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
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:
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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