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

On 10/6/05, Julie Hoffman <tomatoejane2@hotmail.com> wrote: > What is "banyan day", page 157, Norton PB? > 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. Don Seltzer *** To be removed from the GUNROOM list send a blank message to UNSUBSCRIBE-GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG

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

In a message dated 10/7/05 3:06:03 AM !!!First Boot!!!, tomatoejane2@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > SPOILERS _ SPOILERS _ SPOILERS > > > >. > >. > >. > >. > >. > >. > >. > >. > >. > >. > >. > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > How they interupt each other and point things out, tell anecdotes and weave > in and out of the > essential matter, be that J ...

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

From: Eric Ladner <ealadner@COMCAST.NET> On Oct 6, 2005, at 8:41 PM, Charles Munoz wrote: > But what is "drawing"? I'd guess it means Jack, > without permission, was fishing or netting in the lake. << For no good reason I can point to, I thought it had to do with hunting or shooting. A low-level memory from Trollope, or some such?>> Drawing is a term that can be used in all three country sports - ie fishing, hunting or shooting. Chalres is correct bout t ...

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

In Testimonies POB refers to a form of fishing in Wales in which a device controlled from the shore takes a net out into the lake and then draws it back with fish caught in the net. John Berg johnberg@mchsi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Munoz" <Charlezzzzz@COMCAST.NET> To: <GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [POB] GRP RD: The Yellow Admiral and beyond SPOILERS > On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Julie Ho ...

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

In a message dated 10/7/05 3:44:17 AM !!!First Boot!!!, Charlezzzzz@COMCAST.NET writes: > Here's half an answer, Julie. A "mere" or "meer" is oldish English for > a lake. At the north end of New York's Central Park you can splash > around on Harlem Meer. I think I remember an old, minor JRR Tolkien poem that uses the term. Bruce Trinque 41°37'52"N 72°22'29"W To be removed from the GUNROOM list send a blank message to UNSUBSCRIBE-GUNROOM@HMSSUR ...

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

Charles Munoz wrote: > On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Julie Hoffman wrote: > What is "drawing the mere" , page 28, Norton PB //Snip// > Here's half an answer, Julie. A "mere" or "meer" is oldish English for > a lake. At the north end of New York's Central Park you can splash > around on Harlem Meer. But what is "drawing"? I'd guess it means Jack, > without permission, was fishing or netting in the lake. I believe you have the right ...

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

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 23:41:30 -0400, Charles Munoz <Charlezzzzz@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > >Here's half an answer, Julie. A "mere" or "meer" is oldish English for >a lake. At the north end of New York's Central Park you can splash >around on Harlem Meer. In the Dutch a 'meer' also is a lake, in oldish Dutch 'mere'. In German das Mehr is the sea. It must be an ancient Germanic word. And south of Amsterdam there used to be the Haarlemmermeer (=Lake Haarlem): ...

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

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 23:41:30 -0400, Charles Munoz <Charlezzzzz@COMCAST.NET> wrote: >Here's half an answer, Julie. A "mere" or "meer" is oldish English for >a lake. At the north end of New York's Central Park you can splash >around on Harlem Meer. But what is "drawing"? I'd guess it means Jack, >without permission, was fishing or netting in the lake. > Half an answer from Charlezzzzzzzz is worth at least three quarters of an anwer from anyon ...

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

On Oct 6, 2005, at 8:41 PM, Charles Munoz wrote: > But what is "drawing"? I'd guess it means Jack, > without permission, was fishing or netting in the lake. For no good reason I can point to, I thought it had to do with hunting or shooting. A low-level memory from Trollope, or some such? --E To be removed from the GUNROOM list send a blank message to UNSUBSCRIBE-GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG

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

On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Julie Hoffman wrote: > What is "drawing the mere" , page 28, Norton PB.? Jack says: Such fun I had here when I was a boy: mostly alone but sometimes with young fellows from the farms or the village - netting, ferreting, drawing the mere, poaching on Mr Baldwin's land, leading his keepers a rare old dance, wild-fowling in a hard winter Here's half an answer, Julie. A "mere" or "meer" is oldish English for a lake. At the north en ...

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

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 22:37:47 EDT, Batrinque@AOL.COM wrote: > >SPOILERS _ SPOILERS _ SPOILERS > >. >. >. >. >. >. >. >. >. >. >. > > > > >> >I think the scene of Stephen and Jack walking is among the most delightful >in the entire Canon. > How they interupt each other and point things out, tell anecdotes and weave in and out of the essential matter, be that Jack's description of inclosure or the fecundity ...

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

In a message dated 10/6/05 10:15:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tomatoejane2@HOTMAIL.COM writes: SPOILERS _ SPOILERS _ SPOILERS . . . . . . . . . . .   Julie, liking this book very much with its walks and dogs, its cruises and bucolic fisticuffs. I think the scene of Stephen and Jack walking is among the most delightful in the entire Canon.     Bruce Trinque 41°37'52"N 72°22'29"W To be removed from the GUNROOM list send a blank message to UNSUBSCRIBE-GU ...

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

SPOILERS _ SPOILERS _ SPOILERS Some thoughts and questions. What is "drawing the mere" , page 28, Norton PB.?  What is "banyan day", page 157, Norton PB? What do other lissuns think of Stephen's speculation of Padeen: 'was the poor soul consumed by a hopeless passion for Clarissa Oakes?', page 193, Norton PB? Thoughts: I find myself reluctant to read the last two books. I know who will die and how and I also do not want to come to the end. In fact, if TYA had been t ...

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104 Re: The Yellow Admiral - relations -- rank: 873

On Wednesday, February 4, 2004, at 03:13 AM, Sue Northcott wrote: > Stephen: 'Mrs Williams is no blood-relation of yours, I believe?' > Phillip: 'No, sir. My grandfather, the General, married again after > Jack's > mother died: she was called Stanhope. And I come from the second > marriage, > so when Jack married Sophie Williams, that didn't make her mother any > relation of mine.' > > This seems a strange conversation to me, anyway, but made worse by the &g ...

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105 Re: The Yellow Admiral - relations -- rank: 873

Do you mean that Jack is Philip's father rather than his brother? Hmmm. >>> martin_sj_watts@LINEONE.NET 2/4/2004 11:01:59 AM >>> On 4 Feb 2004 at 14:28, Matter, Justin wrote: > Sue C wrote: > <<In chapter 8 of The Yellow Admiral Stephen and Phillip Aubrey are > discussing the charms of Sophie's mother, Mrs Williams: > > Stephen: 'Mrs Williams is no blood-relation of yours, I believe?' > Phillip: 'No, sir. My grandfather, the General, married aga ...

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