DonBradley Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Barry! One of my table companions turned 92 yesterday! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2013 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Barry! One of my table companions turned 92 yesterday! Ta very much - gald to say I may feel 92 but I am a lot younger ... well a bit younger..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I'm gald that you are younger 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 A friend who is a part time bookseller has a signed First Edition of "The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith. It is, of course, J K Rowling. So far he has been offered £1,750 for it. He's also a Model Train enthusiast so I think his layout will shortly see some more stock! Quite confused me there DD I thought is JK your friend and would £1750 cause any excitement. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 HB2U Barry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) I don't know JKR. Never felt any inclination to change that situation. I admire the success she's had with her hard work. I suppose she's also made a contribution to Model Railways with the invention of Hogwarts Express. I wonder if a signed letter from her would count as proof of her signature in a book? Edited for lack of proof reading. Edited July 19, 2013 by DDolfelin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Dishwasher now in and functioning. Half way through the installation (by me) the 'phone rang. Would I like to take out breakdown Insurance? There followed a discussion about their faith in the product which has a guarantee - 1 year parts and labour and a further 4 years parts only. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Wow, Ian! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 I don't hold the original, but handled the original to take a photocopy. The letter is genuine, written to the then-SM at KX about a decade ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 It is nice to see JK is still human despite all the success. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Only a few turn inhuman..........she managed to get someone fired from her Lawyer's office this week..... Whose tea/coffee stain Ian? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 Tour de France. Open golf. Ashes Test. And here's me with only two eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 Whose tea/coffee stain Ian? Ah, now that only appears on my copy...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) I don't even think she is a very good writer, am I alone in this? Huge moneymaker for the Trade, though, but. Best, Pete. Edited July 19, 2013 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 Happy Birthday Barry. T - 2 hours to departure. Signing out until sometime tomorrow - Saturday -when I get back. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 I don't even think she is a very good writer, am I alone in this? Huge moneymaker for the Trade, though, but. Best, Pete. No doubt outsells Anthony Trollope or Jane Austen, which implies she writes what people today want. Add in the film rights, eagerly sought, and the other spin-offs, and I'd say she was utterly competent. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) Justin Bieber does the same in music - does that make him better than Mozart or Beethoven? Of course not and I know you did not mean that, competent, yes. His still a little tit, er, twit, sorry..... Best, Pete. Edited July 19, 2013 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 A result!! Brother in HK has been at the local hospital with Mum and they will now let them buy the chemo tablets tomorrow. So I can now close the Cathay Pacific website and won't have to buy a £1700 return ticket to take the tablets out there myself which means I can load the layout tonight and take it to Alton Ltd show tomorrow as planned. Thanks for the suggestions in this mornings posts. Ian 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Thank you everyone for your kind support and very-much appreciated words. I`m still at the 'waves of tears' stage; I know it`ll ease, but I do feel totally overwhelmed in loss. Best wishes to you all, Deb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 Take care, Debs. We are all with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 Debs - a virtual hug from me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hot again, and increasingly cloudy - until just now a squally shower, trees waving, the lot. Storms likely for the next 24 hrs or so - and I think I can hear distant thunder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 How things have changed - I didn't know that you could now get a degree in hard hats & hi-vis clothing! My oppo got his last year - so you can (mind you it does go a bit beyond HV clobber and safety boots) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 Pete, I think you were right first time about a certain little *** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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