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Kenji   05-15-2006, 08:58 AM
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XamberB Wrote:HI,

Has anyone read Harbingers yet? It's $66 on Amazon. Guess I'll have to bite the bullet and buy it, but that's expensive.

Hazel

Welcome to the board, XamberB!

Hmmm.....bite the bullet and buy it...? Is that metaphor or something else? :confused:
cobalt   05-15-2006, 05:24 PM
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Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Hazel, yer shekels will be well spent. It is =superior= fictioneering.
WAIT...................WAIT A MINUTE.....................Bluesman is advocating Amazon?? :confused: Did my eyes deceive me...........is it true.....:eek:



And welcome XAmberB....order/read the book..you will not be disappointed.

EWMAN
Bluesman Mike Lindner   05-15-2006, 07:22 PM
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cobalt79 Wrote:WAIT...................WAIT A MINUTE.....................Bluesman is advocating Amazon?? :confused: Did my eyes deceive me...........is it true.....:eek:



And welcome XAmberB....order/read the book..you will not be disappointed.

oh...oh...poor bluesman did not understand...blues thought point of information only...cobalt's eyes good...oh...bluesman's eyes bad....bad bluesman's eyes...bad, bad bluesman...bluesman so ashamed...bluesman reach for pistol to redeem honor...but pistol is in pawn shop...lucky bluesman!...maybe not so bad bluesman...
BrettM   05-15-2006, 07:41 PM
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Kenji Wrote:Hmmm.....bite the bullet and buy it...? Is that metaphor or something else? :confused:
"Bite the bullet" is slang for facing a painful situation bravely. It comes from the days before anesthesia was invented, when people in America supposedly bit on a bullet to help them stand the pain. I guess spending $66 for a book could be considered a pain in the wallet.

Brett

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Bluesman Mike Lindner   05-15-2006, 07:49 PM
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BrettM Wrote:"Bite the bullet" is slang for facing a painful situation bravely. It comes from the days before anesthesia was invented, when people in America supposedly bit on a bullet to help them stand the pain. I guess spending $66 for a book could be considered a pain in the wallet.

Brett

Brett, your explanation is exactly right. But I'm having trouble picturing it. Sure, if you're intense pain, you bite on something. But why a bullet?
XamberB   05-15-2006, 09:50 PM
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Kenji Wrote:Hmmm.....bite the bullet and buy it...? Is that metaphor or something else? :confused:


Foiled again! Yer onto me gov. Have you read any of the Crais books? Joe Pike is another of my favorite fictional characters

Hazel Stone
Intrepid Girl Engineer
BrettM   05-15-2006, 11:26 PM
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Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Brett, your explanation is exactly right. But I'm having trouble picturing it. Sure, if you're intense pain, you bite on something. But why a bullet?
I've heard it suggested that the origin was the battlefield, and that soft lead bullets were about the handiest thing around for a wounded soldier to bite on when the surgeon needed to hack on him.

Brett

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Kenji   05-16-2006, 09:25 AM
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BrettM Wrote:"Bite the bullet" is slang for facing a painful situation bravely. It comes from the days before anesthesia was invented, when people in America supposedly bit on a bullet to help them stand the pain. I guess spending $66 for a book could be considered a pain in the wallet.

Brett

Thanks for explanation, Brett! Smile

But if that person who bite the bullet has weak teeth, their teeth would break...ugh! That's more painful!:eek:
Kenji   05-16-2006, 09:28 AM
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XamberB Wrote:Foiled again! Yer onto me gov. Have you read any of the Crais books? Joe Pike is another of my favorite fictional characters

Hazel Stone
Intrepid Girl Engineer

No, I've never read Crais books. Sorry...

Joe Pike is the guy like a Repairman Jack? Smile
Bluesman Mike Lindner   05-21-2006, 07:24 PM
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BrettM Wrote:I've heard it suggested that the origin was the battlefield, and that soft lead bullets were about the handiest thing around for a wounded soldier to bite on when the surgeon needed to hack on him.

Brett

Lead is =relatively= soft, as far as metals go. But why not a piece of leather, or wadded-up piece of cloth? Those items couldn't have been uncommon on the battlefields we're talking about.:confused:
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