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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 12:37:00 GMT
I guess you could call it a *man*icure. I'm assuming Dominic is a man here, apoplgoes in advanced for any offence if not perhaps boynicure would be more appropriate. A buyonic man We can rebuild him. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 4, 2019 12:49:42 GMT
Beyond economic repair
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Post by gongfarmer on Apr 4, 2019 13:15:45 GMT
Yes, it is one of a number of films not set in Wells-next-the-sea. This number does NOT include...
The eagle has landed Revolution Shakespeare in love
All of which were filmed in parts at Wells Next The Sea, although due to 'Luvvies' are often credited to Holkham beach, despite the fact that Holkham beach is mostly mud.
Fillum factoids... I watched the parachute drops for TEHL from the beach pinewoods with my Dad and dog. We didn't know there was going to be any filming, so were amazed when about a hundred fully armed paratroopers dropped out of the sky in front of us.
I was nearly in Revolution as an extra, as the local area was canvassed for young men, preferably with long hair, to play revolutionaries. 2 things stopped my rise to Hollywood stardom... I am blind as a bat without glasses, and these weren't about at the time so I would be falling over and bumping into a lot of things with my bayonet, and I was also about to move to Plymouth. Several of my hippy mates are in the released film though, bastards. This is probably why it was a box-office disaster. I do recall there being en extraordinary amount of coke in town around that time.
Shakespeare in Love? I remain convinced it was her visit to Wells that gave Gwyneth Paltrow the urge to steam her fanny.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Apr 4, 2019 13:43:08 GMT
Ten - Good luck on that boss. I gave up after half a dozen attempts.
I also nearly got in fight in the pub with some old fella who got his knickers in a twist when I asked to re-sample an IPA I was considering buying. I went for a pint of Carling in the end.
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Post by stxdpr on Apr 4, 2019 13:50:57 GMT
I am regretting my decision not to drink last night. I'm regretting my decision not to drink at lunch. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Apr 4, 2019 14:09:36 GMT
I am regretting my decision not to drink last night. I'm regretting my decision not to drink at lunch. I have been drinking at lunch. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Apr 4, 2019 14:14:02 GMT
No regrets.
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Post by cobblers on Apr 4, 2019 14:18:49 GMT
I’ve been to the bookshop. I should have gone to the pub, it would have been cheaper. Circe, The Western Wind and something medium-dry about Germany. I resisted the temptation to buy a nice penguin classics edition of Hobbes and a book about the Berlin Wall and in this way I am less worse than Sheep.
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Post by cobblers on Apr 4, 2019 14:22:44 GMT
The Germany book appears to have a map, on average, once every five pages. A proper Sunday afternoon after a big dinner job.
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 4, 2019 14:30:12 GMT
What is this Germany book?
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 4, 2019 14:32:29 GMT
I haven't been to a bookshop for ages. I bought a coupe of picturebooks* cheap in WHS about a month ago.
* one has nice piccies of space phenomena I think the other might have been Blue Planet
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 4, 2019 14:36:38 GMT
I haven't even bought any books from Amazon since 15 March.
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 4, 2019 14:37:12 GMT
I'm cured!
Off to Waterstones to celebrate.
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 4, 2019 14:44:11 GMT
Well not technically bought since mid March. And technicalities are what matter.
Admittedly I did have two books turn up today (the final Phillip Kerr and one other) but that could happen to anyone.
I've got another few on order turning up over the next year on release date as well. But they count as bought ages ago.
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Post by Shenguin on Apr 4, 2019 15:08:19 GMT
It was so long ago that I've moved house, started a new job and had a car written off since I last bought a book.
Kindle is content, not books, right?
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Post by cobblers on Apr 4, 2019 15:10:42 GMT
What is this Germany book? some sort of very lightweight idiots guide to German history. That is, I’m the idiot and the author is the guide. If we are both idiots then I fear it will not be particularly enlightening and I think it’s fairly safe to say that I am an idiot, so I’m certainly fulfilling my half of the bargain. It was by the counter and I’m impulsive. Noted children’s author Philip Pullman seemed to like it, so I’m fairly confident it’s at my level. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Apr 4, 2019 15:21:12 GMT
I'd prefer a proper multi-volume footbreaker.
I know my Kulturkampf from my Apocalypse at Munster.
Chris Clark's Iron Kingdom is pretty good on Prussia.
I enjoyed Peter Wilson's Thirty Years War as well.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Apr 4, 2019 15:22:37 GMT
Happy birthday @dominicorourke if that even is your real name. gongfarmer I watched the Eagle Has Landed a couple of weeks ago. Not as good as I remembered. |
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Post by cobblers on Apr 4, 2019 15:23:59 GMT
I know my Kulturkampf from my Apocalypse at Munster. . Those were metal festivals before Wacken was a thing, right? Like Monsters of Rock became Bloodstock? |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Apr 4, 2019 15:25:25 GMT
I've been reading Thomas Pynchon before bed. Its dense, like a log. I may finish it before Tenth finishes Octoupsu Travelator
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Post by cobblers on Apr 4, 2019 15:33:09 GMT
I've been reading Thomas Pynchon before bed. Its dense, like a log. I may finish it before Tenth finishes Octoupsu Travelator which one? Nazi incest porn? A good book once it gets going. |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Apr 4, 2019 15:37:08 GMT
Silicon alley, some top references. I think he mentions Gameboy Advance DOOM at one point.
Which one is the incest book? Need to look into that.
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Post by Pyjakson on Apr 4, 2019 15:39:35 GMT
I've been reading Thomas Pynchon before bed. Its dense, like a log. I may finish it before Tenth finishes Octoupsu Travelator Gravity's Rainbow? I gave it a go and dense is a good word for it. Funny too though. |
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Post by cobblers on Apr 4, 2019 16:18:36 GMT
Gravity’s Rainbow. There’s only a small amount of Nazi incest really.
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Post by MrTiddles on Apr 4, 2019 16:32:18 GMT
What's worse, Gameboy Advance DOOM or Nazi incest porn?
I don't know, because I am a good clean living young man (apart from a couple of light murders).
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