retired_tinkfaeree

The Miracle of Castel di Sangrio. A Must-Have indeed.

retired_bcollier2005

Raith Rovers get a mention in the first chapter of the latest Inspector Rebus novel :thup:

I'm also reading the biography of the inventor of Subbuteo by his son - there are some good tips in there on how not to cheat on your wife (e.g. don't ask a member of your staff to send a postcard from you to your wife whilst they're abroad)

TOTALPACKAGE

I didn't get the point about the member of staff, postcard and wife, Dave.

retired_bcollier2005

Apparently, he told his wife he was going to Barcelona for a few days on business, when he was actually going to be shacked up in some Soho hotel with a flamenco dancer

Then to cover his tracks, he asked a colleague who really was going to Barcelona on business to post a pre-written postcard while he was there. The only thing his colleague had to do was buy a Spanish stamp, stick it on the postcard and post it.

Simple enough you'd think ... except this chap ends up buying an English stamp and posting the from card from whichever airport he was flying from to get to Barcelona.

Card arrives back before husband bearing English stamp and English postcard ... cue one very angry wife on Mr. Subbuteo's return from London

The only thing it doesn't say in the book is what happened to the chap who posted the card. Has anybody ever seen a lifesize Subbuteo figure

retired_lapepe

Not the idea that was ****ed up, it was the guy carrying it out that was dumber than a rock :cool:

TOTALPACKAGE

Now I got it.

The idea was good. Stupid colleague ****ed it, though.

retired_sandra

For someone who rarely reads books, I actually have four on the go at the moment...

Put Me Back On My Bike - a biography on Tom Simpson
World's Stupidest Mistakes - on loan from Liam
The Essential Bond - on loan from my brother
The Game by Neil Strauss

I've turned into a bookworm!

retired_rymar

It's outstanding, indeed. I also thoroughly enjoyed reading the history of Barcelona FC. And I am about to start a biography of the fat drug addicted argentinian.

On the fiction side, I'm reading Learning the World by Ken McLeod. It's absolutely first class.

Morrispt

I'm reading Pride and Prejudice... not by choice. School work and the likes...



It's so bad!!!

retired_lovestoned4805

Panzer Operations by Erhard Raus. He was an Austrian officer in the Wehrmacht during the Eastern front campaign. Began in 1941 commanding a Brigade and ended the war in charge of an Army group, before being sacked in April 1945 by Hitler.