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About A Boy ! I thought the book was a bit of a mess but the film made more sense to me

An Irish comedy horror film called Grabbers. Hilarious and good cgi too

Hey JK have you seen a Dutch film called Kill Zombie? It is pretty funny. I also have Gangsters, Guns And Zombies but haven't watched it yet

Hi Abby nice to see you back

Not a lot of plot but nothing to really dislike about it either, a mild teenage take on the zombie genre. Your daughter will probably like it.

Happy Birthday Steve! Can't believe you are 47 mate you look 10 years younger

I watched Warm Bodies yesterday at the cinema and Looper today on dvd

A lot of people have been defending Oscar Pistorius but personally I don't think he has a leg to stand on...

Sounds really interesting Books Do. Will put this one on my wishlist.

Is that an actual social group of people that you go and discuss books with Janet? What is that like?

I will have to read this one next now Claire to see if I agree with you!

Hey this is great news I am really excited about this. I am very into servants at the moment by coincidence, I have been reading lots of memoirs.

I don't know. I have been busy last few sundays and have missed all since the first two episodes.

I would pay postage and costs for a second hand H frame Bree!

It's all about getting the proper fit. You can get long and short back H frames. No they can be very comfortable. But any rucksack that doesn't fit you properly can hurt you. It is about loading your spine after all.

I guess I like them the way women like handbags. I can't help it.

Later on in the 60's and 70's the "H" frame became all the rage. This was derived from the loads carried by the Ghurkas ! carried very high on the back . This is my favourite type, very comfy

Here are pictures of an external frame ruck. They were popular in the 1930s-50s. But the design goes back much further, I have seen a Norwegian one dating from 1890's .This is an "A" frame as the frame looks like an A .

Here is my everyday comfy German rucksack. It has no frame at all. The pockets are useful size.

Ah the Kestrel is an internal frame very modern. Contoured back. Was it comfy? I found this for North Face. Did your old ruck look anything like this? Which did you prefer?

I will look them up try find some pictures!

The word is almost the same in Norwegian and Swedish too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpack To answer your question Bree I have a changing collection of rucksacks. I like to try different ones but I never have more than 2 or 3 at any one time. At the moment I have the one I just bought to give to my daughter; then a 1970's shortback "H" external frame rucksack; my "soft" comfy everyday rucksack based on a wartime german design and a Swedish ex-army surplus military backpack, which is crap. The ones I am looking out for are old longback H frame and A frame rucksacks, I used to have them years ago but now they are very rare, nobody makes them any more.

I read the book many years ago and loved it. Watched the film for the first time only last year and a lot of the plot details had slipped my mind. But I enjoyed the film too. I think it did the spirit of the book justice even if not 100% accurate. Both highly original.

This is actually a re-read for me! I got it because 2 of my kids were fascinated by the film and thought they might want to read it.

I had never heard of it. But the blurb on the back cover sounded interesting . It sort of ties in with the world of The Book Thief, which I have not long read, so it seemed destiny that it should fall into my hand.