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    nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
      
   > 	7.  Is there a sketch which always amuses you, no matter how   
   > good or bad it turns out to actually be?  What is it, if there is one?   
      
   Currently, I have a strange affection for the old-time radio singer,   
   even though the sketch is pretty much the same each time.   
      
   > 	8.  What book that you could lay your hand on right now --   
   > without rooting around in the attic or storage locker or the like --   
   > have you owned the longest?   
      
   A hardcover copy of "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White.  Written near the   
   front is "To Jimmy from Aunt Betsy, Christmas 1979."  (I know I got a   
   matching copy of "Stuart Little" simultaneously, but I don't know what   
   happened to it.)   
      
   >                              Which book is the oldest?   
      
   A hardcover of "The Thurber Carnival" by James Thurber, copyright 1945   
   ("This book is complete and unabridged in contents, and is manufactured   
   in strict conformity with Government regulations for saving paper").   
   Jacket still there, but not in very good shape, because it's unusually   
   thin, to save paper.  Inherited from my great-grandfather, who helpfully   
   put two stamps in blue ink on the inside of the back cover:  "RECEIVED   
   FEB 12 1945 J.C. ELLWANGER" and "FROM: JOHN C. ELLWANGER 12 MARION AVE.   
   MILLBURN, N.J."   
      
   It looks like this:  http://tinyurl.com/2tbf6b  (Amazon.com link)   
      
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