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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:48 pm 
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I missed this WFR vs FF thing.

:lol:

Ruffcorn is quite the piece of work.

FF you better be careful or he will start PMing you really idiotic things

It wouldn’t be the first time.

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I missed this WFR vs FF thing.

:lol:

Ruffcorn is quite the piece of work.

FF you better be careful or he will start PMing you really idiotic things

It wouldn’t be the first time.

:lol: Glad to see you are part of the club.

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RFDC wrote:
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RFDC wrote:
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I missed this WFR vs FF thing.

:lol:

Ruffcorn is quite the piece of work.

FF you better be careful or he will start PMing you really idiotic things

It wouldn’t be the first time.

:lol: Glad to see you are part of the club.

I’m in a good mood tonight. Dirk will soon be the 2nd best Mavs player and 2nd best Euro ever.

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The Caine Munity by Herman Wouk. A fantastic novel which won a Pulitzer. As you read it, tell me which contemporary world leader Queeg reminds you of.

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For you? Something with a lot of pictures.

Glad to see you survived last night. Water and Advil must have done wonders.

Anyway, I’m not surprised you suggested a picture book. I didn’t expect more.


Fat ass factory worker living in some shitty apartment is a scholar now. If I need a patriot titted loser with no education to discuss something, I’ll find you passed out somewhere. Otherwise shut up you fat fuck loser.

Lol.

I’m 6’4” and 230 so I’m ok with that. I work for a tech company. I’m not a scholar, I’m looking for some cheap books to buy to pass time.

Work on your anger my friend. There’s a good person lurking somewhere in you.

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The Caine Munity by Herman Wouk. A fantastic novel which won a Pulitzer. As you read it, tell me which contemporary world leader Queeg reminds you of.

Got a couple non fictions in mind and want to throw in a couple novels. Save me some google time and give me a bit more on it

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FavreFan wrote:
RFDC wrote:
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RFDC wrote:
Nas wrote:
I missed this WFR vs FF thing.

:lol:

Ruffcorn is quite the piece of work.

FF you better be careful or he will start PMing you really idiotic things

It wouldn’t be the first time.

:lol: Glad to see you are part of the club.

I’m in a good mood tonight. Dirk will soon be the 2nd best Mavs player and 2nd best Euro ever.

Long way to go for that....but definitely appears to be on that track. Dude is crazy good.

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 Post subject: Re: Book recommendations
PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:12 pm 
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WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
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For you? Something with a lot of pictures.

Glad to see you survived last night. Water and Advil must have done wonders.

Anyway, I’m not surprised you suggested a picture book. I didn’t expect more.


Fat ass factory worker living in some shitty apartment is a scholar now. If I need a patriot titted loser with no education to discuss something, I’ll find you passed out somewhere. Otherwise shut up you fat fuck loser.

:lol: :lol:

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WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
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For you? Something with a lot of pictures.

Glad to see you survived last night. Water and Advil must have done wonders.

Anyway, I’m not surprised you suggested a picture book. I didn’t expect more.


Fat ass factory worker living in some shitty apartment is a scholar now. If I need a patriot titted loser with no education to discuss something, I’ll find you passed out somewhere. Otherwise shut up you fat fuck loser.

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 Post subject: Re: Book recommendations
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Nardi how dare you recommend a book and then delete your post

I recommend you get the Kindle Cloud app. But since you're going to a book store, I'll go with some classics for recommendations. Killer Angels(Jeff Shaara) or In Cold Blood(Truman Capote).


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 Post subject: Re: Book recommendations
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Nardi wrote:
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Nardi how dare you recommend a book and then delete your post

I recommend you get the Kindle Cloud app. But since you're going to a book store, I'll go with some classics for recommendations. Killer Angels(Jeff Shaara) or In Cold Blood(Truman Capote).

I’ve done the kindle thing and I decidedly don’t care for it. I spend enough time looking at screens.

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 Post subject: Re: Book recommendations
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Nardi how dare you recommend a book and then delete your post

I recommend you get the Kindle Cloud app. But since you're going to a book store, I'll go with some classics for recommendations. Killer Angels(Jeff Shaara) or In Cold Blood(Truman Capote).

I’ve done the kindle thing and I decidedly don’t care for it. I spend enough time looking at screens.

But aren't book stores just mostly filled with Richard Patterson and Michelle Obama/Jordan Peterson tripe?


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 Post subject: Re: Book recommendations
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Nardi wrote:
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Nardi how dare you recommend a book and then delete your post

I recommend you get the Kindle Cloud app. But since you're going to a book store, I'll go with some classics for recommendations. Killer Angels(Jeff Shaara) or In Cold Blood(Truman Capote).

I’ve done the kindle thing and I decidedly don’t care for it. I spend enough time looking at screens.

But aren't book stores just mostly filled with Richard Patterson and Michelle Obama/Jordan Peterson tripe?

I wouldn’t know. I enter one every few years and find a couple things and am usually satisfied with the result.

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You can probably find some Raymond Chandler ("The Big Sleep") or Dashiell Hammett ("The Maltese Falcon.") Not heavy lifting, but the rhythm in the the language is part of the enjoyment.

Buy a book about any painter or visual artist (not a film director) that you admire or even have a passing interest in from the best 100 years. You will enjoy it and learn something.

I thought "My Name is Dolemite" was pretty good. Its blaxploitation "Ed Wood."

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Any Jack Reacher book by Lee Child. Great action and easy reads and you don't have to read them in any particular order. As an ex-military guy you will love them.


Yup I read 4 of them so far,decent reads

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Try some classic works like Plato or Aristotle.

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End result. GoT was probably unnecessary but it was $7 and I’m sure I’ll read it eventually. I’ll start with Doc’s recommendation on top.

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Next run pick up Leviathan Wakes. 1st book of The Expanse series. Game of Thrones in space. The whole series is great.

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Next run pick up Leviathan Wakes. 1st book of The Expanse series. Game of Thrones in space. The whole series is great.

I go to a book store like once every two years. Timely advice here my friend.

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Next run pick up Leviathan Wakes. 1st book of The Expanse series. Game of Thrones in space. The whole series is great.

I go to a book store like once every two years. Timely advice here my friend.


Haha. I missed the thread last night.

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FF will read one of the books for 10 minutes and the rest never will be touched

:lol:

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Devil in the White City was good, although I was found the story about Olmsted, Burnham, and how they pulled together the World's Fair far more interesting than the story about H.H. Holmes. I would also recommend Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by the same author.

If you like basketball I think you would like Loose Balls, The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association by Terry Pluto.


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Devil in the White City was good, although I was found the story about Olmsted, Burnham, and how they pulled together the World's Fair far more interesting than the story about H.H. Holmes. I would also recommend Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by the same author.

If you like basketball I think you would like Loose Balls, The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association by Terry Pluto.


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