What are you currently reading?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

But, that's good for business, isn't it - as long as it's someone else's house. I'm sure it's a PITA to try to collect from insurance companies, though.

Regards,

D-Ray

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and/or benefactor.

Ugly is the presence of a bean counting insurance adjuster.

Chas

[Combwork]

Whether you wrote it or quote it, sounds like you understand the meaning. Not sure of the following though:

Originally Posted by Pukka Sahib

the crystalline blanket of the first winter snow.

Round here it's usually followed by delivery trucks getting stuck on the brae, schools closing and the glen raiders buying all the bread. Strange thing is no-one ever sees them doing it.

"Tis the season to be jolly" when jolly good fellows get drunk and pick fights.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Combwork

Whether you wrote it or quote it, sounds like you understand the meaning. Not sure of the following though:



Round here it's usually followed by delivery trucks getting stuck on the brae, schools closing and the glen raiders buying all the bread. Strange thing is no-one ever sees them doing it.

"Tis the season to be jolly" when jolly good fellows get drunk and pick fights.

Does this mean that you're going to rough up some more youngsters at the pub???

Chas

[Combwork]

Originally Posted by Charles

Does this mean that you're going to rough up some more youngsters at the pub???

Chas

Lol (lol's too short so again, LOL).

[finnbow]

"The Control of Nature" - John McPhee

A book about three massive projects whose objective is to take the upper hand against Mother Nature - a natural read for a civil engineer.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Combwork

Whether you wrote it or quote it, sounds like you understand the meaning. Not sure of the following though:



Round here it's usually followed by delivery trucks getting stuck on the brea, schools closing and the glen raiders buying all the bread. Strange thing is no-one ever sees them doing it.

"Tis the season to be jolly" when jolly good fellows get drunk and pick fights.

I have no idea what this things are, but it sure sounds cool.

Dave

[piece-itpete]

Engineers and their controlling nature

Blue, this may help: http://www.translatebritish.com/

Read Hornblower in the West Indies last night.

Pete

[piece-itpete]

That's a heck of a list! I'll have to keep an eye out for some of those.

Pete

[Charles]

Interesting list, you're not a very trendy sort of fellow.

Chas

[JJIII]

Some "light" reading?