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Van-go108
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"The Four Agreements"
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I agree.
It's all an illusion anyway. 
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fred69vert
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Location: Home of the US Navy Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, VA
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"The Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy" (the book is at home and I don't have the author). This one volume contains the three books about the Bounty saga, "The Mutiny on the Bounty," "Men Against the Sea" (the story of Captain Bligh's trip across 2000 miles of ocean in a 23 foot open boat), and "Pitcairn Island" (the story of what became of the mutineers).
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Beetlebaum
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coad 
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I'd better read this! My Dad was a torpedoman on the USS Tench. He said it was the dirtiest/smelliest place imaginable, but they did some damage!  |
My Dad was on the Sunfish. He always said to "imagine a 300 foot long sewer pipe lined with asbestos and filled with diesel fuel, battery acid, and 60 guys who haven't bathed in 3 weeks and you'll get some idea of what a submarine was like." |
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crofty
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Joined: August 09, 2000
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Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Mike Fisher wrote: |
I'd better read this! My Dad was a torpedoman on the USS Tench. He said it was the dirtiest/smelliest place imaginable, but they did some damage! |
My Dad was on the Sunfish. He always said to "imagine a 300 foot long sewer pipe lined with asbestos and filled with diesel fuel, battery acid, and 60 guys who haven't bathed in 3 weeks and you'll get some idea of what a submarine was like." |
Sounds like any Walmart I've ever been in
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TeamSpatula
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| The Sage wrote: |
| Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand |
Best book I ever read. Not only did it validate a lot of my own beliefs it introduced me to my wife.
Who is John Galt? |
definitely better than "The Fountainhead" although that one is good also. Whatever you do don't watch the "Fountainhead" movie, especially after reading the book - it omits 90% of the detail & nuance of the book...
my latest finished book is "The Goal", which is a textbook on operations management cleverly disguised as a novel...
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turboblue
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Haven't read any in a while.
Couple of my favorites though.
Wake of the Wahoo by Forrest J. Sterling
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
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69 Jim
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| Life and Death in Shanghai, by Nien Cheng. |
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the-jerm
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I forgot, I just read my kids a book about monkeys jumping on a bed lastnight.
Next is Everybody Poops. I heard its a true story. |
I figured I was not going to be the only one taking part in the kiddie library every night. 
Reading to your kids is a great experience though. I am glad I have the oppourtunity to do so. Even if it does get tiresome reading the same book 20 or 30 times in a row.  |
Agreed. It just seems odd to me to read to kids that cant even understand what i'm saying (both of my boys are 5 1/2 months old) but they act like they enjoy it. |
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Foxx
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| One of the interesting things about "Panzer Commander" is that he was in just about every theater of war that Germany fought in during WWII: Poland in 1939, Russia in 1941, Africa in 1943, Normandy in 1944 and the Russian front during the final days of the war. After the war he spent 5 years in Soviet prison camps. He became very good friends with those who he fought against during the time of D-Day |
i am a big fan of milatary history as well as true life storys about WW2 in all
places.
i can't begin to count all the books i have read.
"Patton, ordeal and triumph" is pretty good
"torpedo junction by Homer Hickam" is another about the u-boat war off the US east coast.
you'll like iron coffins,.. he tells his story from when he comes out of the academy as an ensign, to the end of the war where he ends as a captain.
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The Sage
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| crofty wrote: |
| The Sage wrote: |
| Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand |
Best book I ever read. Not only did it validate a lot of my own beliefs it introduced me to my wife.
Who is John Galt? |
I am not too far along, it is a 1000+ page book. Too bad Colin was in such a rush, we could have discussed John Galt when he was here last...
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is in my Bus. I re-read it often.
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cdennisg
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"The Four Agreements"
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Don Miguel Ruiz |
I made it through about three pages of this book. No thanks.
I spend alot of time reading books to my 3 1/2 year old daughter. We (my wife and I) try to mix up the reading list so it keeps the interest of both child and parent.
Right now I am reading "Fargo Rock City: a heavy metal odyssey in rural North Dakota" by Chuck Klosterman. Easy reading brain candy for me since I grew up not far from the author, and in the same time frame. Lots of useless trivia about 80's rock bands.
Next inline is "The Tipping Point", by Malcolm Gladwell. It comes well recommended. I have a few others that I read for awhile and put down, then pick up months or years later. Very rarely do I find a book that I can read for more than 20-30 minutes before falling asleep or losing interest. That's why I do most of my book reading in bed.
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Bart Dunn
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| keifernet wrote: |
| the-jerm wrote: |
I forgot, I just read my kids a book about monkeys jumping on a bed lastnight.
Next is Everybody Poops. I heard its a true story. |
I figured I was not going to be the only one taking part in the kiddie library every night.
Reading to your kids is a great experience though. I am glad I have the oppourtunity to do so. Even if it does get tiresome reading the same book 20 or 30 times in a row. |
Agreed. It just seems odd to me to read to kids that cant even understand what i'm saying (both of my boys are 5 1/2 months old) but they act like they enjoy it. |
Along those lines, the best kids' book I've read 50 times recently is "Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type." Those cows are cunning and a bit devious, with a biting sense of humor. "Baby Farm Animals," however, was stupid. I have never seen a puppy and kitten pulled around in a cart by a shetland pony like at the end of that trash.
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Foxx
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| Mike Fisher wrote: |
I'd better read this! My Dad was a torpedoman on the USS Tench. He said it was the dirtiest/smelliest place imaginable, but they did some damage! |
My Dad was on the Sunfish. He always said to "imagine a 300 foot long sewer pipe lined with asbestos and filled with diesel fuel, battery acid, and 60 guys who haven't bathed in 3 weeks and you'll get some idea of what a submarine was like." |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sunfish_(SS-281)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tench_(SS-417)
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Frank
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71Super4Rio
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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"The Four Agreements"
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I own a copy. Currently reading "Hug Your People" by Jack Mitchell, required reading for work.
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Da TOW'D
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I just reread Grizzlies and White Guys
a collection of stories and the life of Clayton Mack
a local hero grizzly bear hunter
I took the back cover photo
the same photo on the cover of the second book
pretty interesting life he had
hank
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Lee.
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Bart
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The Quick and Easy Art of Smoking Food. Updated for the 90's.
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53 0val
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| One of the interesting things about "Panzer Commander" is that he was in just about every theater of war that Germany fought in during WWII: Poland in 1939, Russia in 1941, Africa in 1943, Normandy in 1944 and the Russian front during the final days of the war. After the war he spent 5 years in Soviet prison camps. He became very good friends with those who he fought against during the time of D-Day |
i am a big fan of milatary history as well as true life storys about WW2 in all
places.
i can't begin to count all the books i have read.
"Patton, ordeal and triumph" is pretty good
"torpedo junction by Homer Hickam" is another about the u-boat war off the US east coast.
you'll like iron coffins,.. he tells his story from when he comes out of the academy as an ensign, to the end of the war where he ends as a captain. |
Frank......If you like military history involving German Submarines, operating in U.S. waters, you need to read this: "Operation Drumbeat" by Michael Gannon.
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crofty
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| The Quick and Easy Art of Smoking pole. Updated for the 90's. |
Sounds like something you'd read. |
I bet he can't put it down!
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