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Posted by: Anonymous User (---.112.69.52.bbplus.ptn-ag2.dyn.plus.net)
Date: January 02, 2007 05:35PM
Can anyone please help? I have been addicted to Robert Rankin for many years but have recently been shown the error of my ways by my son. My problem is that I just don't want to get to the end of TEA but can't seem to stop myself. Any ideas, anyone?
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.113.17.161.bbplus.pte-ag1.dyn.plus.net)
Date: January 03, 2007 03:23PM
Many thanks MuseSusan, that seems to be an admirable suggestion - but flawed. I'll give it some thought as I'm not sure how to differentiate between spaces between words as if I spell out S - P - A - C - E it could give an entirely different Victor
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.112.25.171.bbplus.ptn-ag1.dyn.plus.net)
Date: January 04, 2007 09:31PM
Oh - I was going to say that, I think - unless it should be too good NOT to put down! Hoist by my own petard (That sounds pretty literary in itself doesn't it?) But on the other hand, it may give Jasper some new ideas for character names - Petard Hoist might be one place to start. Food for thought?
Hmmm…I like it! But hey, at least you have five more books to read afterward, and if you read them slowly enough, you can make them last until the next one comes out in July!
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.113.4.240.bbplus.pte-ag1.dyn.plus.net)
Date: January 05, 2007 09:01PM
Now THAT'S given me hope for the future. I'm off on winter hols next Friday and have Lost in a Good Book ready and waiting for the flight. Many thanks for all your help.
Can I backtrack to ask Nicky what LiaGB is? Sorry to be dumb. And thanks Tieff for the suggestion about buying it in a foreign language. I suspect, however, that my upcoming travels around the globe may exclude one or more of Mandinka,French and Mandarin may present a bit of a problem. And finally to skidmarks - VANDAL!! Sort him out Mrs S
Grilled bacon is o.k. Fried is too greasy; if you don't come back to the book in a very short period of time, the fat causes the paper to go translucent and the letters from the other side of the page to show through.
Fried eggs are right out.
I will go back to Nextian now.
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