tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4279650681660762929..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Books'n'stuff...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71763666788455855292010-11-17T01:05:24.027-05:002010-11-17T01:05:24.027-05:00I am going to read Petroski, it looks good.
Bryso...I am going to read Petroski, it looks good.<br /><br />Bryson has a new book, he is generally a very good read.<br /><br />His new one is an examination of the history behind rudimentary and banal materials which I hope to find as good as his previous material:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Short-History-Private/dp/0767919386/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289973242&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">At Home: A Short History of Private Life</a>mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571641888235183785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44851958012808264282010-11-16T12:42:23.647-05:002010-11-16T12:42:23.647-05:00I love Petroski, mainly because he explains what u...I love Petroski, mainly because he explains what us engineers do in a way that makes non-engineers want to read it. I have 3 of his books on the shelf here at the office.<br /><br />They cohabitat with the stuff engineers write for other engineers, which have exciting titles like <i>Impact on Composite Structures</i> and <i>The Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding</i>.<br /><br />WV- cispate, as opposed to the more normal transpateThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792371712102784425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57018823245132726122010-11-15T17:55:16.119-05:002010-11-15T17:55:16.119-05:00Love me some Uncle Henry. I haven't read all h...Love me some Uncle Henry. I haven't read all his stuff, because I'm rationing it.Davehttp://nocarmommy.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11267818776148953342010-11-15T12:46:41.027-05:002010-11-15T12:46:41.027-05:00A three-tine fork is Metro.A three-tine fork is Metro.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2561125995187029312010-11-15T10:10:23.068-05:002010-11-15T10:10:23.068-05:00Re: Tines on a fork-
Per Dr. Sheldon Cooper:
For...Re: Tines on a fork-<br /><br />Per Dr. Sheldon Cooper:<br /><br />Forks have four tines. Tridents have three tines.<br />Forks are for eating. <br />Tridents are for ruling the Seven Seas.<br /><br />TBGThe Big Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973716466048213786noreply@blogger.com