Zep 0 #126 November 10, 2013 The green bible. Anyone who has a series Land Rover has probably read it cover to cover several times. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freethefly 6 #127 November 10, 2013 A book concerning how my family came to be in Missouri and Oklahoma. Trail of Tears. The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation. By John Ehle"...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #128 November 10, 2013 QuoteSo, what are you reading at the moment? The computer screen as I type this post.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milesmanner 0 #129 November 10, 2013 Banana by Dan Koepel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrDom 0 #130 November 10, 2013 Right now a few things: Transcending Fear Emergency Medicine - A Comprehensive Review Just finished the "Game of Thrones" last book and waiting for the next to finish. The SIM in my spare time "Finance for the non financial manager" i'm so fun...You are not the contents of your wallet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #131 November 10, 2013 'True Unity, The Life of Tom Dorrance' Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godfrog 2 #132 November 11, 2013 THIS STUPID POST!!!Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #133 November 11, 2013 Just read "The Blood Gospel" By Rollings and Cantrell over the holiday. Very different from Rollins' usual stuff, but a good beach read none the less. I tend to like easy to pick up and stop books when traveling. More involved stuff like Black Swan and the likes get me too worked up. Also almost done with "The Belial Stone" by Brady. Cheap buy for the Kindle, and a decent page turner too. Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #134 November 11, 2013 Don't read it! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #135 November 11, 2013 masterrig Don't read it! Chuck Well said (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #136 November 12, 2013 The Big Nowhere by James Elroy (part of the 'L.A. Confidential series). It's incredible how detailed and complete and how dark and fucked up the world he creates is. The inside of his head must be a disturbing place.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godfrog 2 #137 November 12, 2013 masterrig Don't read it! Chuck well he did ask what I was reading "at the moment" Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #138 November 12, 2013 godfrog ***Don't read it! Chuck well he did ask what I was reading "at the moment" Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,053 #139 November 12, 2013 Yesterday, I went to the Woodring Wall of Honor Dedication Ceremony in Enid Oklahoma (now the permanent home of the Vietnam traveling wall) While there, I met Colonel Lee Ellis (Ret) a former POW in 'Nam for 5 years. He knew my former SERE Commander - Col. Nick Rowe; also a 'Nam POW for five years. Col. Ellis wrote a book, "Leading with Honor. Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton." I bought a autographed copy of his book and will start it tonight... I'll let you know when I'm done.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #140 November 12, 2013 Sounds like a good read!! I'm going to check it out. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boomerdog 0 #141 November 12, 2013 Finishing up on the Normandy Invasion by Stephen Ambrose and just started "Washington's Secret Six." It's about General George Washington's spy network in New York City during the American Revolution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #142 November 13, 2013 I'm reading DZ.COM at the moment. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #143 November 13, 2013 BillyVance I'm reading DZ.COM at the moment. There's nothing like a bit of originalityDo you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 0 #144 November 13, 2013 Dan Brown's Inferno and Laurell K Hamilton's Affliction. Sorta at the same time... Still waiting on Terry Pratchett's Raising Steam. So sue me ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #145 November 15, 2013 jakee ***I'm reading DZ.COM at the moment. There's nothing like a bit of originality I've got so many posts I can't even remember what I posted 2 weeks ago!"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boogers 0 #146 November 15, 2013 "Time of Reckoning" by Walter Wager 30 years after WWII, A former Jewish POW camp survivor sets out to assassinate former Nazi prison camp officers, even those in prison after war crimes trials, making it look like natural deaths. It's time for his revenge... A U.S. CIA officer figures out what's happening, and hunts down the murderer. But when the CIA finds him, will they arrest him, or help him continue? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baksteen 84 #147 November 16, 2013 "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn". I must confess that the book sometimes makes me greatly uncomfortable. For instance, you read the n-word every other sentence and there is a lot of unthinking racism expressed by the characters. Yes, I can understand that was the way of life in the bad old days, but I'm not sure yet what to think. Though I can't quite put the book aside it's already taken me several months to get to where I'm now; the point where Huck finally gets rid of the King and the Duke."That formation-stuff in freefall is just fun and games but with an open parachute it's starting to sound like, you know, an extreme sport." ~mom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #148 November 17, 2013 "Medicare and You" Kudos to the author for tackling a difficult subject. Fairly fast paced, but bogs down a little in the chapter called "Part B" Characterizations are somewhat stereotypical; the author seems more concerned with the character's financial situation than fleshing out a real person. Scary ending: we are all going to die. Overall I enjoyed it."Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bertt 0 #149 November 17, 2013 An extremely interesting paper that outlines how insurance companies use social media for underwriting http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2011/10/13/219764.htm Forget those hackers at the NSA; this is what you need to understand if you buy insurance or use social media or know someone who does. An excerpt from the article: Currently, social network data are being used as sources of evidence in courts of law in claims cases. Individual underwriters are retrieving risk evaluation information on their insureds through manual searches on social sites. But in a few years, automatically mined data from social networking sites could find their way into the underwriting pricing process. It could become a factor in determining premiumsYou don't have to outrun the bear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #150 November 17, 2013 Bertt An extremely interesting paper that outlines how insurance companies use social media for underwriting Damn, first it was your credit rating, now this. They'll do anything to find a reason to charge you more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
