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Old Dec 5th 2004, 3:18 am
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Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn
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Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)

    > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...nt/4065895.stm

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Old Dec 5th 2004, 3:20 am
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nitram
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On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:18:40 +0000, [email protected]
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:

    >Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
    >the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)
    >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...nt/4065895.stm

Duh! I had just finished reading, the article when you posted
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Old Dec 5th 2004, 4:11 am
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chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn writes:

    > Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
    > the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)

Not surprising. Dan makes mistakes practically from the first
paragraph, many of them glaring to anyone with a passing acquaintance
with the subjects covered.

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Old Dec 5th 2004, 4:22 am
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nitram
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:11:59 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn writes:
    >> Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
    >> the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)
    >Not surprising. Dan makes mistakes practically from the first
    >paragraph, many of them glaring to anyone with a passing acquaintance
    >with the subjects covered.

Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
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Old Dec 5th 2004, 5:19 am
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Magda
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:22:37 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:11:59 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn writes:
... >
... >> Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
... >> the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)
... >
... >Not surprising. Dan makes mistakes practically from the first
... >paragraph, many of them glaring to anyone with a passing acquaintance
... >with the subjects covered.
...
... Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.

What about *reading* it ?
 
Old Dec 5th 2004, 5:22 am
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nitram
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:19:07 +0100, Magda
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:22:37 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
    >electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:11:59 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
    > ... wrote:
    > ...
    > ... >chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn writes:
    > ... >
    > ... >> Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
    > ... >> the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)
    > ... >
    > ... >Not surprising. Dan makes mistakes practically from the first
    > ... >paragraph, many of them glaring to anyone with a passing acquaintance
    > ... >with the subjects covered.
    > ...
    > ... Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
    >What about *reading* it ?

I made that mistake too. :-(((

Worse still I bought two of his books in a BOGOF. Only read one.
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Old Dec 5th 2004, 5:23 am
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Magda
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:22:29 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:19:07 +0100, Magda
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:22:37 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
... >electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:11:59 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
... > ... wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn writes:
... > ... >
... > ... >> Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
... > ... >> the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)
... > ... >
... > ... >Not surprising. Dan makes mistakes practically from the first
... > ... >paragraph, many of them glaring to anyone with a passing acquaintance
... > ... >with the subjects covered.
... > ...
... > ... Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
... >
... >What about *reading* it ?
...
... I made that mistake too. :-(((

I haven't. :))
...
... Worse still I bought two of his books in a BOGOF. Only read one.

Have you got a fireplace ? Paper burns very well.
 
Old Dec 5th 2004, 5:25 am
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nitram
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:23:48 +0100, Magda
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:22:29 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
    >electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:19:07 +0100, Magda
    > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ...
    > ... >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:22:37 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
    > ... >electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... >
    > ... > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:11:59 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
    > ... > ... wrote:
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... >chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn writes:
    > ... > ... >
    > ... > ... >> Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
    > ... > ... >> the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)
    > ... > ... >
    > ... > ... >Not surprising. Dan makes mistakes practically from the first
    > ... > ... >paragraph, many of them glaring to anyone with a passing acquaintance
    > ... > ... >with the subjects covered.
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
    > ... >
    > ... >What about *reading* it ?
    > ...
    > ... I made that mistake too. :-(((
    >I haven't. :))
    > ...
    > ... Worse still I bought two of his books in a BOGOF. Only read one.
    >Have you got a fireplace ? Paper burns very well.

I haven't got a fireplace that works. I live in clean air land, until
all the gas is gone.
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Old Dec 5th 2004, 5:30 am
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Magda
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:25:33 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:23:48 +0100, Magda
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:22:29 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
... >electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:19:07 +0100, Magda
... > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:22:37 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
... > ... >electrons, so they looked like this :
... > ... >
... > ... > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 18:11:59 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
... > ... > ... wrote:
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... >chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn writes:
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... >> Apparently, some in France are getting irritated by tourists following
... > ... > ... >> the 'trail' of Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code! :)
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... >Not surprising. Dan makes mistakes practically from the first
... > ... > ... >paragraph, many of them glaring to anyone with a passing acquaintance
... > ... > ... >with the subjects covered.
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
... > ... >
... > ... >What about *reading* it ?
... > ...
... > ... I made that mistake too. :-(((
... >
... >I haven't. :))
... > ...
... > ... Worse still I bought two of his books in a BOGOF. Only read one.
... >
... >Have you got a fireplace ? Paper burns very well.
...
... I haven't got a fireplace that works. I live in clean air land, until
... all the gas is gone.

Give the books to someone you detest, then.
 
Old Dec 5th 2004, 7:11 am
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[email protected] wrote:

    >
    >
    > Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.

I've tried to avoid that. But reserving it at the public library
hasn't worked too well. I'm currently No. 606 on the list (our library
system has 60-plus copies).

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Old Dec 5th 2004, 8:30 am
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nitram
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:11:44 -0500, Ronald Hands
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >[email protected] wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >> Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
    > I've tried to avoid that. But reserving it at the public library
    >hasn't worked too well. I'm currently No. 606 on the list (our library
    >system has 60-plus copies).

Keep your eye on rubbish skips :-)
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Old Dec 5th 2004, 8:42 am
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Magda
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:30:09 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:11:44 -0500, Ronald Hands
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >[email protected] wrote:
... >
... >>
... >>
... >> Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
... >
... > I've tried to avoid that. But reserving it at the public library
... >hasn't worked too well. I'm currently No. 606 on the list (our library
... >system has 60-plus copies).
...
... Keep your eye on rubbish skips :-)

If he waits a couple of years the book will be found in big boxes marked "one book $1,
three books $2".
 
Old Dec 5th 2004, 8:47 am
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nitram
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:42:32 +0100, Magda
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:30:09 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
    >electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:11:44 -0500, Ronald Hands
    > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ...
    > ... >[email protected] wrote:
    > ... >
    > ... >>
    > ... >>
    > ... >> Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
    > ... >
    > ... > I've tried to avoid that. But reserving it at the public library
    > ... >hasn't worked too well. I'm currently No. 606 on the list (our library
    > ... >system has 60-plus copies).
    > ...
    > ... Keep your eye on rubbish skips :-)
    >If he waits a couple of years the book will be found in big boxes marked "one book $1,
    >three books $2".

... complete leather bound set 50cents?
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Old Dec 5th 2004, 8:50 am
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Magda
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:47:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:42:32 +0100, Magda
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:30:09 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
... >electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:11:44 -0500, Ronald Hands
... > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >[email protected] wrote:
... > ... >
... > ... >>
... > ... >>
... > ... >> Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
... > ... >
... > ... > I've tried to avoid that. But reserving it at the public library
... > ... >hasn't worked too well. I'm currently No. 606 on the list (our library
... > ... >system has 60-plus copies).
... > ...
... > ... Keep your eye on rubbish skips :-)
... >
... >If he waits a couple of years the book will be found in big boxes marked "one book $1,
... >three books $2".
...
... ... complete leather bound set 50cents?

Robbery !
 
Old Dec 5th 2004, 8:51 am
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nitram
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:50:06 +0100, Magda
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:47:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
    >electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:42:32 +0100, Magda
    > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ...
    > ... >On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:30:09 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
    > ... >electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... >
    > ... > ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:11:44 -0500, Ronald Hands
    > ... > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... >[email protected] wrote:
    > ... > ... >
    > ... > ... >>
    > ... > ... >>
    > ... > ... >> Probably the biggest mistake is to buy the book.
    > ... > ... >
    > ... > ... > I've tried to avoid that. But reserving it at the public library
    > ... > ... >hasn't worked too well. I'm currently No. 606 on the list (our library
    > ... > ... >system has 60-plus copies).
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... Keep your eye on rubbish skips :-)
    > ... >
    > ... >If he waits a couple of years the book will be found in big boxes marked "one book $1,
    > ... >three books $2".
    > ...
    > ... ... complete leather bound set 50cents?
    >Robbery !
The price includes a Louis XIV book case.

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