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Isn't it strange when you consider how bad we did in the world cup and what a bad example many of these footballers are that it was shown on all main tv channels, yet our Athletics team performed out of their skins recently and it's only on bbc2 or even bbc3.
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Just discovered my Dad was a member of FolioSociety, so I had a look, not cheap but very desirable for any book lover/collector. I reckon if I treated myself to even one a year for the rest of my life it would be a lovely collection to pass on, and I'd like to think I've got another 70-80 good years left
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry is probably a good place to start.
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The internet is made of cats
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Just finished Unseen Academicals, very good! (review up soon).
Did anyone see Terry giving the Dimbleby Lecture this evening? I was still reading and missed it, but I intend to catch it on iPlayer at some point.
yes and glad i did. I've never read any of his books but am now definitely a fan of the man. I'm off to search on the forum now for his books, Discworld I think it was.
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I bought that from Walterstones just before Christmas, I was standing reading most of it in the shop, so I thought I better.
I couldn't decide who to give it to as a present, my 15 year old daughter, my 17 year old son, or my mother. In the end I kept it for myself.
What I got from it was that I think it would be a fun exercise to write 16 year old me a letter. Something like
Dear Ernie, when that guy from Paisley picks a fight with you, he's not joking, so HIT him first. And when your cousin comes with an idea about starting a sandwich business, tell him to take a run and jump. and learn Spanih, it'll be useful, etc etc.
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OMG you read 54 books last year, how do you do that? are you very organized? do you speed read?
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Perhaps the average age of members simply reflects the average age of people who are internet savvy.
it is a shame though that there aren't more members in certain age groups as they must have a wealth of experience and knowledge about books that many of us can only aspire to. Surely we must do all we can to encourage them onto this forum.
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Just have to say that the book I'm reading at the moment is without a doubt the best book I've ever read in my life
Feet In The Clouds by Richard Askwith
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I've read 6 of them, which is a surprise.
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like the sound of some of them, thanks everyone
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Liking all the snow pics.
Here is a montage of pics me and my daughter took a week ago
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Thanks that's nice of you. I didn't mean to hijack Louise's thread though.
welcome back Louise
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I've just came back to almost 6,000. I've been absent due to bereavement.
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There's no getting away from it, I read mainly non-fiction. It has to be a very good read for me to read fiction, but I have read fiction, will again, and have a fiction 'to read' list.
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I wouldn't rule it out but so far Jane Austin is not on my 'to buy' list, but I respect the fact that she is clearly considered to be a master at her craft.
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BANANA AND COCONUT COOKIES (MAKES 18)
100g (4oz) margarine
75g (3oz) soft light brown sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup
100g (4oz) self raising flour
1 medium banana, mashed
75g (3 oz) desiccated coconut
Extra coconut for sprinkling
Heat oven to 180
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The Selfish Giant was one I read over and over for my children, I did the voices and everything . I had no idea it was written by Oscar Wilde though, great.
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Home made Chicken Soup (all singing, all dancing) see here.
forgive me I'm in a daft mood
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CAULIFLOWER CHEESE
Someone gave me a cauliflower last weekend because it had some discoloration. I just cut of those bits and cooked the rest. Then I cooked some diced onion in a big pan, added a tin of mushrooms (drained), added a tin of chopped tomatoes. Made up a pkt cheese sauce and added it, added the cooked cauli. Finally grated cheese and in the oven to melt, LOVELY.
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I missed it too.
Found it: http://demand.five.tv/Series.aspx?seasonBaseName=FlashforwardSeason1
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I never saw the show but I do like Darren Brown.
In fact I'll make a psychic prediction now. In time when Darren has 'finished' with all the big stunts and has made a name for himself in the world, he'll turn his attention to developing products aimed at teaching people. After all, it is often said that we only use about 10% of our mind. Forget 'Brain Training', we're talking life changing psychological skills.
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The smell of tablet being made for Halloween .
I'm off to hunt out my muffin recipes.
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I'm doing some research today from an old running book (non-fiction), it was published 26 years ago but the stuff in it is so relevant. The Complete Distance Runner by Bruce Tulloh
I had started reading a book written by a friend (his first) Pull Up A Sandbag by Jonathan Smiles (also non-fiction) but loaned it to another friend who's in hospital.
I still have a third book on the go though, One Hundred years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I read the first 50 pages but am going back to the start, it's that good.
World Cup 2010
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I'm showing my age but I remember when we only had 4 Channels and they had time for every sport on TV and still managed to show all the soaps etc too. Seems worse now we have too many channels. I'll try not to miss the Athletics tonight on BBC3 Lol.