Bob Crantz wrote:

We watched the weather all through that awful night, and kept an eye on the
barometer, to be prepared for the least change. There was not the slightest
change recorded by the instrument, during the whole time. Words cannot
describe the comfort that that friendly, hopeful, steadfast thing was to me
in that season of trouble. It was a defective barometer, and had no hand but
the stationary brass pointer, but I did not know that until afterward. If I
should be in such a situation again, I should not wish for any barometer but
that one.

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Well, you got some bites but were they worth it? A tramp, a
broad, an other.

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Well, you got some bites but were they worth it? A tramp, a
broad, an other.

Flying Tadpole

So which one am I??? And you'd better be VERY careful how you answer....
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Well, you got some bites but were they worth it? A tramp, a
broad, an other.

Flying Tadpole

So which one am I??? And you'd better be VERY careful how you answer....
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In this case, Katy dear, you're a literary illusion. Try a
google on "a tramp, a broad".
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A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he
should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer? Shouldn't
he be above plagiarism? (snort)

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A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he
should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer? Shouldn't
he be above plagiarism? (snort)

Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to
automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source,
and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen)
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"I went with a heavy heart to one more watchmaker, and looked on while he
took her to pieces. Then I prepared to cross-question him rigidly, for this
thing was getting serious. The watch had cost two hundred dollars
originally, and I seemed to have paid out two or three thousand for repairs.
While I waited and looked on I presently recognized in this watchmaker an
old acquaintance -- a steamboat engineer of other days, and not a good
engineer, either. He examined all the parts carefully, just as the other
watchmakers had done, and then delivered his verdict with the same
confidence of manner. He said: "She makes too much steam -- you want to hang
the monkey-wrench on the safety valve!" I brained him on the spot, and had
him buried at my own expense."

Scout

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katysails wrote:

A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he
should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer?
Shouldn't
he be above plagiarism? (snort)

Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to
automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source,
and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen)
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Sketches New and Old, 1875; but I cheated, what did you expect?
A couple of the sketches we had at school, but The Watch or is it
My Watch wasn't one of them. Sam Clemens is one of the few people
I would _really_ like to meet in whatever afterlife there might
be. Thanks for the additional prompt. I think I'll print out the
E-book and crawl off for a quiet read now!

Scout wrote:

"I went with a heavy heart to one more watchmaker, and looked on while he
took her to pieces. Then I prepared to cross-question him rigidly, for this
thing was getting serious. The watch had cost two hundred dollars
originally, and I seemed to have paid out two or three thousand for repairs.
While I waited and looked on I presently recognized in this watchmaker an
old acquaintance -- a steamboat engineer of other days, and not a good
engineer, either. He examined all the parts carefully, just as the other
watchmakers had done, and then delivered his verdict with the same
confidence of manner. He said: "She makes too much steam -- you want to hang
the monkey-wrench on the safety valve!" I brained him on the spot, and had
him buried at my own expense."

Scout

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katysails wrote:

A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he
should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer?
Shouldn't
he be above plagiarism? (snort)

Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to
automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source,
and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen)
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Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to
automatically recognize the style, if not the immediate source,
and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen)
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I figured he hadn't written it....but he still owes the author the
remark....
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"Flying Tadpole" wrote:

katysails wrote:

A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he
should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer?
Shouldn't
he be above plagiarism? (snort)

Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to
automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source,
and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen)

Such a cute li'l budgie!

Seahag

Seahag wrote:

"Flying Tadpole" wrote:

katysails wrote:

A Tramp Abroad...one that I haven't read....If he's going to quote, he
should use quotes and give credit....I thought he was a lawyer?
Shouldn't
he be above plagiarism? (snort)

Ah, but you see, he thought his audience was erudite enough to
automatically recognise the style, if not the immediate source,
and he was right, wasn't he? (primp, preen)

Such a cute li'l budgie!


Nah. Just a little cocky.

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