tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post5511623995854023272..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Weekend Ramble, 07.11.15Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-51304179596026091062015-11-07T18:54:31.784+13:002015-11-07T18:54:31.784+13:00I like the bookshop sign. The bookshop I spent ma...I like the bookshop sign. The bookshop I spent many hours in (and buying stuff irrespective of the possibility of saving a buck buying on line) closed a couple of years ago because of an inability to compete with on line sellers. I miss it very much and my book purchasing has plunged since. The closure process was interesting because, according to the owner, real friends and good customers refused to take advantage of the big closing discounts and paid the usual price while the browsers, who only ever photographed the covers and ordered on line, bought cheap while saying they were sad to see him close. Utter disingenuous pricks - dishonest even at the death.<br /><br />3:16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25017419011596854932015-11-07T17:29:32.421+13:002015-11-07T17:29:32.421+13:00Updating Philosophy's Longest Sentences Compet...<a href="http://www.stephenhicks.org/2015/09/11/updating-the-philosophys-longest-sentences-competition/" rel="nofollow">Updating Philosophy's Longest Sentences Competition</a>Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-3031982900036667122015-11-07T15:48:08.234+13:002015-11-07T15:48:08.234+13:00Rarely has it been said that someone coudl beat JS...Rarely has it been said that someone coudl beat JS Mill in this game, but fairly sure he employed fewer words, and almost certainly many fewer sub-clauses and way, way, way fewer parenthetical clauses.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-46459867453725363002015-11-07T15:09:20.002+13:002015-11-07T15:09:20.002+13:00I won something!I won something!Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.com