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  1. Ah, tennis. Like the Olympics, it's the sport for people who don't watch sports. If only the BBC could lose this particular piece of the "Crown Jewels".....
  2. More John, this time with Bert.
  3. Could be a long thread....
  4. Do people really still use the word "Bravo"?
  5. I think buyers equate a number of rare/sought-after titles with the seller being reliable, and combined shipping probably helps. Hoffmanites?
  6. The door was a solid professional, a pleasure to work with, so it got the gig for volume 2....
  7. More of a gate really...
  8. My copy of The Brothers Karamazov is still bookmarked from the time I gave up on it in 1997.
  9. Recently been on holiday, where I read: Kurt Vonnegut - Bluebeard (my favourite Vonnegut) James Ellroy - White Jazz Donald Goines - Dopefiend Donald Goines - Inner City Hoodlum (very disappointing)
  10. But which performance is best?
  11. Banks announced plans to phase out the cheque here about 18 months ago. A people's revolt got the decision overturned.
  12. I agree. It's surely an affectation, in the US / Europe at least (MG's post about sales being huge in Africa is duly noted).
  13. My 2006 Transit van has a cassette player in it, which I find odd, as cassettes seem to have been hopelessly outdated for decades. I don't use cassettes at all now, but I've certainly had plenty of them in my car over the years, recorded from (other people's) records or CDs.
  14. All my stereo gear is old (turntable is 40, amp is 30, CD player nearly 25). I have a King Cleveland alto saxophone which I think dates from the mid-50s, and my dad's old Fender Jazzmaster guitar. I think that's over 50, though the neck is younger - replaced in 1977.
  15. I wasn't having a pop. While I'd like to think I could distinguish between say New York and Mississippi, I couldn't tell differences in other US accents, as you suggest.
  16. My wife is from Leigh, Lancashire. Years before I met her, she worked as an au pair in Florida. She became friends with another English woman, from Brighton. My wife said that every local they met couldn't tell the difference in their accents.
  17. # Maybe aggressive is a bit strong - indignant maybe?
  18. Centaurea montana AKA Knapweed AKA perennial cornflower.
  19. Enos versus Morrisseys mooted for future "All Star Family Fortunes" this Autumn
  20. Mr and Mrs John Lydon on next week's show.
  21. The loss of most of one's dignity, marriage and a 9 month stint in a psychiatric ward, all to play somebody else's 200 year old music? Hope it was worth it. Actually, add to the rewards a new-found legion of Guardian-reading fans.
  22. "Look everyone, I'm hanging with Riccardo"
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