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Dean Martin's Greatest Hits CD - January 18, 2001 - $12.99
 
"The Art of Wheelbuilding: A Bench Reference for Neophytes, Pros, and Wheelaholics" by Gerd Schraner. Purchased April 2007
 
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Perfect off season thread for an imperfect off season.

In addition to the screenshot, my order included 2 graphic novels: "The Jew of New York" by Ben Katchor, and "Ghost World" by Dan Clowes (which was made into a movie with Scarlet Johansen, Thora Burch, Steve Buscemi, and Ileana Douglas).

It was roughly 3 months before 77-74, and another 2-3 months before I migrated from AOL to The Boneyard for the first time.

Tempis fugit...

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The Amazon never forgets.
 
Geez, I was criticized for starting a best Officials thread. I thought this was a basketball site.
 
Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Red Storm Rising by Clancey, Pelican Brief by Grisham and a really cool world atlas July 30, 2000.
 
Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Red Storm Rising by Clancey, Pelican Brief by Grisham and a really cool world atlas July 30, 2000.

Love Red Storm Rising. Most underrated Clancy book.
 
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Professional SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting
 
Lord of the Rings DVD, December 2003. Must have been a Christmas present.
 
I would put Without Remorse up there with it for underrated. If only he would still write his own stuff.

Without Remorse is great book. I've always thought it would make a good movie but it is more or less Death Wish.


Red Storm rising is great as well. It was really detailed and interesting. I felt that I needed one of those big wall maps to follow action.
 
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Ironically, it was two books about Husky basketball, purchased April 22, 2005. That was a week before my Dad's birthday, and these books were his gift. He's now been gone for almost two years, miss him everyday!
 
Without Remorse is great book. I've always thought it would make a good movie but it is more or less Death Wish.


Red Storm rising is great as well. It was really detailed and interesting. I felt that I needed one of those big wall maps to follow action.

They're making a movie with Michael B Jordan. Supposed to be out in October.
 
2 CD's and a book (Nov 2000):

Stoned Immaculate: The Music Of The Doors
Etta James - Her Best : The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
A Twist of the Wrist : The Motorcycle Road Racers Handbook by Keith Code
 
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Love Red Storm Rising. Most underrated Clancy book.
I remember bringing this up in staff meetings back in the day (the day being midst of Able Archer exercises) Have to say, most of us were laughing and hooting at how an insurance salesman viewed the activities of various military units. Nothing Clancy wrote is under-rated, it's all wet slippery barely coagulated feces.

Oh and apparently I bought gift cards back in 2001. Didn't anything again until 2005, and it was books, textbooks at that.
 
January 2005: Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow

(college physics textbook, very boring)
 
I remember bringing this up in staff meetings back in the day (the day being midst of Able Archer exercises) Have to say, most of us were laughing and hooting at how an insurance salesman viewed the activities of various military units. Nothing Clancy wrote is under-rated, it's all wet slippery barely coagulated feces.

It's an alternate history pop fictional novel. It's fantasy. It's entertainment and more or less inspired by a board game. The implied context of underrated is within the scope of his other novels and their appreciation by people. The book's military accuracy is not what makes it good or bad to me, just as the terrible space physics doesn't make me dislike Star Wars.
 
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