Tempus Fugit 214 Posted November 19, 2005 Maybe rest him next year and replace him with Cliff Michelmore. They both share a birhday December 11th. 1918 for Solzhenitsyn,1919 for Michelmore. This piece of info is of course entirely irrelevant, but it pleases me strangely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted November 19, 2005 This piece of info is of course entirely irrelevant, but it pleases me strangely. Irrelevant news comes and goes'' It's everywhere and for all those scientists out there sadly for them, there isn't any logical explanation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted November 19, 2005 Maybe rest him next year and replace him with Cliff Michelmore. They both share a birhday December 11th. 1918 for Solzhenitsyn,1919 for Michelmore. This piece of info is of course entirely irrelevant, but it pleases me strangely. The same day as my birthday, several decades later. Spooky! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted November 20, 2005 Did I ever tell you all the story about the young lady I went to school with who also shared this birthday? Would you like me to tell it now? Okay....... It was a few years ago back when the fog was lifting from the swamps and the former governoe of New Jersey had a daughter who was either dead or near dead because of a drug overdose and I walked into the classroom one day and there sitting in the first seat on the far side of the room sat a young lady who was new in class. Later I found out her birthday was in December. More later....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted November 20, 2005 More later....... NNooooooooooooooo please! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted November 20, 2005 More later....... NNooooooooooooooo please! Eventually she moved to Florida. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted November 21, 2005 More later....... NNooooooooooooooo please! Eventually she moved to Florida. This is getting good now...tell us more! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted November 22, 2005 More later....... NNooooooooooooooo please! Eventually she moved to Florida. This is getting good now...tell us more! Before she moved to Florida we dined one day at a place off the beaten highway. I am sad to inform you that I do not know what either of us ate that day but a few months later over Memorial Day Weekend I visited at her home and she made some jello.........red I believe it was. Soon thereafter I got a new telephone. I would read the papers daily but never saw mention of it. Whatever happened to Monique? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy 21 Posted November 23, 2005 Soon thereafter I got a new telephone. I would read the papers daily but never saw mention of it. Whatever happened to Monique? Bruno, that is so sad. The sense of loss brought a tear to my eye. Believe me when I say I feel your pain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted December 11, 2005 Happy Birthday Al... In tribute I shall re-read One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich.......or maybe for the sake of this forum Cancer Ward Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted December 12, 2005 Happy Birthday Al... In tribute I shall re-read One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich.......or maybe for the sake of this forum Cancer Ward I celebrated by trying to read more of The Gulag Archipelago, which I started over the summer. Got through only another 20 pages. December 11 is quite the day for nonagenarians: Elliot Carter (b. 1908), Val Guest (b. 1911), Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911), Carlo Ponti (b. 1910)... And also Walter Knott (b. 1889, d. 1981). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 214 Posted December 13, 2005 I celebrated by trying to read more of The Gulag Archipelago, which I started over the summer. Now there's a book with Zecks appeal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cup of Tea 3 Posted January 4, 2006 I had a dreamabout the number 32 last night. No idea why. Hopefully i havejust predicted the1st success of theyear Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted February 28, 2006 I had a dreamabout the number 32 last night.No idea why. Hopefully i havejust predicted the1st success of theyear Near to two months later I can tell you that didnt haoppen. In choices of fact it wasn;t even the second hit...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted April 8, 2006 Still working...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Life Begins at 5 o'clock 7 Posted April 15, 2006 Does he still live in Russia or has he emigrated? After Communism fell, I'd leave. I'd go to Australia. I'd visit Frank Scarralotta. I would explain to him that he was worth 8 points to me and request he act accordingly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted April 19, 2006 Does he still live in Russia or has he emigrated? After Communism fell, I'd leave. I'd go to Australia. I'd visit Frank Scarralotta. I would explain to him that he was worth 8 points to me and request he act accordingly. In the actual actuality of actualness he actually returned to the Sovier Union also known as that Russian place after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. He had been living in Vermont before then 1978 to about 1994) but now lives in Moscow where he continues to blast away at Western materialism. His sons however have all become United States Citizens and his son Ignat is said to be a great piano player and conductor. Among lesser known facts: He loves playing Parcheesi, walks in the cold midnight air of winter, eating with the wrong utensils, riding the subways of Moscow unescorted and occasionally in just his pajamas, kissing the wives of his enemies, reading the newspaper twice daily, drinking American made VoDkA, singing in a rich baritone, ice fishing, ice skating, ice sculpturing, Ice-t and Ice-cube (but not vanilla ice.....the man has standards and class), Julie Andrews films, Judy Garland tunes, puppet shows, building snowmen that resemble famous Russians of the past, he drinks bottled water, Dr.Pepper soda, coffee......black, no sugar, kvass and of course the VoDkA, logic problems, needlepoint, climbing ladders, swimming naked in frigid waters on Thursday mornings in January and February (he is a member of a club now numbering well over 82 members of all genders including only men, and aging from 28 to 94), he still has sex daily....... often by himself, he sees a doctor only when encouraged to, refuses to eat chicken or deer liver but is horribly fond of beef liver when cooked in bacon and onions, he was once forced to eat a carrot, doesn't like to shave, ......... the list is near to endless.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted May 13, 2006 Solzhenitsyn gave an interview to Moscow News on May 2, 2006. Unfortunately all about politics, nothing on his health, or lack thereof. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted May 13, 2006 Solzhenitsyn gave an interview to Moscow News on May 2, 2006. Unfortunately all about politics, nothing on his health, or lack thereof. regards, Hein He appears to be getting along. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted May 14, 2006 May he live forever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted May 14, 2006 Also I have been wondereing a bit lately if anyone would be of knowing whether Solzy used a hand carved wooden spoon for eating porridge while he was in the Gulag? and what type of wood was used? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted May 15, 2006 Seeing as how a person (Stanley Kunitz......seee the appropriate thread topiccing on him) of descent from an area nearby where Solzy is has just passed over, I hope this does not mean that the time has come to lose our literary men from the Eastern European realm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted May 17, 2006 Bruno man; as a great admirer of your work in recent times I think the above two posts are straw clutching of the highest order. Who gives a sh*t about the spoon? And as for the pattern of death linked to place of birth....well, it might have some currency in AIDS central Africa but those of Russian extraction exhibit the same traits - more or less - as the rest of us in the 'Western' world. Our man Alexander is another of these long-living writer types although not looking like living ages longer. Then again, professional writing does seem to exhert a positive charm on the life expectancy of some. I mean, William Burroughs spent most of his adult life as a recovering drug addict dragging a ton of personal baggage including the 'accidental' fatal shooting of his other half. Still pegged out well into old age. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted May 17, 2006 Who gives a sh*t about the spoon? Well I do for one MPFC. I had been giving this some thought and wondered if there was a clue in One Day in the life of Ivan Danisovich but I don't have a copy and it's a long time since I read it. I'm sure that Solzhenitsyn must have used a spoon that he would have carved himself, fashioned no doubt with his own hand. And the wood? I would venture either Pinus sylvestris or Picea abies, possibly Larix sibirica but almost certainly not Sorbus aucuparia or any type of Betula, thus pre-dating Ray Meers by at least a couple of decades. It was the only way to beat the system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted May 17, 2006 Aye, apologies Godot, as my strap-line says; I need to get a life. Not exactly well read where Russian dissendent cult heroes are concerned. The problem being that Cumbrians when faced with books about people living in cold climates, criminally neglected by those in power and struggling for material comforts tend to shrug their shoulders and say: 'And yer point is......' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
