Shadow Play Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 At last, a P&B thread that has actually done me some good . I’ve managed to tidy up four shelves so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 27 minutes ago, ICTChris said: It’s funny that one area of Edinburgh where second hand and specialist booksellers are common is also most known for lap dancing bars. Clearly a big crossover between the bookish and the stag weekends. There once was a cartoon in Punch of a shop where the window on the right says SEX and SHOP. The panels shows fairly ordinary people going in and out. The final panel shows the place closed with the door shut revealing the full name - Wessex Bookshop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I knew a girl who worked in one of the secondhand bookshops in the "pubic triangle". Supposedly Dylan Moran used to browse when he was appearing at the Fringe and based Bernard Black on the owner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 37 minutes ago, Duszek said: I'll take Night Train by Thom Jones (made up name). But you can only use one hand. 3, 2, 1...Go! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Duszek said: I couldn't sleep at night with all those books upside down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I've got another one as well but it's over 8mb to upload both. I need to get them into some sort of order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 7 hours ago, Detournement said: I've got another one as well but it's over 8mb to upload both. I need to get them into some sort of order. Big up the boy Knausgaard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Got a delivery today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 11 hours ago, Duszek said: 10 hours ago, Detournement said: I've got another one as well but it's over 8mb to upload both. I need to get them into some sort of order. Horizontally stored books, eh? The relevant authorities have been informed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 7 hours ago, mathematics said: Got a delivery today. Pile of Pish seems to be missing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Pile of Pish seems to be missing. I can see it! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 14 hours ago, mathematics said: Got a delivery today. I'll send the wife round. She can probably read the fucking things to you from memory 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 My bookcase was the pre social media space for virtue signalling. The Denon hi fi. Some interesting little sculptures and vases. The coolest CDs and books only. A few academic books thrown in and of course some rare or obscure football programmes. A cold, calculated way of showing off how cool/what a pretentious p***k I was. The books and music are nearly all on my phone now. There are a couple of wee bookcases where we live now but the're little more than glorified places to rest a coffee or tea and hide various cables for devices. Stereo gathering dust under the bed. The Sonos hides behind a TV. If I read an actual proper book and it's any good I'll try and give it to someone or stick them into charity shops. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 That was more hipster signalling, surely. Was owning a Denon hi-fi indicative of the content of a person's character? What does owning a Goodmans hi-fi say about a man? Asking for, etc. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Shandon Par said: My bookcase was the pre social media space for virtue signalling. The Denon hi fi. Some interesting little sculptures and vases. The coolest CDs and books only. A few academic books thrown in and of course some rare or obscure football programmes. A cold, calculated way of showing off how cool/what a pretentious p***k I was. The books and music are nearly all on my phone now. There are a couple of wee bookcases where we live now but the're little more than glorified places to rest a coffee or tea and hide various cables for devices. Stereo gathering dust under the bed. The Sonos hides behind a TV. If I read an actual proper book and it's any good I'll try and give it to someone or stick them into charity shops. I used to be like that. Everything was self consciously cool. Unfortunately it was all lost on the scheme goblin single mothers that I occasionally pulled in The Vu. Nobody else ever saw it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I still have my Denon on full display in the dining room. In fact every chair in the dining room points towards it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 35 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I still have my Denon on full display in the dining room. In fact every chair in the dining room points towards it. Sounds like you live in an old folks’ home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Shandon Par said: Sounds like you live in an old folks’ home. I said a Denon stereo, not a framed photo of Daniel O’Donnell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I said a Denon stereo, not a framed photo of Daniel O’Donnell. He’s a nice young man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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