Tempest Wrote:Who knows....maybe it has something to do with the reason why his daughter doesn't want to have anything to do with him? I agree though...and I tink that we'll find that out in one of the next couple of books.
She knows what her father does. And, being a typical "progressive," loathes the idea of free people having the physical means to resist The State.
Well thanks for ruining my theory, Mike 
I guess thats why you're a senior member and I'm not
I guess thats why you're a senior member and I'm not
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Tempest Wrote:Well thanks for ruining my theory, Mike
Nah! Didn't ruin your theory, Tempest--just my own from little hints given in the books. But I'll tell ya how I came to be a senior member. See, a couple years ago, my baby kicked me out on my ass. And I got up, dusted myself off, shouted at the closing door, "A =dog= wouldn't eat your goddammed chili!" And this hombre came out of nowhere--Irish, by the look of him, carrying a doctor bag--he handed me a book. Said, "Take this, brother... may it serve you well." Book was called THE TOMB. Well, sir, I went into Bull McCabe's Irish Pub, had a few lagers, read the book. Knew I hadda join the gang online. Since then, Tempest, I've had a satisfied mind. Yes I have! So there's no secret to it. First, just have your baby kick you out on your ass...
This post was last modified: 11-28-2005, 04:16 PM by Bluesman Mike Lindner.
Blast my memory, but have we ever learned (in flashback) how Jack first met Abe? If so, I don't remember. If not, that would be cool....... wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean?
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Hmmmm, that might be a wee bit difficult because I don't have a baby to kick me out on my bum...unless you count the one who waited for me 22 of the 24 months on my mission, then decided to date someone else, crash my car, and screw my parents out of a bunch of money she'd borrowed from them. Does that count/ If so, I'm halfway there
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
jimbow8 Wrote:Blast my memory, but have we ever learned (in flashback) how Jack first met Abe? If so, I don't remember. If not, that would be cool....... wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean?
I know! That's what I wanted to say.
Kenji Wrote:I know! That's what I wanted to say.
That's what I was going to say!
Tempest Wrote:Hmmmm, that might be a wee bit difficult because I don't have a baby to kick me out on my bum...unless you count the one who waited for me 22 of the 24 months on my mission, then decided to date someone else, crash my car, and screw my parents out of a bunch of money she'd borrowed from them. Does that count/ If so, I'm halfway there
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Tempest. I'm at a loss to write something that wouldn't sound flippant.
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Tempest. I'm at a loss to write something that wouldn't sound flippant.
No you're not!
KRW