Northern weather

[robert.]

Wife says "we got a meter" I wonder if some day my daughter will say it used to snow a lot . I rember snow up to my head. Now it just snows to my knees.

[healey36]

So who is Mike Mulligan?

Roger - Never read "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" to the kids?



"Katy and the Big Snow" might actually be more appropriate for this event.



A couple of favorites at our house, a long time ago...

Healey

[sarge]

First book I ever checked from a library when I was a wee lad; I was so proud what with my card and my book!

I bought this copy to read to my son, and it resides in the Children's Classics section of the library at Dungfield Manor awaiting the time when he will want to read it to his kids (one night when the power goes out and the 'net crashes, in that brave new world).

[Rufus T. Firefly]

First book I ever checked from a library when I was a wee lad; I was so proud what with my card and my book!

Oh dear..... 1st book I took out of a library was towards the end of 2nd grade in PA.....Tale of Two Cities.... I think that I rather upset the librarian.....

I bought this copy to read to my son, and it resides in the Children's Classics section of the library at Dungfield Manor awaiting the time when he will want to read it to his kids (one night when the power goes out and the 'net crashes, in that brave new world).

I think that one of the 1st books that read to my children was, mind you a real and proper book, The Hobbit, folloewed by the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think that when we lost power for a day or 3 I read to them by the fireplace by lantern light one of Simon Green's Nightside books.....

[healey36]

I think that one of the 1st books that read to my children was, mind you a real and proper book, The Hobbit, folloewed by the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think that when we lost power for a day or 3 I read to them by the fireplace by lantern light one of Simon Green's Nightside books.....

And they were in therapy for how long? Agree, the Nightside books are fun...always hoped to one day be dosed with Revert.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think that one of the 1st books that read to my children was, mind you a real and proper book, The Hobbit, folloewed by the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think that when we lost power for a day or 3 I read to them by the fireplace by lantern light one of Simon Green's Nightside books.....

And they were in therapy for how long? Agree, the Nightside books are fun...always hoped to one day be dosed with Revert.

We are a family possessed of eclectic tastes and interests.........therapy is fun; just blame everything on your parents and you are cured.

Hmmmm.............daughter is getting a PhD in Psychology,

[rogruth]

Never heard of Mike Mulligan. My kids also had some exposure to non childrens books but not "A Tale of Two Cities".

[sarge]

When I was a kid I went from Mike and his ilk to books on aircraft, cars, biography, and history. Never did get into fiction and still rarely read fiction to this day.

My son went from Dr. Suess, Mike Mulligan, Curious George, Paddington, &c at bedtime straight to the two of us reading the Harry Potter books to each other at bedtime; he was also an early reader of advanced level books. Thankfully, he still is.

[up148]

Hmmmm.............daughter is getting a PhD in Psychology,

Well, at least you get to keep it in the family. The "Hobbit" as a bedtime story. WOW!

I didn't recognize the Mike Mulligan title at first, but when Sarge showed the cover I remembered reading this book in my childhood. Loved those kinds of books and there were quite a few. The were engaging and the imagination builders of the 50's. Didn't have electronic games and internet......we read and dreamed. Went hand in hand with trains, like Boys Life magazine and "The HO Railroad that grows".

Butch

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The "Hobbit" as a bedtime story. WOW!

Well, it was a good story with a lot of dimensions and lasted many, many nights......

[sarge]

Ah, "Boys Life". I remember great reads about the out-of-doors, tales of adventures, every back cover had adverts for various .22 rifles that were BSA approved in each issue. Shooting sports were big in Scouting then, and your own .22 was pretty much a requirement if you were going to play. I saved and skrimped for one; still have it, a lovely Mossberg 146B-A. I bought it used from the Scoutmaster, never could afford the scope for it, and would love to find one now. They weren't junk by any means, a very accurate well-made rifle.



Won't see that today in our emasculated sensitised politically correct BSA of today which denies any notion that there ever was a military or spiritual influence in the origins of the organisation.

I don't mind the adaptation to ever-changing social norms, for that means continued relevance. I do mind denial of the past, for that means an inability to learn from and profit from that past. Baby out with the bathwater, and it showed. I was saving that Mossberg for my son, and he was gangbusters in Cubs, but Boy Scouts had become so "safe", inclusive rather than challenging, and such a shell of its former self he found no adventure in it. It was about a year of boredom and he was through.

Luckily, he found that adventure and interest in (of all things) theatre, which just proves even his generation seeks challenges beyond merely the computer and the social media.

It's OK by me. He is growing and challenging himself. I'll keep the Mossberg.

[gregj410]

Is that your VW beetle Healey?

Yup, that's our 2008 VW Beetle, nearly exclusively driven by my schoolteacher daughter. Just had the front-end put back together after she ran over a deer.

What's up? You a Beetle fan?

Healey

Not sure how but we have 3 of them I bought my wife a yellow 2012. Then my daughter bought a green 2006. Then my wife stumbled upon a blue ragtop that was to good to pass on. I had to change the headlights in my daughters car this week end......ughh! Finally figured it out after watching YouTube vids. I like the beetles but hate working on them or any car for that matter.

[up148]

Well, it was a good story with a lot of dimensions and lasted many, many nights......

Yes, it certainly would last more than a few nights and "a lot of dimension" is an understatement.............I think it' a very interesting choice. Certainly would keep the troops interested and looking forward to bedtime and certainly no worse than "Alice in Wonderland".

Loved all the books and Peter Jackson did a pretty good job interpreting and visualizing the mental images. Harry Potter series is another winner for shear fun.

Butch

[healey36]

Is that your VW beetle Healey?

Yup, that's our 2008 VW Beetle, nearly exclusively driven by my schoolteacher daughter. Just had the front-end put back together after she ran over a deer.

What's up? You a Beetle fan?

Healey

Not sure how but we have 3 of them I bought my wife a yellow 2012. Then my daughter bought a green 2006. Then my wife stumbled upon a blue ragtop that was to good to pass on. I had to change the headlights in my daughters car this week end......ughh! Finally figured it out after watching YouTube vids. I like the beetles but hate working on them or any car for that matter.

Other than a number of nagging electrical issues the Beetle has been fairly bullet-proof and is fun to drive. We had a tire-pressure sensor go bad which was a bear to get sorted, and there's a short in the instrument cluster somewhere which only makes itself known on especially damp days (like a monsoon). One pisser is the headlamps are starting to cloud pretty badly which I'm sure will cost her (me) dearly to replace. This was the first VW for us since driving an '87 Jetta into the ground. When I was a kid The Old Man fed us a steady diet of Beetles, the last being a Super Beetle from the early-Seventies, maybe. Good fun, all of them.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Loved all the books and Peter Jackson did a pretty good job interpreting and visualizing the mental images. Harry Potter series is another winner for shear fun.

Butch

SyFy is currently taking the set of books from Corey on "The Expanse" on serializing it. I've read them all, my son has read 1, the daughter none and my wife none, and we all think it's a pretty impressive (and accurate to the 1st book, so far...) job of bringing it to the small screen.

After they did Clark's "Childhood's End"......I can only hope that they do more of the great classic SF books.