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What are You Reading Now?
Just finished reading Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol." This is a facsimile copy of the original 1843 first edition. I'd like an actual first edition, but while real first editions are available, getting one is more like buying a used car. This rather cheaply done facsimile filled the bill...- MartyA
- Post #700
- Forum: General Discussion
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Midnight Christmas Eve
I saved your Hesselbom painting... Perfect.- MartyA
- Post #6
- Forum: General Discussion
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Midnight Christmas Eve
Midnight Christmas Eve Since sometime in the late 1960's, it's been my personal tradition to be outside at midnight on Christmas. It doesn't matter which midnight, and I often make both, but at 74, midnights seem to be getting later, and winter nights are feeling colder. Living here in my old...- MartyA
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Remember The Days..
Me. My folks left stacks of 78's. I've still got a few, but have too much of my own stuff to keep many.- MartyA
- Post #14
- Forum: General Discussion
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How Cold Is Too Cold?
I only smoke outside, by my own choice. 50 degrees F is pretty much my low end. Right now it's 11 degrees outside. Won't be much smoking for me til Spring. (I probably will sneak down in my little room in the basement with a small churchwarden on Christmas. :) )- MartyA
- Post #109
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
"The Herschel Chronicle, the Life-Story of William Herschel and His Sister Caroline Herschel" edited by his grand daughter, Constance A Lubbock, 1933. I actually finished reading this book immediately before starting the last book I mentioned in post #675 of this thread... I finished reading...- MartyA
- Post #691
- Forum: General Discussion
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Cold Weather to Quicker Burning?
My cutoff for sitting outside with a pipe and book is about 50 degrees. While I still enjoy it, I've noticed it doesn't taste as good as when it's a bit warmer. I don't know for sure why, but I suspect I'm puffing harder.- MartyA
- Post #22
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What Defines a Codger?
I'm a codger, as you can tell from my pic.- MartyA
- Post #78
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
"Astronomy for Amateurs," prepared by the editorial staff of "Popular Science Monthly," 1934. This is obviously a common name for, OK, books on astronomy for amateurs. I recently reported on an 1888 book by the same name that was intended for SERIOUS, advanced amateur astronomers. This one is...- MartyA
- Post #675
- Forum: General Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
I recently finished reading Bret Baier's 2021 book, "To Rescue the Republic - Ulysses S. Grant, The Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876." I bought this book simply because I forgot to bring the book I was reading at the time when I had to do some waiting, and picked it up on impulse from a...- MartyA
- Post #633
- Forum: General Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
After reading rather daunting biographies of Joseph Flamsteed and Isaac Newton, two highly accomplished, rather difficult men, neither of whom I think I'd have liked personally, from a time I can hardly identify with, I was ready for something easy and fun. I chose "John A. Brashear, the...- MartyA
- Post #606
- Forum: General Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
"A Portrait of Isaac Newton" by Frank E, Manuel, 1980. In previous posts, I've read old biographies of Joseph Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, and Abraham Sharp, his first assistant and lifelong friend. In these, it became evident that Flamsteed and Newton developed a hatred for each...- MartyA
- Post #598
- Forum: General Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
I recently finished reading "Astronomy for Amateurs," an 1888 book edited by John A. Westwood Oliver. Instead of the usual fare for such things geared toward amateur astronomers, this book is geared toward VERY SERIOUS amateurs wishing to make contributions to scientific astronomy, from a time...- MartyA
- Post #595
- Forum: General Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
"The Whisper and the Vision," by Donald Fernie, 1976. An entertaining, well written book about the voyages of astronomers of the 18th and 19th centuries to make observations.- MartyA
- Post #568
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What are You Reading Now?
Early last week I finished reading "Astronomy for the Layman," by Frank Reh. It's a 1936 book, and for the most part, if you've read one or two outdated astronomy 'science" books from a certain period, you've read them all. However, what sold me this one is that he goes on for more than a...- MartyA
- Post #558
- Forum: General Discussion
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Inhalation
I don't inhale my pipe smoke and have no desire to. I'm DEFINITELY not a health oriented person... I eat badly, I don't get enough sleep, and I don't intentionally exercise. I simply can't see drawing anything, whether it be smoke, some kind of vape, or whatever comes along next, down into...- MartyA
- Post #29
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Pipes That Don't Stay Lit?
I think nothing of relighting. I always smoke outside, reading, with a churchwarden. There's almost always a light breeze, which can affect the rate my little fire burns. If my pipe starts smoking too warm, I back off, often letting it go out, and then relight. I keep my windproof Zippo next...- MartyA
- Post #29
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What are You Reading Now?
I just recently finished "An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed" by Francis Baily. My book is a 1966 facsimile copy of the original written in 1835 with a suppliment written in 1837. Written in the language of the day, it was sometimes a rather heavy slog, but well worth the effort. The...- MartyA
- Post #548
- Forum: General Discussion
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Hearing Problems?
Sounds like we're both in the same boat. I think high frequency hearing loss is usually the worst, and they try and compensate for that by turning UP the high frequencies. It's the best they can do, and it helps, but for me, a cat sounds like a crow, locusts sound like an avalanche, and a...- MartyA
- Post #45
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Hearing Problems?
One NICE thing about severe hearing loss... Once a day, I go out with a churchwarden pipe and a dusty old book, and I leave my hearing aids in the house. Kinda NICE for a while...- MartyA
- Post #43
- Forum: General Discussion