Thank youGillH 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.
[Complete] Passages from the Life of a Philosopher by Charles Babbage - lt
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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.
Sections 10,12,16,27,36,37
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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.
Sections 10,12,16,27,36,37
PL OK
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May I have a couple more weeks? Life happed. I should have it done by the end of the month.Lynnet wrote: ↑June 19th, 2019, 10:02 amThat would be wonderfulthevoiceoftom 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?
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Surethevoiceoftom wrote: ↑July 19th, 2019, 2:30 pmMay I have a couple more weeks? Life happed. I should have it done by the end of the month.Lynnet wrote: ↑June 19th, 2019, 10:02 amThat would be wonderfulthevoiceoftom 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
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Section 30:
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thanks for your patience!
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thanks for your patience!
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Thank youColleenMc wrote: ↑July 25th, 2019, 5:37 am Section 30:
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Section 23, Chapter 21 Electioneering Experience. 29:50.
Posted, ready for review.
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Posted, ready for review.
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Thank youthevoiceoftom wrote: ↑August 1st, 2019, 5:17 pm Section 23, Chapter 21 Electioneering Experience. 29:50.
Posted, ready for review.
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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.
Colleen
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
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No matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai
No matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai
Well, I read the chapter entitled "Street Nuisances", in which Babbage railed against street musicians in florid, luxuriant language.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
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
I believe this now just awaits my reading the last section. Will do a.s.a.p, should be within the fortnight.
regards
Jane Bennett
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