[HUMOROUS] John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch -brrot

Post by **brownrottger** » January 31st, 2024, 8:44 pm

John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War, by A. F. Hill (1842 - 1876)

Follow a Very Funny Man make the best and the worst of his infirmity!! (Summary by Christine Rottger)

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Chapter # of John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One- Legged Soldier after the War, by A. F. Hill. Section Title."

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Post by **brownrottger** » January 31st, 2024, 8:45 pm

I will be MC and DPL.

silverquill · Post by **silverquill** » January 31st, 2024, 10:50 pm

I would like to take:

CHAPTER XLVI.
On the Isthmus.

CHAPTER L.
Exit Smith.

Which I think would be 46 and 50, but I see only 40 sections in the MW.

Post by **brownrottger** » February 1st, 2024, 6:55 am

silverquill wrote: ↑January 31st, 2024, 10:50 pm I would like to take:

CHAPTER XLVI.
On the Isthmus.

CHAPTER L.
Exit Smith.

Which I think would be 46 and 50, but I see only 40 sections in the MW.

Of course (it will be 46 and 50) and, ugh, I am crap at Roman numerals.

Thanks for being the first claimer, besides me, my good friend.

silverquill · Post by **silverquill** » February 1st, 2024, 9:34 pm

Yeah, me too

I often Google them, esp the more complex. I'm not good with numbers in general and don't trust myself.

I would, though, make another suggestion. I really think the section title should be in the MW. When a potential listener sees the TOC for this, all they'll see are numbers. It would be more informative is the titles were there too. This might also help us readers and potential readers. Just one man's opinion FWIW.

Post by **brownrottger** » February 1st, 2024, 9:58 pm

silverquill wrote: ↑February 1st, 2024, 9:34 pm Yeah, me too I often Google them, esp the more complex. I'm not good with numbers in general and don't trust myself.

I would, though, make another suggestion. I really think the section title should be in the MW. When a potential listener sees the TOC for this, all they'll see are numbers. It would be more informative is the titles were there too. This might also help us readers and potential readers. Just one man's opinion FWIW.

Thanks. As you can tell I am not the most detail oriented person.

ccam · Post by **ccam** » February 10th, 2024, 10:16 am

Hello!

As a proud Canadian, I would like to start with:

CHAPTER XVII.
Niagara Falls.

All guidance welcome.

Kind regards,
C

Winnifred · Post by **Winnifred** » February 10th, 2024, 12:27 pm

May I lay claim to Sections 4 and 5?

Thanks,

Post by **brownrottger** » February 10th, 2024, 1:29 pm

ccam wrote: ↑February 10th, 2024, 10:16 am Hello!

As a proud Canadian, I would like to start with:

CHAPTER XVII.
Niagara Falls.

All guidance welcome.

Kind regards,
C

Yes! Welcome to this project. I think you are going to love it! I recommend you thouroughly review and follow all the instructions in the first post of this thread. To put you in the MW, I need to know what you want as your catalogue name. It can be anything.
Best,
Christine

Post by **brownrottger** » February 10th, 2024, 1:31 pm

Winnifred wrote: ↑February 10th, 2024, 12:27 pm May I lay claim to Sections 4 and 5?

Thanks,

Hi Winnifred, So glad to see you here! Sections 4 and 5 are yours.

ccam · Post by **ccam** » February 10th, 2024, 2:48 pm

brownrottger wrote: ↑February 10th, 2024, 1:29 pm
ccam wrote: ↑February 10th, 2024, 10:16 am Hello!

As a proud Canadian, I would like to start with:

CHAPTER XVII.
Niagara Falls.

All guidance welcome.

Kind regards,
C
Yes! Welcome to this project. I think you are going to love it! I recommend you thouroughly review and follow all the instructions in the first post of this thread. To put you in the MW, I need to know what you want as your catalogue name. It can be anything.
Best,
Christine

Hi Christine,

CCam for the MW is great!

Thank you!
C

Post by **brownrottger** » February 10th, 2024, 3:21 pm

ccam wrote: ↑February 10th, 2024, 2:48 pm
Hi Christine,

CCam for the MW is great!

Thank you!
C

All set for Section 17. Happy recording!

Usacoder · Post by **Usacoder** » February 12th, 2024, 8:09 am

I would like to volunteer for the following two chapters:
CHAPTER VI. The Way Smith gets Bored.—An Episode.
and
CHAPTER VII. John Smith’s Friend.

Post by **brownrottger** » February 12th, 2024, 9:17 am

Usacoder wrote: ↑February 12th, 2024, 8:09 am I would like to volunteer for the following two chapters:
CHAPTER VI. The Way Smith gets Bored.—An Episode.
and
CHAPTER VII. John Smith’s Friend.

Welcome to this project! I will assign those for you rn.
Best,
Christine

Usacoder · Post by **Usacoder** » February 12th, 2024, 1:31 pm

Oops, I posted chapter 6 but misnamed the file.

https://librivox.org/uploads/brownrottger/johnsmithonacrutch_05_hill_128kb.mp3

The filename should have been johnsmithonacrutch_06_hill_128... so I probably overwrote whoever put up the real chapter 5.

Please advise.