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Stephen King wrote:He reached forward . . . and then drew his hand reluctantly back. 'I'm not supposed to take stuff from strangers. My dad said so.'

'Very wise of your dad,' the clown in the stormdrain said, smiling.
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Quiff Boy wrote:
Stephen King wrote:He reached forward . . . and then drew his hand reluctantly back. 'I'm not supposed to take stuff from strangers. My dad said so.'

'Very wise of your dad,' the clown in the stormdrain said, smiling.
brrrrr :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :urff:
I love that book, I was really upset when I finished it the first time because i realised how much I was going to miss all the characters.

recently...

Large print, heavy on the spacing Fat Bob (no that one Pista) cash-in:
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Nearly finished part 1 of this trilogy-here's hoping part 2 is better. It's not bad but I expected more.
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Quiff Boy wrote:
Stephen King wrote:He reached forward . . . and then drew his hand reluctantly back. 'I'm not supposed to take stuff from strangers. My dad said so.'

'Very wise of your dad,' the clown in the stormdrain said, smiling.
brrrrr :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :urff:
Exactly. Stormdrafts are quite clammy and drafty.

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weebleswobble wrote: I love that book, I was really upset when I finished it the first time because i realised how much I was going to miss all the characters.
I couldn't have said it better myself. I loved those characters.
But he is good at that. Tommyknockers is another good example.
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nearly done with another tale of urban madness from the librarian Big Eat thi Bried :D :notworthy:

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Hom_Corleone wrote:
weebleswobble wrote: I love that book, I was really upset when I finished it the first time because i realised how much I was going to miss all the characters.
I couldn't have said it better myself. I loved those characters.
But he is good at that. Tommyknockers is another good example.
Nothing like that in Under The Dome, arsewipe so it was.
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weebleswobble wrote:
Hom_Corleone wrote:
weebleswobble wrote: I love that book, I was really upset when I finished it the first time because i realised how much I was going to miss all the characters.
I couldn't have said it better myself. I loved those characters.
But he is good at that. Tommyknockers is another good example.
Nothing like that in Under The Dome, arsewipe so it was.
hmm, was contemplating reading that at some point... is it not good?
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I got about 100 pages in and lost interest.
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Daft as a brush, people de-evolve in a very short space of time. As for the ending, ripped from an original Star Trek episode me thinks.
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weebleswobble wrote: I love that book, I was really upset when I finished it the first time because i realised how much I was going to miss all the characters.
That.

That right there is the reason I started getting into the Star Wars novels in the first place.
They just go on... and on... and on...
Beloved characters eventually die or get killed,
but, it's better to mourn one character at a time,
than that overwhelming grief of finishing a book...
...knowing all the characters you've come to love are gone forever.

I'm giving this one another go:

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I put it down last year when my life got super hectic,
and picked up another copy recently.

Han's in his 70's & is still rockin' the Falcon!
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Han Solo OAP :lol: :notworthy:
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What's "OAP"?

Is that like the English version of AARP?
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Old Age Phud :lol:
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I'm not familiar with "phud" either,
so I looked it up:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Phud

Any of these very different definitions could possibly apply,
but, I'm guessing maybe entry #2 is what he intended here?
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a bit of poetic licence from me on the spelling but I do like what you found :lol:

def. 1 is what it really means - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fud
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After being confused by R.I.P, the 'Bat To The Future' mini series and fighting zombies FFS it was nice to have a stand alone story with no stupid gimmicks.


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Not sure about Batman Inc. either...
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Started re-reading this:

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Oh don't do that to me, I thought it was Bill Bruford's autobiography which is supposed to be ace.
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Hollylicious wrote:Started re-reading this:

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I thought that was really good---quite accurate in his descriptions of working with other chefs-It prompted me to get a few books from Mario Batali :)
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I have nearly got to the end of "Life" by Keith Richards
I just wanted to share with people that I have achieved this fantastic feat
He may have had one of the most envied jobs in post-war Britain, but for a life that has been full of Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, it sure is a f**king boring read.
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million voices wrote:I have nearly got to the end of "Life" by Keith Richards
I just wanted to share with people that I have achieved this fantastic feat
He may have had one of the most envied jobs in post-war Britain, but for a life that has been full of Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, it sure is a f**king boring read.
:notworthy: Thank god I'm not alone.
It was hard work wasn't it? :roll:
No embelishment on the good stories; Morocco, Brian Jones, Performance etc...
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There is so little of the band stuff
On the one hand he talks of the Stones as this band of brothers who have been through everything together and then fails to mention any of them for the next 100 pages.
Aso the insulated world where someone else goes out and buys the drugs and it's always the top notch stuff gets rather irritating and the self belief and how wonderful he is pisses me off as well.
I will stick to biogs of the less successful bands in future
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Aye. I really expected some decent stories (of which there were the nubs of). I thought exactly the same as you - you got the impression he only really had any time for Charlie but even him he speaks of as you would a distant colleague.

Overall impression: He's a cnut. ;D
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