(You can see how it's warped my life, but in a good way.)
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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A few year's back after a spectacularly bad breakup, I was a complete mess, emotionally and physically ... in an effort to get in shape, I read a book called "Body for Life," which is in essence a dieting book/program ... it actually made a huge difference for me physically and emotionally ...
Another Person Below Me,
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From: The waters off eastern Long Island | Registered: Jul 2003
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Atlas Shrugged Just kidding. I never read any Ayn Rand.
I don't think any one book has changed my life. However, I would say that all the books I have read have had an influence on my life.
Asimov Patterson Bellows Michener,
What is your favorite film adaptation of a book?
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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both film and book are each fantbulous in their own right. an excellent example of a film version that captures the spirit of the book without being limited to the pages.
APBM,
same Q.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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I think the film actually edges out the book for my tastes, though, because of how much is left unsaid. Hmmm... interesting that my choice was another in the Sci-Fi genre. Let's see if the pattern holds...
APBM,
same question.
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Three way tie ... Jaws, the Godfather & Silence of the Lambs ...
aPbM,
Same question ...
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From: The waters off eastern Long Island | Registered: Jul 2003
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The Remains of the Day APBM: What is the most benevolent thing you've done in the past year?
From: Washington DC | Registered: Oct 2004
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I took two of my great nieces to the ballet (Sleeping Beauty) and a great niece and great nephew to Dora Live.
APBM,
What was your favorite vacation from when you were a kid?
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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When my Ma was upset, she'd might wake me up, we's get in the Belair and off we'd go. Bet I saw a third of the country that way. The one I remember the most, we were at Yellowstone, the main lodge. The sights of course, bears and Old Faithful were great but most remembered (remember, I'm a kid) was the lodge set up chairs and a projector for a nightly movie. We watched the original King Kong. That got my nerves up as it was but just as we were getting to sleep, the coyotes started yowling. I still on occasion remember that night in my dreams.
APBM
Kid vacations are telling. Keep this one going.
From: East Toledo | Registered: Jul 2003
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It would probably be when we used to go to Dinsey World every year in February (in Massachusetts, at least in the '70s and early '80s, the schools always closed in the third week of February).
We went there four consecutive Februaries. Then, in 1981, while we were in Florida, my parents asked my sister and me if we liked Florida. We both said we did. They announced that we were moving there and we started crying.
I never quite took to living there and left after I'd finished college. Living near the Great Mouse kind of turned me off theme parks in general.
But still, those years that we went when I was little were great fun.
APBM,
What was the best vacation you had as an adult?
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From: The Pyngwyn Colonies of Planet Hyustyn | Registered: Aug 2005
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I've only been on one vacation as an adult, most of my adult life I was too poor to go anywhere. Last year my wife (well then fiance) and I went to Dominican Republic for a week, where she met my parents for the first time. The service at the resort was excellent and we went on some tours of the local area. My wife got to swim in an ocean for the first time in her life. My favorite part was going to the beach side market and trying to get good deals on stuff. Lots of fun!
Well I'm looking for ideas for my next vacation so.....same question.
From: Fort McMurray | Registered: Nov 2004
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After I graduated from college in 1993, I went with two other students and our German professor to Germany. It was the first (and so far only) time I've been out of the U.S. We rented a car and spent 11 days driving around Berlin, Bavaria, Heidelberg, and other places, and even took a train into Innsbruck, Austria, to visit the Alpenzoo.
But my standout memory is overnighting in Leipzig, which just three years previously had been Communist territory.
Let's continue the travelogue: same question.
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From: The Stasis Zone | Registered: Jul 2003
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After getting in a winter storm car wreck, insurance paid for a rental Volkswagon Golf, unlimited miles.
Starting in Toledo, I picked up a buddy in Glen Ellyn and we did the Wall Drug, Corn Palace, Badlands (beautiful in winter), and all the usual stuff. Tetons were amazing. We x-country skiied into Yellowstone (I can still see the "blue" of the winter morning). Headed into Jackson Hole for some nightlife and even downhill skiied in Idaho. My buddy never left the bunny hill. At the end of the day, I asked him why. He said, "bunnies." (evil grin).
Well onto something new.
APBM
Describe a surprise out-of-town visit that you received.
From: East Toledo | Registered: Jul 2003
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