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elle

18th August 2015, 21:23
P. S. I don't know why the entire line of the first link didn't turn blue? you may have to copy and paste the link into the address bar to get the correct page.
Otherwise type in "incandescent light bulbs"
Hope this helps?
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rusty

18th August 2015, 22:51
Malone, I have a Home Bargains a couple of miles away.
I shall pop in later this week. I am going in that direction for a battery for my car remote doofer.
Read one chapter if Do No Harm. Excellent!
There is a photo of Dr Marsh on inside back cover.
He has huge hands like a brickie! Not what I imagined a brain surgeon to have!
Elle, it is not a posh door! My joiner and me want a plainish, simplish door, like myself! With a letterbox. No bell or anything. Less is more, as the man said!
I do not find it cold in the mornings yet.
Bit early to be chilly.
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pigale

19th August 2015, 11:15
Good morning !

Where is everyone this morning ? Having a lie in ?

I have just received the two books I had ordered a while back - they were out of stock temporarily, hence the delay.

Spilling the Beans and the Cat's Pyjamas
Dictionary of idioms and their origins.

I thought I had ordered second hand copies (that is the price I paid anyhow), but in fact the two items look brand new!

I shall enjoy browsing through them. BTW I am now very grateful for my Bradford's, it is proving very useful!
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elle

19th August 2015, 11:17
Good morning, Rusty!
Maybe we in the South are more 'nesh ' than you hardy Northerners!
But certainly in the dog walkers' world it has become a tad chilly before 8 o'clock in the mornings! and also I am finding a decided nip in the air when out in the garden late at night, playing ball with the dog before bed!
But a lovely day today irrespective of temperature!
What is it like in your neck of the woods?
No door bell on your new door? or are you having a brass doorknocker?
Just finished the Times QC and the Times 2 - don't have the 15x15 as I haven't got the paper.
Puzzled by the parsing of one.....shall put it up on the forum, and maybe someone can set me right!

Hi, Malone!
Unfortunately, we don't seem to have either of those shops in our area . It's a pity as they sound worth a visit (especially regarding light bulbs!)
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elle

19th August 2015, 11:23
Hi, Pigale!
How are you?
Yes, it is quiet on here this morning. Er....what's a' lie-in'??? I've been up since 6 am and out since 7.45!
Lovely day here!
I've had the same experience with most of the "used" books that I've bought from Amazon - especially those in the 'text book' category - some look as though they have hardly been opened! Very good for 1p plus £2-80 postage! which is what I've mostly paid for them.
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pigale

19th August 2015, 11:36
Morning Elle,

Yes, this is more or less what I paid for them, except that the postage is a little more than for the UK.

I have somewhere a copy of a book that was published some 10 or 12 years ago, with the title ; ' Eats, shoots and leaves' - the zero punctuation tolerance book.

I must dig it out of bookshelves. Have you heard of it?

Weather brilliant here, slowly but surely getting back to hot temperatures with 30C expected tomorrow. As you say, the temps early morning recently have been somewhat less warm than we'd got used to !


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elle

19th August 2015, 12:27
Hi, Pigale!
Yes, I have heard of the book- I always meant to get hold of a copy and read it, but somehow never did.
It sounds as though it would be amusing?
I came across the story/ joke about the panda - re the title - is that in the book?
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pigale

19th August 2015, 12:55
Yes Elle, to be read either

'eats, shoots and leaves'

or 'eats shoots and leaves' - panda's diet.

Amusing book but also of interest re the necessity of punctuation.

I is on Amazon, but don't know what price offer. Worth getting a copy.
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pigale

19th August 2015, 13:13
Elle, I've just checked - there are copies from just over
5 euros - something in the regions of 3,50 pounds I think.
You may find better offers.
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malone

19th August 2015, 13:19
For elle and pigale... and anyone else.

Punctuate this sentence to alter the meaning...

A woman without her man is nothing.


(Yes, I know it's an old one, but maybe not for everyone.)
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