Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Apr 6 14:29:45 CDT 2012
Ha ha ha... ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 7:14 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question It was for Dostoevsky that the word turgid came into popular use in English. However, Rand raised it to an art form. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 6:42 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually read it... as if... ;) I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. Susan H. > Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. > > > In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think > it was rubles but cannot remember. > > -- _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com