On 10/8/09 11:40 PM, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:28:50 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:25:11 -0400, Tosk
wrote:

In ,
says...

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 05:24:40 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

If an English lit teacher was passing out assignments assignments for
students to give a book report. Various books are chosen, some long ,
some short.

OK, the list has several *options* None are specifically required.
Here's a sample list:

"To Kill a Mockingbird"
"All Quiet one the Western Front"
"Gulliver's Travels"
"Moby Dick"
"The book of Matthew"
"Oliver Twist"
"The Trial"

As long as the teacher understands the report might not be positive
and that the reporter may point out incongruities in the story line
and historic inaccuracies, where is the problem?

The problem is that I am sure that "the teacher" wouldn't allow such
criticism of the other works... But I know, it's Christianity so it's ok
to just trash it and forget the content.... pffffttt...

I wrote a lot of cynical book reports. At least they knew I read the
book and perhaps even tried to understand what they were trying to
tell me in a real world context.

My problem with English Lit is that I never saw what others saw -
meaning that I never "grokked" it in the same way. I will admit I was
confused by that until I figured out why.

Everybody else was using Cliff Notes. :)

My favorite story about Eng. Lit. was when we had to read some Maya
Angelou - couple of pieces over the weekend for Monday morning
discussion.

I had been at odds with the professor more than once, but we had a
relatively cordial relationship. That Monday morning, the first thing
he asked was "Mr. Francis - care to tell us what you thought?"

To which I replied "if she's a poet, I'm the King of Siam."

You could have heard a pin drop in that room. :)

Oddly, I got out of that class with an A - apparently the professor
liked contrarian opinions. :)


If you are an expert in 90% of what you claim to be here, I'm the son of
Albert Einstein.


--
Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:26:51 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:28:52 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Anyway, I went out and bought a case of Sam Adams lager, case of Bud
and a case of Pabst Red, White and Blue.

I had half a case of Sam, 3/4 case of Bud and the Pabst was gone.

Go figure. :)

I am drinking PBR these days. I have trouble finding regular Coors in
a bottle, my other choice.
I used to always drink Bud but I just lost the taste for it and I
don't like the heavy beers.
I drink Busch if I can't find PBR or Coors.

I could drink my share of Coors back in the day. Of course when I
quit, there wasn't a lot of choice unless it was a regional beer - the
home brew and "micro" brew industries were in their nascent stages
back then.

I still think back to Dixie though - the single most god awfull beer
ever brewed, but for some reason it went good with boiled crawdads and
shrimp - boiled in Zattaran's of course. It also tasted good cold out
in the Gulf fishing. :)

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:51:50 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:


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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:40:14 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

I wrote a lot of cynical book reports. At least they knew I read the
book and perhaps even tried to understand what they were trying to
tell me in a real world context.

My problem with English Lit is that I never saw what others saw -
meaning that I never "grokked" it in the same way. I will admit I was
confused by that until I figured out why.

Everybody else was using Cliff Notes. :)

My favorite story about Eng. Lit. was when we had to read some Maya
Angelou - couple of pieces over the weekend for Monday morning
discussion.

I had been at odds with the professor more than once, but we had a
relatively cordial relationship. That Monday morning, the first thing
he asked was "Mr. Francis - care to tell us what you thought?"

To which I replied "if she's a poet, I'm the King of Siam."

You could have heard a pin drop in that room. :)

Oddly, I got out of that class with an A - apparently the professor
liked contrarian opinions. :)

The guy who taught our english lit used to try to trap "cliff notes"
and classic comic book guys by looking for things in your report that
didn't make the cheater. Even if I couldn't actually wade through some
of these door stops I would skim them looking for off the wall stuff I
could dispute, using my European or ancient history books. It always
threw him off so bad he just gave up and gave me a good grade.
That was also the guy who would just ask if anyone wanted to leave
after you turned in your work and got the next assignment. About
20-30% split right then and the rest sat around blathering about the
real meaning of Beowulf or something.
The back steps were right behind his classroom and there was a place
across the alley (at 18th and F NW) that would sell me a beer.

Loved Beowulf. But that was because out Eng 4 teacher in HS was great. She
did a reading of Beowulf with added sound effects, etc. Better than any of
the POS Beowulf movies. Then we discussed the book and the culture of mead
houses. But I go along with shortwave. Lots of the books I read in Eng Lit
were Boooring. I like good Sci-Fi and good history.

Me too. My undergraduate minors are Medieval French History and Art
History. Go figure. :)

To this day Shakespeare's Mid summer nights dream, is still a nightmare.

Tell me about it. :)

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:25:52 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


I could drink my share of Coors back in the day. Of course when I quit,
there wasn't a lot of choice unless it was a regional beer - the home
brew and "micro" brew industries were in their nascent stages back then.


You know, in the 40s, 50s, and even the early 60s, there were many, many,
regional\local beers. Hell, Pennsylvania probably had 50 or more
breweries. This micro brew phenomenon just adds $$cache$$ to the old
ways.

On Oct 9, 5:21*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:56:48 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



On Oct 8, 10:28*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:31:54 -0600, Vic Smith

wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:26:03 -0400, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:20:49 -0400, Tosk
wrote:

Funny, as soon as I started to read the above paragraph I knew it was
our WAFA spinning his tales again...

Add speaks Russian - probably in French - to the list of
accomplishments.

He is truly the most interesting man in the world.

Heh heh. Timely. *Daughters boyfriend, an international gadabout, left
a couple Coronas in the fridge while I was on vacation.
I passed, and grabbed a bottle of Harnas, "Of Polish Highlanders.".
Don't know how interesting I am, but drinking Polish hillbilly beer
should help that, along with my BAC.

True story. *We had a get together here a couple of years ago - Mrs.
Wave collegues, some of mine and a few oher friends and neighbors. So
I went out to buy beer.

Now you have to understand that when I quit, over 30 years ago, there
wasn't much choice for beer - in fact, the height of American beer
snobbery was Coors - which you couldn't get on the East Coast at the
time.

Anyway, I went out and bought a case of Sam Adams lager, case of Bud
and a case of Pabst Red, White and Blue.

I had half a case of Sam, 3/4 case of Bud and the Pabst was gone.

Go figure. *:)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Nest time go straight Old Milwaukee. or Strohs.

There won't be any beer left!

Oh beers - just got me to thinking.

Ballantine XXX (rat pee), Narragansett, Carling's (Mabel - Black
Label), Schaefer (the one beer to have when you're having more than
one - always thought that was a bit odd for a slogan), JAX, Falstaff
and of course the worst beer in the world that's actually good after a
while - Dixie. *:)

Oh - thought of another one - Hamm's - The beer - refreshing.

I need to do some research on that - there's got to be a website with
old regional beers I don't remember.

.....Around here, it was Blatz, Schlitz, Drewery's, Hamms, Bud, PBR,
Busch, Miller, Stagg, Little Kings, Heilmann's Old Style, Heineken,
Old Millwaukeee, Strohs, colt 45 Malt

There's more but that's about all I can think about in a minute..

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:26:51 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:28:52 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Anyway, I went out and bought a case of Sam Adams lager, case of Bud
and a case of Pabst Red, White and Blue.

I had half a case of Sam, 3/4 case of Bud and the Pabst was gone.

Go figure. :)


I am drinking PBR these days. I have trouble finding regular Coors in
a bottle, my other choice.
I used to always drink Bud but I just lost the taste for it and I
don't like the heavy beers.
I drink Busch if I can't find PBR or Coors.

I drink lots of water, and have been doing so for 22 years. Water's
not bad, but it's not a hot conversation topic. It doesn't get much of
a head, and is usually pretty clear.

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:09:14 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:25:52 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


I could drink my share of Coors back in the day. Of course when I quit,
there wasn't a lot of choice unless it was a regional beer - the home
brew and "micro" brew industries were in their nascent stages back then.

You know, in the 40s, 50s, and even the early 60s, there were many, many,
regional\local beers. Hell, Pennsylvania probably had 50 or more
breweries. This micro brew phenomenon just adds $$cache$$ to the old
ways.

Well, you're probably right my friend. Those days were kind of a
purple haze for me. :)

My "dark period" was truly dark. :)

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:51:23 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:26:51 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:28:52 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Anyway, I went out and bought a case of Sam Adams lager, case of Bud
and a case of Pabst Red, White and Blue.

I had half a case of Sam, 3/4 case of Bud and the Pabst was gone.

Go figure. :)


I am drinking PBR these days. I have trouble finding regular Coors in
a bottle, my other choice.
I used to always drink Bud but I just lost the taste for it and I
don't like the heavy beers.
I drink Busch if I can't find PBR or Coors.

I drink lots of water, and have been doing so for 22 years. Water's
not bad, but it's not a hot conversation topic. It doesn't get much of
a head, and is usually pretty clear.

You must have had some of that crap they had from the Phillipines in
SEA.

San Miguel I think it was called? Had to strain it before you drank
it to get the crunchy bits out? :)

On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 04:10:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Oct 9, 5:21*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:56:48 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



On Oct 8, 10:28*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:31:54 -0600, Vic Smith

wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:26:03 -0400, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:20:49 -0400, Tosk
wrote:

Funny, as soon as I started to read the above paragraph I knew it was
our WAFA spinning his tales again...

Add speaks Russian - probably in French - to the list of
accomplishments.

He is truly the most interesting man in the world.

Heh heh. Timely. *Daughters boyfriend, an international gadabout, left
a couple Coronas in the fridge while I was on vacation.
I passed, and grabbed a bottle of Harnas, "Of Polish Highlanders.".
Don't know how interesting I am, but drinking Polish hillbilly beer
should help that, along with my BAC.

True story. *We had a get together here a couple of years ago - Mrs.
Wave collegues, some of mine and a few oher friends and neighbors. So
I went out to buy beer.

Now you have to understand that when I quit, over 30 years ago, there
wasn't much choice for beer - in fact, the height of American beer
snobbery was Coors - which you couldn't get on the East Coast at the
time.

Anyway, I went out and bought a case of Sam Adams lager, case of Bud
and a case of Pabst Red, White and Blue.

I had half a case of Sam, 3/4 case of Bud and the Pabst was gone.

Go figure. *:)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Nest time go straight Old Milwaukee. or Strohs.

There won't be any beer left!

Oh beers - just got me to thinking.

Ballantine XXX (rat pee), Narragansett, Carling's (Mabel - Black
Label), Schaefer (the one beer to have when you're having more than
one - always thought that was a bit odd for a slogan), JAX, Falstaff
and of course the worst beer in the world that's actually good after a
while - Dixie. *:)

Oh - thought of another one - Hamm's - The beer - refreshing.

I need to do some research on that - there's got to be a website with
old regional beers I don't remember.

....Around here, it was Blatz, Schlitz, Drewery's, Hamms, Bud, PBR,
Busch, Miller, Stagg, Little Kings, Heilmann's Old Style, Heineken,
Old Millwaukeee, Strohs, colt 45 Malt

There's more but that's about all I can think about in a minute..

Blatz - now there's a name for beer. :)

It just goes to show you how much I've forgotten - hell, it's been 32
years or thereabouts. :)

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:10:34 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:51:23 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:26:51 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:28:52 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Anyway, I went out and bought a case of Sam Adams lager, case of Bud
and a case of Pabst Red, White and Blue.

I had half a case of Sam, 3/4 case of Bud and the Pabst was gone.

Go figure. :)


I am drinking PBR these days. I have trouble finding regular Coors in
a bottle, my other choice.
I used to always drink Bud but I just lost the taste for it and I
don't like the heavy beers.
I drink Busch if I can't find PBR or Coors.

I drink lots of water, and have been doing so for 22 years. Water's
not bad, but it's not a hot conversation topic. It doesn't get much of
a head, and is usually pretty clear.

You must have had some of that crap they had from the Phillipines in
SEA.

San Miguel I think it was called? Had to strain it before you drank
it to get the crunchy bits out? :)

Well, yes. Actually I'd drink about anything that had an alcohol
content. Luckily, I had an Engineer company with dump trucks and a
First Sergeant who was a wheeler-dealer, and a Post Exchange at Cu Chi
that was always needing laterite for its swampy parking lot. So we
always had free beer and enough steaks for a Friday cookout.

Times were good.