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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 17:02:35 GMT
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Post by spideyman on Oct 8, 2021 17:13:52 GMT
Link opens. Sounds like a plan for the next read.
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 8, 2021 17:17:52 GMT
What for a site is this ?
I don't speak portuguese.  |
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 17:20:25 GMT
Mine is in English
This is a public domain story
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Post by edwardjohn on Oct 8, 2021 17:20:28 GMT
What for a site is this ?
I don't speak portuguese. |
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 17:22:20 GMT
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 17:23:22 GMT
What for a site is this ?
I don't speak portuguese. |
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Post by spideyman on Oct 8, 2021 17:36:52 GMT
What for a site is this ?
I don't speak portuguese. |
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Post by osnafrank on Oct 8, 2021 17:38:54 GMT
What for a site is this ?
I don't speak portuguese.
Thing is, i can't get any information in English.
I would rather, you would share this pdf via PM. |
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 17:41:53 GMT
Frank, if you don;t like that link, I posted a pdf of the story and we can axe the link
Thing is, i can't get any information in English.
I would rather, you would share this pdf via PM. |
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Post by wireman on Oct 8, 2021 17:53:18 GMT
For Wednesday, we will discuss The Two Drovers by Walter Scott
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Post by Wicked Esther on Oct 21, 2021 21:06:18 GMT
Well, I know I'm a little late to this discussion, but I took a break from The Stand and just read Willa.
The story was entertaining, but the character of Willa herself kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I know she was probably supposed to come across as young, adventurous & enthusiastic, but my inner old grouch just wanted to tell her to quit being so selfish.
I understand her ghost wanting to be around the music, lights and living people at the bar, but why'd she leave her fiancé behind like that?
So selfish, Willa! How about asking David what he wants to do with his after-life?
I also thought she could have explained the situation to the other (dead) train passengers with more compassion. (I didn't blame some of them one bit for not liking her. 👻)
But then I had another thought--Maybe the point of the story is that we are who we are in death, just as we are in life...?
Maybe Willa will forever be that reckless, boisterous girl that David fell in love with and he'll forever haunt the bar in her (bossy) shadow because that's how other people saw them---perception and expectation will keep them that way.
I have to agree with Stephen King here--it wasn't one of my favorites, but I'm glad to have read it.
Looking forward to whatever we read next. I'm hoping the plan is to forge ahead in "Just After Sunset".😎
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Post by wireman on Oct 22, 2021 12:44:37 GMT
So selfish, Willa! How about asking David what he wants to do with his after-life? (rofl) |
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Post by wireman on Oct 22, 2021 12:45:28 GMT
But then I had another thought--Maybe the point of the story is that we are who we are in death, just as we are in life...? Maybe Willa will forever be that reckless, boisterous girl that David fell in love with and he'll forever haunt the bar in her (bossy) shadow because that's how other people saw them---perception and expectation will keep them that way. |
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Post by wolf on Oct 22, 2021 19:36:27 GMT
You guys... osnafrank , wireman , spideyman , edwardjohn ...I clicked that link
for "The Drovers" out of curiosity.
The text and all was in English,
BUT there was a box opened
in the upper right hand corner of the screen, it had :
Portuguese English
Google Translate
"Portuguese" was highlighted, so just to see what would happen, I clicked "English".
Nothing happened, it remained all in English.
I'm just bringing this up because I thought maybe it has something
to do with setting on our computers, or in Google.
Don't know if this helps or not.
Just thought maybe I should tell y'all. 
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Post by wireman on Oct 22, 2021 20:02:26 GMT
You guys... osnafrank , wireman , spideyman , edwardjohn ...I clicked that link
for "The Drovers" out of curiosity.
The text and all was in English,
BUT there was a box opened
in the upper right hand corner of the screen, it had :
Portuguese English
Google Translate
"Portuguese" was highlighted, so just to see what would happen, I clicked "English".
Nothing happened, it remained all in English.
I'm just bringing this up because I thought maybe it has something
to do with setting on our computers, or in Google.
Don't know if this helps or not.
Just thought maybe I should tell y'all. 
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Post by wolf on Oct 22, 2021 20:04:48 GMT
You guys... osnafrank , wireman , spideyman , edwardjohn ...I clicked that link
for "The Drovers" out of curiosity.
The text and all was in English,
BUT there was a box opened
in the upper right hand corner of the screen, it had :
Portuguese English
Google Translate
"Portuguese" was highlighted, so just to see what would happen, I clicked "English".
Nothing happened, it remained all in English.
I'm just bringing this up because I thought maybe it has something
to do with setting on our computers, or in Google.
Don't know if this helps or not.
Just thought maybe I should tell y'all.
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Post by wireman on Oct 22, 2021 20:06:52 GMT
I thought I had deleted all the links except for my own pdf. Please delete the Portuguese link.  |
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Post by wolf on Oct 22, 2021 20:14:58 GMT
Yes sir, on it!...I saw it a quoted post. 🙂
And had to go back and recheck for more. 🙂
I wasn't pointing out any error on anyone's part or anything,
I just thought maybe y'all might want to check your settings in "Google"...I'm suspecting that has something to do with it.
I had 'spell check' everywhere for a long time,
then when le Beau laid all over my keyboard that time,
it stopped working...a long with a lot of other stuff too.🤨 😂
I asked Dio about it,
and he told me to check my Google settings...so that's how I got it turned back on again. 🙂 |
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Post by wireman on Oct 22, 2021 20:17:04 GMT
I went through a bunch of those quoted posts and deleted that link but I must of missed one. When you are trying to delete something, it's hard to catch all the quoted posts.
And had to go back and recheck for more. 🙂
I wasn't pointing out any error on anyone's part or anything,
I just thought maybe y'all might want to check your settings in "Google"...I'm suspecting that has something to do with it.
I had 'spell check' everywhere for a long time,
then when le Beau laid all over my keyboard that time,
it stopped working...a long with a lot of other stuff too.🤨 😂
I asked Dio about it,
and he told me to check my Google settings...so that's how I got it turned back on again. 🙂 |
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