Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor is the one with the personal sub.
Of course, nothing was better than Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators. I desperately wanted an abandoned trailer in a junk yard for a clubhouse, and a chauffeur on call.
Eggs. The living legend needs eggs. Or maybe another milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2008 8:48:01 am PST #2109 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
P.M. Marc - Nov 18, 2008 8:48:20 am PST #2110 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Man, I loved that one, Hec.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2008 8:49:46 am PST #2111 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Man, I loved that one, Hec.
Midnight? Yeah, that was a great book. Ain't a rider can't be throwed, ain't a horse that can't be rode. Except one.
P.M. Marc - Nov 18, 2008 8:52:56 am PST #2112 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I had a fondness for the it. I had all the classic horse books as a kid.
aurelia - Nov 18, 2008 8:53:15 am PST #2113 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Infinity bookcase -- neat looking idea... but practically, how do you get at the books in the middle?!
To me it looks like there are no backs to the bookcase, so the middle is actually looking at the back of the books placed from the outside. I think. Now I'm confused.
It looks that way to me, too. Everything is only one book deep.
Tom Scola - Nov 18, 2008 8:54:16 am PST #2114 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I loved Encyclopedia Brown. I wanted to be him. And have what's-her-name for a girlfriend....
In his spare time, Encyclopedia ran a detective agency out of his garage with Sally Kimball, his junior partner. Sally was the prettiest girl in the fifth grade and the toughest, too. She was the only person who could stand up to Bugs Meany, Encyclopedia’s arch enemy and the leader of the local gang, the Tigers. Sally’s parents wondered if she might be a lesbian.
beekaytee - Nov 18, 2008 8:59:26 am PST #2115 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
I'm also a big Sinbad and Me fan. One of the select books I reread constantly in my childhood.
Great minds, Dude. Great minds.
The answer I want is WHY is that book out of print? It's a travesty.
DavidS - Nov 18, 2008 8:59:38 am PST #2116 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ION, I'm just back from Matilda's two year old check up.
She's 24 lbs and 33 inches, so about 15 percentile for height and weight. She is "beautifully proportioned" and speaking way over her age level. In fact, she's the most articulate two year old in his practice. (She can say five or six word sentences and have a conversation with you.)
Everything went swimmingly until the flu shot. But she was appeased with a bagel with cream cheese, JZ snuck off without causing a separation anxiety stir, and Matilda's now at daycare where she can sleep off her shot (I hope).
DavidS - Nov 18, 2008 9:00:53 am PST #2117 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The answer I want is WHY is that book out of print? It's a travesty.
Sinbad's usually not too hard to find, but the sequels are rare and expensive.
tommyrot - Nov 18, 2008 9:01:18 am PST #2118 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sally’s parents wondered if she might be a lesbian.
Nnnooooooo! Why must all my childhood crushes turn out to be lesbians?
Signed, still not over Zelda Gilroy....