Bollocks

Left my phone charger and adapter in France :-(

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Paul.

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RGV 250
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BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

I have it in my possession - let me know where to send it to and I'll
get it in the post today, tuits permitting.

 

Any excuse for another holiday.
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tim dot ukrm at dsl dot pipex dot com

 

Oh goody. What's the story? And does your ukrm.net addy work?

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Paul.

Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff!
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
VTR1000 Firestorm
RGV 250
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

I'm not very good at mornings at the best of times, so whilst Jackie
went for breakfast, I had an extra hour's kip. I then had a shower
whilst Jackie packed the panniers. The last few bits and pieces were
then packed into the big Kappa case, bike loaded, bill settled and
autoroute joined. Up to Caen, onto Le Havre and stop for a pee about
20 miles further up the autoroute. I asked Jackie if she'd packed the
passports and ticket, to which she replied that she assumed I'd put
them in the case. Except they weren't. Had it only been the ticket
that was back at Villedieu les Poeles, then the sod it and just get to
Calais option would have been taken. As it was, an unscheduled 240
mile detour, 1.5ish tanks of fuel and an extra €5 worth of tolls were
required.

Before leaving the hotel for the second time, we did ask if it was
possible to swap onto the Le Havre - Portsmouth crossing. As we hadn't
booked the tickets directly with P&O they wouldn't allow us to change.
Still, looking on the bright side, we did go over Pont de Normandie
and the Le Havre canal viaduct 3 times, which was nice. I think. We
managed to get to Calais in time for the 7:15p.m. ferry, so only 4
hours later than planned.

Yes, received and replied.

 

Statto wrote:

Presumably you were then told "One of your dozy mates left his charger
behind..."?

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Paul.

Ooh look, bikes and numbers and stuff!
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
VTR1000 Firestorm
RGV 250
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

.... like an enormous, vicious crocodile.

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enough with the crocodiles[1] already.

[1] except, anyone wanting to read one of the best works of fiction of
recent years, should read this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0552770825/qid=1064230359/

 

have you actually read them?

what *isn't* it about, would be a better question.

 

Hmm. What I need is some sort of list of books I ought to buy. My
reading list is a bit full atm, as last week I bought
- Life of Pi
- The Sexual Life of Catherine M
- er, another one I can't remember (a Nick Hornby?)
- Psychology for Dummies [1]

[1] yes, yes, ha bloody ha.

 

why is everyone buying this? It looks *ghastly*

I almost bought that the other day. You should try Houllebecq's
"Atomised" and "Platform" if you want something that's a) intellectual
and b) full of sex.

bit late for a career change.

 

"You're not depressed my dear, you simply need an injection of Uncle Neal's
Natural Bone Foam. Works wonders I can assure you... especially for me. Now
hold still."

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"Brace yourselves ladies, I'm coming in dry"

 

Take a look at "The Blank Slate" by Stephen Pinker - though I'm not sure
whether what he has to say will have you nodding in agreement, or seething
....

 

Right, that's it...
<new text file "Reading List".....cut n paste n cut n paste>

ok, added

 

Michel Houellebecq: "Platform" (though you might want to read
"Atomised" first, which is almost as good).
Neil Astley: "The End of My Tether"
Alasdair Gray: "Lanark: A Life in Four Books"
Patrick Suskind: "Perfume"
Hilary Mantel: "A Place of Greater Safety"
Steve Aylett: "Only an Alligator"
J.G.Ballard: "Supercannes"

that should keep you going until the middle of next year.

 

At least, I'd have thought

 

Err darsy how would you describe your taste in books? I'm amazed at the
amount of stuff you seem to get through. Also do you read loads of
reviews to help you determine your next round of purchases or just
accept that you'll occasionally buy something you really don't like?

 

I don't like shit books - any thing else goes.

I read a lot more stuff than I'd recommend. I probably read 4-5 books
a week.

sometimes - if I've read a lot of books by a particular author, I'll
usually buy whatever next they write.

sure - quite often I'll just spend an hour in a bookshop reading
opening paragraphs and the blurb, and come out with 9-10 books, maybe
3-4 of which will be good, 3-4 "OK" and 2 or 3 "just about OK" and 1-2
crap.

I do read "crap" as well, sometimes, well, pulp like Ian Rankin and
Janet Evanovich (no, really, they're quite funny, if chick-books).

 

simonk :

Mmmmm.... Evolutionary psychology.

I think I prefer the original Just So stories.

 

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