tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post434943590761583432..comments2024-03-23T12:05:13.464-07:00Comments on Ideas: No Plot SurvivesDavid Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-9672069284123359752012-02-10T08:05:43.460-08:002012-02-10T08:05:43.460-08:00The frozen food story was pea soup, poured into ho...The frozen food story was pea soup, poured into holes in the handles of French-Canadian loggers in the morning, where it froze. By lunch time warm enough to get out, heat, and consume--saving an hour's walk back to camp for lunch, and another hour back to the forest being logged.<br /><br />What tipped into the hot spring was a wagon load of split peas for making pea soup. Add a ton or so of ham and a barrel of salt...problem solved.<br /><br />And I haven't even got into how Slim greased his giant pancake griddle.David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-39712539029030047542012-02-08T18:11:01.213-08:002012-02-08T18:11:01.213-08:00"No plan survives contact with the enemy.&quo...<i>"No plan survives contact with the enemy."</i><br /><br />That one I've heard ...<br /><br />French Canadian loggers and frozen peas immersed in a hot spring -- that's all new to me ;)<br /><br />Life is fun.SheetWisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762534904369877435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-12329684343705953472012-02-06T16:40:07.460-08:002012-02-06T16:40:07.460-08:00Incidentally, I think the original version of the ...Incidentally, I think the original version of the phrase I used for the title of this post is attributed to Napoleon: <br /><br />No plan survives contact with the enemy.David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-76032399948202492782012-02-06T16:38:15.017-08:002012-02-06T16:38:15.017-08:00I think the story of the very large pot of pea sou...I think the story of the very large pot of pea soup is also one I got from somewhere.David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-35061284499550303392012-02-06T15:26:49.912-08:002012-02-06T15:26:49.912-08:00No, I meant the one about when the split peas fell...No, I meant the one about when the split peas fell in the hot spring, though that one was good too!Rebecca Friedmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-43406215132088750752012-02-05T22:45:06.404-08:002012-02-05T22:45:06.404-08:00I am pretty sure that the story of how Paul Bunyan...I am pretty sure that the story of how Paul Bunyan invented frozen food in order that his French Canadian loggers would not have to tramp back to the camp for lunch was not my invention, but something I heard or read somewhere.David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-5727493048547004502012-02-05T21:57:28.483-08:002012-02-05T21:57:28.483-08:00"I am very lucky in my children."
Of th..."I am very lucky in my children."<br /><br />Of the Friedmans, at first I had only heard of Milton, and was impressed. And then I learned about David, and was even more impressed, but not very surprised. And then I learned about Patri, and I was impressed but not surprised at all.<br /><br />I imagine Friedman genes and Friedman parenting make luck unneeded. Now I just need to hatch a plot to get my children to marry and have offspring with some Friedmans...PoliteEdwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-848766864540279502012-02-05T17:19:09.566-08:002012-02-05T17:19:09.566-08:00We remember somewhat better, or at least I do. For...We remember somewhat better, or at least I do. For example, I can tell you what the magical artifact they'd gotten three months ago was (a... gem I think... that summoned a friendly ally who could have Gotten Them Out Of There), and I could probably summarize several of the stories. Definitely the series concepts, but those were usually pretty simple. Was the one about Paul Bunyan and the pea soup your invention? I think I probably remember that one well enough to tell...<br /><br />And yes. I consider myself <i>very</i> lucky in my father. And my family as a whole, really.Rebecca Friedmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-6440444300605940202012-02-05T16:01:32.252-08:002012-02-05T16:01:32.252-08:00No legislative program survives ...
... contact w...No legislative program survives ...<br /><br />... contact with the Legislature.<br /><br />Even somebody as bright as Barack Obama had to learn this the hard way.Chris Henrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18284282247471490058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-46756085487230122392012-02-05T12:32:22.908-08:002012-02-05T12:32:22.908-08:00I reread Salamander today and was puzzled, because...I reread <i>Salamander</i> today and was puzzled, because I remembered the beginning of the story as being too slow; and yet today it seemed to move along at a brisk enough pace.<br /><br />I suppose I shouldn't trust my reactions after reading a book the first time, any more than I would after hearing a piece of music the first time.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-35943323062924109102012-02-04T23:01:11.091-08:002012-02-04T23:01:11.091-08:00I am very lucky in my children.
My father told st...I am very lucky in my children.<br /><br />My father told stories on long drives in the car, not just to me but to the whole family (me, my sister, and my mother). There was one long series about Mr Gazookis and his circus. I no longer remember any of them, but I revived Mr. Gazookis and his circus for my kids at some point and made up new stories. <br /><br />I don't remember either of my parents telling stories while putting me to bed when I was a child, which is what I did for years with Bill and Rebecca. <br /><br />In a way I feel sad about the fact that neither the stories my father told us, nor the stories I told my children (aside from <i>Harald</i>, which I told Rebecca as an alternative to the usual pattern of making up three stories and telling them when putting her to bed), have survived. I have a somewhat vague memory of the ones I told, in particular the characters; I don't know if my kids remember them any better than that.David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-43913728695662131132012-02-04T22:40:43.135-08:002012-02-04T22:40:43.135-08:00Your daughter and you are very lucky to be able to...Your daughter and you are very lucky to be able to share this. Sometimes the person listening is more important to the quality of the story than the storyteller. Just out of curiosity -- did your father also tell stories to you?SheetWisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762534904369877435noreply@blogger.com