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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 15:02:18 GMT
Just wondering what you are reading?As you can see by my new avitar I have embarked on a quest to read the complete works of Sherlock Holmes.Frau Bismarck bought it for me from a charity shop.It is a massive volume and a huge undertaking but I love Holmes and Watson so I have promised myself that I will finish it...
What are you reading?
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Post by Mark Cunningham on Oct 25, 2007 15:03:25 GMT
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 15:04:58 GMT
Cheeky....hello Olly how are you mate?
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Post by Mark Cunningham on Oct 25, 2007 15:15:49 GMT
Not bad thanks Bismarck, taking a break from my History Coursework! Yourself?  But, on topic, i don't really read much, only series i like is the Harry Potter Books! |
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 15:20:48 GMT
I'm OK thanks,working tonight-last one-off until Tuesday...
What you doing in History?
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Post by Mark Cunningham on Oct 25, 2007 15:22:07 GMT
I'm OK thanks,working tonight-last one-off until Tuesday... What you doing in History? You must be very lonely on here at night...  I'm doing a project on a local Manor House, nothing exciting.... |
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 15:26:08 GMT
Oh,Medieval History...strip farming/serfs and all that....not my speciality...
Oh yes it does get lonely...Tim pops in now and again but generally I am on my own...I think that's why I reached 2000 posts quickly....trawling the board....!
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Post by Lukiebakercafc on Oct 25, 2007 15:48:37 GMT
I'm reading 4 4 2 magazine for light reading. However for English, i have to read This Boy's Life (just finished) and The Kite Runner (only just started and it's crap). Also had to read Jane Eyre recently (total bollocks!!)
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Post by likeasharkinafunnyhat on Oct 25, 2007 16:07:45 GMT
I don't normally read much normally, only newspapers and small things like that, but at the minute i'm reading Bruce Reynolds' autobiography (the great train robber) and am really suprised by how much i like it. I'm about half way through it and so far havnt been able to put it down. It's very interesting and in some places quite inspiring. I should proberly get out more  |
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Post by hallmackem on Oct 25, 2007 17:30:53 GMT
At the minute i'm reading stuff about Enzyme/Substrate reactions, specifically Catalase/Hydrogen Peroxide. For my Biology coursework.
Also have to read Pride + Prejudice for Literature, it's absolutely poo. But we did also watch a film adaptation with Keira Knightley in so it has it's upsides.
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Post by Rachael <3 on Oct 25, 2007 17:42:04 GMT
horsy books no suprise but non fiction . how to get the best out of your horse forgotten who it's by and also reading pippa funnel's autobiography for the millionth time, just finshed gerrards and chris moyles. anyway need to get a shower just finsished working at half 6 and going out tonight jinx was fine today but not that mean to ride him so jumped dotty instead all the pony care day kids were in :@ they do your head in fell in the muckheap lol, so funny |
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Post by Lukiebakercafc on Oct 25, 2007 18:07:08 GMT
Ben, i think Jane Eyre and Pride + Prejudice are of the same, excruciatingly dull mould!!
I'm also reading about the Italian Unification and examing the nuances of Stalin's Russia especially his plans for collectivisation and rapid industrialisation.
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Post by vplgringo on Oct 25, 2007 18:15:41 GMT
I recently read many of Marx's works for my masters dissertation. As a result my brain doesnt function well anymore.
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 18:17:13 GMT
At the minute i'm reading stuff about Enzyme/Substrate reactions, specifically Catalase/Hydrogen Peroxide. For my Biology coursework. Also have to read Pride + Prejudice for Literature, it's absolutely poo. But we did also watch a film adaptation with Keira Knightley in so it has it's upsides. Seems that when you are young you think classics like Jane Eyre and Pride and Predjudice are a load of bollocks.I dropped English Lit O level very sharpish too.As you get older you seem to apprieciate them more.I have read several books by Dickens and the Brontes,but when I was 16 there was no chance.... Incidentally Ben....just worked out why you put Keira Knightley as the most beautiful woman on the planet in your thread....Holmes must be brushing off on me... I wager there was a few of you guys sitting there with their mouth open watching the film...?Like Homer Simpson thinking about a duff beer...  |
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Post by Lukiebakercafc on Oct 25, 2007 18:21:20 GMT
Don't get me wrong Otto, Bronte's writing style and general prose is absolutely majestic and i fully appreciate that. However, the content and constant description of every little detail is just not up my boulevard.
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Post by hallmackem on Oct 25, 2007 18:24:43 GMT
At the minute i'm reading stuff about Enzyme/Substrate reactions, specifically Catalase/Hydrogen Peroxide. For my Biology coursework. Also have to read Pride + Prejudice for Literature, it's absolutely poo. But we did also watch a film adaptation with Keira Knightley in so it has it's upsides. Seems that when you are young you think classics like Jane Eyre and Pride and Predjudice are a load of bollocks.I dropped English Lit O level very sharpish too.As you get older you seem to apprieciate them more.I have read several books by Dickens and the Brontes,but when I was 16 there was no chance.... Incidentally Ben....just worked out why you put Keira Knightley as the most beautiful woman on the planet in your thread....Holmes must be brushing off on me... I wager there was a few of you guys sitting there with their mouth open watching the film...?Like Homer Simpson thinking about a duff beer... No we watched the poo bbc version in school, this one was for my own private viewing. But otherwise you deduced well Mr Holmes. I love literature just not that kind. I'm looking forward to the next section we get to though. Henry the fifth by 'The Bard' himself. |
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 18:25:58 GMT
And when I read them in later life I haven't got to write an essay about it....lol.
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 18:27:34 GMT
Seems that when you are young you think classics like Jane Eyre and Pride and Predjudice are a load of bollocks.I dropped English Lit O level very sharpish too.As you get older you seem to apprieciate them more.I have read several books by Dickens and the Brontes,but when I was 16 there was no chance.... Incidentally Ben....just worked out why you put Keira Knightley as the most beautiful woman on the planet in your thread....Holmes must be brushing off on me... I wager there was a few of you guys sitting there with their mouth open watching the film...?Like Homer Simpson thinking about a duff beer... No we watched the poo bbc version in school, this one was for my own private viewing. But otherwise you deduced well Mr Holmes. I love literature just not that kind. I'm looking forward to the next section we get to though. Henry the fifth by 'The Bard' himself. Shakespeare 9is bloody hard...in this instance I would watch the film starring Larry Olivier... |
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Post by hallmackem on Oct 25, 2007 18:27:48 GMT
Ben, i think Jane Eyre and Pride + Prejudice are of the same, excruciatingly dull mould!! I'm also reading about the Italian Unification and examing the nuances of Stalin's Russia especially his plans for collectivisation and rapid industrialisation. Is that when he forced peasants to farm and give all of their grain to the government. We did that at GCSE, i've forgotten it all now however. |
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Post by hallmackem on Oct 25, 2007 18:30:07 GMT
No we watched the poo bbc version in school, this one was for my own private viewing. But otherwise you deduced well Mr Holmes. I love literature just not that kind. I'm looking forward to the next section we get to though. Henry the fifth by 'The Bard' himself. Shakespeare 9is bloody hard...in this instance I would watch the film starring Larry Olivier... Well i haven't yet covered it in any detail, i studie Macbeth for my Sats but thats hardly an in depth analysis. Mind you i'm generally good when it comes to plays, i remember getting an A* in both pieces of coursework on Arthur Miller's 'A View From The Bridge' One of them was acting though, the other was a written essay. |
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Post by Lukiebakercafc on Oct 25, 2007 18:32:24 GMT
Ben, i think Jane Eyre and Pride + Prejudice are of the same, excruciatingly dull mould!! I'm also reading about the Italian Unification and examing the nuances of Stalin's Russia especially his plans for collectivisation and rapid industrialisation. Is that when he forced peasants to farm and give all of their grain to the government. We did that at GCSE, i've forgotten it all now however. Yep that's pretty much it (more complicated of course but ii'm not gonna go into it!!) |
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 18:38:53 GMT
I am currently reading The Hound of the Baskervilles.Nothing like the Rathbone/Cushing portrayal of Holmes but closer to Jeremy Brett's interpretation....really gripping stuff...
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Post by Lukiebakercafc on Oct 25, 2007 21:22:11 GMT
Bismarck, is the quote in your signature one of Sherlock's?
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 21:29:06 GMT
Yes Luke it is....I quite like it too...
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Post by Lukiebakercafc on Oct 25, 2007 21:30:25 GMT
It good, very appropriate and clever. Classic Sherlock!
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 22:36:55 GMT
Incidentally it is taken from the sign of four-I have not read it yet...
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 23:32:52 GMT
At the minute i'm reading stuff about Enzyme/Substrate reactions, specifically Catalase/Hydrogen Peroxide. For my Biology coursework. Also have to read Pride + Prejudice for Literature, it's absolutely poo. But we did also watch a film adaptation with Keira Knightley in so it has it's upsides. Just to prove I do work I am currently swotting up on our Enviromental Systems for the BSI Audit next week.I am the Manager on site and I will be grilled on our factories impact on the enviroment.... |
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Post by hallmackem on Oct 25, 2007 23:44:25 GMT
What does the factory produce Ottsy?
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Post by Bismarck on Oct 25, 2007 23:46:47 GMT
Steel Wire for the motor industry to make into screws or spring wire for beds...
(Ottsy-thats new....Tim calls me Bussy lol)
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Post by hallmackem on Oct 25, 2007 23:49:48 GMT
Thought it was Bissy? Thats just the tip of the iceberg, Tez is the next one |
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