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Post by Boyd Percy on Feb 28, 2017 22:30:04 GMT -5
As of chapter 5, Bree doesn't seemed to have progressed much since the end of Starting Late on the subject of nudism. She wants to avoid landing at West Turtle Lake Club at all costs. For new readers, the sidebar on the main page has a link to Shorts. The oldest Outtake is entitled, The Outlanding which you enjoy reading. The book it was deleted from is called Busted Axle Road which you might also enjoy.
Mark later mentions Sully Sullenberger and Teterboro. Teterboro Airport is the oldest airport in the New York City area. Does anyone remember Arthur Godfrey's novelty recording of Teterboro Tower. Supposedly, he had buzzed the Teterboro Tower in a DC-3 and had his pilot's license suspended for 6 monnths.
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Post by Boyd Percy on Mar 2, 2017 22:23:38 GMT -5
It's interesting that Bree still remembers her first day of school in Spearfish Lake. No one likes to be teased and laughed at. She's still shy and introverted. Her goal is to follow in her Uncle Mark's foot steps: to attend the Air Force Academy and become a jet fighter pilot. The AFA admits only 15% of those applying so she will have a tough road to travel. She can't remain a semi-recluse like her Aunt Jackie.
Frenchy LeDroit also didn't like to be laughed at and tended to strike back at those who laughed at him and it landed him in jail. Fortunately, Bree isn't a bully like Frenchy but she can't remain a wallflower and succeed.
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Post by Gary Layng on Mar 3, 2017 15:46:12 GMT -5
One thing that happens for me with many Wes Boyd stories is: I learn something. In Chapter 5, Bree's reading a book that I'd never heard of before by an author I'd also never heard of before: Stick and Rudder by by Wolfgang Langewiesche (1907-2002). I Googled the fellow, and discovered a fascinating man I sincerely wish I'd met, and a book that I need to get, which has fortunately never been out of print even after all these years. He wrote it in 1944, when he was about 35.
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Post by Boyd Percy on Mar 3, 2017 16:54:14 GMT -5
I've had the same experience in reading Wes' books. I'll come across something that I've seen or heard of before. For example, in one story Wes mentions a Tilly hat. I had never heard of that term. The internet is a handy tool to check out things. When I saw a picture of one, i realized that I had seen one before and owned something very similar.
This leads me to two observations: Wes has had many experiences and knowledge of things that he includes in his books and that he must do a lot of research.
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Post by Gary Layng on Mar 3, 2017 19:13:02 GMT -5
Ah, the Tilley. I've got one of their classic sailcloth versions, it's good and tough, designed for environments that would shred any lesser chapeau. Zero style, 100% practical. Love the thing.
Friend of mine tells me they went to school with the firm's founder.
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Post by Andy Haworth on Mar 4, 2017 20:44:52 GMT -5
I have a couple of hats of a similar style, but not from that part of the world. Mine came from the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. And probably older as mine are of early 1970's vintage.
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Post by Norm on Mar 14, 2017 19:39:38 GMT -5
Just read ch 11. Yeah, I'm a serial addict. There's an interesting group dynamic developing! Wes doing what he does so well.
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