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Book thread?I've recently discovered "Graham Joyce" 's books, they're really good. I'm reading the tooth fairy at the moment.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:15,
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Sorry for spoiling it for everyone(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:25,
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I have Game Of Thrones to startWas reading Bear Grylls book which is OK but a bit "Jesus"
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:20,
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I could read game of thrones, but then I'd be one of those people who compares the TV show to the book and stuff :(
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I never do thatI'll take the book as the basis for a film/tv series
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:23,
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i was thinking about reading the quransee what it's all about
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The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:19,
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the plan is to get in with the muslimswe'll all share stories from the quran over a beer and eventually they'll invite me to one of their extremist clubs. when i've infiltrated this club, i'll just give them all hugs and kisses 'cause that's all they want really
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The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:27,
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Take bacon sarnies alongThey love those with a beer
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:27,
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I've read it. It's a tract of great sympathy, tolerance and intelligence.Sorry I meant 'it's an instruction manual for the repression of women and those of different beliefs and how they should all die'.
People are such utter cunts.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:58,
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I'm waiting for the sequel.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:00,
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he was dead all along(
The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:12,
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He's not one of those wakki LOL ZOMBIES cunts, is he?(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:17,
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nah, just some prick who thinks he's a miracle worker(
The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:24,
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James Hutchings is where it's at.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:20,
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I only look at pictures.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:21,
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I haven't read anything for ages,but i do now have a plan for my future, and tangles will probably like it.
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:24,
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got myself on a short list fpr a course, firstly in electrics, so being a sparky, then a 15 day course to become a solar panel installer and engineer.If i complete the course properly, a friend of mine, who runs a business installing solar panels, is willing to give me a job as one of his engineers.
Just got to see if i can afford to take the time away from work, and i might do it.
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:27,
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or warm as the case may be(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:29,
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There's good money in that.But I'd learn some more than just solar panel installation, because the only reason people are doing it now is the subsidies. They can be stopped by government at any point.
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The water heating ones are more efficient, I believe(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:29,
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it looks like it covers water heaters too.(
Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:32,
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well, yeah, but once i'm working again, and it'll be mostly 9 to 5, i can do part time and evening courses and stuff, maybe get the qualificaton in environmental health i really want, and go in to that. it's a long term thing, but it's a way out of pubs without getting me stuck in some god awful office.
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:31,
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Ground source heat pumps are the next "big thing"if they can get the cost of digging up gardens down a bit.
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i don't really want to dig up gardens.(
Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:36,
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Get Al in to do the digging.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:38,
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i'm already one of those, and i tell you, it's not all that lucrative.
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:27,
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Effing busy, and still am so won't be about long(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:09,
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I like everything you do.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:33,
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i just shared a link to your album to all of my facebook friends, i know a few old hippy folk types that will probably love it. I like it too.
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:36,
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I saw that Not really my thing, though, soz Tangles.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:51,
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No worries.I don't expect it will be many people's 'thing'.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:56,
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I just logged out and saw Battereds thread.I now know how wrong I am, he was fighting against oppression like a hero, not just posting pictures out of boredom to annoy people.
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How can you tell if someone is ignoring you?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:27,
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Open the page in a different browserno need to log out the original one, cookies don't transfer.
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Oh for god's sake CAN YOU PLEASE STOP MOANING ABOUT IT ! GOD, ON AND ON AND ON.He's the athoritive figure around here and what he says goes and is very very important to everyone.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:56,
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I should just shut up because I'm trying to censor their artistic souls.(, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:13, Reply)
Its not even in my top ten of Sonic Youth songs(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:26,
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ha!I like Daydream Nation but I'm not that keen on Sonic Youth.
Is this normal?
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I've never heard of Daydream Nation(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:28,
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Cheer up sleepy sportscow.(
drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:30,
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It's one of their more accessible records but still utter artwank.They're tossers.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:18,
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Thing is, you don't really need all 200 of the albums they've released.Daydream Nation probably contains enough.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:33,
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I torrented their entire back catalogueApart from Daydream Nation I quite like Pink Steam from Rather Ripped.
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I have a soft spot for Dirty, but I was about 17 when that came out.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:37,
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Yeah I remember it being in the shopsNot really that keen on 100%, except for the sk8ing in the video.
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"**** Would read again" - Paul Ross(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:49,
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Fuck off 1983 was where it was at.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 13:56,
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I bought Grandmaster Flash's 'The Message' on 'cassingle' in 1983, I think.True life-changing story
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:26,
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Reading military stuff at the moment.Just finished I, Soldier, and The Killing Zone.
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I read a lot of thatjust started one about VC winners from 1914, proper stuff.
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i hate it when you're really excited about a new book, say the next one in a brilliant seriesand it's just... not as good as the earlier ones
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:03,
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This:www.amazon.co.uk/Nothing-To-Envy-Lives-ebook/dp/B003V4ASV8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1366635843&sr=1-1&keywords=nORTH+kOREA
About life in North Korea.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:04,
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mostly trashy regent romanceCurrently reading A Taste for Scandal, it's signed to me by the author, I don't know why it makes it feel more special when it's signed, it's still a trashy romance
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Lisette von Falcon, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:04,
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i once bought a book in a charity shopthat had an inscription "to x, hope you enjoy my book! all my love - the author xxx"
i am guessing that the fact it was in a charity shop meant that x did not enjoy the book.
and nor did i, it was fucking shit.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:06,
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Alright fat northern ginger slag?(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:08,
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My brother's godfather ( the one who was chaplain to the Queen)always used to send him one of the following:
a) some shit from the Windsor Castle giftshop
b) something he himself had written
c) a book someone else gave him (usu. inscribed as such) and batted on. Sometimes with a bookmark halfway through and/or notes in the margins
The cheeky auld cunt
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:15,
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I used to set up author signings at WaterstonesFrankie Fraser signed one of his books "To cowfoot, a really great gay, Frankie Fraser"
I put it back on the shelf :(
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He's a fucking midget with the worst dyed hair ever, isn't he?I used to see him a lot when I lived in Islington.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:36,
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The Demolished Man.Grrrmachine's fault.
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:07,
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I've read that.A friend of mine suggested Bester as some 'high level SF', so I read that and The Stars My Destination.
TSMD wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but the Demolished Man just read as if Alfred Bester had read some Freud and thought 'THIS IS FASCINATING, I'LL WRITE SOME HIGH LEVEL SF ABOUT IT!'
It wasn't very good.
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I alternate between actual decent history books and historical novels of potentially less merit.I have a guilty liking for Lindsey Davis's Roman novels and am reading one at the mo. They're utter shit really but fuck it, my last book was 'Beseiged!' which is a detailed study of siege engines/techniques in the ancient world so I'm allowed a break OK????
I also have Carol Clerk's meticulous Saga of Hawkwind on the go, but it's rather short on Wildhearts info so I'm dipping in and out of that one.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:12,
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I think you may find the book on North Korea interesting.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:13,
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Oh aye?I'm still waiting for Stunned poster to pass on a couple of decent tomes he's read inc one about Jerusalem. Should be a laugh a minute.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:16,
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oh jesus christwww.lindseydavis.co.uk/lindseyspage.htm
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:14,
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i suspect the testimony at teh top isn't what most people would call 'the truth'(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:18,
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Or it was written by someone who has only ever been on the internet once.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:20,
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Frames are excellent and the internet needs more of them.(
drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:38,
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I've just finished Britain BC by Francis Pryor.Bloody brilliant.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:35,
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That looks *right* up my strasse(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:37,
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He comes over as a bit of a twat on Time Team, But the book really is good.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:39,
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Oh him?He is rather a penis but then my favourite historian ever is Ronald Hutton who is a quite monumental spastic, as even a cursory image search confims. Unfortunately he really, really knows his stuff - I robbed one of his books blind for my dissertation.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:42,
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raping a 9 year old.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:41,
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I knew there was a strikethrough in there.Thanks for noticing.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:43,
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Never let it be said that I won't remind people what a predatory nonce you are.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:48,
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Are you sure you don't share a few genes with Dr Goebbels?You do so enjoy propaganda.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:51,
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I am very fond of Great Uncle Joseph. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:58,
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Alright?I recently read The Picture of Dorian Gray. I recently tried reading Catch-22 and didn't really get into it. I have Peter Ackroyd's second history of England lined up to go next. After that I may try to read A Tale of Two Cities, though I'll probably fail. Lurking in the mist, as always, is Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey and Maturin series.
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Kroney, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:37,
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I've tried & failed with Catch-22 about 6 times. Just can't. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:39,
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Me too. I'd rather draw pictures of CDCs.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:45,
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Completely agree, I just found it frustrating.Then again, I've been battling with Gravity's Rainbow for a few years now, it's funnier than Catch-22 but about as hard to get into. Next time I have to do a long train journey I'll take it with me and have a long session with it.
It's a real shame, because unlike Catch-22 which I haven't enjoyed on any of the times I've tried to read it, it is actually a good read, it's just extremely hard going.
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Ackroyd's London Under is excellent(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:39,
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Dorian Gray I thought was a work of genius.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:40,
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It was pretty enjoyable.I was rather surprised by how chaste it was.
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Kroney, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:44,
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Apart from that annoying chapter.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:49,
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hey man don't diss the Hell's Angels on here OK?(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:53,
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I'd just like to say that I've not been here, but I am VERY upset by all of the pictures(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:39,
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Don't you fucking start sunshine.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:41,
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i'm crying all over my keyboard and I might have to eat an entire nommy chorizo cayke to feel better(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:42,
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The two are synonymous.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:48,
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They both end up with a damp tissue.(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:52,
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Yah maaan.Had a surprise overnight w nipper on Sat and two full days - and have been offered Fri AND Sat nights next weekend too. Menkle.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:45,
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Sounds like your ex has discovered the benefits of a weekend sans childWatch she don't go too far the other way now though.
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She'd definitely been on the bugle Sat night I spoke to her at 10am when kiddo was due back at 11. Apparently some antibiotics she'd started made her really sick and kept her up all night vomiting. They also gave her a bunged-up nose which she failed to mention - but I said nothing as it meant I had the nipper til half five.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:52,
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I think a few more months and you'll be applying for permanent custody, by the sound of it.(, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:55, Reply)
Almost as bad as 'The New Death & Others'.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:44,
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....but not quite.Aright hopalong?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:45,
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Yeah. Did Lusty show you the picture? She was very cruel to me.I cut the cast off on Saturday, still using one of the crutches to keep the weight off it.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:47,
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I broke/fractured a bone on the top of my foot.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:57,
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I wish I had been, wouldn't have hurt so much.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 14:59,
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Wicked Witch of the West (London)(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 22 Apr 2013, 15:03,
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OH GOD GIVE IT A FUCKING REST FOR ONCE IN YOUR FUCKING LIFE EH?(
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