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Comment on Cheap Knock-Offs Are Giving Fine Counterfeits A Bad Name by Short Stories

Short Stories — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:06:48 +0000

This definitely makes great sense to me.

Comment on Stephen King Conjures up Jack Reacher In “Under The Dome” by Bob Gelber

Bob Gelber — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:38:13 +0000

Staci,

I just finished 11/22/63, another great book by King. And I discovered the other day that Child recently wrote a “Kindle Single” called “Second Son” which, as a Reacher fan, if you haven’t seen is worth reading for only $1.99. It’s just a short story, but well worth it.

Second Son (Kindle Single)

Bob

Comment on Stephen King Conjures up Jack Reacher In “Under The Dome” by staci kipp

staci kipp — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:05:24 +0000

I, too, am a huge fan of the Jack Reacher novels and knew Mr King enjoyed them as well from reading the column he used to write for Entertainment Weekly. What a happy surprise to find him mentioned in the book-which I thoroughly enjoyed and have read several times at this writing.

Comment on Bob’s Pasta Homage to Ron Popeil, Master of “The Turn” by Mary Palmer

Mary Palmer — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:50:17 +0000

I am interested in purchasing this…Where do I go??? Mary

Comment on Cheap Knock-Offs Are Giving Fine Counterfeits A Bad Name by Yoga

Yoga — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:20:26 +0000

You could not be more correct!!!

Comment on To Bundle Or Not To Bundle, That Is The Question by John Tewart

John Tewart — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:12:32 +0000

Do you remember the days of the Civil Aeronautics Board? The CAB supposedly regulated ticket prices and which carriers could fly a particular route. There was no competition and somehow the airlines made money. Our current situation is decidedly different. Is there an option that will allow me to carry my luggage on my lap? And how long should people sit on the tarmac before attempting a mutiny?

Comment on Airlines Will Run Out Of Fees, But Only When Pigs Can Fly by Bob Gelber

Bob Gelber — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:35:21 +0000

Sal,

You’re still a romantic at heart, I admire that. And I looked up ‘gabardine’ which is probably no longer made in America.

Bob

The material was invented in the late 19th century by Thomas Burberry, founder of the Burberry fashion house in Basingstoke, and patented in 1888. The fabric takes its name from the “gaberdine”, spelled with an ‘e’, which is a long, loose overgarment tied at the waist.

Burberry clothing of gabardine was worn by polar explorers including Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, in 1911, and Ernest Shackleton, who led a 1914 expedition to cross Antarctica. A jacket made of this material was worn by George Mallory on his ill-fated attempt on Mount Everest in 1924.

More recently:

[1] In Simon and Garfunkel’s song “America”, the two travelers play games with the faces on the bus: “She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy.”

[2] In Patricia Highsmith’s novel Strangers on a Train, Charles Bruno (the psychopathic killer) is seen at a dinner wearing a gabardine suit.

[3] In the Seinfeld episode “The Chinese Woman” Jerry says to Elaine “The only thing between him and us is a thin layer of gabardine.” In the episode “The Sniffing Accountant”, the man who feels Elaine’s suit jacket asks if the material is gabardine.

[4] Starting in season 3 of the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation, actors portraying members of Starfleet wore uniforms made of wool gabardine. Producers called for a switch to this material after actors complained that the form-fitting spandex uniforms they wore in seasons 1 and 2 were tight and uncomfortable.

Comment on Airlines Will Run Out Of Fees, But Only When Pigs Can Fly by Pedro

Pedro — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:59:15 +0000

You know Bob, Greyhound now has FREE wifi and charging outlets at every seat….So you could see the USA up close and personal and not from thirty five thousand feet.
Just as in the Simon and Garfunkle song, you and Leslie could do the “America tour” , blogging all the way, while you re-connect with the real people of America.

“Kathy,” I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
“Michigan seems like a dream to me now”
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I’ve gone to look for America

Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said “Be careful his bowtie is really a camera”

How great would that be?

Comment on Airlines Will Run Out Of Fees, But Only When Pigs Can Fly by Bob Gelber

Bob Gelber — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:18:22 +0000

Long live the dog.

Comment on Airlines Will Run Out Of Fees, But Only When Pigs Can Fly by Pedro

Pedro — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:33:31 +0000

I for one am all in favor of airlines charging confiscatory rates for travel. It will help thin the herd and help keep the riff raff out of the skies and on the bus where they belong.