http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/17/killer-shoes/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/17/killer-shoes/#comment-17153 Carol Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:01:49 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2143#comment-17153 You have to wonder what constituted "reasonable attention" back then. Also, why was this Travelers Association suing Mr. Smith? Did it have anything to do with the unfortunate shoe? You have to wonder what constituted “reasonable attention” back then. Also, why was this Travelers Association suing Mr. Smith? Did it have anything to do with the unfortunate shoe?

]]> http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/17/killer-shoes/#comment-17154 Ivan Ivanovich Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:25:27 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2143#comment-17154 Yes, it's a tribute to our ancestor’s perseverance and luck that we are here. Yes, it’s a tribute to our ancestor’s perseverance and luck that we are here.

]]> http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/17/killer-shoes/#comment-17155 Earl Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:21:00 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2143#comment-17155 It's nice to focus on the attractive part of "the good old days", but the phrase "nasty, brutish, and short" was describing a significant reality. This book: The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle (John MacRae Books) (Hardcover) will really help you understand the fear of infection (and that doesn't mean just disease) that pervaded life before antibiotics. It’s nice to focus on the attractive part of “the good old days”, but the phrase “nasty, brutish, and short” was describing a significant reality. This book:
The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle (John MacRae Books) (Hardcover) will really help you understand the fear of infection (and that doesn’t mean just disease) that pervaded life before antibiotics.

]]> http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/17/killer-shoes/#comment-17152 Francis W. Porretto Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:40:59 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2143#comment-17152 Well, <a href="http://www.getasite.com/gj/cruelshoes.htm" rel="nofollow"><b>it would appear that some retain a fondness for the "good old days!"</b></a> Well, it would appear that some retain a fondness for the “good old days!”

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