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Is it just me, or is everything sh*t these days?

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    #11
    Everything is indeed poo, but that's as much to do with consumers wanting stuff "el cheapo", than it is to do with poor standards.
    Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

    C.S. Lewis

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      #12
      You want to live two miles from Saint Hill Manor. We must have the best stocked library in the UK for anyone who actually wants to read Ron Hubbard's crappy sci fi novels.
      bloggoth

      If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
      John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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        #13
        Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
        You want to live two miles from Saint Hill Manor. We must have the best stocked library in the UK for anyone who actually wants to read Ron Hubbard's crappy sci fi novels.
        So stop requesting them

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          #14
          Jack London ?
          I'll save you the trouble - here is a synopsis

          There was this dog right, a great big Allie. It was a happy dog till one day, right, it got kidnapped. Dognapped.
          It ended up pulling a sled in Alaska and fighting other dogs. One day its new owner died and the dog went native.
          the end.


          Tomorrow I will do war and peace.


          (\__/)
          (>'.'<)
          ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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            #15
            Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
            - 80% of the stock is on shelves but the KPI says it should be 100% on loan;
            surely that would make that particular library one of the worst libraries there is as nothing is available
            The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek Points

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              #16
              Check out Project Gutenberg for the classics for free. I spent an enjoyable contract once reading them all.
              Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                #17
                Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
                Tomorrow I will do war and peace.
                I'll save you the trouble:

                The army marched forward. The army marched back.



                (Alternatively, it is currently being read on Radio 7. Part 1 of 10 is today.)
                Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

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                  #18
                  And if you missed it you could get it on iplayer!
                  Pleomax

                  This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
                    I'll save you the trouble:

                    The army marched forward. The army marched back.



                    (Alternatively, it is currently being read on Radio 7. Part 1 of 10 is today.)
                    a good story must have a beginning, a middle and an end.
                    where's you middle bit ?


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                    ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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