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What I'm doing right now is finishing off Chapter 13 of a new story about highway men, treasure, fighter planes, secret passages and enemy spies, lol. Just another normal day really!!! :lol:
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That sounds rather an action packed book, Rob.

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Lol! Not sure its as good as it sounds...we'll see! :-D
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Is it a new Adventure series continuation, Rob? :D
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I've just finished sorting out the drawers in my desk, which I've not sorted out for ages.

Right at the bottom in the bottom drawer, I found some photos that Eddie had sent to me, of our visit to The Cave. I was lost once again looking at the books in The Cave, with Tony amongst them. :D

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Highwaymen and Fighter Planes??? Fly and Deliver. :lol:

It does sound very action packed indeed. Speaking of action packed I have been reading The Victor annual from 1978 which I picked up in a charity shop for £2. I had it back when it was new and as always it amazes me how I am rocketed back to the age of 10 every time I turn a page.
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I'm alternating between doing cross stitch, checking emails, starting a Sudoku and finishing a cup of tea while listening to Classic FM. It's my day off and I'm multi-tasking. :wink:
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I'm helping my son create a costume for something he's in at school.
Lucky Star wrote:I have been reading The Victor annual from 1978 which I picked up in a charity shop for £2. I had it back when it was new and as always it amazes me how I am rocketed back to the age of 10 every time I turn a page.
I love that feeling. I used to like watching my daughter read my old annuals and enjoy them just as much as I had at the same age.
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Courtenay wrote:Is it a new Adventure series continuation, Rob? :D
Lucky Star wrote:Highwaymen and Fighter Planes??? Fly and Deliver. :lol:

It does sound very action packed indeed.
Not quite an Adventure continuation - a Barney mystery unfortunately! :-D

Courtenay wrote:I'm alternating between doing cross stitch, checking emails, starting a Sudoku and finishing a cup of tea while listening to Classic FM. It's my day off and I'm multi-tasking. :wink:
Only on the EB Society forums could we so easily slip between fighter planes and cross stitch!! :lol:
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Rob Houghton wrote:Only on the EB Society forums could we so easily slip between fighter planes and cross stitch!! :lol:
My father has a framed cross stitch of a plane. Not sure what sort, might be a Lancaster bomber - I'll have to check next time I'm there. I think my sister did it for him as a present. So it is possible to combine cross stitch and fighter planes. :lol:
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:lol: Never done that myself — I usually do lovely detailed pictures of landscapes and so on — but there's an incredible range of kits and designs out there these days, so I'm not surprised. I have to be careful every time I walk into Hobbycraft, or anywhere else that sells such things, in case I'm tempted to buy yet another cross stitch kit to add to my backlog! :wink:
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My grandad had at least one cross-stitched picture of a plane. Not sure what type but I think it was red!
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What i'm doing right now is bumping up bids on eBay for a few books I was interested in. I keep being outbid, so I've been bidding up to £20 just so the other bidder has to pay more, lol! ;-) I know - I'm very bad - but hey - my limit is £20 and if that means a seller gets a better deal, I feel its justified! ;-) :twisted: I certainly don't think any of the books in question (all with dust jackets) are worth paying more than £20 for.

It really annoys me when people bid a day or even a few hours before the bid ends. Serves bidders right if they do this and their £1.99 bid ends up being £25. ;-)

It seems some bidders don't do much of a search. I humped the price of 'The Hidey Hole' with a wrapper up to £4.99 (the same as The Hidey Hole is being offered for as a 'buy it now' on the same site) and the bidder just shot the price up to £6.50 -- so I bought it for £4.99 from another seller instead, lol! :lol:
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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:lol: :twisted:
Wicked old Rob!
Seriously though, I often enjoy pushing up the price too, especially if some of the other bidders seem to be desperate! :D
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