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Re: What a SUCK DAY...................good thing its almost over....... 

By: capt_nemo in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (2)
Mon, 10 Jun 19 3:17 AM | 47 view(s)
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Yes he ripped his hand real good. WHat got him was a 16 penny nail that was pounded in the feeder pole the blunt end caught his hand and peeled the whole bottom of his hand like one was dressing out a deer. Pulled all the palm skin right off and wrapped it behind his thumb. His palm was wide open. Very sick looking.My friend doesnt say much just , I cut my hand I need to go to the hospital. Good thing our new lady friend was here to take him.

And the problem with the car was the cooling system had a huge air bubble inside and wasn't letting the water circulate. I didnt notice it on all the miles I drove cause I never got over 50 MPH ..Doing freeway speeds the cooling couldn't keep up without water movement and heated up real fast and boiled all the water right out of the over flow tube.....Crazy as that,,, a big air bubble in the system. I texted the guy that bought the car and said when I get it running right he would consider buying the car back......




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Re: What a SUCK DAY...................good thing its almost over.......
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Mon, 10 Jun 19 3:08 AM 		Msg. 33692 of 62138

Nemo:

Re: "What a SUCK DAY." Sorry about your sucky day yesterday, Nemo. Have you discovered what's wrong with the car yet? And how is your friend's hand? 46 stitches is hard for me to even comprehend on something as small as a hand. He must've ripped it all to hell.

I had a pretty good day yesterday. My wife and I went to a big rummage sale at a local fairground. While there, I found a booth with quite a few uninteresting things but also about 75 paperback books. I asked if they had science fiction, then found that they had quite a bit. I wound up buying 23 books. When the woman behind the counter found that I was buying so many, she threw in all of the science-fiction magazines that she had. There were a bunch of 'Analogs' and 'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction's. After the purchase, we chatted Science Fiction a little bit and she told me that she used to own a science fiction bookstore that is now closed, and that she had 100,000 books. She asked if I might be interested in more, and I said that I would be. She said "What would you be interested in?" I paused, and then said "Quantity." That seemed to surprise her, but her "husband" jumped in and said, "We can do quantity."

I got her email address and may be buying a whole lot of books from the two of them in the near future. Today, I googled her to see what sort of bookstore she owned and found that she is a published author and is VERY highly regarded by notable figures in the science fiction world. One author says he looks to her for reading suggestions and that "she knows everything." I googled her hubby, and my jaw practically hit the floor. He is the author of a LOT of books, articles and stories, in the SF field and others, and has a lengthy Wikipedia resume. He's a retired professor holding a doctorate in theoretical biology from the University of Chicago - one of the best universities in the country. He taught at universities in Maine and Massachusetts. He was also the book reviewer for Analog magazine for THIRTY YEARS!!! At that point I began feeling a little woozy. This guy is amazing. I feel like I just met Asimov. And, no wonder he has a lot of SF books. I'm sure every publisher in the country was sending him free books for 30 years in the hope that he would give them a positive review.

I had friends who were science-fiction authors (John Wright remains well known.) When I talk to these two again I'll have to see if we have common acquaintances.


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