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Given a choice, I'd have swapped the two fruit beers in my mixed case for something else, but as I had one in the fridge, and as I was going to sit out in the garden for a bit, I thought I'd have this Raspberry Beer. Not bad, if you like that kind of thing
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How can we recognize the books without the titles? I have had a number of Dover paperbacks--mostly chess books that used descriptive/English notation. (I hate algebraic notation--confuses me! Doesn't "P-K4" make much more sense than "e2-e4" for "Pawn to King Four"?)
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It makes much more sense Vince
But mathematician Gary will disagree.
I admit there's not much info to go on in my photo, Vince. But certain books have a "look" that's recognizable to someone who knows the book well. For example, in my pic to which you refer, although I'm not a fan of the author Peter Straub, I do recognize his (partial) name on a spine on the right side of the shelf, and I suspect someone who's crazy about his books might even recognize the book by color scheme or font or something.
Also, in that particular pic, the Dover book has an ISBN on it. I looked that up later, and found that it is for G.K. Chesterton's
The Man Who Was Thursday. Have you read any Chesterton? I'm not an expert by any means on that author, but from the little I do know, I'll bet you might like his work.
I have a couple of Dover chess reprints, too, I think. I do prefer algebraic notation, mainly because I like the fact that each square/location on the board has only one name/coordinate, instead of being different for White and Black. For example, in descriptive notation, the square White calls K4 is called K5 by Black, but in algebraic notation, that square is e4 for everyone. So absolute, rather than relative, coordinates. Algebraic is also a little bit more concise, and has fewer situations that need "extra notation" to remove ambiguities. But I did learn descriptive first, and I tend to think of the files on the board in descriptive terms, even while reading/using algebraic notation: I still think of, say, the c-file as the Queen's Bishop file.
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Very interesting post Gary, thank you, great pics
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I'm enjoying your hunt for free libraries.
I'm tempted to send you some flies for the flybrary.
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Thanks, Jack and John.
I need to recharge my camera batteries and take several "walking tours" with the purpose of getting pics of 3 or 4 libraries on each tour. I walked a couple of new-to-me streets last week and came up with 3 more libraries; I'm up to 2 dozen on my current list, with pics of only 5.
Not to slight any Guardians but I have two new Best Friends. Meet Chester Cheetah and Mini-Vanilla. Two snacks that melt in my mouth and are swallow friendly. So here's my food picture contribution to this thread today.
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Thanks for the introductions, ED.
My daughter is a big fan of Flamin' Hot Cheetos!
Good morning! I hope y’all are all doing well today! My coffee might be just a shade darker than my 2018 Guardians Ebony SFO this morning!
But, they are both mighty fine!
Morning Guardians !
Been grading stacks of papers.
Time for a break and my afternoon cup of coffee.
José, Ron, Dan, and John: thanks for the exquisite ebony pics!
John, did you have a literal stack of papers to grade? Once we moved to online classes, my students submitted photos of the pages of their tests, etc. and I graded them using a PDF "mark-up app" that allowed me to insert text boxes and draw/write using my finger on the trackpad as a "pen" (I was quite bad at the latter to start with, but my trackpad penmanship gradually improved). More time-consuming for me than having an actual stack of papers to page through and write on "traditionally".
Trying my best to catch up and fit in:
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Back home at Woodchuck Acres, we have this colander, that I’ve had for some decades.
I'm still fascinated by these colander hole patterns. I like Greg's "Asterisks of David" on his small colander, and although I thought I had one identical to Jer's, it turns out that his has some extra holes in each pattern that produce concentric circles inside his stars, not all of which are visible in my example. Dave's pattern is exactly like the one I have on my 9" diameter colander!
Good morning Guardians. I hope everyone is doing well. I've my HHB with me today again and I decided to pair him up in a photo with a custom made pen that was a gift from a friend. Harkens to my love of fly fishing for trout.
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Your stag HHB and fish pen make a wonderful set, Bill!
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I think we should apply that logic to everything, John! If you need bacon, cheese, mustard and a bun to make your hamburger taste good, why bother eating beef at all? Fried chicken? No thanks, you can keep your crispy skin and yuppie “herbs and spices.” Boil that chicken in a pot of water, throw it on a plate and grab a fork.
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Good points, Barrett!
(Although I'm a big fan of palin old boiled chicken, especially cold!
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Speaking of Hartsheads...
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Harvey's Heavenly Brace of Hartshead Barlows: (HHB)^2
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I haven’t been keeping up with things on the Porch as well as I used to, although I always try to stay up to date on this thread and a few other favorites.
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I can relate to your statement, Barrett!
I used to show up in almost every thread on The Porch, but now I only read about 6 threads semi-regularly.
Man Jack:
- GT
