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And a lot of different posters, it is not dominated by just a few.

Glad you like it, Kitty. It is lasting quite well, four days now without flagging.

I think it's a great thread Elegran as, presumably, do the others who have posted. Thank you for starting it!

This morning I was at court, supporting a very reluctant DV victim, on the way home I called to see DS1 with his 40th birthday present. DD3 called in with Bertie 'the wrecker'. This afternoon I will ice 36 cupcakes then I will phone my friend who is having chemo, make ginger beef for DH and I, have and watch Strictly. I think that might be called a life!!

Sorry, all and ignore me!

I would just ignore and carry on.

'Later, when the sun is up, its roof will be perfect, strikingly red square against the dust because of the tomatoes his wife has set out to dry in the sun.'

Love this author!!

pages even

Here's the page 52-er I didn't add yesterday, partly because I wasn't sure if it qualified as a sentence. Oh, and the oages aren't actually numbered, but there is an easy way of finding the fiftysecond.

So, here you are:

Radical leaves o; stem leaves numerous, green reticulate below, semi-amplexicaul; heads many, small; peduncles and flo. bracts densely clothed with dark glandular hairs*; styles livid.

*pitmuff anyone?

No idea what the styles are livid about.

medic, why don't you stop being so negatively judgmental about other people's lives?

The two had lived side by side in a pair of semi-detached cottages, like matchboxes set end to end under one covering of thatch.

This is our round robin, medic.

What makes you think that we don't have lives, medic ? There are a lot of busy people who also find time to correspond her. We have a little spare time, and we use it to read and to keep in contact with these, other, friends on Gransnet. You must have some interest in our discussion too or you would not be able to criticise.

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"Oh I saw that at once" replied the latter.

My comment on this, not a quote, is stop worrying about why we are doing it. I think it is just fun.

Worst of all was the thought that the General might die any moment, leaving her trapped for ever.

"There should be no crustaceans on the shell"

No point needed - why does there have to be a point? Just a celebration of International book Week and the diversity of the written word. A lot of people have found it an amusement without looking for a reason.

He wanted to try it on himself, he said, and I watched him inject a goodly amount into his cheek.

No book handy - what's the point of all this??????

He heaved himself to his feet and headed for the TV, just like every other night.

She still had an hour or so to go before Stan's school bus dropped him off at the end of our road.

I've seen it go wrong so many times.

More laughter.

"In 1994, the introduction of the Euro System (gold coloured back plates), the number is situated on the outside edge."

"Sometimes the voices gave her bad advice, sometimes they scolded her, sometimes they just teased."

Aurally it begins to suggest something at once slippery and tortuous.