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Yes nite-nite PP, make sure you go this time (not that I want to get rid of you or anything, but it's after 2 a.m for you, I'm sure)
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She's actually written a heap, maybe they aren't available but pretty sure they should be.
Some titles are 'The Sea For Breakfast', 'Beautiful Just', 'A Rope in Case.', 'Lightly Poached', 'Bruach Blend'.
She has also written novels but I was not very impressed with them.
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Another older author that I'm sure you've heard of, and I really love, is Lillian Beckwith. Her stories of the Hebrides are wonderful.
That's a real nuisance PP, it's a wonder you can do so much on the computer .....by the time I've finished I'm usually yawning and feeling cross-eyed. Hope you can get your medication sorted out soon. It's awful feeling tired all the time.
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Sorry to hear about your narcolepsy PP. Does it ever happen when you're driving.....that would be scarey.
Just thinking of cat books, have you read any of Joyce Fussey's? "Cat's in My Coffee" is one, she loves cats and animals in general and is a very funny lady. They are biographical, she lives in Yorkshire (if I remember correctly) on a small farm and she mostly runs it while her husband works in town. They are really delightful.
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I also enjoyed The Railway Children. Loved Forsyte Saga. It's one of those epic family tales, as long as you like that sort of thing.
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We have a poppy AND a purple poppy??? I had no idea. Greetings, poppy!
Thanks KW
When I first joined I didn't realise there was a purple variety here already, otherwise I would have used something else .......hope it doesn't lead to too much confusion and I don't cause PP huge embarrassment
.As long as I keep away from cat avs, you should be able to tell us apart.
Hope the 'remember me' thing works for you PP, people were having the same problem on another forum and that's one of the things they said to do. The other was to write directly into microsoft word or similar, then transfer to forum.
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Hey you guys, just tick the 'remember me' box at the top right hand side where you print your user name and password then it keeps you logged on however long you take - even if you disconnect. you just have to remember to log out when you finish or else your name stays on indefinitely.
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That was an excellent review PP - you have a real talent there. The book sounds a lot different to what I thought, but I've always liked Oscar Wilde's wit so will definitely give it a go. Understand it was very controversial at the time, but then so was Oscar.
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And you think for one moment I believe you've been looking at her smile .....ROTFL
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Hasn't she got a nice smile even when she's green ?
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"The Met Office is going ice-cold thick banana whips, and funny little men in white coats are flying in from all over the world with their little rulers and boxes and drip feeds. This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world."
SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
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That sounds hilarious Liz
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'Down Under' by Bill Bryson. Anything by him is hilarious. I'm looking forward to reading his latest 'The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'.
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He could imagine quarrelling with her to be great fun. His spirits rose, the sense of isolation sloughed from him.
"You're not really such a philosopher, I bet," he smiled at her. "I don't believe you naturally let ill alone."
South Riding by Winifred Holtby
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The ones i can remember
Lord of the Flies
Day of the Triffids
Grapes of Wrath
Black Like Me
1984
Animal Farm
MacBeth
Romeo and Juliet
Brave New World
I was one of those weird kids who loved all our set books - reading for homework ..... sheer bliss:D
There was one book I'd like to read again that I've forgotten the name of. It was set in King Arthurs time, pretty sure it had the Excalibur in it but in contained a lot of anachronisms. Think it contained the word Stone in the title. Any ideas?
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Cats in the Coffee by Joyce Fussey. A very funny lady.
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My lovely sister-in-laws family from USA gave us some REAL maple syrup and it's absolutely delicious.
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1. If I could have anything for breakfast, I think I would like to try your American flapjacks and maple syrup or perhaps fresh warm croissants and COFFEE.
2. Weetbix and coffee
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Final Thought
I saw death when my mom said "big people don't trick-or-treat anymore."
my heart skipped a beat for I knew one day I'd have to give it up. If I was a real vampire I would still trick-or-treat.
Your Mom was probably just thinking of the neighbours - protecting them like
Hi mr Stiggy
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It's quite difficult to get hold of his more obscure (if that's the right word) books in NZ. I've read everything available in the library and always look out for his books in second-hand shops, but haven't come across these two, as far as I remember.
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Wodehouse is my favourite humorous author. I saw some-one describe his books as satire, which I suppose in a way they are. I've read every book of his I can lay my hands on and many several times. They are real feel-good books and so very funny. Jeeves and Wooster are my favs, and like you say sib, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry play their parts to perfection. But the Blandings series is excellent as well, I have a lot of affection for Lord Emsworth and his pig. I love the names the gives his characters - Gussie Fink-Nottle, Biffy, Barmy, Stiffy, Pongo etc etc.
Now I'm going to use one of his quotes as my signature:mrgreen:
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I've read a few of his books but the one that really sticks out is 'Blott on the Landscape'. Also saw the TV series of this years ago featuring Geraldine James, David Suchet, George Cole and Simon Cadell. Was absolutely hilarious, satire at it's best.
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Now, I've always said that wrong
Woo (as in cook) chester. Should I pronounce the sauce the same way?