Peteff
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 09:21 AM |
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I've started, so I'll finish
Magnus has died, I thought he was older than 77 as I can always remember him being on T.V. I used
to watch Mastermind, it was embarrassing because I knew all the answers. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 09:26 AM |
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Something I never got into... some of the specialist subjects made me laugh though! Always did ok at the general knowledge stuff, which was
reassuring
RIP
Steve
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Marcus
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 10:27 AM |
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Pete, is it me or are you actually DEATH. you seem to know when people die very quickly and are always first to post.
Me thinks you get inside information 
PS RIP Magnus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 10:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Marcus
Pete, is it me or are you actually DEATH.
Nah... Death always TALKS IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
DJ
(Unfortunately you have to be a Terry Pratchett Discworld fan to understand this slice of gibberish...  )
[Edited on 8/1/07 by David Jenkins]
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DIY Si
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 11:15 AM |
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And he has a horse called Binky.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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Agriv8
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 11:50 AM |
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All Terry Pratchets books read at least twice.
Favorite characters death, commander vimes and Granny Weatherwax
Not an avid reader there just somthing about his writing style that means I cant put them down.
Enjoyed Hogswatch film over Xmas
I am sat here trying to decide which book is my fovorte out of the discworld novels struggling so far could take some time.
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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trogdor
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 12:02 PM |
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Hogfather is my fav book, didn't see the file tho as don't have sky! 
He is a brilliant author and can't put his books down.
One of my fav quotes is from jingo tho,
"Taxation is like milking a cow, you try to get the maximum of milk for the minimum amount of moo, and gentlemen all i seem to be getting these
days is moo"
[Edited on 8/1/07 by trogdor]
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macnab
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 12:05 PM |
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I like Mort & Strata. Just great
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 12:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
I am sat here trying to decide which book is my fovorte out of the discworld novels struggling so far could take some time.
Mine is Night Watch, it's fairly dark for a Pratchett book but really draws you in, quite a tense read in places 
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James
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 12:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
And he has a horse called Binky.
And a grandaughter called Susan!
Own and have read them all... the guards stories re-read many times.
Vimes' my favorite character, followed by The Patrician and Death!
Fifth Elephant then Jingo are my favourite books.
Trying to get my girlf' into them now. She managed The Colour of Magic but she gave up on the Light Fantastic.
As the guards stories are my favourites I've now lent her Guards Guards in the vain hope she'll get into them that way.
Favourite non-guards story is probably Equal Rites, maybe Going Postal.
Cheers,
James
[Edited on 8/1/07 by James]
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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macnab
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 12:27 PM |
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watched Hogswatch film.
hmm just not happy with Death. He reminded me of Skeletor from He-Man just a old mask couldn't they at least make him open his mouth?? sigh
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 12:29 PM |
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Pete, is it me or are you actually DEATH.
No I just read the BBC site a lot. I only notice people who I liked or found interesting and worthy of remembering. I think it's an age thing as
well
JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.
[Edited on 8/1/07 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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iank
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 12:46 PM |
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Favourite book is Pyramids, partly due to Ptraci being the Essex girl heroine, partly since taking place in a country called Djelibeybi, but mostly
for the assassin test at the start
Favourite quote "Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest
of his life." -- (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 02:49 PM |
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I must admit that I burst out laughing on a train at the beginning of Pyramids, when he had finished selecting the assassins gear for his test...
DJ
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DIY Si
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 04:43 PM |
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I thought Susan was his daughter? Not that it matters much mind!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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Agriv8
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 06:26 PM |
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right got it down to
10 small gods, due to the pish taking of religeon.
and the truth, as the taking a bite out of
'our gutter press who seem to be running the country more than our politions and the politions who are more worried about what the press say
rarther than what is needed of them.
Right going to have to read both of them to make a final decision.
Only one problem reading
Terry Pratchet on the 7am train to Bradford is the waking people up with my giggling/laughter.
SWIMBO dosn't like the adult pratchet ones but loves the Tiffany Aching 'Wee Free Men '
kind Regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 06:32 PM |
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The Wee Free Men series is remarkably adult, considering they're kids books. In the end, Pratchett is writing books the kids WANT to read,
rather than the ones their parents think they SHOULD read...
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jolson
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 08:27 PM |
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Magnus Magnusson also translated a number of Icelandic sagas. If you're ever in the mood for a rollicking 10th century tale, look for a book
called Njal's Saga. It's like a modern comic soap opera except with swords, witches, pillaging, and unrestrained blood-vengeance. Better
than anything on the telly!
Cheers
John
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robinbastd
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 10:26 PM |
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Just finished Wintersmith, now for the decision which one to re-read again.
Mr Pratchett needs to write faster.
Ian
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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Agriv8
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 11:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by robinbastd
Just finished Wintersmith, now for the decision which one to re-read again.
Mr Pratchett needs to write faster.
Ian
second that the mother in law usually buys me the lates prtchet hard back but a year apart is a long time to wait suppose its like kit car building
you con finish it in record time or dot the i's and cross the t's is what takes the time to build somthing special.
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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trogdor
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| posted on 9/1/07 at 10:52 AM |
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They are the only book that i know of that make you burst out laughing, which does get embrassing but who cares?
I have read most of them now but i still haven't read the latest one, is it any good?
I think he just gets better and better myself, love the recent references to gooseberry instead of blackberry etc!
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02GF74
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| posted on 9/1/07 at 06:05 PM |
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I had the misfortune to read one TP book and it was pure shite; more or less a rip off of Douglas Adams style of humour that is funny if you are 12,
whcih when I was, it was but not now.
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James
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| posted on 12/1/07 at 12:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
I had the misfortune to read one TP book and it was pure shite; more or less a rip off of Douglas Adams style of humour that is funny if you are 12,
whcih when I was, it was but not now.
Hmmm, well I'm a big fan of Douglass Adams as well and I spose they must have *some* similarities as I like both but I've never felt they
were so similar that one was a rip off of the other.
Try another more modern Pratchett... the style's changed somewhat over the years... you might like it!
Cheers,
James
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