[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT:googling--and a Let's Pretend personal story
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:03:46 -0600
Thanks, Cindy. I, Too, was a faithful listener of Let's Pretend when I was
a child, and Patricia Ryan had such a pretty speaking voice, or I thought so
at the time. That book you found might be a good one for someone to scan.
<smile> And no, I am not hinting because I know you like to validate..
Best,
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 6:19 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT:googling--and a Let's Pretend personal story
> Well, Sue, it's mostly trial and error what to put
> into google--and not everything can be found. I tried
> your Patricia Ryan with a variety of words in the
> string to no avail. Then one of the sites suggested I
> try google books. Instead I went to amazon and found
> this title: Let's Pretend and the Golden Age of
> radio, by Norman Corwin. It may have information on
> her. The book description is this:"This new, improved
> and expanded biography of everyone's favorite radio
> show, Let's Pretend, now contains a complete log of
> the series by radio historians Martin Grams, Jr. and
> Derek Teague.
> About the Author
> Arthur Anderson, an actor for 69 years, started
> playing character roles for Nila Mack on Let's Pretend
> at age 13, and was on it almost every week (with time
> out for military service) until the program's demise.
> He played the boy Lucius in Orson Welles' spectacular
> Broadway production of Julius Caesar, and was then in
> Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air on CBS. He was most
> recently the voice of the nasty farmer Eustace in the
> TV cartoon series Courage, the Cowardly Dog, but he's
> most proud of his 29 years as the original voice of
> the Lucky Charms (cereal) Leprechaun. "
>
> I just re-read your post and you say she was also on
> television. I did put Let's Pretend into IMDB.com;
> there were two movies but neither was the radio show.
> But if you know what televsion show she might have
> been on, you can put that into IMDB and then click on
> her name in the cast. There might be a brief biography
> there.
>
> When I was a child I listened to the show every week.
> Somewhere betwee 4th and 6th grades, when I was living
> in New York, our brownie or Girl Scout troop went to
> see a taping of the show. I was *so* disappointed. I
> expected to see a play with sets, costumes, etc.
> Instead, there was a bare stage and actors stepping up
> to the microphone to read their parts! My first
> disillusionment. smile
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> - siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wow! Thanks, Cindy. That clears it up. The key is
> > to the left of 1 on my
> > keyboard too.
> >
> > OT: How do you search so well?? For example, there
> > was a child actress on
> > Old Time Radio named Patricia Ryan. She was on
> > "Let's Pretend" and started
> > on TV as well but died at a young age. I tried to
> > search for a short
> > biography but could not find her. If you were
> > searching, what would you put
> > in the search string?
> >
> > Sorry, folks, for the OT.
> >
> > Sue S.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 4:40 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Section break page
> > break
> >
> >
> > > Sue, I'm not Tom, but -- I started to explain but
> > > googled to be sure I was correct in thinking it's
> > used
> > > in Spanish and I found this wonderful
> > definition--"A
> > > diacritical mark ( ~ ) placed over the letter n in
> > > Spanish to indicate the palatal nasal sound (ny),
> > as
> > > in cañon, or over a vowel in Portuguese to
> > indicate
> > > nasalization, as in lã, pão." (I didn't know it
> > was
> > > used in Portuguese). I think Tom described it as
> > an
> > > elongated s lying on its side.
> > >
> > > A grave accent is the reverse of the acute accent,
> > i.e
> > > it' slants left and the acute slants right.
> > >
> > > I just noticed that on my keyboard the key to the
> > left
> > > of the number one has a tilde at the top and the
> > grave
> > > symbol (BTW, Tom--you did spell it correctly--but
> > Sue,
> > > it's pronouced grahv) symbol at the bottom. It's
> > used
> > > in both French and other languages--I can't
> > remember
> > > if it's used much in Spanish, but I googled again
> > and
> > > found it's in Italian and other languages, too.
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> > > --- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I am not Lissi, Tom, but what the heck is tilda?
> > A
> > > > key? And you say grave
> > > > accent. Are they the same thing?
> > > >
> > > > Sue S.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "tom hawkins" <tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 3:28 PM
> > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Section break page
> > > > break
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Dear Lissi, I, went back and reviewed what I
> > sent
> > > > to you and realized I
> > > > > didn't tell you to exit M S Word after saving
> > from
> > > > using the Find And
> > > > > Replace routine. It's important only after
> > > > putting the hard page breaks
> > > > in.
> > > > > Also, using the control F, ALT F, Escape
> > series
> > > > of commands repeatedly
> > > > > takes you successively from nonbreaking hyphen
> > to
> > > > nonbreaking hyphen
> > > > > without re-entering the caret tilda. Well I
> > think
> > > > that's about it. Best
> > > > > Tom--- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:27 AM
> > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Section break
> > page
> > > > break
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Dear Tom,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you for the information. Do you use
> > these
> > > > key strokes at each
> > > > > > section break, as the cursor is on the line
> > > > below it? Or, do you go into
> > > > > > some menu bar and those strokes, as you
> > > > described below, then change the
> > > > > > breaks for the whole book.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What if some have already been exchanged for
> > > > page breaks as I have for
> > > > > > the first 40 pages of this funny,
> > imaginative
> > > > collection of folk tales
> > > > and
> > > > > > myths.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I laughed a plenty at the ridiculous cat
> > > > cleaning joke you sent. I spoil
> > > > > > and love my dogs lavishly and get tearful at
> > any
> > > > description of hurtful
> > > > > > things done to animals and usually beg the
> > > > person to stop telling me
> > > > > > before my heart breaks, but, your humor was
> > an
> > > > exercise in the absurd
> > > > and
> > > > > > I, who need humor in my life even more than
> > > > usual, appreciated the
> > > > change
> > > > > > of pace and the little giggle.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It wasn't until I began meeting people on
> > > > computer that I realized some
> > > > > > people are genuinely offended by certain
> > humor.
> > > > It's made me caughtious
> > > > > > now that I know humor makes some people
> > seethe
> > > > instead of laugh. I'm
> > > > sure
> > > > > > I have boundaries in what I consider funny,
> > too,
> > > > but I personally found
> > > > > > your post a hoot. I'm sure everyone knows
> > you
> > > > meant no harm and we have
> > > > to
> > > > > > accept the fact that one person's joke is
> > > > another's insult.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Recently I mailed a joke about Bush to 3
> > > > friends. Two of them raved
> > > > about
> > > > > > how funny it was and were busily passing it
> > on.
> > > > The third scolded me
> > > > > > twice, calling me a few insulting things.
> > > > Passive me, replied that I'd
> > > > > > take her opinions about humor in to account
> > in
> > > > the future and dropped
> > > > the
> > > > > > matter, deleting the scoldings and not over
> > > > reacting, leaving the
> > > > > > friendship in tact.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I get humor I think is in poor taste, I
> > who
> > > > never even mildly say
> > > > bad
> > > > > > words, I just delete it and avoid
> > insencerity by
> > > > not passing it on, and
> > > > > > not writing to the person and raving about
> > how
> > > > funny it was. I think my
> > > > > > lack of reaction gets my point across.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think the longer we remain on a list, the
> > more
> > > > we come to know the
> > > > > > complexity of its members and realize like
> > real
> > > > people, they are basicly
> > > > > > wonderful, often better than most, but we've
> > all
> > > > got our tender spots.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just a reminder since I've wandered so farr
> > > > afield, I'm looking forward
> > > > to
> > > > > > learning more about using the commands you
> > > > provided which you can review
> > > > > > below.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Always With Love,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Lissi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi I'll will jump in with the info, Find ,
> > > > carret lower case b. The
> > > > > > carret is a shift six. and Replace with
> > carret
> > > > lower case m. That will
> > > > > > change all of your section breaks to hard
> > page
> > > > breaks. Happy
> > > > > > Thanksgiving.
> > > > > > Tom
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Cindy,
> > > > > > Different programs will handle section and
> > page
> > > > breaks differently. So
> > > > to
> > > > > > someone validating a book, it may appear
> > that
> > > > there are no page breaks,
> > > > > > but they may not realize that section breaks
> > are
> > > > there.That could cause
> > > > > > the validator to reject the book on the
> > basis of
> > > > no page
> > > > > > breaks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The BookShare system however handles each
> > > > equally. The process for
> > > > > > converting section breaks to page breaks is
> > an
> > > > easy find/replace in MS
> > > > > > Word. If you're interested I'm sure Gerald
> > or I
> > > > could dig it out of the
> > > > > > archive.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We're on a semester deal and this one is
> > going
> > > > well. I'm still hanging
> > > > in
> > > > > > with all A's at this point, there are just
> > two
> > > > weeks and then a week of
> > > > > > finals left.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The weather? Kind of cool, 30s-50s
> > generally, a
> > > > lot cooler than what we
> > > > > > became used to with this longer fall (in
> > terms
> > > > of weather).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've been enjoying the lack of things
> > hanging
> > > > over my head and I've been
> > > > > > able to get a lot of BookShare volunteering
> > done
> > > > these last couple of
> > > > days
> > > > > > as well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Happy Thanksgiving!
> > > > > > Jake
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Section break
> > page
> > > > break
> > > > > > Interesting, Jake, I thought it did make a
> > > > difference
> > > > > > and that's why Tom or someone changed all
> > his
> > > > section
> > > > > > breaks to page breaks. But you're more the
> > > > expert at
> > > > > > this than I am. smile
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I hope you're enjoying this brief break. Are
> > you
> > > > on a
> > > > > > semester or a quarter system? HNow's the
> > weather
> > > > where you are?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cindy
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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