--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00001 Date: 11/17/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 11:35am \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: James patterson On (16 Nov 96) Susan Bulla wrote to Maureen Goldman... dr> Dennehey, but he's not tall enough. He sure is sexy though. (G). MG> How old is Travis supposed to be? These guys are now 54 and 58. SB> One is lead to believe that Travis is a mid-30's to early 40's kinda SB> guy, but he's really timeless. I think it's a mistake to play him SB> too young rather than too old. He shouldn't be close to drawing a pension, either. ... Caught me... yeah, I'm a member of tagline-thieves, local 202. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00002 Date: 11/17/96 From: IRV KOCH Time: 11:49pm \/To: DAVID CHESSLER (Read 5 times) Subj: BOOKS DC> On 13 Nov 96, 05:42pm, Irv Koch wrote to Sam Waring DC> on the subject of "Books": > You will also, if you deal with it long enough, discover another > peculiarity of Used Books. The stores which > charge the highest prices > drive out those who charge the least. It's > totally counter-intuitive > but there's a math type reason for it. DC> There are other products where this happens. Generally, the DC> public associates higher prices with better quality. In the case DC> of used books, I suspect the higher prices pay for slightly DC> cleaner surroundings, matching bookshelves, and other DC> inconsequential amenities. Nope. We're talking USED books and the "price" is at least partially "trade credit as a percentage of cover price." The customer has nothing to do with it. They go where the stock is. The stock flows to whoever charges the most. The people who charge less can't even pay their rent and go out of business ... with the stock going to surviving stores if not to the dumpster. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00003 Date: 11/18/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 07:16am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again FR> SB> hardened my heart!) FR> Possibly not. I thought the first death was an especially sad one. However, FR> you are right--overall it wasn't an especially sad novel--I was just unhappy FR> about the first victim, that's all. Doggone, Fred, I don't even *remember* the first victim, and I just put that book down! This is pitiful. FR> SB> some of the PBS series. Usually I'm hunched over the computer FR> SB> keyboard rather than watching the TV. FR> Either that or a book, but I make exceptions for some programs, such as FR> MYSTERY or several others which feature an interesting plot line, rather than FR> gore. There's darn little of that out there. I am trying to keep an eye out for the Helen Mirrin series wherein she plays the Homicide Chief Inspector in a contemporary English setting. The last one I saw was about a year ago and was a one hour program rather than a mini-series which the previous programs were. Have you seen anything about a more recent one? * JABBER v1.2 * Precinct toilets stolen. Police have nothing to go on. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * The Oasis BBS * Weatherford, TX * (817) 613-9002 * (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00004 Date: 11/18/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 10:18am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Books HF> Yep, a cat. Many of the stories were re-released in trade paperback HF> lately, but some of the older mass markets are still readily available HF> at used book stores. They aren't always easy to find at the library. FR> One bookstore around here has a special area for "collectables"-- FR> older pbs that cost 4 to 10 times the orginal purchase price. The editions I'm thinking of aren't quite old enough to be collectible. I think they were 1980's or late 70's reprints. ... Aibohphobia(n): the irrational fear of palindromes. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy and Fiber Artist --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * MetroNet * Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00005 Date: 11/18/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 12:17am \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 5 times) Subj: Expiration Warning On (16 Nov 96) Jan Murphy wrote to Maureen Goldman... JM> The last time this happened, I 'rescued' the echolisting and re-listed JM> the echo with Pamela as Moderator. Then long-time MYSTERY participant JM> Beth Friedman (who is also a neighbor and friend of Pamela's) JM> volunteered to take over the echo, so I sent her a copy of the JM> echolisting and password. JM> I expected that Beth would take over the listing for the echolist, but JM> that didn't happen. So when I saw the expiration warning come up, I JM> submitted a new listing to keep the echo in the echolist. JM> This should satisfy the guys running the backbone. I am willing to do JM> any of the caretaker-chores which are needed for backbone echos, like JM> helping sysops track down possible breaks in distribution, and so on. Great! Kudos to you. Is there a lot of work attached to this sort of thing? JM> When I get the chance, I will netmail Beth and ask her what she JM> intends to do. I know Pamela is currently under deadline with an JM> overdue book, and you know what that means. Uh ... I have a book due at the end of November, haven't written a word in months. [Hanging head.] It means that you go to bed vowing to do better the next day, then feel really, really guilty and wretched. I've never minded marked-down baked goods, but now I am thinking of exploring one of those combination packages at the grocery marked "meat ends". JM> In the meantime, the echolisting has been renewed, so we shouldn't JM> have a problem with the echo being dropped from the backbone. Good-o. ... CLAPclapCLAPclapCLAPclapCLAPclapCLAPclapCLAPclapCLAPclapCLAPclapCLAP --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00006 Date: 11/18/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 10:17am \/To: SAM WARING (Read 5 times) Subj: Books On (17 Nov 96) Sam Waring wrote to Irv Koch... SW> This weekend I performed one of my taking-candy-from-a-baby SW> stunts with the local Half Price Books. They were at this giganto SW> book fair/ SW> literacy thing that the Governor's wife put together (the tents took SW> up three blocks of Congress Avenue beginning at 15th Street), and as I SW> went by I saw they had some mid-level Texana sitting out, so I stopped SW> to see if there were any wonderful sleepers. There was--underneath SW> another SW> mediocre displayed title, I spotted a first printing of LONESOME DOVE, SW> priced at $25. I pondered whether to say anything, but finally SW> decided that they're supposedly big boys and girls now and have to SW> take SW> responsibility for their own mistakes. Bought the book, took it down SW> to our store, and repriced it at the $100 it should have brought. The last (?) Bernie Rhodenburr book begins with a fairly lengthy chat about the worth of first edition mysteries. (THE BURGLAR WHO TRADED HANK WILLIAMS, I believe.) These aren't even particularly old mysteries. Boggling. ... Though this tagline be madness, yet there is method in't. Tagspeare --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00007 Date: 11/18/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 10:19am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again On (17 Nov 96) Fred Runk wrote to Maureen Goldman... MG> Same here. I picture Cadfael as more like Brian Blessed. The MG> books describe him as built like a barrel. FR> Brian Blessed? Don't know the name. But, yes, someone stocky and FR> craggy, a bit of a rough-and-tumble type. Blessed appeared on a two-part LOVEJOY as a magnate. He had a regular part as a Greek driver on a miniseries based on the childhood of Gerald Durrell. The title totally eludes me, but it's a real charmer. MG> Incidentally, the Moderator of HISTORY said that the depiction MG> was at least a century off. FR> In what way? If that isn't asking for too much. Sorry, it's been a long time and I don't believe he went into much detail. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00008 Date: 11/18/96 From: JOAN RENNE Time: 06:11pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 5 times) Subj: James patterson MG>On (16 Nov 96) Susan Bulla wrote to Maureen Goldman... MG> dr> Dennehey, but he's not tall enough. He sure is sexy though. (G). MG> MG> How old is Travis supposed to be? These guys are now 54 and 58. MG> SB> One is lead to believe that Travis is a mid-30's to early 40's kinda MG> SB> guy, but he's really timeless. I think it's a mistake to play him MG> SB> too young rather than too old. MG> He shouldn't be close to drawing a pension, either. Nick Nolte, Nick Nolte! That's the ticket! What a Travis he would be! * SLMR 2.1a * ... Home...Home is derranged! Where the dear... --- WM v3.01/93-0495 * Origin: Friend's BBS Omaha Ne (1:285/662.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00009 Date: 11/18/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 08:40pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 5 times) Subj: James patterson DR> FB> He could do in a pinch. Also, he has that rangy, rawboned look hat DR> FB> I associate with Travis. DR> DR> There is a picture of what McGee is supposed to look like on the DR> back of the book I'm reading, and yeah, Harrison could do it. Or DR> as stated in another message Sam Elliot and he does do TV. Come on, now, we should be able to come up with more seasoned, tall, rangy-types who could do this deal. Anybody else want to play? DR> FB> Nope, too heavy (spoken by a woman who is WAY undertall for her DR> FB> weight!) DR> DR> Ha ha. I love it. Consider this swiped. You can have it along with about 40 pounds I won't even *miss*! DR> I do love Dennehey though. DR> He has gorgeous eyes, full of mischief, and a very nice smile. DR> Do you watch his Jake Reed series, by any chance? It's very good. DR> Of course I could be a tad partial. (G). Nah, I don't so TV, but I am a sucker for a killer smile! * JABBER v1.2 * ... Wreck the Malls with Cows on Harleys, alalala,lalala! --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * The Oasis BBS * Weatherford, TX * (817) 613-9002 * (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFN00010 Date: 11/18/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 08:40pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 5 times) Subj: James patterson MG> SB> guy, but he's really timeless. I think it's a mistake to play him MG> SB> too young rather than too old. MG> MG> He shouldn't be close to drawing a pension, either. Okay. Got a candidate? * JABBER v1.2 * Death is just Nature's way of dropping carrier. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * The Oasis BBS * Weatherford, TX * (817) 613-9002 * (1:130/716)