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Jax in Wales

Jax in Wales Report 9 Aug 2009 22:06

LOTR JRR Tolkein
The Hobbit JRR Tolkein
Roots Alex Haley
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady Edith Holden
The Black Magician trilogy Trudi Canavan

Music very tricky for me

Live Sh*t, Binge and Purge Metallica
Greatest hits The Cure
Live Era Guns n Roses
The Masterplan Oasis
Parachutes Coldplay

or if you are feeling generous would you let me make up 5 compilation cd's please? lol

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 9 Aug 2009 22:16

NO no compliations either........however tempting lol xx

Jax in Wales

Jax in Wales Report 9 Aug 2009 22:19

What if as one of my luxuries I bring a case of your fave vino AND allow you to listen to my cd's lol

MissFitz

MissFitz Report 9 Aug 2009 22:20

I would take any four Agatha Raisin Books and my Bible.
The best of Clannad
The Kooks (inside the inside out)
Jamiroquai (High Times)
Aled Jones (from the Heart)
Level 42 (the definitive collection)
songs of praise album

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 9 Aug 2009 22:23

Aw bl**dy hell Jax.......I was going to be so strong........but I can't resist that lololol

I love Level 42 Agatha.......xx

MissFitz

MissFitz Report 9 Aug 2009 22:25

So do I
my favorite songs are
Lessons in Love,
Leaving me now
and Something about you

(¯`*•.¸JUPITER JOY AND HER CRYSTAL BALLS(¯`*•.¸

(¯`*•.¸JUPITER JOY AND HER CRYSTAL BALLS(¯`*•.¸ Report 9 Aug 2009 22:27

oooooooooooooooo lemme see.........

the moons a balloon =david niven
bring on the empty horses=david niven
the lost boy =david peltzer [can i have the series from the book club =counts as one]
my wicked wicked ways =errol flynn
slash,s latest biography=by slash

best of artic monkeys
best of guns n roses
best of the quo
best of janis joplin
best of stone roses [with sally cinnimon on it]


but i stuck a message in a bottle and asked for .............
my chemical romance cds [all of um]
best of led zep
best of the sweet
best of roy wood
best xmas songs
best of shaggy[cos hes fit]
best of bob marley
bst of cream
best of deep purple
best of kasabian
best of the enemy
a solar powered pc...[so i can still do me warbook and me farm]
a genie in a bottle with endless wishes.
[guess who i,ll be with tonite ...lmao]
in fact just the genie will do .......cos i can have just what i want then .xxxx

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 9 Aug 2009 22:29

You're a bl**dy cheat an all Joyous lol

Where's me crate of vino as a bribe? pmsl xx

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 9 Aug 2009 22:29

ONLY 5 of each?????? OOOooooooooh, that's difficult.
Ummmmmmmm.......

How to survive on a desert island with GR folk – unknown author.
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen.
The Far Pavilions - M M Kaye.
Strange Places, Questionable People – John Simpson.
Anne Frank’s Diary – Anne Frank.

The Essential Leonard Cohen.
Led Zeppelin – Mothership (aka very best of).
Sarah Mclachlan – Surfacing.
Santana – Supernatural.
Lady Sings the Blues – Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald.

Jax in Wales

Jax in Wales Report 9 Aug 2009 22:34

wooohooo

as a thankyou ive brought you some beef monster munch too lol

*wonders what I can bribe Joyous with so she lets me have a go of her genie in a bottle lol

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 9 Aug 2009 22:43

Muffy just Cross stitch? But you wont know what happens in the sequels!!!


Les miserables from the Albert Hall
Best of Bread
Best of Neil Diamond
Katie Melhua Pictures
Best of Jack Jones

The Bible
Gone with the Wind
Roy Castle Now and Then
Edward Rutherford London
Barbara Erskine Daughter of Fire

(¯`*•.¸JUPITER JOY AND HER CRYSTAL BALLS(¯`*•.¸

(¯`*•.¸JUPITER JOY AND HER CRYSTAL BALLS(¯`*•.¸ Report 9 Aug 2009 22:47

COUGHS WHERE HAVE I CHEATED .....SOMEONE FOUND ME MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE ...AND HEY PRESTO I GETS A GENIE IN A BOTTLE...WHO GAVE ME ALL THESE THINGS .

AT THIS MOMENT IM SAT WITH A BOTTLE OF VINO ON THE EDGE OF A BEACH WIV TEN NAKED GUYS FANNING ME .WHILE THE OTHER 5 MAKE MY FOOD .AND GIVE ME A MASSAGE .WHILE I PLAY ME WARBOOK AND DO ME FARM ON A SOLAR RUN PC.........NOT MY FAULT YOU NEVER THOUGHT A THAT.LOL.XXX

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 9 Aug 2009 22:47

I do Ann......I've read them.......but I'm deeply in lust with Jamie Fraser and that book would be like meeting him for the first time all over again lol.

Oh Jax.......how well you know me lol xx

suzian

suzian Report 9 Aug 2009 22:48

A container ship somewhere is delivering a boat-load of copies of LOTR to a desert island, so I'll wait for that to dock at the Grey Havens and choose five others:

Pride and Prejudice (unless I can share Karen's copy?)
Wuthering Heights
An Encyclopaedia
A book of Five Million Cryptic Crosswords
How to make wine out of anything-at-all-on-a-desert-island - a self help manual


CDs

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Joe Cocker - The Ultimate Collection
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
Dory Previn - Live at Carnegie Hall

Sue x

Fiona aka Ruby

Fiona aka Ruby Report 9 Aug 2009 22:59

My choice, in no particular order, is:

Never Mind - Nirvana
OK Computer - Radiohead
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
Dummy - Portishead
Blue Lines - Massive Attack

Psychotherapy East & West - Alan Watts
The Discovery of Being - Rollo May
The Four Quartets - T S Eliot
The Bible
The Plague - Albert Camus

And a rowing boat so I can sneak on everyone else's island to borrow their books and albums as well :)

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 9 Aug 2009 23:00

Sue you can share my copy of P&P - or I can just narrate the story to you, I think I've read it that many times I know it word for word!!!!!!!!
But only if i can listen to Rumours.

K

EDIT: to add
Fiona aka Ruby - can I be first borrow your Wish you Were here album please. K

Fiona aka Ruby

Fiona aka Ruby Report 9 Aug 2009 23:18

Of course Karen, Can I borrow your Leonard Cohen please?

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 9 Aug 2009 23:20

You're all soooooooo cheating now.........and I'm not getting any bribes out of it either.........pmslxx

Fiona aka Ruby

Fiona aka Ruby Report 9 Aug 2009 23:24

Does that mean I can't borrow 'The Joshua Tree' :(

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 9 Aug 2009 23:24

Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkein
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Anthology of WW1 Poetry - various
Anthology of poetry by Adrian Mitchell

Sur la Mer - Moody Blues
Automatic for the People - REM
LA Woman - The Doors
Hotel California - The Eagles
Greatest Hits - Queen

Gwynne