Re: Names, was Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-02-03 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I know what department they're from, what classes they teach, which staff room they live in, and chat about their family, home, holiday etc, but in the end I have to admit my failure and ask their name so I can call up the account. I used to ask them ho

Re: Names, was Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-02-03 Thread Russell Chapman
Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: Faces for me are very easy. I remember a face forever, including everything that person told me together with when it was told to me and under what circumstances. At times I can remember niggling little details about somebody as far back as 10 years ago or so. For me

Re: Names, was Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-02-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
Julia Thompson wrote: not *that* great at names unless I try really hard, and worse at faces Faces for me are very easy. I remember a face forever, including everything that person told me together with when it was told to me and under what circumstances. At times I can remember niggling litt

Re: Names, was Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-02-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: > I'm terrible with names as well, particularly when I first meet people, or > with casual > acquaintences (ie: co-workers I almost never interact with, or even obscure > extended relatives I rarely see). My wife is the exact opposite. She > always > remembers people's names a

RE: Names, was Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-02-02 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Sonja van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kevin Tarr wrote: As I said, I'm not a work person. I love my job, but don't like workplace interactions. One boss, the one who criticizes everything I do, was visibly upset that I didn't know who another person was, their name. I've talked to him th

Names, was Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-02-02 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
Kevin Tarr wrote: As I said, I'm not a work person. I love my job, but don't like workplace interactions. One boss, the one who criticizes everything I do, was visibly upset that I didn't know who another person was, their name. I've talked to him three times, if that. He doesn't wear a name

Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-02-01 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 05:49 PM 1/27/2004, you wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: > *It's in a section's food cubicle. The books are all mysteries and > thrillers. I asked why no sci-fi? The section leader nearly jumped down my > throat. This Clancy book was the first I've ever borrowed, working there > two years now. When I r

Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-01-28 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jan 2004, at 3:47 am, Kevin Tarr wrote: Near the end of Chasm City there were two word errors that stood out. I know I questioned one in Kiln People and the list thought the words were okay. Just wondering how many errors get into finished books. Lots. I think it's rare for a book not to

Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-01-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > *It's in a section's food cubicle. The books are all mysteries and > thrillers. I asked why no sci-fi? The section leader nearly jumped down my > throat. This Clancy book was the first I've ever borrowed, working there > two years now. When I returned it I saw a Harry Turtledov

RE: No teeth in this tiger

2004-01-27 Thread Damon Agretto
> I've always found Clancy and the like quite > mediocre. Somewhat comparable to > King. I posted on this before, and I agree. I read Red Storm Rising in HS, and despite the fact that many people talk well about the book, I felt it was pretty bad. The writing was OK, but what I really disagreed w

RE: No teeth in this tiger

2004-01-27 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: No teeth in this tiger Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:47:08 -0500 Picked up Tom Clancy's TotT last week from the workplace library*. Started okay, but mostly it s

Re: No teeth in this tiger

2004-01-27 Thread G. D. Akin
Kevin Tarr wrote: > Picked up Tom Clancy's TotT last week from the workplace library*. Started > okay, but mostly it sucked. The ending was very bad. It needed another five > chapters to really finish the story but I'm sure the next book will cover that. > > If I had friends who repeated the same

No teeth in this tiger

2004-01-26 Thread Kevin Tarr
Picked up Tom Clancy's TotT last week from the workplace library*. Started okay, but mostly it sucked. The ending was very bad. It needed another five chapters to really finish the story but I'm sure the next book will cover that. If I had friends who repeated the same things that much during c