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2017-12-10 Home Front: Culture Wars

This Week in Books, December 10, 2017

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Posted by swksvolFF 2017-12-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 So, what's a Lafcadio Hearn?
A Grecian with money to burn,
Of whom it's inferred,
If he earned by the word,
His estate filed a hefty return.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2017-12-10 01:52|| 2017-12-10 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Great list. I might add the abridged edition of Franklin's biography. His recounting of where the term "strong beer" come from is a great recounting of moronic hilarity. The man was stunning in his ability to reflect, describe and publicize common sense obvious.

Dry trees? We had fire ignite one of our live white pines. At over 60 feet tall, the tree flared up in front of us, God and a dozen Firemen. All 60 feet of that beautiful tree was gone in under a minute. Mind you that was just the live needles.

Posted by Woodrow 2017-12-10 11:45|| 2017-12-10 11:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Pine Resin is very flammable.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-12-10 14:57|| 2017-12-10 14:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Lot of surface area on conifers.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-12-10 17:27|| 2017-12-10 17:27|| Front Page Top

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