"E-reader devices", naming - Page 38

GeoffC · 01-08-2009, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tompe

But Texans do not seem to stand the sun. I took a walk this summer in Austin from the hotell to a shopping mall and the only other people I met out walking were some other Swedes. So Texans seems to be a bit afraid of the sun and spend all the time in air conditioned cars...

Does that imply you are not a Texan yourself ?

pshrynk · 01-08-2009, 03:23 PM

Negotiations were closing on an agreement.

"Okay, so, I can play the music I want seventyfive percent of the time..."

"With exceptions.."

"With the exception of no ska, no yodeling, no Slim Whitman especially, no World Music unless it involves South African Male choirs, and no fourteenth century chants."

"And..."

"And no asking the M.A.R.V.I.N. what he wants to listen to."

"I heard that," came a flatly depressed voice from the depths of the Goose.

"That about does it. Now cut me down from here, I'm getting a migraine."

"You're the boss!"

At that moment, the line holding Harv upside down parted and he fell to the spongy ground below.

Vivaldi looked up at the frayed end of wool dangling high in the air. "I think that counts, don't you?"

zelda_pinwheel · 01-08-2009, 03:45 PM

no SKA ???? i think you're being a little unreasonable on that one, pshrynkie-poo.

vivaldirules · 01-08-2009, 04:07 PM

Hey, as long as I still get to listen to The Hurdy Gurdy Whirler Girls, I guess I can't complain.

badgoodDeb · 01-08-2009, 04:22 PM

Is that anything like "Roller Derby Queen" by Jim Croce?

montsnmags · 01-08-2009, 08:02 PM

I want to listen to the 12" harcdore-techno, emo, acid-jazz, punk, bluegrass remix of Convoy on constant repeat.

Cheers,
Marc (...goes to iTunes store for a look-see...)

pshrynk · 01-09-2009, 11:09 AM

Vera stepped off the plane in Mexico City. She doggedly ignored the corridor of vendors wanting to sell her everything from cheap silver to their sister to her gold watch and moved to customs.

"Hola, senorita! Welcome to Mexico! Business or pleasure?"

"Pleasure," she replied. Well, it wasn't an actual lie. She would derive great pleasure from knocking over the spy network she had come to suspect Hilda Miyatake of running. It was obvious that she was here as a result of the Naval Operations going on in the Sea of Cortez.

Getting her passport stamped, she gathered her bags and went to find a taxi. After fending off the attentions of three men who wanted to get her a cab, a free drink, and all for just "an hour of your time," she finally stood at the curb, hailing a cab. A beat up car, no more or less beat up than the other cabs prowling the airport crossed three lines of traffic and edged out two others as she raised her hand. Survival of the fittest, she thought, as she threw her bag into the trunk.

"Hola, senorita! Where to?"

"Take me to Rick's Cafe Americain, Mexico City, please."

"Certainly, senorita!"

The cab lurched out into traffic and quickly sped up to seventy miles an hour. It caromed off the side of a bus filled to overflowing with chickens and raced down a dusty street, scattering children, chickens and irate business men in its wake. Vera concentrated on the back of the driver's head, trying to not look out at the scenery flashing by.

Eventually, the traffic cleared a bit and she felt safe in looking out.

"Hey! This isn't the way to downtown!" she cried.

"Sorry senorita!" the cabbie replied and gunned the engine.

zelda_pinwheel · 01-09-2009, 11:14 AM

oh noes !!!! vera in danger !!! what does the nefarious "cab-driver" have in store ??? who will thwart his evil plans ???? how will she escape from this hurtling Taxi of Death ????

(i bet the shadow knows...)

pshrynk · 01-09-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh noes !!!! vera in danger !!! what does the nefarious "cab-driver" have in store ??? who will thwart his evil plans ???? how will she escape from this hurtling Taxi of Death ????

(i bet the shadow knows...)

I am not putting a super hero in this one.

Grumble grumble. Bad enough I gotta figure out how to get the squid in this time....

zelda_pinwheel · 01-09-2009, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

I am not putting a super hero in this one.

Grumble grumble. Bad enough I gotta figure out how to get the squid in this time....

no no, i was just idly surmising. nothing to do with the plot, or anything. really.

(yeah ? the squid makes an appearance ? more like cameo, or more like leading role ?)

GeoffC · 01-09-2009, 11:46 AM

squid ?

this story is tailor-made for a sucker or two ....

badgoodDeb · 01-09-2009, 01:35 PM

Hope Vera's cab ride turns out better than the opening scene in this book: The Bone Collector (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Jeffery Deaver. But it's not sounding good for poor Vera.....

GeoffC · 01-09-2009, 01:37 PM

she's never been the same since she sang over The White Cliffs of Dover....

pshrynk · 01-09-2009, 01:56 PM

Heels clicking sharply as he walked down the corridor, the young man quickly went throught the doorway, interrupting the meeting as it was going on.

"Was ist los? I demanded to be left in privacy!" Hilda's voice could have cut through the hull of a battleship.

"Sorry Senora Frau. But I am sure you would want to have this. She has arrived and has been picked up by a cabbie."

"Gotte in himmel! Didn't I leave instructions for us to gather her in?"

The clerk turned pale. ""Yes, senora. But the cabbie was... determined. We are not sure where she has been taken. We have a man on it."

"Who?"

The clerk pushed a folder across the table. Hilda opened it and looked at it. The other occupant of the room looked down and said, "Eeeewwww! What kind of a face is that?"

The clerk responded, "His code name is Slite. He's an operative based in Sweden."

"So what's he doing here in Mexico?" asked Hilda.

"He's on holiday, apparently."

Patricia · 01-09-2009, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

The clerk responded, "His code name is Slite. He's an operative based in Sweden."

"So what's he doing here in Mexico?" asked Hilda.

"He's on holiday, apparently."

That would certainly explain why he's left Zelda unrescued in a strange forest. And I'm beginning to wonder whose side Slite is actually on...

01-09-2009, 11:09 AM	#562
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Vera stepped off the plane in Mexico City. She doggedly ignored the corridor of vendors wanting to sell her everything from cheap silver to their sister to her gold watch and moved to customs. "Hola, senorita! Welcome to Mexico! Business or pleasure?" "Pleasure," she replied. Well, it wasn't an actual lie. She would derive great pleasure from knocking over the spy network she had come to suspect Hilda Miyatake of running. It was obvious that she was here as a result of the Naval Operations going on in the Sea of Cortez. Getting her passport stamped, she gathered her bags and went to find a taxi. After fending off the attentions of three men who wanted to get her a cab, a free drink, and all for just "an hour of your time," she finally stood at the curb, hailing a cab. A beat up car, no more or less beat up than the other cabs prowling the airport crossed three lines of traffic and edged out two others as she raised her hand. Survival of the fittest, she thought, as she threw her bag into the trunk. "Hola, senorita! Where to?" "Take me to Rick's Cafe Americain, Mexico City, please." "Certainly, senorita!" The cab lurched out into traffic and quickly sped up to seventy miles an hour. It caromed off the side of a bus filled to overflowing with chickens and raced down a dusty street, scattering children, chickens and irate business men in its wake. Vera concentrated on the back of the driver's head, trying to not look out at the scenery flashing by. Eventually, the traffic cleared a bit and she felt safe in looking out. "Hey! This isn't the way to downtown!" she cried. "Sorry senorita!" the cabbie replied and gunned the engine. Last edited by pshrynk; 01-12-2009 at 04:31 PM.

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01-08-2009, 03:23 PM	#557
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Negotiations were closing on an agreement. "Okay, so, I can play the music I want seventyfive percent of the time..." "With exceptions.." "With the exception of no ska, no yodeling, no Slim Whitman especially, no World Music unless it involves South African Male choirs, and no fourteenth century chants." "And..." "And no asking the M.A.R.V.I.N. what he wants to listen to." "I heard that," came a flatly depressed voice from the depths of the Goose. "That about does it. Now cut me down from here, I'm getting a migraine." "You're the boss!" At that moment, the line holding Harv upside down parted and he fell to the spongy ground below. Vivaldi looked up at the frayed end of wool dangling high in the air. "I think that counts, don't you?"

01-08-2009, 03:45 PM	#558
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	no SKA ???? i think you're being a little unreasonable on that one, pshrynkie-poo.

01-08-2009, 04:07 PM	#559
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Hey, as long as I still get to listen to The Hurdy Gurdy Whirler Girls, I guess I can't complain.

01-08-2009, 04:22 PM	#560
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,550 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Is that anything like "Roller Derby Queen" by Jim Croce?

01-08-2009, 08:02 PM	#561
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I want to listen to the 12" harcdore-techno, emo, acid-jazz, punk, bluegrass remix of Convoy on constant repeat. Cheers, Marc (...goes to iTunes store for a look-see...)

01-09-2009, 11:14 AM	#563
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh noes !!!! vera in danger !!! what does the nefarious "cab-driver" have in store ??? who will thwart his evil plans ???? how will she escape from this hurtling Taxi of Death ???? (i bet the shadow knows...)

01-09-2009, 11:46 AM	#566
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	squid ? this story is tailor-made for a sucker or two ....

01-09-2009, 01:35 PM	#567
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,550 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Hope Vera's cab ride turns out better than the opening scene in this book: The Bone Collector (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Jeffery Deaver. But it's not sounding good for poor Vera.....

01-09-2009, 01:37 PM	#568
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	she's never been the same since she sang over The White Cliffs of Dover....

01-09-2009, 01:56 PM	#569
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Heels clicking sharply as he walked down the corridor, the young man quickly went throught the doorway, interrupting the meeting as it was going on. "Was ist los? I demanded to be left in privacy!" Hilda's voice could have cut through the hull of a battleship. "Sorry Senora Frau. But I am sure you would want to have this. She has arrived and has been picked up by a cabbie." "Gotte in himmel! Didn't I leave instructions for us to gather her in?" The clerk turned pale. ""Yes, senora. But the cabbie was... determined. We are not sure where she has been taken. We have a man on it." "Who?" The clerk pushed a folder across the table. Hilda opened it and looked at it. The other occupant of the room looked down and said, "Eeeewwww! What kind of a face is that?" The clerk responded, "His code name is Slite. He's an operative based in Sweden." "So what's he doing here in Mexico?" asked Hilda. "He's on holiday, apparently."