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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (91921)	9/1/2001 5:23:57 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

To All, CNBS does a lousy job of covering financial stuff, but they did o.k. on covering the two year olds in The Hopeful Stakes today. Came Home won, which is a funny name for a colt they tried to sell at auction more than once only to have him not get a bid. Let's see, he broke his maiden in his first race, and then won two stakes races. 3 for 3. Can I bid on him now? At yearling prices? <g>

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (91921)	9/2/2001 10:19:29 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

To All, Two more mystery books to review. 1st To Die, by James Patterson is nice and gory with female protagonists. At times the femme four kind of irritate me with their exclusion of all things male, except in one case. There, we know the x chromosone type has to be either the villain or dead meat, and I won't spoil it by saying which he is. Our main lady sleuth also has a deadly disease, which keeps things nice and light-hearted. But Patterson can write and the book kept me turning the pages. If I make fun of female sleuths, I usually totally avoid female mystery writers. Not that they can't write. Many can and do. But their books tend to be a bit too touchy-feelie for my blood and guts with a dash of humor and a ton of graphic sex preferences. In her series books, Sharyn McCrumb conforms to the stereotype. But in her non-series books, she sometimes comes up with some doozies. The PMS Outlaws is a doozie. Two women who pick up horny men, strip them and tie them up for party time, and then steal their money. Gotta love these gals. O.K., you can untie me now. <g> A nice lady at a mental hospital is trying to come to grips with a husband who is lost at sea and who she still believes is alive, against all common sense. An interior decorating male sleuth who is something of a disaster at both occupations, but good-hearted. A tough as nails lady lawyer who invented the PMS Outlaw schtick. And a rather dim male lawyer partner who is also the brother of the woman in the mental hospital. Throw in a 90-something bootlegger and some great writing, and you have a story that is compelling, if a bit softer than my usual preferences. My main dislike about the book was that so many of the main female characters have initials instead of names. Irritating. BTW, all of these book reviews are proof of what I did during class at Hartford. They helped me make it through "what is a stock" class and "what is a bond" class. <g>

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (91921)	9/4/2001 1:44:54 AM
From: Bill/WA	Respond to of 132070

RE: Brown <<Did Brown die in Nam?>> I'm pretty sure he didn't. I saw an hour show on him around 2 months ago (SpeedVision, I think) about his shooting a documentary on motorcycle racing (it was dated). Steve McQueen helped him out financially so that will give you an idea of how long ago. His dad used to run a charter boat out of the dock next door to my dad's marina in FL. I have a "semi" partner in WA (we're shooting digital video in the NW) that was shooting 16mm in Hawaii on surfing while Brown was there...he might know. Check your PM's OK? Bill/WA