[Complete] Passages from the Life of a Philosopher by Charles Babbage - lt

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GillH wrote: June 24th, 2019, 3:20 am Section 16 (20:26)
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I'm not sure about the sound quality. My laptop doesn't seem to be recording consistently at the moment.
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PL NOTES:

I apologize for the delay in getting these results up but I was on vacation. I brought the recordings with me but the MW on a phone is challenging. :thumbs:

Sections 10,12,16,27,36,37

PL OK
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Lynnet wrote: June 19th, 2019, 10:02 am
thevoiceoftom wrote: June 19th, 2019, 5:13 am I see that there is yet one section unassigned. May I claim section: 23 Electioneering Experience; and help close out this volume?
Respectfully,
Thomas
That would be wonderful
May I have a couple more weeks? Life happed. I should have it done by the end of the month.
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thevoiceoftom wrote: July 19th, 2019, 2:30 pm
Lynnet wrote: June 19th, 2019, 10:02 am
thevoiceoftom wrote: June 19th, 2019, 5:13 am I see that there is yet one section unassigned. May I claim section: 23 Electioneering Experience; and help close out this volume?
Respectfully,
Thomas
That would be wonderful
May I have a couple more weeks? Life happed. I should have it done by the end of the month.
V/R, Thomas
Sure
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Section 30:

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29:18

thanks for your patience!

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ColleenMc wrote: July 25th, 2019, 5:37 am Section 30:

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29:18

thanks for your patience!

Colleen
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Lynnet wrote: July 25th, 2019, 12:06 pm We have an orhan
I’ll be happy to claim that poor orphan section
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Jmbau13 wrote: July 31st, 2019, 4:15 pm
Lynnet wrote: July 25th, 2019, 12:06 pm We have an orhan
I’ll be happy to claim that poor orphan section
Great!
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Section 23, Chapter 21 Electioneering Experience. 29:50.
Posted, ready for review.

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thevoiceoftom wrote: August 1st, 2019, 5:17 pm Section 23, Chapter 21 Electioneering Experience. 29:50.
Posted, ready for review.

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Thomas
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PL NOTES:

SECTIONS 23, 30

PL OK
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Thanks! I was so amused in reading this chapter, imagining Babbage running around showing everyone how to make a hole in glass or showing off his blind cave fish, and wondering if his friends and acquaintances all found it as thrilling as Babbage does, and as he reports they do.

I'm imagining his various acquaintances rolling their eyes and mumbling to each other, "Oh God here comes Chuck with those damn fish again! And hide the glass or he'll want to show you his trick!"

Actually, being somewhat familiar with the preoccupations and behaviors of autistic persons (especially "Asperger's" or "high functioning" persons, tho those terms are no longer officially used), reading the chapter made me wonder if he was on the spectrum...did anyone else get that impression? His fascination/obsession with his calculating machines kind of fits too.

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ColleenMc wrote: August 5th, 2019, 12:37 pm Thanks! I was so amused in reading this chapter, imagining Babbage running around showing everyone how to make a hole in glass or showing off his blind cave fish, and wondering if his friends and acquaintances all found it as thrilling as Babbage does, and as he reports they do.

I'm imagining his various acquaintances rolling their eyes and mumbling to each other, "Oh God here comes Chuck with those damn fish again! And hide the glass or he'll want to show you his trick!"

Actually, being somewhat familiar with the preoccupations and behaviors of autistic persons (especially "Asperger's" or "high functioning" persons, tho those terms are no longer officially used), reading the chapter made me wonder if he was on the spectrum...did anyone else get that impression? His fascination/obsession with his calculating machines kind of fits too.

Colleen
Well, I read the chapter entitled "Street Nuisances", in which Babbage railed against street musicians in florid, luxuriant language.
It certainly seemed to me to be an over-the top response - but I also intend to do a bit of research to see just how much of a
problem street musicians actually were in Babbage's time.
I did see a reference somewhere to a Scientific American article which talked about a problem some people have where the fine hairs
in their ear canals are not as numerous as the average person, and so sounds affect them more. It was suggested that an autopsy
showed this to be the case for Babbage.
Anyway, the chapters I read gave me a picture of an exceptional mind, in so many ways. I look forward to listening to the whole
book once it is completed.
Cheers,
Stephen
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I believe this now just awaits my reading the last section. Will do a.s.a.p, should be within the fortnight.
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