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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,290 Forumite
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I read Down and Out in Paris in London at school and didn't get it, but I'd like to try it again as an adult, so thanks for the reminder.

    I read Down and Out in my student days. I really relished reading about his hero's life as a tramp before he graduated to higher things as a washer-upper in Paris. I remember him saying that the more expensive the restaurant the more of other people's spit there is in the food (because of all the tasting to get it right).
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,290 Forumite
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    Just found this - well worth a quick read. http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/spike.htm
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Nothing whatsoever to do with books, the economy or Wolves... Saw this article today on Google news. Wins my award for best headline of the year so far:

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/29/stig-of-the-dumped-115875-22521788/
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    nellyII wrote: »
    Anything interesting happening?

    Well I am plastered
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  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
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    wageslave wrote: »
    Well I am plastered

    <Adopts Leslie Phillips voice>

    Well hello.....;)
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    Go for it lj, you're among friends. Plus we already think you're strange because you're a Wolves fan.

    I struggled to thank that. I only just managed it. Must be the ol' black country humour.;)
    StevieJ wrote: »
    I am going to buy that Mr Blue book you recommended.

    You won't regret it. I've been beavering away at it tonight, & will continue doing so for at least an hour.:)
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    vivatifosi wrote: »
    In fiction terms I'm looking to read:

    To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee: its the 50th anniversary of the book and I have it lined up as my next modern classic once I've finished 1984. It's taken me ages to order in, one of the most popular book in libraries at the moment.

    Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck

    The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald

    The Road to Wigan Pier, Orwell

    For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemmingway

    Imperium/Lustrum, Robert Harris: I've read Pompeii and really enjoyed it. If I like these two I'll probably read Ghost too.

    Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death, M C Beaton: these books are hugely popular and I want to read one to find out why. They sound quite funny so I'm hoping I'll enjoy them.

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera: my favourite work of fiction, about time for a re-read.

    To Kill A Mockingbird is my second favourite book in the world. there was an excellent documentary on the box recently about Harper Lee.


    Steinbeck, Orwell and Hemmingway are masters at what they do.

    I have never been able to get into Fitzgerald.

    Robert Harris is what they call a rattling good read.

    I haven't read the rest
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  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    wageslave wrote: »
    To Kill A Mockingbird is my second favourite book in the world. there was an excellent documentary on the box recently about Harper Lee.

    Apologies if you've mentioned it before ws, but what's your first fave?
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    Nothing whatsoever to do with books, the economy or Wolves... Saw this article today on Google news. Wins my award for best headline of the year so far:

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/29/stig-of-the-dumped-115875-22521788/

    I see your daily mirror, & raise you a very childish belly laugh via reuters...

    http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6622I420100703

    :rotfl:
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    <Adopts Leslie Phillips voice>

    Well hello.....;)

    Male, definitely, unashamedly male.

    I could never understand why the rest couldn't see that
    Retail is the only therapy that works
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