Nothing In Particular

[Daniel Quinn]

19 years for a cat , that’s fantastic . S/he must have been happy and satisfied to stick around for that long .


Glad to see your feeling better and may be home soon Phil , I was in for a 104 days and was told no to my request to go home four times . I do hope the same doesn’t happen to you .

[simon]

A sad day Steve.

Glad you're feeling better Phil. Now I feel it's more appropriate to ask if you're sure the choice of undies wasn't yours?

[Ray P]

Had to take our 19yr old cat to be put to sleep yesterday. Upsetting, but he did live to a ripe old age.

A sad day Steve, I know how you're feeling.

[Ray P]

Get well soon Phil.

[Mike H]

Had to take our 19yr old cat to be put to sleep yesterday. Upsetting, but he did live to a ripe old age.

Sorry about that.

[Mike H]

Update.

I'm still in hospital, fit enough to get up to use toilet facilities.

Getting antibiotics and nebulisers daily, but hopefully may not be here much longer.

Fab! Any idea what's actually wrong with you? (Yeah nosey.)

[Cressy Snr]

Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts.

[Mike H]

Currently camping in Suffolk. Got a corner all to meself, it's like being in a meadow. Nice when the sun's out, not so much when the wind blows and it rains.

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I have been trying out an ex- army one day ration pack, it's surprisingly good!

[Ray P]

A former colleague has written a book about my workplace, the UK Hydrographic Office, during World War Two, when it supplied maritime charts to support the D-Day landings and many other operations.

https://www.somersethistory.com/product ... art-makers

[jack]

One for Morgan. Found in a massive bookshop in Dubai...

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[simon]

OMG I think I've got a nearly 40 years old Reynolds Reinforced Concrete upstairs somewhere

[Morgan Jones]

One for Morgan. Found in a massive bookshop in Dubai...

Thank you. One of my happiest moments was being taken to an Aladdin's cave of an electronics shop in Hong Kong. In addition to all sorts of thermionic goodies in the window was a copy of Valve Amplifiers. Stupidly, I failed to take a photograph. But I had a long chat with the proprietor (Mr Chan).

[jack]

One for Morgan. Found in a massive bookshop in Dubai...

Thank you. One of my happiest moments was being taken to an Aladdin's cave of an electronics shop in Hong Kong. In addition to all sorts of thermionic goodies in the window was a copy of Valve Amplifiers. Stupidly, I failed to take a photograph. But I had a long chat with the proprietor (Mr Chan).

That would have been in Mong Kok (Tak Fak Building?), not on the island. ISTR it was around Argyle or Apliu Street which is where all the real electronics (components etc.) shops are. Lots of back-street valve amp places, but no valves were cheap when I lived out there around 2007. I had a Chinese audiophile colleague who did the negotiating for me as, being a laowai/gweilo, if I asked the prices were silly, plus in that part of the city, very few spoke English.

My photo was taken in Kinokuniya, one of the world's biggest bookstores, in Dubai Mall (the 2nd largest mall in the world), Dubai.

Dubai Mall was horrible - I used to only go there for the cinema, the bookshop and a sports shop. I believe there were 1,200 shops in there. Hellish.

[Morgan Jones]

I've just checked where it was:

Hong Kong Bush
21-23 Man Yee Lane
Central
Hong Kong

It was a splendid shop and Mr Chan was a lovely chap; I could have spent hours (and lots of HK$ in there). Sadly, I am told Mr Chan died in 2005.

Sad that the Dubai bookshop had all its books sealed in shrink wrap. The pleasure of a bookshop is looking inside a book you never thought you'd be interested in and realising that your life would be incomplete without your very own copy. Oh, and a proper bookshop should be gloomy, dusty, and have an unfeasibly large number of uneven floors for its external height, with odd little doorways apparently made for gnomes. Books should overflow onto the floors. And final proof that it's a proper bookshop is that it's quite difficult to find any staff to give your money to. "Black Books" on C4 nailed it. There was one of those in Southampton but I expect it sells mobile 'phones now.

[jack]

I've just checked where it was:

Hong Kong Bush
21-23 Man Yee Lane
Central
Hong Kong

It was a splendid shop and Mr Chan was a lovely chap; I could have spent hours (and lots of HK$ in there). Sadly, I am told Mr Chan died in 2005.

Sad that the Dubai bookshop had all its books sealed in shrink wrap. The pleasure of a bookshop is looking inside a book you never thought you'd be interested in and realising that your life would be incomplete without your very own copy. Oh, and a proper bookshop should be gloomy, dusty, and have an unfeasibly large number of uneven floors for its external height, with odd little doorways apparently made for gnomes. Books should overflow onto the floors. And final proof that it's a proper bookshop is that it's quite difficult to find any staff to give your money to. "Black Books" on C4 nailed it. There was one of those in Southampton but I expect it sells mobile 'phones now.

Foyles used to be like that when Christina ran it. Maddening place - lots of nooks & crannies - literally millions of books but NOT ordered by subject - ordered by PUBLISHER! You had to queue 3 times to buy a book - 1. get an invoice. 2. pay the invoice. 3. get your book.

Just barkingly mad!

I used to live in Tunbridge Wells and we have Halls Bookshop - https://hallsbookshop.com/

When I lived there, it was owned by Sabrina (not the witch!) Izzard. Piles of books absolutely everywhere. She retired and sold it on in 2014 - rather tidier now...