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Last Week's Oranges
In our local book club last week, we had a quiz, to kick things off. The book club theme was Oranges, so the quiz had 9 purported titles. You had to mark the ones you thought were real books, who wrote them, if you marked them as books. Others were films, LP- I mean albums, or other cultural things. One was a red herring. (Should have been orange, eh?) Last Week's Oranges. Now, that answer is a real one. [Image source Wikipedia Commons placed in the public domain by Downtowngal ]
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Einstein a Go-Go
It's about ... whatever you want. No copyright on titles. Picture is Albert aged 3 source: Wikicommons Licence: Public Domain
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I Go My Own Way
Well, I do. Image is Broadway Boogie Woogie, by Piet Mondrian 1942 and in the Public Domain.
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S.I.G!
BTW I'm not, AFAIK Image Permission requested. Spectrum comms are down.
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Random Access Memory
It's about ... well, whatever. Image is free for non-commercial use.
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I'm a sucker for anything
Posted on Fri, 21 Aug 2026
with the Devil in it, especially if it's funny. I have been ever since first coming across Bulgakov.
This is very good.
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Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day Mon 17th Aug 2026
Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2026
Fine poetry, well done indeed.
Please do share on your social media Fellow ABCTalers if you liked it too.
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I often go back and look at things
Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2026
by others. It's quite interesting to see what works and what doesn't. Also it's useful to see if one's opinion of something has changed. (More often than one might suppose.)
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Because I'm old ...
Posted on Mon, 03 Aug 2026
I was brought up short by the mention of Charlie Drake, possibly the least funny man ever on British Television. But, boy, was he ever popular back in the Stone Age. I hated his whole schtick.
Anyway, looks like you've another cracker...
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Congratulations, this is our PIck of the day 27th July 2026
Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2026
I expect many of us will sympathise with the sentiments expressed here. It's our pick of the day today. Please share on your social media fellow ABCTalers.
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Congratulations, this is our Pick of the day 20th July 2026
Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2026
No apologies for picking this as our Pick of the Day today, it's funny, succinct, and shows great self-knowledge. We all need to tell stories against ourselves - a little self-knowledge is a marvellous thing.
Please share this,...
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Whenever I read these,
Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2026
I'm always reminded of one of my favourite bands ever. You've guessed it 3 Mustaphas 3 - ok, maybe not. However, The Mustaphas claimed their music came "from the Balkans to your heart" after they were discovered by an un-named record company...
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Congratulations, this is our Pick of the day 13th July 2026
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2026
This is very fine writing, and for that reason it is today's pick of the day.
Read full commentWell done. Please share on your social media, fellow ABCTalers.
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Multum in Parvo
Posted on Mon, 06 Jul 2026
I'm a great fan of the succinct. This is that in spades. Well done.
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My Aunty Betty worked at Gartnavel
Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2026
... but she lived in Bearsden. With her "friend" Jean, who we called Aunty too. In my difficult teens, one half-term too many since seeing my parents, I did ask her the obvious question (well, I was ever the obvious child). She didn't answer,...
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