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Do anglers send each other birthday carps?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Indeed, they are dropping a line to wish them Wels.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, right. I will give you a complimentary comment for acute remark about anglers. Unfortunately, I've protracted this post a bit too much, anyway, for any supplementary remarks.
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On a scale of 1 to 10 that's a pretty lame pun... I'm out of here, so long and thanks for all the fish!
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I was cleaning up the shelves. happened to bump into a book that looked quite old & I wanted to dispose it off without opening. But opened & looked at the date, it's 1965, signed by my dad when he was a teenager. It's an (ELBS) Engish to English dictionary. It was beautiful with lots of tiny illustrations. I guess that's the oldest one I have right now. So I'm keeping this specimen.
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Absolutely no idea. I haven't even opened a paper book since I got my first tablet - 7 years ago? - and will probably dispose of most of 'em some day. Just keep the one my brother gave me, autographed by pTerry himself.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'd have to dig through my packed books. My hubby has some really old bibles. If he was around right now I'd ask about them.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I have the first book my dad read. Don't remember the title, but the date has got to be around 1928.
“The palest ink is better than the best memory.” - Chinese Proverb
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I have several books from the late 1800's and early 1900's, beautiful bindings and black and white illustrations, unique font, obviously in an older form of English that's interesting to read, and of course the writing style is so different.
But the unique thing is several of them have "to so-and-so" as a gift, with the date, and "from", and I pause when I see that. Here I'm holding a gift someone gave to someone else, for a birthday or just because, and they are undoubtedly dead, and those three lines are such an amazing glimpse into two people's lives and what was important to them.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Here I'm holding a gift someone gave to someone else, for a birthday or just because, and they are undoubtedly dead
I have a few books like this, some Victorian, it always adds something to the book somehow. When I was student in the 90s the local charity shops were mines for this type of thing - local academic's books would turn up. Now they've seem to have centralised to some extent, actually checking the prices before selling in dedicated charity bookshops. The normal charity shops are left with the dross like Jeffery Archer novels.
I once found a small book of natural remedies for dogs printed during the War and gave it to my mam. It turned out to be pretty rare, so she donated it to the museum that looked at it for her.
My star find was a sex education manual called something like "The ABZ of Sex" from (I'm judging by the illustrations) the '50s. It was a really funny read, largely because the author couldn't seem to contain himself when writing on the subject of feet.
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Keith Barrow wrote: the author couldn't seem to contain himself when writing on the subject of feet.
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I have a Fortran, "A Spiral Approach" programming book from '75. I feel like I have a non-technical book that's a bit older, but I don't remember for sure...
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If I remember well, it is the Wirth's one ("Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs").
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I have a book about identifying trees from the early 1950s.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Bought by me: The lord of the rings from 1990 (read several times).
Bought for me: The little Larousse from 1985 or 1986
Not bought by me: A love-story book of my great-grandma (something from the 20ies) and some music notes dated in the end of 19th century (188x or 189x, not sure when) (these actually are my wife's)
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Some railway books of my Dad's from the 1920's & 30's, also a BaeDakers Tourist guide of Bath from 1938 in German!
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Railway history comes to mind for me as well. I think there's a tome from the 1930s lurking somewhere.
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Probably my circa 1850 "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
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Nand32 wrote: Engish to English dictionary.
Engish? Where is that spoken? In the South of the US?
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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