Socio: TheoClarke

Due to limited space in apartment my computer is next to bed. This tempts me to check LT before I do much else. Recently I laughed out loud, arousing husband's curiosity. Yes, it was your response to mine about the records book. One amazing fact: it still makes me smile/grin every time I flash back to it. Thank you for that.

enviado por Esta1923 a las 2:04 pm (EST) del Feb 28, 2010

Ipswich Town : Head to Head by Peter Waring ~ ~ For you and the grandkids of the team members! (forgive me, I could not resist)

enviado por Esta1923 a las 9:49 pm (EST) del Feb 24, 2010

Thanks for your invitations to join your game group, but the participants of "Another Silly Game" like things just the way they are.

enviado por moibibliomaniac a las 1:05 pm (EST) del Jan 16, 2010

I guess the best answer is Yes to both questions. I would like to be more involved but have been timid. I am an Early Reviewer and I have responded on a few forums. I did the SantaThing. Not sure what else I am really looking for from the community
being nosey and looking at peoples libraries and finding unusaual books I guess.

Any way thanks for responding. I'll add you as a friend and library you will be my second or third person.

enviado por cwflatt a las 4:25 pm (EST) del Jan 5, 2010

Ha, thanks. I knew it wasn't possible to make grammatical nit-picks without making at least one mistake of my own!

A very happy New Year to you too :)

enviado por _Zoe_ a las 4:40 pm (EST) del Jan 2, 2010

oh, and i found the friend tag on your profile (obviously), not sure why you couldn't see it in mine. Reached my quota, perhaps? Just wanted to add that i like the collection name "wibble". Makes me want to put pencils up my nose, Blackadder style.

enviado por MrAndrew a las 4:26 am (EST) del Jan 2, 2010

loves ya mate.

enviado por MrAndrew a las 4:19 am (EST) del Jan 2, 2010

You are really HERE. Glad to hear that your Christmas went well. I have been trying to read a book I got for Christmas but times are busiest this time of year and by the time I get to bed I am too tired to read.

Did you meet any of your LT challenges this year? Unfortunately I didn't but hey lucky there is always a next year.

Nice to hear from you.

enviado por callmejacx a las 1:12 pm (EST) del Dec 30, 2009

Obviously you were missed. Nice to see you are here. Hoping you had a good Christmas and I wish you all the best in the new year.

enviado por callmejacx a las 12:49 pm (EST) del Dec 30, 2009

I thought the year started in June in your half of the world.

No. :)

enviado por justjim a las 8:59 am (EST) del Dec 30, 2009

Almost every day one of your posts here makes me smile.

Almost every day? I've got to actually start doing some paying work, rather than spending all my time here or elsewhere on the interwebs!

Thanks for your kind comments though, and Happy New Year!

enviado por justjim a las 8:44 am (EST) del Dec 30, 2009

Thanks for being my Secret Santa... I am really fascintated by your choice... I'll let you know what I think when I've read it!

Thanks again!

Zums (Liz)

enviado por zums a las 6:26 pm (EST) del Dec 27, 2009

Thanks Theo. I agree the merry band in our little Hangman corner does seem to have fun together. Long may it continue.

enviado por Thrin a las 3:51 pm (EST) del Dec 27, 2009

Thank you Theo, accepted with pleasure. We seem to share the same attitude to fun in our postings here.

enviado por AHS-Wolfy a las 4:57 pm (EST) del Dec 26, 2009

Accepted with a smile - and a bit of a giggle.

enviado por MerryMary a las 6:08 pm (EST) del Dec 24, 2009

Theo: What a lovely message to find on Christmas Eve! You have a true gift with words, and I do enjoy your posts. Thanks. Mary Lou

enviado por MerryMary a las 6:02 pm (EST) del Dec 24, 2009

Theo:

The folksinger I mentioned in #300 of "Hangman": His name, according to Google is spelled [Ewan MacColl]. He is married to the great folksinger [Peggy Seeger] and it was at a concert by both of them in NYC that I heard him.

The MacDonald of the Isles that the "Romance" is about may not be the one I was introduced to by MacColl, for several men have had that title. These MacDonalds were a branch of Clan Donald, and I suppose ". . .of the Isles was inserted in their name, about in the 1300s, to distingish them from other MacDonalds. The earliest and most famous one, back in the 13th c. had a Norse name; he is believed, in legend, to be an enemy of the Norse penetration of Scotland.

enviado por rolandperkins a las 4:21 pm (EST) del Dec 24, 2009

Ah thank you so so much for correctly giving me the name & author of that book (Ex Libris - Just got your message).
I can't tell you how much I appreciate that you saw the message and responded..
I went back to the library I borrowed it from and spent about 2 hours in vain trying to find it a few weeks ago (as I wanted to read it again), and then spent another hour driving home racking my brains trying to remember the author or the title and the last few weeks it kept plaguing me at odd moments!
I must be losing my memory as I carried it to work for 6 weeks in my bag and still couldn't remember..
I'm so glad I can read it again now!
Thank you v v much, and a very happy xmas/solstice to you!
posted by rhian777 at 4:19 pm (EST) on Dec 24, 2009 |

enviado por rhian777 a las 4:20 pm (EST) del Dec 24, 2009

Thanks. Killed it.

T

enviado por timspalding a las 9:48 am (EST) del Dec 4, 2009

It's Stephen,

just having a look round...

I am amazed by how much there is here. Have I inadvertently signed up to a social networking site? My younger relatives have been telling me for some time that I should be on Facebook, MySpace, etc. but I have yet to understand why.

Going to spend some time looking at the site tomorrow, during the period between opening and 11am (on a good day) when no one is in the shop!

Don't forget to ask for your 10% 'Library Thing' discount when you are next in the shop - if the elderly gentleman at the desk looks blank, that's my father, Piers rather than me!

Stephen.

enviado por besleysbooks a las 9:00 pm (EST) del Nov 18, 2009

It's Stephen,

just having a look round...

I am amazed by how much there is here. Have I inadvertently signed up to a social networking site? My younger relatives have been telling me for some time that I should be on Facebook, MySpace, etc. but I have yet to understand why.

Going to spend some time looking at the site tomorrow, during the period between opening and 11am (on a good day) when no one is in the shop!

Don't forget to ask for your 10% 'Library Thing' discount when you are next in the shop - if the elderly gentleman at the desk looks blank, that's my father, Piers rather than me!

Stephen.

enviado por besleysbooks a las 8:58 pm (EST) del Nov 18, 2009

Interesting. He must have been worthwhile and entertaining friend, even if a rather alarming shopkeeper.

Best wishes

AT

enviado por abbottthomas a las 7:04 am (EST) del Nov 5, 2009

Thanks!

enviado por MrAndrew a las 6:05 pm (EST) del Oct 29, 2009

A friend ~~~~ good to have! I see on Wikipedia your interest in houses. Checking my listing I am surprised to find I did not review one of my all-time favorite books "The Living House" by George Ordish. It is a detailled account of Bartons End from 1556-1949. Most probably it is a book for you! I hope you can track it down. (I do not own the book that followed its history forward.)

enviado por Esta1923 a las 1:00 pm (EST) del Aug 18, 2009

Thanks, I'll look it up!

enviado por jjmcgaffey a las 3:49 am (EST) del Aug 16, 2009

Sadly I am realizing how old we are, and the consequences. We were in England in 1974, 1976 and 1979. Each trip was wonderful. (We even seriously considered retiring to London but that proved impossible.) About Aldeburgh: my "trip diaries" are in storage and we aren't now sure if we were there each trip or only twice. I know we were there when Britten was still alive (or am I imagining that we saw him in a balcony?) I recall one funny thing: we'd bought all tickets in advance but, en route from London, met a man who was only going to "Hear a work by a friend named Bach." We said we did not have tickets for that. BUT, walking along in the afternoon we encountered him, and the young Bach (with his mother!) and they influenced us to attend that performance (which was very worthhwhile.) We saw performances of "The Firey Furnace" and "Curlew River." We attended many concerts. I recall a singing harpist.) We always were glad we had spent the time, energy and money to come to your lovely area. Now here at home we have seen "Peter Grimes" in several incarnations on TV, and a local group has done "Curlew River" beautifully. **** I'm trying to think of the sculptor but am drawing a blank ~~ you know who I mean. All in all we were well rewarded for being there.

enviado por Esta1923 a las 2:18 pm (EST) del Aug 15, 2009

After cleaning up a greasy spill (you don't want to know) I paused & checked to see the great Discussion. . . then, to this page which sent me to Aldeburgh and Britten Festival visits! What a wonderful place. . . we had splendid times (and even funny adventures there!) ~~~ Suppose someone had originally replied (to "What to do with inane reviews " IGNORE THEM!" we'd never have met. . . and I wouldn't have been thrown back to England this California afternoon.

enviado por Esta1923 a las 5:28 pm (EST) del Aug 14, 2009

THANK YOU!!!!! I am in the midst of ferocious household chores but will add my comments to the Great Discussion asap~~~esta

enviado por Esta1923 a las 3:43 pm (EST) del Aug 14, 2009

Hi Theo. I have just had a peek at your library. It's amazing. I can't believe how organised you are. My library needs a lot of work. You also have some great crosswords "how to" books. Are The Times' crosswords as hard as I think they are?

Jennifer

enviado por socialpages a las 5:26 pm (EST) del Jun 28, 2009

Thanks Theo I will check them out. Are you a crossword fan as well? One of my first jobs (over twenty years ago now) was for a newspaper in Sydney and every morning the staff would do the crossword and puzzles. My husband got me interested in cryptic crosswords and gradually I came to understand how they work. I still class myself as a beginner as I can't finish the cryptics in The Sydney Morning Herald. I haven't had much luck finding books on crosswords so I will be very interested in what's in your library.
Jennifer

enviado por socialpages a las 5:15 pm (EST) del Jun 28, 2009

Thank you, a friend gave me their old computer a couple of months ago, I am still trying to work out how to do things.

enviado por calm a las 11:09 am (EST) del Jun 15, 2009

Thank you for your kind comment about my twisted sense of humour.

Looking at the Authors in your Favourite Author list, I am truly surprised that we only share 7 books!

I must get that Sandy Balfour 'What I love about Cricket: etc etc' book that you have. Going right now to add it to my Wishlist Collection (collections - wheee!)

Jim

enviado por justjim a las 7:33 am (EST) del Jun 12, 2009

Why, thank you sir! I am glad to have entertained :-)

*bows*

enviado por LizT a las 2:45 pm (EST) del May 13, 2009