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No, not the 1982 Al Pacino film or the 166th episode of Star Trek: Voyager (19th episode Series 7 :lol: )But one of our very own merry band has been locked in the garden shed for a while working on his magnum opus. :D

It's got dope, lager, chicken bhuna, bent coppers and not bent (in that way anyway, just twisted a bit doing the downward dog maybe) yoga instructors in it and a new breed of h/zero for these modern times -'Waffle Jones'. Available (for Kindle) to preorder on Amazon for the princely sum of....ah, just click the link. :thumbup:

Get 'Get Waffle Jones' - https://amzn.to/3EhTxOh.

Soapy tenner for the first person to work out which of the RTTL talent pool the author is. The name on the book may (or may not) be a pseudonym. (It's not me and they aren't related to me (I have read it though) so that's reduced the playing field hoogely :D ).
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the bio pic with the PoS old Landie may give it away :D
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weeksy wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:46 pm the bio pic with the PoS old Landie may give it away :D
That and the previous publications on hosses. :lol:

(Tried to disguise himself with a stick-on 'tache in the bio pic I reckon :D ).
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weeksy wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:46 pm the PoS old Landie
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Dan's the man. 8-)
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Well, my copies ordered. :thumbup:

(And I've already read it, so it must be good :D ).

Now just have to wait for our other author (who planted a teaser a while ago about a book in progress - but refused to be drawn on what it was about :( ).
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 1:00 pm
That and the previous publications on hosses. :lol:
The animated stories from stables are ace!
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
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Horse wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:14 pm
Count Steer wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 1:00 pm
That and the previous publications on hosses. :lol:
The animated stories from stables are ace!
Phew! Just scrolled through umpteen pages and found the post with the link to the hanimated 'osses. Just in case anyone missed 'em. Hmmm...maybe I should've checked that the link still works....hang on...

viewtopic.php?t=1428#p201527

Yup. You'll have to scroll down a few posts from where the link lands. :thumbup:

On second thoughts, for faff avoidance....the rest should be easy to find. :lol:

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Well I havent got a clue, but as he/shes one of us i'll go and buy the book now. :thumbup:
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Is it Bananaman having another go?
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Ordered a copy - sound like it'll be handy just in time for holiday reading.
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Taipan wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 3:18 pm Well I havent got a clue, but as he/shes one of us i'll go and buy the book now. :thumbup:
Quite a cool concept to buy and read a book by someone you know, albeit without knowing who :)
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Horse wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:14 pm
Count Steer wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 1:00 pm
That and the previous publications on hosses. :lol:
The animated stories from stables are ace!
Straight from the Horse's mouth. :thumbup:
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Pre-ordered 👍

I've not read a book about horses since I was a kid, so I'll skip the earlier ones, but I'm always up for a good fiction read.

Cool cover too mista 😎
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Ian wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:34 pm Is it Bananaman having another go?
Err....nope, not in this case. :lol:

(I must have missed Banana's quest for literary stardom - what was it about? I'd guess the same thing most if his posts were about :D ).
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Bananman had a self-published book ISTR, he might have had a someone-else-published book too, I dunno.

The one I remember was something along the lines of Dialectic Memoirs. Pretty sure it had the word Dialectic in the title and had a philosophical theme to it.
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Slenver wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 8:00 pm
Taipan wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 3:18 pm Well I havent got a clue, but as he/shes one of us i'll go and buy the book now. :thumbup:
Quite a cool concept to buy and read a book by someone you know, albeit without knowing who :)
I'm a very cool Guy and well known for my generosity, albeit one that's capped at £2.00...
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Taipan wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 9:01 am
Slenver wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 8:00 pm
Taipan wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 3:18 pm Well I havent got a clue, but as he/shes one of us i'll go and buy the book now. :thumbup:
Quite a cool concept to buy and read a book by someone you know, albeit without knowing who :)
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That's a very wise policy :)
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 8:06 am
Ian wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:34 pm Is it Bananaman having another go?
Err....nope, not in this case. :lol:

(I must have missed Banana's quest for literary stardom - what was it about? I'd guess the same thing most if his posts were about :D ).
Llancarfon ford, it was a philosophical book. I think he wrote at least one more
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Ian wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:09 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 8:06 am
Ian wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:34 pm Is it Bananaman having another go?
Err....nope, not in this case. :lol:

(I must have missed Banana's quest for literary stardom - what was it about? I'd guess the same thing most if his posts were about :D ).
Llancarfon ford, it was a philosophical book. I think he wrote at least one more
So he did, just found them on Amazon along with his bio. May have an investigate.

There's a 90º bend near here that I always think of as 'Banaboy (as he was to begin with) Corner' as I regularly go round it.

On a ride-out he didn't read it very well ie didn't slow down enough - and went straight on. :o No real drama apart from the struggle to turn the bike round on the narrow lane he found himself on - the bike was a bit tall and there was a fair bit of tip-toe action.
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