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"Full of Myself" (the Dawes autobiography)
October 18, 2011, 01:14:20 pm
johnny's book is at last a living breathing thing, which at times seemed unlikely.
he should have a delivery this week, so hopefully on the shelves soon - it should provide a nice counter point to jerry and ron's books  ;)
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#1 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 01:59:48 pm
Brilliant, good effort Al! Where do I pre-order?

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#2 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 02:40:09 pm
hi adam, not sure what he's up to re. orders - sure he'll send you a copy if you ring him, although I know go outdoors and cotswold camping have pre-ordered a load...

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#3 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 02:46:47 pm
it's in Cordee's warehouse apparently so will hopefully be in the shops soon.

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#4 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 03:19:44 pm
Oh lordy ... !

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#5 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 04:14:16 pm
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Oh lordy ... !
it's a treasure andy, untouched by the mucky hands of commerce... for a few more days only

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#6 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 08:22:43 pm
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Oh lordy ... !
it's a treasure andy, untouched by the mucky hands of commerce... for a few more days only

I'm fascinated to know what he's come up with.

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#7 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 08:30:31 pm
First libel cases in climbing coming up?!

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#8 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 10:27:24 pm
First libel cases in climbing coming up?!

And get ready, cause this shit's about to get heavy
I just settled all my lawsuits, fuck you Dunney

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#9 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 10:58:33 pm
this reminds me of this old webpage of JD's site, from back before the internet was trendy:

http://www.johnnydawes.com/autobiography.htm

glad its actually come to fruition, and hope he remembered some of his life.

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#10 Re: 'full of myself'
October 18, 2011, 11:20:35 pm
I can remember the day he nearly took mine doing 60+mph on a blind bend on the left hand side of the road. Near Volx.

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#11 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 02:15:45 am
How do we get hold of a copy down under?

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#12 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 05:55:02 am
I can remember the day he nearly took mine doing 60+mph on a blind bend on the left hand side of the road. Near Volx.

"Roads should be paved with Firé rubber and cars should have gritstone wheels": JD in a silver Honda Accord on the A623 bends between Tideswell and Peak Forest, on the way back to Manchester after the first ascent of Braille Trail.

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#13 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 09:26:41 am
isn't the opposite (rubber on wheels and grit on roads) already closer to reality?
 :???:

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#14 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 09:29:13 am
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How do we get hold of a copy down under?
think he's got his old website address back, and it should be up next week - assuming you can get them from there - johnnydawes.com
try outside's website, or maybe direct from cordee?

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#16 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 09:36:02 am
cheers slack  ;)

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#17 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 09:39:00 am
Right, I have a car and cash. Where can I buy one?

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#18 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 09:40:21 am
There better be pictures of that kitten.

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#19 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 10:03:22 am
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Right, I have a car and cash. Where can I buy one?
think aide was going to do some work on your leaflet at mine later, you can have a read while we work!

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#20 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 10:07:57 am
First let me say I am really looking forward to reading this  (if I can actually understand Jonny's metaphysical Jive talk ;) ) but the whole creation process seems to be completely random, from the hugely telegraphed genesis of the project, to the request for content due to amnesia  :-\ and now the marketing seems to be a bit of a mess. For what is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated climbing books in years there seems to have been very little information leaking into the public domain when compared to either Jerry's or Ron's books.

Having said all that I will still be buying it (if I can find somewhere that actually sells it).

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#21 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 10:18:54 am
Jerry and Ron's books were put out by an established publisher with some fairly savvy PR. Johnny is self-publishing his with only Al's help to lay it out. Be nice if the marketing was a bit more organised but that wouldn't be Johnny!

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think aide was going to do some work on your leaflet at mine later, you can have a read while we work!

Brilliant, have you got some hard copies then?

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#22 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 10:22:56 am
hi peanuts, you may be expecting too much - its been a mighty effort to get it made at all, johnny isn't part of the machine, and the book may not be either...

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#23 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 10:26:24 am
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Brilliant, have you got some hard copies then?
yep, only my copy though - call johnny adam, he's got some now

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#24 Re: 'full of myself'
October 19, 2011, 11:13:58 am
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