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Post by candykane on Jul 8, 2013 14:37:57 GMT -5
I've been thinking about this book, because I was at a bonfire over the weekend and ended up with enough mosquito bites to rival Mallory's! I guess I should have dressed in a beekeeper outfit.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Jul 8, 2013 15:27:15 GMT -5
^ I was also thinking about this book over the weekend!!!
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Post by greer on Jul 8, 2013 19:04:25 GMT -5
Farrow is a word; it just has a very different meaning
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Post by zoar3 on Jul 28, 2013 17:51:15 GMT -5
I just re-read and what I want to know is how in the world did Claudia rig up the green towels (monster head and tail) so they would move when pulled by a string or rope? I am just picturing both towels bunched up and maybe tied in the middle with a piece of rope and then onto the boat itself with more rope? When pulled wouldn't it just go flat? Maybe I have no green monster imagination. I do still love Watson's letter to his aunt and uncle at the end and really wish we had gotten to meet them. I still think at least once (I know they do in Karen's Island Adventure except for MA) the big house family should have taken at least part of this trip alone. I also loved how Shannon helped end the feud between Linny and Nicky. It reminded me of something Louie would do. ETA: I was happy this time around to realize Mal had a few shining moments when she danced with two (separate) nice boys. No matter how much of a bug magnet she might have been, Ann didn't have to go as overboard as she did in making us know that. Poor, Mal. On the cars, that's what I wanted to add, I recently read an LS book, where Nannie takes Karen to the store to buy baking supplies. For the first and only (that I know of time) the Pink Clinker was labelled a Cadallic. That just surprised me. My Grandpa once had an older (non clinky) white cadallic, so I know they are big. I just pictured the PC as a less fancy make of car. Maybe Nannie got a truly old cadallic and fell in love clinks and all.
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Post by greer on Jul 28, 2013 19:37:00 GMT -5
I thought Claudia used chicken wire, but maybe I'm confusing it with some other float
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Post by starrynight on Jul 28, 2013 23:21:21 GMT -5
^ I think the giant shoe in #45 was made from chicken wire.
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Post by scrounge on Aug 1, 2013 22:57:52 GMT -5
I just re-read and what I want to know is how in the world did Claudia rig up the green towels (monster head and tail) so they would move when pulled by a string or rope? I am just picturing both towels bunched up and maybe tied in the middle with a piece of rope and then onto the boat itself with more rope? When "pulled" wouldn't it just fo flat? Maybe I have no green monster imagination. I do still love Watson's letter to his aunt and uncle at the end and really wish we had gotten to meet them. I still think at least once (I know they do in Karen's Island Adventure except for MA) the big house family should have taken at least part of this trip alone. If you're saying that Watson's family should have gone to Shadow Lake without friends, check out Karen's Ski Trip. It's a winter book, but the family visits Shadow Lake with exactly zero friends and non-family members. I, too, always assumed Claudia used wire of some sort to rig up the towels. Honestly I don't think the author thought the process through very well, so any of our guesses are probably accurate. This might be my favorite Super Special. I especially like the part where the girls spend the night on the island.
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Post by zoar3 on Aug 1, 2013 23:18:53 GMT -5
^I just thought Watson himself had said he wanted to see how the cabin would be a fit for his family, yet the TB's didn't seem to spend much time together. I think I really had hoped Uncle Pierson and Aunt Faith would have either called or been seen at least following Watson's letter to them. Thanks for the recommendation, Scrounge. I have read Karen's Ski Trip, I liked that Andrew had a few shining ski moments but wished he hadn't hurt his knee? at the end. I also liked their island campout. It reminded me of of Island Adventure and also the parts of Summer Vacation where Dawn and her campers have their unexpected longer trip.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Aug 2, 2013 15:11:20 GMT -5
I always thought it was funny how Watson wanted to see "how [the cabin] was for his family". Obviously a family as big as his, who are all into sports and outdoor activities, would love it. Also, I don't think he has to worry too much about money so a summer cabin wouldn't be that big of a stretch on his wallet.
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Post by greer on Aug 3, 2013 15:03:24 GMT -5
I always thought it was funny how Watson wanted to see "how [the cabin] was for his family". Obviously a family as big as his, who are all into sports and outdoor activities, would love it. Also, I don't think he has to worry too much about money so a summer cabin wouldn't be that big of a stretch on his wallet. Maybe it was more like, keep the cabin, or sell it and take the money to buy something they'd get more use of. It was weird, though, that the cabin came with dorm rooms. It doesn't seem like Watson's aunt and uncle had a large family. So convenient for the writer!
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Post by starrynight on Aug 3, 2013 22:21:06 GMT -5
^ I just read this book again, and I was wondering the same thing. Maybe the aunt and uncle used it as a family gathering place during past summers, and they needed to be prepared for lots of guests? I also noticed that this book contains one of the few moments in the series when one of the sitters isn't gung ho about spending every waking moment with little kids (Dawn going to the haunted island to get out of a sleepover with Emily Michelle and the 3 Musketeers). I like those moments because it makes the sitters seem a little bit more realistic.
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Post by celaeno on Aug 3, 2013 22:25:48 GMT -5
^It made me think the aunt and uncle ran a cult or something. I was picturing those creepy photos of the bunk that belonged to the Heaven's Gate cult!
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Post by zoar3 on Aug 3, 2013 22:31:38 GMT -5
^Now I am wondering what some of the other cabins looked like. I wish we had gotten to see Keegan's (Karen's friend in Ski Trip and Fishing Trip) for example. The only two cabins I have ever been in were one in Yosemite during winter that my dad and I shared because it was heated and the only choice and the week I attended a Sierra Club teen program. That cabin, actually it was called a lodge, did have two huge rooms with bunks one for boys and the other for girls. Maybe Watson wanted to re-familiarize himself with all that Shadow Lake had to offer and that it could be an any time of year vacation spot for his family. I mean if there were only summer or only winter activities it might make less sense to want to take it on. Yes, I realize he could rent it out to other families when he wasn't using it but somehow can't envision that happening. I know the bank thief house sat at Nancy's but I just see only the BSC families living in their homes and not anyone else. I hope that made sense!
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Post by greer on Aug 4, 2013 3:04:54 GMT -5
I am guessing this is just a situation where the writers just didn't think it through very carefully, and they wanted Kristy's huge family plus the BSC to fit, but still, weird!
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Post by virgoscorpio on Aug 4, 2013 18:13:53 GMT -5
Agreed. Maybe it was used to retreats or large gatherings before Watson's aunt and uncle bought it?! I love how we're trying to speculate/make reason of the situation.
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