[a dense loner]

oh i know this boys and girls. bob dylan with a shrunken body cancelled out your beer mat ascent jasper, taking the average back to 3. houdini don't dare tell me you did it off a doormat, tho you have got springy little bipeds
we digress, where is the cheatstone enema problem head? tell me and you might get your money

[clm]

france!!  Now tell me im wrong.

[Jim]

even a fool can tell that. Looks like it might be ontop of dame jaun with that view, although it still could be anywhere

[Jaspersharpe]

It's on p211 of the new guide at Coquibus Grande Vallees and it says "jump start" not "build a four foot cairn".

[a dense loner]

a couple of years ago(ish) went looking for a prob in one of the coquibus areas and couldn't even find the area. that was with guidebooks and people who could read

[runt]

yeah its a long walk, and looks solid for a 7b, unless you're a basketball player

[Kim]

Anyone know what the problems in faint type have in common? I can't figure it.

[neil h]

Anyone know what the problems in faint type have in common? I can't figure it.

I think it means there not very good, Eliminate or something like that, but i may be wrong

[a dense loner]

kim can you not read?

[cofe]

first impressions of the new 7+8 anyone? i have to say mine has been pretty essential toilet reading for the last few weeks - the mark of a good guidebook. looking forward to checking out some of the new stuff that's appeared in a few weeks time. i think the pics benefit from extra contrast although some have been overcooked and i don't really care if the maps aren't OS or whatever - i think it's still lovely.

[Somebody's Fool]

Sounds good cofe.  Where on earth can I get a copy?

[dave]

the photos look a lot better than the previous guide but i can't say i've actually read the guide - i've got no trips in the near future so no point. I do think the new front cover is toss though, it looks like a fucking first-aid kit.

[al]

even more 'fetish' than last time - class work throughout, definitely (except cover design, as dave says - although can see the attraction of a plastic cover having made some covers too weedy in the past)

[Houdini]

Disagree vis-a-vis cover. 

Love the feel of shiny plastic on skin. 

[dave]

this cover don't even seem particularly hardwearing - mines already showing signs of splitting at the spine despite being hardly handled. i'd prefer if they just make guide covers plain cardboard and then you can always back it in transparent stickybacked plastic if you wanna keep it from falling apart.

[Houdini]

this cover don't even seem particularly hardwearing - mines already showing signs of splitting at the spine despite being fucked senseless and covered w/man-glue every day since I bought it.

Yuck!



Bibliophilia. . .

[cofe]

this cover don't even seem particularly hardwearing - mines already showing signs of splitting at the spine despite being hardly handled. i'd prefer if they just make guide covers plain cardboard and then you can always back it in transparent stickybacked plastic if you wanna keep it from falling apart.

have any of your guides ever left the house though word?

i've no prob with plastic cover but agree re: orange on white - the 1st edition cover was a better look. saying that i spend most of the time looking inside the book rather than staring at the front.

[Johnny Brown]

I prefer the new cover. It's a nod to those who hadn't yet noticed that this is the ipod of guidebooks.

[neil h]

Just to let you all know, that i am now stocking the new 7&8 here at the maisonbleau, so If you are coming to stay here I have it, but If you are in the forest needing a copy just give me a bell and I can bring ine to you price is 28 Euro


thanks