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Macaha
Macaha
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7 Oct 2014 8:36pm
I picked this one up yesterday and haven't put it down,if you are into history this is a good one and I'm not talking surfing,from the first settlers to the 80000 sluaghtered to the first hotel,I'm almost half way the surfing part will come.


www.booktopia.com.au/bali-phil-jarratt/book/9781742706924.html?source=pla&gclid=CIb5iIaemsECFQVxvAod7IsAmA

boofy
boofy
NSW
2110 posts
NSW, 2110 posts
7 Oct 2014 9:53pm
Sounds good Mac I have just finished on the trail of Genghis Kahn written by Tim Cope an Aussie who travelled on horseback across the length of the Eurasian steppe from Mongolia through Kazakhastan,Russia Crimea, Ukraine than Hungary it took him three years and was !0000 kilometers an amazing journey for a bloke who had never ridden or owned a horse before its a great read
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
7 Oct 2014 10:06pm
Read it Mac the other week - I actually saw Phil at the Ubud Writers festival on Saturday would you believe. And the friend I was having lunch with was interviewed for the book and is actually mentioned in the book in a few places !!!! Small world.
laceys lane
laceys lane
QLD
19804 posts
QLD, 19804 posts
7 Oct 2014 9:24pm
i had a bit of read of picture mag at the work site dunnies.


does that count for anything
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
7 Oct 2014 10:36pm
Well did you or didn't you ?
Actually do not answer that !!!
boofy
boofy
NSW
2110 posts
NSW, 2110 posts
7 Oct 2014 10:37pm
Ted the Kiwi said..
Well did you or didn't you ?


Laceys got a sticker on his ute if the portaloo,s a rockin dont come a Knockin
laceys lane
laceys lane
QLD
19804 posts
QLD, 19804 posts
7 Oct 2014 9:49pm
Ted the Kiwi said..
Well did you or didn't you ?
Actually do not answer that !!!


yes sir,



manage to pump out a number two


is that what you mean
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
7 Oct 2014 10:53pm
speaking of two here is Kai and Connor going for it

beerdead
beerdead
NSW
433 posts
NSW, 433 posts
7 Oct 2014 11:10pm
+100 for Tim Copes book. Very enlightening and he is amazingly well informed and open minded for one so young.
thePup
thePup
13831 posts
13831 posts
7 Oct 2014 8:29pm
Macaha said..
I picked this one up yesterday and haven't put it down,if you are into history this is a good one and I'm not talking surfing,from the first settlers to the 80000 sluaghtered to the first hotel,I'm almost half way the surfing part will come.


www.booktopia.com.au/bali-phil-jarratt/book/9781742706924.html?source=pla&gclid=CIb5iIaemsECFQVxvAod7IsAmA



Books shmooks time for you to smash them points mister
chrispy
chrispy
WA
9675 posts
WA, 9675 posts
7 Oct 2014 8:45pm
Macaha said...
I picked this one up yesterday and haven't put it down,if you are into history this is a good one and I'm not talking surfing,from the first settlers to the 80000 sluaghtered to the first hotel,I'm almost half way the surfing part will come.


www.booktopia.com.au/bali-phil-jarratt/book/9781742706924.html?source=pla&gclid=CIb5iIaemsECFQVxvAod7IsAmA




Sweet. I'm going to see him at surworld. Looking more.forward to it now
laceys lane
laceys lane
QLD
19804 posts
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7 Oct 2014 10:52pm
last book i read was the one mac gave me when i was 'resting' up.

something about a bloke called bob.


i had to read it because each saturday had a question and answer test by the headmaster of all things bob


later, i found the best thing to do was just to nod my head in approval, say what about the time in byron ba.....



and the great oracle of 'bob thru the ages or 4 decades- which every comes first' would finish the story off for me



thems were the days
chrispy
chrispy
WA
9675 posts
WA, 9675 posts
7 Oct 2014 9:22pm
Funny stuff
towball
towball
4634 posts
4634 posts
8 Oct 2014 3:39am
laceys lane said..
last book i read was the one mac gave me when i was 'resting' up.

something about a bloke called bob.


i had to read it because each saturday had a question and answer test by the headmaster of all things bob


later, i found the best thing to do was just to nod my head in approval, say what about the time in byron ba.....



and the great oracle of 'bob thru the ages or 4 decades- which every comes first' would finish the story off for me



thems were the days


Too funny lacey you made my day
Prawnhead
Prawnhead
NSW
1317 posts
NSW, 1317 posts
8 Oct 2014 7:15am
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15675
A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699 by William Dampier
if you don't mind reading on a kindle or i-pad
not rivetting but interesting if you realize he was essentially a government sponsored pirate on the equivalent of boy's surf trip in the 1700's
Prawnhead
Prawnhead
NSW
1317 posts
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8 Oct 2014 7:16am
and free of charge!
Tux
Tux
VIC
3829 posts
Tux Tux
VIC, 3829 posts
8 Oct 2014 2:13pm
Just finished Into the wild by Jon Krakauer...its the story of that young bloke that goes bush in Alaska and lives of the land before dying...and now I am onto his next book Where Men Win Glory about Pat Tilman the NFL player who quit footy to go fight the Taliban..both are excellent reads.
Ctngoodvibes
Ctngoodvibes
WA
1404 posts
WA, 1404 posts
8 Oct 2014 11:59am
Dirt music by Tim winton. Best book I have ever read.
Macaha
Macaha
QLD
21982 posts
QLD, 21982 posts
9 Oct 2014 9:25am
This book is just getting better as it rolls,get a copy
Tux
Tux
VIC
3829 posts
Tux Tux
VIC, 3829 posts
9 Oct 2014 12:27pm
Ctngoodvibes said..
Dirt music by Tim winton. Best book I have ever read.


Did you read Breath...I loved that book
Mahanumah
Mahanumah
VIC
336 posts
VIC, 336 posts
9 Oct 2014 12:31pm
+1 for Breathe. Tim Winton's best...
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
9 Oct 2014 12:32pm
Tux said..
Just finished Into the wild by Jon Krakauer...its the story of that young bloke that goes bush in Alaska and lives of the land before dying...and now I am onto his next book Where Men Win Glory about Pat Tilman the NFL player who quit footy to go fight the Taliban..both are excellent reads.


Great author that one. Big fan.
Cobra
Cobra
9106 posts
9106 posts
9 Oct 2014 1:59pm
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i took a book to indo,i was there for three weeks and got through 1/4 of it..& it was a small book..no work no TV no internet to distract me…
be farked if i can find the time.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.

boofy
boofy
NSW
2110 posts
NSW, 2110 posts
9 Oct 2014 6:19pm
Cobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i took a book to indo,i was there for three weeks and got through 1/4 of it..& it was a small book..no work no TV no internet to distract me…
be farked if i can find the time.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.



cobra 473 posts= average 1 minute per post( log on think of shiz to write etc)= you could have read a 473 page book
Mahanumah
Mahanumah
VIC
336 posts
VIC, 336 posts
9 Oct 2014 6:36pm
boofy said..

Cobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i took a book to indo,i was there for three weeks and got through 1/4 of it..& it was a small book..no work no TV no internet to distract me…
be farked if i can find the time.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.




cobra 473 posts= average 1 minute per post( log on think of shiz to write etc)= you could have read a 473 page book


So Boofy have you read "War and Peace" then... (1906 posts etc...)
Cobra
Cobra
9106 posts
9106 posts
9 Oct 2014 8:19pm
Mahanumah said..

boofy said..


Cobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.
i took a book to indo,i was there for three weeks and got through 1/4 of it..& it was a small book..no work no TV no internet to distract me…
be farked if i can find the time.
i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.





cobra 473 posts= average 1 minute per post( log on think of shiz to write etc)= you could have read a 473 page book



So Boofy have you read "War and Peace" then... (1906 posts etc...)


^^^

like i said boof when I'm away I'm not on line and still don't find the time.
i read a lot years ago, even the wife has stopped.
when laying around ,i think i would rather surf the net and do some research that kind of thing than read a book.

i would like to do the audio book and do something else, but my wife tells me that isn't going to happen,as males can't multitask.

Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
10 Oct 2014 7:22am
Cobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.

i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.



Do not watch TV and you will find lots of time !! !! Especially now you have a month off the turps

I find I can plow though a good book very quickly one they embrace me - much to the detriment of any other items on my to do list !
Macaha
Macaha
QLD
21982 posts
QLD, 21982 posts
10 Oct 2014 6:38am
Cobra wtf taking a book to Indo,ok your going to read some on the plane or don't time my read on the sun lounge
But seriously when do you get time to read while in Indo,its all go go!

On another note I'm just about to snap some tickets up for a quick escape before the mad season starts and recharge
my batteries for a week if the planets alien in the next few days.
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
10 Oct 2014 7:51am
Good luck Mac - hope those planets align for ya!
Tux
Tux
VIC
3829 posts
Tux Tux
VIC, 3829 posts
10 Oct 2014 10:56am
Ted the Kiwi said..

Cobra said..
not being critical here boys but how the F*** do you find the time to read all these books.

i not bagging reading ,i like a good book , but i never find the time.




Do not watch TV and you will find lots of time !! !! Especially now you have a month off the turps

I find I can plow though a good book very quickly one they embrace me - much to the detriment of any other items on my to do list !


I'm the same...I generally get through about 4 books a month and have been that way since I started high school....
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