Capitol Hill Blue Forums Hot Topics & Breaking News The RoundTable Round Table for Monday, September 10, 2007

Oh, Kathy, it's really hard to say. I've been trying to think what I'd say about it, to see if I wanted to post it here.

The writer is very clever - in addition to the line I used, he refers (among other things) to woodpeckers rattling dice in the woods - he's definitely creative with language.

The premise is that Israel collapsed in 1948, and a large chunk of the diaspora was given land in Sitka, Alaska. But that land is about to return to the US. The story is written with a lot of Yiddish words and something of a Yiddish rhythm, but is basically a 1940s noir-style detective story. With a big chunk of politics thrown in at the end.

So...it was seriously interesting, but somehow not a pageturner, nu?

One last thing, Olyve,

I enjoyed UGGA trying to take a bite out of that Auburn player. Years ago one of the THREE Vols mascots (a for-real hound dog, Smokey) didn't particularily cotton to a man dressed up in a rooster costume and the dog went after "Cocky." This clip was featured over and over on ESPN. I tried to find it today on YouTube but either I didn't use the correct key words or it hasn't hit that popular site yet. Somewhere on the www, it must still live today.

Kathy

I've been fighting with ATT to get my phone line and DSL fixed. It's finally done, but i had to bet real b*tchy on the phone and they probably sent someone to finally shut me up...whatever works to get my stuff working. They found out that with all the new construction of houses in the tract across the street, some lines had gotten crossed. :Gobsmacked:

You? B*tchy???

Never

Geesh Phil, I was gonna say Scout, you :Gobsmacked: , impossible!

Phil and Bob~ Mr Scoutgal left to hit balls at the driving range to escape becoming a target of my wrath(his words)! But the b*tchyness worked. they were out in record time and the problem was fixed in 20 minutes. Of course the reason I was b*tchy about it, was that I had called for repair two weeks ago and they said they fixed it from the office(India???). But the problem persisted. So after waiting for another repair person last week for five days(who never showed) I was on a tear. I think they got it done so quickly after I told them that obviously to them "Customer Service" was an oxymoron. And when they told me "Weknow how frustrated you must feel" I lost it. I told them to quit patronizing me and to fix it today or they would find out what "frustrated" meant. :Devil:

OOOOOOOOO, ur gettin me al hawt

Scoutmarm, let yer hubby know I lost more ballz on courses in the UP this last week than I lost most of the summer. I lost one that cleared our fairway, a road, a house, front & back yards and landed in the St. Mary's river. After exclaiming...well, lots of :Devil: exclaiming, and a whole lot of bits of grief from my best UP friend, he borrowed my "club" and repeated my feat... The good thing about Michigan is ya get a five month rest to calm the mind & convince yourself any shot can be hit perfectly (by someone) with the newest of equipment.

When the supervisor called me back to ask me how I rated them, I told them that it would be an improvement if they didn't subject me to people who mad a block of cheese look like a member of MENSA. there was a bit of silence on the other end of the line...he replied "yes ma'am". 45 minutes later, there's a knock at my dor, "Hello, I'm from At&T, is there a problem?"

Mr. Scoutgal will have an enforced respite of 4-5 weeks from golf. He's already complaining about it! He says he feels your pain!