On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:22:36 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:18:04 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:
I just found out about the deal today, and he's away at college. He took
11
AP classes, though, so he'd be a candidate. He buys lots of books and his
tastes are...eclectic.
"AP" classes?
Advanced Placement. Those are college-level courses you take in high school.
If you get an A, or sometimes a B (depending on the college's requirements)
on a national test after taking the courses, you get college credit for them
and place out of college courses. It saves Dad some money, too.
The latter is always a good thing.
The NYT article said the free books were going to Advanced Placement
students.
Y'know, I didn't even key on that.
Um, enjoy! titter
Phfft. Some people got no appreciation. d8-)
What, for scratching balls, spitting tobacco goo, and steroids?
What is your mother, a communist? I'll bet she doesn't like hot dogs,
either, right? Very suspicious...
Mom still eats pork, but my sister and I don't after she took that
Biology class at ASU (Tempe, AZ.) The teacher brought in an unopened,
fully-cooked canned ham. They opened it and looked at it under the
microscopes. She saw lifeforms, all the worms coming to the surface of
the ham and wiggling their bodies, and we haven't eaten pork since.
None of us eats the "meat" weiners, pork/chicken/beef byproducts, but
we do still like Foster Farms turkey dogs. I made a couple of FFT dogs
last week with focaccia bread. Very tasty.
I loved football until they went on strike. I lost interest after
that. (Well, that and the Chargers always losing.)
Football? You mean, 300-pound mutants trying to break each others' knees
while trying to stay out of prison? Oh, there's a great sport. g
400-pound. But with perfect spirals of 50 yards and graceful, midair
catches by Jerry Rice, what American could NOT like football?
Say, Ed. Can you 'splain the price these SnapOn body tools are
fetching on eBay? http://tinyurl.com/33copr thud
'Don't know. I had some good ones 40 years ago and they weren't cheap then.
How does the price compare with the cost of new?
$20 for a Chiwanese import set of 7 pieces. $90 for a set from
Eastwood. Hmm, they also have an 8-pc $190 set. Amazing. I guess the
prices aren't all that far out of line after all.
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Who is John Galt?