Book Board Chat

Thanks, Beth. I'll go get it. 😉

Howdy-do. Hope all are well. I'm dropping by to ask for suggestions for a good book to put on my Kindle (would like something free from Amazon). I've been catching up on the Iris Johansen forensic-style books at the recommendation of a friend, but am about burned out on those now. Want something to read while I'm cooling my heels in a surgery waiting room next week. Next Monday best friend is having an elective double mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery (diagnosed with a small tumor in her left breast earlier this month, but she didn't want to chance a simple lumpectomy with radiation). Take them both, she decided. I'm 66 and this just makes me mad as hell. Got any ideas?

Mystery – You’ve got a circa 1900 New Haven alarm clock. Interesting wooden case. It probably needs a good cleaning to work properly because sometimes the mainspring gets gummed up from old lubricant and starts to stick and so won’t unwind cleanly. Looks like you could pry out the small nails or brads holding the back on the case look at the the movement in the case that way. Take another look-see for maker marks on the movement. The movement is probably held inside the case with some screws.

Dan, I shake your hand. And have a great evening! ciao!

He still lurks. And killed one very interesting thread about somebody's chain mail undergarment question with some banal joke about chastity belts he thought fascinating. I thought he could read this page? Is that true?

Bad Dan..lol. Don't stop doing what you do.

And hey everyone...I've been a member since inception but we enjoy our own private page on Facebook too.

Paula, I'm sorry you got pink-slipped for trying to do a good thing. The second try was also removed. It's not deep's doing (the current resident troll) it was you-know-who.

Sorry to hear of Maureen's passing. She fought a heroic struggle against insidious disease, and did it mostly alone, save for the support of a few friends who deserve medals. RIP.

I have one of those apple peeler/corer/slicer machines and adore it. I make applesauce year-round and it's delicious. I use combinations of apples, like Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Gala or Fuji, and Braeburn if they're available. That machine makes quick work of the hard part. Yesterday I got permission to let a 9-month-old baby try some for the first time. He adored it; I was so proud. I do about a dozen apples at a time, and the recipe only calls for 1/2 cup of added sugar.

Wanted to wish all here a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Thanks for being here. I had seafood today for the tradition (shrimp) and tomorrow will prepare a standing beef rib roast for those of us without family. It’s a nice get together.

The mention of wearing a watch reminded me of something that happened recently. I was furniture shopping with a friend (Virginia) who’s a few years older than I and her daughter Sarah, who’d brought along VA’s grandson in a carrier. Somebody at one point asked what time it was….Sarah immediately looked at her cell phone, I looked at my watch, and Virginia looked outside to check the position of the sun in the sky. Gotta be a generation thing.

giny - As you know I tried my best to appreciate the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (and follow-ons) but just couldn't cotton to it. Think I sent my copy to Ruthie.

Then you have a genuine mystery. Those aren't Navy insignias and they aren't as old as World War II. That discharge pin is the star of your grouping. Hope this has helped.

Hmmm… that may be a World War I (one) discharge pin, now that I’ve checked. Would that fit with your grandfather? Soldiers didn't have to serve in Vietnam to wear the new subdued insignia, it went across the board. Everyone did.

Prior to lessons learned on the ground in Vietnam, officers and enlisted just wore their usual gold insignias. Which turned out to be pretty good targets for snipers. So they went to subdued black. I will say I have never run across a hat badge in subdued black; that item wasn't worn on the combat uniform. OK, your star US pin is one of two versions of the Honorable Discharge pin, the other being the more famous "ruptured duck" with an eagle.

mysteryhorse – You have US Army insignia (officer) in subdued black instead of gleaming gold. The subdued insignia was introduced during Vietnam and is still in use. The crossed cannons indicate the Artillery Corps. I see a subdued hat badge (the eagle and shield) and what looks to be a second lieutenant bar (if it’s gold, if it’s silver that’s a first lieutenant). The little round starred device I can't see very well. Can you do a closeup of it? Might be a pin for something after service, like the American Legion or VFW.

All, I apologize for my comments yesterday about the old board and the posters on it. Won't happen again. Looks like the side door is now closed too.

Looks like the old boards are >finally< gone. Musta been at 5:30 central time. Click on an old link now and you're redirected to the threaded board for that topic.

Jim - ^5 That board and several others should have been yanked already.

But I've been wrong before.

Sara - I think you'll probably have to take out the lock and disassemble it. When the key broke, the teeth had probably already entered the slots they fit. Magnets or a super-glued Q-tip won't lift them out of the slots for a quick pull out.

Beth - Haven't they always?

I dunno, ginny. I know I never need 80 characters to describe the dreck I sometimes sell. But sell it does.

I heard the reason the demise of the boards has been delayed is that all the programmers worth their salt are working on search glitches to straighten that out first.

Sam - That's called the spider dance...when you walk into a web and practically beat yourself to death thinking it's on you somewhere.

mim - I have no objections to your arachnid observations and I agree they are fascinating to watch, but frankly I'm terrified of all spiders. Have been since childhood and there's nothing I can do about it. Sounds like yours may be a golden argiope (plenty of google images to look at).

ginny - LOL! *only 92*

There is a ? on the old Book board about needing a site for authenticating an author’s signature. Anybody wanna go take a crack at it?

JIm - Auburn pulled out a nailbiter today with a new quarterin' back and without Cam Newton. Utah State hoped to add their name to the minimal list of those who defeated a national championship team in their next season opener and by golly they came close to doing that. Utah hasn't beaten an SEC team since the 1970's. But the Tigers came back and won. It was close.

Jim - You have a thornless variety. Here's a link to yahoo images of the thornless honey locust.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0PDoS4w6ltO_BkAA2SJzbkF?p=thornless+%5Choneylocust&fr=my-myy&ei=utf-8&n=30&x=wrt

hose = those

Jim, Look at Yahoo images of honey locusts. You'll see those pods and hose leaves and that bark.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=honeylocust&fr=my-myy&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

Jim - I agree your tree is a honeylocust. They are found in Alabama, too.

For those unfamiliar with Southernisms, the phrase "Bless Your Heart" has two meanings. One is good, meaning You did something wonderful and I truly appreciate it, and the other isn't so good...you've done something stupid. Ginny did something wonderful.

ginny - I came home from helping a friend look at more furniture today and found a wonderful box from you containing fresh key limes. YUMMM Only a few didn't make it through the shipping process but the rest will go into keylime poundcakes this fall. Bless your heart. 🙂

Someone mentioned several days ago about how they'd like to catch up on older PBS dramas like "Poldark" from the 1970's. Lord, I loved that show, and would always be home at 9 on Sundays to watch it. I recently rented the whole shebang from Netflix and caught up with it again. Interestingly, one of the lesser actors in the original series is still in the biz. Kevin McNally, who plays Drake Carne (romantic lead in a substory) and who was then very young and dashingly handsome, now plays pirate Joshamee Gibbs, henchman to Johnny Depp's Capt Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Time has not been kind to him.

Clarification - Neighbor found and bought that generator at about Day 3 in the outage. She didn't get it after power was restored.

casinokat - My neighbor has run into similar issues. Her 90+ husband has COPD and must have oxygen. After the tornado we had on April 27 and lost power for 7 days she bought a generator to keep his equipment running. Guess what? Her insurance won't pay for that. It was a life-saving measure and took her a while to find one in the first place, but her insurance won't cover it. That isn't right.

@Jim - I suspect most of us have owned computers older than Mr. Bodine and remember when DOS was boss. He shouldn't have assumed these communities wouldn't have the snap to take action when he did not.

You can go back and read his original message on the old Book Board that the chat boards will NOT be shut down on Aug 15. Seeya.

@beth - Maybe it’s the skeptic in me, Beth, but I have a hunch he’s been amazed by the number of excellent replacement boards that have been created, and from which eBay will not realize one red cent. Guess we weren’t supposed to be smart enough to carry on without them. Community announcements now seem to indicate Sept 30 is the closeout date.

John Bodine just posted on the Book Board (eBay) that the boards will NOT, repeat, NOT be closed on the 15th. His message reads:

"Although I haven't posted the final date for Chat and Neighborhoods, I will say here that we will not be closing them on August 15th. The current thought is that we will close them at the end of September or perhaps even as late as October.

Thank you.

John Bodine"

That was posted on the Book Board at Aug-11-11 at 10:59:20 PDT.

I do have a book related ?. The other day I read an article containing suggestions for revamping your own bookshelves. One thing they said was to get rid of anything that says Chemistry 101 on the spine or similar texts. Is there really no market for these? I kept many of my own zoology texts from a century ago.

He may hear from somebody else from the AB. Thanks...this forum is great.

Ummm...ok. I just wanted to know what it might take to ask webmaster to consider building a similar page for the teekers.

I hope this message will get to the webmaster. The Antiques Board now has a private home on Facebook but nobody can find us if they have legit ?? about antiques. We'd like to keep that site for social conversation. Understand you're doing something similar in this venue for the Glassies and the Potties. We'd like details too. Thanks!

There's a "shush" feature? How retro is that? Glad to join you but plan to be just a lurker. Will attempt a change to avatar image but am having a bit of trouble loading a jpg.