"axolotl" wrote in message
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On 12/16/2009 10:20 PM, ATP* wrote:

I bought a few at Costco for my son. Mrs. Hardy is slim, attractive and
always serves the guests and defers to her husband. They have one fat
friend
who is obsessed with food, and the bad guy was a typical Spanish type,
small
and excitable.....

You need to find the originals at a used book store. Much more
interesting.

I didn't realize that the Hardy Boys novels I read as a kid were revisions
from 1959 on. Also dug up this interesting reference page:

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys