Gang-Banging
&
Fatty Arbuckle
&
Facts about Finland

RALPH:

Hey --- I am pleased to be informed how the French revolution actually went down. Was that a condensation of a Stephen Ambrose book?

You need a new crank letter editor. This issue's weren't cranky enough.

I haven't read any of the books you liked, nor any of those you hated. But I read, I read....

--- Barry Corbet
bcorbet@rmi.net

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RALPH:

I think that is a good book and im only 11 and i think that is a sad book how his parents mistreated that is good book i think a lot of young people should read it and learn how bad life is as a gang member.

--- Zamaconav@aol.com

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RALPH:

A factual error.

In the short history of the motion picture, Fatty Arbuckle is of central importance. His coat and hat were borrowed by a young Charlie Chaplin to create a character that became an American icon.

It was Fatty's pants, not his coat that were borrowed by Chaplin.

Remember the coat was too small and the pants far too big.

Loved the article though.

--- Cameron Mitchell
Cameron_Mitchell@CBC.CA

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RALPH:

Subject: Totally wrong fact

You say in your Frozen Hell article that Finland had 19 million inhabitants. This is so far off I laughed when I saw this. The number was 3.5 million back then and is only 5 million now. How could you get something so badly wrong?

--- i_will_do_it_later@hotmail.com