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I blogged about this already, but what the heck. Good news is worth sharing ;-)

January's bestsellers at Fantastic Planet bookstore:

1...Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts...Simon Haynes
2...Peace and War...Joe Haldeman
3...The Arrival...Shaun Tan
4...Galactic North...Alastair Reynolds
5...Pushing Ice...Alastair Reynolds
6...Running from the Deity...Alan Dean Foster
7...Red Phoenix...Kylie Chan
8...Red Spikes...Margo Lanagan
9...Thud!...Terry Pratchett
10..Temeraire...Naomi Novik


(Fantastic Planet is an independant store in Perth, WA.)
 
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Well done!!!

I'll add to that chorus: Well Done! :D
 
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Great news...although not a huge surprise. Hal gets more popular each time you unleash him. Great job.
 
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A best seller before its launch date, yet. Wonderful. Sounds like Hal has been as busy as young Hammy in Over The Hedge when they gave him that caffeine drink.

I can just imagine Hal's new space explorer motto - Add Astra - which means Even my car has Attention Deficit Disorder. :)
 
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Yeah, or he could have a mate called Ford Pref-- oh, wait.

;-)

BTW, on a car-related theme, I love seeing those big Mitsubishi Pajeros driving around. If they'd had those in Spain most people would have died laughing.
 
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Ha ha.

About three hours ago we got a knock on the door. This guy was asking if we had a pump as he had a flat tyre on his car. The car was an old 4 cyl Pajero and it's been parked outside our neighbours for three or four days since the coppers pulled him over to park it for being unregistered.

I went out and got the little car compressor and drove my car up to his to plug it in. Pump pump pump, the little thing got to work and we got to talking.

The Pajero is full of family stuff with kids toys etc. They were going camping when he had a breakdown he told me. No mention of the coppers but we'd heard the siren when they stopped him.

Pump pump pump ...

The tyre was not only flat - it was bald. Illegal.
The rear door was rusted into holes. Big holes. 6 inch holes. Illegal.
The side doors were rusted along their sills. Illegal.
The door frames were rusted into holes. Illegal.
The rego had run out in 2005. Illegal.

He told me he came past last night to put in two bolts that had dropped from the front tailshaft joint. Stupid driving it like that, especially with kids.

He got to half way pumped up and suggested that was enough. I got the gauge out, it was up to 20psi. "That'll do. Thanks." And away he goes.

"Wanker" I said as he turned the corner.

Some people grow to be like their pets. Some people are more like their cars. :)
 
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