Ducati Sporting Club UK

Ducati Sporting Club UK (/msgboard.php)
-   Idle Chat (/forumdisplay.php?f=102)
-   -   What are you reading at present ? (/showthread.php?t=9838)

Iconic944ss 26-Aug-2004 14:49

What are you reading at present ?
 
Been a while since I posted a little distraction so, what is in people's hands at the moment :o

Let me rephrase - what is your fave read right now...

I've just finished reading Lance Armstrong's second book 'every second counts' and really enjoyed it - I found his honesty on cycle racing, politics and life very refreshing.

Guess its back to a 'twist of the wrist' again - LOL.....

I'll get my coat............

skidlids 26-Aug-2004 14:56

Answer to your question is the DSC notice board :lol:

ils 26-Aug-2004 15:00

I get through loads of books - working mostly nights at the moment .. Just finished "The Fermata" by Nicholson Baker (recommended!) , just started "A short history of nearly everything" by Bill Bryson.

Iconic944ss 26-Aug-2004 15:01

Kev, you little minx you.....

I always suspected you live with your PC in the garage !!!

:D

Steve M 26-Aug-2004 15:05

Billy Connelly biography.

Felix 26-Aug-2004 15:10

Far from my fave read but it is what I am reading at the moment: The definitive business plan

AK 26-Aug-2004 15:11

Ak is reading (over & over again) the Haynes book of Lies for the NC30

I'm re-reading River God by Wilbur Smith, and also a Sue Townsend book.....
Roughly get through 2 or 3 books a week... anyone want to set up a swapshop for books?

C

uncle porry 26-Aug-2004 15:17

ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954). this guy was probably the greatest war photographer of all time, fasinating story......

Iconic944ss 26-Aug-2004 15:24

WOW !!!

I expected some diversity but not this much ;)

Keep up the good work guys, glad to see the libraries are kept busy :cool:

TP 26-Aug-2004 15:48

whitepapers, technet articles, resource kits, deployment guides and the branch office guide on active directory and the sh*ttiest algorithm ever written by Microsoft all about AutoSiteCoverage and how it doesn't really work as designed ... even though I've incorporated it into my design and now my nethers are feeling somewhat 'exposed'!

:mad:

antonye 26-Aug-2004 15:51

Just finished Blackfoot Is Missing which was quite good, so looking for something else to read.

TP 26-Aug-2004 15:55

Quote:

Originally posted by antonye
Just finished Blackfoot Is Missing which was quite good, so looking for something else to read.

I've got a resource kit you can read for me and let me know whats in it?

antonye 26-Aug-2004 16:43

No thanks, but I'll ask you a few questions on the 916 Workshop manual if you want... :lol:

AK 26-Aug-2004 16:56

Quote:

Originally posted by antonye
No thanks, but I'll ask you a few questions on the 916 Workshop manual if you want... :lol:

you can ask AK questions about the wiring looms of an MH900e, M600 & ss900ie if you like Antony....
AK got to examine the wiring for the MH900e so well, that he had to contact Ducati to point out an error for the wiring of the clock! :smug:

They have now ammended their manual.....:smug::o

FiscusFish 26-Aug-2004 16:56

Marching Powder

What happens when you get caught with 5KG of Columbias finest in an airport in Bolivia....

ali 26-Aug-2004 17:34

Toast by Nigel Slater (rampant nostalgia for 30somethings)

and

Russian Criminal Tattoo

which is both fascinating and deeply disturbing at the same time...

and

Twist II - essential bedtime reading for those overtaking-Rossi-on-the-last-bend type dreams.

Cheers,

Ali

antonye 26-Aug-2004 17:35

Quote:

Originally posted by FiscusFish
Marching Powder

What happens when you get caught with 5KG of Columbias finest in an airport in Bolivia....

Looks good - might have to read that.

Nigel C 26-Aug-2004 17:39

The Worthing Herald :rolleye:

chicken 26-Aug-2004 20:45

"The 9th Report on the Implementation of the EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Package" and the Virgin Mobile IPO prospectus (all 220 pages of it).

Somebody please shoot me and put me out of my misery...

bradders 26-Aug-2004 20:51

NLP Workbook and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - sad but true...

Ian 26-Aug-2004 21:09

Right now: A short history of nearly everything. Bill Bryson.

fave books: A Prayer for Owen Meaney, John Irving, The Fourth Hand, John Irvivng. A Widow for One Year, John Irving, - (I like him, - he also wrote The World According to Garp which is an amusing film with Robin Williams). The Fifth Mountain, Paulo Coelho. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulkes.

Most overated book. JD Sallinger's Catcher in the Rye, with Vernon God Little taking second place.

Redruth 26-Aug-2004 22:14

Pronto (hoorah!) and DSC message board, and Twist of the Wrist I, and Times Law reports, and Hansard Debates, and Sunday Times Style Magazine.
:o:o

Loz 26-Aug-2004 22:29

Iain Banks - Raw Spirit (In Search of the Perfect Dram). Waiting patiently for his next sf novel to come out!

Melnie Mouse 27-Aug-2004 11:14

Dean Koontz - Sole Survivor, and Astronomy Now....

where's my pronto?

Rocker 27-Aug-2004 11:26

Having a bit of light relief at the moment by reading terry Prattchet's " Wee Free Men" I'm 12 hour nights next week so should be able to get started on something else

Mark 27-Aug-2004 11:52

Just read Joey Dunlops Bio.

psychlist 27-Aug-2004 11:55

Dataclean Report.....
 
.....on Fleet Area Codes and outfit CACS!! :alien:

MarkyMark76 27-Aug-2004 12:32

A big boy did it and ran away - Christopher Brookmyre.

Briliant.

TP 27-Aug-2004 12:40

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=832017

today I am mostly reading firewall ports required to be open for logging on to an active directory domain when your client machine is on one side of a firewall and the DC on the other .... mmm firewalls ...

kwikbitch 27-Aug-2004 12:55

Sigh....the national curriculum (again!)

For trash at the minute i'm reading "my fat brother" by Jim Keeble.

Just finished "Implementing the Literacy Hour for pupils with learning difficulties" By Ann Berger...

Steve M 27-Aug-2004 12:56

Pronto - when it gets here:(

nelly 27-Aug-2004 13:16

Testastretta engine manual ;):bouncy::bouncy:

AK 27-Aug-2004 13:36

Today I am proof reading presentations required for investors meetings next Thursday :(

C

baylissboy 27-Aug-2004 13:42

Motorcycle racer! I've got Nial Mackenzies auto-biography on the shelf,must get round to that sometime!

Iconic944ss 27-Aug-2004 13:47

there is obviously some HEAVY DUTY reading going on ....

Suggestions pls as well for humour / escapism time !!!

Science fiction always did it for me in my younger days but I seem to have lost the habit now somehow :(

Still I enjoyed reading Isaac Asimov's biog !

Frank

FiscusFish 27-Aug-2004 14:05

Quote:

Originally posted by baylissboy
I've got Nial Mackenzies auto-biography on the shelf,must get round to that sometime!

That's one of the best biking autobiographies around. Parts of it had me in fits of giggles.

uncle porry 27-Aug-2004 15:01

well done Iconic for starting this thread, am gonna check out some of the reads that have been mentioned.....marching powder, joe dunlops bio and big boy did it and ran away look worth a go.......:)

TP 27-Aug-2004 15:09

Quote:

Originally posted by uncle porry
well done Iconic for starting this thread, am gonna check out some of the reads that have been mentioned.....marching powder, joe dunlops bio and big boy did it and ran away look worth a go.......:)

You sure you don't want to help me wade through these whitepapers, deployment guides etc?

:frog:

I finished the second Lance Armstrong book during the TdF - it was pretty good.

guest1 27-Aug-2004 15:17

Letter to Van Gogh from Hell

Mr_S 27-Aug-2004 16:04

Want to Play - P.J. Tracy

Product definitions and technical requirements for the next release of the firms Software suite.

The Internet - all of it, but especially the bits with pictures.


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:10.

Powered by vBulletin 3.5.4 - Copyright © 2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
© Ducati Sporting Club UK