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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] Books you gave up on.Yeah, that's the one I mentioned that is really dull. Try The Pickwick Papers first, that's a really light read (and his first big hit)
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GYou think so? I gave up ages ago.
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] Books you gave up on.This has been a really interesting thread - despite three of my favourite writers (Dickens, Hardy and Joyce) featuring prominently. A...
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GGwylan replied to the thread [TV] What's good to watch on BBC iPlayer ?.He was a copper in The Jetty too, I keep wondering whether he's going to throw a kettle over a pub
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] Books you gave up on.I'm not sure how anyone can be defeated by Candide: it's very funny and very short - there are NSC threads that have a longer word count...
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] Books you gave up on.But that's the point of writing surely? Any detective story could be summarised as A killed B, detective C found out how and why. The...
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Albion] Arsenal fans.I think this is it. And I think it particularly applies to London clubs: Arsenal and Chelsea (Tottenham, not so much). These two seem to...
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] Books you gave up on.That's the end of the book. So when you say you gave up, you read 99% of it :lolol:
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Albion] Arsenal fans.I don't know about football but in rugby that's exactly what it is. I actually asked on my ref's course how many offences before I take...
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] Books you gave up on.You got lucky - it's the most harrowing end of a book I've ever read.
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] Books you gave up on.We had to read it for uni - I don't blame them in the slightest
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Cricket] Sussex CCC - 2024 edition.I'll guess at Derbyshire and Leicestershire
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] Books you gave up on.I've tried reading Tristram Shandy about five or six times and have got past a dozen pages. I've finally given my copy to the charity...
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Cricket] Sussex CCC - 2024 edition.It's on the Notts site, with highlights too. I see Frankie faced 13 balls and hit 5 fours - that's the Frankie I remember. Hope he has...
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GGwylan replied to the thread [Misc] The Most You've Paid For An Event.Yeah, we do the same. My schedule is normally a nice seat for one opera and stand for one or two more (standing tickets are amazing...
