[Homestead] was Who's Da Best, now A/P for Bob Ford

SJC indexer at localnet.com
Thu Nov 6 10:48:22 EST 2008


bob ford wrote:
> I hope most of the women on the list don't really think I am 'that' slow.  I am pretty slow, on somew things.'was just in a good mood and thought I would write something for a smile ....bobford
>
>   
Hey, Bob, here's what ya gotta do:  Encyclopedia Brittanica has, or used 
to have, really good drawings of the human body, both male and female.  
There are lots of clear overlays to be able to see how different 
(muscle, fascia, lymphatic, etc) systems work together and so on.  
Getcha one  o' them there books and it'll all come clear how things 
work. :-)

Actually, in all seriousness, I don't know if those things are still 
around, but they were very good teaching tools, my kids used to spend 
hours studying that kind of stuff and they actually did absorb a lot of 
both anatomy and physiology from the EB.  The human body and the way it 
functions is fascinating, at least I find it so.

Or there are likely good illustrations on internet, I've not looked and 
am somewhat stressed for time today, but will look on another day.

We, all of us, made good use of a set of encyclopedias I bought when 
first kid was born.  I grew up knowing nothing about the world outside 
my own little sphere, which I understood was 'different', and was 
determined my kids would know more.  We spent many, many hours with 
those books; in fact, reading was allowed at the table at noonday meal 
just about all the time one or more of us had a volume of EB beside the 
plate.  It often comes up now in conversation about times gone by, as 
one of their fond memories.  I still remember David had memorized the 
entry on Japan at one point (easy for him; he's autistic and memory like 
a trap, once in and never out). His brother like to never forgave him, 
Japan not high on their interest list and they got tire of hearing him 
yammer about it.

SusanJane, in Maine



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