[erinwillow]

OMG!! What fun and I just LOVE facebook

okay, so my p. 56 5th sentence in the closest book goes like this:

"The more educated they are, the more resistant they seem to be to changes in language, frequently donning the cloadk of "purist," to justify their reluctance to adopt or even accept new words or new rules of usage."

in Language and Learning: The Home and School Yearsby Terry Piper (2007)

[fivehorses]

Oh, good gracious, I thought' I'd participate, went and found the nearest book, opened to page 56...and its a blank page~

[Ambrey]

Oh, good gracious, I thought' I'd participate, went and found the nearest book, opened to page 56...and its a blank page~

LOL, so do the next page. It's not an exact science

[CallMeGrace]

"When he finished he found his mother in the whelping room."

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

[Frank B]

"In the case of the series arrangements of filaments or heaters, a voltage-dropping resistance in series with the heaters and supply line is usually required." 1960 RCA Receiving Tube Manual

(I'm refurbishing a 1953-vintage radio.)

[Melelio]

My first book grabbed didn't HAVE a page 56...blank....

Here's the 2nd choice:

"Building materials are often made with engineered wood such as particle board, plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated beams..."

Exciting stuff, huh?

[2Jakes]

(I'm at work...)

"Also known as the European or common adder, this is one of the most widespread of the terrestrial snake species in the world, being found from the Atlantic coast, in England, Wales and Scotland, across continental Europe, from Spain to within the Arctic Circle in Scandanavia, and eastwards to Siberian Russia and the Amur region on the Pacific coast."

...whew...that was a lonnnng sentence!

[Hunter Princess]

"Success came from constant striving and from always doing his best."

Patton, The Man Behind the Legend 1885-1945.


not bad!

[Abberlaze]

"Yet you have said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted because of their number.'" - Bible

And to keep it horse related... Religion class is a neccessary evil in order to make enough money to buy a cute little miniature horse! (with little booties and a blanket and a driving cart, of course!)

[BigDreams07]

"His entire topline rounds in an arc."

-Geoff Teal's Hunter/Jumper/Eq book

[dazed]

"Todos hemos oído hablar de las Visperas Sicilianas, la rebelíon contra los franceses que se produjo en 1282 y en la que se derramó tanta sangre..."

(Roughly translated probably would be: "We have all heard talk of the Sicilian Vespers, the rebellion against the French that occurred in 1282 and in which so much blood was shed...")

- La Señora de Sing Sing, Idanna Pucci

[tidy rabbit]

For simple expansion anchors, you drill a hole and insert a soft metal jacket, or shield.

House Framing by John. D Wagner.

My husband is re-building our 2nd barn a post and beam structure that is presently a skeleton. He's got carpentry books all over the place.

[Simrat]

"He had the courage and the ability to tell the story as he knew it, and the product is a masterpiece."

While the sentence is not horse related, it is discussing Diaz del Castillo, who chronicled some of the Spanish conquests of the new world. From The Horse of the Americas.

Two sentences before... "Concerning the tragic Noche triste and the retreat of Cortez from Mexico City, when every horse was wounded and many killed, he wrote. "It was the greatest grief to think upon the horses and the valiant men we had lost.""

[StockyCrosses]

She still says nothing, just stands with her back to me, pouring two mugs of coffee.

Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen, an okay book

[RiverBendPol]

I grabbed him by the wrist and yanked him up out of that water and slung him toward Mama like he was a half-empty sack of corn.
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

[tx3dayeventer]

"Like the computer, the automobile started off as a single category."
The 22 Immuntable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! by Al Ries & Jack Trout

Its for my Marketing Management class for my MBA

[gardenie]

With a squeal, he launched himself onto a grass bank beside the drive, bucked and leaped back onto the gravel at which point, I no longer had a saddle under my bottom, or a horse for that matter.

[Vivace]

Not horse-related, but this one was within arm reach, while my horse books are a bit farther away. From Sherrilyn Kenyon's Night Pleasures:

His job was to protect her, not touch her.

[Reds-n-Greys]

It is most important that the horse should become proficient in one stage before taken on to the next.

The Manual of Horsemanship/ 1972 edition

[fourmares]

He shrugged. (Son of a Witch by Gregory McGuire)