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gioua

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first book I can recall really getting into when I was about 8 was this.
My Side of the Mountain


I spoke with the Author via email about 5-6 years ago and explained how I loved this book and still own copies of it..
She was thrilled and extremely nice.. had no clue the author was female and a falconer herself..

Died May 15, 2012 (aged 92)[SUP][/SUP]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Side_of_the_Mountain



The book is about Sam Gribley, a teenage boy who intensely dislikes living in his parents' cramped New York City apartment with his eight brothers and sisters. He decides to run away to his great-grandfather's abandoned farm in the Catskill Mountains to live in the wilderness. The novel begins in the middle of Sam's story, with Sam huddled in his treehouse home in the forest during a severe blizzard. The reader meets Frightful, Sam's pet peregrine falcon, and The Baron, a weasel that Sam befriends. Roughly the first 80 percent of the novel is Sam's reminiscences about how he came to be in a home made out of a hollowed-out tree in a terrible snowstorm, while the remainder of the novel is a traditional linear narrative about what happens after the snowstorm.
 
kinetic

kinetic

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The New York State Thruway authority has a falcon nesting program. They use it on the Tapanzee Bridge going into White Plains. They kill the pigeons that shit all over the steel that cause it to rot faster.
 
neosapien

neosapien

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gioua said:
first book I can recall really getting into when I was about 8 was this.
My Side of the Mountain


I spoke with the Author via email about 5-6 years ago and explained how I loved this book and still own copies of it..
She was thrilled and extremely nice.. had no clue the author was female and a falconer herself..

Died May 15, 2012 (aged 92)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Side_of_the_Mountain



The book is about Sam Gribley, a teenage boy who intensely dislikes living in his parents' cramped New York City apartment with his eight brothers and sisters. He decides to run away to his great-grandfather's abandoned farm in the Catskill Mountains to live in the wilderness. The novel begins in the middle of Sam's story, with Sam huddled in his treehouse home in the forest during a severe blizzard. The reader meets Frightful, Sam's pet peregrine falcon, and The Baron, a weasel that Sam befriends. Roughly the first 80 percent of the novel is Sam's reminiscences about how he came to be in a home made out of a hollowed-out tree in a terrible snowstorm, while the remainder of the novel is a traditional linear narrative about what happens after the snowstorm.
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I had to read it in school. I enjoyed it also.
 
Indagrow

Indagrow

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kinetic said:
The New York State Thruway authority has a falcon nesting program. They use it on the Tapanzee Bridge going into White Plains. They kill the pigeons that shit all over the steel that cause it to rot faster.
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They should just feed the pigeons rustoleum and use them as minions to preserve the bridge
 
slowbus

slowbus

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Long Story short = I got "used" by a 26 year old woman last night.LOL.WTF.I thought she liked me,ha,ha
Now I know how they felt.LOL
 
kinetic

kinetic

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I just wanted you to know I'm about to smoke for the first time today. Gotta move some tomatos off the heatpad and get some more parsley and peppers seeded.
 
Figong

Figong

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Chubby Checker is suing the makers of an app that estimates the size of a man's penis for using his name without permission.

The 71-year-old singer, best known for his 1960 hit The Twist, claims the app has associated his name with "obscene sexual connotation".

He is seeking half a million dollars for the "irreparable damage and harm" the app, created for Hewlett-Packard's Palm OS platform, has done to his reputation.

Checker's lawyer Willie Gary said: "This lawsuit is about preserving the integrity and legacy of a man who has spent years working hard at his musical craft.

"The defendants have marketed Chubby Checkers' name on their product to gain a profit and this just isn't right."

The Chubby Checker app, which estimates penis length in both metric and imperial measurements, was reportedly withdrawn in September.
 
Indagrow

Indagrow

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I hate cigarettes they make your breath stink especially when you drink coffee... I do neither


edit: as an effort not to double post, I defiantly have a chubby checker
 
beardo

beardo

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Screw you lululemon for your yoga pants recall
Shame on your company for recalling your best product to date
We want to see see through yoga pants
Show your toe ladies
 
Figong

Figong

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Figong

Figong

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I just peeked at the vb code, if you click on "My profile", you should see a list of the comments people have tried to leave... put a check next to that box, and then click on 'moderation tools'.. you can then approve it, delete it, whatever you wish. (Hopefully)
 
RainbowBrite86

RainbowBrite86

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Random Jabber: When my son was 5 he told me if mermaids ate cereal it would have to be sea-real, because of the milk/water issue one would have while eating in the ocean. And then for about 6 months after that he'd get really sad every morning, and when i'd ask him what's wrong he'd always always always say to me "You know what I wish mom? ...I wish mermaids could eat cereal."
 
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