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Read any good books recently?
Alt: green tea; yes or no?
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:30, 118 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
No
No
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:31, Reply)
/2 Unlimited

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:31, Reply)
Currently reading Game Of Thrones

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:35, Reply)
so no then?

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:39, Reply)
I don't understand the appeal.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:39, Reply)
Gaylord


-ling
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:42, Reply)
Yes. "A Handy Guide To YM"
No.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:33, Reply)
Yes
Nooooooooooooooooo
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:34, Reply)
Alt, yes very much.
I'm a big tea fan, like a lot of the herbal shit. White tea's nice too.
My favorite at the moment is Spearmint and Peppermint.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:35, Reply)
WTF is white tea?

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:36, Reply)
tea with milk

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:39, Reply)
Obvious reply is obvious.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:40, Reply)
Thanks... *does 2 big thumbs up gestures at screen*

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:41, Reply)
he is the oppressor of the black man

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:41, Reply)
If you're going to get all Marxist about it
you should know proper tea is theft
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:57, Reply)
Its when someone smokes too much and feels ill

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:44, Reply)
8/10.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:45, Reply)
To be honest I was quite proud of the oppressor one

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)
You're on fire today

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:45, Reply)
Sorry, typo:
I wish you were on fire today.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:46, Reply)
My balls are
Could you tell your mum to get herself checked out
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:46, Reply)
No need, I know what I gave her.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:50, Reply)
I thought she told you not to
That aint no way to have fun Mon
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:57, Reply)
What is it, lyrics Wednesday?

How can it only be Wednesday? It's not fair, Wizbit old son.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:01, Reply)
It's primarily unopened buds.
That have white hairs on. A lot like sensi weed. But cheaper and legal.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:47, Reply)
Yes. Jim Corbett on hunting man eating Tigers in India.
Alt; no
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:39, Reply)
Not really.
alt: yes, definitely. it's very nice.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:42, Reply)
Green tea tastes like dishwater, and looks like it too.
Books: quite honestly I've not been reading much lately.

Since I got a decent phone I've been watching films on it when in transit. There are lots of books I would like but being lolskint means I can't have them.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:45, Reply)
Do you not have the free books app' on your phone?
There's loads of titles there, a lot of the classics as they're out of copyright.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:46, Reply)
I haven't bothered yet - Gutenberg, right?
All I have so far is Treasure Island, 3 Musketeers and Alice in Wonderland as they came preloaded.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:48, Reply)
Would you like all my books?
AKSHERLLY NO YOU CAN'T IT WUD BE STEALING AKSHERLLY!!!!
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)
The funny thing is that I couldn't give two shits about stealing them or indeed any other 'digital meeeeeedya'.
I just acknowledge that it is. I've got shitloads of mp3s for my phone and I've never paid shit for them.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:52, Reply)
I've stolen them, you see.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:56, Reply)
There are a few free apps for out of copywrite books
most have the same books, on them but you get a lot of great stuff
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:50, Reply)

www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+books+app+for+android&oq=free+books+aoo&aqs=chrome.2.57j0l3.6732j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:50, Reply)
Oh aye, cheers mon

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:52, Reply)
My boss is being even more of a flid than usual today.
Quite an achievement.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:46, Reply)
soletraderlols

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)
What is it you actually do for gainful employ?
Apart from drinking and listening to obscure psych rock?
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:51, Reply)
Internet-based retail

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:56, Reply)
Is that as exciting as it sounds?

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:59, Reply)
It really is.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:00, Reply)
Now there's an idea to save our flagging Library’s
Create an App to borrow a book via Tablet, smart phone or Laptop that self-deletes after x-days or you could re-new. must be installed via the Library it self to encourage footfall.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:51, Reply)
This is available - not sure about in the UK, but I think you can do so in the US, so it will probably come to the UK at some point.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:52, Reply)
It makes sense

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:53, Reply)
That's a shit idea and you're a cunt

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:53, Reply)
So hurtful you had to say it twice :(

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:53, Reply)
I'm joking HH

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:55, Reply)
It's a reasonable idea and you're a cunt

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:55, Reply)
haha
Bastard
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:57, Reply)
IT'S TOO LATE NOW THE DAMAGE IS DONE

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:56, Reply)
^ UPSET ^

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:56, Reply)
I recently finished a collection of Stephen King short stories
it was very good.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)
He's shit, Al.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)
I'm afraid you are actually wrong about this Monty.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:50, Reply)
AKSHERLLLYYYY!"!!!!!

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:50, Reply)
NO ACKSHERRLLLLY *YOU'RE* WRONG - IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:58, Reply)
NO AKSHERLLLYLYYYY I WAS READING IDIOTS MONTHLY EARLIER
AND THERE WAS A FEATURE ARTICLE ALL ABOUT YOU!!!!!
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:01, Reply)
THAT'S THE ONE WITH YOU ON THE COVER
- AND PAGES OM 1-12 IN A 'AL, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST IDIOT EVER OF ALL TIME' FEATURE. 'AL: WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A MASSIVE IDIOT' IT'S CALLED.

YOU IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:10, Reply)
His short stories are just too weird for me

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)
His short - and long - stories are just too shit for me.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:53, Reply)
A couple of the books he wrote under the Richard Bachman pseudonym weren't bad.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:55, Reply)
No, 'bad' doesn't cover it at all.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:58, Reply)
It's not like you to make a sweeping generalisation.
Oh... hang on...
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:59, Reply)
I haven't read a word of his writing since about 1987 - I thought they were quite good
but I'm being a contrary knob on the internet. Don't tell anyone though.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:59, Reply)
No I don't believe you.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:01, Reply)
I'm reading through this series at the moment:
www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D341689031&field-keywords=Logan+McRae
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:51, Reply)
I'm working my way through the same series

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:56, Reply)
How far though are you?

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:57, Reply)
Just finished Shatter The Bones, which I think is number 7.
Got the next one on my Kindle ready for my holidays, then that's me up to date. I'll also catch up on his other short stories, which I've yet to try.

Where are you up to?
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:00, Reply)
Just about to start #7.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:02, Reply)
Cool. I still enjoy them, but the earlier ones were the best.
Have you read any Christopher Brookmyre? Well worth a read.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:03, Reply)
Yep read pretty much all the Brookmyre stuff.
Not impressed with the last couple of ones he's done.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:04, Reply)
Agreed
I'm up to Where The Bodies Are Buried, so I've got a couple to go I think.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:06, Reply)
I liked all his stuff before he started trying to write serious crime fiction
his latest books look like utter wank, so i've not bothered with them.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:14, Reply)
His serious crime stuff is poor.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:16, Reply)
It looks like a poor mans Jack Reacher.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:00, Reply)
Not really comparable to the Reacher books.
Have you seen the Reacher film?
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:02, Reply)
No, but I was reading through old issues of Empire the other day
and they gave it a really good write up, so I might give it a try. I'll probably be disapointed, but that said, I quite like the little scientologist in his action flicks.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:03, Reply)
Doesn't it have Tom 'never been in a good film in his fucking life and shut up with irono-liking Top Gun it's fucking wank' Cruise in it?

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:05, Reply)
Yep. I have difficulty imagining him being good as Reacher tbh.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:07, Reply)
DS McRae is excellent, and nothing like Reacher.
Give it a go!
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:07, Reply)
Tea with milk and sugar,
NATO or builder's tea, is a fucking abomination.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:49, Reply)
My father-in-law makes fortnight tea

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:50, Reply)
This is going to be shit
+ love to me
+ly,
+m
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:56, Reply)
You got that right, Bonz.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:06, Reply)
Bring up the bodies was excellent
Gone Girl was a good holiday read if a little I furiating.

Now reading the psychopath test.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:57, Reply)
I read the psychopath test. Meh.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 16:58, Reply)
Read it? You passed it with Distinction!!! AHAHAHAHAHA

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:01, Reply)
I'm reading some of Henry Rollins stuff, that's not too bad.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:00, Reply)
I imagined you were probably trying to read the EDL entrance exam.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:02, Reply)
I don't think it's written down,
it's oral.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:04, Reply)
Henry Rollins is one of the biggest tossers of all time
with his 'intense rage' and 'working out to get rid of his issues' and all that 'angsty' shit. He's the worst kind of self-indulgent American wanker.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:03, Reply)
He's a bit of a twat admittedly,
but some of his writing's ok.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:05, Reply)
'a bit of' a twat he is not.
He manages to almost ruin a Black Sabbath doc I have simply by being in it for about 15 seconds.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:07, Reply)
Come on, he was brilliant on Scrapheap Challenge.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:06, Reply)
Yeah OK you're right about that

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:13, Reply)
I tried reading that book about the 100 Year Old Man who climbed out of a window.
It was shit, so I stopped. I ran back to Jack Reacher. Now I'm reading the new John Connolly and it's excellent.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:05, Reply)
FUCK ME, IT'S DiT!!!

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:07, Reply)
*waggles*
Alright buster?
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:14, Reply)
Been worse, you know, kind of OK.
How's you and ya missus, pal-eroonie?
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:17, Reply)
Yup, muddling along and all that. Mustn't grumble.
She's just fine. And not - NOT! - under the patio.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:21, Reply)
Course she's not. Course.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:25, Reply)
100 Year Old Man starts well & soon turns to rubbish.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:08, Reply)
No I don't.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:11, Reply)
I really liked it, but soooo many times I was thinking "Fucking hell, just get one with it".

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 17:46, Reply)
I'm reading Naked Lunch again.

(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 18:01, Reply)
I just like looking at the pictures
Better innit
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 18:19, Reply)
I'm re-reading Idoru
It's really good!
Green tea is OK but I wouldn't drink it exclusively.
(, Wed 12 Jun 2013, 18:44, Reply)

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