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Today, 08:19 PM

Neely replied to a thread The Lazy Weekend in General Chat

I'm not sure what you mean. Though I am tight because I am from Yorkshire and it is in the water 'how much?' is the local motto... Yes I went out...

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Today, 08:03 PM

Neely replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

The Pines of Rome is such a fantastic title, so good that the music just can't live up to it. Listening to Mozart piano concerto no.22 tonight. ...

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Today, 07:57 PM

Neely replied to a thread do you offend easily? in General Chat

Yes Volya you've a lot to learn. When a woman asks you 'what do you think of this top/skirt? etc, etc...insert item of clothing' You say 'it looks...

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Today, 03:00 PM

NikolaiI created a blog entry 5/25/13 in Om

On the sidewalk of time on my path, there are objects from life strewn along - it is like a library, or a film. I meet a stranger in a...

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Today, 07:32 AM

Neely replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

That's certainly different to Mozart! Well I'm 95% an ale man as you know, but occasionally I like a bit of red wine or bottle of...

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Today, 05:20 AM

Neely replied to a thread The Lazy Weekend in General Chat

Great idea. A must in the lazy genre is the book by Tom Hodgkinson How to be Idle, it's practically the idle manifesto. I intend to bike out to a...

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Today, 05:01 AM

Scheherazade started a thread The Lazy Weekend in General Chat

Monday being a holiday (both in the UK and the US, I believe), this weekend begs to be dedicated to the laziness. Share your own lazy episodes,...

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Yesterday, 09:30 PM

Neely replied to a thread Classical Listening in General Movies, Music, and Television

Mozart's No. 20 piano concerto. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h71c4u_95P8 I'm in the mood for Mozart this week, which usually means the piano...

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Yesterday, 09:18 PM

Neely replied to a thread do you offend easily? in General Chat

Is this being offended though or is it just being annoyed by idiots? I think there is a difference. It reminds me of a similar situation when a...

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Yesterday, 09:16 AM

Scheherazade replied to a thread do you offend easily? in General Chat

Very. Rarely open my mouth and something inoffensive comes out!

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Yesterday, 05:26 AM

Scheherazade replied to a poll May '13 / David Lodge Reading: Changing Places in Forum Book Club

I have not read any of the campus novels you have mentioned but last year I read On Beauty by Smith. Even though it is compared to Howard's End...

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Yesterday, 04:32 AM

Scheherazade replied to a thread 2013 women challenge in General Literature

We can still discuss it! I ended up downloading it when I was away from home and had nothing better to read.

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05-23-2013, 02:19 PM

Neely replied to a thread Greatest Culture... in General Literature

I just think it is difficult to make a comparison across the arts and I don't really think it is necessary. It reminds me of the saying 'I'd rather...

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05-23-2013, 01:33 PM

Neely replied to a thread The Diet/Fitness Thread in General Chat

Wow Cafolini are you feeling OK? There's more than a sarcy sentence there. Quite true about eggs though, and good fats - hey it turns out that eating...

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05-23-2013, 08:12 AM

Scheherazade replied to a poll June '13 / HG Wells Reading Poll in Forum Book Club

Thank you! Downloaded :-)

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05-22-2013, 01:56 PM

Scheherazade replied to a poll June '13 / HG Wells Reading Poll in Forum Book Club

I wonder if it is available on Gutenberg as well.

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05-21-2013, 05:25 PM

Scheherazade replied to a poll June '13 / HG Wells Reading Poll in Forum Book Club

Should I order my copy of Ann Veronica?

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05-21-2013, 05:24 PM

Scheherazade replied to a poll May '13 / David Lodge Reading: Changing Places in Forum Book Club

I thought it highlighted his vanity (and superficiality) in a way. He specialises in a subject that he does not care about. Seems like it is only a...

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05-21-2013, 11:09 AM

Jack of Hearts replied to a thread Godslayer's Final Kill in Short Story Sharing

Nitpicks notwithstanding, it must be said that the story was interesting and contains some really original ideas. But more than that, having read...

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05-20-2013, 08:37 PM

Jack of Hearts started a thread Untitled Composition 27 in Short Story Sharing

delete

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05-20-2013, 07:53 PM

Jack of Hearts replied to a thread walking with dog and Biggus. in Personal Poetry

lol J

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05-20-2013, 01:02 PM

Neely replied to a thread "O Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams" - Milton's Satan in General Chat

Thus so far in my part of England we have had two and a half days of sun this year! So when it does come yes I like it. It's not just the sun it's...

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05-19-2013, 03:41 PM

Jack of Hearts replied to a thread I wish I could cast this mantle away in Personal Poetry

An unfortunate fact of life is that Mr. Folini is not a troll and posts with in a post-scholastic fashion. However, perhaps even more discouraging,...

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05-18-2013, 09:46 PM

Scheherazade replied to a discussion Now Showing: Notorious in group Viewing Room

I am glad we watched this. Thank you, Qimi! :)

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05-18-2013, 09:46 PM

Jack of Hearts replied to a thread DocHeart's poetry corner in Personal Poetry

Hey fogey, this thread contains some of the best poetry ever put on this forum.

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