I just want to see what all the fuss is about, I shall report back on my verdict of them once read
you will either love em or hate them,
they make great toilet reading, you can pick one up open at random and be just as likley to get the plot, than if you read it cover to cover
also good reading when I was in my tank, you could read a chapter between engagements , great to kill the time
Yes exelent toilet reading
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
Good job I've not read any Dickens recently for comparison then
have read some Enid Blyton recently though
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I just want to see what all the fuss is about, I shall report back on my verdict of them once read
Dickens is actually piss poor at times, some good tale sbut overly long winded.
You see he worte primarily for magazines and his stories were serialised so he had to repeat the plot constantly *and* he was paid by the word so he is pretty verbose.
His sentence structure is bloody awful too, theres a bit in 'A christmas carol' where a whole page of text is two incredibly long sentences.
if one of my pupils wrote a sentence in an essay in the way Dickens wrote his i'd have red pena ll over it by the time they got it back.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Well I tried that on the forum, however I can't see much of the typing anymore as there is red pen all over the monitor I've never been a huge Dickens fan, I don't mind his work, but there are others out there that appeal to me more 
We should have a book section thing.
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
I always liked th equote fomr some chap who said that 'classics are books that one woul like to have read but cant bear the thought of reading' (or something liek that.
Some of my fave books have been books on the reading list for my undergrad andpostgrad, however i never read then at the time as they looked dul but bored in the summer holidays ended up readin them and found out they were great.
I find i read a lot of childrens literature these days for obviouls reasons.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
I find I read a lot of childrens literature these days for obviouls reasons.
That being your a big kid ? I read lots of Childrens literature most of its books I read like the famous five, I read in childhood, they're quite bizarre reading as an adult, however I still find them compelling reading and I was hooked on Harry Potter I'm going to start on the Terry Dwyer (sp?) horrible histories series soon, bought them for my eldest, who has read them now, so its my turn
i saw the "machine gunners" in a charity shop on friday. what a book, in fact im going to buy it
now theres a childrens book
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
Horrible histories are excellent , the first world war one is particualry good for explaining simply a very complicated reason for the start of the war.
While we're on the subject of latest aquisitions and stories, i recently got this:
and this:
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
I saw the "machine gunners" in a charity shop on friday. what a book, in fact im going to buy it
now theres a childrens book
Awesome book, i've recomended it to alot of my pupils in year seven and eight and they all love it.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Horrible histories are excellent , the first world war one is particualry good for explaining simply a very complicated reason for the start of the war.
While we're on the subject of latest aquisitions and stories, I recently got this:
and this:
Never heard of machine gunners will look for it and try and find out what its about i used to love Horrible Historys i had about 8 books years ago.
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
Ow i no what Machine gunners is its that book where a lad finds the Heinkel nose mounted MG15 or another type.
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
The machine gunners used to be on the pre GCSE syllabus for years, its basically about a group of school kids who find a downed german bomber during the blitz and 'liberate' one of its MG15s to put in their den...
Cracking read and as a boy you just wished you could find a crashed bomber!
edit:barcy beat me to it....
I serously recomend folk try and watch 'Churchill the Hollywood years' its very funny if you liek 'the comic strip' type humour as it has most decent british comedians in it (vic and bob, harry enfield, rik mayall etc etc)
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
The machine gunners used to be on the pre GCSE syllabus for years, its basically about a group of school kids who find a downed german bomber during the blitz and 'liberate' one of its MG15s to put in their den...
Cracking read and as a boy you just wished you could find a crashed bomber!
edit:barcy beat me to it....
I serously recomend folk try and watch 'Churchill the Hollywood years' its very funny if you like 'the comic strip' type humour as it has most decent british comedians in it (vic and bob, harry enfield, rik mayall etc etc)
It is a very funny film where he Fires the Bazooka from the hip and says Winston Churhill United states marine corp I laughed my socks off
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
I get this lewis:
" The url contained a malformed video id."
you sure thats the right link mate?
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XnhHCFiATQI
I dont understand i copy'd and pasted the url thing well if you search churchill the hollywood years on youtube click on christian slaters song 
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
that link works, you missed the 'I' off the end first time
I think the trailer sums the film up nicely
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E0bZ6Idfqt8
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
that link works, you missed the 'I' off the end first time
Ow well spoted Gadge Have just found the Dvd Will be watching it tonight as i have the day off work tomorow
Edited so as not to make Lewis look guilty of anything illegal...
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
Cracking read and as a boy you just wished you could find a crashed bomber!
During the `70s a mate found a bren half buried in a local disused quarry, the wood had rotted away and it had no internals, still a cracking find, weighed a ton to a 12 year old!
Got outbid again on a Kodak PH-324 
This one wasn't even in good condition! BAAH!
Bidding on a more expensive one now 
Friend of mine has once found a buried Mauser Kar98k when relic-hunting, it had been partially covered by something else when it was buried/lost. Only the end of the barrel had some pitting. Apart from that it was in an amazing condition.
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