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76 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

On 2/27/06, Joseph Alferio <joealfer@buckeye-express.com> wrote: > To My Fellow Listswains: > > Greetings! > > Please forgive my boldness, but I thought that I would introduce myself. > My name is Joe Alferio, I'm a resident of Toledo, Ohio. > > > Joe Alferio Welcome aboard, Joe! Always good to see another Great Lakes lissun aboard. As far as the event you mentioned, my feeling has always been that it was just like life, the way those things really ha ...

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77 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:57:10 +0000, Joseph Alferio <joealfer@BUCKEYE- > EXPRESS.COM> wrote: > >>To My Fellow Listswains: >> >>Greetings! >> >>Please forgive my boldness, but I thought that I would introduce myself. >>My name is Joe Alferio, I'm a resident of Toledo, Ohio. Belated welcome, but I just wanted to comment that I've lived there, my husband the First Mate grew up there and attended the University of Toledo and was in the ...

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78 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

On 2/28/06, Joseph Alferio <joealfer@buckeye-express.com> wrote: > > To My Fellow Listswains: > > > Let me just say this. I was an English Lit major in college and I have > read Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Tolkien and dozens of other classic > authors in the English language and I don't ever recall a more enjoyable > reading experience than reading these great works. > > I've always considered myself a rather cynical person and certainly not > ...

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79 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:57:10 +0000, Joseph Alferio <joealfer@BUCKEYE- EXPRESS.COM> wrote: >To My Fellow Listswains: > >Greetings! > >Please forgive my boldness, but I thought that I would introduce myself. >My name is Joe Alferio, I'm a resident of Toledo, Ohio. I first became snip, snip... > >Anyway, thanks to all for taking the time to read this, and thanks for >giving all of us POB fans a place to gather. And thanks most to POB for >providing ...

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80 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

Jaap Fabriek wrote: > Joseph Alferio wrote: > > > MAJOR > > S > > P > > O > > I > > L > > E > > R > > AHEAD > > >>Like many other fans, (apparently), my favorite scene is also the Pillory >>scene. When I first read that passage, I remember closing my eyes and >>actually seeing that in my mind, as if it were a movie. > > To me this scene makes a good second behind the ...

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81 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

Joseph Alferio wrote: MAJOR S P O I L E R AHEAD >Like many other fans, (apparently), my favorite scene is also the Pillory >scene. When I first read that passage, I remember closing my eyes and >actually seeing that in my mind, as if it were a movie. > To me this scene makes a good second behind the fate of Waakzamheid. But then I am Dutch and probably more involved with the fate of my compatriots then others are. Which I welcome you aboard, Joe: a glass of virtua ...

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82 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

On 27 Feb 2006 at 20:10, Adam Quinan wrote: > Welcome aboard and don't I hope I am the first and beat the Official > List Greeter and my fellow Torontonian Brian. As best I can tell, Adam, you have beat the OLG, and everyone else. Huzzah. Doug To be removed from the GUNROOM list send a blank message to UNSUBSCRIBE-GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG

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83 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

Having got my immediate welcome response off, I will return and treat you as a gentleman should rather than as the object of our game! I have put in a response to your spoiler question below. And congratulations on being so diligent. On 2/27/06, Joseph Alferio <joealfer@buckeye-express.com> wrote: > To My Fellow Listswains: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And now, for my one gripe, if you want to call ...

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84 Re: New Listswain Spoiler, The Yellow Admiral and later -- rank: 873

Welcome aboard and don't I hope I am the first and beat the Official List Greeter and my fellow Torontonian Brian. On 2/27/06, Joseph Alferio <joealfer@buckeye-express.com> wrote: > To My Fellow Listswains: > > Greetings! > > Please forgive my boldness, but I thought that I would introduce myself. > My name is Joe Alferio, I'm a resident of Toledo, Ohio. I first became > aware of Mr. OBrien's work when I saw "Maser and Commander, The Far Side > of th ...

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85 Re: GRP RD: The Yellow Admiral and beyond SPOILERS -- rank: 873

On 10/7/05, Linnea <ronlin2@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I love that country walk too and noticed it this way the first time > round. Sorry to repeat but I haven't contributed a mort to this Group > Read so am resurrecting my old post re TYA, and it has spoilers galore: ********************** Ah, it was well worth resurrecting! Thank you Linnea, what a wonderful post. I love all your catches on the significance of all the names especially- I would definately take them to be deli ...

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86 Re: GRP RD: The Yellow Admiral and beyond SPOILERS -- rank: 873

I've been ashore for a few days (d*** extensive/expensive dental work), and am just now looking in. I'm glad to see postings concerning our group read this month, albeit under different titles! It is nice to see some interesting discussions of the canon ongoing. I have no problem at all with Jane Austen (I am a fan, truly), but it was a little sad to see more going on in the Jan Austen group read than about the canon! Cookie 35 deg 39' 18" N 97 deg 30' 35" W To be removed f ...

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87 Re: GRP RD: The Yellow Admiral and beyond SPOILERS -- rank: 873

On 10/8/05, Clive Kaine <kaines123@ntlworld.com> wrote: > As in Windermere, the largest English Lake (sometimes called, > tautologically, "Lake Windermere"). Although, at only 10 miles long and a > mile wide at the widest, she is a mere (no pun intended) puddle by world > standards. There are several other lakes in northern England whose names end > in -mere. I always thought it was a Viking usage, but oddly similar to the > latin "mare". Anyone ...

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88 Re: GRP RD: The Yellow Admiral and beyond SPOILERS -- rank: 873

As in Windermere, the largest English Lake (sometimes called, tautologically, "Lake Windermere"). Although, at only 10 miles long and a mile wide at the widest, she is a mere (no pun intended) puddle by world standards. There are several other lakes in northern England whose names end in -mere. I always thought it was a Viking usage, but oddly similar to the latin "mare". Anyone know for sure? Clive 54.40N 01.42W > -----Original Message----- > From: The Patri ...

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89 Re: GRP RD: The Yellow Admiral and beyond SPOILERS -- rank: 873

I love that country walk too and noticed it this way the first time round. Sorry to repeat but I haven't contributed a mort to this Group Read so am resurrecting my old post re TYA, and it has spoilers galore: . . . . . . . . . : Linnea Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: GP RD: The Yellow Admiral: Open and Shut This seems to be a peculiar book in a way, just a ramble perhaps. However, I found it very satisfying on the question of enclosure, clarifying that enormous la ...

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90 Re: GRP RD: The Yellow Admiral and beyond SPOILERS -- rank: 873

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:18:37 -0400, Don Seltzer <timoneer@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >The RN weekly menu had four days a week in which beef or pork was >served, and three 'banyan days' that were meatless, generally with >larger servings of cheese, peas, and bread. > I found this as an explanation of why it was called 'banyan': "BANYAN DAYS were meatless days in the diet of seamen in the English Navy, so called from the name of Hindu merchants noted for their abstinence ...

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