Dear Folks,

 

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment was once my favorite book.

 

It was my favorite book until recently when I happened to read the book by Lt. Col. John B. George.

 

If you really want to know, there is no need to read Catcher in the Rye; just read, instead, Shots Fired in Anger.

 

What does life really boil down to?

 

George, not TV’s George, answers this question beautifully and simply in his great book, published long ago, sometime around 1947.

 

The world has not changed and life has not changed.

This book, which tells tales of China, Burma and India, explains to any simpleton the real meaning of life, as Dostoevsky only tried to do.

 

The lesson is clear: If you want to know the meaning of life, then become a rifleman.

 

This is really quite an amazing book in many ways.

After reading this book, I learned that:

 

One should always keep one’s gun well oiled and in working order.

One never can tell when one might be called upon to use it, at a moment’s notice.

 

Great book.

Reminds one of the good old days.

 

Best regards,

Gamma

 

Note:  If I can easily find this ePub book, then you can too.

 

 

It is always fascinating to watch you present these grand revelations about life as if you have cracked some eternal code, when all you have really done is wander into yet another random book and declared it the new key to existence. It's like watching a man convince himself that every shiny object he finds in the bargain bin at a garage sale is the Rosetta Stone of human experience.

11 minutes ago, Terrance8812 said:

eternal code

 

Would you edit your comment, please to read:

 

existential code

 

Tks.

Gamma

 

 

Meaning of life is not a discovery it's what you invent for yourself ... IMHO

2 minutes ago, Henk Langeweg said:

Meaning of life is not a discovery it's what you invent for yourself ... IMHO

 

Thankfully this is true,

For men like us.

 

 

 

i stick with on war, by clausewitz 

Come on Gamma, only three new posts in the past 3 hours. Get another in before 5pm. 555

13 minutes ago, Will Iam Not said:

Come on Gamma, only three new posts in the past 3 hours. Get another in before 5pm. 555

 

Done.

Thank you.

 

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Done.

Thank you.

 

No Gamma, thank you!

9 minutes ago, Will Iam Not said:

No Gamma, thank you!

 

Please Note:

 

I, personally, reject 90-percent of my Topics, before ever publishing one.

 

Quality Control is paramount.

 

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I, personally, reject 90-percent of my Topics, before ever publishing one.

It clearly doesn't seem to be working very well. Have you tried upping the percentage to 99.9%?

6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I, personally, reject 90-percent of my Topics, before ever publishing one.

I would try 99.999%. That should nail it. 

Would it be possible for anyone to get in touch with JINGTHING, and ask him if it might be possible for me to ....

 

RETIRE...to...

 

Guadalcanal?

 

After reading this book I mentioned, 

I am thinking....

 

I might like to live completely alone...

in the Jungle....

 

Like a Jap I once knew of.

 

He did quite well, living alone.....

 

UNDISCOVERED, for many years, after WW2

 

Sounds like the perfect life for me, in fact.

 

Note:  This is not just an idle thought of mine.

 

I am picturing myself in the pristine environment, with those beautiful waters, among the ruins of WW2

 

Nothing ever remains the same.

 

I could retire there, I think.....

 

 

55 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Would it be possible for anyone to get in touch with JINGTHING, and ask him if it might be possible for me to ....

 

RETIRE...to...

 

Guadalcanal?

 

After reading this book I mentioned, 

I am thinking....

 

I might like to live completely alone...

in the Jungle....

 

Like a Jap I once knew of.

 

He did quite well, living alone.....

 

UNDISCOVERED, for many years, after WW2

 

Sounds like the perfect life for me, in fact.

 

Note:  This is not just an idle thought of mine.

 

I am picturing myself in the pristine environment, with those beautiful waters, among the ruins of WW2

 

Nothing ever remains the same.

 

I could retire there, I think.....

 

 

Go for it, definitely! Who's going to even notice you are gone?

1 hour ago, Alpha84 said:

Go for it, definitely! Who's going to even notice you are gone?

 

Well...

 

For sure....

 

YOU would notice, for one.

 

Not sure about anyone else, of course....

 

 

19 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Well...

 

For sure....

 

YOU would notice, for one.

 

Not sure about anyone else, of course....

 

 

Good point, I'd be absolutely heartbroken. Completely shipwrecked.

40 minutes ago, Alpha84 said:

Good point, I'd be absolutely heartbroken.

 

Great song, though.

 

Good Point!

 

 

Or, approximately, as it should actually sound....

 

 

3 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I might like to live completely alone...

in the Jungle....

 

Sounds like the perfect life for me, in fact.

 

Note:  This is not just an idle thought of mine.

Actually, on second thought, this might not work out too well for you. Imagine you runoff into the jungle with nothing more than your toga and an anal vibrator and you no longer have access to being able to talk to yourself on AN? Then what? Surely you have to consider this big downside risk. 

6 minutes ago, Alpha84 said:

Actually, on second thought,

 

Try to never second-guess yourself.

 

13 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Try to never second-guess yourself.

 

 

You are right. Disappear into the jungle. Never start another topic on AN. Just you and the mosquitos. Pure bliss. Send us a postcard, at least? 

 

11 minutes ago, Alpha84 said:

 

You are right. Disappear into the jungle. Never start another topic on AN. Just you and the mosquitos. Pure bliss. Send us a postcard, at least? 

 

 

In all honesty, actually, if you would only provide me with your address,...

I would be most happy to send you a postcard, right now.

 

You want one?

 

 

14 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

In all honesty, actually, if you would only provide me with your address,...

I would be most happy to send you a postcard, right now.

 

You want one?

 

 

 

Yes, I do want one, that is very kind of you.

 

At the moment I am still stuck at the Trat Bus Terminal, still trying to reach the airport in Bangkok.

 

Can you just please it to me here? I will be here for possibly another week, or maybe even much longer, so a postcard from you would be delightful!