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  • System
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    sallyx wrote: »
    OK ive found one of those first telescopes on ebay £30 inc delivery :):) once I get my latest paypal money I shall buy one.
    Try 'A Short History of Nearly Everything; by Bill Bryson, good listen via Audiobook. Get 2 titles free from Audible. Top tip :)
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  • skint_spice
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    :wave:Hello Beanie and everyone else! sorry, should have said that earlier but got carried away with the cool toys :o ...
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  • sallyx
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    lennymfo wrote: »
    Try 'A Short History of Nearly Everything; by Bill Bryson, good listen via Audiobook. Get 2 titles free from Audible. Top tip :)

    what?? :confused: you've lost me Len
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  • skint_spice
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    scaredy_cat wrote: »
    nope....:o

    beans....spill, pllllleeeeeasssse!
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  • LouiseJ
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    scaredy_cat wrote: »
    nope....:o

    What Beans????
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • LouiseJ
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    lennymfo wrote: »
    Try 'A Short History of Nearly Everything; by Bill Bryson, good listen via Audiobook. Get 2 titles free from Audible. Top tip :)

    Bill Bryson is fab, I loved his tour of a small island and particularly like how much he loved Durham:T he has great taste.
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • System
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    Sall if you're into star gazing part 1 of the trilogy concentrates on space etc. Quite intesting really and simplified quite well :)
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  • scaredy_cat
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    skint_spice wrote: »
    beans....spill, pllllleeeeeasssse!
    LouiseJ wrote: »
    What Beans????

    beans are boring dim lbm beans.....
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
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  • System
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    Im quite drunk so forgive my ramblings, shall leave yous be
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