On Monday, 4 April 2022 at 14:50:19 UTC+1, fp5...@gmail.com wrote:

> Lucky, as the two six-foot tall, six foot wide bookcases in the
> dining-room are jam-packed, with several shelves holding two rows
> of books! And there are more books in other rooms.

Beware the fate of the 9th century muslim scholar Al Jahiz, thought to have been killed by falling books.

On 05/04/2022 19:08, Tony Smith wrote:
> On Monday, 4 April 2022 at 14:50:19 UTC+1, fp5...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Lucky, as the two six-foot tall, six foot wide bookcases in the
>> dining-room are jam-packed, with several shelves holding two rows
>> of books! And there are more books in other rooms.
>
> Beware the fate of the 9th century muslim scholar Al Jahiz, thought to have been killed by falling books.

Poor Al. Were his last words "Heck, a ton of tomes!", later corrupted
to 'hecatontome'?

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Cheers
Clive

On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 23:22:16 +0100, Clive Arthur
<clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:

>On 05/04/2022 19:08, Tony Smith wrote:
>> On Monday, 4 April 2022 at 14:50:19 UTC+1, fp5...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Lucky, as the two six-foot tall, six foot wide bookcases in the
>>> dining-room are jam-packed, with several shelves holding two rows
>>> of books! And there are more books in other rooms.
>>
>> Beware the fate of the 9th century muslim scholar Al Jahiz, thought to have been killed by falling books.
>
>Poor Al. Were his last words "Heck, a ton of tomes!", later corrupted
>to 'hecatontome'?

(Applause!)

N.

On 05/04/2022 23:22, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 05/04/2022 19:08, Tony Smith wrote:
>> On Monday, 4 April 2022 at 14:50:19 UTC+1, fp5...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Lucky, as the two six-foot tall, six foot wide bookcases in the
>>> dining-room are jam-packed, with several shelves holding two rows
>>> of books! And there are more books in other rooms.
>>
>> Beware the fate of the 9th century muslim scholar Al Jahiz, thought to
>> have been killed by falling books.
>
> Poor Al.  Were his last words "Heck, a ton of tomes!", later corrupted
> to 'hecatontome'?

Bravo!

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Sid
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On 03/04/2022 18:58, Penny wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Apr 2022 13:26:59 +0100, Nick Odell
> <nick@themusicworkshop.plus.com> scrawled in the dust...
>
>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2022 23:21:12 +0100, Penny <spam@labyrinth.freeuk.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Here: let me correct that asterisked part -
>>
>>> *Why is it so difficult to part with books?
>>
>> Nick
>
> Sadly, I still regret giving away some of my fiction collection - books I
> can no longer borrow from the library and am unlikely to find in charity
> shops :((

We had to downsize when we moved house a few (17) years ago. Something I
regret is giving away among many books a New Worlds science fiction
anthology which contained the first published work by a teenager called
Terry Pratchett. Ouch.
Steve

On Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 7:08:49 PM UTC+1, Tony Smith wrote:

> Beware the fate of the 9th century muslim scholar Al Jahiz, thought to have been killed by falling books.

The bookcases are fastened to the wall, and loaded with the large, heavy books low down, so I don't think we are in any danger!

Rosemary

On 05-Apr-22 19:08, Tony Smith wrote:
> On Monday, 4 April 2022 at 14:50:19 UTC+1, fp5...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Lucky, as the two six-foot tall, six foot wide bookcases in the
>> dining-room are jam-packed, with several shelves holding two rows
>> of books! And there are more books in other rooms.
>
> Beware the fate of the 9th century muslim scholar Al Jahiz, thought to have been killed by falling books.

Beaten to death by scrolls?

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Sam Plusnet

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> On 05-Apr-22 19:08, Tony Smith wrote:
>> On Monday, 4 April 2022 at 14:50:19 UTC+1, fp5...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Lucky, as the two six-foot tall, six foot wide bookcases in the
>>> dining-room are jam-packed, with several shelves holding two rows
>>> of books! And there are more books in other rooms.
>>
>> Beware the fate of the 9th century muslim scholar Al Jahiz, thought to
>> have been killed by falling books.
>
> Beaten to death by scrolls?
>

Beaten by the scrolls? [Leslie Philips] Ooooh, … narsty!

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Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 28/03/2022 21:41, Sally Thompson wrote:
> Mike Ruddock <ruddock117@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> I have just come across an interesting/useful app which identifies music.
>> It is called Shazam and I have it on Android but I'm sure you can get it
>> on Apple.
>> To use it just hold your device where it can "hear" the music and after
>> about 10 or 15 seconds it will print the name of the piece and often the
>> performer(s) as well.
>> It rarely fails but when it does fail it can be spectacularly wrong:
>> when I was testing it I played a sample track from the Goldberg
>> variations and it came up with some easy listening piano of the recent
>> past. I made it go again and this time correctly identified piece and
>> performer. The app sometimes offers to play you the whole piece. I
>> haven't tried it with pieces whistled or hummed . . .
>>
> Oh I use that frequently, on my iPhone. It certainly does work with Apple
> devices. It's excellent, isn't it.
>
Thanks, Sid. the words were exactly what i needed: the tune is, alas,
like the poor, always with me.
Mike Ruddock

On 07/04/2022 08:33, Mike McMillan wrote:
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>> On 05-Apr-22 19:08, Tony Smith wrote:
>>> On Monday, 4 April 2022 at 14:50:19 UTC+1, fp5...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lucky, as the two six-foot tall, six foot wide bookcases in the
>>>> dining-room are jam-packed, with several shelves holding two rows
>>>> of books! And there are more books in other rooms.
>>>
>>> Beware the fate of the 9th century muslim scholar Al Jahiz, thought to
>>> have been killed by falling books.
>>
>> Beaten to death by scrolls?
>
> Beaten by the scrolls? [Leslie Philips] Ooooh, … narsty!

Or this immortal Morecambe and Wise moment:
https://twitter.com/eric_ernie_col/status/1324600533370458112?lang=en-GB

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Sid
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On 04/04/2022 13:43, Vicky wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:58:55 +0100, Jenny M Benson
> <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> The Bowness Bequest by Rebecca Tope.
>
>
> Oh dear. I had not heard of her and am now reading the free sample on
> Amazon Kindle and trying to resist buying her first Lake book. I blame
> you, Jenny.

Oh dear, sorry about that:-( Perhaps I shouldn't mention that she wrote
another series in much the same style, set in the Cotswolds, of which I
have enjoyed several.

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Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 12:15:20 +0100, Jenny M Benson
<NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>On 04/04/2022 13:43, Vicky wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:58:55 +0100, Jenny M Benson
>> <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> The Bowness Bequest by Rebecca Tope.
>>
>>
>> Oh dear. I had not heard of her and am now reading the free sample on
>> Amazon Kindle and trying to resist buying her first Lake book. I blame
>> you, Jenny.
>
>Oh dear, sorry about that:-( Perhaps I shouldn't mention that she wrote
>another series in much the same style, set in the Cotswolds, of which I
>have enjoyed several.

Or to add more temptation <g>

https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/rebecca-tope/
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Pete

On 09/04/2022 10:10, Peter Withey wrote:
> Or to add more temptation <g>
>
> https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/rebecca-tope/

Thank you, Peter - I went to see how that site differed from
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/ which I have often used and discovered
there are now several more books than I was wot of, in both series I
have been following.

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Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

On Saturday, 9 April 2022 at 10:36:54 UTC+1, Jenny M Benson wrote:
> On 09/04/2022 10:10, Peter Withey wrote:
> > Or to add more temptation <g>
> >
> > https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/rebecca-tope/
> Thank you, Peter - I went to see how that site differed from
> https://www.fantasticfiction.com/ which I have often used and discovered
> there are now several more books than I was wot of, in both series I
> have been following.
> --

Do rats know of David Gibbins' series of fantasy archaeology novels? I have read three (Atlantis, Mask of Troy and Crusaders' Gold) and there are many more. He seems to have written the same novel many times; underwater archaeology, fantasy archaeology (e.g. reading Linear A), neo nazi plots and so on.
I do not really recommend them, but rats could buy them for a few pence in a charity shop and redonate.