[COMPLETE]The Road, Hilaire Belloc (d. 1953)-mtf

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mightyfelix
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BrizeCrize wrote: February 26th, 2023, 9:06 am Ha Ha - I picked this up thinking it was a Jack London or Jack Kerouac type of 'road' book! BUT it still looks pretty interesting (even if from a more analytical perspective). I'll take on Section 7, the History of the Road.

Thank you,
Brize Crize
I'm sorry, but that section was just claimed by someone else a few hours before you. It has been extremely interesting to me, and I do hope you'll listen when it's finished. As someone who was born in a nation that had an extensive international highway system in place for decades before I came along, I think it's been great to stop and consider how these things come about.
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Yes, I saw that after I posted...I should get in the habit of checking for prior claimants before I claim, but I'm too impulsive for that :lol: . Thanks
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Here is Chapter 7:

https://librivox.org/uploads/mightyfelix/theroad_07_belloc_128kb.mp3 11:19

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
waiting for the entire book to be finished!

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My apologies for taking so long to get to this. A cyclone, a funeral, a bad cold that hasn't really come right, and my niece's wedding all got in the way.

Section 6: https://librivox.org/uploads/mightyfelix/theroad_06_belloc_128kb.mp3 24:03

Interesting comments here about not needing to go into the centre of a town for work in this time of a lot of working from home.
"Just because you can doesn't mean you should"—my first law of life.
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LaBouna wrote: March 19th, 2023, 4:01 am Here is Chapter 7:

https://librivox.org/uploads/mightyfelix/theroad_07_belloc_128kb.mp3 11:19

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
waiting for the entire book to be finished!

Labouna
Thank you! I apologize for the long delay in PLing. March has been a very busy month for me. I can't believe there's still a week left in it! :shock:

This is PL ok, nice work! I will give you one note which you may want to keep in mind for next time, though you don't need to change anything on this recording.

Years in English are given by splitting the four digits into two pairs and reading each pair separately. For example, 1949 is read "nineteen forty-nine," not "one thousand nine hundred forty nine." So, the 1536-40 you had in here would have been read "fifteen thirty-six to forty" or even "fifteen thirty-six to fifteen forty." Again, no need to change anything here. Just keep it in mind if you come across any other years in English works! :thumbs:
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Beeswaxcandle wrote: March 23rd, 2023, 8:47 pm My apologies for taking so long to get to this. A cyclone, a funeral, a bad cold that hasn't really come right, and my niece's wedding all got in the way.

Section 6: https://librivox.org/uploads/mightyfelix/theroad_06_belloc_128kb.mp3 24:03

Interesting comments here about not needing to go into the centre of a town for work in this time of a lot of working from home.
Thank you! No worries on the time frame. You were still well within the two-month window, and as you can see by my delay in PLing section 7, I probably wouldn't have been able to get to this one any quicker anyway!

The good news is that this recording is PL ok!

The great news is that this was the last section in the project, and I can get things ready for the catalogue! :clap:
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Thank you, everyone! I really enjoyed traveling down this Road with you all!!! :mrgreen:

(I just couldn't resist.)

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-road-by-hilaire-belloc/
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Yay! It was a fun project. Thanks for all your hard work organizing and PLing :clap:
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