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geasavenger

geasavenger

West Bend, WI
May 2005

MAR 24, 2007 02:46 AM

Very awesome, I just recomended Hachet to my ex-girl friend for books to include in a summer book reading program she is running this summer.

meatpieboy

meatpieboy

Korea, D.P.R.
June 2004

MAR 24, 2007 04:14 AM

HACHET!

And... YOU CALLED GARY PAULSEN! Awesome. I loved those books as a kid.

HOORY FOR READIN!

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

MAR 24, 2007 04:29 AM

_DictionaryGirl_ said:

unravled said:
I had to read that book in grade school. The only thing I learned was not to fly over Canada. in a charter plane. It's served me well over the years.



I know, right? Charter planes are all-around bad news, especially in Canada, and especially in the Andes, where you're forced to eat your rugby teammates. blackeyed



Weren't they soccer players or some shit?

soft_shoulder

soft_shoulder

Madison, WI
May 2006

MAR 24, 2007 05:07 AM

=)

Saraphine

Saraphine

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

MAR 24, 2007 05:26 AM

_DictionaryGirl_ said:

unravled said:
I had to read that book in grade school. The only thing I learned was not to fly over Canada. in a charter plane. It's served me well over the years.



I know, right? Charter planes are all-around bad news, especially in Canada, and especially in the Andes, where you're forced to eat your rugby teammates. blackeyed



I read this^^^^ story in Reader's Digest of all things, long before the movie came out. It was their feature article in some ancient issue. It was gripping!!

soiraile

soiraile

Drexel Hill, PA
January 2005

MAR 24, 2007 06:37 AM

I loved that book so much. I spent a lot of time outdoors as a kid running around the woods. I made my mom read it and she bought me a hatchet after. smile

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

MAR 24, 2007 06:43 AM

Burzum said:
Hmm...well it takes at least a week to die of dehydration. Depending on your body fat, most people can go at least a month without eating. If the kid just sat on a tree stump he'd most likely still be just as alive as he is now.



Way to completely miss the point & glom onto a non-essential detail of the story. Here's your Snide Merit Badge.....

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

MAR 24, 2007 06:50 AM

Cash said:

Burzum said:
Hmm...well it takes at least a week to die of dehydration. Depending on your body fat, most people can go at least a month without eating. If the kid just sat on a tree stump he'd most likely still be just as alive as he is now.



Way to completely miss the point & glom onto a non-essential detail of the story. Here's your Snide Merit Badge.....



I'd like to see him try to go without water for more than four days. I doubt he'll be very snide when he's drinking his own urine.

NotoriousCAT

NotoriousCAT

Atlanta, GA
January 2004

MAR 24, 2007 06:51 AM

i love that i know so many random things that have nothing to do with my life from reading voraciously. biggrin

true fact: my brother in law is a police detective, when he first made detective and was complaining about the stench of a floater, i taught him that the trick to surviving heinous smells (like dead bodies) is to put vicks vapor rub under your nostrils. when he asked how the hell i knew that i said 'i read it in a detective novel' biggrin

J24U

J24U

Danvers, MA
February 2006

MAR 24, 2007 07:10 AM

I never read Hatchet, I'm not sure how many good lessons I could still use from the books I read as a kid, aside from the obvious "Don't read anything checked out of the library at Miskatonic University".

Oh, and I use the vap-o-rub trick too, we have a lot of kids with encopresis/enuresis at work, but I learned it from Silence of the Lambs.

otaku

otaku

USA
January 2004

MAR 24, 2007 08:31 AM

Lemonkid said:
This book is why I always carry a hatchet.

It's served me well over the years - job interviews, discounts on chocolate, run-ins with the Crypts and the Bloods.



They've been known to come in handy while waiting in line-turned-raging-mob for Xboxes as well.

_DictionaryGirl_

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

MAR 24, 2007 10:20 AM

Bastardo said:

_DictionaryGirl_ said:

unravled said:
I had to read that book in grade school. The only thing I learned was not to fly over Canada. in a charter plane. It's served me well over the years.



I know, right? Charter planes are all-around bad news, especially in Canada, and especially in the Andes, where you're forced to eat your rugby teammates. blackeyed



Weren't they soccer players or some shit?



Uruguayan rugby team!!!

_DictionaryGirl_

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

MAR 24, 2007 10:21 AM

magpieboy said:
HACHET!

And... YOU CALLED GARY PAULSEN! Awesome. I loved those books as a kid.

HOORY FOR READIN!



Oh man, I wish! No, a real reporter called Gary Paulsen. I'm not quite on that level yet. blush

dholokov

dholokov

Toronto, ON
April 2003

MAR 24, 2007 10:25 AM

_DictionaryGirl_ said:

unravled said:
I had to read that book in grade school. The only thing I learned was not to fly over Canada. in a charter plane. It's served me well over the years.



I know, right? Charter planes are all-around bad news, especially in Canada, and especially in the Andes, where you're forced to eat your rugby teammates. blackeyed



Well Ok sure, but there's only one road in Canada, and only half the population lives within walking distance of it. And if it's during the two months it isn't winter, you can't dogsled or snowmobile anywhere. So in most instances if you want to leave the house, it's charter plane or nuthin.

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

MAR 24, 2007 10:26 AM

_DictionaryGirl_ said:

Bastardo said:

_DictionaryGirl_ said:

unravled said:
I had to read that book in grade school. The only thing I learned was not to fly over Canada. in a charter plane. It's served me well over the years.



I know, right? Charter planes are all-around bad news, especially in Canada, and especially in the Andes, where you're forced to eat your rugby teammates. blackeyed



Weren't they soccer players or some shit?



Uruguayan rugby team!!!



Who you calling gay?

HamboneSweets

HamboneSweets

USA
September 2005

MAR 24, 2007 10:38 AM

I too read that book, back in the day. I'm a believer.

claudewildman

claudewildman

Decatur, GA
June 2006

MAR 24, 2007 10:58 AM

I dont know how much credit this kid deserves. He's only seen as a inspirational story because he was lost for so long. If he had done what he did to get lost and had been found an hour later he would have been punished. Appearantly he got home sick and decided to walk through the super-rugged and remote appalachian mountains to get home. If anything, he's an example of exactly what shouldnt be done in the wilderness.

_DictionaryGirl_

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

MAR 24, 2007 10:59 AM

dholokov said:

_DictionaryGirl_ said:

unravled said:
I had to read that book in grade school. The only thing I learned was not to fly over Canada. in a charter plane. It's served me well over the years.



I know, right? Charter planes are all-around bad news, especially in Canada, and especially in the Andes, where you're forced to eat your rugby teammates. blackeyed



Well Ok sure, but there's only one road in Canada, and only half the population lives within walking distance of it. And if it's during the two months it isn't winter, you can't dogsled or snowmobile anywhere. So in most instances if you want to leave the house, it's charter plane or nuthin.



I know; I was just being facetious, is all. wink

FrozenSunshine

FrozenSunshine

Royal Oak, MI
October 2004

MAR 24, 2007 12:36 PM

I loved this book as a kid. Thank god my fourth grade teacher had good taste in books. We read alot of Paulsen.

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

MAR 25, 2007 08:32 AM

otaku said:

Lemonkid said:
This book is why I always carry a hatchet.

It's served me well over the years - job interviews, discounts on chocolate, run-ins with the Crypts and the Bloods.



They've been known to come in handy while waiting in line-turned-raging-mob for Xboxes as well.



I'm a Wii-man myself. Maybe I should write Nintendo about putting out a version of "the Hatchet" for Wii. Survivalism in your own bedroom!

Lily

Lily

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

MAR 25, 2007 10:27 AM

awesome. knowledge is indeed power. I love books.

WishRyder

WishRyder

Waukee, IA
October 2003

MAR 25, 2007 10:54 AM

Lemonkid said:

otaku said:

Lemonkid said:
This book is why I always carry a hatchet.

It's served me well over the years - job interviews, discounts on chocolate, run-ins with the Crypts and the Bloods.



They've been known to come in handy while waiting in line-turned-raging-mob for Xboxes as well.



I'm a Wii-man myself. Maybe I should write Nintendo about putting out a version of "the Hatchet" for Wii. Survivalism in your own bedroom!



I don't even have a Wii...nor have ever played one, and I think this is a FANTASTIC idea.

redfirefaery

redfirefaery

Farmington, NY
August 2004

MAR 26, 2007 12:40 AM

rebelwithstyle said:
I dont know how much credit this kid deserves. He's only seen as a inspirational story because he was lost for so long. If he had done what he did to get lost and had been found an hour later he would have been punished. Appearantly he got home sick and decided to walk through the super-rugged and remote appalachian mountains to get home. If anything, he's an example of exactly what shouldnt be done in the wilderness.



THANK YOU for pointing this out. the kid thought he could walk away, find the road and hitchhike home. however well-read the kid is, it seems to me that he has no sense.

now, talk about the kid who got kidnapped at gunpoint and saved himself with a safety pin, and i'm impressed. he didn't have the choice to stay at the bus stop with the rest of the kids.

maybe that's the difference. in the book, the kid is out in the wilderness, but certainly not by choice. the kid who apparently survived due to the knowledge the author imparted? he simply walked away from safety.

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