Army Thread 20th November

[stirly-girly]

Army Thread 20th November

:H:H Look who snuck in when I wasn't looking... Hiya Reccie!!!

[one2many]

Army Thread 20th November

Orf to a mediumship demonstration this evening , will check in when I get back.

BE GOOD!

[Recluse]

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Hello stirly!

I'm back with the aforementioned cuppa. Sounds like you had a nice day.

[Recluse]

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Hi oney, don't forget to tell us all about it when you get back.

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread 20th November

Evening All,

JC reporting for duty for the evening shift.

KTabbers, if you need a reference I'm yer woman.

Mr JC tidied a mass of old books out of the loft so I've got a load to go to charity and a load of books I haven't read for ages and ages. Oh and he found my leather bound copy of Wuthering Heights that my Nana bought for my 16th birthday. I'm well pleased.

[Recluse]

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Evening Jackie

Onto cuppa number two now.

Do you read a lot? I used to a loooong time ago, but got out of the habit. Can't seem to maintain the momentum to finish off a book nowadays.

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread 20th November

Oh if this was a first edition,Molls. I'd be basking on a beach in Barbados. Mind you we do have a first edition Enid Blyton.............Five go to the Circus.

I :h reading. I let it go too when I was drinking up a storm could just about manage a glossy mag now and again.

Was it nice and sunny today Stirls, it's been bitterly cold here.

[JackieClaire]

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Trouble is it's not mine. The daughter was given it by my Auntie.

Oh I used to love library day when I was a kid. Me Mammy used to go every Wednesday morning to change the books.

Claudine at St Clare's was my favourite. And I felt so grown up when I read my first Agatha Christie.

[Recluse]

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mollyka;1211925 wrote: Hey Reccie, missed you there! Dyano when I was a kid I used to devour books, the trip to the library was heaven on a sat. morn. I was like that until about 10 years ago, and I just couldn't get interested in any book - discarded dozens half way through. I really didn't tie it in with the drinking, cos the 'disinterest' started before I was really 'problem' drinking, but oh yes, they are so linked with me anyhows. I am now loving reading again, actually look forward to going to bed to read the next chapters. It's a very big thing to me, if I've less than 3 books lined up that I want to read now I get panicky --- sorry I know you were asking Jackser, but .... well I just butted in I s'pose

Hello molly , yep I used to read in bed and would fall asleep with the book in my hand and the light still on. I have a feeling that the drinking interfered with my reading too, same as with you. No, you're not butting in :l, what sort of books do you read? Actually, I'd be interested to hear what any of the troopers read.

[stirly-girly]

Army Thread 20th November

one2many;1211907 wrote: Orf to a mediumship demonstration this evening , will check in when I get back.

BE GOOD!Have a good time. Oh, and you forgot to tell us if Wob liked the spuds....

Recluse;1211909 wrote: Hello stirly!

I'm back with the aforementioned cuppa. Sounds like you had a nice day.

A lovely day indeed, Reccie. Sunny and with just a light breeze for a change. And I so enjoy walks by the sea.
JackieClaire;1211912 wrote: Evening All,

JC reporting for duty for the evening shift.

KTabbers, if you need a reference I'm yer woman.

Mr JC tidied a mass of old books out of the loft so I've got a load to go to charity and a load of books I haven't read for ages and ages. Oh and he found my leather bound copy of Wuthering Heights that my Nana bought for my 16th birthday. I'm well pleased.

:wavin: Jackie - good news about that leather bound book. That's something you wouldn't want to lose.

Speaking of old books - on the way back to the car after our long walk around Athens yesterday, we went through the National Park which is right next to Constitution Square. At one of the buildings, we saw a lot of cars parked outside, which is unusual, so we decided to go see what was going on. I'm a born snoop, period. Luckily, Mr. Stirly goes along with me. Anyway, as we approached, we saw people coming out with clear plastic bags with gift-wrapped parcels and such in them and I said - :yay: a Christmas bazaar!! And that's what it was. Unfortunately, we didn't have much time to look at the tables and displays, but what I bee-lined to as soon as I saw it was a table of used books. Paperbacks here are rather expensive and I rarely buy them so when I saw the sign - 2 books for 1 euro - I headed straight there. Ended up with 8 books total - 2 by Ken Follett, 1 each by Erich Segal, Rosamunde Pilcher, Victoria Fyodorova, John Grisham, Colleen McCollough and Arthur Hailey. Then I bought a raffle ticket for 10 euro and won a lovely bracelet from this store...

http://www.annamariamazaraki.gr/EN/index.php?ID=RhvUlIrFuVJHYz88_EN

which is worth at least 30 euro. I was chuffed to bits. inkele:

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

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Evening again, flying visit before my dinner. Thanks everyone for your kind words and support. Just thinking I have never signed on a day in 32 yrs working and don't plan to start now, fingers crossed I find something very soon. I imagine dec & jan most companies don't hire and I can't survive for another 12 weeks.
Now to books, well Reccie I love biographies and have read quite a lot. When I was drinking heavily I quite regularly used to have to reread whole chapters again as I wouldn't remember what I had read half drunk.

[JackieClaire]

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Well KTabbers, there's a bed here for you, if you get a job over here.

[Recluse]

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Oh, what kind of people do you like to read about, ktabs?

[JackieClaire]

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Stirls, that bracelet is gorgeous.

Now to books. Crikey now you're asking. Depends on what I'm in the mood for. Could be a nice big bonk-buster to something like Madam Bovary via Stephen King.

Stirls, Mr JC lurves John Grisham.

[pingu1997]

Army Thread 20th November

wensleydale cheese with cranberries

I could eat the whole damn pack, even after all that lunch earlier

evening everyone x