Roland Butter
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What a good question! I'd have said I'm a skimmer, but then I thought about how long it normally takes me to finish a book.
So I reckon I skim .... very slowly
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Welcome to the Forum, Blueberry.
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No, I love beetroot, but just not with my breakfast
. (Blue Fish Cafe, Darling Harbour, among others...)I was just intrigued as to how this humble vegetable had managed to inveigle itself into the Australian psyche.
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You'll have to go a long way to beat John Kettley Is A Weatherman by A Tribe Of Toffs!
******* Hell It's Fred Titmus - Half Man Half Biscuit.
I win, I think:tong:
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Yep, that's the one!!
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Me too. Not a book I'd have thought of reading - I never liked the look of Curious Incident - but I picked it up after running out of reading on holiday last year and thoroughly enjoyed it (and squirmed, like everyone else, when I got to that bit:lol:). I'd certainly recommend it.
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Now I'm reading Gillian Tendall's "The House By The Thames".
Good book, that one - Bankside is an area I know well, but even so this book really gave me a new slant on the area. Enjoy.
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Question I've been meaning to ask, Kylie. What is it with Aussies and beetroot?
"Big Aussie Breakfast" - egg, bacon, sausage, beans, mushrooms, beetroot, toast ... etc etc
"Big Aussie Burger" - prime beef quarter pounder served in a lightly toasted bun with lettuce, tomato, pickle, slice of beetroot, mayonnaise ... etc etc
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It's really hard to decide cos there's quite a few but some of them for now:
Aint' No Mountain High / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Tears Dry On Their Own / Amy Winehouse
Ever noticed the similarity? I think Ms Winehouse has been listening to more than a little bit of Motown.
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Interesting review - could be a book I'd like to read.
Just as a matter of interest - it's implicit when you write a review that you're expressing your views about it. Why did you think anyone would attack you for it?
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Welcome to the Forum, Bellatrix.
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Could have sworn I'd posted this already, but can't see it anywhere. Anyway - I'm a couple of chapters into The Coroner's Lunch, and it looks like it's going to be a great read. Good recommendation, Louise!
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I'm a couple of chapters into The Coroner's Lunch, Louise - one of your earlier recommendations, I seem to recall. It's great fun - I started last week on holiday, 'cos I needed someting easy and fun to read, and I'll pick it up again now I'm back.
Good call!!
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In the spirit of Kenny's question, I will limit myself to one, impossible though that is!
The Isley Brothers' This Old Heart Of Mine is the one that does it for me. Whenever I hear those opening bars, I just go weak at the knees.
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Much to my shame, Phoenix, I've only ever been to Germany once, and I was only about three years old then! I can remember (or maybe I just picked the idea up from photographs) being on a "beach" of thick black mud, which I imagine was the banks of the Elbe. But I really would like to go back some time soon.
And take my advice - next time you come to England, you really don't want to bother about going up North. There's really not anything worth going there for - it's much, much nicer down South:tong:
OK - I think I know what's going to happen now, so I'm off:lol:
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Welcome to the Forum, Riley.
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The Pirate Song by Elana Stone
Our Swan Song by Laura Jean
Summertown by Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier
All are Australian artist
Elana Stone! What a good singer! Do you have her album In The Garden of Wild Things?
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Hi, Phoenix, and welcome to the Forum. My mother was born in Altona.
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Hi, Stephanie - welcome aboard.
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Welcome to the Forum, Ronda
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Squash is great fun, Kenny. The beauty of it is that, however bad you may be at it (and I speak from experience:lol:), it can still give you a good workout.
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I have a copy of Arianna Franklin's The Death Maze. Not normally my cup of tea, but it was a publisher's freebie, so I'll give it a go.
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I was up in London yesterday and stumbled across In The Naked City, a great compilation of 60s soul based around the theme of New York - Jackie Wilson, the Drifters and a host of lesser-known artistes. Sort of thing Jules would enjoy, I'm guessing - great stuff!
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Welcome back Louise. Good holiday?
I've got Death of a Murderer knocking around somewhere (but it's probably not holiday material for me!)
Reading? What a waste of time...
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Pretty sure it's against the law not to drink alcohol, Kylie. The XXXX and Miscellaneous Provisions Act of 1932 applies