Try some of John Ringos' original SciFi..
On 07/24/2020 01:14 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
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.
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