ATDTDA (7): 201-203 decoding

[Mark Kohut]

Don't we think that to describe someone as 7/8ths of his expected size is to say, metaphorically, that the person was not as "tall" as expected?

Peter Petto <ppetto at apk.net> wrote:        No, I think I have, for the most part, restrained myself myself from going off onto maths tangents.
  

  But since Pynchon doesn't always resist, neither do I.
  

  I look forward to hearing your comments on AtD, when you've read it, and all topics tangential or orthogonal.
  

  

  MalignD wondered:
  

  << seven-eighths - and then, the openong sequence to an infinite series math rant>>  
  Just a question:  has it been like this the entire group reading?  

  


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Peter Petto <ppetto at apk.net>
Bay Village, OH


       
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