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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 2, 2014 4:03:52 GMT
Great finds although they stoke a chord of misery with me. I feel for you Craig, I really do! |
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 2, 2014 7:12:49 GMT
Here's those Wheatley's on the shelf - love the yellow spines:  |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 2, 2014 7:41:42 GMT
Great finds although they stoke a chord of misery with me. I feel for you Craig, I really do! Thank you. it still hurts after all these years. in fact I'm seeing my brother on Thursday and I think I'll bring it up.  |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 2, 2014 7:42:08 GMT
Here's those Wheatley's on the shelf - love the yellow spines: I just love that look. It says it all. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 2, 2014 9:33:50 GMT
I feel for you Craig, I really do! Thank you. it still hurts after all these years. in fact I'm seeing my brother on Thursday and I think I'll bring it up. You should be able to find more convincing costumes this time. |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 2, 2014 15:13:58 GMT
Brilliant. I think I'll remind him after a few pints. "Right bro. Wear this or I shoot to kill"  |
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 2, 2014 15:26:54 GMT
My daughter and her husband recently went to a fancy dress party dressed as Batman and Robin. But, being a big Only Fools and Horses fan, Cassie, who is five feet six, went as Batman, while Alan, who is six feet two, went as Robin.  |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 2, 2014 15:42:50 GMT
I can only say David that is witty and they look extremely cool. Think of the miserable little kid wearing a pair of trunks, a cut out paper mask and a white bed sheet.
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Post by David A. Riley on Apr 2, 2014 15:45:30 GMT
The things we did as kids! Though I must admit I was never coerced into wearing anything like that! |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Apr 2, 2014 15:59:35 GMT
I would've said that the Robin look wasn't good for anyone, but apparently Burt Ward had quite the wild time during his days wearing the costume.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Apr 2, 2014 17:02:58 GMT
I would've said that the Robin look wasn't good for anyone, but apparently Burt Ward had quite the wild time during his days wearing the costume. I read the blurb for that - 'my life in tights' funny as hell. I didn't go down that path but remain mentally scarred. |
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 19, 2014 7:52:46 GMT
Went out for Easter coffee and cake and picked up this at an op shop for .50c:  |
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Post by jamesdoig on May 5, 2014 21:19:40 GMT
As that last post seems to have ended life as we know it, here's the nice Panther edition of J.G. Ballard's The Crystal World, for a buck at the junk shop:  |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on May 7, 2014 12:18:29 GMT
Not seen that Crystal World cover. From memory it was a cracking read although some of Ballard seems to have dated a little. Just reread Empire of the Sun and although that was the death knell for his SF it is a tremendous book. I think Ballard is one of the few modern English authors to have coined a verb out of his name.
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Post by jamesdoig on May 9, 2014 11:13:41 GMT
Not seen that Crystal World cover. From memory it was a cracking read although some of Ballard seems to have dated a little. /quote] I read Running Wild a few years back, which wasn't bad - Clock Orangeish. I've always meant to read Crash, but haven't got around to it yet. A biography of him recently appeared by John Baxter, author of the classic book collecting memoir, A Pound of Paper, but I hear it's pretty ordinary. |
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