YYCanuck (Calgary, AB, Canada)'s Recent Status Updates Showing 1-30 of 36

YYCanuck is on page 3 of 322 of In the Shadow of the Banyan

— Jul 24, 2019 09:12PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 22 of 342 of Londonstani

— Jul 24, 2019 03:27PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 5 of 326 of Ashenden

— Jul 27, 2018 10:36PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 10 of 374 of The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

— Jul 27, 2018 10:34PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 11 of 374 of The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

I keep having to go back to keep the story straight ... :(

— Jul 27, 2018 10:33PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 2 of 267 of Don't Believe the Hype: Fighting Cultural Misinformation About African Americans

— May 13, 2018 08:52PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 2 of 213 of After Rain

going

— May 13, 2018 07:30PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is starting Canadian Fish Cookbook

I don't read cookbooks from cover to cover but hopscotch thru them...

— Nov 16, 2017 10:55PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is starting Nobody Cries At Bingo

Put back on TBR

— Jul 09, 2017 01:54PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 75 of 244 of The Dharma Bums

Stalled while I read that parrot's story,
which is a library book... and due in one week ...

— Jul 09, 2017 01:53PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 157 of 342 of Yiddish for Pirates

Still a great yarn! Although I have had to look up quite a few "inventive" Yiddish words ... ;)

What a gas!

— Jul 09, 2017 01:52PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 75 of 244 of The Dharma Bums

Book has not been out of the backpack much
as it is waiting for waitingroom opportunities,
which recently have been fewer...

AND I am reading the meshoguhnuh Yiddish for Pirates

— Jul 05, 2017 09:53AM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 127 of 342 of Yiddish for Pirates

Keeps me going...

— Jul 05, 2017 09:50AM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 74 of 244 of The Dharma Bums

I feel like I ran along up to the Matterhorn base ... 11-12 thousand feet ...

— Jun 25, 2017 05:07PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 21 of 342 of Yiddish for Pirates

""So, nu, bench your fat little oysgepasheter Cape Horn tuches down on that chair and listen to my beaking. ""

I got the beaking bit! But what was lost in transliteration for ""oysgepasheter"" ???

— Jun 25, 2017 04:49PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 2 of 342 of Yiddish for Pirates

""So, nu, bench your fat little oysgepasheter Cape Horn tuches down on that chair and listen to my beaking. ""

I got the beaking bit! But what was llost in transliteration for ""oysgepasheter"" ???

— Jun 25, 2017 01:47PM Add a comment

YYCanuck is on page 51 of 414 of The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Funny and intriguing so far.

— Jun 20, 2017 08:43PM Add a comment