"The Day of the Jackal"

[pkfox]

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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

[kmoorevs]

Amarnath S wrote:

Fortunately nothing untoward happened.

Is that what they call an ear miss? :laugh:

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[Dr Walt Fair PE]

Mike Hankey wrote: A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero Well, I have a whole wall full of souls, and I somehow learned to read, too. CQ de W5ALT

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[Mike Hankey]

I also have walls of books and floors and... I love to read, spend about 2-3 hours a day. Current reads: Works of Washington Irving: Astoria Hubert Howe Bancroft; History of Central America You?

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[David ONeil]

Amarnath S wrote:

Fortunately nothing untoward happened.

Huh? A man was killed. People screaming out of fear for their lives. Sickening. C-Span video can easily be found. Very much 'untoward.'

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[Dr Walt Fair PE]

Mike Hankey wrote: I love to read, spend about 2-3 hours a day. Current reads: Works of Washington Irving: Astoria Hubert Howe Bancroft; History of Central America My next reads will be whatever my grandsons recommend. We share an interest in science fiction. CQ de W5ALT

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[jmaida]

I agree with Mike. Excellent movie. Makes me want to watch it again.

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[Amarnath S]

Thanks for this info. At the time i posted this, i didn't get the info about a person losing his life, and the screaming all around. Just got a text news that the assassination has been averted. And it seemed very similar to The Day of the Jackal. That's what I posted.

[Duke Carey]

RE: Science fiction - highly recommend the Expanse series. The author is James S. A. Corey, a pseudonym for a 2-person writing team. It was made into a TV series that started on the SciFi channel and finished either on Amazon Prime or Netflix. Can't remember now. The series was pretty decent. Hewed pretty closely to the books' story lines. The books were really good.

[TNCaver]

Have you read any of the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells? Very entertaining SciFi, especially in audiobook format.

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[jochance]

Couldn't recall that when someone mentioned Jackal the other night. Definitely was the one I was looking for though.