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Liverpool vs Stoke - 12.45pm BT Sport (UK)

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Silver Sean said:
I'm even more confused than normal now. On side note I was up till about 2am last night reading Flashman's Lady.
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AAAaaaah im only up to Royal Flash. Fantastic stuff isnt it. James Bond of an era past.....with cowardice thrown in.
Incidentally I read a couple of your blogs (which marry to the subject here within that holds interest to me for a number of reasons). I have been in all the bookshops you mention (and Shakespeare and Co in Paris is a great one you didnt) and I agree and hope that they will see a resurgence much in the way a lot of independent record stores are now. I grew up working in record shops, from a tiny wee age, and still spend as much time in them (for what they are worth nowadays) as I can, likewise bookstores. Soulful and beautiful places. The problem is a life in general problem though not a cost. People see themselves as too busy, too involved in the trappings of their (created) life to bother with HA shopping. The internet is the lazy option. I hate it for that. Fuck I hate the internet in general.
But regarding kindles. You are wrong. I own hundreds and hundreds of books and will not stop buying them or reading them, but in much the same way I still own a record collection, my iPod sits alongside that. It wont replace it, but I love both. I got a kindle for my birthday recently and I have been like you 'NO NO NO' but its great. I took it on holiday and read the complete works of Sherlock Holmes. A book I would never have taken with me had I not bought it on Kindle (for 79p). I would have taken Flashman or something else small and packable. And I dont have a problem with paying 79p for a book by a dead author, and can content myself because it wont stop me paying 7.99 for the book of a living one.
 
Herr Onceared said:
AAAaaaah im only up to Royal Flash. Fantastic stuff isnt it. James Bond of an era past.....with cowardice thrown in.
Incidentally I read a couple of your blogs (which marry to the subject here within that holds interest to me for a number of reasons). I have been in all the bookshops you mention (and Shakespeare and Co in Paris is a great one you didnt) and I agree and hope that they will see a resurgence much in the way a lot of independent record stores are now. I grew up working in record shops, from a tiny wee age, and still spend as much time in them (for what they are worth nowadays) as I can, likewise bookstores. Soulful and beautiful places. The problem is a life in general problem though not a cost. People see themselves as too busy, too involved in the trappings of their (created) life to bother with HA shopping. The internet is the lazy option. I hate it for that. Fuck I hate the internet in general.
But regarding kindles. You are wrong. I own hundreds and hundreds of books and will not stop buying them or reading them, but in much the same way I still own a record collection, my iPod sits alongside that. It wont replace it, but I love both. I got a kindle for my birthday recently and I have been like you 'NO NO NO' but its great. I took it on holiday and read the complete works of Sherlock Holmes. A book I would never have taken with me had I not bought it on Kindle (for 79p). I would have taken Flashman or something else small and packable. And I dont have a problem with paying 79p for a book by a dead author, and can content myself because it wont stop me paying 7.99 for the book of a living one.
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I'm sure I am, as usual, behind the times. I resisted CDs and an iPod but succumbed eventually, so I'm sure I'll just get into Kindles at some point. I'd just be very sad if I can't browse in a book shop one day.

Yes, Flashman is excellent fun. Very clever trick writing such an anti-hero that the reader still roots for. I love my anti-heroes. I read the first five about 6 years ago, and the wife and I are trying to reread the books we have instead of buying more at the moment, so I'm back on Flash. Finding this one a bit dull compared. It was written later, even though chronologically it is third in the series. Loads about cricket, which is not really my thing but he's off to Madagascar soon so I'm sure it will start ripping along. Funnily enough I read about six Bond books recently too. He's a complex little pirate isn't he? A more damaged, pissed and misogynistic character you'd struggle to find. The amount he drinks is staggering.

Thanks for reading the blog. Haven't written one for a while as I've been finishing a novel of my own for an agent. Maybe I'll write one on the dangers of locking horns with strangers on the internet...
 
I realise we have gone off football topics.

So my prediction is we win 2-1. Anything other than a win doesn't bear thinking about.
 
Silver Sean said:
My deleted post was deleted because I realised that I was in the middle of justifying my family's history to someone I don't know or care about. And I was using some language about you that I would have regretted had I pressed send.

Not sure what you mean by my sense of humour.

If you're that obsessed with me you can read about Kenny waking me out my coma after Hillsborough here.

Or read my blog on my involvement in Hillborough here

Or you can just fuck off.
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You might want to delete those links as well Sean. Giving too much away on an internet forum mate.
 
I wouldn't worry too much ff. If someone's mad enough to do something stupid & track someone down off the net to do it they can find out your address & details relatively easily whether you post your name or not.
 
Frogfish said:
You might want to delete those links as well Sean. Giving too much away on an internet forum mate.
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One is just a link to the Mirror serialisation of Kenny's book. No worries there.
The other is my blog. The more the merrier.
Thanks though.
 
Frogfish said:
I can't read the blog here (bloody censorship) but I was thinking of the family name in the other link. Though you're right of course.
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Where are you living? It's funny living in UK now I never think about censorship. Amazing how easy it is to forget the freedoms we have here.
Well, my Dad died a few years ago, my sister is married, and my Mum remarried. I'm the only one left with that surname. Even the wife kept her own name!
 
Silver Sean said:
Where are you living? It's funny living in UK now I never think about censorship. Amazing how easy it is to forget the freedoms we have here.
Well, my Dad died a few years ago, my sister is married, and my Mum remarried. I'm the only one left with that surname. Even the wife kept her own name!
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I live in China mate - Facebook, anything with 'blog' in the address, Twitter, etc. etc. all banned (and my VPN is down at the moment so I can't bypass the controls) *sighs*
 
red_maradona said:
I have a sneaky feeling Alberto will start in the middle, hopefully ahead of Lucas as BR will be looking for goals.
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Not convinced by a Allen-Gerrard axis. I think once Alberto beds in, he's more likely to displace Allen as the most forward of a midfield three. Aspas will probably be the only new face in the starting lineup.
 
Anyone else bricking it? Fucking hell I'm nervous and excited. Must win and a good start is needed.
 
Herr Onceared said:
AAAaaaah im only up to Royal Flash. Fantastic stuff isnt it. James Bond of an era past.....with cowardice thrown in.
Incidentally I read a couple of your blogs (which marry to the subject here within that holds interest to me for a number of reasons). I have been in all the bookshops you mention (and Shakespeare and Co in Paris is a great one you didnt) and I agree and hope that they will see a resurgence much in the way a lot of independent record stores are now. I grew up working in record shops, from a tiny wee age, and still spend as much time in them (for what they are worth nowadays) as I can, likewise bookstores. Soulful and beautiful places. The problem is a life in general problem though not a cost. People see themselves as too busy, too involved in the trappings of their (created) life to bother with HA shopping. The internet is the lazy option. I hate it for that. Fuck I hate the internet in general.
But regarding kindles. You are wrong. I own hundreds and hundreds of books and will not stop buying them or reading them, but in much the same way I still own a record collection, my iPod sits alongside that. It wont replace it, but I love both. I got a kindle for my birthday recently and I have been like you 'NO NO NO' but its great. I took it on holiday and read the complete works of Sherlock Holmes. A book I would never have taken with me had I not bought it on Kindle (for 79p). I would have taken Flashman or something else small and packable. And I dont have a problem with paying 79p for a book by a dead author, and can content myself because it wont stop me paying 7.99 for the book of a living one.
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I think you will find that Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character & not an author and so there is no "complete works" of his. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, now, is another matter altogether.

I bought my wife a Kindle for Christmas and I have hardly put it down since. Last week I was reading a paperback and found myself tapping the page instead of turning it ....
 
I'm backing Enrique to score. Both his goals have come in the 17th of the month and he'll be busting a gut given Cissokho's signing. And it's Stoke. Managed by Mark Hughes.
 
I'm discarding all logic and predicting a 3 - 1 win with Coutinho pulling the strings and Sturridge getting on the score sheet picking up where they left off from last season.

We will inevitably give away a soft goal at some point in the game, nowhere close to the minute I predicted in the other therad
 
tombrown said:
I think you will find that Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character & not an author and so there is no "complete works" of his. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, now, is another matter altogether.

I bought my wife a Kindle for Christmas and I have hardly put it down since. Last week I was reading a paperback and found myself tapping the page instead of turning it ....
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Pedantry is frowned upon in my book.....no pun intended.
 
I fancy us today, I think it'll be a battle as always, but as I said recently, SURELY some footballing side is due to absolutely steamroll Stoke.
 
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