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RE: Trivia question - RJNorton - 06-27-2025
Nope, not cooks.
RE: Trivia question - Steve - 06-27-2025
If I remember correctly it was, hunting?
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 06-27-2025
Knits?
RE: Trivia question - RJNorton - 06-27-2025
Kudos, Steve! I was surprised when I read it because I had known of the old "turkey story" in which 8=year-old Abraham had shot and killed a turkey. Then, when he took a look at the dead turkey, he felt really bad. And I had (perhaps naively) thought that Lincoln never hunted afterwards. But, according to Indiana friend, David Turnham, Lincoln sometimes hunted on Sundays.
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-04-2025
(No googling, please)
Ernest Hemingway didnt like it. But Charles Dickens did ... and Jane Austen did, too.
Lincoln had very considerable respect for it.
To what am I referring?
RE: Trivia question - RJNorton - 07-05-2025
Was it a controversial piece of literature?
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-05-2025
No, Roger.
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-05-2025
Roger, you deserve a clue.
This question came to me when I read something in a magazine supplement and associated that with something discussed very recently, on another Thread of this Forum.
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-05-2025
Mrs Dalloway has more than a thousand.
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-05-2025
Some people still like this very useful little chap; I guess it depends upon education and personal preference.
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-05-2025
Yes, very useful; I used it just now.
You'll kick yourselves; it's staring at you. I used it again.
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-05-2025
Ok, I relent. ( I know, its only easy if you created the question and know the answer.)
Use Google if you wish
A reminder of the question ...
Ernest Hemingway didnt like it. But Charles Dickens did ... and Jane Austen did, too.
Lincoln thought it useful and had very substantial respect for it.
To what am I referring?
Hemingway's comment related to his tool of trade.
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-05-2025
When I write Lincoln
had very substantial respect for it,
he didnt use those exact words; 'very substantial' was not used ... he used a short word.
The question is what is "it" ?
RE: Trivia question - AussieMick - 07-06-2025
Little chap; any help?
RE: Trivia question - RJNorton - 07-06-2025
Fountain pens?