tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post6402050134976002844..comments2024-03-28T09:43:28.311+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Instructions for Visitors.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-37459747953348706912017-07-01T04:38:22.680+01:002017-07-01T04:38:22.680+01:00You are forgiven.You are forgiven.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70072344966534845682017-06-30T23:03:29.524+01:002017-06-30T23:03:29.524+01:00I didn't get to the end.I didn't get to the end.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33022117444637442802017-06-30T14:50:27.461+01:002017-06-30T14:50:27.461+01:00No, I very rarely abandon a book either. A few rec...No, I very rarely abandon a book either. A few recent exceptions have mostly been technical books that were beyond my understanding.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-40869631024831641592017-06-30T14:47:25.627+01:002017-06-30T14:47:25.627+01:00And there are no dustbins to be seen!And there are no dustbins to be seen!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45439565778550672522017-06-30T14:06:52.610+01:002017-06-30T14:06:52.610+01:00The only time I read a boring book completely is w...The only time I read a boring book completely is when I am on a plane. There, I have no choice and the doors are locked. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21756078433661425572017-06-30T13:26:13.186+01:002017-06-30T13:26:13.186+01:00I don't think I've ever abandoned a book.....I don't think I've ever abandoned a book..... but I've read a few rubbish ones in my time !!! One blogger that I have followed from the beginning is Vicki Archer . She has written My French Life and French Essence. She was born in Australia but now splits her time between Provence and London. She is one of the few bloggers that I have met ..... we met at Buckingham Palace to see an exhibition and then had lunch. I like meeting bloggers but it's usually difficult as we all live so far apart !! XXXX<br />Jacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57428658883849915912017-06-30T13:00:51.500+01:002017-06-30T13:00:51.500+01:00I need no instructions, Maybe that's where I w...I need no instructions, Maybe that's where I went wrong.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45040878939273620102017-06-30T12:59:28.206+01:002017-06-30T12:59:28.206+01:00First find your truffle.First find your truffle.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20509583952615537212017-06-30T12:59:05.891+01:002017-06-30T12:59:05.891+01:00I didn't realise it was so well known.I didn't realise it was so well known.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49187184792503012812017-06-30T12:58:45.305+01:002017-06-30T12:58:45.305+01:00Shame to let it go to waste!Shame to let it go to waste!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14545307890315026792017-06-30T12:54:45.885+01:002017-06-30T12:54:45.885+01:00You only have yourself to blame, Cro.
Unless it&...You only have yourself to blame, Cro. <br /><br />Unless it's a book on maintenance (say, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", Robert M Pirsig) I'd eschew any book with "instructions to ..." in the title - never mind read it. Instructions? Leave me alone. I can ruin my life any old way without being given instructions. <br /><br />UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-68786999571349976192017-06-30T11:54:38.025+01:002017-06-30T11:54:38.025+01:00Might truffle socialist be an option? Or is that a...Might truffle socialist be an option? Or is that a bit common too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36318719050807438112017-06-30T10:43:56.292+01:002017-06-30T10:43:56.292+01:00I once worked at a theatre festival in Aurillac an...I once worked at a theatre festival in Aurillac and when we went to the office they pointed to crates and crates of Champagne stacked up against the wall and told us to help ourselves. By the end, the locals were drinking it from the neck of the bottle.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25058113518691813462017-06-30T09:28:27.396+01:002017-06-30T09:28:27.396+01:00I've read this book but i can't remember a...I've read this book but i can't remember a thing, i think i have it here somewhere.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63817426935187548032017-06-30T09:27:48.023+01:002017-06-30T09:27:48.023+01:00I'm always waiting for something better on the...I'm always waiting for something better on the next page.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52905083853505601532017-06-30T09:27:14.017+01:002017-06-30T09:27:14.017+01:00I did consider abandoning it, but I thought I owed...I did consider abandoning it, but I thought I owed her the pleasure of finishing it. I'm not sure if I was right.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89308628885906679372017-06-30T09:26:03.327+01:002017-06-30T09:26:03.327+01:00I know nothing about her, I only read the book bec...I know nothing about her, I only read the book because it was about her life in France.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72439786849535110492017-06-30T09:07:32.362+01:002017-06-30T09:07:32.362+01:00I am the opposite Cro When young I always finishe...I am the opposite Cro When young I always finished a book, feeling it my duty ir I had started it. Now, if I don't get on with it I just abandon it.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34546476623081669532017-06-30T08:26:29.473+01:002017-06-30T08:26:29.473+01:00I'm terrible with books. I can get half way th...I'm terrible with books. I can get half way through and the abandon it if it's not interesting enough, Tom on the other hand will plough on regardless. We're all different.<br />Briony<br />xcrafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34539046333710514732017-06-30T07:47:25.280+01:002017-06-30T07:47:25.280+01:00She's a translator first and a novelist second...She's a translator first and a novelist second.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-77168717639709389502017-06-30T06:47:25.867+01:002017-06-30T06:47:25.867+01:00I think in a few days time I will find it difficul...I think in a few days time I will find it difficult to remember anything about it too; other, of course, than the Caviar Socialists.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44199276851102893002017-06-30T06:46:06.197+01:002017-06-30T06:46:06.197+01:00She starts off writing very flamboyantly, then bec...She starts off writing very flamboyantly, then becomes more down to earth as it goes on. The content is uninteresting (other than to her), and one is left feeling empty.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59320454975183038702017-06-30T06:41:53.593+01:002017-06-30T06:41:53.593+01:00I read this book years ago. Can't for the lif...I read this book years ago. Can't for the life of me remember what it was about but I do know I was disappointed. I think I was tempted by the title and cover.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42632335778640483362017-06-30T06:34:03.139+01:002017-06-30T06:34:03.139+01:00I read books like this about Greece and it puts me...I read books like this about Greece and it puts me off writing my own book. Just because you live in a place and know it well does not mean that you are a writer who can write an entertaining book which delights it's readers. Often these books are very badly writtenlocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.com