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Megami
17 yrs ago
Definately. Have you posted this on the BCAUS yahoogroups group? That seems to be where a lot of Aussie BCers get messages...
Megami
18 yrs ago
Most of the world uses the day/month/year calendar, so it won't actually happen until May...
Megami
18 yrs ago
You are not alone (though i did finish it). I thought the characters were all quite trite, and frankly, the whole concept of 'the Red Tent' doesn't do it for me. Why should women celebrate being exclude from society, bec…
Megami
18 yrs ago
I so hope you are joking with this one....
Chit-Chat
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Is Land of Hope & Glory the English National Anthem ?
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Re: I fancy "my old man's a dustman"
Megami
18 yrs ago
This reminds me of Billy Connolly's suggestions for the British National Anthem - the tune to 'The Archers' (sorry non-Brits) sung to the word 'La, la, la,la, la, la)
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Other book registering sites.
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Re: there was another really good one too, can't remember the name
Megami
18 yrs ago
> I tried fooling around with library thing
> tonight but it found it slower than
> bookcrossing.
I am using it right now, and it is much FASTER than bookcrossing, so who knows?
Megami
18 yrs ago
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I am transferring my Bookcrossing PC listings to LibraryThing, and then adding in all the ones i haven't put on Bookcrossing yet :) It might take awhile to update all the details, but it is exactly what i was looking for…
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East coast Australians - getting any of Cyclone Larry yet?
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Re: watching the news here in NZ
Megami
18 yrs ago
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A lot of people are saying it is as bad as Cyclone Tracey (the cyclone in Darwin you refer to) but today people are a) better prepared b) buildings are built to cyclone standards and c) people take these things a lot mor…
Megami
18 yrs ago
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I am sure this has been covered before, but here goes...can you please recommend any other sites where you can register your books? I move a lot, and invariably boxes go missing, and i need to keep a track of my books! F…
Megami
18 yrs ago
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> I couldn't agree more! We suffer from the
> same lack of relevant international news.
> Luckily, we do have one TV channel which
> tries for more international stuff, but
> it's still mainly the sensational thi…
Megami
18 yrs ago
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The primeminister here is not Paul Howard, it's John Howard. Not the first time CNN has made that mistake (if only JOHN Howard was half as good as PAUL Keating).
And now - my father, who lives on the Atherton Tablelan…
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how do i get rid of my big belly.... I am not overweight at all...
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Re: Believe it or not ... my belly is big than yours....
Megami
18 yrs ago
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As someone who has been skinny with a gut since the age of 8 (no, i am not exagerating) and has no self discipline, here is what i have to offer:
-Good posture: the old 'stomach in, chest out, stand up straight' makes a…
Megami
18 yrs ago
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I am worse. I am in Australia, and i buy now and then from a US site, which means books sent surface mail, which means wait of 12-16 weeks!!! That is along with the 70 or so books i have in my house to read before the en…
Megami
18 yrs ago
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Not quite what he said Molly18...here is the article for people to form their own opinion
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein24jan24,0,3682678.column?coll=la-util-op-ed
...and here is an article about he …
Megami
18 yrs ago
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I just had a look at the books you won in the last sweepstakes - there were some great titles there! I have PMed you to try my luck again :)
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James Frey's A Million Little Pieces - interesting article about whether it's true
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Re: The thing I don't get is why
Megami
18 yrs ago
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> he didn't just sell this as a roman a
> clef. A novel based on some personal
> experiences, but still a novel. If the
> book is that compelling, it might have
> gotten as much attention published as a
> ficti…
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackary
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Re: Dont be intimidated! it's just a user -friendly book after all.
Megami
18 yrs ago
I second this opinion - you really get 'sucked in' once you stick with it.It can be intimidating - so big! so old! surely it will be boring - but you might be surprised.
Megami
18 yrs ago
I am slowly (very slowly) but surely. For me, it is a record keeping system - we move every year or two, and in the past we have lost a box of books, not realised for ages, and not a record of exactly what we lost...but …
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Anyone else currently suffering a work colleague with the IQ of a turnip?
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Re: Can anyone top this?
Megami
18 yrs ago
A guy we had working in our office - a staffer from another office sent in their phone bill for reimbursement. Even though it had out of office staffers name, and was a photocopy, office guy thought it was his (personal …
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Anyone else currently suffering a work colleague with the IQ of a turnip?
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Re: Anyone else currently suffering a work colleague with the IQ of a turnip?
Megami
18 yrs ago
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I had one of these. I fired him. It took him four days to realise he was fired. I am not kidding (and we were really nice about firing him. Maybe that was the problem...)
Megami
18 yrs ago
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Okay, this box is going to the US and Canada, so if you can only post there feel free to join
(people from other countries, or people in the States and Canada will to post International are very welcome too!!)
Megami
18 yrs ago
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Wow, the response for this has been great - and in under 24 hours! Therefore i am splitting this into TWO book-boxes: one is Australia-only and one will be International. Of course, the weekend is yet to come, so it may …
Megami
18 yrs ago
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My original attempts to get this off the ground did not work so well, so...
Does anyone out there want to read the Little Prince? This is such a magical book, and is great for a bookring as it won't cost much to post!!
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Megami
18 yrs ago
I only mentioned the Booker Prize since many people see that as a 'bench mark' for literary fiction. I guess the Pulitzer would also be a good indicator
There are some US people signed up, so if you can't post interna…
Megami
18 yrs ago
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I am starting a book-box of literary fiction (if you don't know what i am on about, see my profile). It has to have been published since 1995. Booker Prize winners are especially welcome :) but anything you think fits th…
