action without the use of violence; but just as well, the modern reader may be extremely uncomfortable with the racial and social stereotyping, the roles women play in these books or the use of phrases or situations which may conjure up some repsonse in the modern reader that was not felt by the reader of the times.For good or bad, we Americans have changed quite a bit since these books were first issued. Many readers will remember these editions with great affection and will be delighted with their return; others will wonder why we just don't let them disappear. These books are part of our heritage. They are windows on our real past. For that reason, except for the addition of this note, we are prsenting The Mark on the Door unedited and unchanged from its first addition.
Dear Maj. ****,
Hello!
My name is *****. My husband and I are friends of Andrew and Celeste. She gave me your address.
I wanted to write and thank you for your service. There are so many people across the country who are so grateful to you and all the other soldiers that are deployed and helping to protect our freedom here at home.
I have been involved with a group of politically conservative people who came together to discuss, of all things, the Lord of the Rings movies and books! It has gradually turned into a group of people that not only enjoy the books and movies, but also support and pray for each other and are very active in supporting the troops. We call ourselves The Free Republic Hobbit Hole and we’ve gradually gotten together and several of us have actually met and some have taken vacations together!
Whenever any of us has a friend or acquaintance that is deployed, they like to send that person a gift of appreciation.
So, you are now the recipient of a Free Republic Hobbit Hole knife...a combined effort on the part of many people! These knives have been sent all over the place! We have heard reports of a soldier in Iraq that the knife he carried concerned an Iraqi bad guy enough that he left him alone and another soldier was involved in an accident where he was able to cut his way out of his vehicle using his Hobbit Hole knife!
I hope this knife will be a blessing to you and that you will find it useful. You will note on the knife there is a web page address. You can go to that web page and find out what the Hobbit Hole has been up to and what it’s doing to support the troops at the current time.
Again, on behalf of my family and those members of the Free Republic Hobbit Hole, thank you so much for your service.
Sincerely,
Since the scheduling of the hip replacement (Feb. 3) she has now injured her shoulder and her knee. She is totally and completely unable to get up from a sitting position...that includes sitting anywhere if you get my drift. Wife has been dealing with all of that. And her older sister is coming (prolly already here) to help until the surgery...if we can make it that long.
Last night around midnight Nana had to go. So when she was ready she yelled for the Mrs. Mrs. was downstairs grading papers. I was online. Boys were asleep. Mrs. got up and said "okay I'm coming."
Nana didn't hear and yelled again. Wife said "I'll be right there."
Nana didn't hear and starts banging her cane on the floor! Wife yells up "I'm coming!"
Nana didn't hear and starts banging the cane again. So I went to the stairs and yelled up "Mom she heard you the first time, she'll be right there."
I swear I don't know what I would have said or done if she had woken up Luke. He's not been sleeping well anyway.
Then today wife gets info back on pre-surgery blood work. All of her levels are "abnormal" whatever that means. This is after wife pulled strings to get her in to see a friend of ours who is a pulmonary specialist. She had to see him so that he could take her off of coumadin (the blood thinner). Conveniently coumadin was NOT on her list of medications that we knew she was taking. Had they not found it she could easily have bled to death.
Also found out she's taking Zoloft, but "I don't know why."
Sigh...wife is all stressed out and will prolly come home with some antidepressants of her own when she sees her doctor tomorrow. I know I whined a lot during the production about having to take all the burden. But I had it easy.
We are investigating the option of short term care before the surgery. Especially if these abnormal blood levels delay the surgery.
Sorry for the rant. Ranted to my b-i-l yesterday, but he gave me a buttload of psychobabble about how "we need to have the conversation about how her needs and your needs aren't being met..."
But the fact is, no one is currently in an emotional state to have a rational discussion. Once we figure out this course of action though, we'll be seriesly having the discussion regarding long term care.
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