Member: tom1066

thanks for being another voice of reason over on The Globe discussion group...

posted by Crypto-Willobie at 9:23 pm (EST) on May 6, 2009

Always nice to find others interested in medieval history. I found your profile through the Medieval Europe group. Any particular book you would recommend? What's your favorite non-fiction book on medieval history? I'm always looking for new books to add to my library. Thanks.

Steven
http://steventill.com

posted by StevenTill at 10:18 pm (EST) on Feb 10, 2009

Yes, Bodie's moustache was real; I have lots of family photographs to prove it!

posted by Mojowan at 2:33 am (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

Tom1066,
Remember your comment re "Ghost Map" that "We may be inadvertently creating a super-resistant bug, much as the flushing of raw sewage into the Thames to clean up the slums created a breeding ground for cholera." I can't help thinking of that as I read the Wisconsin newspapers such as today's Milwaukee Journal: "This month's overflows of combined sanitary and storm sewers in central Milwaukee and eastern Shorewood poured 2.9 billion gallons of untreated sewage and water into local rivers and Lake Michigan, officials said today. Rains and widespread flooding earlier this month prompted 161 Wisconsin communities to discharge hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated sewage into waterways, the state Department of Natural Resources said. The onslaught of water also washed untold quantities of manure, fertilizer, fuel, chemicals and other pollutants into streams and lakes. The total volume of sewer overflows is not yet known, but large-scale releases of untreated wastewater were reported across the southern half of the state, from metropolitan Milwaukee communities to Oconomowoc, Racine, Madison and Reedsburg. Experts said the sudden surge of bacteria and other contaminants into the waterways will cause temporary though widespread pollution in the affected areas." Yuck! And all those people with nothing left but homes full of rotting sewage (and carp, apparently). I wonder what the long-term health repercussions will be....
nbmars

posted by nbmars at 7:38 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2008

Thanks again for the information about Chaplin and Bodie. I finally just ordered the Ricky Jay book. I don't know why I don't have it, when I think about it. I have a couple other books of his and I obviously need this one.

posted by robertajl at 12:03 pm (EST) on Jun 10, 2008

Thank you so much for the information about Walford Bodie. I'm going to see if I can locate "The Hypnotist." I found a few photographs of him on the Web and he was quite handsome. I can see why he was so popular. I haven't decided yet if his very impressive moustache is real and just heavily waxed or fake.

posted by robertajl at 12:41 am (EST) on Jun 9, 2008