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From: wessie on 17 Sep 2009 19:48 ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in news:MPG.251cda6ef9669536989a31 @news.eternal-september.org: > If I'm ever there again, I'm crossing the border, hitting the autobahn > and bouncing it off the speed limiter til I'm out of the country. > there may be a flaw in your plan... -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: Leszek Karlik on 17 Sep 2009 20:24 On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:25:12 +0200, vulgarandmischevious <vulgarandmischevious(a)gmail.com> wrote: [...] >> You liked the Da Vinci Code? That book may qualify as the worst adult >> book I've ever read. > ditto. I thought it was appallingly bad, in every way. It almost reaches the "so exceedingly bad it's actually quite good" territory. (Like the Eye of Argon) Almost, but not quite, unfortunately. And yet I've read it to the end. It's like watching a train crash in slow motion. :-) No more Dan Brown for me, though. I've learnt my lesson, guv, please spare me, I have a family to feed and so on. -- Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik NTV 650
From: Champ on 18 Sep 2009 03:43 On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:24:29 +0200, "Leszek Karlik" <leslie(a)hell.pl> wrote: >>> You liked the Da Vinci Code? That book may qualify as the worst adult >>> book I've ever read. >> ditto. I thought it was appallingly bad, in every way. >It almost reaches the "so exceedingly bad it's actually quite good" >territory. >Almost, but not quite, unfortunately. And yet I've read it to the end. >It's like watching a train crash in slow motion. :-) heh - I was the same. Each page was terrible, but it still made want to turn it to see what happened on the next page. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Phil Launchbury on 18 Sep 2009 04:28 In article <4ab2593d$0$2535$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk>, Hog wrote: > darsy wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:43 +0100, "Hog" <hogSPAM(a)freenetCHIPS.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> and obviously if Dresden and Hiroshima had been crimes there would >>> have been trials. >> >> Dresden, I'd agree that plain and simple it was a War Crime. > > What a load of bollocks 1. Made no difference to the course of the war 2. Killed huge amounts of civilians in a particularly painful fashion 3. Even the people who ordered it considered it a crime Phil -- Phil Launchbury 'I speak to machines with the voice of humanity' 'Speak to the wise with the voice of insanity'
From: Phil Launchbury on 18 Sep 2009 04:32
In article <je05b59s7f5a78nbehqcji4qvt1q3f0q3l(a)4ax.com>, Ace wrote: > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:04:41 +0100, Phil Launchbury ><phill(a)launchbury.org.uk> wrote: > > > >>Some years my ideal holiday has been hiring a cottage in the middle of >>no-where (preferrably without a mobile signal) and taking a crate of >>wine and a crate of books. > > Have you ever thought about sailing? It's like that, but with > something to do between drinks. I love boats and would happily spend my life on one. C on the other hand hates them (despite being dragged up on the Devon coast). I've managed to get her to do a motor-cruiser holiday on the Caledonian canal and even then she was having kittens when we were going up Loch Ness in a mild Force 6. And the less said about her boathandling skills the better.. Phil -- Phil Launchbury 'I speak to machines with the voice of humanity' 'Speak to the wise with the voice of insanity' |