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Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Yes, Joe said he would write a column about us - we spent more time with him interviewing us than us interviewing him, so goodness knows what he'll come up with! His column is in The Press on a Wednesday, so keep a look…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Hi y'all - and greetings from New Zealand! Woo hoo - these tablet PCs are wondrous to behold and use - fun fun fun! Hope you're all enjoying yourselves as we are - better get on with the release notes!
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
I had this happen to me too, veritas9 - I released a book at an ATM on my way to play bridge one evening, only to have one of my fellow players arrive clutching the book and telling everyone how he'd just found it at the…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Where: High Street Cafe (corner of High and Manchester Streets - the cafe entrance is next to the Backpackers in the Excelsior Hotel building).
When: 7pm, Tuesday 9 September
(My original engagement for the night h…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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I'm delighted to say that I have just completed my first year as a BookCrosser (as at 25 August 2003): YIPPEE!!
A few months ago I set a few goals which I hoped to achieve by today, and am pleased to say I made them:…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/803016
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
Hmmm, have to agree with you, Sonora - I also thought her maths was a little suspect! And she never bothered to check the spelling of my name :-( There were one or two other little inaccuracies in the article as well; b…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Hmmm, different books, released in different places (a kilometre or two apart, by my reckoning), found on different days and by different people - but somehow I feel these two new BCers are related to each other ...
h…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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What time was it on, FutureCat? Hubby rang me at work to tell me about it, but then didn't actually hear it when he thought it was going to be on (between 4.30-5pm), so taped the last half hour of the next programme but…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Yeeeehah!! There ain't much greater satisfaction to a keen BCer than to be online and have one of your releases come up in the "last three caught" slot:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/828441
Mothercat, doing t…
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Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Oooh ... oooh ... and one of mine - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/500885 - mine is the "copy of Wilbur Smith’s *The Eye of the Tiger* (which) languishes in the toilets near the DOC information centre in Arthur’s Pass"…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Nice journal entry for my latest catch - the book wasn't my cup of tea either, but it seems to have captured an appreciative new BookCrosser (thanks, Off-duty-Xena!).
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/828518
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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TW, she was here a few weeks ago - actually, I've just done a forum search and her last forum post was on 8 June. I think she hadn't been active for a while before that as well, 'cos I can remember thinking at the time …
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Hey, FutureCat, that scary gondola trip had a good outcome - check this out:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/723902
Well done, thou intrepid BookCrosser - thy name shall be recorded on the Honour Roll of BookCr…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
Nice catch,tuatara101!
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/420797
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Eeeew!! Bleagh!! I can't IMAGINE what this would taste like - I find Weetabix one of the most objectionable breakfast cereals, having the taste and consistency of mushy cardboard IMO! Carnelian-rune, please tell me you'…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
... GlorifiedCow recently? She used to be a regular forum contributor, but hasn't posted since early March this year. When I checked her bookshelf just now I see she has disabled her PMs, and last registered a book in A…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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Oooh, Herschelian, what an exciting happening for you! Can we all claim fame by association, do you think - you know, along the lines of "I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of …
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
I think this happens when new people log on to the site and go through the steps to join up as a member first, and then get round to making the journal entry for your book that they find. As I understand it, if they do …
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
Just a reminder to Christchurch BookCrossers of our Meetup tomorrow evening at The Boardroom, 118 Hereford Street. Don't forget we're starting 30 minutes earlier at 6.30pm, and we're going to be discussing arrangements …
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
Wren, it was Topeka, Kansas, which ran the library classes - here's what the article said, and the link to it:
Library offers book workshop
The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library's SBC Computer Training Center…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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I was thinking remote more in geographical terms than affiliation to any particular community.
To update my original info for those who might be interested, I did a little Internet research and came up with the follow…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
LOL! I thought exactly the same thing myself!
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
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I reckon this release qualifies as one of the remotest ever in BookCrossing: congratulations to kaptkimo!
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/793637
My encyclopaedia (admittedly about 15 years old) tells me that t…
Mothercat
20 yrs ago
With absolutely no wish to offend, Fred, they weren't by any chance telling you to put a sock in it ....? ;-))
Mothercat, wishing she had four pairs of nice warm socks today as she looks out of her window at a wonderf…
