"The new phonebook's here...."
"Where's Navin R.?"Friday, September 30, 2011
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- The Pliers
- Pliers are a type of hand tool used to hold objects firmly, or for cutting and bending tough materials such as wire. Generally, pliers consist of a pair of metal levers joined at a pivot positioned closer to one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the pivot, and longer handles on the other side. This arrangement allows the power of the hand's grip to be amplified and focused on the object with precision. The jaws can also be used to manipulate objects too small or unwieldy to be manipulated with the fingers. There are many kinds of pliers; some are designed for general purpose gripping, and others are designed for a specific purpose. Mine are designed for use with spit and baling wire in lieu of other more dependable materials with which to hold the universe together...
The Pliers within spitting distance...
Books Hurled from Shelves or the Ether...
Interesting Bits and Pieces...
Twisted Baling Wire...
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Does this mean you are no longer incognito in France?
ReplyDeleteNo.
ReplyDeleteYou are hilarious. I zoomed in to check, thinking that doing that is so much easier than putting on two pair of readers to read the small print.
ReplyDeleteVous etes arrivés!! (couldn't be bothered to look up HTML for the chapeau).
dammit. I should have edited that. Never mind, leave it as is.
ReplyDeleteEdited what?
ReplyDeleteI think that it is Steve Martin who is hilarious!
I can't help but think of that scene whenever I think of the telephone book, particularly my own little place in it.
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Oh, Deborah, I almost forgot...
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you have TV, but I have had occasion in the past few weeks, using SFR's Evolution TV, to "tape" documentaries on Philip Roth, Romain Gary/Emile Ajar, and James Lee Burke--all writers, of course--and each documentary has been fantastic!!!
I watched the James Lee Burke interview twice on TV, rather than having "taped" it and I plan to watch Roth and Ajar once again before erasing them. Great exercise for language and, of course, great inspiration for reading and writing.
Thanks for the tip! I 'discovered' Gros Calin a few years ago on Pierre's shelf and loved it. Bought it for his son, who has a different kind of relationship with the world, but I don't think he ever read it. It's so lovely. I'm heading back to the Var in less than a week and with the new Livebox, we should be able to tape things. As for the editing, I had to re-read myself three times to see the error. But then realized I was inventing an error that I thought I saw the first time. Do I need help??
ReplyDeleteHappy taping and watching at your leisure. I never had Tivo in the USA so this is a new experience for me. I'm taping Bill Maher's "Religiosity" for watching tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteLast night I watched a cool documentary on Madame Claude, France's most in/famous madame. It was extremely interesting and a wealth of useful vocabulary! Ha! Ha! Ha!