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Post by greer on Apr 27, 2014 17:26:56 GMT -5
Sorry for this additional post, I did just think of one question. In Ann's note at the back of this book she shares that two of her baby-sitters as a kid were named Johnny. Maybe some of the many John's in Stoneybrook are tribute to them and the real John Perkins. One of the John's "invented bowling on the stairs." Ann tells us she wrote about that in a LS book. What LS books? I remember in a very early BSC book, possibly even #4, David Michael asking Mary Anne when she would be baby-sitting for him again because of how much fun bowling paper cups down the stairs was the last time she was over. I don't ever remember reading about that either. When I was growing up and even every now and then with a friend in college I did enjoy going bowling. I wasn't too good, definitely not in Nannie's league, but it could be fun. Speaking of Nannie, I quickly skimmed some of Karen's two Families the other day this is one of my least favorite LS so I don't read it often. It mentioned several times Karen accompanying Nannie to practice bowling. We never got to read about the actual practice or games just Karen sharing that she enjoyed going. Yeah, I think it was #4, because I can see the scene with Kristy being mad clearly in my mind. I don't think we'll ever have an answer for the Mystery of John. Worst offender: #SS14, where we learn that Mr. Ramsey has a brother named John and a son named John Philip Ramsey, Jr.
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Post by Honeybee on Apr 27, 2014 17:50:16 GMT -5
Sorry for this additional post, I did just think of one question. In Ann's note at the back of this book she shares that two of her baby-sitters as a kid were named Johnny. Maybe some of the many John's in Stoneybrook are tribute to them and the real John Perkins. One of the John's "invented bowling on the stairs." Ann tells us she wrote about that in a LS book. What LS books? I remember in a very early BSC book, possibly even #4, David Michael asking Mary Anne when she would be baby-sitting for him again because of how much fun bowling paper cups down the stairs was the last time she was over. I don't ever remember reading about that either. When I was growing up and even every now and then with a friend in college I did enjoy going bowling. I wasn't too good, definitely not in Nannie's league, but it could be fun. Speaking of Nannie, I quickly skimmed some of Karen's two Families the other day this is one of my least favorite LS so I don't read it often. It mentioned several times Karen accompanying Nannie to practice bowling. We never got to read about the actual practice or games just Karen sharing that she enjoyed going. Yeah, I think it was #4, because I can see the scene with Kristy being mad clearly in my mind. I don't think we'll ever have an answer for the Mystery of John. Worst offender: #SS14, where we learn that Mr. Ramsey has a brother named John and a son named John Philip Ramsey, Jr. So, what's Mr. Ramsey's first name then? John Jr. Be after his dad's name, not his Uncle John.
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Post by greer on Apr 27, 2014 17:52:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I think it was #4, because I can see the scene with Kristy being mad clearly in my mind. I don't think we'll ever have an answer for the Mystery of John. Worst offender: #SS14, where we learn that Mr. Ramsey has a brother named John and a son named John Philip Ramsey, Jr. So, what's Mr. Ramsey's first name then? John Jr. Be after his dad's name, not his Uncle John. Whoops, misunderstood your post. I think the ghostwriter forget that Squirt's name is John Philip Ramsey Jr.
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 27, 2014 18:08:41 GMT -5
^And his brother the Third and Squirt the 4th? I think either referring to Jessi's Dad as Alex once in a post-card written by Jessi and/or forgetting that it is Jessi's Uncle who is named Alex not John must have been a mistake. I do remember way back in the 80's when I was a Dodgers fan, one of the star pitchers was Orel Hershiser. I think he was a III and his son a IV. Back to this book, sort of. Thanks Greer on the added #4 info. I found it on the bottom of page 85-top of page 86. MA is calling to ask Kristy if she will be able to sit for Jamie. DM answers the phone and asks: 'When are you going to come over and baby-sit for me again? Remember the last time you came? We bowled paper cups down the stairs. MA replies, "Yeah, that was fun, wasn't it?" DM agrees. I still don't ever recall reading MA and DM bowling cups down the stairs and have absolutely no clue of what LS book included stair bowling.
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Post by Honeybee on Apr 27, 2014 20:16:49 GMT -5
^Not sure, what book mention about stair bowling in LS. Also, not sure, which book of BSC, that DM and MA played paper cups down the stairs. That sounds like fun game to played.
Greer, sorry about that. Forgot put his full name in the post.
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Jun 13, 2014 19:12:00 GMT -5
I think Jessi's aunt was being unfair. But then, I think Jessi's parents should have had that talk with her WAY earlier than they did in the book. Jessi didn't actually do anything really wrong at home apart from the tricks, but she just lost a whole heap of responsibilities she should have had. Maybe, in that case, it's no wonder that the subplot had Jessi taking on too much responsibility with Jackie's science fair project. Maybe it was subconsciousness, making her want to do so. Who knows? But no matter what happened, Jessi shouldn't have done as much as she did. Also, I don't know if anyone else caught it, but this was one of the few books that had a lot of Rodowsky scenes which didn't emphasize Jackie's "Walking Disaster" trait. That was kind of refreshing.
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Post by sillybillygoogoo on Jul 6, 2015 10:34:38 GMT -5
I don't care for this book at all. Sure, Aunt Cecelia is unfair, but Jessi is super annoying, too.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jul 8, 2015 6:29:15 GMT -5
Jessi's paretns definitely ought to have planned things with Cecelia before she arrived.
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Post by bscfan1997 on Oct 11, 2015 1:52:16 GMT -5
okay, I have to admit that I do like this book. Yes, Jessi was annoying, bratty, and whiny. But she did act her age for once. And Aunt Dictator name is funny. But the science competition subplot. No. Terrible.
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Post by LadyDru on Nov 17, 2015 13:39:27 GMT -5
I have only read this book a couple of times but I remember bits and pieces of it clearly. I believed Aunt Cecelia was mean and awful..I agree with Jessi on that..especially with her being forbidden to go to the meeting and when there are rules in place it is frustrating when someone comes along and just make their own set of rules. And I think Jessi should have gone ahead and call her mom about the meeting thing. I like her line about "Aunt Cecelia may be a jerk, but she's no fool". Although I refuse to see what does Jessi's hairstyle have to do with the 14 phone calls..
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Nov 17, 2015 18:56:47 GMT -5
The only think I really remember about this one was Jessi playing pranks on her. Didn't she short sheet her aunts bed? And stuck something in her slippers?
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Post by bscfan1997 on Nov 17, 2015 19:57:37 GMT -5
She and Becca filled her slippers with shaving cream, I think. They also put fake spiders around her. Very original jokes! @mkfan, yeah, aunt Cecelia was jerky about not letting Jessi attending a BSC meeting. I did like how she made 14 phone calls to get back at A.C.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Nov 18, 2015 2:14:17 GMT -5
I forgot that she didn't let Jessi go to a meeting. I wish I remembered this book better to know if Kristy got really mad.
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Post by bscfan1997 on Nov 18, 2015 6:59:07 GMT -5
Kristy doesn't get mad. She was actually pretty understanding. Then again she wasn't all THAT dictator-y at this point in the series. If it was later on (60s +) then yeah she'd get really mad...
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Post by oldhickory on Nov 18, 2015 17:18:13 GMT -5
I might have told this story before. One time when I was mad at my dad, I took his shaving cream and sprayed a big pile of it out on the carpet. He never said anything, and maybe a couple of years ago (I was definitely in my 20s by this time) I asked him why he never punished me, and he said he never found it. The shaving cream bubbles just popped and disappeared. So, depending on how long the shaving cream sat in the slippers, there's every chance Aunt Cecelia might never have noticed.
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