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Originally Posted by Clytie
I read about 40 pages of this very entertaining thread, until I finally noticed that it was 1089 pages long... (duh) so might be a lifelong activity. 
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wow. clytie, your rant reminded me of one of our seminal
australian-book-industry-shortcomings rants, by none other than seminal australian llounge llama montsnmags. it *may* comfort you to discover that buying paper books in australia can be similarly frought with peril (well, probably not really, but i hear misery loves company, so at least you'll know you're not alone). you've got all my sympathy. i live in france, and to be honest we're probably even worse off than you (trying to make you feel better, not one-up you), because not only do we get slammed with all the same geo-restrictions as you lot do, but quite a lot of us don't even read english (i know, you're stunned
), and let me tell you, the selection of ebooks available in french is still, well, pitiful, even compared to the selection available in english
to france.
a tiny word of advice that hopefully will at the least preserve you from similar infuriating frustration in future ; there are ways to get rid of drm from your ebooks, so you don't have to worry about activating them etc. as long as you keep backups. i can't tell you explicitly how on the forum, but for getting rid of adobe's drm, try googling something like "adobe inept drm". i do this for all my ebooks and i was never so glad as after i reinstalled windows and discovered i can no longer download my .lit (MS Reader format) books from my fictionwise bookshelf nor open the ones on my harddrive, and i can't get into my stupid "password" account to reactivate the bloody thing either.
anyway, feel free to rant whever you like, it's been elevated to an art form around here.
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I could tell you about my adventures with a "negative marketing" online retailer, but I've probably ranted enough for today.
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so, tomorrow then ?
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Thanks for the thread. I've enjoyed the discussions, and my family also rescues abandoned/damaged cats (although I myself am a dog person). These cats tend to have odd but endearing personalities. Sadly, you lose some, because they're just too damaged by the time they find you, or you find them. 
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i am always encouraged when i hear of people who do that ; it gives me hope for humankind in general to know there are people showing that amount of kindness and generosity to animals.
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I read a couple of posts about surviving your kids, including the one about apology cards for new parents. Do you think there are any for parents of teenagers or adult children? 
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something to look into, certainly.
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Originally Posted by montsnmags
I managed to get out of my clothes without going to school (and when I did it at school they used to send me home to think about what I'd done).
Incidentally, I'm nude right now (which I seem to often be while MR'ing).
Off to spa...
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nude ?? what ??? i'm shocked, shocked i tell you !! and i here i thought i could always count on you to have a pair of undies on your head.
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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
I want pix of the pjs. Come on I posted the blue kitties!
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seconded !
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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
Trying to disable a heavily guarded Manticore with a puny (but fast) Starbridge
This is going to take some time... |
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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
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wow, florence, even after the links and images i have no idea what you're talking about, but i wish you luck !
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Originally Posted by nomesque
Wow, surrounded by naked men... *faints*
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....vr ? ...is that you ?
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
you're definitely overdue for a rise .....
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i like the way you think.
