Originally Posted by AdmiralAdama

Just back from a trip to the hardware store and .......

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Can you believe it?!

It's only the middle of October.

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What the?!

I believe it - that's why it's not really all that funny when people say "it's Christmas" in July.

Originally Posted by ZombieKitty

I believe it - that's why it's not really all that funny when people say "it's Christmas" in July.

I know, right?

It's the companies that make them. They ask for amounts of stock in the Spring and then deliver August onwards. The shops have to either store it in the warehouse(lack of sales) or sell it. Most put it out around this time. Shops can't afford not to. We are ordered around by manufacturers.

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I'm reading "Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain", well I am not a medical student but someone lend me this book and since I find it really interesting I was already hooked at it.

I finished reading 2 books:

Trunk Music (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly

Great detective yarn! In fact, Connelly is one of the best in his field.

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Fire and Fury:The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 by Randall Hansen

Talking about Weapons of Mass Destruction used in WWII. Killed ~600,000 civilians mostly women and children!

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Originally Posted by Wildfire

I finished reading 2 books:

Trunk Music (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly

Great detective yarn! In fact, Connelly is one of the best in his field.

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Fire and Fury:The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 by Randall Hansen

Talking about Weapons of Mass Destruction used in WWII. Killed ~600,000 civilians mostly women and children!

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WWI and WWII were the first large wars that targeted civilians in a major way. It's become mechanized and too easy, no longer up close and personal, to the detriment of our humanity.

Originally Posted by scifan57

WWI and WWII were the first large wars that targeted civilians in a major way. It's become mechanized and too easy, no longer up close and personal, to the detriment of our humanity.

There isn't much of our humanity left. However, casualty figures are down in our recent wars. Vietnam was the last war with major casualties. But even 50,000 is a low figure compared to the losses by Russian and German troops in WWII which ran in the millions.

But on a personal level, even one life lost is too much.

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The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

"A Wanted Man" - a new Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child, purchased in iBooks.

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