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46 Re: Nautic Sports (and BATM spoiler) -- rank: 633

On Wed Aug 13 16:04 , Jaap Fabriek <jjfabriek_at_GMAIL.COM> sent: >Personally I feel not enough attention is being paid to naval related >sports at all. IMHO opinion if Jack would have visited these Olympics he >would have spend most of his time at Qingdao where the sailing is, but our >TV shows little of it and our reporetrs know less about it though we Dutch >have some serious candidates afloat. Jack might also have had some >interest in rowing or shooting (t ...

Poster's Name:	Alice Gomez
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Message Date:	2008-08-14 02:01:32 UTC

47 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

On Jul 25, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Patricia Barker wrote: > As to the preceding 'bit' you mention, returning to the book I note > I've underlined the word Christian as a 'tempting' word to run with > in the context...but with O'Brian's use of the word , it's hard to > quite know what he's up to at any given time! True, but when the jigsaw pieces fit together assume the writer knows what he's doing, or if he doesn't know what he's doing, assume that the creative subconscio ...

Poster's Name:	Charlezzzzz
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Message Date:	2008-07-26 13:28:03 UTC

48 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

And have you noticed that she says about the path out of the swamp: 'To tea, then; and at least we have a Christian path to the house. Coming down it again, we should be wise to carry a gun.' **********Thankee again, Charlzzzzz. As to the preceding 'bit' you mention, returning to the book I note I've underlined the word Christian as a 'tempting' word to run with in the context...but with O'Brian's use of the word , it's hard to quite know what he's up to at any given time! Still, don't ...

Poster's Name:	Patricia Barker
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Message Date:	2008-07-26 00:05:44 UTC

49 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

On Jul 24, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Patricia Barker wrote: > ...my sense that the mangrove scene suggests a pre-Eden, but that > either way, the book deals thematically with psychological growth > and transformation. Glory be, Patricia -- what a marvelous reading! And have you noticed that she says about the path out of the swamp: 'To tea, then; and at least we have a Christian path to the house. Coming down it again, we should be wise to carry a gun.'       Charlezzzzz To be ...

Poster's Name:	Charlezzzzz
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Message Date:	2008-07-24 14:11:33 UTC

50 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

Hello from the binnacle light in Grimsby, ON As I await the clearing of the present hard rains before heading out, I briefly explored the archives of Open Sea and found some maunderings on BatM. The post needs work! I have done a minor bit of editing as suggested by the brackets. It's all rather tentative, but offers--if a patient body can read very closely and can follow the somewhat tortuous 'logic'--my sense that the mangrove scene suggests a pre-Eden, but that either way, the book deals t ...

Poster's Name:	Patricia Barker
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Message Date:	2008-07-24 13:19:25 UTC

51 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

On Jul 23, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Patricia Barker wrote: > Let's just say, with deepest respect to the rest of this prime > crew, that your presence here is soooo important to all of us. Hear her! ojs * Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it in long-winded stories to their grandkids. * To be removed from the GUNROOM list send a blank message to UNSUBSCRIBE-GUNROOM_at_HMSSURPRISE.ORG (Please remove this message when replying)

Poster's Name:	Otto Schlosser
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Message Date:	2008-07-23 17:19:08 UTC

52 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

Charlzzzzz, I'm saving this gem for a future good read. Right now, am having to submerge again, but hope to be back in the barky in a couple of weeks, with occasional peeks over the next few days as joyful respite from other matters. Sir, your year-long shore leave simply must not repeat itself. Admiralty orders. No yellow for you, Sir. Oh fiddle. Let's just say, with deepest respect to the rest of this prime crew, that your presence here is soooo important to all of us. Patricia To be r ...

Poster's Name:	Patricia Barker
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Message Date:	2008-07-23 17:04:41 UTC

53 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

  In a message dated 7/23/2008 10:03:54 AM Central Daylight Time, villiers_at_GMAIL.COM writes: > then suddenly she touched his arm. 'There is my bird,' she whispered. 'Oh, > > how I hope he comes.' > > > > ...> She had been gripping his arm: now she released it, saying, 'He did > come: oh > > I am so glad. > ...They stood in silence, slowly relaxing. > > > : [After Bird > > One he kisses Christine; after Bird Two he proposes. ...

Poster's Name:	G.John Marmet
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Message Date:	2008-07-23 15:50:34 UTC

54 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

 I have cruelly snipped Charlezzzzz's ever so delightful post: > then suddenly she touched his arm. 'There is my bird,' she whispered. 'Oh, > > how I hope he comes.' > > > > ...> She had been gripping his arm: now she released it, saying, 'He did > come: oh > > I am so glad. > ...They stood in silence, slowly relaxing. > > > : [After Bird > > One he kisses Christine; after Bird Two he proposes.] > > > > I nominate Charlez ...

Poster's Name:	Rosemary Davis
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Message Date:	2008-07-23 15:03:50 UTC

55 Re: Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

What a delightful explanation! You've given me much joy for today! On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Charlezzzzz <charlezzzzz_at_comcast.net> wrote: > I propose that POB was echoing Milton when he placed Stephen and Christine > in that swamp, which I take to be a vision of Eden after the fall. > > You'll notice that POB has placed two special birds in Eden, among > innumerable lesser birds: a Bird of Sunrise and a Bird of Night. > > I had long wondered why POB ...

Poster's Name:	Susan Wenger
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Message Date:	2008-07-23 13:38:51 UTC

56 Christine, and those two mysterious birds. BATM spoiler -- rank: 633

I propose that POB was echoing Milton when he placed Stephen and Christine in that swamp, which I take to be a vision of Eden after the fall. You'll notice that POB has placed two special birds in Eden, among innumerable lesser birds: a Bird of Sunrise and a Bird of Night. I had long wondered why POB makes so much of two birds. I even thought that he might have written his bird-scene in two different approaches, and then liked them both so much that he kept them both. But that ...

Poster's Name:	Charlezzzzz
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Message Date:	2008-07-23 05:46:46 UTC

57 Re: The Unrecorded Castaway - BATM and FSOTW SPOILERS -- rank: 633

        What ghastly things you tell me, Rowen, Adam and all. I try to avoid looking at the local weather but I do commiserate with all of you. I get pretty cross because the Weather Channel rarely if ever shows us what's happening just to our north in Canada or in Mexico or anywhere...I know they have little spots of world weather now and then and by the time I get my eyes focused, they're on to a commercial. Insular ain't innit. ~~ Linnea, a tropical flower in Western North Caroli ...

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Message Date:	2008-02-18 05:05:26 UTC

58 Re: The Unrecorded Castaway - BATM and FSOTW SPOILERS -- rank: 633

Hm, it got all the way down to 56 degrees F., here, with a lovely blue, cloud-studdded sky. My squeaker and I went to see Spiderweb Chronicles. It was Okay.   Bill, late of that famous, seamanlike ship of the line Thunderer, 74   32.7N 96.02W   "Surgeons are excellent fellows, and where we should be without them, God forbid..." ----- Original Message ---- From: Rowen.84 <rowen.84_at_GMAIL.COM> To: GUNROOM_at_HMSSURPRISE.ORG Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:06:14 PM ...

Poster's Name:	William Atkinson
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Message Date:	2008-02-18 03:41:06 UTC

59 Re: The Unrecorded Castaway - BATM and FSOTW SPOILERS -- rank: 633

On Feb 17, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Adam Quinan wrote: > On Feb 17, 2008 1:06 PM, Rowen.84 <rowen.84_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> golf? GOLF?!!! oh fie! >> I'm sitting here in the middle of ANOTHER blizzard, the whole world >> white and windy and impassible, and somewhere out there there's a >> world with GOLF??!!! Green grass??? oh, the things you tell me, >> David! >> > > Blizzard, I dream of a blizzard when we currently have freezing rain & ...

Poster's Name:	Rowen.84
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Message Date:	2008-02-17 21:27:18 UTC

60 Re: The Unrecorded Castaway - BATM and FSOTW SPOILERS -- rank: 633

On Feb 17, 2008 1:06 PM, Rowen.84 <rowen.84_at_gmail.com> wrote: > golf? GOLF?!!! oh fie! > I'm sitting here in the middle of ANOTHER blizzard, the whole world > white and windy and impassible, and somewhere out there there's a > world with GOLF??!!! Green grass??? oh, the things you tell me, David! > Blizzard, I dream of a blizzard when we currently have freezing rain on top of the snow from the last week's storm.

Poster's Name:	Adam Quinan
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Message Date:	2008-02-17 21:08:45 UTC