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Christeph
16 yrs ago
> > I've already commented on the
> American > phrase 'I could care less'
> which is > illogical.
> Didn't this use to be 'I couldn't care
> less' which makes perfect sense, but then
> the not fell off and…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 9 replies
> That was probably mine. I really don't
> curse a whole lot here in the forums, but
> I feel very strongly about that song and
> its singer. I stand by my use of the c-
> word in that situation.
Sorry stinalyn…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 11 replies
All this talk about what is and isn't taboo...I just wondered, I'm not easily shocked but reading through the threads tonight I came across one post with a four letter word that positively made me wince...and no one seem…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 2 replies
Thank you so much...I laughed so hard I cried...and then I saw the interview with Sky News and collapsed in a choking, spluttering heap! Ah, I've been away from the ould sod too long, I've forgotten what a sick and twis…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
La la la la Life
...la la la la la
Life is life
...la la la la la
No idea who it's by, and it's been around for years, might have even won the Eurovision one year, but it makes me cringe!!!!
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 3 replies
It rankles whenever I hear that people are intending to 'try and' do something, rather than 'try to' do it - aargh!
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Thanks again Moem! I've combined the running Ballycumber with two of the others to make a standard 50x150 size blinkie. If anyone wants to nab it for their blog etc, it's here:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w214…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
Ooh ta! I thought I'd looked all over the site, but I missed that! A blinkie is pretty much like a banner but smaller (about 150x50), the top one would be ideal but it's a little big. Still I think I can use the small…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 6 replies
Just wondering if anyone has created a Bookcrossing blinkie that they'd be willing to share with me to put on my blog and link to BC?
Book Talk
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From Saturday by Ian McEwan: questioning the value of fiction
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Re: the scientific inquiring mind
Christeph
16 yrs ago
> There is in fact no discontinuity between
> the scientific inquiring mind and the
> world of reflection and imagination.
Theoretically and conceptually, no, I agree. But I have met people who are so biased tow…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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RABCK to anyone in BC, Canada
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Re: Welcome to beautiful BC
Christeph
16 yrs ago
Just pick a book kayjay33, pm me where to send it and it's yours!
Book Talk
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From Saturday by Ian McEwan: questioning the value of fiction
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Re: From Saturday by Ian McEwan: questioning the value of fiction
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 3 replies
Certainly thought-provoking...and as such kind of answers its own question. I've always found factual matter less likely to provoke significant thought than well-crafted fiction...something to which Henry is clearly bli…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 3 replies
Since giving away my entire library before we emigrated, I now seem to be amassing a lot of books again lol! So I thought maybe I should do a little purge. And so in deference to my new home, I thought I'd offer a RABC…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
Also 'The Retrieval Artist and Other Stories'. A friend bought me three of the Retrieval Artist books as a gift, and they sound really good, but I'd like to read the beginning first (I'm a bit compulsive like that!). G…
Book Talk
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What author do you collect?(every book they wrote)
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Dorothy L Sayers and Colin Dexter ...to name but two
Christeph
16 yrs ago
But I gave them all away before we emigrated and now I miss them so much I'm desperate to collect them all again...
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 2 replies
Loved this in my teens, re-read it in my twenties, just about to start on it again and can't recommend it highly enough. There are five books in the series: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Gre…
Book Talk
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Snopes.com adresses concerns over the Golden Compass movie
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Thanks BCers for a rational discussion!
Christeph
16 yrs ago
Haven't been around BC much in a long while (busy, busy, busy!) but an online friend sent me a link to the snopes page and I was pretty appalled at the bias. I actually popped in today just to see if there was anyone di…
Christeph
16 yrs ago
I've got Death of a Tart and Death of a Trickster (see my bookshelf under available), and I'll gladly post them in exchange for a chance to read Death of a Turkey coz I can't find it anywhere!
Christeph
16 yrs ago
| 2 replies
I've got Death of a Tart and Death of a Trickster (see my bookshelf under available), and I'll gladly post them in exchange for a chance to read Death of a Turkey coz I can't find it anywhere!
Christeph
17 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Have you had a look at lulu.com? I'm working on book I plan to publish there. All you need to do is produce the copy and artwork, they'll take care of the rest, there's no minimum order, people can order your book direc…
Christeph
17 yrs ago
Christeph
17 yrs ago
Actually just finished it - poor start but it did improve. Read like a first novel, I was surprised to discover it wasn't.
Chit-Chat
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Children of Men: The Truthteller Review
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Read the book but haven't seen the movie yet...
Christeph
17 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Really liked the book - it was engrossing, disturbing, chilling yet unputdownable. What I've read of the reviews of the movie it seems like major segments of the plot have been changed so that the end result is almost u…
Christeph
17 yrs ago
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That's positively sinful Vicar - do you do chip butties as well? We recently imported some Cheese & Onion crisps to make crisp butties (sad eh?) - but haven't found a decent chip to make a chip buttie with - and we're t…
