http://ameeliaghareeb.com/2009/06/and-you-were-wondering-where-i-got-it-from-2/ A school Librarian's blog about books, education, and everything else. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:27:39 -0800 hourly 1 http://ameeliaghareeb.com/2009/06/and-you-were-wondering-where-i-got-it-from-2/comment-page-1/#comment-149 david breitkopf Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:27:39 +0000 http://ameeliaghareeb.com/?p=572#comment-149 Ah, too bad. I'll change the story to be historically accurate. Thank you for getting back to me. I didn't mention this, but the story was about a great tennis player who defected from Romania. Her name was Magda Rurac. It's a true story, though I've created a fictional setting to tell her life, which includes her coming to America on the QEI. Thanks again. db Ah, too bad. I’ll change the story to be historically accurate. Thank you for getting back to me. I didn’t mention this, but the story was about a great tennis player who defected from Romania. Her name was Magda Rurac. It’s a true story, though I’ve created a fictional setting to tell her life, which includes her coming to America on the QEI.
Thanks again.
db

]]> http://ameeliaghareeb.com/2009/06/and-you-were-wondering-where-i-got-it-from-2/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Ameelia Ghareeb Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:04:24 +0000 http://ameeliaghareeb.com/?p=572#comment-148 According to my dad: Neither the Queen Elizabeth nor the Queen Mary had tennis courts as we know them; they both had "deck tennis" which is more like badminton. Good luck on the story! According to my dad: Neither the Queen Elizabeth nor the Queen Mary had tennis courts as we know them; they both had “deck tennis” which is more like badminton. Good luck on the story!

]]> http://ameeliaghareeb.com/2009/06/and-you-were-wondering-where-i-got-it-from-2/comment-page-1/#comment-147 david breitkopf Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:21:14 +0000 http://ameeliaghareeb.com/?p=572#comment-147 Hi, I'm a writer and I've written a short story that makes mention of the Queen Elizabeth I. In the story I mention that there was a tennis court on the Q. E. I. but because the main protagonist in the story was defecting from a communist country she avoided the tennis court on the boat. My question to Mr. Ghareeb, who obviously knows his way around these ships is this: was there in fact a tennis court on the Queen Elizabeth I? If not on the Queen Mary? Thanks, David Breitkopf Hi, I’m a writer and I’ve written a short story that makes mention of the Queen Elizabeth I. In the story I mention that there was a tennis court on the Q. E. I. but because the main protagonist in the story was defecting from a communist country she avoided the tennis court on the boat. My question to Mr. Ghareeb, who obviously knows his way around these ships is this: was there in fact a tennis court on the Queen Elizabeth I? If not on the Queen Mary?
Thanks,
David Breitkopf

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