OldLordPlumm Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Yeah it's been cool to see ASOIAF hit the "mainstream" as a result of the TV series. Quite a few of my friends have now watched the series and/or read the books and even two of the other candidates at the DFAT interview last week were very excited about the HBO series. Also: are you kidding me?Drama about a Lesbian pretending to be married to a hairdresser who is secretly gay. Quite a plot.One of the tech heads at work gave me AGOT on disc but it's an AVI file so unless I want to watch it on my laptop I need a Xbox or PS2 or something. I'm looking forward to all the sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinzy Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hey, you could just go and see them at Sydney on the 30th. :PCan't afford to. If I'd known from the beginning that they were going to skip Perth I might have been able to make it to one of the other shows, but only two and a bit weeks beforehand? No way I can do it now. :crying: Could have been a good excuse to head to Sydney too :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantius Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 So, I got my UK copy today, printed by Clays Ltd in Great Britain. The quality difference is night and day compared to the Aus version. Paper quality is better, binding is strong and the grey connecting page at the front and back of the book is thicker and looks like it will have no chance of splitting. Plus I got one of the copies GRRM has signed, bonus!Congrats on getting a GRRM signed copy! I would have thought the bookstores would hold on to them and try to sell them for more? Who did you buy yours through? I ordered mine from Amazon (US), the tracking system is just great, it left New Jersey on the 14th and hasn't been seen since, it's probably coming by carrier pigeon. A very large and sturdy carrier pigeon.One of the tech heads at work gave me AGOT on disc but it's an AVI file so unless I want to watch it on my laptop I need a Xbox or PS2 or something. I'm looking forward to all the sex.Well, you won't be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Freezing and sneezing and I have to work tomorrow!!!and no reading done either :thumbsdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Cadel!!!I have nothing more to say :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedles Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Drive by post to say Chapeau to Cadel. Well done on a brilliant ride in the best Tour ever. Super win by a genuine champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 CADEL EVANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!Man, the look on his face when he was presented the Maillot Jaune. That was extremely special. One of the great moments in Australian sporting history :thumbsup:.ETA: Confalume, I demand a change in thread sub-title! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Man, the look on his face when he was presented the Maillot Jaune. That was extremely special.I'll admit it, I cried.Child number 3 was very nearly called Cadel, we only made up our mind in the delivery room. I wonder if it is too late to change his name? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 ETA: Confalume, I demand a change in thread sub-title!We're only twenty posts away from the closing of this thread - get spamming and you can choose an appropriate one for the next.And yes, well done to Cadel (although I will assert without any proof that it would be closer had Wiggins not been injured :P ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 We're only twenty posts away from the closing of this thread - get spamming and you can choose an appropriate one for the next.Don't encourage me Malt. My spamming sklzz are unparalleled in these threads...@brook: I may or may not have had something caught in my eye around the time Cadel was handed the Yellow. Must have had some grit in there or something :leaving:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedles Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Yeah, yeah. Grit, that was it.Just think about tomorrow when he gets to proclaim, forever, that he is Tour de France winner 2011 winner forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I think there will be a surprising amount of grit flying around tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeTrix Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Thanks Cadel for providing me with cheer and warmth in an otherwise cold, cough ridden morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsputnik Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 G'day Aussies, I'll be in your time zone (well, the eastern side at least) in a couple of days! Looking forward to family, friends, footy in Geelong and tucking into a Parma :DI am actually hoping to be woken up by a Kooka at least once. Pretty silly, but that's what seven years away will to do ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I am actually hoping to be woken up by a Kooka at least once. Pretty silly, but that's what seven years away will to do ya.I've not been anywhere and I still get a kick out of being woken up by Kookaburras.Although that could be because the alternative is usually either cockatoos or 'muuuuummmmyy Balin hit me' Hope you enjoy the time home :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsputnik Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I've not been anywhere and I still get a kick out of being woken up by Kookaburras.Although that could be because the alternative is usually either cockatoos or 'muuuuummmmyy Balin hit me' Hope you enjoy the time home :)Heck, I'll even take being woken by cockies, although this may be a sign of incipient madness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Yeah, you're on your own with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 :ack: Dockers making some U/16s-style errors. This is hard to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salome the Persian Witch Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 OK Pax, inquiring minds want to know - which job did you accept? :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luce_Magoose Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Are we on a new thread yet? How do I know? Will somebody tell me?I went to the snow for a weekend and came back to massacre, dead pop star, Cadel and ... oh yes, my two teams getting thrashed. And still not finished with DwD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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