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kittiwake
19 yrs ago
> Are you someone who aches over not getting those creases in the spine of your paperbacks?
I've never understood this obsession with not getting creases in the spine. If you are reading a thick paperback or want t…
kittiwake
19 yrs ago
| 2 replies
Very popular with people my age, who all stampede onto the dance floor for a singalong whenever it comes on.
Grease was the first film I ever went to with my friends, rather than being taken by my parents.
kittiwake
19 yrs ago
| 1 replies
I was reading a book about tree lore, and the section about Pomegranates mentioned that the name came from Old French 'pume grenate'. Then a couple of days later I started reading 'Psychoville' by Christopher Fowler and …
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
Mais je suis en Angleterre.
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
| 1 replies
> ...and this week she may need the four hours remaining! Cestmoi has romped into
> a commanding lead, and new player Kittiwake has pushed LG down to third place.
This quiz was such a killer. Apart from the three …
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
Or at least the actor who played him in the X-Files.
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kittiwake
20 yrs ago
| 1 replies
> Hit up
> the folks on the Brit BC yahoo group for
> more info if you can't navigate the meetup
> site.
Leigh, If you PM JemimaJ she will be able to give you the details, as I think she is the one who books the…
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
Dame Edna is not a poof. She is a housewife superstar!
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
The playwright Joe Orton and his loved Kenneth Halliwel were sent to prision in the 1960s for their artistic (and often pornographic) alterations of library books. It's mentioned in John Lahr's biography of Orton "Prick …
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
| 1 replies
> We United Statesians, as far as I know, do
> not spell pajamas, pyjamas. I've never
> actually seen it spelled that way. Of
> course, my general fare of
> mystery/thriller books, does have the word
> pajama…
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
> I had to find this or it would have sent
> me mad wondering where I saw it page 183
> "the curious incident of the dog in the
> night time" scene setting autistic boy
> chasing his pet rat at a tube statio…
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
> ... and was shocked at how Holly Hunter looked! She looked like some one entering
> the last stages of anorexia!
I only recognised her by her voice. The blonde hair really didn't suit her - it made her look reall…
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
I get the bus to work and back, which depending on the time will either be the free company bus or the local bus company's. If I get a monthly bus pass it comes to £33, but if I don't, it is £1.10 each way or £2 for an a…
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
> This thing is just far
> far too addictive and I seem to have far
> too much to say! Now I will be glued to
> this thread too to see if anyone agrees
> with me!
Ugh! - I am posting at ten past eight in the…
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
> I just wondered what everyone else was tackling at the present time.
This is a wonderful book, in which 2 distant cousins (1 Egyptian, 1 American) piece together the hundred year old love story of the American cousi…
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
> HAH! Found it- in a really surreal,
> unexpected place. WR
I'm glad it turned up. Next time something like that happens, ask them out loud to return it, and you may find that it reappears somewhere really obv…
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
for that bitter-sweet touch
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
The precious things of the shop!!
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
| 3 replies
Favourite: Queso Manchego from Spain.
Least Favourite: That Norwegian brown cheese. In my opinion it is almost but not quite entirely unlike cheese.
kittiwake
20 yrs ago
I once went on a walking tour in London (England) and we saw the site of the former Texas embassy.
