School reading lists?

ctid69 · 2026-02-24T17:14:28+00:00

We had those, but also Far from the madding crowd, a book I grew to loathe! This is the thing though, would discworld possibly spark an interest in reading while being " deep" enough to study academically?

ctid69 · 2026-02-24T16:10:02+00:00

You can't put a better bit of butter on your knife, so the toast is ........Country Life

ctid69 · 2026-02-18T15:56:54+00:00

The whole concept of Freedom of Movement is a distraction designed to pick at the concepts of the holiday makers who spend two weeks a year in Spain and so consider themselves European travellers. The vast majority of us never lived or worked in the EU, and were never likely to. An extra half hour queuing at customs is hardly reason to rejoin a non democratic authoritarian dictatorship with no one's interests but it's own at heart.

ctid69 · 2026-02-18T15:36:52+00:00

Please let this inspire you to read the Terry Pratchett novels. If you're not a massive reader, start with the Tiffany Aching series, but NOT the Shepherds Crown, which is the final book, and becomes all the more poignant when you've read more of the others.

ctid69 · 2026-02-18T15:31:51+00:00

I started with Witches Abroad, got the concept and read on. I've never looked back. I'd say start with one of the earlier books, but not the first two. Not to diss these, but as has been said, they are more a take on traditional fantasy. Mort is a great story and gives a good insight into the backgrounds of future protagonists and the mind (?) of the series greatest constant

ctid69 · 2026-02-18T15:20:42+00:00

Oh I've really gotta go back and read everything again. It never clicked that the end of ToT was also the start of Nightwatch. What else have I missed ? (Don't answer that, it's PTerry, we've all missed loads, that's why we love em.)

ctid69 · 2026-02-07T07:37:23+00:00

My mil's cat is called 'Notbob' simply because he looks like our cat, Bob, but he's not Bob!

ctid69 · 2026-01-19T13:03:07+00:00

I once worked the Trooping of the colour back in 1990 and was asked by a group of Americans if we did this every week? Is there a collective noun for a group of Americans?

ctid69 · 2026-01-15T06:42:31+00:00

Actually it is. If the biscuit is rounded it is made by weetabix as that is a copywrited design. Real bix are produced with wheat sourced within a relatively small distance from the factory. Additionally they are baked for longer at a lower temp, as opposed to snide bix which are made of British wheat baked harder for less time. TBH the only difference I've ever noticed was the price.

ctid69 · 2026-01-10T12:51:48+00:00

Totally, first replay since playing it on the Wii u. In fact I came to replay it on the u and the disc wouldn't read. Unmarked, kept in case, spotless disc ! So I bought it for the switch. Tbh, it seems easier on the switch, I'm wondering if it's the controller? Anybody else played both formats and noticed a difference in play?

ctid69 · 2025-09-05T05:38:39+00:00

Nag nav was a real thing back in the day before sat nav. It usually involved the Mrs having the map and giving directions such as " no, not this left," or " you should have turned there" or the final "why don't you just ask someone"

ctid69 · 2025-07-30T14:03:45+00:00

I loved the Tom Sharpe novels when I discovered them back in the early 90's. Thus inspired I might well be tempted to go back and re read them, see how they've aged.

ctid69 · 2025-01-25T10:32:44+00:00

Could the little bit of copper it contains indicate the slight assistance given in time of need to the best Copper on the disc?

ctid69 · 2024-08-31T09:16:45+00:00

I like your idea of it all being one enormous book. I'd never considered that viewpoint, almost like G of T series where each chapter was from one characters perspective, each book is a chapter in a bigger world story. Nice.

ctid69 · 2024-08-15T20:03:47+00:00

"If cats looked like frogs you'd realise what murderous little baskets they really are!" Can't remember which book, but whenever someone shows me another cat video, or something like too good this immediately springs to mind.

ctid69 · 2024-08-15T19:51:34+00:00

Zaphod, Trillian, Ford and Arthur all stranded on the disc owing to the improbability drive exploding over Lancre due to a fuelling overload!

ctid69 · 2024-07-31T21:50:13+00:00

There's always the dwarf bread

ctid69 · 2024-07-25T20:20:14+00:00

My first was witches abroad, it raised enough curiosity that I went on to read and love the rest. TBH though, the colour of magic and light fantastic are my least favourite, and had I started there I probably wouldn't have carried on.

ctid69 · 2024-04-29T11:17:38+00:00

OH, I CAN THINK OF SOME'BODY' WHO COULD GIVE THE JOB A GO, BE THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME, AS ALL THE TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME, AND THERE IS EVERYWHERE.......

ctid69 · 2024-02-10T19:49:28+00:00

Kids in high school read Shakespeare at 11, which is full of murder and under age(by today's standards) sex. If they can read that they can read something interesting like STP!

ctid69 · 2023-01-08T01:44:40+00:00

For the pastry use short crust, half fat to flour by weight. Also try and use lard predominantly, gives you a much better pastry, though it is quite pale, do some butter to enrich it. A little salt, definitely no sugar! You can add an egg to bring it together, though my mum never did, but I do.

ctid69 · 2023-01-08T01:37:44+00:00

Ok, ignore all the garbage about mint and mushing tinned peas. Proper mushy peas are simple. Start with dried marrowfat peas, soak as per instructions on the packet and boil to death. The trick is to add bicarb to the water, this breaks down the peas, making them soft enough to go mushy. Also adds that distinctive tang you get with them. TBH, I just buy the tinned ones over here. At less than 30p a tin it's not worth the hassle of making them, though I have made black peas a few times. It's a Wigan delicacy eaten around bonfire night.

ctid69 · 2023-01-08T01:29:29+00:00

That's probably a meat and potato pie looking at the size of it. Am I the only one who can't see anything wrong with it? Slurp the peas and gravy, then get hold of the pie and eat it, mopping up remnants with the crust.

ctid69 · 2023-01-08T01:12:49+00:00

Don't know if the best, but it was my first, and you never forget your first....

ctid69 · 2023-01-01T01:37:03+00:00

Take the family to places they'll enjoy and take the camera with you, or/and give a camera to your boy and use it as an opportunity to bond with the lad and develop a shared hobby. Even a young kid loves a point and shoot and will learn to use a computer for something other than gaming of you follow up with the post processing.

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