Les Albert wrote:
>
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:15:46 -0700, Bill Turlock <"Bill Turlock
> "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Les Albert wrote:
> >> On Wed, 14 May 2008 08:49:58 -0500, hymie_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> (hymie!) wrote:
>
> >> >Greetings. I hope somebody can teach me about oranges.
> >> >I like Clementines. They are sweet and easy to peel. They are not
> >> >squirt-yourself-in-the-eye juicy.
> >> >However, if it's not Clementine season, if I go to the store to buy
> >> >oranges, I invariably get oranges I don't like. Most of the time,
they
> >> >are too difficult for me to peel them.
> >> >So, based on the above three criteria, what other types of oranges
am I
> >> >likely to enjoy?
> >> >Thanks.
>
> >> Unless you are opposed to genetically altered food, you would
probably
> >> enjoy the Talon orange. It is an orange bred to have a zippered
skin.
> >> You will probably also enjoy reading "Oranges" by John McPhee:
> >> http://www.johnmcphee.com/oranges.htm
>
> >You _never_ see any McPhee books at the thrift stores. I'd bet
> >that's cuz he writes so well. I like everything I've ever read by
> >him in the NYer.
>
> I attended a lecture series in San Francisco where McPhee was the
> guest speaker (actually the guest answerer, because the guests are
> interviewed). He is a most unassuming man, almost to the point of
> being boring, with a sly sense of humor. On the whole, I'd rather
> read his books than listen to him talk.
>
> I know that you are a devotee of thrift stores, but the best place for
> a really wide range of inexpensive books is the Book Bay at Fort Mason
> in San Francisco; I will bet a dollar to a paperback that they have
> McPhee books. And for a really great book blow-out you should attend
> the book sales of the S.F. Public Library, also at Fort Mason. Here
> is what it looks like:
>
> www.fortmason.org/features/2007/09/feature05.shtml
>
> You can come away with boxes of books without spending too much. I
> still have books on my to-read stacks from last year's sale.
>
> Les
Thanks, I'll try it. But I've got ~400 from my recent kill-my-TV
book-buying spree. I won't let that stop me, though!
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