The History Book Club discussion

Interesting Jill and it is quite beautiful there. Guilin, Yangshou where the students were from - although I am willing to bet that some of them were from Guilin. That is the place where all of the amazing young gymnasts are from - they are taken away to train from their families at a very young age - sad but they are unbelievable - I went to a show in Guilin and I never saw anything like it.

Are you going to take a stab at the question?

1, A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Lewis Stevenson because my Mother used to read to me from it. My favorite poem was "The Land of Counterpane".
2. Poems of Childhood by Eugene Field for the same reason and another of my favorite poems "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod"
3.Water Babies by Charles Kingsley. As a child I was fascinated by these little elf-like creatures who lived in the water....the illustrations were wonderful.


What are your three favorite cereals?

by Robert Louis Stevenson

by Eugene Field

by Charles Kingsley

I think you got carried away and forgot the citations (smile)

You remember a lot. These poems must have a profound impact on you.

Well since I am gluten free - I will let somebody else take a stab at this. My gluten free cereals cannot be that popular.

Jill asked:

What are your three favorite cereals?

hmmm.

Let me think:

1. Filet Mignon
2. Veal
3. Lamb

Cereal with ice cream interesting. I have seen granola with yogurt.

Tell us three little white lies that you told and why.

Sorry about those book citations.......that's not usually a mistake I make. I still know those poems by heart.

White lies? That is tough.

1. My best friend and I used to say we were sisters even though we looked nothing alike. It made us laugh because we thought we were fooling people (it didn't work)
2. We also used to make up different names for ourselves. I was Sylvia Rothman. Who knows why?
3. Got caught driving without a license when I was 15 and gave the policeman a false name. I was really in trouble with my Father over that one.

Tell us your three most embarrassing moments

Those were great Sylvia (smile).

You are going to have to change your question - we always have three in it.

I am going to bed....I am starting to do stupid things.

Good night Ms. Rothman.

If it was so embarrassing I probably would not want to share it with 5600 people (smile)

a) Dog Accidents - I swear they are very very infrequent but they are always at the wrong time and the wrong place
b) When I was distracted by a meeting that I just pulled out of and turned down a one way street -pretty much cutting off the police car - very embarrassing but he was very understanding.
c) Bringing your best suit to the meeting which you threw into your suitcase and realizing right before you were going to put it on that half of it was missing from the cleaners.

You get up and your son tells you that he needs to bring a show and tell object to school and he has no idea what to bring and his bus comes in 10 minutes. Tell me three things that you might suggest.

Ha, ha, ha, that has happened many times in the past. The problem was trying to find something not dangerous. Because he is headed out to the bus, it would have to be something close by the door.

1) I would without thinking offer him a the Masai or Hawaiian spear and then remember one cannot take weapons to school.

2) Matryoshka Dolls, but he would turn those down as he is a boy.

3) Vintage Great lakes fishing lures -- this would probably be a winner.

So what three things do you like to do outside in the summer?

Christopher, I am not sure what you mean?

But let me think if I answered literally:

Summer after high school graduation
Summer after getting married
Summer after our eldest child was born.

I don't really categorize summers that way so I can see why this might have stopped the game in its tracks.

OK...let me see

You just won the lottery (and it was a pretty big amount) - tell me three things you would do with the money and why.

-Pay of my student loans (cause yeah... They are big and nasty and destroy happiness)
-Buy a house (the market can only go up, and I would rather pay a mortgage than rent.)
-Put away the rest for my son's college. (I don't want him to have to spend his lottery money on student loans)


What are the three worst books you have actually read from start to finish?

Goodness I cannot remember - they were probably not so bad if I finished them - but sometimes it is personal - the reader really does not care for what the person is saying about something or someone you like or have a favorable opinion about. .

There was one on Churchill:

by John Charmley

by Glenn Beck

by Sarah Palin

Next question - what are three things you are planning to do on the 4th of July or if you are from one of our global countries - what are three things you are planning to do on your next long weekend?

Bentley wrote: "Goodness I cannot remember - they were probably not so bad if I finished them - but sometimes it is personal - the reader really does not care for what the person is saying about something or someo..."

I can't believe you read (or tried to read) those last two books, Bentley!!! :>)

1. Grill steaks
2. Put flags on graves at family cemetery
3. Spend time with family, including all the dogs!!

What are the three things about a person that you first notice?

This is going to sound terrible but for some reason, hair, teeth, shoes

Sounds like you are going to have a good time with 1 and 3 and how many dogs would that be?

You are off on a long trip and you want to load up your favorite tv programs for the trip, you can watch them in the car, in the plane, at your beach house, in the hotel along the way, etc. What TV programs would you take. Name three and why.

1. Game of Thrones: best thing on tv since ages, it is a mixture of schemes to get to a throne. I like how the plots get me hyped

2. Heartland: I just like watching how a girl can calm a house and at the same time what how she interacts with her family and friends.

3. A show on ESPN, maybe Mike&Mike. They would keep me in the know about the sports world. The way they deliver their opinions/facts and their teasing makes a sports show tolerable for me. They are the best I have seen on ESPN.


What are three things you like the best about the weekend?

Bentley wrote: "Sounds like you are going to have a good time with 1 and 3 and how many dogs would that be?"

Seven dogs, Bentley from a Pom to a mastiff/boxer mix. They are great friends and pals.......the children!!!!

1. Crocheting......too boring and the results usually are stupid looking.
2. Bonsai.......I just couldn't seem to get the hang of it enough to keep the plants alive. My brother was a wizard with the art of bonsai and couldn't figure out why I couldn't do it.
3. Golf.......way too frustrating for me.

What are the three eras (centuries) in time in which you would like to have lived and why?

Jill wrote: "Bentley wrote: "Sounds like you are going to have a good time with 1 and 3 and how many dogs would that be?"

Seven dogs, Bentley from a Pom to a mastiff/boxer mix. They are great friends and pals...."

Oh my, good for you - hope you have a lot of space for them to roam.

Goodness, my philosophy is never go back because you are always going to be disappointed. Remember how big and spacious or impressive stuff was when you were a child and then you went back to those locations and said to yourself - well maybe it was because I was so little!.

OK - here I go: (and by the way I would not like to be stuck in any of these)

I would like to go back and talk to my great great grandparents and be able to meet their parents and understand what they went through in life and what life was like back then.

Next - I would like to have lived in Italy during the Renaissance.

The Byzantine Empire might have been interesting.

Gibbon says that the best time was "the second century AD, when Rome’s “five good emperors”, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, brought a peace and stability that western Europe would—in Gibbon’s view—never see again." But then again look at the time period Gibbon was living in!

Edward Gibbon

Tell me three things that you worry about constantly but don't like talking about.

Bentley wrote: "Jill wrote: "Bentley wrote: "Sounds like you are going to have a good time with 1 and 3 and how many dogs would that be?"

Seven dogs, Bentley from a Pom to a mastiff/boxer mix. They are great frie..."

We have 23 acres of fields and woods for them to explore. It is a perfect setting to have happy dogs!!

1. Unemployment
2.Family Rifts
3.After life



Name three places you would love to visit. Why?

Interesting choices Marren - now let me see.

I have been many places in the world but let me see:

Singapore - family
UK - family
New England - family

Tell me three places where you have gone boating, sailing, been on a catamaran, or have been anywhere on the ocean in any kind of boat and what was the occasion.

Disney Cruise Ship to Castaway Cay - vacation

Speed boat from Naples to the island of Capri -vacation

Whale watch boat off the coast of Maine - vacation


Name three teachers who have influenced you the most and tell why.

Mrs. Williams (grade school!) who taught me you can be different and still fit in.

Mr. Brodie (high school) who taught me that history and current events can be fun (smile)

Dr. Arne Mordkoff (graduate school) who taught me to accept, appreciate and go forward.

Actually, there are many, many more...I, we, owe a great deal to our teachers.

What are your three favorite places in your house/apartment/home

Right now the Loft, the deck, and the shower (smile).

Your son or daughter is about to go on their first date and they ask you for advice because they are nervous.

What are the three things you would tell them?

Mind your manners
No kissing
Engage in conversation

Three people you admire and why?

Mal wrote: "Mind your manners
No kissing
Engage in conversation

Three people you admire and why?"

Mal wrote: "Mind your manners
No kissing
Engage in conversation

Three people you admire and why?"

Three People I admire?

1. Winston Churchill, became a leader of Britain despite his lisp.

2. FDR: Became the leader of a nation mired in the Great Depression and offered new leadership all from a wheel chair.

3. Harry Truman: One of the only presidents that actually served in a war, was a poor dirt farmer from Missouri, and understood what the average person needed from its government.

Bentley wrote: "Right now the Loft, the deck, and the shower (smile).

Your son or daughter is about to go on their first date and they ask you for advice because they are nervous.

1. the most difficult, be yourself.
2. Be considerate to your date
3. if your date is not considerate call me to pick you up, no questions asked.

Folks, let me explain the above - you have to answer the question before you and at the bottom of the post you have to ask a question which asks folks to reveal three things about a single subject - always look at post one on any thread for instructions.

So Mike you answered the question with a three in it and now you must come up with a question for the next person.

I do not see your question yet.

We still do not have a question - so I will post one.

Which are the three countries of the world do you admire the most and why?

1) Thanksgiving dinner, it's my favorite holiday and my whole family is here
2) Three Cheese Shrimp, old family recipe
3) Bonnie Butter Cake, simply luscious

What are your three favorite war movies?

Well just saw one of them.

1, Glory
2. Empire of the Sun
3. Saving Private Ryan

but there are a lot of others.

What are three things you are doing this Labor Day Weekend if you are in the United States?

And if you are one of our many international members and there are quite a few - what are three things you are doing today - on this fine Sunday or Monday depending upon where you are>

Francie wrote: "1) Thanksgiving dinner, it's my favorite holiday and my whole family is here
2) Three Cheese Shrimp, old family recipe
3) Bonnie Butter Cake, simply luscious

What are your three favorite war movies?"

You should post your recipes (wish folks would share their global recipes)

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

Which thread would I'd post on? I'll be happy to share.

I provided the link - maybe you can get things going on it - I thought that with a global group - we could get some fun recipes to share.

It is the link in message 201

Thanks, I'll check it out

This looks fun.There was no question for me to answer on page 5. So I'm going to answer post 200 by Ben.

Since it isn't labour day any more I will still answer with what I did. And I celebrated Canada Day long weekend so the weekend before you guy actually. But I did watch the Macy Fireworks thing(Taylor.S and Selena.G) were performing and I just had to watch. Lets see the fireworks always scare me because I will wonder what the sound is, since I am deaf(well actually HOH), I actually can't remember now. My iphone usually tells me what appointments or special event I had but I honestly can't remember now. ah yes Switched At Birth was surely on and I probably was dying to watch it. This was a big epsiode and I was yelling at the tv on Monday night(this was before the Big What-If epsiode)gah how could I have forgotten that. Then I probably watched The Fosters.

3 Fave Monarchs-doesn't matter which country.

*Prince William and Kate
*Prince Harry
*Queen Elizabeth

What are your three favorite ice cream flavors?

My high school reunion
Trip South for relaxation
Thanksgiving - family get together

If you could select the best three people to run for President for the next term in the United States and you could choose from any living citizen (if they wanted to run or not) - who would you choose as a candidate? Choose three.

Rabbi Avi Shafran
Mayor Michael Bloomburg
Elizabeth Warren

Three plans you have for the upcoming weekend

Watch football
Clean the inside of my car (not looking forward to that!!)
Sort books (I do this every weekend since they are getting out of hand)

What three political/military personages do you admire most.....any country, any time era?

Pretty easy for me:

Winston Churchill
George Marshall
Alexander the Great

You have decided that you would like to change your career - if you had all of the money, time and talent - what three choices would you make?

My top 3 would be
1)Singer/Dancer/songwriter
2)Writer
3)Social Worker

What's your 3 Fave shows right now