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Post by: meddyg on 16 November, 2023, 10:34:50 am: (https://images2.imgbox.com/bb/2e/kQ4ZvNHw_o.jpg)
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Post by: Lightning Phil on 16 November, 2023, 10:47:24 am: Far from the madding crowd
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Post by: meddyg on 16 November, 2023, 10:56:13 am: 'It's being so happy what keeps me going....'

(he tried to fill his books with that Wessex joie de vivre ).
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Post by: Canardly on 16 November, 2023, 11:08:19 am: :-D
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Post by: rogerzilla on 16 November, 2023, 09:32:25 pm: "Good bicycle ride with the local club today. Smashing picnic at a public hanging. Also saw two impressive workhouses and a couple of fallen women begging along the way."

(Disclaimer: I am a Hardy fan, although there are at least two stinkers among his less-read novels).
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Post by: T42 on 17 November, 2023, 11:10:22 am: Quote from: rogerzilla on 16 November, 2023, 09:32:25 pm
"Good bicycle ride with the local club today. Smashing picnic at a public hanging. Also saw two impressive workhouses and a couple of fallen women begging along the way."

(Disclaimer: I am a Hardy fan, although there are at least two stinkers among his less-read novels).

Not a caption: Our English master at school didn't like him much. When he was force-feeding us Woodlanders and we came to one dense passage about 2/3 page long he said "the next bit's just another of his long, boring descriptions so we'll skip it". Cue a couple of scandalised exclamations from the girls' side of the class and sighs of relief from the blokes.
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Post by: rogerzilla on 17 November, 2023, 11:28:44 am: The Woodlanders isn't his best. John South was a fine invention though, with his obsession over a tree.
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Post by: T42 on 17 November, 2023, 01:59:53 pm: Can't remember as much of the book as that, just the man's comment.
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Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 17 November, 2023, 04:25:29 pm: I remember reading it for O Level. I can't remember what it's about and it certainly didn't make me a fan of Hardy, though I have read some since.
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Post by: T42 on 17 November, 2023, 04:43:03 pm: "My grandfather kissed Nelson, you know".
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Post by: liam_whippet on 19 November, 2023, 01:07:56 pm: "Nobody's telling me my chain's a bit slack!"
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Post by: Jaded on 19 November, 2023, 04:32:33 pm: Give me the rest of my trousers back, you rotters.
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Post by: Ian H on 19 November, 2023, 09:14:53 pm: Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 17 November, 2023, 04:25:29 pm
I remember reading it for O Level. I can't remember what it's about and it certainly didn't make me a fan of Hardy, though I have read some since.
He reckoned his novels were only to earn money so he had time to write poetry.
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Post by: Nuncio on 19 November, 2023, 11:02:16 pm: Thomas was proud of his Pair of Pneu Tyres.
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Post by: liam_whippet on 20 November, 2023, 09:17:20 pm: If you look carefully, you'll see Slope on my crossbar ...
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Post by: Paul on 22 November, 2023, 10:07:22 am: Quote from: liam_whippet on 20 November, 2023, 09:17:20 pm
If you look carefully, you'll see Slope on my crossbar ...
Tube? The obscured?
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Post by: CommuteTooFar on 13 December, 2023, 09:51:23 pm: Is it not bad for a bike when the rider is out of date.
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Post by: sprogs on 21 December, 2023, 06:31:56 pm: My new "Graph-pants" allow me to record the ascent and descent of my ride "on -the-go".