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Really minor annoyances


I’m reading a very long book. In an idle moment I glanced at the credits in the back of the book. There were references to song lyrics, mostly Joni Mitchell songs, and page numbers on which these lyric quotes apparently appeared. I glanced at one of the page numbers listed because I couldn’t, for the life of me, imagine how any part of that lyric (I know the songs) would fit into the story from the book I’m reading. It wasn’t there. So I checked a couple more. They weren’t there either. So I checked the adjoining pages. Nothing. So I thought; I’ll just keep reading and maybe there’s been a glitch in the transfer of the hardback version to the paperback version of the book. I hadn’t reached the page numbers where the song lyrics first (apparently ) started appearing yet anyway.

I’m up to page 376 of the 1073 paperback edition of ‘Troubled Blood’ by Robert Galbraith and the mostly Joni Mitchell song lyrics that are credited with appearing on pages 91, 276, 313, 329 and are listed to appear on pages 380 plus numerous other times are nowhere.

It’s annoyed me sufficiently to type this.
 
BiG said:
I’m reading a very long book. In an idle moment I glanced at the credits in the back of the book. There were references to song lyrics, mostly Joni Mitchell songs, and page numbers on which these lyric quotes apparently appeared. I glanced at one of the page numbers listed because I couldn’t, for the life of me, imagine how any part of that lyric (I know the songs) would fit into the story from the book I’m reading. It wasn’t there. So I checked a couple more. They weren’t there either. So I checked the adjoining pages. Nothing. So I thought; I’ll just keep reading and maybe there’s been a glitch in the transfer of the hardback version to the paperback version of the book. I hadn’t reached the page numbers where the song lyrics first (apparently ) started appearing yet anyway.

I’m up to page 376 of the 1073 paperback edition of ‘Troubled Blood’ by Robert Galbraith and the mostly Joni Mitchell song lyrics that are credited with appearing on pages 91, 276, 313, 329 and are listed to appear on pages 380 plus numerous other times are nowhere.

It’s annoyed me sufficiently to type this.
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Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling in disguise) wrote Career of Evil and makes numerous Blue Oyster Cult references throughout. A huge BOC fan by all accounts.
 
mickb2112 said:
Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling in disguise) wrote Career of Evil and makes numerous Blue Oyster Cult references throughout. A huge BOC fan by all accounts.
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I’ve read it. The credits that, I assume, appear in the back of the book aren’t at all annoying because they refer to BOC references in the book. Also the Edmund Spencer quotes at the beginning of chapters in my current book aren’t annoying because they are credited to Edmund Spencer.

She does a lot of that kind of stuff. Quoting. And crediting. It’s just mildly annoying when it’s inaccurate
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Or non existent
 
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BiG said:
I’ve read it. The credits that, I assume, appear in the back of the book aren’t at all annoying because they refer to BOC references in the book. Also the Edmund Spencer quotes at the beginning of chapters in my current book aren’t annoying because they are credited to Edmund Spencer.

She does a lot of that kind of stuff. Quoting. And crediting. It’s just mildly annoying when it’s inaccurate
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Or non existent
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I can imagine. Sometimes like that with history books - go to check a reference and the thing that`s mentioned or the map bears absolutely nothing to the text.
 
Black_Cats1879 said:
Going to bed early on Sunday so you aren’t tired on Monday then lying awake until 1am, unable to sleep. Then waking up at 4am for a piss and being unable to go back to sleep until 5 and finally being woken up groggy and pissed off at 630
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That’s called ‘being 70’ or ‘a typical nights sleep’ in my house. Except the timings are usually earlier and there’s more wee-ing.
mickb2112 said:
I can imagine. Sometimes like that with history books - go to check a reference and the thing that`s mentioned or the map bears absolutely nothing to the text.
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I’ve actually just this minute located a reference to the lyric of a song on the album ‘Court and Spark’ - one of my favourite Joni Mitchell albums. And it’s nothing page 276 - as credited - it’s on page 361.

I think I’m even more annoyed now.

Just a bit.
 
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BiG said:
That’s called ‘being 70’ or ‘a typical nights sleep’ in my house. Except the timings are usually earlier and there’s more wee-ing.


I’ve actually just this minute located a reference to the lyric of a song on the album ‘Court and Spark’ - one of my favourite Joni Mitchell albums. And it’s nothing page 276 - as credited - it’s on page 361.

I think I’m even more annoyed now.

Just a bit.
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I feel your frustration. Deep breaths!!
 
People speaking on the radio with all the confidence in the world when they are talking bollox in the last week I’ve had

1. Holly cook the daughter of Peter cook
2. Bruce foxtons 70th birthday formerly of the jam and stiff little finger.

grrrrrrr
 
I don't use Spotify. I collect music of various types and I enjoy creating playlists.

It's a minor annoyance to me that when I'm sorting through the files, a lot of music is categorised into meaningless 'genres' and 'sub-genres'. So, for most Rock music, I change the file properties and call it 'Rock'.

Just done it to a Paul Weller album that was categorised as 'Alternative' . Wtf!
 
BILLY BUS PASS said:
People speaking on the radio with all the confidence in the world when they are talking bollox in the last week I’ve had

1. Holly cook the daughter of Peter cook
2. Bruce foxtons 70th birthday formerly of the jam and stiff little finger.

grrrrrrr
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Are you saying Bruce Foxton was talking bollocks someone was talking bollocks about Bruce Foxton?
My young teen hero and always seemed to come off as quiet and level headed so I’ll be sorry if he’s been talking bollocks.
 
Tex said:
Are you saying Bruce Foxton was talking bollocks someone was talking bollocks about Bruce Foxton?
My young teen hero and always seemed to come off as quiet and level headed so I’ll be sorry if he’s been talking bollocks.
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Nahhhh radio presenter on 6 music mate reconned he was in “stiff little finger” might be a minor plural but it made a difference to me. She made SLF sound like summit out of game of thrones.

The one that made me shake my head and walk away tutting was Peter cook being hollys dad I must admit
 
Empty pool on holiday with just me and my wife talking, bloke walks in and stands right next to us on the pool edge in his budgy smugglers, clearly just wanting to neb into our conversation.

There were about 20 other beds around the pool where he could put his things.
 
Being in back to back meetings at work and thinking I have 20 minutes to cram in a morning of work before a short dinner break and a walk to another site for a 1pm meeting. Just getting a few emails replied to and then finding someone has sprung an emergency meeting at 12, meaning "sorry Dave, no dinner break".

Grabbing a sandwich quickly to eat in the meeting and sitting wondering why I'm even here. I'm off camera, have no spoken and probably will not before it ends in 10 minutes time.
 
BILLY BUS PASS said:
People speaking on the radio with all the confidence in the world when they are talking bollox in the last week I’ve had

1. Holly cook the daughter of Peter cook
2. Bruce foxtons 70th birthday formerly of the jam and stiff little finger.

grrrrrrr
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After the Bob Vylan Glastonbury carry on, ITV News had a reporter & kept calling them Bobby Vylan.
 
DaveH said:
Being in back to back meetings at work and thinking I have 20 minutes to cram in a morning of work before a short dinner break and a walk to another site for a 1pm meeting. Just getting a few emails replied to and then finding someone has sprung an emergency meeting at 12, meaning "sorry Dave, no dinner break".

Grabbing a sandwich quickly to eat in the meeting and sitting wondering why I'm even here. I'm off camera, have no spoken and probably will not before it ends in 10 minutes time.
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Just take your dinner break after then.
Fuck the boss, you're entitled to a dinner break, take it marra.
 
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