I get Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair confused. Didn’t really like either of them. Been a while since I read any Bradbury or Heinlein.
From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 2:01 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bored I talked to an old college friend the other day, he had just read and was recommending “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 2:54 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bored Books are better. I found the 1911 edition of the Boy Scouts Handbook enlightening. The views expressed by the author(s) are a glimpse into a different time. It also discusses survival and outdoor skills in broad terms. If you tried to build a bow or a log cabin from the instructions in that book you'd have to do a lot of your own figuring to fill in the blanks, but maybe that's the whole point, and maybe that's the piece we're missing from society today. Like maybe the journey of figuring out the precise techniques to carve the notches into the logs is a better experience than emulating a you-tuber who shows you every single step. My other recent recreational book was the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees. I lived 40 years on this earth only ever learning a handful of major tree types (Oak, Maple, etc). I'm embarrassed to say I was calling every needle leafed tree a "pine" for most of those years. I finally decided to educate myself on the topic. On 7/24/2020 3:29 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: I am not much of a sports fan... I thought. But with no sports on I am really missing them. I would at times catch part of a game to pass the time. That option is gone for the moment and there nothing but crap on to watch... Need a good book I guess. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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