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Haha. Not your question thread, but on topic, have you ever read any Bill Bryson?

 

I have! I love his work. i've read:
Notes from a small island
A walk in the woods
Neither here nor there
notes from a big country
Down Under
The one about small-town America that I can't remember the name of
The Life and times of the thunderbolt kid

As you can tell, I'm a bit of a fan

 

Woohoo! Me too! He is my absolute favourite author. I thought Notes on a Small Island was particularly good! And The life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid was pretty awesome too! In fact it's sitting second in my huge pile of books, and that's saying something really! On top is the book I'm currently reading, which is a bit boring.

 

All my Bill bryson's are at home, which is annoying. Haven't really got the space to store them here.. given that my room is about 2 metres by 4 and includes my bed, wardrobe, desk, and dresser!

 

Blimey! My room is approximately 10ft by 8ft, so about 2m by 3m (had to go and convert that!), but it's just the place I sit and read or go on the computer and occasionally sleep I suppose I should go to bed soon, we're having a kitchen fitted and they woke me up at 7:45am this morning with a jaunty tap on the door. Arghhh.

 

Oh dear.. I was woken at about 6 by a police siren going past.. bloody loud they are too!

 

I swear they always turn sirens on just as they go past me. I am assured taht my ears must be ver sensitive since if anybody screams near me I have to cover my ears. I had a horrible bout of tinnitus after sitting near the amps at a gig, my ears rang for 4 days, it was horrible!

 

Ouch! I had a similar thing at Twisted Sister & Alice Cooper.. although I was right in front of the stack which was HUGE.. this was at Nottingham Arena and they had to fill that whole space so the amp stack was about 2 storeys tall..

 

wow, mine was just by being extremely moshed out in the little indie club in Hitchin. I was falling asleep next to the amp. This was the infmous 'OMG Nyika's a stoner' incident lol.

 

Heh, I was actually rendered temporarily deaf.. I was going "WHAT?" for days on end. great gig, Twisted Sister were awesome!

 

im in a band and have had alot of bands play, but im from america. land of bullshit.

 

Yer got that right.. particularly the 11-stone steaming pile that calls itself george w bush!

 

So true...

 

Anyway, back to questions..
- Who would you like to win the US elections?
- Who do you think is going to win?

 

I don't know, I can't say I'm keen on any of the candidates personally, all the focus seems to be on the democrats what with the Clinton-Obama thing at the moment. Possibly Ron paul, But i agree with what you said about him being anti-abortion

Personally I think Hillary Clinton will win, and even though she's a woman, I'm not keen on her. I just think america sees her as a novelty factor. Isn't it super duper Tuesday soon? Don't you just love americanisms?

 

What the hell is super duper tuesday?
I must admit, I'm not paying a huge amount of attention to the US elections.. out of the candidates that might win, I think Obama might be the lesser of two evils.
If Mike Huckabee or Mitt Romney get in.. well, it'll be Bush all over again, only with even more religious-right flavouring.
Dennis Kucinich seems like the best, but he doesn't have much of a following, seemingly Ron Paul would be second, but he's a pro-life nut.

 

Basically its when lots and lots of states hold caucusses on the same day. You think you don't know anything about the US elections? I didn't even know who was standing!

 

Well, as long as some right-wing fascist arsehole doesn't get in, we'll be OK. Where's Ralph Nader when you need him?

 

Indeed. Urgh, hectic horrible evening, now soothing my frought nerves with the mamas and the papas.

 

Oh dear. What made it horrible and hectic?