Reply to: Holiday Reading

[shaunbhoy]

The thing is you're still insisting, like the country bumpkin you are, you are that losing a passport and expecting it to be replaced the same day is a reasonable expectation.

It is entirely reasonable for those of us that do not accept mediocrity. I can see why you might struggle with that concept however. The path of your life has been strewn with the humble acceptance of shoddy performance.
We are all in the gutter sg, but some of us are looking at the stars!

[sasguru]

At least I got to choose for myself. And of course intelligent people never get their pockets picked, do they?


You ought to be safe anyway, no self-respecting criminal will be venturing out in the deluges you will be subjected to in the steaming mangrove swamp you have selected for your hols.

Pathetic riposte.
But it couldn't be anything else, given the accuracy of my previous post, eh?

The thing is you're still insisting, like the country bumpkin you are, you are that losing a passport and expecting it to be replaced the same day is a reasonable expectation.

So no, intelligent people take precautions about getting their pockets picked.
The thing is pickpockets know to target the gormless looking.

[shaunbhoy]

It seems that "marrying intelligent" was beyond you

At least I got to choose for myself. And of course intelligent people never get their pockets picked, do they?


You ought to be safe anyway, no self-respecting criminal will be venturing out in the deluges you will be subjected to in the steaming mangrove swamp you have selected for your hols.

[sasguru]

I am sure they have already bottomed out the whole "marrying well" route to filthy lucre without your advice though sas.

It seems that "marrying intelligent" was beyond you, judging by Passportgate.
Hardly surprising though, given what you had to offer in the brains department.

[mudskipper]

This always used to be because eBooks incur VAT whereas physical books don't. But this may have changed since I stopped working in publishing

This is still the case, however I'd assume that the reduced production costs could absorb the difference.

Paperback: £6.52
Kindle: £8.99

Even with my maffs, I reckon that's more than 20%.

[shaunbhoy]

Ta. Have got the 2nd one - seems very topical for my holiday reading

I am sure they have already bottomed out the whole "marrying well" route to filthy lucre without your advice though sas.

[Ketchup]

Both look good.

Annoys me when kindle version is dearer than paperback, so have gone for the former.

This always used to be because eBooks incur VAT whereas physical books don't. But this may have changed since I stopped working in publishing

[mudskipper]

2 recent reads i can recommend are:

Nothing To Envy


and How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

I will be very surprised if the latter is not on the Man Booker longlist announced next week.

Both look good.

Annoys me when kindle version is dearer than paperback, so have gone for the former.

[darmstadt]

Need to take some crayons as well: Amazon.com: Color My Boobs!: A Titillating Coloring Book for Adults (9780937609606): D.D. Stacks, Billy Armstrong, Chad Powers III: Books

[sasguru]

2 recent reads i can recommend are:

Nothing To Envy


and How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

I will be very surprised if the latter is not on the Man Booker longlist announced next week.

Ta. Have got the 2nd one - seems very topical for my holiday reading

[OwlHoot]

You need a book so it isnt so blatant

A book with a heart-shaped hole in it to peep through, like your avatar

[Pondlife]

I usually take a massive pile of books and don't read any of them except the guide book. I've been rereading Russell's history of western philosophy for a decade. Murakami or Iain M Banks tend to get ploughed through though.

No kindle?

[Mich the Tester]

If I'm on a sun lounger I'm staring at some birds arse, not a book.

Try this one and you might get a bit closer to her arse;

Forever Laid Formula: Best Ways To Get Women To Sleep With You. How To Seduce Any Woman And Get Laid Now. Easy Seduction And Dating Tips For Men.: Taylor Timms: 9780986600425: Amazon.com: Books

[sasguru]

I can't imagine a holiday so boring with so little interaction that there's much time to sit and read a book? What sort of saddos are you people?

Christ I'm hiring speed boats and renting a jeep and travelling round meeting people, going to pool parties, going horse riding on the beach etc....

May as well holiday in your local library.

What a stud and social butterfly you are.
And there we were thinking you're a sad, lonely, divorced, middle-aged man living in Swindon who hasn't travelled out of Europe.

[Ketchup]

If I'm on a sun lounger I'm staring at some birds arse, not a book.

You need a book so it isnt so blatant