Where is RAB?

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I received an array of invitations to join Facebook from R.A.B.
regulars some months ago, but didn't feel like registering. May have
even tried to register but got bogged down in some sort of software
conflict.

I miss the good old days here.


David Loftus


[currently reading short stories of O. Henry, Karen Armstrong's _The
Bible: a biography_, and Gibbon -- first time! . . . plus _The
Omivore's Dilemma for the book group]
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David Loftus wrote:
> I received an array of invitations to join Facebook from R.A.B.
> regulars some months ago, but didn't feel like registering. May have
> even tried to register but got bogged down in some sort of software
> conflict.
>
> I miss the good old days here.
>
>
> David Loftus
>
>
> [currently reading short stories of O. Henry, Karen Armstrong's _The
> Bible: a biography_, and Gibbon -- first time! . . . plus _The
> Omivore's Dilemma for the book group]

Hi David,

So do I. I have no interest in joining Facebook.
Discussions about books and words need only words.

Just finished: Stephen L. Carter, New England White (2007)
- excellent! Novel with a mystery or two set in New
Haven, Connecticut, with a great deal of literary and word
play, as well as ethical conflicts.

Reading: G.H.C. Macgregor, Commentary on the Gospel of John
(1928) - Well, I am reading the Introduction which is quite
fascinating as it describes the text as written as, at least
in good part, a polemic against a Jewish sect in Ephesus
(and maybe elsewhere) that proclaimed John the Baptist as
the Messiah, and that the text involves at least a moderated
gnostic approach to Christianity and certainly one greatly
influenced by Philo's platonism.


Francis A. Miniter
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:31:16 -0700 (PDT), David Loftus <dloft59.DeleteThis@earthlink.net>
wrote:

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>I received an array of invitations to join Facebook from R.A.B.
>regulars some months ago, but didn't feel like registering. May have
>even tried to register but got bogged down in some sort of software
>conflict.

I joined, but only look at Facebook once or twice a week, and never see
anything of the RAB people, because when I'm on, I always forget to look.

>I miss the good old days here.

So do I.


--
Steve Hayes
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In article <m4t8v3p4u6h5ddp98h9ogtqhs7jv9of0q8.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>,
Steve Hayes <hayesstw.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:31:16 -0700 (PDT), David Loftus <dloft59.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net>
>wrote:
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>>I received an array of invitations to join Facebook from R.A.B.
>>regulars some months ago, but didn't feel like registering. May have
>>even tried to register but got bogged down in some sort of software
>>conflict.
>
>I joined, but only look at Facebook once or twice a week, and never see
>anything of the RAB people, because when I'm on, I always forget to look.
>
>>I miss the good old days here.
>
>So do I.

Me too! (You can tell an old r.a.b.ster by the bottom-posting

It has probably been a decade since I read a book based on a r.a.b
recommendation. In the past, I read several a year -- all books I
might not have otherwise come across, and all really interesting
in some respect. sniff....I miss that....

Can we somehow reconvene the r.a.b.ble?

- marty (lurker since the early '80s)
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On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:50:04 GMT, mbilling.DeleteThis@midway.uchicago.edu (Marty
Billingsley) wrote:

>It has probably been a decade since I read a book based on a r.a.b
>recommendation. In the past, I read several a year -- all books I
>might not have otherwise come across, and all really interesting
>in some respect. sniff....I miss that....
>
>Can we somehow reconvene the r.a.b.ble?

If enough people start posting interesting stuff, perhaps we can rebuild.


--
Steve Hayes
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/litmain.htm
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/hayesstw
http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Methodius
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"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:50:04 GMT, mbilling DeleteThis @midway.uchicago.edu (Marty
> Billingsley) wrote:
>
>>It has probably been a decade since I read a book based on a r.a.b
>>recommendation. In the past, I read several a year -- all books I
>>might not have otherwise come across, and all really interesting
>>in some respect. sniff....I miss that....
>>
>>Can we somehow reconvene the r.a.b.ble?
>
> If enough people start posting interesting stuff, perhaps we can rebuild.

Of a certain type, you mean?
>
>
> --
> Steve Hayes
> Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/litmain.htm
> http://www.librarything.com/catalog/hayesstw
> http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Methodius
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On Apr 4, 5:42 am, "Arindam Banerjee" <adda1... DeleteThis @bigpond.com> wrote:
> "Steve Hayes" <hayesm... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:n59bv35saitvtlc8nvrvrfnm1vmc4df4uc@4ax.com...
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> > On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:50:04 GMT, mbill... DeleteThis @midway.uchicago.edu (Marty
> > Billingsley) wrote:
>
> >>It has probably been a decade since I read a book based on a r.a.b
> >>recommendation.  In the past, I read several a year -- all books I
> >>might not have otherwise come across, and all really interesting
> >>in some respect.  sniff....I miss that....
>
> >>Can we somehow reconvene the r.a.b.ble?
>
> > If enough people start posting interesting stuff, perhaps we can rebuild..
>
> Of a certain type, you mean?



Not at all. You may post all you like, as well, and many of us will
probably shift comfortably back into ignoring you.


David Loftus
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>>> I miss the good old days here.
>> So do I.
> Me too! (You can tell an old r.a.b.ster by the bottom-posting
> It has probably been a decade since I read a book based on a r.a.b
> recommendation. In the past, I read several a year -- all books I
> might not have otherwise come across, and all really interesting
> in some respect. sniff....I miss that....
> Can we somehow reconvene the r.a.b.ble?

Okay, anybody here got any opinions on the later works of William
Burroughs?

I've just got "Last Words" but I'm wondering if it'll make much
sense if I haven't read "Cities of the Red Night" and the books
that followed it. I've read the earlier ones up to "Exterminator".

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On Apr 5, 7:27 am, David Loftus <dlof... RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 5:42 am, "Arindam Banerjee" <adda1... RemoveThis @bigpond.com> wrote:
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> > "Steve Hayes" <hayesm... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:50:04 GMT, mbill... RemoveThis @midway.uchicago.edu (Marty
> > > Billingsley) wrote:
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> > >>It has probably been a decade since I read a book based on a r.a.b
> > >>recommendation.  In the past, I read several a year -- all books I
> > >>might not have otherwise come across, and all really interesting
> > >>in some respect.  sniff....I miss that....
>
> > >>Can we somehow reconvene the r.a.b.ble?
>
> > > If enough people start posting interesting stuff, perhaps we can rebuild.
>
> > Of a certain type, you mean?
>
> Not at all. You may post all you like, as well, and many of us will
> probably shift comfortably back into ignoring you.

How kind.
>
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On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:59:26 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

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> Okay, anybody here got any opinions on the later works of William
> Burroughs?

Can't help you there, but an 18 megabyte .mov file of Burroughs spouting a
poem is at http://download.yousendit.com/08BD33C81CFC13D0
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On Apr 5, 5:55 am, Arindam Banerjee <adda1....RemoveThis@bigpond.com> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 7:27 am, David Loftus <dlof....RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > On Apr 4, 5:42 am, "Arindam Banerjee" <adda1....RemoveThis@bigpond.com> wrote:
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> > > "Steve Hayes" <hayesm....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > >news:n59bv35saitvtlc8nvrvrfnm1vmc4df4uc@4ax.com...
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> > > > On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:50:04 GMT, mbill....RemoveThis@midway.uchicago.edu (Marty
> > > > Billingsley) wrote:
>
> > > >>It has probably been a decade since I read a book based on a r.a.b
> > > >>recommendation.  In the past, I read several a year -- all books I
> > > >>might not have otherwise come across, and all really interesting
> > > >>in some respect.  sniff....I miss that....
>
> > > >>Can we somehow reconvene the r.a.b.ble?
>
> > > > If enough people start posting interesting stuff, perhaps we can rebuild.
>
> > > Of a certain type, you mean?
>
> > Not at all. You may post all you like, as well, and many of us will
> > probably shift comfortably back into ignoring you.
>
> How kind.



If you post a snide remark, you're most likely going to elicit same.


David Loftus
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On Apr 8, 9:45 am, David Loftus <dlof... DeleteThis @earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 5:55 am, Arindam Banerjee <adda1... DeleteThis @bigpond.com> wrote:
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> > On Apr 5, 7:27 am, David Loftus <dlof... DeleteThis @earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > > On Apr 4, 5:42 am, "Arindam Banerjee" <adda1... DeleteThis @bigpond.com> wrote:
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> > > > "Steve Hayes" <hayesm... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > >news:n59bv35saitvtlc8nvrvrfnm1vmc4df4uc@4ax.com...
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> > > > > On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:50:04 GMT, mbill... DeleteThis @midway.uchicago.edu (Marty
> > > > > Billingsley) wrote:
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> > > > >>It has probably been a decade since I read a book based on a r.a.b
> > > > >>recommendation.  In the past, I read several a year -- all books I
> > > > >>might not have otherwise come across, and all really interesting
> > > > >>in some respect.  sniff....I miss that....
>
> > > > >>Can we somehow reconvene the r.a.b.ble?
>
> > > > > If enough people start posting interesting stuff, perhaps we can rebuild.
>
> > > > Of a certain type, you mean?
>
> > > Not at all. You may post all you like, as well, and many of us will
> > > probably shift comfortably back into ignoring you.
>
> > How kind.
>
> If you post a snide remark, you're most likely going to elicit same.

How does that fit in with the grand ignoring strategy?
And how is it known what is a honest remark or a snide one?

Rhetorical questions, just, keep on kindly ignoring me, mates.

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