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    Five facts...

    in General Chat

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    1) I have a History degree and want to teach History and hopefully start my teacher training next year

     

    One day I'd like to be a secondary school teacher

     

    You both want to be me then!!!!!!! :):):lol:

     

    Good choice of career. If Louise is anything to go by, you'll get plenty of time for reading ....

    Cricket

    in Sport

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    I love cricket! I occasionally go to the games but usually prefer to watch it on telly so I can see all the stats and replays. When I went to England in 2004 I did a tour of Lords, which was excellent! We got to see the player's changerooms and went out onto the little balcony, and into the press box etc. It was one of the best things I did while I was over there. Oh, and I saw the Ashes urn as well, of course!

     

    When the Ashes were on in Australia last (the one where we, ahem, won the Ashes back :)), I took a lot of time off work so I could stay home and watch it all. The most enjoyable way for me to spend a day off is during cricket season, when I can lounge around and watch the cricket while reading snippets of my book during commercials (or during the cricket itself - let's face, it's not vital to watch every ball bowled during a test!).

     

    <sigh> Only 4 or 5 more months until the cricket season starts up again. Until then, I'll have to live vicariously through you, KB!

     

    Wasn't so long ago, Kylie, that the only way you'd have been allowed in the Pavilion at Lords was if you'd come to make the sandwiches!

     

    I love cricket, too. Don't think much of 20/20, to be honest - it loses much of the subtlety and depth that makes a decent cricket match interesting, in my view - but you can't beat a good Test match. I could sit and watch Shane Warne bowl for hours!

     

    When I was in Sydney a few years back, I was really looking forward to catching a day's play at the SCG. Then I realised that they don't play in August! (I consoled myself with trips to Brookvale Oval and Toyota Park instead ...)

     

    And by the way, the Ashes are only on loan ....

    Hang on, don't I know him...?

    in Music / TV / Films

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    I've just remembered another college buddy of mine did an advert a while ago. I can't remember what it's for except that it's probably for a can of beer. It's the one where everyone in the street is playing football - one team playing "shirts" the other team playing "topless". At the end of the ad, there are two blokes on a balcony - my mate Alan was the shirtless one.

     

    I remember that one!

    Short stories!

    in Poetry, Plays & Short Stories

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    I occasionally turn to short stories, although I'm not a great fan. Last compilation I read, a couple of months back, was called Paris Noir - set in Paris, obviously, and edited by Maxim Jakubowski. I found it pretty disappointing, to be honest. The classic short story form usually has a twist, but most of these started at A and went, in a linear fashion (pretentious? moi?), straight to B. Maybe people don't understand how to write proper short stories these days.

    How many chances do you give an author?

    in General Book Discussions

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    I agree Oblomov - I don't know what came over me - maybe curiosity but I picked up a book by Ann Widdicombe a few years ago and started to read it - it was terrible in plot, style and everything! I would not give her a second chance. :D

     

    Celebrity Corner - Ann Widdecombe once walked across the road in front of my car. And before anyone asks - I was stopped at the traffic lights, so unlike H&D, I did give her a second chance ;)

    Hi Guys

    in Introductions

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    I've just finished reading Agent Zigzag, which is the story of a British double agent during the second world war. A very interesting read, more amazing since it is true.

     

    Hi Matt, and welcome to the Forum. I have Agent Zigzag sitting on the shelf waiting to be read. If you enjoyed that, next time you feel like a bit of Secret Service history you could do worse than try Sarah Helm's A Life in Secrets, which I've mentioned on here in recent weeks.

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