**Ladies and Gentlemen...IT'S THE FR SINGLES THREAD 2-4 MAY** On Reading...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

You could always read him Hansel and Gretel. You can substitute Hillary Clinton for the witch.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I believe I’ve heard him do that. I don’t get particularly annoyed; Glenn Beck does the same thing with other products.

[snugs]

My books were fairly traditional English children books which I doubt many Americans will have heard of it but here goes some may have.

Blueberry Farm
Millie Molly Mandy
Enid Blyton books including famous five and various other series
Chalet School books
Willie the Pooh
Now we are six

In addition I had a lot of bible story books plus some of my mum's book including Orlando the marmalade cat (my favourite).

[GOP_Raider]

I used to do college radio and a little AM board op work in the late 1980's and I remember these things

Ah. I don't quite get the timing of it because I listen to the show archives--I'm a Rush 24/7 subscriber. I currently work doing the TV equivalent of what a radio board op does (sans any reading of local news copy or anything of significance on the air). But it seemed random since I'm listening to an archived show...

[GOP_Raider]

Does Hemmings still print Hemmings Motor News? I have been considering getting my next car as more of a “classic” car so I can learn and/or teach myself about the mechanics of cars and what have you.

[GOP_Raider]

You can substitute Hillary Clinton for the witch.

Oh, I've already done that just not with the nephew. :)

[GOP_Raider]

Willie the Pooh

I was a big Winnie the Pooh fan when I was about 4 or 5, but he's not a year old yet, so I thought I could read him that when he gets older. I almost considered finding something like the old Paddington Bear shows (I don't remember that ever being derived from a book). :)

[GOP_Raider]

Oh BTW, did London finally get that commie Livingstone out of office or did they just swap one commie for another?

[Global2010]

What does Singles Thread mean?

I gloat at times about being single for life.....

would this be the right type of singles?

[WFTR]

For a little kid, I'd recommend good children's books, but I don't know what they might be. As a kid, I vaguely remember a book cover called "Where the Wild Things Are," but I don't remember whether I liked that one. I seem to remember some story about the elephant getting his trunk because a crocodile caught his nose and pulled until it was long, but I think that story was in a different book. I'd have to do some research before I'd know what to read to a kid.

For my reading, I've recently finished Path Between the Seas by David McCullough. I could recommend that book. Otherwise, I have several good books waiting, but I've been escaping into other stuff recently.

Bill

[WFTR]

What is Operation Chaos?

[WFTR]

LOTR is also good to read when sitting in front of a window watching snow fall outside. I remember reading LOTR this way when I was a kid.

[WFTR]

I also have The Complete Works of Shakespeare where I would read and kind of act out some Macbeth and King Lear. He’d smile and giggle as well as look at me like “what the hell is my uncle doing?” But at any rate, I do appreciate the sugggestions. :)

I wish you'd recorded that for YouTube. We'd have had great fun watching.

[WFTR]

I think I remember that picture, but I don’t remember the story at all.

[WFTR]

Some of us like being single, and some of us hate being single. Some are hoping to find someone, and others are happy with their current situation. There are good and bad ways to gloat. You’re welcome to give the group a try. We’d be glad to have you.

[OCC]

I forgot the details of the story, but wikipedia helped refresh my recollection!

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, 1939 (ISBN 0-590-75803-9) is a classic children’s book by Virginia Lee Burton, the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Medal-winning The Little House. First published in 1939, it features Mike Mulligan, a steam shovel operator, and his steam shovel “Mary Anne” (whose name was based on Marion Steam Shovels).

After many years of working successfully together, the two face competition from modern, diesel-powered shovels. Seeking an area of the country where his less modern steam shovel can still find work, Mike finds a small town that is about to build a new town hall. The authorities react with disbelief when Mike makes the claim that he and his steam shovel Mary Anne can dig the cellar in a single day; they protest that it would take a hundred men a week. Mike insists that Mary Anne can indeed finish the job in one day, though he has some private doubts.

At sun-up the next day, Mike and Mary Anne begin work and manage to complete the task—barely—by sundown. However, they have neglected to dig themselves a ramp so they can drive out. A child who had been watching makes the suggestion that Mike take the job of janitor for the town hall, and that Mary Anne should become the boiler for the town hall’s heating system.

[GOP_Raider]

What does Singles Thread mean?

DaveLoneRanger, the guy who is the keeper of the thread, is a lot more eloquent than I am, so he could give you a better definition. But for the most part it's us FReepers who are single--i.e.: not married, maybe looking for a special someone, and so on. As you can see, we do deviate from topics that aren't tied to dating and the single left. :)

Anything you want to add Dave?

[21twelve]

My son loved “Cars and Trucks and Things That Go” by Richard Scarry. (And don’t forget to look for the speeding mouse(?) on every page!)

[GOP_Raider]

I wish we had a camcorder around when my grandpa did the same thing when I was a kid, since he gave me his “Complete Works” book that I currently have. :)

[GOP_Raider]

I never really remembered reading much Richard Scarry when I was a kid, but I’ve heard that name bandied about in this thread. I just might look into that this weekend and see what I can find...