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chaosmachine on July 10, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Daily schedule

  6:00 am: Rise from bed.
  6:15 - 6:30: Dumbbell exercise and wall-scaling.
  7:15 - 8:15: Study electricity, etc.
  8:30 - 4:30: Work.
  4:30 - 5:00: Baseball and sports.
  5:00 - 6:00: Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it.
  7:00 - 9:00: Study needed inventions.

ambulatorybird on July 10, 2010 | [–]

I'm pretty sure this is from The Great Gatsby -- I remember the dumbbell part. Am I right?

nandemo on July 11, 2010 | | [–]

Yes. I remember the "practice elocution" part.

speek on July 10, 2010 | | [–]

How does one "Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it?"

kngspook on July 10, 2010 | [–]

Where have I seen this before..? :P

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