Does the forum think .........

[boatmike]

.....the books one reads reveal ones standing in society?
SGIER is reading books by Gavin Menzies and quoting passages from Shakespeare
DEPSOL is reading funnies by Jake Kavanagh
STELLAGIRL is reading a book about getting wrecked and cant remember who its by
and JIMI is drooling over a Julie Andrews poster.......
What does this tell you about their upbringing and cultural tendances pray?
All comments welcome........

 

[Sgeir]

I don\'t need to read a book about

being wrecked

 

[mirabriani]

A little worrying.....

I have just been flicking through "Sods Law of the Sea"

Regards Briani

 

[StugeronSteve]

Re: You\'re worried.....

I wus reading me Private Eye last night.

 

[Peppermint]

Re: My crews worried

I'm reading Tyrant by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.

It's a kind of lowbrow history of how Dionysius became the Tyrant of Sicily about 400bc. It's full of useful tips for the skipper.

 

[mirabriani]

Re: My crews worried

"What Now Skipper?" Stanford Maritime

Contains 40 fiendish challenges to your seamanship skills

With questions posed by Des Sleightholme, Andrew Bray
Tom Cunliffe and Bill Anderson

I challenge you to obtain more than 50% completely correct!

Regards Briani /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[cliff]

Judging by some questions asked on the forums I doubt very much if some forumites think for themselves at all
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[Sans Bateau]

Something with big text and lots of pictures.

 

[claymore]

Oh how droll

 

[Ships_Cat]

Absolutely so. And for those forumites who wish to improve their standing in society I am quite happy to lend books from my treasured Garfield collection.

Also see http://www.garfield.com/ for an internet society leap. Drool, my hero.

John

 

[jimi]

Actually I feel no need to indulge in intellectual snowberry here, dick 'ead

 

[Ohdrat]

I am in between books at moment so not reading at all ... does this make me illiterate? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[ghostwriter]

No, the forum doesn\'t

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[StugeronSteve]

Is that between books, as in a sort of book sandwich? If so I would suggest that bibliomaniac is possibly more appropriate than illiterate.

 

[bilbobaggins]

Which did I learn most from? Bowditch or Peyton....?
57 varieties of Sight Reduction Tables, or 57 varieties of human nautical cockups?

 

[bob_tyler]

Not often