Bazza Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 9 Words About Reading That Every Book Nerd Needs to Know, Because "Bibliophile" Just Isn't Enough http://www.bustle.com/articles/103760-9-words-about-reading-that-every-book-nerd-needs-to-know-because-bibliophile-just-isnt-enough tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Ah, to read professionally ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 I love the word 'sesquipedalian'. It literally means 'a foot and a half'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Logophile Aka Chad, Logan's best friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Hah! Speaking of books .... Back in high school (circa 1973) my folks came across a copy of this, bought it and gave it to me. I've kept it ever since, but put it in a box for a while while my kids were ... kids, and when I stumbled over it again a couple months ago decided I ought to make sure this invaluable information was available for everyone, and resolved to have it scanned and posted on a more or less permanent website lest it be suppressed and lost. Turns out some kindred soul has already done that, which is the link above. So have fun making napalm (animal blood systems) and all that other stuff, folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Logophile Aka Chad, Logan's best friend. I'm pretty sure that's illegal in several states. Probably including Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Like Florida cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Florida... 'nuff said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Florida -- the America of America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Logophile Aka Chad, Logan's best friend. I'm pretty sure that's illegal in several states. Probably including Florida. After the 2000 election, I didn't think Florida wanted anything to do with chads anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 On the contrary: I think it liked the attention and the ego-stoking of having it decide what happened to the rest of country. That's one reason why I am kind of looking forward to global warming and sea level rising to engulf the place. They earned the retribution of the Universe for that. Now, they're too stupid to recognize cause and effect, but I'm not. Not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 I have some relatives living there, so I wouldn't want Florida to get submerged anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Americans float, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 About the same as Swedes, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Wikipedia has the number of Swedish scool kids able to swim at 95%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 In California, at least, there is a swimming requirement in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Didn't know that. Not true in WA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 But isn't western Washington as wet as the Lower 48 get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 It includes such places, out on the western edge of the Olympic peninsula. Elsewhere, not all that much rain falls. What we have is frequent drizzle and light rain. The heavy downpours that happen over much of the country east of the Rockies, associated with thunderstorms, just don't happen here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 What is that coast range called, again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 The region of mountains on the Olympic peninsula, naturally enough, are called the Olympic mountains. Probably not the ones you are asking about. In Washington, Oregon, and northernmost California, the long range with big volcanic peaks every few dozen km, is the Cascade Range. North of that it merges into the Canadian Rockies; in northern California it splits into the Sierra Nevada inland and the Coast Range right at the Pacific coast. But beyond the limits of the Cascades the volcanic peaks aren't present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I thought the cascades were the second line of defense, so to speak. Isn't there a chain of mountains on the coast of Oregon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 The Cascades make it to the coast in Oregon. Washington has accreted the Juan de Fuca Plate to the west of that, sort of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 ... Juan de Fuca? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 So which range is Mt Shasta in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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