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« Reply #60 on: May 24, 2011, 08:57:55 am »

'Operation Mincemeat' by Ben Macintyre
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« Reply #61 on: May 25, 2011, 00:02:38 am »

just read this


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« Reply #62 on: May 29, 2011, 14:08:24 pm »

'Life' by Keith Richards...

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how did you like it, KS?
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« Reply #63 on: May 29, 2011, 20:39:34 pm »



So, when Bernie was dealing 2nd hand cars he never took any low-mileage ones as there was no profit to be made by rolling back the trip-meter  Grin
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« Reply #64 on: October 26, 2011, 06:51:31 am »



Finished reading Tony Iommi's autobiography last night. Interesting stuff..

Must have been some wedding having Ozzy and Bonham present at the same time; http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tony-iommis-journey-through-heaven-and-hell-20111024  Smiley
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« Reply #65 on: October 26, 2011, 07:33:23 am »

Working my way through the Dark Tower series.  now on book 4!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_%28series%29
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« Reply #66 on: October 26, 2011, 11:15:19 am »

Just started.

Philip K. Dick,  Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep.

Better know as the novel which the film Blade Runner was taking from.
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« Reply #67 on: October 27, 2011, 00:03:18 am »

I'll read anything I can get my hands on... trying to limit my VW reading to simply Hot VWs when it shows up in the mail, because once I start reading that, I'm distracted from anything and everything else.  Heh.

Just finished a Don Robertson (?? I think that's right) novel called The Greatest Thing that Almost Happened, read a Philip Roth novel before that (Indignation), getting ready to read another Roth book (forgot the title) as well as one of my new favorites, Garrison Keillor.  Need to get off my duff and get back into the writing realm, too, rather than obsessing over my POS '70...lol. 
All time favorite author is Jean Shepherd.  He wrote/narrated "A Christmas Story," about the Red Ryder BB gun that Ralphie wants for Christmas.
I've made piece with the fact it will never be a "nice" car, but I'm getting ready to go through round 2 on the 2017 engine build, thanks to my buddy, John Bates.  If it weren't for him, I would be done with the big engine build and throwing a stocker back in.
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« Reply #68 on: December 18, 2011, 18:40:46 pm »

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« Reply #69 on: January 02, 2012, 07:24:42 am »

Steve Jobs  by Walter Issacson
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« Reply #70 on: January 02, 2012, 08:05:03 am »

Boom Boom -- I believe that there are 3 books out there of Dick's short stories -- all are great and still very prophetic

Ken Follett -- Fall of Giants -- very good first of a series of three, second book scheduled for release this year

Was at a yard sale and was just drawn to this -- a complete 9 book set of The World Book .. ...  from 1928 .. .. very interesting to see the world from the eyes of someone in 1928 like -- the country of Abyssinia -- was renamed Ethiopia in 1923 -- was only 1 of 2 countries in Africa at that time not owned or controled by European Powers -- I've dubbed this the forgotten knowledge and I'm enjoying relearning it.
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« Reply #71 on: January 02, 2012, 17:48:39 pm »

Keith Richards - LIFE.
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« Reply #72 on: January 02, 2012, 23:45:57 pm »

'Life' by Keith Richards...

x2 Grin

how did you like it, KS?
Died. Quote "Lennon belt en zegt, wij zijn nog niet klaar met mixen. (Keef): Wij hebben er al eentje klaarliggen. (Lennon): OK, jullie eerst!  Dus kopen dat boek + Haagse Bluf van de Earring, ben je gelijk klaar met de music industry....
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« Reply #73 on: January 03, 2012, 20:03:57 pm »

Garrison Keillor, "Pilgrims", plus a collection of Louis L'Amour short stories...
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« Reply #74 on: January 04, 2012, 18:09:30 pm »

Steve jobs and the latest Clive cussler story
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« Reply #75 on: January 05, 2012, 16:24:50 pm »

http://www.roger-ball.com/
Odyssey of a Navy fighter pilot.
All profits go to the Navy SEAL Foundation.  That works out to about $12/copy.
"Hawk" was the lead pilot in developing the F-14 and later CO and XO of TOPGUN at Fighter town USA Miramar San Diego.
Still a great guy, long ago I worked with Hawk in the USS Ranger CATCC.  Cool
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« Reply #76 on: August 07, 2012, 11:45:53 am »



...And also:

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas / Hunter S. Thompson
Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail '72 / Hunter S. Thompson
Fear And Loathing In America / Hunter S. Thompson
Kingdom Of Fear / Hunter S. Thompson
Generation Of Swine / Hunter S. Thompson


I have read these also....I love them all!!!
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« Reply #77 on: August 07, 2012, 14:38:35 pm »

I'm reading "A song of ice and fire" which is the fifth book in the "Game of thrones" series.
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« Reply #78 on: August 07, 2012, 18:24:06 pm »

Just finished "Locked On" by Tom Clancy and am currently reading "Nov. 22, 1963" by Stephen King.  I relish my evenings these days reading on my front porch and drinking a cold Coke versus cursing creative new strands of profanity in my buddy's shop on the car/engine project... the latter came to a standstill recently with a pinched thrust bearing and squashed dowel pin.
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« Reply #79 on: August 07, 2012, 20:49:03 pm »

Keith Richards - LIFE.
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« Reply #80 on: August 08, 2012, 13:23:36 pm »

De Havilland Goblin 3 jet engine manual, it's a real page turner!
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« Reply #81 on: August 09, 2012, 08:45:41 am »

I'm reading "A song of ice and fire" which is the fifth book in the "Game of thrones" series.

Good books, aren't they! I've just finished "a dance with dragons" book 1, which I think is the sixth in the series.

I'm reading "American tabloid" by James Ellroy at the moment, a fictionalized version of the mafia, FBI and CIA interaction around the time of JFK's campaign and election. It's very good, and I've got the next two in the trilogy to read too!
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« Reply #82 on: August 13, 2012, 03:18:47 am »

Steve jobs and the latest Clive cussler story

Just finished the job book t long last, what a very clever guy, we have a lot in coman with our passion or VW's  as he did with technology, a recommended read.

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« Reply #83 on: August 13, 2012, 03:32:51 am »

Reading technical manuals for work

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« Reply #84 on: August 13, 2012, 05:11:43 am »

Reading technical manuals for work

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A little light reading Glenn??  Grin

I just finished this



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« Reply #85 on: July 25, 2013, 10:12:21 am »

Here's a great article by HST!


http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html
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« Reply #86 on: July 25, 2013, 16:01:16 pm »

Steve jobs and the latest Clive cussler story

thats my favorite one

reading the latest fargo story now from Cussler
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« Reply #87 on: July 25, 2013, 19:17:54 pm »

Let's see, I read this



a few weeks ago and then I read


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« Reply #88 on: July 25, 2013, 22:26:31 pm »

Helpful for road racing or driving fast anywhere for that matter.
Since reading them I still review chapters before a race weekend.

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http://www.amazon.com/Going-Faster-Mastering-Race-Driving/dp/0837602262

they have the basics on you tube...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/xQRmYMlmdqM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/xQRmYMlmdqM</a>
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« Reply #89 on: December 15, 2014, 01:19:44 am »

Coming up to Christmas we're bound to get books for presents. I've finished the Game of Thrones series, as far as they're written anyway. Ive not had much time for reading recently, but I did manage No Angel, the Jay Dobins story of how an ATF agent infiltrated the Hells Angels and Stephen King's From a Buick Eight. Also read Anno Dracula by Kim Newman, a bit of a mash-up of Dracula and Jack the Ripper which was good fun!
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