From: howl@dontemailme.com
In article , laro@idworld.net says...
>I believe I may be as old as you
We'll see about that. I was born mid-year in 1935.
>I was the one with the bookshelves.
My parents had built-in bookshelves in the
living room but the only time I recall them
reading the books was when my mom would
occasionally find time for the Reader's Digest
condensed ones. My own childhood favorites
were the set of story books - don't now remember
the name of the encyclopedic set, but it began
with Mother Goose rhymes and graduated to stories
for teenagers - all in the Brothers Grimm format,
of course. Sleeping Beauty, etc. There were about
20 books in the set, which resided on the shelf
just below Encyclopedia Britannica, of course.
>I understand "Fleming before the movies," too.
I recall reading Fleming for the first time in
my adult years, and before any movies were made.
One book that may prove prescient, that I've never
again been able to find, was THE BIG EYE, which
foresaw the impact of a world-destroying asteroid
that looked like a big eye as it approached. I
have always thought the author was a Herbert (last
name?). In any event, it's now disappeared from
the news but a couple of months ago there was the
disclosure that just such an encounter is possible
in this decade.
>The hacienda in the Ferlin Husky song I would place as a ranchhouse in South
>Texas in a fairly recent era of the early 20th.
Well, as I know you know, when in Mexico a "hacienda"
can be palacial if it belongs to a large land owner,
and the term usually refers to such a holding - not
to the house itself. Hacienda = a property. I think
it more usually refers to a "ranch" in Mexico.
In the USA there are "Hacienda" restaurants, motels,
movie theaters, etc etc.
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