All of us heading to car boot sales over weekend.
Lets see this Catherine Cookson yin.
Do you like her books?
Beeep. Nut. And neither does any kante else it seems
He uses it as a wee side earner, easy money tbf
He's said he's been jarred a couple times at charity shops when buying total random books.
He just tells them he's learning to read
‘I just bought a book from the dollar store for a dollar’
A shop that does what it says on the tin.
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I love audio books, especially just before bedtime, my fav is “54 Short Tales Of Erotica”
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What do you do with the other 53?
Tell them I have a headache.
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‘I just bought a book from the dollar store for a dollar’
A shop that does what it says on the tin.
Cannae remember who it was, but some Kant back home and done sketch and went into a pound store and kept asking the guy “How much is this” The guy was about to throttle him
Now and then the kids get a book voucher through school to use at Waterstones but as for going to a bookshop as first port of call absolutely never do and it's a matter of when not if they'll go bust. It's a shame as the experience of going to a bookshop is valuable but places such as Waterstones are anything but cheap and eventually will get squeezed out by more £ shops and Home and Bargain etc.
Personally I find abebooks.co.uk to be very good on prices and have ordered plenty from them for myself and my kids, use Ebay sometimes too.
"my fav is “54 Short Tales Of Erotica”
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Going for 55?
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Here in America the only book stores doing fantastic business is places like Bookmans, huge stores but it is all second hand books, Games and figurines, sort of like a pawn store for geeks.
I imagine that these will be the only book stores to survive.
Only big one we have left in Tucson is two Barnes and Nobles and they are always dead, not long too go.
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posted 1 minute ago
"my fav is “54 Short Tales Of Erotica”
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Going for 55?
Of course what would be the point not too
I'm rarely in the town anymore, but any time I pass Waterstones I head in and eventually leave £30 lighter 😂
re
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posted 8 seconds ago
I'm rarely in the town anymore, but any time I pass Waterstones I head in and eventually leave £30 lighter
Is that cos Zach just pick potted you?
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"my fav is “54 Short Tales Of Erotica”
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Going for 55?
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😂😂😂😂
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Well least it’s not 49 short tales of erotica
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Think the last book I read was in higher English, back when I was 16.
Used to read a lot as a kid but nothing kills passion like being forced to read and analyse books for school. Well, that and the internet/video games.
Mid summers nights dream, got suspense from school for three day cos I said to the English Lit teacher that Shakespeare was probably a Nonce
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posted 11 minutes ago
Mid summers nights dream, got suspense from school for three day cos I said to the English Lit teacher that Shakespeare was probably a Nonce
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I got suspense at school too
I didn’t know what bully was going to hit me first each day
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comment by I am just McCann these days, Unless I am pumpi... (U21454)
posted 11 minutes ago
Mid summers nights dream, got suspense from school for three day cos I said to the English Lit teacher that Shakespeare was probably a Nonce
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I got suspense at school too
I didn’t know what bully was going to hit me first each day
Wasn’t usually bullies, I ran a small scale bookies at school, I wasn’t a very good bookie, luckily the school had 4 entrances, my Bomkies closed due to bankruptcy
How the feck is Bomkies a correction of Bookies?
my Bomkies closed due to bankruptcy
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Club, mate.
It’s spelled ‘club’.
Bit late to the party here, but I am 100% for physical books. I spend enough time at work staring at a screen so it's good to read a bit of printed paper. There's definitely something to the tactile nature of it too, and the same reason I still buy records for music. I still use Spotify a LOT for discovering new music or listening away from home and the subscription is well worth it, but for collecting and listening at home, nothing beats vinyl.
Away book shopping with a pal next weekend, we'll hit the second hand stores around great western road. I only tend to buy from Waterstones if I consistently can't find what I'm after second hand.
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posted on 7/9/18
All of us heading to car boot sales over weekend.
Lets see this Catherine Cookson yin.
Do you like her books?
Beeep. Nut. And neither does any kante else it seems
posted on 7/9/18
He uses it as a wee side earner, easy money tbf
posted on 7/9/18
He's said he's been jarred a couple times at charity shops when buying total random books.
He just tells them he's learning to read
posted on 7/9/18
‘I just bought a book from the dollar store for a dollar’
A shop that does what it says on the tin.
posted on 7/9/18
comment by PointyBirds (U21890)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by I am just McCann these days, Unless I am pumpin ye and ye want to call me Daddy (U21454)
posted 11 minutes ago
I love audio books, especially just before bedtime, my fav is “54 Short Tales Of Erotica”
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What do you do with the other 53?
Tell them I have a headache.
posted on 7/9/18
mplain | Share
comment by My POV (U10636)
posted 1 minute ago
‘I just bought a book from the dollar store for a dollar’
A shop that does what it says on the tin.
Cannae remember who it was, but some Kant back home and done sketch and went into a pound store and kept asking the guy “How much is this” The guy was about to throttle him
posted on 7/9/18
Now and then the kids get a book voucher through school to use at Waterstones but as for going to a bookshop as first port of call absolutely never do and it's a matter of when not if they'll go bust. It's a shame as the experience of going to a bookshop is valuable but places such as Waterstones are anything but cheap and eventually will get squeezed out by more £ shops and Home and Bargain etc.
Personally I find abebooks.co.uk to be very good on prices and have ordered plenty from them for myself and my kids, use Ebay sometimes too.
posted on 7/9/18
"my fav is “54 Short Tales Of Erotica”
------------------------------------------------------------------
Going for 55?
posted on 7/9/18
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 7/9/18
Here in America the only book stores doing fantastic business is places like Bookmans, huge stores but it is all second hand books, Games and figurines, sort of like a pawn store for geeks.
I imagine that these will be the only book stores to survive.
Only big one we have left in Tucson is two Barnes and Nobles and they are always dead, not long too go.
posted on 7/9/18
comment by Dalriada Gael 3x2 (U4356)
posted 1 minute ago
"my fav is “54 Short Tales Of Erotica”
------------------------------------------------------------------
Going for 55?
Of course what would be the point not too
posted on 7/9/18
I'm rarely in the town anymore, but any time I pass Waterstones I head in and eventually leave £30 lighter 😂
posted on 7/9/18
re
comment by JukeboxJunkie (U10162)
posted 8 seconds ago
I'm rarely in the town anymore, but any time I pass Waterstones I head in and eventually leave £30 lighter
Is that cos Zach just pick potted you?
posted on 7/9/18
comment by Curly # rangers are very bad and Celtic are fa... (U1103)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
comment by Dalriada Gael 3x2 (U4356)
posted 54 seconds ago
"my fav is “54 Short Tales Of Erotica”
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Going for 55?
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😂😂😂😂
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posted on 7/9/18
Well least it’s not 49 short tales of erotica
posted on 7/9/18
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posted on 7/9/18
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posted on 7/9/18
Think the last book I read was in higher English, back when I was 16.
Used to read a lot as a kid but nothing kills passion like being forced to read and analyse books for school. Well, that and the internet/video games.
posted on 7/9/18
Mid summers nights dream, got suspense from school for three day cos I said to the English Lit teacher that Shakespeare was probably a Nonce
posted on 7/9/18
comment by I am just McCann these days, Unless I am pumpi... (U21454)
posted 11 minutes ago
Mid summers nights dream, got suspense from school for three day cos I said to the English Lit teacher that Shakespeare was probably a Nonce
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I got suspense at school too
I didn’t know what bully was going to hit me first each day
posted on 7/9/18
mment by Call Sign: Until Valhalla (U3627)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by I am just McCann these days, Unless I am pumpi... (U21454)
posted 11 minutes ago
Mid summers nights dream, got suspense from school for three day cos I said to the English Lit teacher that Shakespeare was probably a Nonce
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I got suspense at school too
I didn’t know what bully was going to hit me first each day
Wasn’t usually bullies, I ran a small scale bookies at school, I wasn’t a very good bookie, luckily the school had 4 entrances, my Bomkies closed due to bankruptcy
posted on 7/9/18
How the feck is Bomkies a correction of Bookies?
posted on 7/9/18
my Bomkies closed due to bankruptcy
—-
Club, mate.
It’s spelled ‘club’.
posted on 7/9/18
Good thread lads.
posted on 8/9/18
Bit late to the party here, but I am 100% for physical books. I spend enough time at work staring at a screen so it's good to read a bit of printed paper. There's definitely something to the tactile nature of it too, and the same reason I still buy records for music. I still use Spotify a LOT for discovering new music or listening away from home and the subscription is well worth it, but for collecting and listening at home, nothing beats vinyl.
Away book shopping with a pal next weekend, we'll hit the second hand stores around great western road. I only tend to buy from Waterstones if I consistently can't find what I'm after second hand.
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