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Fellraven
1 yr ago
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/10/costa-book-awards-scrapped-suddenly-after-50-years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61761832
No explanation seems to have been given. Costa took over spons…
Fellraven
2 yrs ago
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I've no doubt plenty of non-US Bookcrossers would love to to attend another convention in the US, but many people's experience of getting through customs into the US seems to be difficult, even intimidating. On the other…
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UK Cancels Flights from South Africa & 5 Other Countries
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RE: RE: UK Cancels Flights from South Africa & 5 Other Countries
Fellraven
2 yrs ago
I did an LFT this afternoon - negative. Looks like I may have got away with it.
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UK Cancels Flights from South Africa & 5 Other Countries
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UK Cancels Flights from South Africa & 5 Other Countries
Fellraven
2 yrs ago
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I'm sorry for your family's loss.
I spent two days earlier this week in a series of meetings which included a number of people from South Africa and Lesotho. Just my luck if I'm now incubating the Chinese Lurgy, havin…
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Is anyone else stressed out by the increased cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant?
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RE: And the newest idiocy by anti-vaxxers:
Fellraven
2 yrs ago
Ivermectin is also a standard medication for treating parasitic infestations in humans and is included by the WHO on its List of Essential Medicines that every country should have in its armoury.
There have been a num…
Fellraven
2 yrs ago
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Mo Hayder was the pen-name of Clare Dunkel who had achieved earlier fame as the glamorous secretary in "Are You Being Served?" and as a glamour model under the name Candy Davis. She was 59 and had MND.
https://www.dai…
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Loved this article about a little girl who wanted a historical execution on her birthday cake:
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RE: She could have asked for Eugen Weidmann
Fellraven
2 yrs ago
And somewhere in that crowd was a young man named Christopher Lee who became an actor.
Fellraven
4 yrs ago
The initial breaking of Enigma was actually by the Poles. In time the Germans realised that the code had been broken and accordingly added extra layers of complexity, including an extra wheel on the Enigma machine. It wa…
Fellraven
5 yrs ago
That should be George H W Bush.
Fellraven
5 yrs ago
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46410225
Fellraven
5 yrs ago
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I tried the most recent one and got a handful of titles in a couple of minutes.
It's not immediately obvious what you have to do, but if you click on one of the parts of the image and type your guess at the book title…
Fellraven
5 yrs ago
Not only roadside stalls but quite extensive farm shops as well. The Vale is one of the historic centres for orchard and soft fruits and market gardening in England. As well as fruit and vegetables, eggs and jars of jam,…
Fellraven
5 yrs ago
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A bit of fun, and for Brits the chance to win book tokens.
Just find the hidden book titles in a variety of pictures.
http://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/hiddenbooks/
Fellraven
5 yrs ago
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"Is this the world's best job? Luxury Maldives resort advertises for bookseller to run a pop-up shop and mingle with a host of celebrities"
"A luxury resort in the Maldives is now hiring for the world's best job - run…
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Found out this week that I have become a diabetic
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Fellraven
5 yrs ago
[[ The complicated part is "if you have been diagnosed within the past 3 or 8 years" - diagnosis is merely a point in time. You could have been falling well within the guidelines for Type II diabetes for a decade or more…
Fellraven
5 yrs ago
[[It is type 2, and I am lucky, I just take pills. Can not imagine giving myself a shot every day. ]]
But why just settle for taking pills for the rest of your life rather than at least giving the Blood Sugar Diet a…
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Found out this week that I have become a diabetic
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RE: Found out this week that I have become a diabetic
Fellraven
5 yrs ago
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[[Which was a bit of a shock, seeing as it does not run in the family.
Anyway, wondering if anyone here has an tips or good receipes that they really like. I am not big on cooked veggies, but raw are fine. I still h…
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Little Free Libraries Are Turning Into Ground Zero for Religious Proselytizing
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Fellraven
6 yrs ago
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[[ [[dumped off books, magazine, pamphlets, tracts, or leaflets advertising their faith]]
Well, why shouldn't they? Isn't the function of a LFL to serve the entire community by allowing people to take and *leave* boo…
Fellraven
6 yrs ago
The monkey's own story. Apparently. This won't end well for the monkey.
Fellraven
6 yrs ago
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Two stray place names for deletion please:
Manila - https://www.bookcrossing.com/hunt/3/2661/191009
..no such place in the UK
Wymondham - https://www.bookcrossing.com/hunt/3/2661/181973
..is located in in Norfolk…
Fellraven
6 yrs ago
A British author who spends his time between a number of countries. This is the 2nd of 3 novels so far set in Kyrgyzstan.
It's a crime novel about an murder squad detective investigating the disappearance of children …
Fellraven
6 yrs ago
[[I've been able to register books, fwiw (I generally use Google Chrome, sometimes Windows with Firefox). Is there one particular book you're trying to register, or are you getting the errors with any book you try? Does…
Fellraven
6 yrs ago
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I've tried on both Firefox and Opera this evening and I just keep getting error messages.
Is it just me?
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Do you dislike Harlequin romances? If so, why?
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Fellraven
6 yrs ago
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[[Sometimes I wondered who writes these books and for whom they are intended. A lot of them seem to pander to masculine fantasies of innocent or helpless women, creatures always much shorter than men, financially inferio…
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Why is it so hard to find a Massage Therapist who is JUST a massage therapist?
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RE: Why is it so hard to find a Massage Therapist who is JUST a massage therapist?
Fellraven
6 yrs ago
Maybe things are different in Canada compared to the UK, but over here I find the vast majority of trained massage therapists work in spas (usually attached to hotels) and in beauty salons or as beauty add-ons to hair s…
