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  1. #171
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    Read a bit of that a while ago. Seemed a good read. Tough times for survival
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  2. #172
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    Vernon Coleman - Living in a fascist country
    Our education is wrong, it takes no note of the subtleties of human nature, it places more importance on the memory of an individual than how memorable an individual is. Bernard Sumner 1995

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    Just arrived. 'Neuromancer' by William Gibson. The story on which the movie The Matrix was based.



    Hope it's as good as the movie, which I still find stunning.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Just finishing Paul Antony Jones latest book in The Extinction Point series
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extinction-...der_B074DYRHMX
    A very good read if you like science fiction
    I only ride 'em, I don't know what makes 'em work

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oddball View Post
    Just finishing Paul Antony Jones latest book in The Extinction Point series
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extinction-...der_B074DYRHMX
    A very good read if you like science fiction
    Am getting Book 1 on your recommendation- better be good or you're in trouble !

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    Currently reading 'Shutter Island' by Dennis Lehane. I'm enjoying this. A twisty tale indeed!



    Shame the movie has Di'crap'rio in it.
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  7. #177
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    Yellowthread Street. William Marshall
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    The Ladybird Book of Audio
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    The Ladybird Book of Audio
    That sounds interesting, I think I'll seek that out. Are Ladybird books still made 50 pages long?

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    Gone to sea in a bucket by David Black: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...eries_rw_dp_sw

    Think Hornblower in a WW2 Submarine and you'll get the idea. This is the first of a trilogy and they're all riveting reading.

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