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Posted by NikkiT2 on September 16, 2004, at 16:34:48
hey sweetie,
I was thinking about this reading issue. have you tried reading something really light?? and while I know HGTG isn't the deepest book ever, it still takes a fair amount of brain power!! (And I have the rules to Kricket if you would like me to post them *l*)
Anyway, it got me thinking of any junk food books I've read this year.
Not actually read much junk, but there is this one series of books.. terribly light, everyone is reading them on the public transport here.. the first is "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". They're about Precious Ramotswe, a traditionally built (I so adore that phrase!) female private detective.. the only one in Botswana.. theres NO Raymond Chandler kind of detective.. she drinks red bush tea, sits around talking alot, and drives a little van! They're really delightful, but really take so little brain power. Theres 4 more in the series so far.. the others are (and sorry, I forget the order now which is awful of me) "Morality for Beautiful Girls", "The Kalahari Typing School for Men", "Tears of the Giraffe", "The Full Cupboard of Life", "In the Company of Cheerful Ladies".
Some thing so sunny and light might be just the thing to kick start the reading.If you like the Raymond Chandler type of detective novel.. J and I both recently enjoyed "Last Tango in Aberystwyth" and "Aberystwyth Mon Amour". They're that kind of feeling.. the "I walk into a bar and see a broad, the broad looks over at me" kind of thing.. but they're just very slightly surreal *L* Aberystwyth is a town in Wales, so that kind of wierd to start with *l* And they do things like go down for shady discussions at the ice cream stand.. or take someone to dinner at the seaside rock (the candy kind) restaurant *l* We enjoyed them!!
Monday is D Day *grins* the big new Waterstones books shop just near work opens, with 10% off everything!! I've been saving some book tokens that the awesome partlcycloudy gave me just for it!
BUT, I've found the amazing book shop nearer work.. Again its a Waterstones (my fave chain of book shops), and I walked past but it looked tiny.. today I poked my head in and its like the Tardis!! Inside it is HUGe.. and dark, and warm, and lots of wood and just heaven!!! I spent 30 minutes just walking round in a daze, madly in love and feeling like I've found a home!!! I can't wait to return and start buying!!Right.. time for bed again! I know, I know, I'm lacking in the email front.. but I hope this makes up for it!
Nikki xx
Posted by Noa on September 16, 2004, at 16:39:33
In reply to Racer - potato chip detective novels for you!!, posted by NikkiT2 on September 16, 2004, at 16:34:48
Those books sound like fun. I'll look em up.
The bookstore sounds great. I can just picture you, Nikki, in a grand opening of a new bookstore-- Nikki, eyes aglaze, in bookstore heaven!
Posted by NikkiT2 on September 16, 2004, at 16:47:18
In reply to Re: Racer - potato chip detective novels for you!! » NikkiT2, posted by Noa on September 16, 2004, at 16:39:33
They are all good fun books. The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency books are huge here now and I can see why. You do kinda get sucked into her world, and they'repretty different from anything else I have read.
The Aberystwyth ones are kinda wierd!! J liked them more than me, but i did really enjoy them.Also read "Water Method Man" by John Irving.. loved it as usual for his books! I'm currently reading "Widow for one year" and really really enjoying that.. having to limit my reading time *L* I do love Irving's books! I think it was you that got me to read "Prayer for Owen Meany" when it was the book of the month here, so thankyou thankyou thankyou for introducing me to him!!!
Anyway, *really* am off to bed now!! Night night
Nikki xx
Posted by Racer on September 16, 2004, at 17:15:33
In reply to Re: potato chip detective novels for you!! » Noa, posted by NikkiT2 on September 16, 2004, at 16:47:18
Well, maybe I'll forgive the email famine, now that I have some potato chips to tide me over...
I've seen the Ladies Detective Agency books, and passed them by. I guess I'll rethink that if they're still at Costco (a warehouse store over here) next time I go...
My last couple of trips there, I've picked up a new Martha Grimes, and a Bill Bryson (the one on Australia, since I'm married to that fellow from Oz), and my mother picked up something really weird by Preston and Child -- a book called "Still Life With Crows", and it is really weird. That's about all I can say about it -- besides that it was kinda fun, and very, very fluffy.
PleasePleasePleasePlease post the rules of Krikkit! Or even a rational explanation of Cricket, for that matter! Or -- if you really want me to roll around and purr for you -- the rules that go on about how there are two teams, and the team that is in is out, while the team that is out is in...
Meanwhile, I'm back to having a hard time focusing on reading, which is agonizing for me. I've -- alas! -- replaced it with lying on the sofa with the TV on... Of course, just because the TV is powered up, doesn't mean that there's anything to watch on it... Still, it does mean I'm catching up on my napping...
Posted by NikkiT2 on September 17, 2004, at 14:19:43
In reply to Re: potato chip detective novels for you!! » NikkiT2, posted by Racer on September 16, 2004, at 17:15:33
OK, and while I know you guys won't get it, I *love* cricket.. *g* Its probably my fave sport, and I get quite obsessive about it!!
Anyway, there are two teams.
One team fields, while one team bats. The fielding team have a bowler, who bols (pitches *w*) the ball to who ever is batting opposite him.
You see, there are two wickets (um, where the batsmen stand). So you have two players in bat at any one time.. when the ball is hit far enough away these players run, passing each other, to the other wicket. And then if theres time, back again. Eahc time they swap places, its 1 run.
But, as a twist, if the ball rolls over the boundry (a rope perimeter) you get an automatic 4 runs. If the balls goes over this without having hit the ground, its 6 runs. (Called a four, and a six *l*)If the ball is caught by a fielder before hitting the ground, the batsman who hit the ball is out. If the balls hits the stumps (5 pieces of wood that stand on the wicket behind the batsman They're three upright wooden sticks, with two small ones covering the top) then the batsman is also out.
The other way a batsman can be out, is "LBW" (Leg before Wicket).. This means that if the batsman uses his leg to stop the ball hitting the stumps, he is out.Each team fields 11 batsmen. When theres only one left, the next team bats. They each bat twice in a normal test game (the 4 day ones). The team that scores the most runs, wins!!
Um.. I guess this makes no sense what so ever.. I do much better with props *lol*
OK, that part over with *l*
Posted by NikkiT2 on September 17, 2004, at 14:27:46
In reply to Racer - potato chip detective novels for you!!, posted by NikkiT2 on September 16, 2004, at 16:34:48
Rule One:
Grow at least three extra legs. You won't need them, but it keeps the crowds amused.
Rule Two:
Find one good Brockian Ultra-Cricket player and clone him off a few times. This saves an enormous amount of tedious selection and training.
Rule Three:
Put your team and the opposing team in a large field and build a high wall round them.
The reason for this is that, though the game is a major spectator sport, the frustration experienced by the audience at not actually being able to see what's going on leads them to imagine that it's a lot more exciting than it actually is. A crowd that has just watched a rather humdrum game experiences far less life-affirmation than a crowd that believes it has just missed the most dramatic event in sporting history.
Rule Four:
Throw lots of assorted items of sporting equipment over the walls for the players. Anything will do - cricket bats, basecube bats, tennis guns, skis, anything you can get a good swing with.
Rule five:
The players should now lay about themselves for all they are worth with whatever they find to hand. Whenever a player scores a 'hit' on another player, he should immediately run away and apologize from a safe distance.
Apologies should be concise, sincere and, for maximum clarity and points, delivered through a megaphone.
Rule Six:
The winning team shall be the first team that wins
Posted by NikkiT2 on September 17, 2004, at 14:32:44
In reply to Re: potato chip detective novels for you!! » NikkiT2, posted by Racer on September 16, 2004, at 17:15:33
OK, this wasn't an easy task *lol* But.. is this the quote you mean?? I hope so, and even if its not, its pretty darned good *l*
""You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he is out. When they are all out, the side that's been out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. "
PS - how on earth did people find things out before Google existed??!! *lmao*
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